The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1866-02-07
CONGRESS- ssIONAh,
SENATE

| presented q petltIOu aSkluS iOI VIC IL
| duction of tax OH agricultural imple
ments. Referred to the committee OF
| Finance,
Mr. Chandler. of Michigan, from til,
! committee on Commerce, asked to be dis
| charged from the further consideration
| of the proposition to appropriate one
| hundred thousand dollars to build 3
post Office and custom house at Topeka
Kansas, and it was so ordered
Mr.. Wiley; ofWest Virginia. offered g
resolution, which was adopted, instruct
| ing the committee on Judiciary to inquire
| into the expediency of reporting bill to
provide for the payment Of loyal citizens
oflately rebellious States rquartermas,
ter's stores taken from them and used by
the army of the United States, SO as to
place such claims upon ap equality with
those of citizens of loya States.
The morning hour having expired the
ioint resolution to amend the Copstitu-
| tion in relation to representation was
called.
Mr.. Doolittls, Of Wis, offered the fol
lowing, which he said he intended'as a
substitute for the House proposition to
strike out all after the enacting clause,
and insert the following
After the census to be taken 10 the
year 1870 and each succeeding census,
representation shall be apportioned
among the several States which may be
included within this Union, according
to the number in each State of male
electors over twenty-one years of age,
qualified by laws thereofto choose men,
bers of the m ost numerous branch OF its
legislature; and direct taxes shall be ap'
portioned among the several States ac-
cordiug to the value Of real and personal
taxable property situated IN each State
net belonging to the state OF the
United States.
Mr. Sumner T1sumed the door III con
tinuation of his spsach commenced yes
terday
HOUSE The House resumed the con
alteration of the Senate bill TO enlarge
the powers of the Freedmen's Bureau, -
The House first voted on the amendment
of Mr.. Smith to the original bill, name.
ly, that none of the provisions OF this act
shall sxtend to or be in force in the
State OF Kentucky. This was rejected
.by vote Of "a against l3i
The House next considered the substi-
tute offered by Mr. Stevens, viz. nearly
all the original provisions of the bill are
retained in the substitute The princi-
pal notifications made are as follows In
The 4th section, authorizing the Presi
dent to reserve from sale or from settle
ment under preemption laws and to set
apart, for the use of freedmen and loyal
refugees, male and female, the unrestor-
ed public Iutndo in Florida, Mississippi,
Alabama and Louisiana, ana from the
ConfisCation lands Otthe enemy, not eX
ceeding in all three millions of acres of
rood land, to be allotted and assigned in
parcels not exceeding forty acres each,
TO loyal refugees and freedmen and
in the 5th section providing that
the occupants oflands under Major Gen
eral Sherman's special field order, dated
January, 1865, are confirmed in their
possession, and that no person shall be
disturbed in or ousted from said posses
sion unless a settlement shall be made
with such occupants by the former own
ers satisfactory to the Commissioner Of
the Freedmen's Bureau Provided. That
whenever the owners of lands occupied
under Major General Sherman's field or
ders, shall make application for tho re
storation of the lands, the Commission,
er is authorized, upon the agreement
and with the consent of the occupants
to procure other lands for them by rent
or nurChase, not exceeding forty acres
for each occupant or TO set apart Tor them
ont of the public lands assign ed for that
purpose, forty acres each, upon the terms
and conditions set forth i'll the fourth
section
The substitute Ell Mr. Stevens was re
iected, by vote of35 against 126
The House then voted on the suGsti-
tute reported from the committee on
Freedmen's Affairs for the Senate bill,
which was passed Yeas, l36 nays, 80.
Mr.. Rousseau, rising to 4 privileged
question, read from the remarks Of Mr.
Grinnel of Iowa made yesterday as fol
lows: History repeats itself | cannot
saw whether the gentleman, Mr Ros-
seau. was four years in the war on the
Union side or four yeaIs on the other
side, but / say that he disgraced his
State and uttered a sentiment | thought
unworthy Of an American officer when
he said that he would do such an act on
the complaint of negro against him
Only this much was read out the
preceding remarks to which it referred
we're as follows:
The Hon. Gentleman frou Kentucky
Mr.. Rousseau, declared on Saturday. as
caught his language, that if he were ar.
rested on the complaint Of negro and
brought to trial before one Of the agents
of this bureau when be became tree he
| would shoot him
Mr.. Rosseau said; ! pronounce the
assertion, that have degraded myself,
as false, foul, slander. and unworthy TO
be uttered by anygentleUap on this door'
Mr.. Grinneu.-1 referred to the gentle
mans remarks as ! understood them the
gentleman having read them from the
Globe had no desire to do any ipjus
tice, criticised the gentleman's Ian
ruage, and stand By that criticism
Il 7 did not correctly represent what he
said, beg pardon.
Mr.. Rosseau-My OBJECT Tas not tc
get an apology, but to say what have
said,
Mr.. Griupell-The geutlemans Ian
oraCe was no oferse. 7 stand Oh ny
Fights as a member OF this House, to dis
charge nv duties as / understand the.
shouId os discharged. When II criti
sed the language Of the gentleman from
Kentuckv. / did so from sense Of duty
and I thought that Language unvorth,
of an American officer, and Of his Owl
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