The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1866-03-06
The Concurren, Re.soluiion.

The Concurrent Re.solusion.
The United States Senate has adopted
the concurrent resolution introduced
by STEVENS and passed by the House of
Representatives about ten days ago, pro-
viding for the exclusion of the Southern
States The resolution as passed by both
houses OF Congress reads as follows
BE 1t resolved by the House of Rep
resentatiyes. the Senate COncurriGg,
that in order TO close again the question
which seems likely TO disturb the action
of the Government, as well as to quiet
the uncertainty whicE is agitating the
minds of the people of the eleven States
States Nhich have been declared to be
in instruction, that no Senator or Rep
resentative shall he admitted into either
branch Of Congress from any of the said
States, until Congress shall have declared
such State entitled IN such representa-
ton
The resolution would he r,dicnlnus
were it not 50 revolutionary and anti
republican il its design Ii means
simply that Cougiess won't LET the
Southern States ia until il lets thelu IN.
The Congress don't thinL the Southern
delegates entitled to admission until it
thinks them entitled TO admissions there
fore the Southern Representatives shall
not be admitted until they are admitted.
At the time that STEVENS reported this
brilliant resolution rs the result OF the
labors of "the Destruction Committee,
he said he was standing upon an earth
quake" Its suiphurous vapor must have
dimmod his eyes ana hewilaerei his
brain OF lie never would have put hi@
resolution in language So absurd. Bat
the designs and intent OF The rrso
linton are apparent still and arc snf
hciently Internal 10 be the production III
STEVENS in his ordinary mood The -
port has been circulated upon the credit
of one who claims to have been present
when the member from PENNSYLVANIA
applied for admission 10 the Congress
below, that birthstone and matches were
furnished him and he was giyen com
mission TO start little HI of hi,
OWL" We canreadily imagine him with
this commission III his pocket. standing
upOD an Earthquake OF his own pro-
ductiOn, reading and forcing through
the radical Congress the resolution we
we have quoted above. It is directly
subversive of the spirit Of ON Govern
ment and establishes precedent for
usurpatiCn and anarchy
An impression seems to prevail that =
concurrent resolution need not be
Submitted to the President fer approval,
but may be pat in force without refer
enCe to his wishes or opinions by a bare
majority of both Houses OF. in other
words, that the President has no
veto power over = concurrent res0-
In ton" We are At loss to
know whence this impression originated
and upon what it is based The Consti
tuition of the United States certainly
contains no clause tavoring such an as
sumption. The constitutional provision
concerning the veto power, is found in
article ] section I. The third clause of
this section is in the following language:
Every order, resolution or vote, to
which the concurrence of the Senate and
the House OF Representatives may DO nee
essary, Except on a question of adjourn
ment,) shall be presented 10 lie President Of
the United States; aud before the same shall
take effect, shall BE- approved by him; or, be-
ing disapproved by him, shall be repassed
by two-thirds of the Senate and House
of Representatives according to the rules
and limitations prescribedin the case of
a bill"
If the concurrent resolution eXclud
ing eleven States from representation is
not to be submitted to the man ut the
other end of the avenue as STEVENS
has boosted, we can not understand The
plain English of the clause we have inst
quoted from the constitution Tho cor.
stitution declares that every resolution
requiring the concurrence of the Senate
and House Of Representatives, shall bo
submitted to the President, and before
the same shall take effect shall BE- On.
prored by him. What mysterious virtue
there may be in a concurrent resolu-
ton" reported by man standing on an
earthquake and having sulphurous
commission in his pocket, to override the