Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1866-03-26

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Sssaseear6 or ~ Thk an thc Goutheee
,,Ss,nle Know. Where. then. IL confidence IN
SohnsonY !. ft.ypaa = - nuiniD6, % ~ the
Iesst. unfortunate that . man with iptense
aouahWn nalihn and lueauets shbuld g
this time be ct the head OF this government.
The pernici0us CONSEQUENCES Of 4 nieht re-
ouire the work Of ages to correct ahd over.
come. .,ss
Mr.. Dixon neat Addressed the House, tax.
ing strong grounds against the Presidents
,,olicyee reconstructiort h4ssa2e g { "a.
M. bdckiand OF Ohio next addressed the
House. He said that the people were be-
coming very impatient at the delay in re.
construction, and did not understand why
Congress had not adopted some definite plan.
He held that the people of State finding
themselves, from any cause. without a Gov
ernapent, might 0reeniae Govefnment and
exercise its functions without authority
from Congress. He Deprecated the warfare
Waged against the President HIS own opin-
ion was that representation should be based
solely on voters He thought meas urea
should be devised that would satisfy the peo-
pie both North and South so that they
might agsiu meet together in cordial friend
strip on terms Of perfect equality and mutual
respect. He hoped that before this Congress
adjourned such measures would be adopted.
Mr.. Hart OF New York. next ADDRESSED
the House ON the uuestion of Recon
struction, taking the ground that the people
of the South were not in condition to be
entrusted with full mower in the Government.
In support of that position he quoted exten.
sively from testimony taken before the Re-
construction Committee ME
MI. Lawrence Of Ohio. smoke at length on
the CONGREGATIONAL amendment prohibiting
Congress or the States from making an ac-
count of the emancination of the slaves.
There was nov in the limited -tates Treasury
mart of the "a OOO OOO applicable to paypent
for slaves enlisted A this was proyitled for
by la and as the amount was small. it was
NOT nronosed. he said. to disturb that. He
then nroceeded 70 argue in favor of the gen
eral amendment IN TIM Constitution. Slaves
were not property at common law and mono
of the STATES WHICH in our mast history ever
made eosnoensatio Tor them, there yyas now
no OBLIGATION ON The mart of the Government
to make compensation tor the slaves eman
ADO O4n o4M and Il wonld recuira ne n in.
crease that debt s12 600. 600 ia nav for the
slaves II we would avoid FORMULATION We
must forever prohibit the possibility of this
1t WAS impOrtAnt that the question should he
finally settled. He exhibited a statistical
table showing that it would REQUIRE
a fourth of ALI the taxable property
of the slave States to nav for the slayes. Il
we did not prohibit this the Northern De
mocracv would unite with the South in
the scheme of making payment. He read
ox,racte from Tho n,assaaa of M, ao.coll.,
Governor ot South Carolina and from Gen
! Schurz's renor, that the Sonth were now
making the demand. The Virginia Lerisla
tur, had recently pronosed TO take an invon
tor of all the slaves of the State with /;
vicyto navment let us hc said toreve,
| close his question or i. will rise nm tn Great.
alarm among the creditors of the nation. 1
Ne do not make amendments thew will mo-
be made when rebel renrcsentatiyes m thcs,
| halle The nnhlic demand cons,;tu,ion.
amendment changing the basis of r.nresen
| ta,inn nroh,hit no tLe n,vment of ,Ln rio
| doh, and nrobihi,Inq navnent for emarcin,
| ted slaves
AZ the close of Mr. Iawr.nce's remark.
the Honse Al 103o adjourned
| Prom New York.
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fcial accounts ~, tho la,e ti,ht be,wccn Snan
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