The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1866-04-12
CONGRESSIONAL.
CIVIL RIGHTS BILL PASSED OVER
THE VETO.
SENATE.
WAsuINoroN. April G, 1866.

ldent vetoing the Clvll hiShts Dill was
taken up.
Mr. LANE, of Kansas, (Union) de-
Tended at great length the President
from the charges Of usurpation and
dictation. He said the President ap-
proved of the resolution he had offer
ed. lie said Mr.. President, | am not
as conversant with the constituency of
the Senator from Ohio as he is, but 1
will venture the assertion that, outside
of New England, there is not single
State in this Union, not one State,
but will by majority vote endorse
the policy of reconstruction made by
President Johnson, and expressed in
that joint resolution. You cannot go
before the people Of this country in a
policy to give unqualified suffrage to
the blacks. The President has been,
and is now, in my judgment, as anX-
ious to harmonize the difficulties Of the
Union party as any Senator on the
floor. if he was met in the same
spirit that party would be united, and
this Union would be restored His
advocates are mot by insult. His ad
vances are met by denuncption from
the heads of the Republican party up
on the Senate floor, in language with
out parallel SO far as am con-
cerned, Mr.. President propose to day,
and hereafter, to make my position
alongide Of the President, of the Re-
publican party, and stand there un-
flinchingly, defending him against the
Senator from Ohio. as | defended his
predecessor against the same Scna-
tor.
Mr.. WADE said in reply: Who is
your President2 That very man must
bow, too, if you please. Why, sir, we
all know him; ho is no stranger toithis
body. We have measured him, SIR;
we know his strength, his capacity,
and you set him up as a paragon, and
declare here, upon the floor of this
Senate, that you are going to wear his
color. Is that the idea-that you are
going to be his apologist and defender
on whatever he may propose? These
millions Of people, sir, exposed to out
RACES and insults and murder from
those worse than savages Their for
mer master murdered, VIC are told
every day. Their lives taken away
their humanity trampled under foot
and when Congress, under the Con
stituton of the United States, is en-
deavoring to tender them somo little
protection, how are we met here p
Every attempt Of yours has been tc
trample them down, making then
worse and throwing every obstruction
in tho way Of anything proposed by
Congress
Mr.. LANE, in reply, said: Wear {
collar! Indicted for treason by n pro
slavery grand jury! Hunted from
State to State by writ founded upor
that indictment for treason A hun
dred thousand dollars offered for my
head Jim Lano wear collar
TLaaghtcr,1 Mr.. President, wherevel
ho is known that charge is denied q
false by both friends and enemies.
I Mr.. WADE: | wish he was.
Mr.. LANE, after reading the ex
tract given above said he appealed t.
Mr.. Wade to withdraw tho seriou
charge he had made against the Pres
ident, He Mr. Lane would not dc
fend tho Presidents speech of tho 22'
, OF February, as it was made under ex
ctement. .... ........
! MIR. DOOLITTLE, of Wis (Union
g. said he had striven to prevent col
f lis0n between Congress- and the Ex
ecutlve, and was sorry to SEQ q dispo
. sition among some of his friends TO ac
I toward the executive as though h
Q was unworthy of their confidence
The bill contains propositions upo
which tho ablest men, in whom tn
whole land had undoubted confidence
= differ. Me trusted tho bill would b
b placed in charge of the Judiciar.
n Committee, and that tho committe
would frame ono which would avoi
the objections raised to itin this body
y in the other House, and by tho Exec
. utivo. uo was dcsirous of preservin
d amicablo relations between Congrc'
:. and the Executive Ho knew that th
Legislature of his State had passed
u resolution requesting him to vote fc
l. tho Civil Rights BILL tho President
n objections thereto Notwithstanding, -
:. IIc had already set forth at length h
object ms to the measure, and he couI
not vote for it, and would abide by th
= consequences. Ho entertained tn
& highest respect for the gentlemen con
d posing the Legislature Of the State, bt
standing whore he did, ho saw VIII,
thcy could not. They were at q di
% tancc, and influenced by party pres
@ and persons interested.
]. Mr.. WADE contended against Il
i, policy of tho President.
Mr.. LANE responded to some pc
% sonal remarks OF Mr.. Wade.
l. Mr.. DAVIS, of Ky, (Urion), O
k, posed tho bill, flvoring the veto,
of lilo said, if the bill became a law,
ID should feel compelled to regard hir
self an enemy of tho Government, nj
~ to work for It's overthrow
Mt Mr.. SALISBURY, of Del, Dem
h, said ho should consider tho passage
r. tho bill as inaugurating treason, Al
or it would lead to bioodsAOd, war NJ
: dsunon.
d. Mr., YATES, Of Ill, (Union), urg
Senator's to march forward in tho pc
iormance of their duty, and do it nj
re and hereafter.
al The vote was thon taken, "Shall t
q. bill pass, the Presidents veto to I
contrary notwithstanding Y