New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-02-27

freedmen would be tyrannized over and enslaved.
| The question being called for, the Chair an
nouced that it was Shall the bill pass, the Presi
dents objections Notwithstanding Upon which
was required by the Constitution two-thirds vote.
The vote was as follows:
| Yeas-Messrs. Anthony, Brown, Chandler, Clark,
4 Conness, Cragin, Cresswell, Fessenden. Foster,
Grimes, Henderson, Howard, Howe, kirkwoodi,
Lane of Indiana, Lane of Kansas, Nye, Pollard,
Pomeroy, Ramsay, Morrill,, Sherman, sprague
Summer, Trumbull, Wade, Williams, Wilson and
| Yates-30.
| tle Guthrie, Hendricks. johnson, McDougal, Nor
gan, Nesmith, Norton, Riddle, Salisbury, Stewart,
Stockton, Van Wrinkle and Willey-ls.
Absent-Foote and Wright.
The Chair announced that the number voting in
the affirmative being less than twothirds, the bill
had failed.
This announcement was agreed with loud Kisses
| from the colored gallery, and mingled applause
and Kisses from other parts of the galleries. The
chair ordered the galleries to be cleared, which
was done, and the Senate at o'clock adjourned.
Petitions from citizens of Wisconsin, Missouri
and Massachusetts were presented, asking Congress
to annul the acts of the President in establishing
civil government in the South and to secure
equal rights to all, without distinction of color.
Referred to the Committee of Fifteen.
HoUsE.-ln the House, Mr.. Stevens, from the
JOINT commmittee on reconstruction, reported o
Joint resolution that in order to close agitation on
question which seems likely to disturb the action of
the government well as to quiet the uncertain.
ty which exists in the minds Of the people Of the
eieYen states which have been declared to be in
Insurrection no Senators or Representatives shall
6e admitted into Congress from either of the said
States until Congress shall have declared such
states entitled to such representation.
-. MI Nrider obtained leave to have read minor-
t.p pe ststs with resolution declaring
sentation, and that her Representatives be hereby
admitted to seats in Congress on Qualifying them
selves according to law.
Mr. stevens said there was an earnest DISPOSE
ton, until yesterday, to inquire and see whether
they could admit that State to representation
But since yesterday there has been such state of
things as to induce the committee to consider it
wholly out of their power to proceed further with
out surrenderlng great principle, and without
surrenderng the rights of this body to the usurpa
ton OF another power. He demanded the preyi-
GUS question.
Mr.. Rogers, of New Jersey, amid calls of order,
declared against the passage of the resolution I'M
der the gag rule.
Mr.. Stephens objected to Mr.. Order making the
report He said he could not consent, for there
was an earthquake around us, and he trembled
| and dare not yield.
There was much excitement and calls to order
during the proceedings.
Mr.. Stevens having moved the previous question
on the resolution, Messrs. Eldridge, Johnson
Chandler and others sought to stave off vote by
moving to adjourn
The questions were decided in the negative by
yeas and nays.
Mr. E!dfldge SAID ne ana MS irends would stop
those dilatory motions if Mr.. Stevens would with
draw the demand for the previous question, SO the
resolution might be debated.
Mr.. Stevens said he sat here for forty eight
hours in 1861 when the rebels went out. He
could now stand it for thirty-six hours longer.
These parliamentary tactics then resumed.
The opposition are still engaged, up to $3.50 P. NJ
in making dilatory motions to adjourn etc., to
stave off vote on the pending resolution.
AT last Mr.. Fink withdrew his motion that the
resolution be laid on the table, and. under the
operation Of the previous question, it was passed
100 to 40.
At 7:l5 P. NJ. the House adjourned.
Position of the Cabinet on the Veto.
New YORK, Feb. 2O.-A Washington special
says:
1t has transpired that a majority of the Cab
net was in favor Of the veto. Yesterday it was
supported by Secretaries Seward, McCulloch and
Welles, and it is said Dennison. The other mem
bers opposed it,