The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1866-02-03
III e NeSro Suffrage
~" ."e Dlstritt ccolum.
bia.-IIOw the Hill T.,
ce Cincinnati Enquirer.

Il
The closing scene of N. dah.,a :, ~,
House were the me- ,st Intensely ;ntares,;nn 'r' ~
the session, thus. far. Mr. Wilson ''Ls cf - -
,aa haS ,b' man OF the judiciary Commit
zee, haa 'o', bill in charge, Give notice or
.ne I''h that he would press i vote on it or
'"c .cteedinS day, at 5 o'cioc k.
When the hour for voting hrriyed. every
member was in his seat, and Mr.. Boutwell,
of Massachusetts, was speaking in its favor
When he finished, Mr.. Wilson closed the
debate in a very few remarks, and offered
the bill-simon-pure, unadulterated, una
dorned and unqualified negro.suarage in the
District.
! The first vote was on a motion to table,
which came from the Democrat tic side OF the
House
| The motion was Ci course negatived By an
almost strict party vote-l23 to Is.
The next vote was on the motion to post
| pone till the second Tuesday in March
which came from the Radicals
! The eX rene Radicals voted against this :
and they, with the Conservatives, defeated
| the time-servers and weak. kneetl, who wished
to avoid the issue.
Here the scene began TO be exciting
Members sat straining eagerly forwa~d, PEN
Gil III hand, keering tally, that they might
know the result even before the Speaker
announced it. Others rose from their seats,
regardless of the Speakers -ayei, anla "ssik-
ed among the aisle whispering to either
side; and others STOOD ii groups, and grasp
ing their desks almost convulsiyely, pale with
suppressed emotion. 1t was strange voting
Brooks voting side by side with Banks
and Finck and Garfield answering mo to-
gether.
The extremes of conservatism and destruc-
tiveness met. They who took the NJ gro
''straght,'; and those who didn't indulge.
united against the ''mean" men who wanted
sugar in their'n," such rs the uervelcSs
RAYMOND. who, on 4 previous occasion. prom
lsed the President that he el4.I move the
reference of the credentias Of the Tennessee
delegation to the Committee on Elections.
and th.n, out of Difference to the majority.
dropped them into that yawning grave of
justice. the Committee on Recon struc.ion.
The hall was filed with Senators as eager
as the Representatives whom iEey were pat
ting on the back. Then was the first time
the gipsy Wilson ever dishonorcd Voorhees,
with his recognition, saving: Your party
Is acting nobIy to>day. Bring them down to
Ii and make them show their hands Some
few conservatives voted pos,roacmeut be-
they thought the longer the abomnable
thing was kept of the better.
The vote stood thirty four to one hundred
and tIirtyfou".
Then Mr. Wilson offered his amendments.
sugar-coating the pill for Raymond & Co.
These amendments proposed an indefinite
property qu"l!icltiOn, proven by assessment;
an educational qualification equally uncer~
tam because 1t required voters 20 BE- able to
read the Constitution of the United States
an amendment in the hands Of its presen:
keepers rs variable as the clouds at unset.
Bat they dispensed with every qualification
III any man wEO had ever worn the blue
thus virtually placing the negro so!.:er above
a poor white mau.
Mr. Schenck offered an amendment TO the
amendment, striking out the property guali>
iication, and providing that no legal voter
should be d,sfrancLised. This was promptly
-oted down without calling the yeas and
nays. Another clause forever punished bv
distranchiSenent) without trial all who had
left the District 10 give aid and comfort to
the rebels. Thus his sweet scented couiec>
tio- was in-enGed to lie adorued with icing
infinitely more so" than itses. The radical
caucuses have been trying to settle this
vcxed question fer some time. and the Hon
Ben. Eggles;On vas so positive that this was
10 be the programme that he volunteered to
stand the cigars if it was not Adopted
But lie dida' reckon on Ihai. Stevens per
tina,ious preference for the uurefned "cuilud
pussCn,' and or the intent, n of the Cons
scrvatives to cram the naCse!,iug substance
down his own throat
Tie motion was to recomnit the bill with
instructions to make these amendments
TIE vote stood - to ll0.
Then came the finaI vote en- the main
question. and here the parties divided again,
some few Of what was known as the [ Hion
party voting with the Conservatives. Ken-
tucl.y voted in a solid column against
Farluhar, Hill and Stilwcll, of Indiana.
voted against il, with VOORHEES,, Kerr and
Niblack.
kuykendall, Of Illinois. voted against ii;
Finck and LeBlond, consistent to thems Ives,
we're the only Ohio votes RECORDED aga st 1t.
Hubbel! had I'm 'eriously misappcared =
this morning he came in with a scarifed
throat; but doubtless his throat felt better
than many others in that house
To-day one member accosted another thus:
Good morning, Brandagee DO you feel bet
ter this mcrning ?''
"Niot much :" with the falling infection On
the last word. Brandagee is from Connect
represented their constituents.
When Raymond answered Ia. there
was a general murmur throughout the Louse,
and SpaldiHg sung ont you've got Ray
mond, have yoI?' Whereto reasonable
man replied. I'VE only rentc3 him
When Anderson. Of Missouri, voted mo"
Hogan sad, God bless yoa, Anderson, old
boy--you're right-you and | viii 20 home
with locked arms
When the result was announced, a burst
of applause arose from the pit, and conmu
nicated itself so uproarious!y TO the family
circle as to cause au Involuntary glance
upward, and, 10! black faces were shining,
chalky ewes were cleaning. and eeth were
fairly elistcning, while here aud there ap-
peared white face, like unto one of your
repper-and-sal, Cincinnati snow storms. The
.'smiling. smlling, amiahll little Speaker
forgetfnl of the legends in the gil!cry
declaring it his duty ITO clear the galleries.
on the slightest manfestat ms of applause
or isapprobation'' mildly re buked the mem
bers Of the House. But he rebuke was
almost lost. for the member were moving
en- mas$e to the doors withou, waiting for a
regular adjournment.
! Before this letter is pnblish he'd this bill will
| probably have been passed by the Senate,
though p two-thrds ma lOrity is doubtful
there The President will assuredly veto it.
| But, if there are two thirds for it in the
| Senate, what nice little ten>mile political
model garden this will be, where they will
experiment with principles, as they do in the
propagatiug gardens with plants, till the
| question will be "whether to- move the school
! house or the cats; - a place where ambitious
negroes will congregate add decent white
people shy off, till European correspondents
visiting the Capital Will be at loss for words
to describe American society the very place
desiruated for the final location of "Old
Uncle Ned" not to mention his younger and