The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1866-07-28
THE ACTION OF THE HOUSE
on THE ADMISSION
OF TENNESSEE.

w li1E A~lNs.cSION
OF TENNESSEE.
\ Dark Day for Thaddeus-A Parliament
tary Battlc-lntcresting Proceedings.
From the National Intclligenccr, 2lst.
Yesterday was Il dark day in the
House for the chief Of the star cham
Der and his immediate followers. They
were defeated upon every proposition.
The willy and relentless old chief ofthe
Rcvolutionist8 became the victim of
INSTRUMENTATION in his own camp. At
ter his defeat he struggled desperately
to regain the mastery. He tried in
vain the tactics that have never hither-
to failed him, but a large portion of the
Republican party in the House had bro
ken away from his control. They
would not obey his mandates. Having
defeated him once, they did not fear his
lrown His customary menace were
UNDECIDED. He was no longer i%nvinci-
bic. He was driven ut last, with droop-
ing feathers and Inundated mien, to
vote with those he had been luriously
opposing.
ADMISSION OF TENNESSEE.
The first business taken up in the
House was the resolution for the adj
mission of Tennessee. This had been
rorGibly wrested from the control Of
the Committee on Reconstruction, af-
ter II hard fight yesterday afternoon,
with the CHIEF conapirator and his safe
lites. The ground had been contested
inch by inch, but at last, by the co-ope-
ration of Democratic members with
the boilers from the Stevens despot-
ism, the subject had been brought fair
" before the House upon Mr.. Bing-
hams joint resolution declaring the
State of Tennessee 'restorcd to proper
practical relations with the union,'
and cytitlcd to representation in Con-
grcss. Efforts were made by Mr.. Bout
well, the chief conspirator's first lieu
tenant, to get in an amendment, reel
ting the now stale and offensive econ
struction doctrines Of the star chamber
committee but Mr.. Bingham has taken
the lead. and protiting by the example
hitherto presented by the Old chief
himself, he was ineXorablc, and sue
c~cssful!y fought of all amendments or
substitutes. The resolution had been
made Il joint resolution in order to re-
quire the Presidents approval of the
preamble, which had been %concoctcd
TO make the bill palatab!e to the Repub-
lican boilers from the Stevens despot-
ism. After tedious skirmishing the
Democratic allies were allowed to vote
separately upon the resolution and pre-
amble, so as to place themselves upon
the record in favor Of the former and
against the latter. Mr.. Boutwell, was
then afforded time to let Off IN intense
ly radical revolutionary speech, insist
ing upon negro suffrage rs u sine qua
non oftlc admission Of Southern rep
rcsentatives. lie declared himself in
favor of impartial suffrage, first for the
colored people of Tennessee, and af-
forwards for the colorcd people of all
the revolted and still rebellious sec
ton of the country; but he did not
seem to care to extend the right ofsuf-
frage to the colorcd people Of the loyal
States on the border and in the North.
He charged the Republicans who were
about to vote for this resolution with
having abandoned the colored people
of the South, after having held out
false promises to them; and he tricdto
friehten back the boilers into their ale
glance to the Central Directory by mcn-
aces, repeated in various forms, that
the DISTINGUISHED rebels. and emancipa-
ted but not cnfranchiscd negroes ofthe
South, would unite together to over
turn the loyal white governments pro-
posedto be recognized. The reply of
Mr.. Bingham was brief, and directly to
the points in controversy. He admin
istercd u sever castigation to Mr..
Boutwell, and his fellow Disunionists,
whose doctrines are subvcrsive of the
cardinal principles of our republican
system OF government Mr.. Stevens
had attempted to make a point, but was
quickly put hors du combat by an adroit
a~llusion to Pennsylvania. The disu-
Mon batteries were completely silenced,
and it was evident, at the conclusion of
Mr.. Bingham's speech, that lie had the
! House with him. The vote was taken
amidst great excitement on the floor
and in the galleries. There were only
twelve votes in the negative, all Radi-
cal disunionists. When the name of
Mr.. Stevens was called, both sides of
the House were astonished to hear him
vote very family in the affirmative.
This vote occasioned much merrimcnt.
BY some it was magnanimously accep-
ted as an acknowledgement of his de
feat; by others it was pronounced a
cowardly descr,ion of the twelve delu-
ded disciples who had already record
ed their votes in the negative. The
battle had been hardly contested, but
the victory ofthe Conservatives was de-
c~isiye. The annunciation Of the result
elected loud, long continued, and unre-
buked applause on the floor and in the
galleries.
ANOTHER RECONSTRUCTION BILL.
Notwithstanding his overwhelming