Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1866-01-24

the gross receipts taken by the pro
prietor at all such races
Oh motion of Mr. Darling, Il was
Resolved, That The Committee on
the Judiciary De instructed TO inquire
into the expediency ofamcnding the
laws so rs to provide
that all persons, before taking the
oath to supportthc Constitution of the
United States, shall bc required to
read intelligently said Constitution,
and report by bill or otherwise
Mr. Conkling, of New York, submit
ted the following, which was referred
TO the Committee on Reconstruction :l
Resolved, That an amendment to the
Constitution of the United States
should be submitted 10 the States for
their ratification in one of the two
following forms; Representatives
and direct taxes shall be apportioncd
among the several which may be in
cludcd within this Union according to
their respective number counting the
whole number ofctlzens Of the United
States provided that, whenever in
any State civil or political rights or
privileges shall be denied or abridged
on account of race or color, all persons
of such race or color shall be excluded
from the basis of representation"
Representatives and direct taxes
shall be apportioned among the sever
al States which may be included with
in this Union according to their re-
spective number, counting the whole
number of citizens Of the United
States; provided that, whenever in
any State the elective franchise shall
be denied or abridged on account of
race or color, all persons of such race
or color shall be excluded from the
basis ofrepresentation.
Mr. .Broomall,of Pennsylvania offer
ed the following:
I TFiereas, All just government de-
rives its powers from the consent of
the governed and, phereds, the best
way of obtaining that consent is thr'o
the ballot box and, ,chereas,t the white
men ofthe District of Columbia have
by that means decrecd, that in their
opinion the black men of the District
should not be allowed the right Of suf.
frage therefore.
Resolred, That the Committe ofthe
District of Columbia be instructed Ia
inquire into the expediency Of ord
ering an election, at which the blacks
of the District shall decide by ballot
whether,in their opinion, the white men
of the District should be allowed the
right of suffrage, Broomall halls from
that section ofthe state, that furnish
cd NOR "Cow boys" during the Rev
olution than any other.
! Mr. Spaulding, of Ohio, moved that
the resolution be laid upon the table
and this was agreed to-yeas l1s,nay
12-namely Messrs. Ashley of Ne.
vada, Broomall, Grinnell, Hall, Hend
erson, Highly, Kelso, Longyear, Starr
Stevens and Williams.
Mr. Stevens, of Pennsylvania, intro
: duced a resolution that the Committed
: on the Judiciary be instructed to in
quire into the expcdiency of so amend
ing the act af January "a, 1865, relat
ing to the test oath, rs to allow attor
neys-at-law to practice their profes
sion without taking the said oath, or
equal footing with all othcrprofessions
He said that the act in question wa'
t passed during the war, by which at
torneys were prohibited from practic
} ing unless they could take an oatl
that they were not engaged in the re
bellion. Since the war a large mum
ber of men engaged in the legal pro
fession are trying TO make living
but are prevented from doing so by
law. He did not see why they SHOULD
be subjected to a provision not applied
to other professions, and hence tn,
proposed inquiry.
: The House adopted the resolution
yeas S2; nays II, (This vote indi
Gates a defeat of the radicals, anC
shows thst the government" will ye
= coerce Sumner Stevens & Co., anC
8 compel them to be loyal too)
f Mr. Kasson, of Iowa, said that oil
: Friday bitter partisan paperof New
2 York published statement involving
: a charge oflarceny against the lat
: President and the unfortunate lad,
S bereaved by his death. AS the charg
was that public property, bought b,
), the United States, had been stolen 70
t their private advantage, he wished
: before the falsehood had travelled
further, to say to the House and tn
: country, that at the time it appeare'
: the Committee on Appropriation
}, were considering the propirety Of ad
: ditional expenditures for the Exccu
tive Mansion, and were making a
examination as to the alleged disaT
i pearance of the property, and the re
J, suit of it was that, after the examins
g ton of numerous witnesses, not so
i itary article ever paid with the none
s of the United States was found remoy
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