Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1866-03-01

] man lfuil lcluSFlNGAl d Was logical Obu-
gress could not have passed a single bill
during the past five years, affecting In any
sense the interests of tho eleven rebel
States. In that objection the gentleman had
| simply been borrowing another argument
! from the President. who had set forth
| something like it in his veto message
Then the House had headed the coll
| Umu. and the more deliberate utter
/ RANGES Of the gentleman from New York,
| Mr. Hale, in opposition 10 the amendment
| rejterating the old cry Of States Rights. He
| Mr.. BIngham) would like to know where
| he tAIr. Hale), had derived the notion that
/ any state had right to deny 70 the citizens
| Of any other State, any Of the privileges or
| immunties of citizens of the United States.
! II not, how could the rights Of the State be
| impaired by giving to Congress the power
| TO enforce these provisions. IL took from
| she States n rights which they had, but If
| they conspired together to enact lass re-
! qulriuE protection toliie, liberty or property,
| 10 armed Congress with the power TO hold re-
creant legislators to an account befyre
! the Federal Constitution. He did not doubt
that this very grant Of power would have
been in the Constitution originally if il was
not that it was incompatible with the exist
ence Of slavery in any State, for although
slaves might not be admitted to be citizens,
they must be admitted to be persons, that
was reason. There was a fet5er on the foot
Of the nation, thank God, that fetter had
now been removed. 1t had been turned
20 dust before the breath of the peo-
pie speaking as the voice of God de-
c!aring that slavery was forever
prohibited within tine Republic. The peO-
pie had confied great trust in this Con
gress, and God helping him he would not
betray 1t, even though men in high places
showed a disposition to do so. What utter
ances he asked are given out. In these
days you have in the first place, Utterances
of the gentleman whom we have elected
President of the United States, and of whom
have been accustomed TO speak heretofore
IN terms of Difference and respect. The
House and the country viii remember that
desired at the opening Of these troubles
that If the issue were made between the
President and Representatives of the peo-
pie, it must be made by him and not by US.
IL has been made by him I trust in God
ne Will retrace his steps. but whether be
does or not, trust the American people viii
not strike the word e forward from their
vocabulary, but will 90 right on to the con
sumatiol of the great work which PrOvi-
dence has committed to their keeping, that
IS the enforcement Of the Constitution in
every State, in every Territory, and on
every SEA where our flag floats. What says
the President in his speech which was re
ceIyed with lamentations every where, and
over which the gentleman from New Jer-
sey, Mr.. Rogers, and his party seem to hold
a general juOilatiOn. He saws let all those
lately IL insurrection against the govern
ment and laws of the United States, who
Will now declare heir allegiance, to take
oath and be admitted into the Union, and
by their representatives into the councils of
-his nation take the oath. What oath z
Not the oath to the Constitution which they
have broken, but the oath prescribed by the
President himself, and which, except in !
military tribunals, has no more force and |
effect than the paper on which it is printed. |
Aye, take the oath. swear him and let him |
90. 1t would be about as Ineligible as it |
would be to swear the emblem of South |
-arOliuas treasOn-the ratIlesnake-and |
let it 90 among the representatives Of the |
people.
Whom next have we touching this great |
ssUe before the people. We have the ven
srable Secretary Of State. have been ac-
usJomed to sustain and uphold this gen |
,iemen in part, and l am accustomed to !
peak Of him Eiost strevereuGally for the great /
services he has rendered TO the /
country by his supreme skill as
, dplomatist, and by his uldoubted fidelity |
70 the interests of the country. What say /
# him now l say in sorrow, not in anger.
trust he viii pardon me and appreciate |
ny utterauces when l say 10 him, in the
anguagc Of one Of Englauds most gifted /
ous, " the man who speaks the truth is
greater than a king 1 speak truth here
his day when l say and warn the people
# this country that he is 10 prophet. |
emeuber that when the foundations of the
Republic were rocking beneath the muster
ug tread of armed hosts, which had struck
g the national life, he uttered his oracular,
avjng that the war would last only sixty
lays.
iue Speaker was frequently interrupted
~ points OF order being Made, but only one
# the points was sustained.
Nj CUNKLING obtained the floor as one
# the committee he had agreed TO the
being reported, but he did not
oEcur in the report
Mr. UOTCHkISS said he should vote for
he postponement of the proposition.
Mr.. CONKLING moved that the whole
ubiect be postponed till the second Tues
lay in April next
Mr.. ELDRIDGE moved lay the whole
ubiect on the table. His motion was lost
" Al to 10.
Nr Conkliug's motion was then adopted
" rs 70 So.
The House then went into Comm ittee Of
he Whole ON the miscellaneous appropris-
ion bill, Mr.. Ashley in the chair, and made
ONE progress, after which the Committee
ose. The Speaker presented a communica-
ION from the Commissioner of Patents, |
ransm ting ;he annual report of 1865.
Mr.. GRINNEL moved 10 point 10000 ex-
ra copies. Referred to the Committing on
'rinting.
Mr LAFLIN presented q resolution Of
he New York Legislature, relative to the
hip canal from Portage Lake to Lake Supe-
ior. Adjourned.