, 1866-02-25
| FROM WASA|NG1Q.t|I
Speech Day iHhe
House
Speeches Of Messfs. B1on1Weh,
Beaman, Clarke and Plant on
Reconstruction.
Iflportant Circular from
Gen. Howard.
Instructions 10 The Agents Of the
Freedlnen's Bureau.
The Bureau TO be Con-
tinued for a Year
Longer.
GOV. STONE TO THE IOWA
G0kGRE3SMEk.
Another Steamboat
Disaster.
Collision Between The Hillman
and the Mamie Byers~
Thirty Lives Lost,
FIVE PERSONS BURNED
TO DEATH At RAT-
TLM1oRE.
Speech Of alexander Il. Stephens
His Advice to the
: South.
Ike Ex.Rebel Gen. EcrresE
Speech Of Alexander Il. Stephens
His Adyice TO the
: South.
Tie Ezx.Rebel Gen. Forrest;
Arrested for Treason.
Great Flood at Oil CitY.
Penn.
PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS.
WAsnSc1oS, Feb. Il
SENATE
The Senate IL not 1p seseIon to-day.

-
SENATE
The Senate is not In seseIon today,
U0CSE
The Houfe went into COMMITTEES OF the Whole.
MH- CLARKE, Of Ohio, submitted his sicrs nn
the subject OF recon- tfnction He did not consider
It important to argue the question Of dead OF Gyiu.
ssatcs bit TO look forward to s1ch measures as
requisite 10 restore at The earliest practicable day
as fahini md loyal s,aies Of lie Gnioo, VIII Al.
tue rights anc l.lmunftieH otthe most farorcd states
Insisting from such demand alnus-1op. that taey
lion and cons ne.i;uency. IL va aius @ to yo,s ior
The admission Of Tennessee and Arkansas al any
hour when the Committee shau subni+ thc qnc:-
mtpts should show those states unqualified faz
such admission. He proceeded in = liberal and
temperate, yct firm view, 10 advocate a distinct
coafGnc1ion oi the s,ates. and said thsr rcpo.ee
ia'ires semi hete must be loyal men who can take
the cath seqntred Of member Of Con:ttss.
Mr. PLANTS. Of Ohio. next addressed the Houte.
In The opening Of ht< tcmarSs be allnded 70 Tue
amendment OF the Constitution, md declared that
i needed modification. a. TIC nation progtrs ,ed.
s,rc:rd, ever il The Consultation va not amrpdrd.
lie Constitution was The result OF the ideas OF men
eighty Sea,s ago. while the Constitution Of England
verted tho Constitution TO uplsold the interests OF
slavery. He yielded 10 no one in bis admiration OF
e1e1y Interpretation o: it Thc eril Of the compro-
ntses With slavery were now apparent. The asIta..
fation Of tho ueffo Quttt1-1 oa Lie Irus-:rat.c
TIE leaders OF The rebellion were the leaders OF The
Democratic party, and when they Went into rebel
lion they counted on and received The support Of
The Northern branch OF that parry, and to-day the
democrat. were responsible for Ill the onIages in
The Souih. aDd for the obstacles IN the var or the
r;etasation + Of tae 1nion Ihey seemed 10 possess
and establishing there Obstacles. lie said that ha
tad full filth N The v,.aom md pa.Etostem ofCou
hIs speech With q peFo1atlou on the futurc Of the
country as established on the broad basis Of free
dom
MES electrified by the declaration. at Andrew John
fe'u that treason Wss crime and uusa be msde
od1ons 70 shas Is.ry TO The individual ssas Tres
baton Of all Of the loyal North, bat 70. expressing
The same sentiments now we are dcnouneed as
.aasSs e.. nd essa {. slaito He Toad ssk who
md where they Weres"hsa a1uaed men were betns
t7tsed 10 put doen the rebellion, when yallsndis-
es ~ I'd Tb IT. hs VT e. Of a
w6o cs1ed peaoe III isss and 1851 At .bc sacrifice
PSta!sf be T. @sse es'sso ssss s,e 'es
but be was not willing to c1oct that end without
5sefsRg r. tsc19g gnsa1,s ~ he good tsh
cIate Who were 20 lase1y rt!ying and tr1:ucns :Ac
lrefident were now his champions and admirers.
MF. BeAMan then proceeded to e3OT that the 70.
called Southern loyalty CONSISTED 1ualuiy in ,tlnr
abusfne the freedmen, Tcuneeaee was prtm4 G.c1e
disio5al She had uasscd an oriinance oi eecc!sIon
md heen Nfthput -enre.enrai1ou he.r since 1ssi
and the rrs,lr nnri5n n hrr mama ,E,rc ds,nr,I
though sdrotttfnr tIat En- state 5.nrt.rn,
nleni WIS lorsi. iis .ien reni eS;dcnce
to show t6af rhcre una disIntsi
sentiment r1istnT in MiddIc nnd Uast.r 1'en1es.
.c Ind tha1 ifninn nsa,rr ,-,s ;niiesaa ~ +sI,s,
crard Iurics for acts eommftted h. 1onp IN ~
shen Cen. Rose1.,ns wns II, thnf S:ste II T3s ,he
duIy Of Eon-1rss n n,rfrc1 he inra men ~ Tcu.
nessee. hnf t;oneTrsa had ,he h;yhar nntr ~ ~ H.
ftndirr The nat;ona1 welfare. III. Heamssn =, fhrn
Rad an eStraca fnn.n ,he Knoxt7IIc JV1i1 ~ s,c
1;1h instan s,s,iu- lin, In inFaf men f Eli Ten.
ressec ttood hr H. ralicsf INV in 15nr-rss mn
declsricc that fhc Souih eupooited presiirut juln
eon MI ~Beafnan e,a!eti fhat th1F ,rfrsct r7,nc
frun Coz broNnlox7n or1,an and ia did not thln.
that It Vra a yery Etyone Tesommerd fh,n fnr f,,e
representation Of Tennessee in Congress. Nr,
lieaueu cuncIudcd his spegch bv sayiDH 1nat rhe