New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1866-07-30

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cress into departure hom It's PiaoPles by reioiiiHs
n the nnumorohlc questions concerning ieooN uU'o'
Congress scared consistent and deliberate scuon inO0
Who detained orainst IL as tyranny forgot mat IL Ia
"a r,ore mower ina. any ether Committee and that II
roull do ro'h~g without the consent OF Congress OF
which il was the creature. One Of the most important
measures which had bh in this Committee, is the con-
current resolution re or,,d February q. that no Repre-
sentative or senator Sian te Admitted from any oil 'he
Rebel States m Congress shall have declared sue1 s''o
untitled TO admission This resolution passed the ou
The same DAY. by 100 Yeas TO 40 Nays and was ucD".
In the Senate I'LL hia-cl 9, when 1t was Passeu
% 10 ~ This boited and barred che door tDa' hau
previously been locked Vainy, Representatives "nu
&c, ,r, ,ofel STATE presented their credentials; III
pyev case e were laid on the table or referred 70 'ne
commit,cc The Committee acting by authority OF ION.
ress spared TO labor to obtain rough knowledge Oh
the condition OF tho southern States ana freely used
Its power f. scId for persons anu papers, IL SeoiH'u
ma evidence Union and Rebel soldiers were sum
-o,cd be,or, r. and even lie VieePrcsident OF tho
Confederacy. Alexander H. S.evons gave his teSti-
monv Tie results Of this vas. aud profound inveSu-
cation woro embodied in. tie report of June 5, IN
which the Committee declared policy which Congress
has in the MAN. consistently carried out may be said
70 be embodied I'm the three great measures-the Freed
mems Bureau liu le Civil Rights bill, and the amend
ment to the United State Constitution
The bill to calargo tho powers Of the Freedmens Blu
Ys.u was carly in the session introduced into the Senate,
and it passed that b5ly Jaalay D. The history of this
important rieisarc MY be briefly traced The House
continued t. length; the Democrats, ofcourse,
onDosne II s;ep hy step lt amended aud adopted
February G. ~ vote If 3- 90 3d. and referred back 10
The senate. bios. of TIE Eoise amendments APP
proved BY tac Senate hy which The bill again passed
February s. o. the 9a, il stood trumphanty approved
by twohird OF each branch of Congress and only needed
the Presidents signature So become law 1t received
Mr. Johnsor's veto on February 70, accompanied BY
long message in which sis reasons were set forth. We
need not repeat his arguments nor those by which they
were refutcd. Pears the dangerous Of all the OBJ
joctions adyancedby tlo President that at the time
ofthe eonsdea,ior ari passing o. the bill there
Senator or Representative in Congress from the ii
States which arc b mainly affected by its provisions"
This objection, II sound OF oil, would have made
worthless all Of t1 legislation referring TO the Rebel
States There ether points in the Presidents Mes
sage painful showing blindu IS or indifference TO
the condition o thc freedmen, bat there none more
alarming oI indicated that he readyat to give
the traitors Who had oui; fcrcey for four years to de-
sroy the Unc- equal voice with loyal men in deter
mining the terms q Us rcconsrncion. On February 20,
the Senate filled pass The bill over the veto, by 80
Yeas to ls Nays ST. senator's who had voted for the
Messrs. Dixon Doolittle, Morgan, Norton Stewart and
Van Wrinkle ior THIS sudden change ofpoliey were var
GUS but the made difference their action
was the only natter Of mponsncc. The failure Of the
Senate was hailed With sccamasOns in the South and by
the Coppcrhc1ds Dit Nannli han's voice could not ex-
press his del,ehi, ard lie had 100 cannon fired in
in Dayoa, Ohio, O. trinity signify his admraticn for the
President. This joy but shortved, for the Senate
and House amoT irucd9t,ly introduced resolutions 10
continue in force Go existing Bureau These measures
continued 10 be del tsd ana May /, the House passed
an appropriation Of Soeo5J for the Bureau BY vote
of79to A. MAY ~ tho House passed bill continuing
the Bureau for Two years by the decisive vote of 90 to D.
The senate in ire N aawhie had been chiefly occupied
with the Civil Rights bill, but, June 81, it adopted
b for the onnul C. Of the Fresdmens Bureau, differ
ing from the House In 10 a very important maier-lt
did not guarantee recession 70 the freedmen OF the lands
on the Sea Islands South Carolina, which they held by
order OF Cen Shcran. Jay }, the House agreed with
the senate amordnea and ta- ON vas sent 70 the Pre-
dent for his els' .tlrc. On the 10th 1t was
Ie,Hrned 10 Congress without bis approval Mr..
johnson aHirm.rs that the Civil Rights bill
made this bill supsrfuoas This singular argument failed
a. convince Coagp-s and on the same day the bill was
adopted il both olses by two-,hiris maoritiesn the
Senate By 80 Yeas 10 y Nays aud 10 'le House by lO
Yeas TO 30 Nays TINS this important measure for tho
Protection Of the Southern blacks which, in its first and
hes, form passed the Senate January 25 for nearly
six months threatened With dsfat by the opposition Of
the President and Il finally became law shorn Of much
Of its original force But the principle 1t embodied was
triumphant and the Hdey Of Congress received the earn
ss. iasass the nall0n. y"
The SECOND Of he great measures for the reconstruction
Of the Union was me Civil Rights bill, introduced
10 the Senate BY Mr.. Trumbull. After some amend
ments the bill was passed. February q In the House
It was debated thoroughly, and March 8
recoBmitted TO ths Judiciary Committee for alteration in
details The Rouse March 10, adopted it amended
By vote Of 100 10 s. The Senate, March Is, passed IT,
snd was sent 10 he President 1t received the usual
veto March 81 the President opposing not the terms ofhc
bi but lis purpose. Mr. Trumbu few days aiterward
said in the course of very able speech, reviewing the
Presidents message that M johnson though shown the
bill while it before Congress- and requested to make
knoEB his objections that, fpossbe itmightbe modified
TO snit his wishes sgned any opposition until aftor
ats passage. Apnl 6, the bill was passed by the
Senate. over the veto, BIZ 80 Yeas TO IL Nays
The House, the 9th, neu!rlzcd the veto Ny IL 10
a. and the vote was received with tumultuous chez mig
Mr Raymond Of New-York was the only Republican
member who voted to sustain the Veto The bill thus be
rams Law, but we-founded fears expressed that
the President would enforce it, Events justified
Ibis apprehension Gen. Howard Of the Freedmcns Bu-
reau received information the end Of June that he
bill entirely disregarded in parts Of Maryland, and
rase cited, where the Criminal Court Of Calvert County
bad sold into Slavery for various periods too truly
represented the spirit throughout the Sonth. Still the
principle had been affirmed the courts legally bound
10 enforce IT, Congress had done its best and for the
nonexecuton Of the laws the President responsible
When VIC consider the BILL satisfied that Congress
could scarcely have framed better one 1t establishes