Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1866-04-09

| crime more dsmnable than trea'gn itself. Thefe
should be no system Of reconstruction that was nos
founded on the protection and security OF 4nioh M
| in the South and OF c0ored freedmen. Inc hS.er
should have tie ballot which contained WONDER
full power Of protection, and this would be only AIe &
turn to the old practice Of The country ior a. tno
time of the Revolution II ws only in two States'
Georgia andSouth Carolina. that tho lored reed
men were refused suffrage. The power 81 dArknesss
could not triumph III Ini5 & N sS nn tSa be-
fore the world and could not escape the Judgment OF
Mr., HARDING, OF Illinois, addressed the H0uso
briefly in reference to the financial condition Of tho
country II was not by foreign loan, nor by sub
stutng gold interest bearing bonds for currency by
contracting the National currency, or the Nat0nai
Bank currency that could reach the goal Of specie
payment. We must depend not upon them or anY
Of them, but upon the productive resources OF the
country, upon fertile lands, rich mines, flowing oil
ellis and AL the elements Of National veal tn. The
development o. these would not onl' make specie
payment possible, but ineyita6le but until then no
Mr.. WILSON. Of Iowa, said presume that the
message from the Senate in reference to its action on
the Civil Rights bill W II be received in this House
early on Monday. / desire to state now. in order
that notice may be given to members who are not
here in the reports of Odays proceedings that i'm
mediatey after the morning hour on Monday. II the
message from the Senate shall have Deen received,
shall ask to have the veto message Of the President
taken up and after its reading shall m3ye the pre-
standing the objections of the previous order 7
bring the House to an immediate vote on the bill.
Mr.. FINCK, of Ohio---I wish to ask the Chairman
of the Judiciary committee whether some discussion
of the question will not Ue allowed?
Mr.. WILSON. Of lOwa-lt is not my intention to
allow aay. if the House. will second the previous
question. The bill has been already discussed in
the House very thoroughly.
Mr., FINCK-But events have occurred since which
warrant at least some discussion of so important a
measure as that. trust the House will allow some
debate. .r
The SPEAKER-This is not the time to settle
this question. The gentleman from Iowa merely
gives notice that he intends to demand the previous
question on the passage of the bill on Monday. Ito
will be before the House then to second or refuse
Mr.. ELDRIDGE, of Wisconsu--It seems to me
that the gentleman from Iowa ought not to insist
pushing the mater through without discussion; f on
last Two or three weeks. Almost every day it has
adjourned earlier than it had been in the habit Of
doing and certainly there is necessity Of pushing
a matter Of this important character through under
the previous question. 1t is an absurdity that i
should be treated as was done in the Senate; Full
discussion had been had there To push it through
the House under the previous question would be
Mr.. WiLSON~That will be matter for the
H use to determine. intend to move the previous
question: and if the House shall support me, we shall
take vote Immediately on the reading of the veto.
If that will be disgrace TO- the House, the House
will take the disgrace upon itself.
Mr., LEBLOND next addressed the House. apply
ing himself to the disapprova of the argument that
the insurgent States were out OF the Union. tie
said that at all times during the war it had been the
declared policy Of the Government that the war was
waged for no purpose Of conquest or subJugaton,
but for the maintenance of the Union. Congress
had declared this in its resolutions. Mr.. Lincoln
had said in his messages aud prOcamations. Mr..
johnson had said 50 in his proclamation Of June
18TH 1865 declaring the insurrcctOn in the State OF
Tennessee to be ended and had also said so in his
proclamation Of April 2d, l'G6, Both MIR. Lincoln
aud Mr.. johnson had been at all times unifO!m IN
their messages and prOclamatiIns in treating the in
surgent States as States in the Union, and the pea
| pie only in revolt. This idea had pervaded every
department of the Government until very. recent
;,l and nnH ttd N
| the army and navy, with their ommander-n-chief
| the President 1t as only now, after the war was
at an end, atera resistance to the Government had
ceased that it had been discovered that the insur-
gent States cut of the Union, and this disc0v
ery had been made and graye,y de'ended by the j..
cobins of Congress- He hoped that before long this
Jacobinism should disappear from Congress and
MI Mr.. VI ITISWRENCE, of Ohio, made speech in
support of the Civil Rights bill. He said the bill
was not designed Tor any class or race Of persons,
but to protect the civil rights Gf all citizens. 1t
scarcely less to the people Of tins country than
| the Magma Charter was TO the people of England. =
It did not affect any political rights, such as suf-
frage the right to hold Office or to sit on juries-
These were left far this bill concerned to
the States Ii did not, in fact, confer civil rights
but it provided that, as to FIVE enumerated civil
rghts-tJ make and infOrce contracts, 70 sue and
be sued to give evidence, to buy, lease, hold and
sell property and TO have the benefit OF laws for the
| security of person and prOperty-every citizen
should have them in every State and territory
Tney belonged TO every citizen. 30 that the bill was
| garle1 as inalienable rights which Governments
could not take away. If they could be taken away
from any class Of citizens, they could he taken
from any other class, and there would he no prntec-
On for the rights Of naturaiZed citizens Of the
people of any creed that might incur the
vengeance Of political party. 1t was because these
| rights were denied the Union men of the South
| by tho Freelmen's Bureau. Was it not better to
protect them bv civil law than ny mil tary power
HIS colleague, M. Bingham, had been extensively
| quoted against the BILL b at his principal argument
was aga nst clanse which had afterwards been
stricken out and it was, therefore, unfair to quote
it against the whole bill.
Mr. CLARK of Kansas next addressed the House
on the ques of reconstruction. He held that the
rebelliOus Ststes were out of the Union. So far as
any right on their part concerned they stood
criminals at the bar Of national justice, but they
were in the Union 81 far as responsibility to the Gov
ernment was concerned. He demandel for the freed
men civil rishts and full protection in the enjoy
ment of those rights.
Mr.. BINGHAM was the mex speaker. He declared
himself unable to agree with the committee on Re-
construction: and to the policy and expediency Of
passing the joint resolution fer the admisaion of
Tennessee he did not think Tenne was in con-
dition to exercise the duties of State within the
| Union.
| The SPEAKER presented communication from
the Secretary Of War in reply to the resolution of
the House of the 81 instant, in reference 10 officers
| employed in the Quartermaster's Department in
Washington, and also giving information respecting
| the GOrcOran Art Building. Laid on the table.
At hali-past four o'clock p. NJ, the House ad-
| rpal