Baltimore daily commercial. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1865-1867, 1866-03-10

to VOTE but if they were not fit to vote ~ tbev t
fit to be represented "
Suppose one or two States did lose portion of
tneir representatl0n that was matter. Mr.. John
son SAID III several of the States suffrage is given to
many persons VINO are not citizens of the United
States large number being those who have inst
arrived in the country. These would have to be de-
Quoted from the count, it is not in the power nf
the States to make them citizens and the northwest
would thus lose portion her representatives After
some further discussion. Mr.. Clark withdrew his
The question was then taken on the amendment of
Mr sumner which provides that in the States lately
in rebellion, there shall be no olgarchy caste or
monopoly invested with peculiar privileges and
powers and there shall be no denial Of rights, civil
political on account of color orrace but all persons
court room at the ballot box And this statute
made in pursuance of the Constitution shall be the
supreme law of the land thing in the CopsttutiOn
or laws of any such State to the contrary notwith-
standing which was disagreed to by vote of yeas
Mr.. Yates offered an amendment that no State
shall make any distinction in civil political rights
slavery and all citizens of the United States shall
be projected in the right of suffrage.
Mr.. Clark offered amendment which also ex-
cludes from the basis Of representation that portion
OF any class who may have been disqualified from
was agreed to by 26 yeas to 20 nays-Mr Crssswei in
the e, affirmative and Mr.. johnson in the negative.
The question was then taken on the amendment of
Mr.: Yates, which was disagreed to.
Mr. Davis moved to amend by submitting the pro- .
posed amendment to the Legislature to be hereafter
elected for tifcation it would he sad give the
people an opportunity to pass upon it, The amend
ment was disagreed to by vote of S1to IL.
Mr. sumner presented amendment that no
State shall abridge the elective franchise on account
Of race or color which was disagreed to by vote of
38 to s.
Mr., Sumner offered an amendment, that all per
sons deprived ofvoting shall be exempted from taxa
ton OF all kind, which was disagreed to,
The question then tpSen, Mr. Clark having
TitcGTawn his amendment by unanimous consent ON
the original motion as reported by the committee
Representation shall be apportioned among the
several states, which may be included within this
Union, according to their respectig enumbers count
ing the whole number OF persons in each State ex-
Guiding Indians not taxed. Provided that, whenever
the elective franchise shall be denied OF abridged in
therein of such race or color shall be excluded from
the basis of ofrepresentation.
The vote resulted as follows:
- Ayes-Messrs. Anthony, Chandler, Clark. COnness
Gragin CreSswell, Fossenden Foote. Grimes Harris
gan, Morrill, Nye. Poland Ramsey, Sherman m9p-
Snrague, Trumbul Wade, Williams and Wiison-25.
Dixon, Doolittle. Guthrie, Henderson Hendricks
johnson. Lane of Kansas, Nesmith, Norton, Riddle,
SMa!nIsbury Steuart, Stockton Sumner Van Wrinkle,
The Chair announced that two-thrtls of the sena
tors not having voted for the joint resolution it was
On motion Of Mr.. Henderson. the vote by which the
resolution was lost was reconsidered.
On motion of MIR. Trumbull, it was decided that
when the Senate adjourn, it be to meet on Monday
Mr.. noolittle then offered an amendment, making
Mr.. Stewart.
MT. teSsenuen Sald tDlS discussion might be n
tnued till midnight without any profit, and he
therefore, moved to postpone its further considera
ton unit! Thursday next.
The motion was agreed to- and the Senate, at p.
NJ. adjourned
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
PRIVATE BILLS.
The morning was occupied with the consideration
CIVIL RIGHTS
The House then resumed the bill to protect all
persons in the United States in their civil rights and
furnish the means of their vindication
Mr.; Bingham, of Ohio, opposed the bill in a brief
speech. He first. explained the proposition he
offered to recOmmit the bill, with instructions to
strike out the penal sections as he desired to pro-
vide for remedies before the courts He had no OBJ
born in the United States. and not subject to any
foreign power excluding Indians not taxed, are eti
Zens OF the United States without distinction of
color; and he went farther and denied the right of
Congress to say that any person born in the United
power, was not citizen of the United States 1t
va. his biEthright Congress had no power to say
~ mere snoulq pc no distinction OF race OF color IN
The term civil rights" as used in the bill, in
citizen. He denied that civil rights were distinct
from political rights, eontending that the latter were
only that class of civil rights which related to the
citizens PARTICIPATION in the affairs of Government
The bill as reported. proposed to strike down every
State enactment which makes any distinction what
ever amongst its citizens in regard to these civil
rights; He called attention to the fact that with
some few exceptions nearly State in the Union
does make some distinction amongst its citizens as to
color. He instanced as an example the cleo
tive franchise and the franchise of Office which were
restricted in various States of the North to particular
classes of citizens. The bill, he added was general
in its operation and would extend we'll to those
those which had He concluded with an earnest pro-
test st aseinst al n.t the passage & Gt the bill
BILL and contended that citizenship confers the right
ofprosection and with it, the means to that end.
Mr.. wilson. OF Iowa, chairman of the Judiary Com
mittee. closed the debate on tho bill aud declared
that he not to be driven from the position which
he had assumed this bill when it first reported
o. rfT haIh han,,
into the discussion. When this debate opened he
declared that the Government owed the citizens the
Government could reside of the citizen and
claim his allegiance for the fedof battle, and yet not
as much as to say that little Delaware had a hand
stronger than the Government, and that revoted
South Carolina could place under lock and key the
the rights Of the citzens-yet that the doctrine
that the free House of Representatives had been
urged to assume by the gentleman from Ohio. CMr
jury laws. the franchise laws, or the school laws of
State. They. were exclusively State laws. The bill
ne reported in conclusion, did not into the State
to impair the rights of the States.
Mr.. EIdridge. of Wis. moved to lay the whole sub
Ject on the table. Not agreed toyeas 81. nays lis
a strict party vote. A motion to recommit with in
structions, was lost. motion to recommit the bill
and agreed to. Yeas 50, nays 20. of the Maryland
delegation MesSrS Phelps and John L. Thomas voted
to recOmmit, and Messrs. Harris and Francis Thomas
against-Mr. Mccullough being absent.
MISSOURI.
MIR. Stevens, from the Committee on ApprOpria-
souri, for moneys expended in equpping her militia
during the Referred to Committee of the Whole.
INTERNAL TAX BILL.
Mr.. Raymond, of N. Y, arose and said that he had
received several letters from his constituents asking
when the new Internal Tax bill would be reported
He would ask the chairman of the Committee on
Ways and Means if it proper to inform the House
when the committee would report.
Mr.. Morrill,, of Vt, said that the committee ex-
pected torepOrt at early day the cotton tax and
income tax together with reductions in various fea-
lures of the tax law.
UNITED STATES AND BRITISH PROVINCES.
The House resolved itself into the Committee of
the Whole on the bill to regulate trade between the
United States and British Provinces, Mr.. RAYMOND
in the chair All general debate was closed and the
bill read at length and was then open to amend
ment, when each amendment was debated un der the
five minutes rule. A long debate occurred on an
amendment of Mr. Stevens, proposing to tax btu.
mnous coal one dollar and twenty-five cents per ton
Of twentyeight bushels. eighty pounds to the bushel
instead OF fifty cents a ton as in the bill
Mr.. Francis Thomas, of Md, said there was no in
terest so vital to the future wealth and independence
Of this country the coal interest and he hoped the
amendment would prevail.
Mr.. Kelly, of Pa. said the Maryland coal trade
had languished because of the present reciprocity
treaty.
The amendment was then agreed to-yeas &C. nays
So. The committee then rose and the House without
final action on the bill, adjourned