New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-05-16

secretary with the rank and pay Of lieutenant was
passed. ''
A resolution calling upon the secretary of war
Tor information as to the intention Of the govern
ment with regard to the government works at Har-
pers Ferry was adopted,
Dill to authorize the coinage of Scent pieces
was passed
bill to impose a 20 per cent. adj yalorena duty
ON cattle imported into this country was passed
with an amendment exempting for len days cattle
already owned by American citizens, and now in
British Provinces ' a'5A f'' f''
The resolutions to prevent the Introduction of
cholera were then taken up and discussed.
MI Harris opposed the cholera measure. He
could not see where the authority came from to
pass1t. He had tried to find authority for it, but
could not in the Constitution. It was true that
some New York physicians had recommended it,
but that was because the present quarantine ar
Tangement could not afford employment to all the
doctors there, and those who were left out wanted
a change
Mr.. Edmonds spoke in favor of the proposition.
The morning having expired, the pOstoffice APP
preparation bill was taken up, the pending ques
ton being on Mr.. Tfumbas amendment.
Mr.. Nye appealed to the Senate to stand firm
and see to it that there could be no recurrence of
the rebellion; that what was done was Veil done
In the name Of the immortal dead and the mangled
living he demanded this. Beyond the grave we
shall meet an army of 30 900 dead that will never
again answer to the roll-call on earth hut sir
on the day of judgment they will be there In
their name, by their memory by the immortal
deaths they died, and lives they lived, | demand
that Congress and every department of this GOV
eminent shall tread cautiously upon this pTest
work of reconstruction.
Mr.. Doolittle spoke in reply against the exercise
OF spirit OF unrelenting vengeance towards the
Southern people. He asked Mr. Nye how Toany
he would have tried, and whether by a rnilitary
commission or court.
Mr.. Nye replied he would hang enough to make
treason odlous to make good that assertion of the
Mr.. DOoIitte asked how nanv9
MT. Nye replied five or six He wond not have
Kept Davis SO long, but would have hung him in a
hollow square Of the grand Union armies when
they were mustered out here Now he sunnosed
he would try him by law.
Mr.. DoOhttle said the President was not respon-
slble for the delay in the trial of Davis 1t was adj
united court martial was not proper tribunal
and the judge Of the proper court had refused. az
lar, to Try him. As for the trial of Lee, it was
known what Gen. Grants idea Of such thing was
so long as Lee observed the terms of the sur.
render Mr.. Doolittle said that the charge that
the fresldent or his supporters, were in favor OF
admitting rebels to the councils of the nation was
an infamous falsehood. The Presidenf and his
friends IN Congress only maintained that each
House for itself was judge Of the qualifications of
ls own members. There were two wings of oppo-
siion TO the Republican party--one, the universal
party, led by Mr.. Sumner another, the uniYF4,a
canhscation party led by Mr.. Stevens of Penal5gl.
Vania There was, also, he might say, the uniyer.
sal hanging party, led by Mr. Rye, and the univer-
SsA+ GEndlSuIEdke party
led by Mr.. Stewart
}. Mr.: Salisbury took the floor to reply to Mr. Nye
marks
Mr.. Howard obtained the floor, but gave way to
the executive session.
Adjourned,
HoUsE-PAssAdE OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL AMEND
TIT MENT-GEEEEAL BUSINESS, ETC, ETC.
WASHINGTON, May l0.-Immedately after the
reading of the Journal the House resumed the
consideration of the constitutional amendment re.
ported by the Reconstruction Committee.
Mr.. Randall! of Pennsylvania, addressed the
House In opposition to the measure. As whole il
was scheme Of representation and delay looking
TO the exclusion of the Southern States till after
the next presidential election. The Presidents
plan, on the contrary, was plain and simple, just
and ehectual, and, as he believed, acceptable to
the vast majority of the people, North and South
Inc issue between the President and Congress was
made up, and the appeal must be made to the peo-
pie. He believed that nothing could avert the
speedy possession OF the legislative branch of the
government by the conservative men of the coun-
try, under the lead of Andrew johnson.
MIR. Strouse, of Pennsylvania, followed on the
same side He declared that the Constitution was
never intended to be plastered and patched, and
that Congress should be exceedingly cautious
about tampering with it,
Mr.. Banks, of Massachusetts, was the next
speaker. He regarded this as the most important
question that could be presented to Congress OF the
Mr.. Beaman while supporting the joint resolu-
ton, expressed the hope that it would be amended
by striking out the third section 10 which he had
serious objection
Mr.. Rogers congratulated himself that he was
fortified in the position he took by one who held
the reips Of power in the Presidential chair. and
m s,sntt u he were citizen of a Southern State
n, NJ sk vote to give colored people every right
= zee gSShe right of intermarriage with whites and
lhe right to vote at the ballot-bOx.
MIR. Farnsworth was the next speaker. He ex-
pressed ms intention to vote for the joint resou-
ton, as reported, with the exception Of the third
section. Instead of the third section he was in
favor of having article in the Constitution for.
ever disquaying all the leading rebels from hold
ing any office under the United States, making
treason odious, and traitors infamous.
~ Dr.. Dawes, of Massachusetts,, declared that
18th the exception of the third section of the Joint
solution, he gave the measure his hearty appro-
but even if he could not get that section ex-
Ided, he should still vote for it; but he desired
articularly to call the attention of the House to
the fact that there was no provision made BY law,
or the Constitution, by which question as to
votes for President aud Vice President could be
decided, The Constitution provided that the Pre-
sldent of the Senate SHALL in the presence of the
Senate and House of Representatives, open
all the certificates and the votes, which shall then
be counted. But who should decide the votes if
there was dispute? Who should decide whether
votes had been cast by men who were not entitled
to vote There was no tribunal as yet erected to
determine that fact Chancellor Kent had declared
that to be cause of OMISSION and had seen in it
the possibility of great danger to the country
The danger had shown itself on the occasion of
counting the votes for President when Mr.
Buchanan was elected; the State of Wisconsin not
having cast its electoral vote on the day pre-
scnbed, and there being no tribunal to decide
Wnether that electoral vote should be counted or
rejected This was an additional reason operating
on ms mind against the adoption of the third
section.
Mr.. Stevens suggested that they would have the
bill vetoed.
Mr.. Bingham, of Ohio, replied that he was not
1eartQ Of any veto from any other end of the ave-
nue. that could defeat the final triumph of the CON
sttutona amendment. What was TO be gained
by returning this third secton2 1t had been said
that it was incapable of execution, and that was
his own opinion. An amendment 10 the Constitu
ton which was not to be executed ought not TO he
put into the Constitution
Mr. Stevens said he was yerv pIad tn see the
great unanimty existing among ali the true friends
of the Union, in the House upon all the Droyisions
of the proposed amendment except the third sec.
ton, but he was grieVed to see any division amono
them on what he considered the vital nronositio9
of the whole amendment. Without il, It Amounted
to nothing; without it he would not give the snan
of his finger, whether the joint resolution was
passed or not If it failed there would be no mower
left among the friends of the Union in the next
Congress to carry out the measures of the govern
ment. nHa Ma5 Ne
Here ensued a scene of confusion in the hall
arising from members crowdng around and draw
ing near to Mr.. Stevens. The Speaker directed
the members to take their seats.
Mr.. Garfield inquired of the Speaker whether in
case the previous question was not spcOuded it