Baltimore daily commercial. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1865-1867, 1866-02-28

| tne states. Referred to the Committee on Recon.
| struction.
=. Mr.. Morgan introduced bill to promote educa.
ZION Iaon and the mechanic arts, by the exemption o
| to the Committee on Finance.
| =, RESOLUTION OF THANKS.
| mr.. wilson, from the Committee Military Af
0n expressive of the gratitude of the nation to the
s, omeers, soldiers and sesmen Of the United States
| WHICH was READ three tunes and passed.
| =, Incorporation.
,,M Mr. Harris introduced bill to incorporate the
Womens Hospital Association of the District of Co
| lumbla Referred to.the Committee on the District
| OF Columbia.
BoUNTIEs TO SOLDIERS.
Mr.. Poland introduced bill to amend the act
granting bounty land to officers and soldiers who have
served in the army of the United States Referred
to the Committee on Public Lands.
| RESOLUTION OF INQUIRY.
Mr.. Sumner offered resolution reciting the previ-
Gus resolution of the Senate, calling the President
nors and whereas no response has yet been made by
the President, he is again respectfully requested to
furnish the information desired, which agreed to.
| MI. Morrill, offered a resolution requesting the
President to communicate to the Senate the report
or the Assistant Commissioner of the Freedmens Bu-
| reau made since December l. which was agreed to-
| COTTON FRAUDS
Mr.. Davis, Of Kentucky, moved to take up the
into the alleged cotton frauds: which was agreed to-
| Mr.. Davis sent to the Clerks desk letter from
MIR. Burnett. of Cincinnati, which stated that the
amount stolen by the cotton agents is insignificant
when compared with that taken by certain military
| officer understood to be Gen. Butler)
Mr.. Conness objected to the further reading of the
| The Chair submitted the question to the Senate,
when it was decided that the reading should be
| tinued.
| The reading was proceeded with, when Mr. Fessen-
den appealed to the Senator from Kentucky to have
| the reading discontinued.
Mr. Davis said that the material part of the paper
had not yet been read.
Mr.. Conness sadit was not right that an unauthor-
lied party should be allowed to arraign an officer OF
| the Government in the Senate, and make stump
| speech. He moved to discontinue the reading. and
refer the paper to the Committee Military Affairs
| Some further discussion took place between Messrs
Conness and Davis, when the former withdrew his
motion.
SOUTHERN REPRESENTATION.
PENDING discussion the morning hour expired, and
the unfinished business of yesterday being the reso-
luton providing against the admission of Southern
| delegates was taken up, upon which Mr.. Dixon, of
Connecticut was entitled to the floor.
Mr., DIXON commenced by allpdng to the speeches
| of Mr.. FeSsenden and Mr.. Sherman. He agreed
with much of the sentiments of the latter but after
the sacrifices of the President he thought that the
admission of the Senator from Maine that he did not
| think the President would do wrong, was very
meagre. He believed in his heart that the only mode
ofsaying the country from the pers and difficulties
which envlroned us, is the policy adopted bv the
President, and he would do nothing to oppose it. 1t
had been said that certain Senators were courting
the Executive favor, but he did not expect that any
Senator here, and he hoped not himself would seek
for the Executive smile. This was no new plan with
| him. He had held the same views more than three
years ago. Mr. D. then read from resolution intro
duced in the Senate by him the 18th of June 1862
declaring that the acts Of secession were null and
|
| Union were unchanged.
Andrew johnson sat here as a Senator from Ten
nessee long after that State had passed under the
control of the rebels. If the Senators from South
Carolina had chosen to remain here after that State
| had seeded. they would, of course. have been al
| lowed to remain Mr. D. said for taking this nosi
| ton 1862 he had not been denounced as traitor.
The loyal press of his State had sustained him. and
public meetings of his constituents had sustained
him: Was he now, because the President had adopt
ed this plan, to turn from him? He then referred to
the Freedmens Bureau bill, and said although he
had originally voted for the bill, he sustained the
PRESIDENT in his objections to it. The Senator from
Illinois (Mr. Trumbull) had said this bill would not
be permanent. Of course it would not, as succeed
ing Congress might alter it, but it certainly
| permanent as they could make it. He MR. D. had
no prejudices against the black man the score of
| kindness. nor had his people. He and they were
willing to do all in their power and give freely of
their for the relief of the freedmen and with
this understanding \! @ q he had voted for the bill
Fessenden, that the President in his veto message.
had stopped after giving fifteen good reasons for his
objection. and not passed to the consideration of
other matters For this reason and asserting that
principle was involved, the Senator failed to sustain
the President, on the ground that it would be loss
of sefrespect. He had voted to sustain the Presi-
dent and did not think that he the Senators who
had voted with him had abated any sef-respect or
dignity by so doing: The President did not assume,
had been charged that representation must follow
taxation The President took such ground as the
BY Congress nor d s wa not to be DECIDED
| 2ately to detersiine for itself.
A long cOlloluy here ensued between Messrs. Dixon
| President in his message.
| Mr. TrumbuIl asked if the State of Tennessee was
under the control of foreign power say the Empe-
ror Macmillan, and to send Senators here must
Congress admit them without enquiring into the 10y
| atty of their constituencies.
Mr. Dixon upheld that Congress had nothing to do
with it. 1t was solely in the jurisdiction of the
Senate gG 9r .u
brute force. If was to be taken up on Penn
sylyania avenue and sent here he must be admitted
| Mr. Dlxon-Ihat is just the question; it may be
considered one Of physical force. We have the case
of Mr.. Bright, which is just to the point. He was
| taken up from Pennsylvania avenue and sent here
| He had no constituency whatever, and yet he sat
here equal with us, until constrained to ex-
| pei him for his disOyalty.
Mr.. Trumbull-The Senator then argues for the
| right OF the Senate to commit perjury. We to
support the Constitution and We have the right to
Mr. Dixon-Not the right but the power dc
not think the Senate is any more likely to commit
perjury than Congress. 1t is question of jursdic-
| tion only,
Mr.. Dixon then stated that the President only as
serted that they had right to totally exclude States
Mr.. Kirkwood would ask of the Senator whether il
delegates from South Carolina were admitted, would
the people Of that State have the same rights and
| privileges as the Loyal people of Iowa.
| Mr.. Dixon-If the Senate admits these delegates
they have the same privileges the rest of long
as they are here As to whether they stand on the
same ground as the people of Iowa, do not think
| they do.
Mr.. Howard asked what would be the status Of
South Carolina if the Senate admitted her Delegates
and the House did not, or Uiee Uersa:
Mr.. Dixon-Her condition would be precisely the
same as 1t is now. contend that these States
| have been out of the Union.
!, In regard to the resolution so ably advocated by
the Senator from Maine if that Senator would alter
| it SO as to make the question of admission rest in
each House separately he would support it.
Considerable aside talk here took place between
| Messrs Dixon and Fessenden, when
| Mr.. Cowan called them to order, and insisted that
| they should address the chair in thei remarks He
should be violated by this wrangling between gen
| tlemen.
Mr.. Fessenden-If the Senator does not mind it
| you need not.
Mr.. Cowan-I insist that the rules of the Senate be
| observed.
Mr.. Dixon said it was the duty of the Senate to
take up at once the question of the admission of Ten
nessee; they should do so tomorrow. Her Senators
were now III the city, and every day they neglected
1t they neglected their duty The Senator said yes
| terday that he knew of no man who was opposed to
the admission of the Southern States and was shock
ed because such charge bad been made. II e refer
red the resolution !ntrodu uced in the other House by
| the member from Pennsylvania (Mr. Stevens). That
| gentleman was chairman OF the Committee on Re-
construction and it was well known how anxious he
was for the admission of these States vet the senate
tells US that he knows of no man who is opposed to
| the admission.
himself from his party, when the resolution appoint
| ing this committee first introduced. He read
from the speech of Mr. Shellabarger, of Ohio to the
effect that If the guarantees required of the Southern
States were not complied with, sael the Union would
never be restored. He also alluded to the position
sachusetts Convention last August and his statement
that generation might eapse before reconstruction
| took place. The Senator from Ohio Mr. Shermanl
had seen fit to bring before this hody speech Of the
| Presidents. He would not have done that. He was
not here to applaud or condemn the President. The
President had fit to discuss public questions in
his own way, and the people of the country would not
stop to consider the of his expressing his
timents, but what those sentiments were. Washing
| ton, while the occupant OF the Executive Mar-;on
adopted one course of action, and lincoln anofber
ne Shr' ~ Ln""Hg ne would like it better if tho
"asnipgtonlan method was revived.
| lie tnen replied at length to the charges that the
for reconstruction. - N-0 = pun
Mr.: Grimes asked if the President held the view
that these states were in o sufficiently loyal
condition to be admitted -''
the President. " SPS"A AoA
| Mr.. Wade said he would like to know what the
Presidents policy was. He could not Imagine what
1t was unless violent opposition to all the
| of Congress.
Mr.. Dixon concluded by saying that the Union
would De restored despite all efforts to prevent N
and his belief that the people will uphold and sun
port Andrew johnson as they did Abraham Lincoln
in the darkest days of the war
| Mr.. TrumbulI said the Senator from Connaoticrt
had acknowledged that what the Senate had the
power to do, it had the right to do He IMr T9 had
| pinned him to the point and he did NOT intend In
| let him escape, 1t was a mOnstrous doctrine The
Senator spoke Of the case of the Senators from In
| diana, who we're admitted into this body. 49,
Mr.. Dixon-Wel, did the Senate not have a right
to admit2 -'AA'
Mr.. Trumbull-No sir, it was a usurpation.
| Mr.. Dixon-Why did you not expel them then?
You sat here for a long time afterwards with them