The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1866-03-09
CONGRESSIONAL.

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v.,r,xsros. Feb. 20. This hiss b~en
n field DAY IL the American congress
The senate Chamber has not witnessed
.uch An attendance Of spectators since
,b. famou. winter Of 1861 The gale
rio. aisle. and corridors, cloak rooms
ON the floor. and even tho porter gal.
lerv we're filled, LADIES' being aamiueu
10 the latter place On the Moor OF she
Senate tl.ere wasa third of the me.a
hers Of the House present az intervals
in the debate The anticipated debate
on the President veto message are"
thus immense attendance
senator Wade, before the question
wa. reached, introduced a constitutional
amendment making the President Of
fee good only for the term OF the lncum'
bent In speaking Of this he briefly
.siI that the President proposed to nd
nit IN the halls Of Congress rebels late
ly IN arms. and he added that he looked
utson those who favored 1t rs little bet
ter than traitors ut heart The declare
ton produced an immense sensation
After Mr Wade concluded, the Freed
mens Bureau Bill came Up Mr. DAVIS
spoke an hour Senator Irunbuil, the
author of the FreeImcns Bureau Bili,
then atUAe for two hours and u halt, nnd
wa. listened TO with great interest the
audience He WI. entirely courteous
10 the President and only addres.ed has
arrumen. from a legal point OF view
At hAlt-pa-, four amidst GREATNESS
silence the question wn' pat whether
the bill should pass Hot~ithsiandinsthe
President objections The yeas we're
called aud every name and vote was
watched Nth intense interest
There WAS disposition 70 spplaud
when Messrs Dixon. Duuiittle Morgan.
aud towan. voted to sustain the ircsi'
dent
" hcn he vrtc was aurouncti BY the
Wee President, declaring tina, tDothird-
not having voted for IL 1t was lost, anu
the veto sustained, the peut-up ulysses
in the galleries sent up prolonged eheefs
mingled with some Ais.es from the col
ptcd allery
The Wee President Immediately or
lgrei the clearing of the galleries am
the Sergeant s;.hrms and his officers
promptly executed the order
The senators who voted "a sustain the
President were. Ncssrs towan, Dixon,
poolttle, Henderson, Morgan, Norton.
stewart, Van Wrinkle and Wiley
Mcssrs Dixon, puobttlc, Morgan, and
Van Wrinkle voted TOR the bill when II
originally passed the Ncuagc
Mc..rs t9wan and Wiley were sh
sent when that vote was taken
Soon after the House was called 70
order Mr. lhad stevens got the floor
and reported concurrent resolution
from the Reconstruction Committee, de
clariu1 that in order to close agitation
on question which seems likely Ia di~
turb the action ct the ueyefnlnent, as
well ~ tu qgi.t the uncertainty Which
rests IN the minds e the people ci the
eleven states whnh have beeu declared
20 ho in iu-urrcctIpn NJ senator 81
Representative shall lie admitted mt.
either branch Of congress from either q
laid states. until Congress shall hss'
declared -ucs states untitied e. rrlre
erniari1u
la prcschtins this resolution Nr sc
WIN NE iiI Nt.rHti' i've AiELttftH.T ST.
-nid thrt tbgr" hti l'eeu an earnest IN
srrtils'ian ly the som'nttee irte 'h'
condition &C Tennessee. to SEQ whef"e
they grud admit the state t. rrpre>eu
ta,i1a bot since Yesterday there ha'
been such state Of things ~ had IA
lnsrl the committee 10 consider }
wholly Yut Of their power - rrogro'
, a., t.ts,uut surreuIcrinS q green
prtnclpl" sud ~llhUut -urrrpieriug ia
ri-ht' &C Ills body - she usurrstion q
another power meaning the Prv.lden
lie demanded the prev ion. question, AN
ro.used 81 allow debate. whereof 10
'hrte was $ scene of great confusion an
excitement Mr. Rogers Of New Ic
soy, shnutcd above the din tina, the al
tempt - pass It under tho gna law, wa
m act OF Tyranny and dcsiotl-m II
was called b. order lruyr all part. at tn
bail fhs Democrats then resolved {
force Tire Republican,. to Sici iron
physlral exhaustion and they moved t
adjourn. to excuse members from ,otln.
md other dilatnry motions hy calm
the yeas and nays and consumed scvc
hours IN these proceedings ~
o'clock the Democrat. proposed tn com
promise on the basis ut one hour dg
bate on each side, whom u vote shout,
bee taken
MIR ~cheuck. Of Ohio. sccned 10 70
fleet the views If the majority when h
declared tina, there could bee ~ conpro
muse hut that Of passing the resolution
During the struggle there were uumrr
Gus exciting >reucs Little or no de
bate was allowed When MIR Nuurhrc
attempted tu announce that the -rnat
hal sustained the President. NJ. voic
could hardly b. heard above the shout
Of order from thu Republican side
When the vote Wa, brought ia % th
House the members gathered in crowd
nj dl-seetcI II while the momcntou
cali Of the r~i was going on.
AZ 30 I VI II vas et,irn, that or
position could hold cat no longer Mr.
Edrid-e announced thai It was impo-
siblc 10 rc~i., such majority \ tnt
was then taken. and the resolution pass
ed with only forty votes against il
among whom were Raymond. t,rccn
Alley, ~mlth, Mosrill. Of New dorsey
aud Phelps. Of Mnryisnl
The House then adiournei
WASHINGTON, Feb p The Militia
~ Committee have resolved to report
bill for the establishment Of an actiy
uniform National militia throughout III,
nlted states, including all able.hodic,
males between ~ au'i ~ wears Of az.
To the House r Beamer Of Nichi
gan introduced hill to amend an,s con
TIME IN force the Freedmen. Bureau
bill
MIR Bingham reported from tho Com
mittee on Reconstruction Joint rcs,tln
ton 10 amend the Constitution by AL
- ding the following article "rha, Con
sress shall have the power to make al
the laws which shall be necessary an,
proper 70 secure To the citizen. Of eacl
state all the privileges and immunitie
OF citizens ot the several States. and :,
all persons in the several States oaua
protection in right, of life, liberty an,
property Mr. bingham spoke brietl,
~ support Of this amendment
Mr. Rogers opposed it rs most dan
gcrous mpscmen, toward. cen,rsl,sa
ton
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