The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1866-04-28
Passage OF the Civil Rights as.la
over thc Presidents Veto.
Congressional.

mittance Senator Wright ii New Jersey appeared
in his seat. Mr.. Lane Of Kansas during the morning
hour offered a Join; resolution Tor the admission q
the States lately in rebellion, On condition OF thl't
regulating the rebel debt, endorsing the Federal
debt. anuuiling the ordinance Of secession, ana grant
ipr suffrage 10 such CO,oTed people ~ can Telu V'
who own $3.50 worth OF property. He spoke u the
necessity Of immediate action on the subject OF re-
construction to save the Republican party from
A. o.c,ocks the Civil Rights bill was taken ur.
Mr.. Lane Of Kansas, about whom doubts have e1-
listed, made a speech supporting the veto, anu ut-
Tending the President from the charge made ny Mt
Wade Of despotism and t~reaChery. Mr.. Lane con-
cluiei his speech rs follows " The President has
been and is now, in my Judgment, rs anxious 10
harmonic the difficulties II the Union party As any
Senator on this floor. If he was met in the same
spirit. the party would be reunited anu TINS Union
be restored His advances are met 10y insult from
the heads Of the Republican party on ths senate
aoor. in language without parallel. So far as l am
concerned, Mr. President, l hope TO day and mere
after to take my position alongside Of the President
and stand there uufinchiug, defending hun against
the Senator from Ohio, rs did my predecessor.
Nh. Wade said in reply = Who Is your fFestlent
that every man must bow to his opinion II you
please, sir, we all know him he Is no stranger 10
this body we have measured him, sir we know
his height, his length. his breadth, and cHpActy'
and all about him and you set him up as . para,
gon, aud declare you are going 10 wear his collar
Is that the ilea-that you are going to be his aPo'o,
gist and defender on what he Is going 10 propose;
Three millions of people, sir, exposed 10 outrage "nu
murder from those worse than savnges, their former
mas,ers-murierers, as We are tolt-every day their
lives taken away, their humanity tramp'ed uhueF
foot and when Congress, under the constitution %
the Uaited States, is eudeavoring to tender tnehl
some little protection, how are we met mere sir:
Every attempt Of your Moses has been to trampIe
them down, making them worse, ana throwing
every obstruction III the way OF everything F''F"N
Nh. Lane, in reply, said &c wear as a collar the
following Indicted for treason by a pro,s'aFery
grand iury hunted from State to State cy writ
founded upon that indictment for treason SI'o,ooo
offered for my head = Jim Lane wear a coiar!
Great God! Mr.. President, wherever he Is known
that charge is decided as false, by both TREND ana
! Mr. Wade saii-s.I wish It was"
= MIR. Lane then appealed to Mr.. Wade to withdraw
: the serious charge ne had made against the Pres!-
-, dent He (Nr. Lane) would not defend the Presl-
dents speech of the 22d OF February, as 1t was made
Il under excitement.
forming him that the Legislature of his State had
passed a resolution requesting him to vote Tor the
Civil Rights bill, the Presidents objection notwlth-
standing. He had already set forth his objections 70
tho measure. and he could not vote for II. and Would
abide the consequences. He entertained the hiiShes'
respect tor the gentlemen composing the Legislature
of his State, but standing where he did. he sh"
what they could not they were at a distance, an'
= influenced by a party press and persons Interested IL
g the continuation of the disorder IN the south
2 CUICACo. April Gth-A special dlSpatch 10 IN
Yr,byoc inst received, says the Civil Rights Oh
passed the Senate at $50 o'clock, by SO ayes to /
=. noes. Mr.. Dixon absent. Messrs. Morgan ana WI
lev voted ave 4; Mr.. Wright voted no. Mr.. Morgan
vote was received with cheers, and the final an
rouucement with wild enthusiasm, the chamber 81
ing denseIy crowded. Following is the vote:
.4ges-AnthOny, Brown, Chandler, Clark. Cor
ness. Cracin. Creswell. Edmonds, Fessenden, foste
on Grimes. Harris, Henderson, Howard, Howe, hrt
-, wood. Lane of Indiana, Morgan, Morrill, Nye' | :
- land, Pomeroy, Ramsay, Sherman, Sprague' ntewaf
ng Sumner, Trumbull, Wade, Wiley, Williams, "llso
Va Yates-33.
Nrss-Buckalew, Cowan, Davis. Doolittle, Gut
rie, Lane Of Kansas. Hendricks, Johnson NJ
Dougan, Nesmith, Norton, Biddle. Salisbury VI
Wrinkle, Nright-l5.
ION .4Gsent-Dixon.
al The above votefs the same total as on the 3D.
' February-Creswel and Grimes, who dld not III
vote, and Edmonds, new Senator, making eoou .
na- loss of Dixon, Foot, and Lane of Kansas vi l
ave negative vote on the 81 Of February, all were prese
except Stockton. The accessions are DoouttIe' Jon
I'm son and Wright, who did not vote before, ana La
Re. Of Kansas. The bill passed the House on the Ia
If Norch-ayesl Ill, noes So absent or not votlr
ted "A. 1t is believed it will be taken up at once III
fill House, and passed over the veto
cen CHICAGO. April 5th-Mr. TrumbulI's speech
was the Civil Rights bill, yesterday, occupied nea
three hours, and was 4 clear and logical argum'
the unon the legal and other objections raised by
President. To the objection that eleven states
can unrepresented he answered g Well, sir, whose IA
sti- Is it that the twenty-five loyal States winch l"
re n stood bv the Union and Constitution are TO DE
prived of their right to legislate: Sir: 1t Is not
md, fault Of the twenty-five. 1t the iact Il so!he H.'
q, of having rebelied against the Government IS 10 L
MIA from the Government the right to legls!ate, "
res sir. then the criminal is to take advantage oil
one crime, aud the innocent are to be puhisheu io'
guilty. If we are to wait Tor the eleven Qua
musr not We wait for Texas? VIII anybody pref
: d that when a State Government was IN the hahd
u an the enemy it was entitled to our representation
our CONGRESS? IF not, shall we not inquire "he'
lens, il has got out of these hands into the hands oil Il
rday mon; Sin. the proposition that no bill is to be pa:
because certain States are unrepresented' Wou'
allied utterly destructive of the Government
cola WASHINGTON, April IA special dispatch to
ark Cbicago morning papers gives a few additional
WI tjeuIars of the Senate proceedings yesterday,
"HU Tribune says that during Mr.. Lane 3 speech
TrurLnl c1rnerei him on a private decHarat
lays IoaIa tho dav before, that he Mr.. Lane, would
ding for the bill asked, if it should be understood tHa'
and vo,a was now given IN consideration of someth
Sc of ono,s answer was listened to with much inte1
An He was very careful not TO deny the suggestion,
Dill the Senate was left to believe that Lane j "
reasons within eighteen hours to change ms pur
York There is, Of course, considerable query as u"
; "A. r,o,,s rsel to effect this change. During his sp
= vote Mr.. Trumbul and Mr.. henderson or "."
MEM ousIv with question, and brought ont the point
clearly that MIR. Lincoln never by word or dee
I;ca+cI the belief that the Executive could dict
49, rlan Of reconstruction. Then Garrett DAVIS :
oodod two hours and o half, Notwithstanding the Lmpa,
70 = for a vote. He had opposed the war ana cnup
liz nothing in the future but blood by 'MS uH
80 aoor Of the Senate was crowded with members Q
n7 Hnn.e and other private spectators. filing the '
- area around the Senatorial circle. 1t was no"
raet FIVE o'clock Mr.. McDougall made a sp
predicting another revolution. Mr.. 1ateS urge
ParubIjcans to stand solid and press on TO VIC
y an At half past six o'clock the vote was CARED an
eiahd' Clerk proceeded, amid a GREATNESS si.ehce'
u 'ne busy pencils tallying the result MT '19Fgan
US are non1ed ave, in a clear voice, ana all aouot
relieved instantly. The speculators rose IN 'he
opposed Ieries. and made the Senate Chamber echo with
\ def ,rrlausa. On the floor the scene was but nth