Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1866-02-01
VOL. XX--NO. &c.


nv plan fer acquiring Canada, enforcing
the Monroe Doctrine, paying the nationa
debt and by relieving The SouthsOf its en-
barrassment and re-eementing the shat
tered Union. The poor whites must b
weaned from the rife, net and line By in
dueements Of Wsll-rswardsd labor. Theil
idle wives and children may thus be brought
to habits Of order, method and industry and
in few years we shallceass to remember thai
there were for several decades four millions
of people tending rapidly to barbarism. Lei
Us then open our resources BY experineni
and open them to enterprise and to the
world and the question whether We owe
three hundred or three thousand millions
will in ten years hence be one Of trifiing i'm
portanee. Canada will come tous like rips
fruit falling into the hands Of the farmer
and if Maximilian remains In Mexico il
will be as a citizen Of the Republic and an
adherent TO the Monroe Doctrine House
adjourned. ., I'D, - r.
SENATE.
Mr.. LANE, Of Indiana, reported bill to
extend the benefits of the pension laws to
srtifeers Of the army. al el -.
Mr.. GRIMES, from the Naval COMMITTEES,
reported resolution Of thanks to Admiral
Faragut, which wss passed. IS
Mr.. SUMNER, presented q petition in
favor Of sbolishing al distinctions on ae-
count of color, which was referred 10 the
Committee on Reconstruction. -a-3 aa
Mr.. ANTHONY, from the Committee on
Printing, reported in favor Of printing 50oe
copies Of the Report of the Revenue Com
missioners, which was passed. r
Mr.. SPRAGUE moved TO reconsider the
vote by which the bill to extend the time
for the withdrawal Of goods from the public
stores, was passed. e-
Mr. SPRAGUE explained the effect of the
bill it Would reduce the duties on imported
goods. The old law on this subject provides
that goods might be withdrawn within three
months, or if after that time and within
three years on payment Of 25 per cent. The
present measure provides for the withdraw
al within three years on payment of 10 per
cent that this alteration in the law
would be to the advantage OF foreign man
ufaeturers. -Us&
lieve the bill inimical TO the American man
ufacturer, otherwise he should not have
favored It. II had the approval Of the
Treasury Department, and it wss NJ nor
favorable to importers than the present laws
were to manufacturers.
Mr.. FESSENDEN suggested 1t would be
well TO reconsider the bill and let it 90 to
the Committee on Finance to be examined.
Mr.. MORGAN objected to this. o1e s1
Mr.. TRUMBULL, Of Ill, called for the
regular order, which was the bill for the
protection Of all persons in their civil rights.
The pending question was, upon the
amendment of Mr.. Lane, of Kansas, TO the
amendment Of Mr. TrumbuIl, so as 70 make
the lst section read that all persons born IN
the United States not subject to snv foreign
power, tribunal or authority, are hereby de-
olared to be citizens of the United States.
Mr.. DAVIS, Of Kentucky, spoke against
the bill and amendment. He said that
they were not citizens under the Constitu
ton.
Mr.. LANE asked to withdraw his amend
nent, and in lieu Of it to offer an amend
ment so as TO make the first section read,
"That all persons born in the United States,
not subject to any foreign power, and In
dians holding lands by allottments are
hereby declared TO be citizens Of the United
States Hefthen moved to amend the I'd sec
tion as proposed yesterday, by inserting the
words, or "tribal authority after the words
"forsign powers. This was subsequently,
withdrawn. Ai -- -
Mr.. TRUMBULL then moved to amend
his amendment SO as to make It read that
'.persOns born in the United States, not sub
Ject TO any foreign power, excepting Indians,
not taxed, are hereby declared citiEsns Of
the United States. Is 1 ssd ---s
Mr.. HENDRICKS, Of Indiana, objected
to making the payment Of taxes qaali6-
cation for citizenship q 1al afIr
Mr., TRUMBULL was of the opinion that
the amendment under consideration was
really unnecessary. He believed that every
man born in the United States was citi1en,
but 1t had bean held differently By high AZ,
thorities. -. - -
Mr.. CLARK, ofNew Hampshire, held that
q black man was q citizen of the United
States under the Constitution. He was a
citizen before the adoption of the ConstiS1-
tion. ~
Mr.. BROWN argued that Congress- had
the right to make them citizens.
Pending further discussion the Senate sd-
jourIed. ''-- 90 'A-i' s.sz