The New York herald., 1866-07-22
General Rousseau Publicly Rsprimandod y
Speaker ColiaX.
RESIGNATION OF THE GENERAL
Another Adjournment Resolutiea
Adopted in the House.
Congress to 1eassemble ON tho "A
Of October.
&c. &C. DC.

The Senate to-day has been occupied throughous -
session with the Tennessee question, and after pss-
trac,cd debate lasting until after six O'clock adopted
preamble and resolution admitting Tennessee 10 rcpss
scntation. The subject was brought up by scnaGsr
Trumbui Of Illinois, who reported from the Judiciary
Committee a substitute for the House resolution. en-
bodyins preamble and . resolution substantially
recognizing tho existing government Of rss-
The Senate proceeded 10 consider shs
matter as In Committee Of tho whole. Afsss
a lengthy debate the preamble reported ~
tho committee rejected Mr. Sumner then propossA
amendment making universal suffrage q condtioo -
admission, which rejected by yeas four nays thirty
four-Messrs Brown, Pomeroy, sumner and wade voe-
ing In the Affirmative Tho whole proposition Of ~
committee then rejected leaving the House prcAn-
bic and resolution before the Committee of tho whess
whcrcupon Mr. Doolittle strike out the Pre-
ambIe. which led 10 lengthy discussion. Mr. Trunbss
favored the proposition He willing 10 adopt sbs
House resolution without the preamble He willing
20 admit any State that would adop. the Congrcoana
scheme Of restoration. The motion 10 strike out pre-
vailed, by yeas twenty nine. nays eleven
The subject then reported 20 the Senate whom shs
action In Committee of the Whole rejected By
Of yeas eleven, nays thirycne This lef the ms
precisely as Il from the House. Tho preamble
then struck out without division. Mr. Trumbull
next moved 10 amend the resolution by striking ous IN
after tho word aUn'on." tha, tho resolution wouhA
read "Be resolved That the State Of tennessee 10
hereby restored 10 her former practical relation
70 tho Union" He made . speech In advocacy
Of his amendment contending that would
mot, contemplated by the House resolution,
permit every and any who might
here and Offer 10 take the oath 10 take seat Jen Davis
might come here and oier TO take the oathshoud 10
be admitedf Under the resolution has passed shs
House he would be entitled DO No Each body usdse
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and qualification Of its own members Representatives
Of follows restoration All that necessary N
pronounce the restoration. Then tho scuds pro-
per persons bore her representatives they win -
admitted; but the Senate must Judge for itself
Of the qualification Of the Senators sent here,
and the House must judge of the represen-
tsives Mr. Pomeroy moved 10 amend the
amendment by retaining tho words, land Is again en-
titled 70 be represented by Senators and Representative
In Congress-" The amendment TO the amendment wss
adopted without a division, and she amendment -
amended prevailed, by yeas rs; nays 10 Mr. sherman
submitted n preamble, the nature Of which nss
heard, but which rejected whcrcupon Mr.
Trumbul moved the adoption Of the preamble reported
BY the committee Mr. Sprague moved 10 amend By sub
stituting the House preamble which nceaiived ana
Mr. Trumbulls adopted, by yeas, ~; nays 20.
Mr.. cowan moved 10 substitute for the whole propos
tion before the senate. simple resolution de-
futtsrSon
the door Of the Senate Senators from the Of
He entered into lengthy speech In support or
hs motion, declaring. the first place. that this
neither joint resolution depending be-
fore Congress- The phraseology does determine tho
character Of resolution The character only be de-
termincd by It's purpor. This manifesty rcsoIu-
tion give Tennessee representation the floors OF
Congress. or that each body was its Judge Tho
House has business 10 say who shall be represented
Senate dictate 70 the House who shall shall not bs
received In that body Each body u the judge Of tho
election return and qualification Of It's members.
The subject Of restoration cannot be by
body. The various departments OF the government
coordinate and equal In power The Executive branch
has already declared the Southern States practically
restored also has tho Judicial branch. These states
restored. This resolution does restore thcn-
This resolution, FAR the Senate is concerned simply
gives the State Of Tennessee representa- on this
floor. That Is all that is contemplated by tho rcsouN
ton Therefore, IL Il not subject for n
joint resolution, and is not such resolution. Now,
why not 20 directly at the point aimed at, and noe
dodge all around II. You trying 10 admit lie
Senators from TennesseeS Why como out in .
straightforward manly way. and declare them admitted
and In ambiguous and meaningless language dodgs
all around the matter and try 20 say something you
do not mean, or which has no relevancy. Mr. Cowsas
substitute was rejected without o division.
II after six o'clock and a motion was made
10 adjourn, which was lost. Mr. McDougan moved sa
amendment 70 Mr. rrumbuls preamble, which was re-
iected Numerous motions Of skirmishing nature were
made In rapid succession, ntormixsd with motions 10
adjourn, in the mids; Of which Mr. Trumbals preamble
was slightly amended and adopted and the whole prcpc-
ton adopted The Senate then Immediately adjourue6-
The subject goes back the House for coDeusass
In the amendments
General Roassesu PubIicIy RevrimasdsA On
the eHousc-Resirnasios Of the Geseral.
In the House today Mr. spauldinr. Of Ohio, chairuaA
OF the pccalcommi.tcc called up the Rousseau Grn
nell case as question Of privilege and reminded the
House Of s order TO rsprimapd Mr.. Rousseau, whssS
had not yet been complied with. Mr. Rousseau hsss-'
upon rose and ssked 20 make personal explanaiice-
Leave being granted he entered somewhat 81 length isss
the history Of the case taking occasion t~s
instances to anmadver upon the manner IN which The
had been treated BY the House He alluded 70 tho
passion and prejudice that had been displayed vhsis
the subject was under idiscasnon. particularly
referring 10 the remarks Of Mr. Garfield, Of Ohio, asA
declared that nst fight between outsiders In he
basement Of the Capitol had been dragged in 10 pres-
OF order that Mr. Rousseau's remarks rejecting upon
the motives Of members were In order 1hsspeaksx
sustained the point order Mr. Rousseau sposoginsa
for any breach Of privilege he had made He csrsssy
did not desire 70 impugn the motives Of any member
His object was simply 70 rectc the facts N sns
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