The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1866-04-08
THIRTY.NINTH CONGRESS
First Session.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

WASHINGTON, April 7, 1905
The House sat as In Committee Of the Whole on the
State of the Unon the only business in order being
general debate on the Presidents annual Message.
REMARKS
Mr. Hogan, (dem.) OF NO., addressed the House. He
characterized this session the session OF magazine
articles, prepared and spoken by members and pub
lsLed in the Ce TO such ex,on, that that pubca-
ton exceeded by three four hundred pages the guam
tty published in the corresponding period Of the arst
session Of las, Congress TO wha, beneficial purposes
had all these essays contrbuteds With the exception of
four six, perhaps dozen Of them, there was
not a solitary new idea presented In them.
They were but more repetition Of what had been said
by c,her. The verbiagc had been changed; the IDEAS
were the same 1licse Speeches might be almost
grded as law for they had their first their second and
speeches the American citizen OF African descent
lie believed that there great deal OF mistaken phi
people when they slavery and be proceeded 70
show from personal experience that the slaves Of tc
part Of his speech brought series Of questions from
Aessrs. Price, Plants aud Morrle. Mr. Hogau's an.
swers showed that he believed slavery 10 be wrong that
he glad extrpatcd from the country that he
believed tho democratic party could not die while liberty
lived, and that all defamation about the negro
people. Passing To the discussion OF the rcccnstrvc
on question: VT Hogan proceeded TO show The inconss
sncy q The present policy Of The republican party with
Object Of he war; &C., il The ADMISSION 20 " seats ats
the floor OF persons claiming 20 bc Representatives
from Tennessee and Louisiana and In other matters OF
general legislation. Much OF the augmentation this
session mad ben against the President Of the United
States he had been denounced and abused because his
policy sustained by democrats IN the House; but
had he not been nominated and elected be he
Southern democrat on the same ticket with an Illinois
republican made up what they had called the Union
party in 1854. Democrats sustained him purely from
patriotic motives.
RRxAnxs OF MR. BALDWIN
Mr. BALDWIN, lrcp) OF Mass. was the NEXT speaker.
He had moi sympaihizcd, he said, with the eager zeal
which had been exhibited for restoring the insurscnt
States 10 their places Va the Union immediately after their
had surrendered he thought the effort prema-
ture. IL seemed 20 him thai the work should
have been undertaken without haste and with very
great deiiberaton He though, Il should have waited
had naie 70 feel thai treason a crime till the
policy 10 be pursued With traitors had been settled;
Until ,,inc haa osse'pca 70 .nose sonn. ~
eniifey succcssfa and until that bIs,k and bloody
spirit-b~ibcd trcason-had been changed and pur6sd
b. the rsnsHgurzticn OF such returning Tor the
Old IA; aud for the honor and rloy Of the republic
would havs brought all the ssmbisn az genuine loyalty
He cordially approved of the joint resolution rsponsd
from the Reconstruction commitice relating 20 Ton
nessee, 10 far A. . as-crtcd or implied the sbso.
iute authority OF Congress over suss'icns Of that
character; buf the resolution moi quite free fron
objccton IN another aspect u had been presented In
the best form. He thought u could no much improved
csculaie 10 msicad many people he meant the portion
OF resolving that the State of Tennessee bereby de-
eou,, foos,pr with other STATES That I,nguav. vas un
arrood b. nauv 10 mean tba Trnne see VA. pov ot
OF the rniru He wa. enre M such meaning was in
tended bu, the i.nguay- wss ab,o 10
and should NOT ie ,is~d An re~,suion os surb nrsv
tanca The resources OF the English speuare wer> very
great, aud without taxing them severely tcrms might
easily be found more Appropriate aud less liable 10 be
misuudcrstood lie thought The resolution might bs
much improved BY sfrknS out the words he had quoted
and subsut ng for them something like the follow.
ing
fe.ovcd rha, the s.. Of Tennessee h.r.sy declared
10 BE- satisfactorily reorFsnzed and IN o. condition W
establish her Old relation. 70 The sosernmsns and resa1s
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