Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1866-08-18
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"Roman Senate" were compelled to listen
to message from the President and Gen
eral Grant (GLObe 78), in which they were
Informed of the restoration of the federal
authority and the obedience of the people
10 the Southern States with Willingness
and promptitude; the anxiety of the people
there to resume peaceful pursuits, and that
sectional animosity was resolving itself in-
to spirit of nationality. The President
confirmed General Grants statement, that
representation would result in harmon
ibus restoration. This was not palatable
to Congress; and the committee OF Fifteen
went to work to obtain counter testimony
from the Covodes, Schurtzes, and other NOR
bid people whose impressions were colored
by their politics, and whose politics were
regulated by their pockets and spite. Mr..
Sumner denounced the message as white
washing affair, and on the 10th dragged
from lis rel ortOire all the accumulations
Of months written him by the bureau-crats,
cotton-stealers, aud other agents, who
were disgusted with the Southern people
for desiring to be friendly to the Union.
Mr.. Sumner pretended not to speak in
sanger, vindictiveness or harshness;" oh,
no; but ''solemnly and carefully, that peace
and reconciliation should PREVAIL" Thus
do words mock deeds. Mr.. Stevens pre-
tended to no such Joseph Surface senti-
ments, when on the same day in the House
(p. 1907 he introduced his bill to wreak out
OF the desolated South double pensions for
soldiers and pay for damages done to his
iron forges and property of other Northern
loyalsts. His was no sweet Christian ap-
peal. daughter. 1t proposed to take
only five hundred millions of what was
left of the South, for the above purposes,
and the remnant left to desolated hearths
and homes he proposed to apply to the ma
tiOnal debt OF the cOnqueror! In opposing
the contiscatiOn bills IN Congress L showed
that the property of Ireland had changed
under the vengeance of English confisca-
tion eleven times; but this was through
several hundred years. of oppression. Mr.,
Stevens proposed yokes of iron where
Cromwell only proposed yokes of wood.
He never brought his proposition to vote;
but believe that had he enforced it by his
satanic rhetoric. he might have obtained
in that House majority of human. tigers
on the ayes and noes. [Cheers.l After
these exhibitions, do not be surprised to
nnu ULuer seAIuns ~ work digging 0fhe-
graves for others of the Southern States.
On the 11th Of January, 1866 (Gtobe, 1879,
South Carolina was buried; on the 18th
(233), Arkansas; on the next day, Florida
(3l2) soon after, North Carolina (661); on
the 9TH of February (7l4), Alabama, with
a few more shovelstull of dirt thrown in
on the 18th $500; another effort on Arkan-
sas on the 26th of February (l,025), on mo-
tion by Senator Lane, of Kansas; a few
days after, North Carolina was 6oubly
buried (l,08S) in that cemetery for all--the
committee OF Fifteen. On the 4th of June
the State OF NJ ississippi was entombed (2949)
in the same sweet spot and on the lst of
March a Q,13D Louisiana also, in the person
of Senator BOyce. Meanwhile the, Direc-
tory, which "carried at its girdle the keys
Of the Union," began to be eajoled by some
Tennessee patriots of the Brownlow pat
tern, eager for admission. On the 9th of
March (l,189) Mr.. Bingham reported bill
declaring Tennessee State on equal foot
ing with other States, on condition, how
ever, that her.people would never do GER
tain things which the fifteen immaculates
thought bad. There was an explosion on
this, and the bill was shelved. 1t laid up
on the shelf sleeping, sweetly embalmed in
the frankincense OF Republican sympathy,
until the 2Oth, when Mr.. Raymond asked
Mr.. Bingham gently, when he proposed to
lead her in, rs he would like to be, there to
see. o He received for reply: "NexC week
if it was the pleasure of the House." On
JUt lGAI udy w llb-
tie gunpoWder under the committee 1859
to blow them open on Tennessee; but that
stern statesman, Hon. j. M. Ashley,
"poured on WATER" and the fuse failed.
| Laughter.
Another attempt was made to discharge
the committee (2,1l9), but the discharge
did not ''go Off" The Speaker ruled the
resolution out of order, and Tennessee still
in the crypt of the Capitol. Mr.
Ross of Illinois, on the 28th OF May, at
tempted to lift Mr.. Maynard in by main
force, but what was this 'man of Ross to
fifteen men? He, too, failed, and the
skeleton again dropped into its sepulchre
[ Laughter.] (2S59.) - J .~s -
, 1t was not until the 10th of July that the
joint resolution admitting Tennessee. came
before the House.. 1t no sooner appeared, 4
lackllustre and shadowy, than Mr.. Stevens |
to table it, for dissection. He
only got thirty-one votes against ninety |
two; but soon after, he increased z his
strength to torty-nine, when Mr.. Bingham, \
who still had charge of it, reported fresh
resolution, supertuous and void as resolu- /
tion andwith allie as It's preamble. The
preamble fecited that Tennessee had rati-
fled the constitutional amendment of this
session, and the resolution pretended to re-
store her to those relations which she had
never forfeited by void secession ordi-
nance; yet the House voted the preamble
81 to As 1876, in spite of the protests of
the truthful men of the House. The reso-
luton waspassed withthepreamble e. 9S0),
ond the Senate afterwards modifying both
(4,OOO), Tennessee, by the action of both
Houses became by some wonderful Radi-
calisfnagic, State, and members elected
more than year before were graciously
Admitted to their seatsli Theywere usher
ed ia under the garb of atransparent false
hood, and this, too, by the party which
Senator Wilson declared (GLObe, 341)
Isplanted itself onthel rock Of ages, and had
ali the measureless moral influences of the
universe b1to' sustain it," ICheers and
laughter Then followed the general law
that when any TState should adopt the
amendments of the Constitution as to civil
rights, basis Of representation, ineligibility
to office, and the public debt and should
modify their State laws to suit these new
conditions, their members, after taking the
Iodious test oath; might be admitted This
bin, however, was Killed. d-10l to 85. Thus,
mo, conditions forthe admission, Of States
I'M the form of bill, nob even the eatrbdiohs
ones proposed, were adopted. (S98l.) SO
that after eight mouths of patient incubat
tion the only eggiilaid, over which there
has beens0 much caclding, is this Tehnest
see kds6o. The Whole question remains al
o,.ih as AZ was in December, 1865 when Mn
Cnaokar saw all the stars OnlV 0iittie pallet