The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1866-03-25
BY TELEGRAPH.
MIDNIGHT REPORT.
HOUSE.

XXX CONGRE0D~-F1N8T SESSION
HOUSE.
WASHINGTON, March "a.
The House met as if in committee of ths
, whole, the only business IN order being {
general debate on the Presidents annual
, message. The attendance, both on the floor
and in the galleries, was very slim.
Mr. Brooks rose to personal explanation
in reference to the Globe report Of the dis
eussion between himself and the gentleman
from Ohio, Mr.. Garfield, on Thursday last.
He stated that the remarks purporting to
have been made BY Mr.. Garfield were not
heard by him G Mr.. Brooks, and were, g he
understood them, incorrectly reported, al
though it was not for him to say how OF
where the misrepresentation occurred. 1t
was 10 him q matter of comparatively little
Importance, except that he wished to stand
right upon the record referring TO the report
made by Mr.. Garfield to Congress from the
select committee to investigate into the man.
segment of the printing bureau. He found
that although il was not signed, il commenced
by the recital that Ar. Garfield, from the
committee, made the following report, which
was signed by himself, NJ. Brooks,) aud
Messrs. Stewart, Steele and Dawson.
He had letter received from Mr.. Jordan,
solicitor TO the Treasury, to Mr.. Chase, stating
as the result Of an investigation made BY him
into the charges against J. NJ. Clark, III en-
| tire conviction that the most material Of the
stassment were true. Mr.. Garfield said that
he waaobhged TO the gentleman from New
York, for the correction he had made. 1t
was the universal custom for one member
authorized by . committee, TO make the RI
port, and that liad been done in this case. He
had been authorized by majority Of the com.
4 n ms 70 tho rpr, i ho had unf ho.r
50 authorized, surely some one oi the iour
members associated with him, Mr. Davis
Of Md, Mr.. Wilson Of Iowa, Mr. Fenton Of
New York. would have N ade correction 1t
the lime Of the conclusion Of the report, which
lie had made III these words:
| Resolved, That the policy Of printing pub
lie money in the Treasury has issuissd ia !
great saving Of expense TO the Government,
and security againss fraud, and that the Affairs
Of the printing bureau have been miniatered
with marked ability and integrity. In add
ton. to this there was y report from Governor
fenion. expressly maintaining that be con.
Cured with the report Of the committee in
everything except . reflection on the New
lork Bank Note Company.
| Mr. Wilson, Of Iowa, said that he had not
concurred in the conclusion Of the committee,
and that if the report had BEEN presented to
| him for his Signature be would not have
signed it.
| Mr. Garfield stated that this was the first
| that he knew that the gentleman from Iowa
dissented from the report Of the majority
The majority had sushonzed him tGarneld)
| TO make the report, and be had done il
Mr.. Wilson said that be had been asked
| by Mr. Henry Winter Davis, ! member Of
the committee. whether he was willing 10 sisn
the report, and had replied that he was not,
| ~ he did not agree with the committee 10 its
| conclusions ~ set forth in the report aud in
| the resolution. Here the matter dropped.
Mr.. Moulton proceeded to address the
House.
Mr.. Moulton of Illinois, ia discussing tie
question OF reconstractios, argued that civil
rights shall be guAr.nteed 20 all, With the
| means to enforce them. He held that these
| rights and conditions should be secured by
| proper amendments to the constitution, and
that nos vas the time 10 ,naugurse these
| amendments. In relation to the Presiden,
he said that until recently be had the conf
dence Of the Union party. and thai no homo
rable man conid have believed that he would
desert the party which had defended him
| against the as. .auits Of traitors, aud had elec.
| ted him to the position he held.
Ingrahtude bad ever been regarded as q
| crime vi the most damnable character. and
| yet in his opinion, Andy. johnson would 90
| down to posterity, not only as the betrayer of
his party, bat as IN migrate Infamous, IN all
time to come,to 81 honorable men. All the in.
stincts Of AudTew johnson, be said, was in
ttnsely southern. he hated Northern men
IS intensely as did Davis, Toombs, Beaure.
gard or Lee. This did The Southern people
know, hence tn cir confidence in Johnson In
his (Moulton's) opinion, it was. 70 say the
least, unfortunate that men with intense
southern feelings and instincts, should Al this
| time be at the head Of this Government. The
| perncious consequences Of It might require
| the work of ages to correct and overcome
| Mr.. Dixon next addressed the House,
taking strong grounds against the President S
| policy of reconstruction. He held that non 0
Of the rebelious States should be admitted to
representation until they had been formed by
the Constitution and laws 70 tie change III
political relations brought about by the war.
As to the suggestion that di1ISjcts in States
should be admitied to representation, he
showed how absurd that was, because it is
the State that sends Senators to Congress,
and it is theStat TO which . republican form
Of government must be guaranteed. He
hoped the iipe was near when that guarantee
and reooenitionshoald be given u 1ehaessee
| The other rebel States, he showed, had no
right TO complain Of delay. He wonld hook
upon i as > prodigy xhsn their repudiatlon
i should be completed.
Slavery being dead in the South, it vas the
duty Of Congress to alter the representation
based upon i. He should not recommend to
the South system his own State had not
4 adopted, but n would ask from the North
that the population excluded frcm voting
should not avail in any State for the purpose
Of representation.
M. Buckiand, Of Ohio, next addressed the
House. He said, that the people were becom.
ing very impatient at the delay in reconstruc.
tim, aud did not understand why Congress
had not adopted some definite plan. He held
that the people Of State, finding themselves
from any cause without Goyelnment, m,Rht
organanise kovefnment and exercise its
ffn, tons without authority from Congres, but
4 he did not lhiisk that Representation should
be admitted from Tennessee or any of the
rebel States WITHOUT the concurrence Of both
branches ef Cqfress
\ He deprecated the war. waged against the
President. The people did not believe that
Mr.. johnson Was ABOUT to prove recreant 10
the great trust veetsd in him, and thst they
! would stand By him regardless OF attack from
my quarssF. He disapproved Of the assaults
made upon the President, and thought they
were pIcalled for and ont Of place. He did
not follow the chairman Of the Committee on
: Reconstruction, Mr., Stevens, on that part oi
| bis plan Of reconstrucsing the reSelIious
States 1t seemed 10 him AZ if twas the
4 policy to get up a bad state offselfuy hetween
} the confidence Of loyal people ID tho Presi
ltsasnt, Hs wosld notbe ! party % any such
!: warfare, il he we're sure that the rights o
white and freedaeu would BE- respected and
protected BY the Southern people. !,
He vonld VITA fo.dav IA rAs4nra sthns<