New-York daily tribune., 1866-04-09

changed; the ideas we've the same. These speeches
night be regarded almost M law, for they b. their
first, their SECOND and their third readirgs Tho prn
eipa topic Of all these speeches was q American ct
sen OF African descent He believed that there a
great deal of mistaken philanthropy md sympathy eI
hibited for the coIoIed people when ney we're in
Slavery. and he proceeded to show from personal e1
perenco that the saves Off South had moi hac snch
Ne.y bad time Of it. This pat Of his speech brought
ont series Of questionings from hessrs. PRICE,
PLANTZ and MONKS. Nj. HO0AN's answers showed
/ that he believed Slavery to be wrong, that he was
clad il was cYtirpatd from The country, that he
heieved tie Democratic party cond not die while
liberty lived. and that al defamation ah0nt the
negro was a great wrong perpetrdted on Congress
aud The American people Passing on to the discns-
SION Of the reconsu uuction question, MI HOGAN pro-
ceeded to show the inconsistency of the present policy
OF the Republican party with the action OF Congress
throughout the war the adoption of decar atory
utions in reference 10 the object of the war; g. in the
admission ~ seats on the floor OF perOns claiming to
he Representatives from Tennessee and L0nsilna and
in other matters # general lerislston Much of the
this session bad been against the Presi
dent of the United States lie had been denounced
and abnsed because his policy was tustiDed by Demo
Gratis in the House, but had he not been nominated and
elected because he Democrat and because he was
a SonIhern mani sonihern Democrat on the same
ticket with an Illinois Republican made up what they
had called the union party in 1864. Democrats sus-
tanned him purely from patriotic moiives
Mr. BALDWIN Was the next speaker. He had not
sympathizrd he said, with the eager zea which had
been exhibited for restoring the Bsurgent St1tes 10
their place in the Union, immediately after thcir ar
mics hid surrendered. lie thought The effort p,ema.
ture IL seemed him that the work should have been
undertaken without haste and with very great delber-
alton Ee thought il should have waited TIL the mad
passions had suhsided-ti the whole nation had been
made to feel tht treason crime; till the policy b.
be pursued with traitors had been settled unil time
had developed in those southern communities such ee
ments Of reconstruction as would have made II entirely
successful and until that oack and bloody spirit flied
treason had been ccansed and purified by The trans
gnrntion of tueh returning owe for the old faF and
r the honor aud gor' Of the Republic rs wonl have
bronc ht all the sembance of genuine oyHlty. He cor
daily approved of the joint inn reported from
the Reconstruction Cou INIT relating to Tennessee
81 far as 1t asserted implied the absolute authority Of
Cons questions ~ that characters bniih feso
ulion quite free from objection In another aspect
IL had not been presented In the best form. lie thought
ii could be much improved by making III more dneet
portion Of s language was calculated to misend many
peoule he meant the port Of IL resolving that the
State " Tennessee is hereby declared to be one Of the
United States of America, on an eqnal foiing with
other StaiPs That language was understood bv many
10 mean that Tennessee oat Of the Union. He
was sure such aning was intended, but the I'm
gnace was liable o misconstfueton ard should not be
used IN resolution o. such Importance Ihe resources
OF the English language we're y'rJ great and without
taxing them severely terms might easily be found more
appropriate and les liable Ia be misunderstood lie
thought the resolution might be much improved by
striking TIE oIGs he had quoted and substituting
for them something like ihe following:
Resrsd That the State Of Tenn~se~ j. hereby decired 10
be satisfactorily ganized snd In n don 10 establish
her old relations to Oovernnrnt and r,sGmc hsI frprs
srntdtion m Congress.
lie held that not an acre OF land IN the Southern 70
gion Dsd ceased for moment 10 be- under ,he National
sovereign'y. No assumption or preceding Of treason
bad repealed the of Congress by winch certain ,pec
fed territory wHs docled Ia b. tie STAT" o Tennessee
Either the pesient doctrine OF Secession and trea
son must Ice ndorsed else eyeiy ordnance Of Scces
sion must be inhe1Ihy treated null and void from tho
/ beginning. The men who had cOnspifed and warrfd
against the Government and who were sii unchanged
in spfit-such men as had been described N T. iest
mony Of Gen 1Lomss. should be compoled 10 stand
back to ait and feel for the disabilities ~ trea
No consideration ~ polcs no desire TO exero Sc
magnaninity no mesmerc charm of expediency. could
he hell fact
r. en- into the councils of the ntion would be % crime
more damnable than treason IT, elf. 1herr should nc no
system Of reconstruction q At not founded on the
protection and security Of Union men in the south and
Of the coored freedmen. The latter should have the
ballot. which contsined wonderful power oi proiec
ton and this would only be return tn the old practice
OF the country. the time OF the Revolution
only in two States Georgia and South Csronn) that
the cooted freedmen refused suffrage The powers
OF darkness could not triumph in this contest In thu
mater OF duty toward the freedmen the country was
tTl before the world and could not escape the ludg
uent Of mankind
Mr.. H.Rpso 1li) addressed the House briefly IN
reference To the financial condition Of the country IL
was not by foreign loan. nor by substituting gold
interest-bearing homes for currency ineresbearlng
bonds by contracting the national currncy, the
National Bank currency. that we could reach the goal
of specie payment must depend. lot upon t0em or
any Of them but upon the productive resources 81 the
country on our fertile alds rich mines flowing oil
wells and all the elements Of national wealth. The de-
velopment Of these VIII not only make specie payment
possible but inevitable; but until then no legislation
| could achieve that desired object.
| Mr. WILSON uowa) said presume that the mes.
sage from the Senate IN reference 10 Us action on the
Civil Rights bill will be received In this House early
on Monday desire TO state now, In order that notice
msy be given 20 members who are here through the re-
ports Of to days proceedings. that Immediately after
the morning hour Monday. ifthe message from the
Senate shall have been then received shall ask 10
have the Veto Message Of the President taken mp and
after its reading shall move the previous question on
the passage u the bill Notwithstanding the objections
Of the President In order to bring the House ~ an i'm
mediate vote on the bull
Mr. FrscK (Ohio)-I wish TO ask the Chairman Of the
judiciary Committee whether some discussion will not
be alowedf
Mr.. WILSON Iowa)-It is not my intention 10 allow
apy II the House will second the previous question.
The bin has been already discussed In the House very
thoroughly
warrant at least some discussion so important
measure as that. l trust the House wiz allow some
debate.
ton The gentleman from Iowa merely gives notice
that he intends to demand the previous question on the
passage OF the Civil Rights bill on Mondays II viii DO
Tor the House then to second It or to refuse doing So
MI EIDRIDGE (Wis.)-It seems TO me that the gen.
tlemsn from Iowa ought not to insist on pushing the
matter through without discussion The House Ger
any has not been very industrious Tor the past two or
three weeks Almost every day II has adjourned
earlier than 1t had been In the habit OF adournng and
certainly there IL necessity for pushing matter Of
tits important character through under the previous
question. 1t Is an absurdity shat u snoua DO aone AZ
been had there. To posh through the House under
the previous question would DO dbgraco " the
House.
determine irtend to move the previous question.
and II tine House shall support me we SHAH take vote
Immediately on the reading OF the Veto Message IL
have 10 put the disgrace upon itself shall make that
molten aad will depend upon the majority to sustain
Mr. LIZ BLOND next addressed tho House. applying
his saIf t the of the argument that the nsur