Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1866-03-03
Congressional Proceedings,


tions to disarm and disband the militia
of the rebellious states.
WILSON read letters from Gener-
ais Thomas, Swayne, Hartsnff, and
others, in charge of the freedmen in the
Gulf States, which represented that
there was danger of the extinction OF
the negro race ana the expulsion OF
northern men if the militia should not
be superseded ny U. s. forces.
HOWARD introduced an amendment
to the representation bill, giving the
right of suffrage to ell citizens of Afri-
can de- cent who have been enrolled in
the army and navy who can read and
write, and to all possessed of property
of $3.50.
| YATES then resumed his remarks from
Friday, on the constitutional amend
ment, and was still speaking at three
O'Clock.
The galleries are crowded.
| The message of the Z resident vetoing
the freedmen's bureau bill has been laid
on the clerks table, and it will proba-
bly, be laid before the Senate when MIR.
Yates concludes his remarks.
After the conclusion of Mr.. Yates
speech, the Vice President then sub
mitted the message of the President
vetoing the Freedmen's Bureau bill,
which was read by the Clerk amidst
evidences of intense feeling on the part
of Senators and gathered members OF
the House, as well as spectators in the
galleries, but without any open mani
| festations.
House -RoGERs, among other. bills,
introduced one constituting eight hours
days work for all laborers, workmen
and mechanics, employed by or ON be-
half the Federal Government, which
was referred to the Committee on the
Judiciary.
Bills introduced Providing bounties
for soldiers of 1861 and 1862. TO re-
peal all laws exempting Government
bonds and securities from taxation.
Empowering states to- tax them, and
imposing government tax OF a quarter
of one per cent. upon them. Giving
bounties to hundred DAYS men. For pro-
lection of persons from illegitimate pros
ecution. For actions under military
authority.
The vote on Mr.. Longyear's resolu-
tions was as follows: On the LIST
resolution, viz:
/ ResOlued, That in the language of the
proclamation of the President, of May 10Th,
/ 1865, the rebellion, which was waged by a pOr-
i ton of the people of the United States against
the properly constituted authorities OF the
Government thereof, in the most violent and
| revolving form, but whose armed and organ
/ lied forces have now been almost entirely
overcome, has, in the revolutionary progress,
/ deprived the people of the states in which it
was organized of all civil government.
Il RI nv n
| nays SO.
| The next resolution was as follows:
ResolUed, That whenever the people of any
state are thus deprived of all civil government
| it becomes the duty of Congress, by appro-
pirate legislation, to enable them to organize a
State government, and in the language of the
| Constitution, to guarantee to each State a
| republican form of government.
This was agreed to by yeas IO3, nays
SO.
The third resolution was then voted
| on, namely:
Resolued, That it is the deliberate sense of
This Housa. that the condition OF the rebel
statrs fully justifies the President in main
| tanning the suspension of the writ of habeas
| corpus in these States.
This was agreed to by yeas ITO, nays
&c.
The fourth and last resolution was
aread, follows:
/ ResOLUed That il is the deliberate sense of
| this House that the condition of the rebel
| states fully justifies the President in main
tanning the military possession and control
1 therein, and that the Presidentis entitled to
the thanks of the nation for employing the
war power for the protection of Union citiz7ns
and the freedmen in these states.
This was adopted by ayes 1874; nays 8.
The committee on commerce reported
bill, which was passed, amending the
| bill preventing the importation of cattle
by giving the Secretary of the Treasury
power to suspend its operations in
cases where it will not tend to the in
PRODUCTION of infectious diseases among
cattle The President is also authorized
to declare the act in operation whenev-
er, in his Judgment, the importation of
cattle would be injurious. Punishment
is also provided for offenders against
| this law.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 20-SENATE-
WILSON offered a resolution, which
was adopted, instructing the Commute
on Reconstruction to inquire how far
the lately rebellious states had conform
ed to the requirements of the Presi-
dents reconstruction policy.
Al one u clOCk bE0 cuhlI huuouHCtu
that the morning hour having expired,
the unfinished business of yesterday,
which was a bill returned by the Pres
ident, with his objections to it, was
before the Senate.
DAVIS, of Ky, took the floor and
read long argument in opposition to
the bill.
The question being called for, the
Chair announced that it was: ''Shall
the bill pass the Presidents objections
Notwithstanding" Upon which the
yeas and nays were required by the
Constitution. The vote was AS follows:
Yeas-Anthony, Brown, Chandler, Clark,
CONFESS, Cragin, Creswell, Fessenden, Fowler,
Grimes, Harris, Henderson, Howard Howe,
kirkweod, Lane OF Indiana, Lane of Kansas,
Nve, Poland, Pomeroy, Ramsay. Morrill,, sher-
man, Sprague, Sumner, Trumbull, Wade,
Williams, Wilson, Yates-30.
Nays-Buckalew, COwan, Davis, Dixon. boo
little, Guthrie, Hendricks, Johnson, hcDong-
al, Morgan, Nesmith, Norton, Riddle, Saula-
bury, Stewart. Stockton, Van Wrinkle and Viii
ley-1S.
Absent-FOote and wright-2.
WADE introduced the following joint
resolution, proposing an amendment
to the Constitution.
ReSolred, That the following article
be proposed to the legislatures of the
several states as an amendment to the
Constitution of the United States,
which, when ratified by three -fourths
of the said legislatures, shall be valid
as part of the said Constitution, viz:
1~,s.Io The axoonfiva ,,oxpar oball ha