Daily union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1865-1866, 1866-07-21
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CONGRESSIONAL.


| Mr.. BANKS on leave introduced a Joint
resolution giving the use of buildings re-
Gently occupied for the purposes of a fair in
| aid and for orphans of soldiers and sailors,
| for additional fairs, together with all ma
| terials about them, which was read three
times and passed.
| Mr.. PRICE from the Committee on the
Pacific Railroad, reported bill to authotize
| the issue Of certain bonds in denominations
| greater than 81 900, which was read three
| times and passed
! The House then proceeded to the consid-
| Grafton of the joint resolution for the admis-
! sion af Tennessee.
Mr.. BINGHAM Withdrew the demand
! for the previous question, and modified his
| substitute so as to read,
| JOINT RESOLUTION, declaring Tennes-
see again entitled to Senators and Repre-
sentatives in Congress
| WHEREAS, The State of Tennessee has in
| good faith adopted the article of amendment
| to the Constitution of the United States, pro-
posed by the Both Congress to the LegisIa-
| lures of the several States, and has also
shown to the satisfaction of Congress, by
| spirit Of obedience in the body of her people,
| her return to her due allegiance to the gov
| eminent aud laws of the United States
| House of Representatives, Of the United States
| Of America IN Congress assembled, That
| the State of Tennessee be hereby re-
stored 10 her former proper political relation
TO the United States, and is again entitled to
! be represented by Senators and Representa-
| tives in Congress, duly elected and qualified
| upon their taking the oath of office required
/ by existing laws.
Mr.. BINGHAM renewed the call for the
| previous question.
Mr.. BOUTWELL, desired to offer the fol-
| lowing, as a substitute for BNGHAM's:
When Tennessee shall have ratified the
amendment to her Constitution, proposed to
| the Legislatures of the several States by the
] thirty-ninth Congress, and shall have estab-
lished an equal and just system of suffrage
/ for all male citizens within its jurisdiction
! who are not less than twenty-one years of
| age, the Senators and Representatives
| from such State, if found duly elected and
| qualified may after having taken the requir-
| ed oaths of office be admitted into Congress;
| prOUided that nothing in this section contained
shall be construed so as to require the dis
franchisement of any loyal persons who are
now entitled to vote.
Mr.. BINGHAM declined to let the
amendment be offered.
VII W lA4eAC hNoAANu W DAANA I'LL dulSAlA-
ment to that offered by Mr.. BINGHAM, pro-
viding that the United States do hereby rec
| ognize the government Of the State of Ten
nessee, inaugurated under and by the Con-
| ventiOn which assembled on the 9th day of
! January, 1865, at the city of Nashville, as
the legitimate Government, and that said
State be entitled to the guarantee and other
rights Of State Government under the Con-
stitutiOn.
Mr.. BINGHAM declined to let the amend
ment be offered and insisted on the previous
question. The previous question was recon-
sidered and the resolution and preamble
was then ordered to be engrossed and read
the third time The House got into some
confusion about the preamble, which finally
resolved itself into a motion to reconsider
the vote, by which the preamble was order
ed to be engrossed and read the third time,
which motion was laid on the the table by
vote of 10 to %.
Mr.. LIE BLOND addressed the Speaker
as if on a question of order and commenced
to say that portion of the members of his
side desired very much to vote for the reso-
! luton.
EVENING SESSION.
The business transacted related exclusive
ly to the District of Columbia, and was of
no general importance.
Mr. BOUTWELL, said, after the most
careful reflection, through taunts and jeers
he was still so deeply convinced of the I'M
wholesome and dangerous nature of this
proceeding, that he demanded a system of
impartial suffrage to the cOlored people of
Tennessee first, and then the colored people
of the whole revolted and entire rebellious
section of country. His objection to this
measure was fundamental, it was that the
Government Of Tennessee was not, in fact,
republican Government. He asked the |
House to consider the condition of Tennes- |
see with 100000 able-bOdied male citizens,
its governing power placed in the hands Of |
less than 10000 of them by the COnstitu- !
ton Of Tennessee, more than One-half Of |
of the white citizens were disfranchised and /
$4,000 male cOlored citizens were |
members suppose these disfranehised col |
ored men and the sixty thousand disfran |
ehised rebels, and they would overturn the |
Government Of that State and what the /
House was doing for Tennessee it would be |
hereafter invited to do for the other ten /
States Of the South. The history of the /
country was full of warning to political |
imposters. But it might be asked, were
these States TO be forever excluded? By no /
means. They have assurances from North /
Carolina, Tennessee, Arkansas and Texas /
that if Congress would but demandim impartial 4
justice, the people Of these States who were
loyal to the Union would enter the stOutest
demand. 1t fought it and ultimately Sc
cured it.
Mr.. WIGBY stated why he should vote
against the joint resolution. He should have
yielded his objections had he seen a shadow
Of hope coming from Tennessee itself, but he
found on examining the Constitution of Ten
nessee that the voting power was confined
exclusive to the white population. Ills OBJ
lection was that Tennessee would be admit
ted under the joint resolution with the same
number of Representatives that she was en-
titled to before the war, whereas she should
only have the number to which she is en-
titled to under the constitutional amend
ments.
Mr.. BINGHAM closed the debate. He
declared it matter painful to regret, that
any gentleman supposed to intend well 10
his country, should take the position taken
by the gentleman from Massachusetts,.
Mr.. BOUTWELL, stated his objections
were, that the colored people were disfran-
chised
Mr.. BINGHAM replied that Mr.. BoUT-
WELL had spoken Of the white voters Of
Tennessee as minority, and he claimed that
UoyguJ voters unQef the new NOnstltuLluu /
laws, represented A, 0Oe Of the white pOpu-
latiOn, which was az two to one Of its black
population. The gentleman from Massa-
chusetts has agreed that Tennessee could
not be admitted, because she hadnot extend
ed election franchise to our black citizens,
but under that principle why not excluded
Missouri, which disfranchised her black
population and her rebel population.
Mr.. FINCK interrupted, TO say he at
tached no consequence to the act Of the
Tennessee Legislature, he did not believe II
70 be in expression OF the will Of her people. /
Mr.. BINGHAM hoped his colleague
would excuse him from yielding further he
declined to yield any more Of his time He
asserted that Tennessee was as republican a.
Massachusetts, in the principle that the ma
j0rity, whether black or white, had The right !
TO control is political powers. There was
no member On this floor who had any right
10 assume for himself a higher or greater
measure Of patriotism than was % be attrI-
buted 10 every loyal leading man Of Tennes-
see, Represented Ia this great movement If