Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1866-05-29

iered ToluminOus preamble and resOlutiC
requiring the President TO inform the Houi
wrether any of the military or civil en-
ployees of the Government within Ii
: State of Georgia or any other rebel Sta
have countenanced or assisted in the rer
'' dition of public hOnors to any Of the traitor
- either living or dead.
Mr.. NICHOLSON, of Delaware, obiectint
the resolution was laid over for the day.
Mr.. STEVENS introduced bill TO enabl
the States lately in rebellion to regain thei
privileges in the Union, which was rsa
twice and referred to the Committee of tn
Whole on the State of the Union. The bi
is as follows:
WHEREAS, The eleven States which latel
formed the government of the so-callel
Confederate States of america have for
feited all their rights, under the Constitu
ton, and can be reinstated in the same onl,
by the action of Congress, therefore,
Be it enacted by the Senate and House o
Representatives of the United States o
America, in Congress assembled, that thu
eleven States lately in rebellion may form
valid State governments in the following
manner:
Sec. 1. The State governments now ex
| isting defacto, though illegally formed in
the midst of martial law, and though in
many instances the constitutions were
adopted under duress and submitted for the
ratification Of the people, and therefore are
not to be treated as free Republics, yet,
| they are hereby acknowled as valid gov
ernments for municipal purposes until the
same shall be duly altered and their Iegisla-
| tive and executive officers shall be treated
/ as such.
Sec. 2. Whenever the legislatures of said
| States shall enact that conventions shall be
al taG e
by the formation and adoption of State
constitutions the Governor or chief execu-
tive officer shall direct an election to be
held, on a certain day, to choose delegates
to q convention, who shall meet at the time
fixed by the legislature, and form State
constitution. which shall be submitted to a
vote Of the people, and if ratified by a ma
jority of the loyal voters, shall be declared
the Constitution of the State.
Sec. 3. The persons who shall be entitled
TO vote at both said elections shall be as fol-
lows All male citizens above the age of 2l
years who have resided one year in said
State and ten days within the election dis
trict.
Sec. /. The word citizens, as used in this
act, shall be construed to mean all persons,
except Indians not taxed, born in the Uni
ted States or duly naturalized. Any male
citizen above the age of q years shall be
competent to be elected to act as a delegate
to such convention.
Sec. 5. All persons who held office, either
civil or military, under the government of
the so-called Confederate States of America,
or who swore allegiance to said govern
ment, are hereby declared to have forfeited
their citizenship and TO have ranouneed all
allegiance to the United States, and shall
not be entitled to exercise the elective fran
chise until after they have filed their in
tention or desire to be reinstated with the
rights of citizenship aud shall swear allie
glance to the United States and renounce
allegiance to all other governments or pre-
tended governments, the said application TO |
be filed and the oath taken in the same
courts that by law are authorized TO natu- |
ralize foreigners.
Sec. 6. No constitution shall be present
ed or acted on by Congress which denies to
any citizen any rights, privileges or immu-
mites which are granted to every other
citizen in the States. All laws shall be
without regard to race or former
condition. If the provisions Of this section |
should ever be altered, repealed, expunged, |
or in any way abrOgated, this act shall be- |
come void, and said state shall lose its |
right to be represented in Congress.
Sec. 7. Whenever the foregoing conditions |
shall be complied with, the citizens of said |
State may present said constitution to Con- |
gress, and, if the same be approved by Con-
gress, said State shall be declared en-
titled to the rights, privileges and immu-
mites, and be subject to all the obligations |
aud liabilities Of State within the Union. |
No Senator or representative shall be ad |
mtted into either House Of Congress until |
Congress shall have declared such State en-
titled thereto.
Mr.. THAYER offered a resolution, which |
was adopted, dispensing with evening ses-
sions of the House until further orders.
Mr.. HALE offered a resolution, which |
was adopted, calling on the Secretary Of
War for information on variety of subjects |
with the operation Of the Freed |
mems Bureau.
Mr.. STEVENS offered resolution in
structing the Committee on Invalid Pen
sions to report bill to double pensions due |
by casualties of the late war with the So
called Confederate States
On suggestion Of Mr.. PERHAM, the resO-
luton was altered into one OF inquiry, as
which was adopted.
Mr.. SPALDING offered a resolution, |
which was adopted; instructiEg the Com
mittee on Invalid Pensions to inquire into |
the expediency of paying the surviving |
soldiers of the war of 1872 on the pension
list.
Mr.. STILLWELL, of Indiana, offered a |
resolution directing the Committee on In
valid Pensions to report bill extending the |
provisions of the pension laws to provost |
deputy provost marshals and en-
rolling officers killed or disabled in the line |
Of their duty.
Mr.. Stillwell having declined TO modify
bis resolution, to make it one Of inquiry /
merely, the yeas and nays were taken upon
il. adoption. The vote resulted, yeas IS,
nays IS.
4 resolution, offered by Mr.. KERR, of /
Indiana, on the 26th of February, relating |
to the stamps on legal documents came up,
and Means.
Mr.. KELLY offered a resolution calling
On the Secretary Of War for information in
reference to the railroad property in the
Of the Government on the lst of
May, 1865.
Mr.. FARNsWoRTH objected to its con-
and it was laid over for one day.
Mr.. RANDALL offered resolution call
ing on the Secretary Of War for the report
Of Major General Stoneman on the recent
riot at Memphis.
Mr.. BLAINE suggested the including of
all other reports received on the same sub
ect, and the resolution being so modified
was adopted.
Mr.. SCHENCK offered resolution, which
was adopted, instructing the Committee on
Military Affairs to inquire into the expe-
iiency of repeating all laws authorizing
1revet rank in the army Of the United
States and providing that all such distinc-
ion being abolished no other mark, badge
II reward for gallant action shall be sub
tituted.
Mr.. order offered resolution direct
ng that as loyal men have been elected by
he people of Tennessee as Senators and
in Congress they shall be
omitted to seats in the present Congress
n taking the usual oath Of Office.
A resolution was adopted instructiug the
Committee to inquire into the ex-
of abolishing all but one District
'ourt in each State not entitled to more
han seven districts.
A resolution was adopted that the Military |
committee inquire into the expediency of ;
roviding national military force instead :
f the regular army, to consist Of volunteers
aised by each State, for three years.
A resolution was adopted calling on the !
resident for information as to the amount
cotton in the hands of the military au- {
horities at tie close of the war. !
The tax bill was taken up in Committee {
n the Whole. s
A provision was made to the paragraph
slating to tobacco that people exposing '
igars for sale shall be deemed manufactur- {
IS.
A proviso was added making the tax on 7
randy distilled from grapes, apples, or q
caches a dollar and a-haif per gallon.