Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1866-01-31

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stood two in favor and Two - ny ny
TO speaker voted with the forms- "a
Al clared the House adjourned Sho
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Mr. FESSENDEN introdpes5 s.dution
q which was adopted, autBorizinS Se pay
h menf oi $4,000 or SO much tlsfeof as is
e necessary to deiray the expeses of the
! Jslnt Committee on reeopstrnslon.
n 0-r. HAhhIS presented re petition Of
: t nlen IN the signal Corps, sking to be dis
charged nom the -serVies, which was re-
ieTred 70 the Military Committee.
Mr. TRUMBULI,-from the Judiciary
Committee, repSrted resolution that John
r stockton rs entitled to seat in the SEN
ate as Senator from New Jersey. which uas
ordered 10 be printed.
MI WILSON introduced a bill providing
ior hatiQnal defense in establishing an ae-
i've volunteer militia throughout the uni
.eu states, an aOie-D -Dodhed citizens between
twenty and forty Eve TO Be enrolled vv;fL
exceptions similar to those in relation 10 tbs
draft during the rebellion. In each State
there shall be one active regiment of infan-
try in each Congressional District Territo-v
and the District Of Columbia, ofcitizens he
| tween twenty-One and thirty-fve wears Ia
be enrolled for six years or during the war.
II any be declared within that period Of
service; the officers 10 be appointed by the
]
/ dent, and they shall be selected from per
sons who have been examined by a military
board appointed by the same authorities;
regimentai commanders to appoint their
own non commissioned officers
Ihe last section provides that the Presi-
dent may order the whole or any part of
the volunteer militia into the service Of the
united states during insurrection, rebellion.
foreign war, or ObstrUctiOns of the laws too
Nr11 1rr fIa=f faia.n . IL \
or upon the apprehension of either, and
member who shall fail to appear without
valid excuse, may be tried by court martial
for desertion. The bill was referred 10 the
Military Committee.
Mr. DIXON called up the bill for the
sale Of stamps and stamped envelopes on
credit In the discussion Of this subject the
morning hour expired, and the Chair an
nouneed that the bill TO protect ali persons
in the United States in the enjoyment Of
their civil rights and furnish the means of
their vindication, was before the Senate.
The question was upon the adoption OF
Mr. IrumbulPs amendment to insert after
the enaeting clause the words: q That all
persons OF African descent, born in this
country, are hereby declared citizens of the
United States.'
Mr- SALISBURY called for the yeas and
nays.
Mr.. VAN WINKLE spoke AGAINST the
amendment. He did not think Il wise or
constitutional to adopt it,
Mr., TRU MBULL withdrew the amend
ment above stated, and offered in lien
the following: ---r,ita5 st,t,.
NAT al persons -bfessTfgn power are hereby
1ot suolecJ 6e citizens of the United States.
afttout any distinction of color, &c.
Mr.: GUTHRIE, OF Kentucky, inquired if
Mr.. Trumbul intended to naturalize In
Mr.. TRUMBULL said we deal with In
dams by treaty, and not BY law, unless in
reference t. those who are Incorporated into
the United States and are subject to taxa
ton
Mr.. COWAN, of Pennsylvania, called at
tentlon to the fact that this amendment
we1id nataralize great number Of Chinese
children in California.
Mr. TRUMBULL said that the children
ot Chinese parents born In this country were
citizens. II this was net true there were
many counties in Pennsylvania so inhabited
by Germans that there must be Esry few
.Iiss-Ias s-iEa tlsl,I,l-
citizens. 0uS they Es>>~ not
a II til-rslERSON asked Sn. Lane if ha
nm ". oI,er :. ago say, thai the best race of
ami InIions " was a slIxture of negroes
ana Ihtis5s Hsr, Kansas.
aoy,tb ~ Ua-pssiu ssiu tnlS mixed race lived
assertion He still adhered to the
Considerable ,or,.;
Cowan and Other ensuea between
s,iJ he bsd r.cen -aa hen took the floor. Fs
of our Generals seen letter fropl one
,7-r;,er stotos ~. FIexas in which ths
n,on ,voz d;soo1,srllme time ago Union
rrtIoTt a. - - n Texas, who was so
hi bonse after Nm ae Federal flag over
1-os yvs;te5 an b,- ose of the war. He
that the flag must be / ~ anu Svt.I ~
the people Of Texas mi u-''t uoH .!l "nii0
ton of their defeat, acc p lne L. stsu9
to anything of this kf' n i.os as.ed -
take down the flag and - "a te,UsS1 e. ~ -
fusal with his life This 1i9 ioi H.S - 70
reconstructed -Eebels of the 1,,' ~ tueS0
eepted the situation simpISH fnoI az az
Howard stated, when the N...N-as.i ~es al
amendment was before the 49,, go.
mittee, he was member Of tE,4yStt,
and the ID clause of the ania,rt' ani9,ra,t ~
knew to be indited for preeiss ~. L;nJ
of legislation now before the So n
denied thej only effect of the al, i,S.,a1t
was to relieve slaves from eompt-,- ser,
vice. Such was not the construct Ey,tan
/ ded by the friends of the amendnt -
/ by far Of the United States, nor by2a-tv
| loving people of the United States MI
a law Of this kind. lie said people ttbs
| Southern States would have a right ~
| patriate the freedmen or compel hiRtO Ior
| for whatever his master might choose
pay, thus reducing him to e state infnitG
worse than slavery.
| Mr. LANE, of Kansas, offered an amend
ment to the amendment of Mr.. Trumbun
% insert after words "foreign pewer"-the
words cor tribal authority
| Mr.. JOHNSON said the amendment of
| Mr.. Trumbull proposed 20 define citizen
| ship. Nobody was more willing than he
TO admit that such definition was 6esira-
| bic. The Dred Scott decision, however, de-
eided that persons of African descent, wheth-
er born in the United States or not, could
| not be citizens, aud that decision had not
been set aside. It was his opinion that the
| only way to accomplish the end proposed
| was by the Constitutional amendment. If
a legislation Of this kind was proposed he
thought it would leave the question still
| open rs before, and he doubted the ,Uthor-
| ity Of Congress to pass such bill. The
bill, he said, would affect not only colOred
but white people, and under it no State
| could distin suish between a citizen born on
its own soil and citizen Of anOther State or
country. Mr.. johnson proceeded to speak
of the details of the bill and to show that its
| operation would conflict with the laws in
| the State of Maryland and Others regula-
| ting the police affairs Of such States. With
| ouf eetion of the Senate Adjourned