Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1866-05-11

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call the attention of the House the fact thAlthefs
was no provision inSde by law or The Consttut0nbE
President could be deciJet. The Constitution pro-
Vides that the Pre- dent OF the Senate shall, in tho
presence Of tRo senSe, ana oSss heRfs'eRbts .bs
then be counted. But who should decide the votes
if there va; dispute? Who should dsciie Theth-
eT votes had been cast by those who were not enti
tied TO vote or, not? There was no tribunal
as yet ereetel to determine y that fact
Chancellor Kent had declared that, 70 be cdUs
Gmisil and had seen in it the possibility Of great
danger TO the country. The danger had shown it.
self on the OCCASION of counting the votes for Pres
dent when Mr.. Buchapan was elected, the State Of
Wisconsin not having east its vote on the day pre-
scribed' and there being no tribunal to decide
eced This was an additional reason operating on
mis- mind against the adOption Of the third section.
Mr., BINGHAM, Of Ohio. next, addressed the
House, taking The ground that all the measures re-
ported by tho Re obstruction committee should be
considered as 40 eutirety. The waut of the Repub-
lie to da,, he said, was not Democra c party, not
tho GoD:ttuon on lie trastsi chat after he vote
was taken to-day. it would not be recorded 9y
the commonwealth If the great Rcpubli that
in the day Of IS dissolution came 10 the common
wealth Of ancient Rome, when Caesar ha his party,
when Antony had mis- party, when Brutus had his
party but when the Commonwealth had none. He
spoke o.day for the party which was for the Com.
mOnweath for the speedy festOra ion to their con
stitutional relations of the late urr6ctionary
States. under perpetual guarantees as would
guard the future of the Republic against tho sad
calamties thatha in these late years beiAilen 1t.
As tD the thi I'd section he believed that il gave no
strength to the amcndlnen although he imagined.
with Mr. Jencks that the people had power to dis
franchise The enemies Of the Government But he
submitted whether,if If that sectiJn were to be IN
sisted on il would not bn better t0 Incorporate it in
Of the pending bills instead Of putting 1t in the
Mr. STEVENS suggested that they would have
Mr. BINGHAM.,f o.. replied that he was not
fearful of any veto from the other end Of the avenue
that could defeat the final triumph Of the cgnstitg
! tional amendment which sas 70 be gained by their
returning this third section. IL hal been said that
it incapable of execution, and that was his owe
, Opiuion-an amendment to the Constitution which
/ Mr. STEVENS closed the debate. He said he
very glad to see the great unagimity exhibited
among all the true friends Of the Union In the House,
upon all the provisions Of the proposed amendment
excep the third section. but he was grieved at any
division among them on what he considered the vital
prorositon Of the whole amendment. Without It
| il amounted to nothing. Without it he would not
give the snap f us fnger, whether the Joint res9p-
4 no power left among the friends Of the Union in the
next Congress to carry out measures OF government.
Here ensued scene Of confusion in the Hal, aris-
r ing from members crOwding around and drawing
: neSr to Mr.. stevens
; The SPEAKER directed the members to take
t Mr. STEVENS. resuming, said he should he sorry
if the third section stricken out because then,
: before any portion Of the amendment could be put
into operation the other side Of the House would be
y filled with yelling SecessOnists, and approving Cop
perheais Give us, theref re- he continued the
Il ird section or give us nothing D? not mock us
with the pretense OF an amendment which throws
u the Union into the hands OF it, enemes. Gentle
men say are striving for pariy. do not seek to
gain for party when that party is necessary % save
the Union. say rally to your party and save IT, or
you lose the Union. do not hesitate to say
: that that section is there to save or destroy the
i Union Gentlemen tell us 1t Is too strong. Too
strong for what? Too strO for their stOmachs but
not for the people Some say it |; too enient L
too lensnt for my hard heut. Would % God that
n tha ayplustn rpbpls might only "a the
u ear l76 but 10 the year 1868 1t would he then
but to, m,ld punishment But | hear i said
. "l Ou must not humble these people" Humble
u them! Why not? DO they not deserve hum a.
= ton? It they DO not, who does? What animal oi
on deserve; it more S & hhGy m nave not S
administers justice never fOrgves until the SIN
E. ner conlesses his sin and humbes himself at Tx
IL footstoOl Of power. Why saould we forgive am
: more than he? If they are to come back et then
O. come back in sack cloth and ashes; let them com
IL back and ask forgiv ness, and then let US consde
- whom we Shall forgive and whom we shall exclude
. That is nv principle. AL | regret IS that this /
u sufficiently stringent Let not these friends o
~ secession and secessionists sing 70 their hacyn
y songs OF peace and good will until they can sto
~ my ears to the shrieks aud grOans the dy ng vic
II Tins at Memphs--a scene more horrible II
Il its atrocity, though not TO the same extent
than the terrible tragedy Of Jamaca. While ] an
l. willing that taose rebels shall be represented here,
e pray you not TO admit tn Sc who have caused tn
saugh or of mi lions Of uur cOuntrymen while thci
10 clothes are still wet with blood. Wait until the
are differently clad. | do not want tI sit side b.
side with men whose garments smell Ot Tue DlOO1 q
ny kindred. Gentlemen forget the scenes that tool
place here 90 years agO. when the Nigh Taombs
pc with his shaggy locks, headed the Southern fire
eaters with shouts Of def tnCe, ami called this HOus
'h hell of LEGISLATION. They to forget scene
=; enacted here six years ago, before Southern mem
IN bers left the Hall to Join the armies OF Catane,
IL when encouraged 6y their allies. they came owe
here in one yelling body, becausea speech for free
~ dom was being ITade on this side, and when tn
u | rufiian Craig. Of North Carolina, drew pistol AM
% the assassin Barksdale OF NJ sSissipp drew knife
I In Mr.. THA1ER reminded Mr.. stevens that the
section did not affect the eligibility OF those person
" As REPRESENTATIVES bat merely exclude them from
"a voting and he asked him il he thought he could bu
t "a a building big enough to hold eight million of peO
to MIR. STEVENS-Yes sir. That penitentiar
10 guarded by havonets, down below, and If they un
z dertake TO come bae we will shoot them The sen
itentiary of he'll is the pentenary that they desefv
n Alter some further remarks in the same strair
- Mr. Stevens Withdrew the motion to recOmmit, an
~ moved tue previous question.
~ Mr., GARFIELD inquired Of the Speaker, wheth
~ or, in case the previous qqes ion was not seconded
ne by striking out the third section and offering tn
II amendment suggested by Mr.. McKee, preVentin
= those who had voluntarily taken part in the rebe
T. lion from holding office under the United State
s. The SPEAKER replied that motions and amend
10 mentS would be in order il the previous questiO
-, should not be seconded.
ID this time the gal cries were crowde J. and as tn
~ vote progressed the greatest terest and eNciemen
ou m was manifested by the members, some of whou
~ stood together in groups discussing the chances
" while some were more actively employed in arguin
IN and tryn to enforce their views upb
10 others The Dem cratic members generally carrie
a out their policy which was to prevent any amend
or oS ment Of the int n, z UTeSSlntion. USs
ptt Mr.. FARNSWORTH wanted to know whether, a
u, this stage of the measure, motion to renommit
Nv with Instructions in order. But the Speaker IN
"a formed him it was not
hu The House the1 voted on the passage. The nam
as of Mr. Raymond was called and he voted aye. TIL
- Republican members eIapped their hands ald laugh
@ The Sneaker directed the Clerk 10 call his name n