The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1866-02-14
CONGRE EssIONAL.
WASHINGTON, Feb. l3

Mr.. Morgan said as the State of Alabam.
is one of the States that during the pc
riod of four years has been in rebellion
against the United States and as Con
gress has not determined whether tn,
political conduct of that State is such a.
to entitle the State to representation il
the Senate, | do not expect that Gov ver
nor Parsons will be requested to come for
ward and take the oath at this time, ant
l will ask that the credentials be received
and laid upon the table to await the fur
ther action of the Senate 1t was so or
dered
Several petitions for an equalization
of bounties, and an increase of duties on
imported goods were presented and re-
ferred.
Several petitions for equal civil and
political rights were offered and refer.
red
Mr.. Wade of Ohio offered the petition
of colored soldiers, asking the right OF
suffrage.
Mr.. Salisbury of Delaware wished to
ask question. The Senate and the
country were very familiar with the
word "colored" as applied to the negro
Now he would like to know what au-
thority there was for the use of that
word. The only place he had ever seen
it in history so applied was in the history
of st, Domingo, where il was used to de.
note mulattoes.
! Mr.. Fessenden, from the committee on
Reconstruction, reported a joint resolu,
ton to amend the constitution with a
constitutional article as follows: Con.
gress shall have power to make all laws
necessary and proper to secure to the
citizens of each State the privileges and
immunities of citizens of the several
States, and to all persons of the several
States equal protection in the rights of
life, liberty and property. The resolu-
tion was ordered to be printed.
Mr.. Brown offered a resolution, which
was adopted, instructing the committee
on Commerce to inquire what legislation
is necessary to protect the lives of pas
sengers on western steamboats, from dan.
gers incident to the explosion of tubular
boilers.
Mr. Morgan called up the bill to ex.
tend the time for withdrawing goods
from public stores and warehouses.
Mr.. Sprague spoke against the bill as
calculated to injuriously affect home
manufacturers by enabling importers to
sell goods cheaper than they could be
manufactured in this country. Mr..
Sprague said he had heard great deal
about the profits of manufacturers, The
happiest hour of his life, he said, would
be when he saw the New England sys-
tenn Of industry made the system OF the
country. He would like the western and
middle States to enjoy the strength of
the New England system After further
debate, in which Messrs Sherman, Nor
rill, Hendricks and Clark participated,
further confederation on the subject was
postponed till tomorrow.
House. Whaley, ofW Va, sub
mitted the following resolutions;
Whereas, The House at its last session,
thesl lentiments of the Amer.
can people, passed resolution endorsing
the traditional policy of the government
towards the Republics of this continent,
and reprobating in unmistakable Ian
guage, the erection of monarchy upon
the ruins oftheIneighboring republic OF
Mexico, and whereas iagrant infraC-
ton Of the American continent policy
occurred While Jhe uatiVn wasin conflict
for its own unity; which conflict is now
happily ended, therefore
Resolved, First, That this House do
hereby e-athrm the resolutions of the
last session and declare that the estab
lisbment of a political protectorate by
France in behalf of All Austrian prince,
over the Republic of Mexico is the intro.
duction of a scheme or policy, which
carries with it a right to interfere in
our own as we'll as the affairs of all the
republics on this continent is a meas
ure to which the country can never
submit apd which should be resisted by
all the means in our power.
Resolved, second, That to the end Of
making good this resolution, the Presl
dent solicit the alliance of all the Re
publics Of this continent, and the Uni
ted States use all the means in their
power.
Mr. Whsiey demanded the previous
question but the House, by vote OF l3
to 95, refused to second it.
On motion of MI Brooks the resolu-
ton was referred to the committee Oil
Foreign Affairs
Mr.. Stevens introduced resolution
for the procuring of large number Of
copies Of the work containing the facts
with regard to the assassination of Pres
ident Lincoln, and the orations OF Ban
croft, Colfaz and others! and the pro
ceedings of municipal and and Congress
sional authorities on the subject
The resolution was referred 10 the com
mittee on Printing,
On motion of Mr. Latham, Of West
Virginia, the committee on Public
were directed to cause to oe
painted on the square panels OF glass III
the ceiling of the House OF Representa-
tives the escutcheons respectively OF the
States ef West Virginia and Nevada, ana
that the necessary appropriation De maze
therefor
Mr. Smith, of Kentucky, oteredsa res
olution that MI James NJ Johnson.
claiming to be a member elect from
Arkansas, be admitted to the privileges
of the House during the pending of his
claim as a member thereto,
Mr.. Stevens wanted the resolution re-
ferred to the committee on Reconstruc-
ton
Mr.. Smith hoped the House would
vote for the resolution and grant Colo
mel Johnson the privileges. This is apart
from the credentials which have already
been referred TO the committee on Ne
construction.
Mr.. Stevens said that the resolution
proposed to give the gentleman seat on
the floor as member elect from state