Baltimore daily commercial. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1865-1867, 1866-01-25

Mr.; Chanler, of N Y. rose to point of order It
vas I IN THIS Whether this was Republican or
The Speaker said that was not a point of order.
o.. tr: Cnaner sad that 1t was the duty Of members
The Speaker said that was point of order we'll
seats N-'0'A
Several members on the Democratic side then said
that they could not hear the debate.
Mr.. Conkling. of n Y. Csoto yoce) said gentleman
on his side of the House responsible for the
bng EARS ot ne gentenen on the Democratic side, al
tnU1ngh b 5ney were long enough. lLaughterl
MI; Banks of Mass. said the old basis of repre-
Sentatlon having been in effect stricken out by the
ton was whether the House would re-establish it by
still giving the South the fths of their colored
population pIg at IN, as basis for representation.
by advoeating the motion of his colleague (Mr Law
renee, OF Ohio reported above.
Mr.. Eliot of Mass, briefly addressed the House in
opp1Stlon TO the original proposition, for its effect
would be political, mot a moral sin He indicated
some amendments which he proposed to offer
Mr.. Pike, of Maine, opposed the original amend
ment, and supported that of Mr.. Lawrence, of Ohio.
Mr.: Kelly, of Penn, spoke in favor of his substi
tute tor the pending constitutional amendment offer
ed ed by him on yesterday, and contended that under
the principles laid down by james Madison Congress
could regu the question of suffrage in the States
Where the States refuIei or neglected to do it.
y, Mr.. Bromwell, of Illinois, contended that under
the pending Constitutional. amendments and the
propositions to amend it, any State could disfran-
chlSe eJs1s the GSGred race and enranchiss the
anything of the kind. i'"'0
Mr.. Bromwell proceeded ia say that he was in
favor OF amending the Constitution to change the
oasls OF representation Seventy years were too long
without any change in that respect He was opposed
however; to the amendments in their FORM
ar Schenck, OF Ohio proposed an amendment to
taRe the place Of the pending propostonas follows
several States which may be included within this
Union according to the number of mala citizens over
twenty-one years of age, having the qualifications
of fho
the State Legislature. The Congress, nj their first
session after the ratification of this amendment by
Tor the actual enumeration of such voters and such
actual enumeration shall be separately made in
general census Of the population of all of the States
within every subsequent term of ten years in such
manner as Congress may direct by law The number
OF representatives shall not exceed one for every hun
dred thousand of actual population but each State
shall have at least one representative.
MI Cook, OF Illinois. spoke against several of the
one. He thought the latter the least ob;ectinnabe
Mr. Marshall; Of Illinois charged that the domi-
nant party in this hal brought the war in rider
to carry out revolutionary measures He did NOT
think that this the time nor here the place to
amend the Constitution, which important question
was nelng debated with all the 1ippancy of town
Mr.. Schenck. of Ohio. spoke in favor of his amend
ment, and OF the inequality of the present basis of
representation. In reply to Mr.. Marshall, he said
tha if the republican party were revolutionary, it
was in the direction Of freedom and equality and il
did not become gentleman improperly calling him
self democrat to object to this object
They. unlike the Democratic side, had no sympa-
thy with those miserable wretches down South who.
making themselves tyrants. deprived large portion
of the people of their rights. Those who opposed a
remedy of the evil did the ground that it would
solve the difficulty and remove the negro from the
arena OF politics. and so their occupation would be
gone.
, Without action on the pending question, or any
branch OF it. the matter was laid for further de-
bate tomorrow.
pEEPENING AM WIDENING OF BALTIMORE HARBOR,
Mr.. John u. Thomas Jr., of Maryland presented
mayOr Pol
tlmore; Md. relative to the deepening and widening
Of the harbor OF that city, which referred to the
Committee on Commerce.
- Loss OF PROPERTY.
Mr.. Thomas also presented the memorial of Ish-
mael Day citizen Of Maryland, praying comnonsa-
tlon Tor the loss OF his property destr yed by the
rebels under Major Harry Cmor during EarIy's
raid into Maryland. Referred
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