Charles City intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa) 1864-1866, 1866-03-15
Congress.

Committee, with recommendation
that it will pass. We trust it may
come up speedily, for we believe tn.
militia organizations in the Rebel
States are and will continue to be one
of the chief obstacles to the pacifica'
tion of the country. 1t is notorious
that they are made up almost wholly
of Confederate soldiers, that they are
used for the oppression Of thousands,
both white and black, and that in
some cases they even adopt the Con-
federate uniform and flag, and exclude
all who have not served against the
Union. They have frequently been in
collision with the United States troops
still remaining in the States, and it is
amazing that they continue to be toll
Grated
In the House, an amendment to the
Miscellaneous Appropriation bill has
been adopted, prohibiting the pay
ment of any money under it to per-
sons holding Office in violation Of the
laws-especially of the law prcscrib-
ing Test Oath. Such an amend
ment might seem superfuous, were it
not for the fact. testified to by Secre-
tary Stanton. that sundry Provisional
Governors had been appointed by the
President aud paid by his order, who
could not take the oath. and who, uu.
der the law, were not entitled to q
cent. Indeed, had the law been obey
ed, they never could have been ap-
pointed.
In the Senate, on the 9Th, Mr.. Will.
son introduced joint resolutions, which
were referred TO the Reconstruction
Committee, declaring that any of the
rebel States shall be entitled to re-
sumo complete practical relations
with the United States whenever it's
Legislature shall adopt, irrepealably,
these fundamental conditions the
abrogation of all laws, &c, making
distinctions on account Of color or
race the granting of the right OF suf-
frage to negroes who have served in
the army or navy, who pay taxes on
property, and who can read the Uni
ted States Constitution and the re-
pudiation of all rebel debts or obliga-
tions. Mr.. Pomcroy made speech on
the constitutional amendment relative
to the basis of representation.
In the House, on the 5th. resolu-
ton was introduced to guarantee the
Mexican Republican loan of $50, 000-
900. The Reconstruction Committee
reported resolution, THAT the State
Of Tennessee is hereby declared to be
one of the United States of America,
on an equal footing with the other
States. upon the express condition
that the people Of Tennessee will
maintain and enforce in good faith
their existing Constitution" and the
laws excluding rebels from voting |;
shall exclude rebels from eligibility to
office and shall never pay any rebel
debt, or claim or pay any compensa.
ton for emancipated slaves. A minor.
ity report was presented by Messrs
Rogers and Order, admitting Ten
nessee members without conditions
Messrs. Washburne and Boutwell,
dissented from the majority report, on
the ground that it did not require suf-
ficient guarantees of fidelity to the
Union and protection Of the freedmen.
The Speaker presented a letter to him
from the Governor Of North Carolina,
which the House refused to receive
The army appropriation bill was pass
cd. 1t contains a provision. inserted
at the instance of Mr.. Washburne
that no part of the moneys appropria'
ted shall he paid to the Illinois Central
Railroad Company for transportation
of U. S. troops or property, and that
the Attorney General shall commence
suit to recover the money heretofore
paid to the Company for such traspor.
tation.
A resolution was was adopted in the
House requesting the President to
state how many $40, 900 Rebels he has
pardoned, and who they arc how
much property has been conhscated,
and how much confscated property
had been restored by displacing freed
men who by act of Congress had been
allotted the same-with other particu
lars of like nature. The reply of Mr.
Johnson will be awaited with interest
In the Senate, on the 9th, resolu.
tions were introduced to establish
quarantine regulations against the
cholera. A bill was reported to estab.
lish Geographic communication be-
tween New York and the West Indies.
The bill to reimburse Missouri for mi
litia expenses was passed. A speech
was made hy Mr.. Salisbury of Della
ware upon the constitutional amend.
ment relative to the basis of represen-
tation. A message was received
from the President, transmitting, in
accordance with request, documents
relative to the provisional govern.
ments of the rebel States. The reso-
luton giving the assent Of Congress
to the annexation of Berkeley and JEFF
ferson counties, in Virginia, to West
Virginia, was adopted.
In the House. on the 9th, the Com
mittee on Reconstruction reported
testimony relative to the condition Of
affairs at the South. Mr.. Schenck's
amendment to the Military Academy
bill-that none of the money appro-
priated should be applied toward the
pay or substance of cadets appointed
from any rebel State after Jan. /, 1866.
until such State shall have been re-
stored to its original relations by act
of Congress-was adopted by 80 to
80; and the bill was then passed.
The bill regulating trade with the
British North American Provinces
was discussed.
The testimony reported to Congress,
on the 9Th, by the Committee on Re-
construction. exhibits an extremely
disloyal state ofsentiment at the South.
Gen. Grierson testifies that he has
good reasons to believe that an or
ganization is in existance throughout
the insurgent States, having for its
object renewal Of the rebellion and
that strong desire is evinced to have
the United States involved in hostili-
ties with France the intention being