Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1866-08-17

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The Consultation SAYS L. S. Senators shall
be elected by The legislature Of the Sta'es.
The law Of the State Of New jersey was that
Senators should be elected go Joint Meeting
-answering to our Joint Assembly. Moth
ing is said in the laws Of New Jersey IS to
the manner mean statute law. All read.
ers Of Parliamentary law know that whereev-
er the law does not prescribe ahy manner Of
making the election, any manner the majority
agree upon is good one. A majority passe
resolution that whoever had q plurality Of
votes should be declared elected. lhe vote
Of Mr.. Stockton stood forty-one to forty. |
deemed that, As q question Of law, good
election. So did senator lfumbuu 80 the
most radical man 10 CoDgres,, SO did Sena-
tor Harris of New York and several other of
the most radical Republicans in the Senate
recently read in the Watchmdn that had
stutifed myself by voting for the admission
of Mr.. Stockton and aftetward helping TO pass
law condemning such elections. There was
difficulty about this in the States. They
could not agree upon the manner Of elections
in their joint meetings. We have passed a
law which provides for this diff ulty. This
law, which was drawn by my own hand, pro-
vides for the manner of such elections.
q he Reporter should state that during the
delivery Of the remarks beginning recent
ly read in the Watchman' az ending with the
law above alluded to there was 30 much con-
fusion near him that it was utterly impossi lie
to get down the exact words Of the Hon.
gentleman. He does not pretend that the
above pa s2raph is a verbatim report although
il is the substance Of what was said.)
Mr.. f. p. Wa ton said in his paper that
= Senator Poland had damned himself by vot-
ing that the election Of Mr.. Stockton was le-
gal and afterward voting for law condemn
ing such elections The logic is this A
man is apprehended for stealing and is bro't
before me 6od no statute against such
a crime and therefore do not punish but dis
charge him. then vote for law providing
certain degrees Of punishment for the Grim,
OF theft aud the lw passes Oh! says Mr.
Walton, you have damned yourself.
The question in Mr.. Stockton's case wa,
not question of politics at all. don claim
to be much of lawyer, but | thought in m,
simplicity that Mr.. Stockton was legally cleo
ted whether he was good sound Republican
or a real Copperhead, and it seems he is
thorough out and out Cotperhead Of the vei!
worst stripe voted according to my idea,
of what he LoW was-but it seems Mr.. w al
ton il better lawyer than / am
Voice will MIR. Poland please explain
his course in reeard to the admission If Mr.
Paterson Of Tennesseei
Mr. Poland.-I hank you, gentlemen
Tennessee having duly ratified the Consutu
tional amendment stood in position to rep
resent herself in Congress. IL was objected
to the admission Of Mr.. Patterson, that h.
could not take the iron clad oa0h. I BIT
oath is that man must swear that he ha
not accepted or held auJ Office under an
authority hostile to the authority OF the Uni-
ted States. At the time the war ioke GU
Mr. Patterson was Circuit Judge in Faster
Tennessee. The State OF Tennessee secede,
some time in 1861 and the election OF Mr.
/ Paterson came off in the spring of 1862
/ The Eastern part Of the Stare insisted tina
Tennessee was not out Of the Union. that ,h
still belonged to the Union When he tim
f election for Judge came round they insist
ed that Mr.. Patterson should run. He di'
run, and ran against Rebel, and was elected
by great majority. At hat time we had al
army right on the borders Of East Tennessee
/ They believed they would not come unde
Rebel rule at all and Judge Patterson wa
elected on that gr und, The rebel troop
came. They oveiAowed Eastern Tennesse
and inflicted all sorts Of crueties and indigni
ties upon the people. Arrests we're made up
on the most frivolous charges aud with n
sembl, nee of authority. I he arrests we're al
/ illegal. Judge Patterson supposed when h
/ was elected that his commission would b
sent him by the U. s. Government, but in
stead, the Re- bel troops having gained pos
session, a commission was sent him by tn
Rebel government with preemptory orders t.
take the oath 20 the Confederate govern
ment. This oath is about the same es our
save the words Confederate Government
are substituted for L S Government. H
was prevailed upon TO take ttst oath-thoug
he did it under protest, and when taking
said - owe no allegiance TO the Confed
eracy defy the Confsderacy.' He Away
assisted the Union people and the Umo
troops. He assisted loyal people csc p
from the oppression which surrounded them
When the case Of Mr.. Patterson came Re
fore the committee, which stood five Republi
cans and two Democrats, we all agreed ha
he had teen a loyal and true friend of tn
Union during the whole war Judge Trum
bull said it would not do to exclude that ma
from the halls Of Congress. We passed
vote to excuse HIM from taking he oath an
sent resolution to this IF CT over to tn
House. But they would not tamper wit
the oath. ALI this time Mr. Paterson Wa
not only willing but anxious TO take the tes
oath. He did not reg .rd himself as havn
ever yielded to the authority of any Govern
ment hostile to the United States. He too
the oath and majority of the Republics
Senators voted with me- in the admission {
Judge Patterson to seat in the Unite
States Senate. Is there any thing further
can do for you
o'ee Have you ever franked any docu
mems OF s a'or Cowans
mr. Poland - There's pretty good jok
attached to that matter. | will explain t
you. At the house where | boarded in w ash
ington there also boarded one De-. Bureigt
who was a great radical, and who laid ia
very large stock of Mr.. Summers speeches.
nd here | may just as well say that ii an
Of we members want our spe ches printed, o
desire the speeches of Others, we have to pa
flr them out Of our individual pockets. W
don't get them for nothing-by any means.
To continue. This DIR. Burieigh, like
good many Others, when he saw upon whie
side the loaves and fishes were to be dlstribu
ted, became Johnson man. Having no fur
Their use for Mr.. Summers speeches he CAV
them to me. and was very thar kful for them
1 had them done up and sent over to m
room gave the clerk my book, in which