Charles City intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa) 1864-1866, 1866-05-03
Congressional.

In the Senate, 25th, the vote reject
ing the bill for the admission of Colo
RADIO was reconsidered. Mr.. Sumner
offered an amendment providing that
there should be no denial of the cleo
tive FRANCHISE, or any other right, on
account of race or color which was
lost to 81. The bill was then pass
ed by vote of 10 to- l3 Mr.. Doolit-
tic made some remarks in reference to
the action of the Wisconin Legislature
in his regard, and was replied to 10y
Mr.. Howe. Ia the House on the 25th,
a bill imposing a duty of 20 per cent.
Gd r0lorem upon imported cattle, mules,
sheep and hogs, was passed. The
Northern Pacific Railroad bill was dis
cussed. The Committee of Ways and
Means reported bill amendatory of
the internal revenue act, which was re-
ferred to the Committee Of the Whole.
and made the special order for the Sd
proxmio and thereafter until disposed
of.
In the Senate, on the Goth, Mr.. Sum-
ner presented petition for the expul-
sion of Garrett Davis, because he had
said that if the Civil Rights bill passed
he should regard himself as an enemy
of the Government. In the House,
the Senate bill to facilitate Geographic
communication with the West Indies
was passed, after slight amendment,
fixing $3.50 as the maximum charge
for message of ten words. A reso-
luton was introduced and referred, APP
propriating $4,000 for cleaning
Washington City, in view of the APP
proach of cholera.
On the 9th, the House resumed con-
sideration of the Northern Pacific Rail-
road bill. The debate was long one,
the question being on the adoption of
a substitute proposed by Mr.. Stevens.
Messrs. Bingham, Rogers, Grinnell,
Stevens, Banks and others spoke in ia
vor of the bill, and Messrs. Wright,
Harding and others in opposition. FL
nally, Mr.. Price. of Iowa, moved the
previous question, when Mr.. Spalding,
Of Ohio, moved to lay the bill on the
table. The motion, not being debata-
BILE, was put, and the vote was taken
amid intense excitement, resulting,
yeas 76, nays Sc. This vote was after
ward made final by motion to recon-
slider, which was laid upon the table,
so the bill is defeated for the present
session.
At an executive session of the SEN
ate on the 25th, the radicals openly
declared that they would not confirm
any nominations Of persons appointed
by the President to succeed officers
who have faithfully performed their du-
ties, or who have been removed with
out good reasons other than political
ones.
The House Committee on Foreign az
fairs have under consideration a Joint
resolution authorizing the sale of YES
sells and munitions Of war tn any for
eign government with which We are on
friendly terms, to be paid for in coin.
This is probably intended to apply TO
the Liberalists in Mexico.
The powerful speech of Judge Shell
labarger Of Ohio, delivered in the |
House late OH Saturday evening, on
the subject Of National citizenship, and |
the manner of its forfeiture, and the
power and right of the National Gov
eminent to control lis resumption after
has challenged as profound |
attention among leading thinkers as
any speech yet delivered in Congress
He assumes that citizenship, under our
is of National and not
State, origin. By a mastery exposi-
ton of authoities, of State, national
and international character, with the
uniform practice Of civilized nations,
he shows that by participation in the
Rebellion the rebels have lost all right
10 participate in the Government, and
he further claims and shows by prece-
dents that Congress, or the Legislative
power, can absolutely prohibit their re-
of the right of franchise, ex-
cept upon such terms as Congress may
determine, and that the States have no
authority over the matter.
1t is thought that the Senate will
this week take up the bill for univer-
sal suffrage in the District Of Column
bia, which passed the House some time
ago. 1t is asserted that the New York
delegation in Congress is
not favorable to negro suffrage.
United States Senator Fessenden
and two members of Congress have
been i'll with the small pox, at Wash
ington. United States Senator Dixon,
of Connecticut, has recovered from his
illness, and has resumed his seat.
The most remarkable fact of the
age is the report, from the Committee
of Ways and Means, barely year af-
ter the close of the most costly, des-
perate war known to history, Of bill
reducing the rates of Internal Taxa
ton an average of fully one-fifth, and
SO that their actual pressure on the
National resources will not be three
fourths so heavy as it is today. And
that reduction is amply justified by
tic condition of the Treasury.
Senator Merrill has been directed
by the District of Columbia Commit
tee to report tilI, granting suffrage
to educated, properly owning citizens,
soldiers and sailors OF color IN the