Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1866-07-30

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Representative Hale 10 noe . asy q ~
hour tes early With HE resolution 10 favss
Of rsefoncbNent. for 10 oil or nations hiss
tery there 10 no parallel for the psodieslity
which distinguishes the present Ospsress.
Or Sspeessaestivss forget - ignore ~
test hat ~ have war debt Of three theu>
ssnd millions Of dollars, and that Uas
claims will 1t least reach another thousand
millions. Our enormous revenue instsed q
being husbanded Tor IL legitimate ~, y
scattered right and lsfs in lavish and ims
provident, II not prstligate, appespsiaaieas.
This waste Of treasure dsawo iron the
psopls 70 pay the national dsbt, eanset ed
must not be tolerated. Taxation 10 I'll ths
forms that Congressional ingenuity cen In
vent 10 upon us. These taxes ase y b
!, Aggravated BY the present Congress. The
people hsse paid cheesfully aud viii COM
tinus to pay until evidence Of the CongFss.
sional improvideues and abuse comes bone
70 them. Then look out for Congressional
"cmpty saddles"
The time for Congressional ''snply sad-
dies" has come. "Tsxation in oil The
forms that Congressional ingenuity can In
vent, 10 now upon the people," ''In oil
cur nations history there is no parallel fss
the prodigality which distinguishes ths
present Congress" "Our snornous rsvs>
nue., instssd Of being husbsndsd for iss L.
gitimats use, 10 scattered right and lsfl 10
lavish and improvident, IL not psoaieais,
approp'iations.w
Ma Tennesses 1easlfy the Conss1.
ssslonal Asnena0ens.
In his message Congress relating y
the resolution for the admission Of Tennes.
aee. President johnson alleges thss The a.
sertion ofthe preamble that Tennessee has
ratified the constitutional amendment 10
without foundation" II follows, IL the
President is right, that tho fact given - .
reason for the admission Of Tennessee lei.
cgation, has no existence. On this poist
On exchange says, referring TO Brownlow's
despatch:
Parson Brownlow telsgrsphed . lie.-
Brownl0w did not state that quorum Wa
present end cotiag. lie said that ~ ayes
were present. i noes, and mutes, making
present quorum Of 60, IL rot the ''peee.
cnt and voting" quorum required BY Law.
But Passon Brownlow falsified. There
were not 90 voting, nor 90 present eishss.
The House has never had . quorum. The
two members whom Brownlow stated TO b.
present. but not voting, were net prsssnt.
They wsrs in the committee-resm wadsr
guard, oil the while. They were not in The
House actually, constructivcly, or anyhow
else. Therefore, there never was quorum
efthe Tennessee Legislature, and the COM
stitutional amendment was never passed By
that State.
The Speaker Of the House refuses TO sign
the resolution affirming the passage Of the
amendment, and the contest between him
aud the members Of the House has been on
the point where he insists, that the journal
shall show what hey desire 10 conceal that
the two unlawfully arrested and imprisoned
members were not in the hall Of the House
a the time Of the vote on the ratification
proposition, but were under arrest in an
adjoining committee room.