Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1866-03-05

II. Thosntou seaAsd u 80 Of ~ m.
cutive ard C0Agre1e ID support Of IN pod.
ion that Ne rebel 0eatoo WosU nos o9t o.
The Union for any purpose Whntevef. 4
denial Of Representation - them ~ IN -
tack upon tie opinions OF President Lincoln; !
to do &, ie stulti0ed ~ octton Of the Repub.
lican party, and involved In Il . labyrinth
Of Inconsistencies ffOm which there was no
escape. He believed that the policy Of the
President would be sustained By the people
with equality Of rights TO al the States and
with degradation % none.
Mr.. kuykendall, Of ILL.,, took the door and
made an argument ON the relations between
the States and the General Government, con-
tending for he principle Of State sovereign
~ over all Internal affairs, and that the sew
ersl rights Of the states cannot be infringed
without . violation OF the Constitution.
He protested against Congress blOtting out
by legislation, eleven stsrs from the National
emblem thing which was tired for four
years by thousands Of armed men in rebel
lion, and which they failed to accomplish.
he would keep . sufficient military force in
each OF the Southern States to secure .
prompt and faithful execution Of the Con-
stitution and the laws Of the United States.
IT, would guarantee such protection to
the freedmen as wonld secure them against
violence and give them full protection In
all their rights He would admit the loyal
delegates from Tennessee, that State having
been exempt by President Lincoln from his
emancipation proclamation rs being loyal
State In this he supposed he differed with
great leader of the radicals in this House,
Mr.. Stevens) and his followers. but he also
differed with those of the copperhead rer
suasion in this House. They would repeal
the test oath and admit any Representa- i've
who might he elected from the Southern
States. whether loyal men or rebels. lie
was not in favor of repeating the test oath.
Mr.. Marshall, OF ILL.,, interrupting said he
would not question the good taste OF his col.
| league in applying the epithct copprrhealf
| 10 members Of the House, but for himself ht
| disavowed any intention Of admitting Req.
rpsentatives from the South who had taken
prominent parts in the rebellion.
Mr. Kuykendall said that when he spoke
Of the copperheads he did not know that the
phrase would strike any member from his
state.
| Mr. Marshall said that it was we'll known
to whom the disunion members on the Re
publican side applied the epithet They ap
piled it to men around whom were clustered
the hopes of the people, who desire the i'm
mediate restoration of the Union.
Mr.. Kuykendall inquired whether his col
league would vote 70 repeal the test oath
Nr Marshall replied that he was inclined
TO think it Unconstitutional and ought u b'
repealed, but he did not know whetbe
he would he la ".vor of repealirg al
test oaths of the kind At this time. III
thought the tine would soon come when j
would be stricken from the statute book, So
that il such men as Alexander II. stephens
and others, who had been comp icated will
| the rebellion but were now true IL the Con
l stitution, were elected, they ought TO be al
lowed seats
| Mr. Rogers asked if Alex H. Stephen
should come here as n Representative il h.
Mr. Marshall would vote for his admission
Mr.. Marshall replied that he would if h
was satisfied that Stephens was now true Il
the Union He took occasion to refer nov
to the question OF Dem cratic leadership
Many members on the dsunian side OF th
House had been very anxious, he did n"
know for what purpose, to dcnominate III
gentleman from New Jer-ey AS the Demo
cratic leader in the House. If by that it " 4
meant that he had made longer speeches all
aber speeches than any other member, Ii
vas willing to accord all that. He recoe
J nized the gentleman's ability and clnquenc,
but in many of his xtremcs he Mr.. Nal
: shall did not coincide, and he WAS not vii
ing to admit that he Rogers was the repr,
sentative of the principle of the Democrat
party.
: Mr. Rogers said President johnson hin
self, in the last toilcquy he had with Il gel
) tleman from New York, had expressly STAT
, that he believed The test oath ought to b
70 'ealed.
Mr. Kuykendall continued his speech an
: discussed the destiny of fir, etimen. He sal
he was in favor of making treaty with I'll
Republicans OF Mexico and attempting
colonze the American citizens of Ari Y
descent in Mex CO. He would enforce IL
Monroe doctrine, and drive Macmillan ~
of Mexico, SO as to re establish q rrpuc ii
Also secure the lands to the negroes, an
give them a fair start in the world.
Mr.. Finck. of Ohio, next addressed Il
House. He commenced his speech by d
nouncing the test oath, saying That il Coz
gress had the power to impose that oath
had power to change the qualifications pr
scribed by the Constitution Tor Senators al
+ Representatives. The act imposing til
oath was one of those measures which gre
out OF the war and il ought to pass ava
T with the war The power of the Union ha
| anu itS lutulc ScCuily CcItuut
not upon test Oaths or constitutional amen
ments, but on the great fact of the compile
u and utter defeat OF the late rebeilion II
war had settled more firmly than constt
tional amendments and test oa.hs, oil,
7 mountains high, the great ssprincipie that
State had right under the constitution
y withdraw from the Union. He wanted Il
/ people of the South To come back, not d
u graded, but in their full manhood, the eau
" OF the people of every other section of Il
u Union. They and their childres had TO Ii
with us and our children, and i, was beti
7 that they should live on terms of equal
: and friendship. They had acted in mis,a
< ed notion which lie had always regard
u as heresy. In this connection he cited
speech made by Senator Wade in the 81.
ate on the 9Th OF December 1886, in viii,
J he said tha. his policy had adopted the ba.
{ Of a declaration of independence which d
u clared that any people have the right of
: sisting, and il need be Of destro wing the e.
+ eral government under which they live, nj
: that the people of the South had that rig
d and that he. (Wade) would not blame he
: for cxercisinG it " henever they thought Il
contingency had come
Mr. II. continued az considerable 1enpt
targuing in favor forgiveness towards Il
y South.
J. Mr.. Ortiz obtained the floor when Il
House adjourned.
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