The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1866-03-12
A "Reconstructed" Senate.

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- to-, las taken place IN the 'e'"p.A ~
i"'"' VIM '..,,ns of the United STATES Seha'e'
s"S - ,,e published reports Oh the pro
:" - mat body on last FRIDAY, we ai'
es ."sad 70 find tina. every proposition suo
,,hich recognized SAABo AS equai u
-. ,,nite brother was summary voted DOWN
,horo we're so many of these propositions,
nd they presented the subject IN s"ch
,.,r;e.v of lights, that we cannot now nhder'
.t.nd why none of them pleased the MAJORITY
We ask the reader TO scrutinize the following
snaoimens. and see if he can imagine why amy
Radical should object to them:
Mr.. Henderson offered an amendment pro
yiding that no State, in prescribing the quaui
fica,ions for electors therein, shah aisSiin -.
nate against any person on accoun, Oh eoio'
race. This was rcjected-yeas' ~ nay
plump vote against SAAso on r
issue. and by majority OF almost io"1
one, ,,
Mr. Clark moved, as an amendment, INA.
onrasent,tion shall be apportioned accoTuihs
~ the number of male citizens IN each Sla'c
above twenty-one years OF ase, ahe no e -,
the qualifications requisite for electors vi wv
most numerous branch OF the Legisia 'sua,,
AItpT SOIlie uisSusSiSh 49,
his amendment.
This was an indirect hit at the Sontheri'
States which keep SAMBo from the polls, ye'
Mr. Clark was afraid to trust his amend
ment 10 vote.
The ouestion was then taken on the amend
ment of Mr. Summer, which provides tnat III
the States lately in rebellion there shaii Dc II.
oligarshy, caste, or monopoly nfssteo VIZ
peculiar privileges and powers, ana .hei'
l,f rssyhl ~,
ON account of color or race, but all persons
shall be equal before the law, whether III ,n'
court room or at the ballot-ooA' gnu w,
statute, made in pursuance OF the 1ohs $40
ton shall be the supreme law OF the s3ha'
ANYTHING in the Constitution or laws Oh an
such State TO the contrary notwithstanding,
Which was disagreed to by vote OF ~ nays
10 yeas.
Nearly FIVE 10 one on another plain issue
Mr. Yates offered an amendment that no
State shall make any distinction In civil OF
political rights on account OF race OF Color, vi
previous condition Of slavery, ana all cltlZens
of the United States shall be protected in th'
right of suffrage The amendment was as
agreed TO.
Strange voting this, for Radicals What
will FRED. DOUGLASS, THAD. STEVENS, ana GAR
yIsoy saw? or even Mrs. SwIssHELM
Mr.. Sumner offered an amendment that no
State shall abridge the elective franchise on
scconnt of race or color; which was disagreed
&c nv a vote of thirty eight to eight. ,
Mr. Summer offered an amendment that all
persons deprived of voting shall be exempted
from taxation OF all kind which was disagreed
10.
These two were the last shots III MI sun
SER's locker He gave mp the fight. The
Senate was incorrigible. 1t would neither re-
solve that negroes should be allowed TO vote,
nor that if they were not allowed TO vote they
should not be taxed. In fact, the Senate voted
upon every proposition as if Mr.. JOHNSON had
issued general orders which included every
particular point. And evidently not because
they would allow ~ amendments, for one was
adopted DISTINGUISHING rebels.
After these two last propositions OF Mr.. sun
YER had been killed, the Senate proceeded TO
vote upon the main question with the result
stated in our paper of Saturday.
The Senators divided rs follows;
Yeas-Messrs. Anthony, Chandler, Clark,
Conness, Cragin Creswel Fessenden, Foster,
Grimes, Harris, Howe, Kirkwood, Lane Of
Indiana, McDougall, Morgan, Morrill, Nye
Poland Ramsey, Sherman, Sprague, rum
bull, Wade Williams, and Wilson-25.
Nays-Messrs. Brown, Buckalew, CoWan,
Davis, Dixon, Doolittle, Guthrie, Henderson,
Hendrick, Johnson, Lane of Kansas, Ne
smith, Norton. Pomeroy, Riddle, salisbury,
Stewart, Stockton, Sumner, Van Wrinkle, Will
ley, and Yates-22.
The Chair announced that two thirds OF the
Senators not having voted for the joint reso-
luton, il was lost
Who will say that the Senate is not an
entirely different body from what he had sup.
posed it TO be?