Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1866-01-17
WASHINGTON, January 5, 1866.
SENATE.

1
! paid, and whether they took the oath G
allegiance, &C., which was adopted. II
= also offered joint resolution, proposin
, an amendment to the Constitution of tn
. United States, to guarantee the paymen
, of the national debt, and to prevent tn
l payment of any rebel debt, which was re
I ferred to the Judiciary Committee.
= Mr.. Williams introduced a joint resc
2 luton, submitting the following articl
, rs an amendment to the Constitution
P No power shall exist in Congress to pro
> vide for the payment of any person o
/ persons for or on any account of tn,
emancipation of any slave or slaves IL
the United States, and no appropriation
, of money shall ever be made by law 0
Congress for that purpose. The articl,
was referred to the Judiciary Committee
On motion of Mr.. Ramsey, the Senate
adjourned at 1880, to meet on Monday
next,
! HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Various resolutions of inquiry were
passed, including one offered by Mr. In
gersoll, of Illinois, instructing the Ju
dietary Committee to inquire whether any
further legislation is necessary for the
suppression of polygamy in Utah.
The House went into Committee of the
| Whole on the Presidents message.
Mr.. Spaulding, of Ohio, made a speech
contending that this is a national gov.
ernment, and not confederacy of States,
and insisting on further guarantees. in.
/ Guiding negro suffrage, before the late
rebel States shall be permitted to resume
/ their former relations to the Union.
Mr.. Hogan, of Missouri, introduced the
| following, which was agreed to:
I WHEREAS, 1t is alleged that many regi
/ ments, batteries and detached bodies oi
| volunteer troops have been mustered out
/ of the service at places far distant from
the States in which they were mustered
/ into service and
WHEREAS, 1t is also alleged that said
troops have been really in the mil
itary service until sent home and finally
paid off; but that such only received pay
up to the time of their first muster-out,
instead of to. the time when they were
paid off and discharged, which is not
deemed fair to those thus dealt with ;
therefore,
ResoLvcd, That the Committee on Mil
itarY be and they are hereby requested
to inquire into the facts of such cases, and
if found true to make such provision as
may be proper for doing justice to such
troops, and report by bill or otherwise.
On motion of Mr.. Ingersoll, of Illinois,
it was
Res0ZUsd, That the Judiciary are hereby
instructed to inquire whether or not any
further legislation is necessary for the
suppression of the abominable system of
pOlygamy which is now rampant in the
Territory of Utah, and in case the COM
mittee find that the existing laws are
sufficient, then inquire what further le-
gislatiOn is necessary for the speedy en-
forcement of the laws on the subject,
and that they report by bill or otherwise.
Mr.. Taylor, of New York, introduced
bill giving to persons in the naval ser
vice who have lost an arm or foot, the
same pension that is allowed in the mill
tary service for a similar mntilatIon,
which was referred to the Committee on
Invalid Pensions.
Mr.. Donnelly, of Minnesota, presented
the memorial of the National Normal
School Association, adopted at its meet
ing held at Harrisburg on the 18th of
August last, for a grant Of public lands to
the several States for the purpose of es-
tablishing State normal schools, as has
been done in the case of agricultural col
leges. The memorial sets forth that there
are two million FIVE hundred thousand
children in the Southern States, and that
five hundred thousand teachers will be
needed to instruct them, and that normal
schools are needed to prepare these teach
ers.
On motion of Mr.. Cobb, of Wisconsin,
it was
Resoloed, That the Committee on Mill
tary Affairs be, and they are hereby di-
and expediency of legislating for the re
lief of such officers OF the volunteer ser
vice as, during the arrest through want
of proper blanks, inadvertence or ex-
cusable neglect, failed to make proper re-
turn of ordnance, ordnance stores, Quar-
termaster's stores, or garrison equipage,
or other public property for which such
officers were responsible, and that they
may report by bill or otherwise.
The House resolved itself into a Com
mittee of the Whole, on the state of the
Union, Mr.. Washburne, of Illinois, in
the Chair and resumed the consideration
of the Presidents annual Message.
Mr.. Spaulding, of Ohio, proceeded to
examine the dogma of John C. Calhoun,
that this Government is a community of
States. This cry of the nulli6ers and Sc
cessionists had plagued our country for
more than thirty years, and resulted in
the most devastating civil war known in
the history of mankind. The sover-
eighty of the States is the language of
the Confederacv, and not Of the Consti-
tuition of the United States, because the
trainers of this instrument contemplated
the creation of national government,
the power residing in the people, and not
in a confederacy of States. The rebels
having failed in their efforts to overthrow
the Government, now unblushingly asked
again to be received back, in order TO
participate in the affairs of the Govern
ment. Now they may be in the Union
as subject of the Government, but may
by misconduct forfeit their right as a
part of the governing power. He knew
the President of the United States meant
something when he said the States which
attempted to secede, impaired their vi
tality, but did not extinguish it; that
their functions were suspended, but not
destroyed. The President was correct |
when he took this ground. In time of
war, when the country was in danger, 1
the President was clothed with dictate |
rial power, but in time of peace he can
exercise no power unless it is
vested in him by the Constitution or by 1
Congress. 1t is high time that the peo-
pie should insist that the ship of State /
be everhauled and put in Constitutional ,
trim. She had been exposed to tempest
uous gales, but having weathered the /
storm of secession and strife, and been /
brought into peaceful haven by a skill /
full pilot and gallant crew, we should |
examine her in order to see whether her |
timbers are sound. He had great conf |
dence in the President of the United /
States, and he entered his humble pro- |
test against the attempt of any men, in
or out of Congress, to place the majority |
Of the Innsa in an attitnla Of hnsti liLu |