Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1866-01-23
VOL. XX---NO. Is.

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e make it special order from day to day. Ht
had never heard Of the resolution before
: now, and to press it through the House to,
5 day would certainly be Preeipitate action
= Joint resolution ordered to be printed, and
{ on motion Of Mr. Stevens was made the
r special order for to-morrow
! The House adjourned.
: r5. SENATE
Mr. SUMNER presented the memorial of
the Boston Board Of Trade, asking for the
passage of a law to exempt Northern credi-
tors from the operation Of Southern statutes
Of Limitation, which was referred to the Ju-
dietary Committee.
The bill for the enlargement of the freed
mems Bureau was taken up. The pending
question was upon Mr.. Cowan's amendn. .ent
to limit the jurisdiction of the Bureau to the
| States lately in rebellion.
Mr. FESSENDEN, from the Special Conn
mittee On Reconstruction, reported a Join
resolution to amend the Constitution by
providing that representation and taxes
shall be apportioned among the several
States which may be included in this
Union according to their respective num-
bers, counting the whole number of persons
in each State, excluding Indians, not taxed
provided that whenever the elective fran
chise shall be denied or abridged in any
State, on account of race or color, all per-
sons Of such race or color shall be excluded
from the basis of representation.
1 Mr.. CLARKE offered a bill in relation to
the qualifications of jurors, in relation to
writs Of error in certain cases, which pro-
| vides as follows
Section 1, That no person shall be dis
qaahfed to act on any grand or petit jury
! by reason Of having formed or expressed an
| opinion Of the matter or cause to be sub
mitted 10 such jury, founded on public
rumors, statements IN the public journals,
or common notoriety, provided that he be
otherwise competent, and it shall appear to
the satisfaction of the court, on his declara-
ton under oath or otherwise, that he can
and will, notwithstanding such an opinion,
act impartially and fairly on the matter to
be submitted to him.
Sect. 3 That any question of law arising
on the trial of any person in any District or
Circuit Court of,the United States, or in the
Supreme Court Of the District Of Columbia, |
for any, .offense the punishment whereof |
may be death, may be removed to the Su-l
preme Court Of the United States by writ !
of error, to be sued out within sixty DAYS |
after the entry Of the first Judgment In such |
case in the Courts below, and thereupon pro |
eeedings shall be stayed in said Courts and !
the questions Of law heard and determined |
in the Supreme Court of the United States, |
aud,sueh order sent to the Court below, afs l
irming or revers ng the judgment ss the /
determination of such questions of law may
require.
Mr.. SUMNER thought that there were
serious objections to the above. It was an
espost factO law. He. thought it was con-
trary to the ruling of Chief Justice Marshall |
in the case Of Aaron Burr. ~
Mr.. DAVIS concurred in the opinion of /
Mr.. Sumner. He had no sympathy for JEFF
Davis, whose case the bill was intended TO
cover. He did not think, however, that
any lover Of the Union. ought to have un-
kind feelings for the distinguished criminal,
because to his conduct more than anything
else we were indebted for the failure Of the
Ccnfederacy. li-
The b Il was on motion postponed until
Thursday.
Mr.. ANTHONY called up a resolution to
refer all papers and documents on the sub
iect Of representation Of the lately rebellious
States to a special committee on reconstruc-
tion. The question was on the amendment
of Mr.. Doolittle to insert after the word ''pa-
pers" the words except credentials" Mr..
Doolittle said explanations had been made
to him since the offering of this amendment
which satisfied him it was not the intention
of the resolution to include credentials,
therefore he withdrew his amendments The
resolution was then passed.
Mr.. TRUMBULL called up the bill to en-
large the POWERS of the Freedmens Bureau.
1,.o I i;,it n the nf
to the States lately in rebellion.
Mr.. CRESWELL, of Maryland, hoped
the amendment would not be adopted, as it
would exempt Maryland from the opera
tion-of the bill, and would, therefore, have
q bad effect. He had been reliably inform
ed that the returned rebel soldiers were
prosecuting the freedmen in Maryland, and
the Intervention of the Freedmen's Bureau
was necessary TO prevent this -la
Mr.. WILSON said it would be remem-
bered that from the time Mr. Trumbull-on
the 22d Of July, 1S61-reported in favor Of
making free the slaves used by the rebels
for military purposes up to the passage,
through the House of Representatives, the
other day, Of the suffrage bill for the Dis
trict, timid friends and determined oppo-
nents lad predicted evil results to follow
the action Of the Union party on these sub
jeets, and although, in every single case,
their predictions have been falsifed BY
facts and all coming time will prove that
they were wrong and that the friends Of
this series Of measures lifted up the country
it in the eyes Of the Christian world and
brought down upon the blessings Of God.
They still continue to oppose the compile
tiOn Of the series Of measures that is to es-
tablish universal liberty in our country.
When the bill for the abolition of slavery
in the District Of Columbia was passed SEN
ators predicted that this District would be
ruined, that poverty was to prevail, and
that anarchy was to be substituted when
the bayonet was put into the hands Of the
black soldier to fight for the country. They
told US in the first place that he would not
fight, and in the second place that white
men would not fight along with him, that heil
would stFsng gthen the enemies Of the coun-
try. The musket was put into the hands of
I7S, 600 black soldiers, and on many battle
fields they fought and bled with heroism
I'm rpassed, - and white soldiers Of
the republic fought and bled and
died with them, and the enemy was driven
in the last hours to offer liberty to their own
slaves if their. slaves would fight for the
Confederacy, and the slaves spurned such
liberty, and would not fight for it. When
the proclamation Of emancipation was issued
we were told that the country would be
ruined; we would be overwhelmed by popu-
lar indignation. That act gave freedom to
three and half millions Of per pie, and
made Abraham Lineoln's name the most
honored of the century; strengthened the
country, and broke the backbone of the re-
fellion. Certain newspapers had advocated
the use of the government patronage to in
huence the action of Congress- He would
say to everybody who had that thought in
his brain that the people Of this country are
not in any temper to be sold; theY have de-
cided that negroes shall not be bought and
sold, and they are unanimous that Senators
and Representatives shall not sell them
for the governments patronage. If there is
nybody in the country who wishes to buy
or sell, he viii find American people will
meet him with the withering scorn, and in
dignatiOn of men. who have furnished
two million of men to fight battles Of the
country, and nearly $500 0,O00,o 600.
Mr.. C0WAN argued for his amendment.
Under the constitution the government was
a limited one. The power of the Freedmen's
Bureau could only exist by virtue of the
war powers of the government, and he was
opposed to seeing loyal States within the
grasp Of these war powers. Pennsylvania
needed no such bureau within her borders.
Speaking for larger number of people than
the senator from Massachusetts, represented,
he could say that the people Of Pennsylvania
were opposed to such legislation. They
were opposed t. the whole batch Of amend
ments TO the COnstitution-seyenty in num-
ber-now pending. He was in favor Of
State rights, not as proclaimed not long
since by q certain set Of men, but the legit-
innate, lawful rights Of States. He believed
that States had rights as well as the Union.
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