The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1866-02-14

Gov. Parsons viii be requested 70 come for.
ward anG take the oath 1t this time. and
will ask that the credentials be received and
laid upon the table to swait She action Of the
Senate. 1t was so ordered.
Mr.. Stewart's petition for IN equalization of
bounties and en increase of duties on import
ed goods was presented and referred.
Several petitions for equalization of rights
were offered and referred.
Mr.. Wade, of Ohio, offered petition of
colored soldiers asking for the right of suf-
frage.
Mr. Salisbury, of Delaware, wished to ask
q question. The Senate and the country were
very familiar with the word "colored," as
applied to the negro race. He would like to
know what authority there was for the use of
that word. The only place he had ever seen
it in history so applied was in the history of
ST. Domingo, where it was used to denote
mulatoes.
Mr.. Fessenden from the Committee on Re-
construction, reported against the resolution
TO amend the Constitution with an article as
follows:
Congress shall have power to make all
laws necessary and proper TO secure to the
citizens Of each State the privileges and i'm
munities of citizens of the several States, and
TO all persons of the several States equal
rights of life, liberty and property"
This resolution was ordered to be printed.
Mr.. Brown offered . resolution, which was
adopted, instructing the committee on com
merce to inquire what legislation is necessary
to protect the lives Of passengers in western
steamboats, from danger, incident to the ex-
plosion of tubular boilers.
Mr.. Morgan called up the bill to extend
r. H.. H.
stores and warehouses, on which Mr..
Spragues motion for reconsideration was
pending.
Mr.. Sprague spoke against the bill as cal.
culated TO injurously affect home manufac-
lures, by enabling importers to sell goods
cheaper than they could be manufactured in
this country.
Sprague said he had heard great deal
about the profit of manufacturers The hap
piest day of his life he said, would be when he
saw the New England system Of industry
made the system of the country. He would
hike the western and middle Ssates TO ENJOY
the strength Of the New England system.
After further debate, in which Messrs.
Sherman. Morrill,, Hendricks, and Clarke
participated, further consideration Of the
subject was postponed till tomorrow.
Mr.. Wilson reported bill to fix the mill
tary peace establishment OF the United
States.
Mr. Morrill, called up the joint resolution
to amend the Constitution on the subject oi
representation.
Mr. Sumner offered an amendment TO inser
the following words at the close of the origi
nal proposition: "And they shall be exemp
from taxation of all kinds. so as to make
| the amendment provide that those who ar,
! excluded from the right Of suffrage on accoan
of color or race, shall be exempt from taxa
| tion.
| Mr. Henderson addressed the Senate al
| length, in favor of the amendment offered BY
| him recently, prohibiting any State from
Withdrawing the elective franchise on accoun
of color. He said the President id his speech
TO the Virginia delegation had said that wha
was known as the radical party, was the grea
danger to this country. He had supported
| the President and hls administration, sing
his accession to the executive chatr dis oo
! ject WAS to restore If possible at the earlies
practicable moment the union ofthose States
He desired now to do SO. On the oath Q
| February last, he advocated the Submission o
4 Louisiana and Arkansas. He believed Mr.
Lincoln had the authority to do what he di
for the reorganization of those States. Tn
war was then existing, and IL was ou
purpose to restore the Union as rapidly a
possible, and it Was thought that the rebel
i lion ought in part To be suppressed by thes
1 new State organizations. The rebels did no
participate in this State organization. The,
strongly opposed them. The men who part
cipated in the reorganization Of Louisian
and Arkansas were Union men.
Referring to the amnesty proclamstion
Mr.. Johnson, he denied the right of the Pre-
sident to grant amnesty to rebels, except o
the condition prescribed by the act of Jul,
1852, which requires that an oath must b
taken before amnesty canbe granted.
Adverting to the proclamation re-organii
ing the State Of North Carolina, he denie
the right of the President 10 prescribe th
qualification of voters, as he had done in tn,
proclamation He denied thai the State GO
ernments in the South must be reorganize
before there could be perfect union
States but If the State governments wei
turned back to the men who had been in r.
belion, was it not reasonable to suppose the
would rebel again. He would ask the Sena
j if Congress could not pass an act deprivir
late rebels of their right of citizenship no
withstandlng the Presidents amnesty.
Congress had the power to do that, it ougl
to be done. The men who went into rebel
: ION ought to be disfranchised and prevente
1
; ton. He read from the address Of the vi
ginia delegation to the President, and remar
ed that it was signed by q man named Ba
dwln among others.
y Mr.. Wilson asked If that was not the Bal,
win who was member of the rebel Congress
q and who nominated General Lee for Cove
!, nor of Virginia.
I Mr.. Henderson said that he understood
= !, was.
Mr.. Sumner inquired If that was the SC
of men who gave advice to the President.
!, Mr.. Henderson continued. He contendt
a = for the right of giving the control of Sta
governments to loyal men, yet men who d
SO were denounced as Jacobites and Roun
e heads.
l. Mr. Sumner-By whom?
e Mr. Henderson--The President says so
IS the Virginia Delegation. He refers to su
y men as the Senator from Massachusset
le He is the most dangerous man | know
a. He is always making white washing speech
IN and doing other dangerous things
n, The President alludes to him when he tai
lie about hammering at one end while the b
re lows were blowing at the other.
re Sumner said that it did not apply to hi
IN II must be meant that the democrats We
lr hare harmonizing AT this end.
Henderson assured Sumner that he "
~ the man that the President meant.
u Referring again to the interview betwe
~ the Virginia delegation and the Preside
- he was interrupted by Wilson, who said
20 want to ask the senator if he has a
n authority whether in regard 70 the opinie
ne Of this Mr.. Baldwin, or any man in the GO,
oe oec try who sympaEhixes with them, they will
ableto influence affairs IN any OF the Sta
that Ia 1864 voted for Mr. Lincoln for PR
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