New-York daily tribune., 1866-02-19
XXXIXTH CONGRESS.
FIRST SESSION.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
WASHINGTON. Saturday Feb. i, leo.
4 DAY OF SPEECH-MARlNG.

This daV was devoted 10 speech-malNns.
Nj. KElcHyN presented lie TcmonsIance oL i. =
Wvnkoop and Others paucr and envelope manuiac,
tnrers and dealers and satoneTs, OF Dutchess ana
Columbia Counties. y. Y. against the passage oil ne
bn 20 autior.Ic the Posna,iclhcntI 10 seH slspci
epy eopes al the value Of tie stamps thereon Referred
10 the Committee on postOh and Post Roads.
Mr CCoK SAID that every individual citizen OF each
State had rights IN every state, derived through the
Constitution of the United >.ates and winch no stare
could impair Hence 10 state action c"Gid take sueh
State ont OF tie Union. State Governments are Iolti'
cal corpora'i0ns and the people controlling the IOh'
cal action of STATE with those exercising The functions
/ OF State Government may become tlahO'S III WHO"
case fe relations II the State with the Union are
broken and there is state Government acting WITHIN
the L MON under the Constitution The practical quts-
tion is when the relations between Slalc ana ho
Union have been broken. how snail saeb Sete DC re
stored TO ITS former relations TO and power IN the mon
lie coutcded that ID cOud not De by the sole aCtoD oi
the state itself by the sole action oi the Irfsidehi
but il must be by the action Of Congress. citing ehu
commenting upon at length TIE oI Lutbcr agl par
deu Seventh Howard 10 which he sald decided tbai
the Ieh, to decide what government was established III
State was IN Congress, end that us declsioh was
1 final and conclusive upon every department ol GOV
crunent and that the President as COmmanderln-
/ Chief has only military power The governments
set up by law were military governments me ITO
vislOnal Governors were military ohceTs: ne con
tended that the present governments oi those states
were military governments; that the acts OF ON
mandcTs setting aside legislative enactmchls III Houlh
Carolina Mississippi anu Virginia, show that thcy are
Governments under the control of military power bu
the military IL elf is under the control Of Congress ana
80 the uIltaIN EoACTllAeIlfs Any s'ta''
under "a military government Is Ighliully under the
control Of Congress or the aXOms Of TIE fathers were
reversed and the civil power IS subordinate 10 TIE NIL
itary when military power can safely be withdrawn
and those States remain rcaceaby the Mon, OF their
accord and not OF force ana Union men ana reed
men do not require military :orce 10 protect the
the civil government Shond he recognized, but no NIL
fary now er could aside the cnacmens and judicial
decisions Of States fully IN the mon me lhese acts
were necessary tie States should lot be recognized
/ MI ERCO1ALL offered The following; 80
R,,fted anguSgc ~ The 1fotlantilph OF INC
Preden, Of May 2G 1895 Tie Rebellion which vas wased
by portion Of the people Of the United States against the
nom. constituted authorities Of the Government thereof
h he most violent and revolving iom, but whose orsan.zed
an, rr1ed forces have been smost entirely overcome
be- IN ,s reyo ionary proress deprived the people oi most
o. the IN which IL oigshH'd oi III c'" fONeI'
ved Of ALI civil govennl Mt u becomes the duty OF Con
ness oy appropriate 10 enable them TO organize
Safe sd H. the Language oi tie Constitution TO guarantee
| to .nch State a repubc en- form Of government
/ Mr.. LAwRENCE QOho) oiler'd the following;
M pi,,o of the Rebel states fully ju,es Pfesden,
in maintaining the Suspension Of tie wit o hsDeas corpus III
Rcsored Tlnt j. the deliberate Of tb. House that
ue condition the Rebel States fully Ju.'hes te President
Hattie PIc.id i nted 70 the thanks Of The nation oT
empoyr the wsr power ir NE ottcyn Oh 'h'on 14'h'
aud the freedmen in those Sistes.
| Mr. LAWRENCE then maintained that the ordinances
Of ece.sion were Toid that no state was ont Of The
Union, bui that all lawful state Government was de-
,troyed in the Rebel States that wien The Rebel Gov
crDmenis overthrow the people were leit Win
out State 0ycInments; that II Is the duty OF Congress
10 gualantee a republican state Government and that
until this is done there be no lawful State Govern
InoDt and representation in Congress II the people
without law may resume state Government traitors
win at once control them, and the nation could impose
no terms nor even JUDGE when II would be safe To ad'
nit rcurcsentatyes II the President alone may set up
state GOyernMcn; without any eonlIol by Congress.
il would be caIiul power 10 banas iesa fustWWln!
than those Of our respected Cbie Magistrate. lie dc'
manded in the name of the Constitution and the people
that Congress the agent OF the States had fight
TO guarantee them government. Inc war power
lad "a right To and did set aside the Eebel stale
Governments. If any other Stale Governments eH-
Isl in the Southern States, Il must be because either
lbr that tue original clnets continued OF stc0H0,
that tbcy were suspended, or MTd mat new govern
ments had been lawfully set up He proved mat The
original State Governments were abandoned Qpthe
authority the Constitution Of the laws Ot nations Of
Madison, of the Supreme Court. OF Lincoln and of
: President johnson. He quoted many authorities 10
support this position The original governments could
be resumed without the authority Of Congress Tor
no state Constitution provides mode OF doing The
nation has right 10 live and the incidental fact get
IN rw state COY eTnments when dosirOyd means Of
continuing the national life. The President sustained
his view by calling conventions in the Rebel States
set up new State Governments by prescribing the
quahfcations of electors and by requiring terms and
h. could not do tins if the original State governments
continued. Mcssrs Raymond and HubbelI IN their
speeches conceded this The President declared
bis reconstruction pOicy an experiment. anu
would abandon t il necessary. Mt Law.
renee sad in the Of his remarks, tnai IL would
depend The people Of the Rebel States when recon
silLciion would be- complete. IL would be complete
when LOYALTY returns. when the Government II so prac
fcabe obedience 10 law, with security lol
tie future assured. Then restoration he complete
He would welcome the Southern Representatives when
iley can with guarantees o. peace. security and
hbeIiv In the wOrk Of suPDressing the Rebellion ana
SAVING the Un.oD and giving freedom to race he was
proud follow the iatl inl Andrew johnson. Let eacn
department perform It's functions now, ana follow the
policy marked out by The people. and The trnmphs OF
peace viii be at signal as the victories OF war inc
power 81 Congress 10 decide when representatives.
lthould nc uGlnIleN could be surrendered. 1t IL