Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1866-04-12
Passage of the Civil Rights Bill.

The passage of the Civil Rights Bill in the
Senate on the 9TH is thus described by the
reporter of the Associated Press in the tele-
graphic columns of the dailies:
AT | o'clock the message of the President
yetoing the civil rights bill, was taken up.
Mr.. LANE defended at great length the
President from the charges OF usurpatlon
and dictation. He said the President ap-
proved of the resolution he had offered.
He said: Mr.. President, | am not as coll
yersant with the constituents OF the Sena-
tor from Ohio as he is, but will venture
the assertion that outside Of New England
there is not single state in the unon-not
one State-but will, by vote, lndorse the
policy of reconstruction as advised by
President Johnson, and expressed IN that
joint resolution. You cannot go before the
people of this country on policy to give
unqualified suffrage to the blacks. Inc
President has been and is now, in my Judg-
ment, as anxious to harmonic the difhcul-
ties of the Union party as any Senator on
this floor If he was met In the same spirit,
that party would be reunited and this Union
would be restored His advances are met
by insult his advances are met by denun-
citation from the heads of the Republican
party on this Senate floor, in language with
out parallel. SO far as | am concerned,
Mr. President, propose to-day and hereaf-
ter to take my position alongside OF the
President Of the Republican party, and stand
there uuf1nchingly, defending him against
the Senator from Ohio, as l defended his
predecessor against the same Senator.
Mr.. WADE said, in reply: Who is your
President, that every man must bow to his
opinion, if you please? Why, sir, we all
l. hi CT n JC H., "
We have measured him, sir; we know his
height, his length, his breadth, and his ca
pacity-all about him; and you set him up
as a paragon, and declare here upon the floor
of this Senate that you are going to wear his
collar Is that the idea-that you are going
to be his apoogist and defender in whatever
he may propose {? Three millions of people,
sir are exposed to the outrages and insults
and murder from these worse than savages,
their former masters murdered, as we are
told, every day. their lives taken away;
their humanity trampled under foot; and
when Congress, under the Constitution Of
the United States, is endeavoring to tender
them some little protection, how are we met
here? Every attempt of your Moses has
been to trample them down-making them
worse, and throwing every obstruction in
the way of everything proposed by Con-
gress.
Mr.. LANE, in reply-Wear collar In
dicted for treason Pro-slavery and grand
Jury Hunted from State to State by g writ
| founded upon that Indictment for treason
| A hundred thousand dollars offered for my
! head Jim Lane wear a collar! Great
God Mr.. President, wherever he is, know
that George is denied for false by both friend
and enemy,
Mr. WADE-I wish he was.
MIR. LANE read the extract given above,
and said he appealed to Mr.. Wade to with
draw the serious charge he had made
against the President. He (Lane) would not
defend the Presidents speech of the 22d OF
February, as it was made under excite
ment
Mr.. DooL1TTLE said he had striven to pre-
vent a collision between Congress and the
Executive, and was sorry to see DISPOSE
ton among some of his friends toward the
Executive, as though he was unworthy of
their confidence. 1t contains propositions
upon which the ablest men-men in whom
we had undoubted confdence--differ, and
trusted the bill could be placed in charge of
the Judiciary Committee, and that Commit
tee would frame one which would avoid the
objections raised to it in this body, in the
other House, and by the Executive. He
was DESTROYS of preserving amicable rela-
tons between Congress and the Executive.
The Legislature of his State had passed
resolution requesting him to vote for the
civil rights bill, the Presidents objections
thereto Notwithstanding. He had already
set forth at length his objections to The
measure, and he could not vote for it, and
would abide by the consequences. He en-
tertained the highest respect for the gentle
men composing the Legislature of his State,
but standing where he did, he saw what
they could not; they were at distance, and
influenced by a party press and persons in
terested in a continuation of disorder IN the
South.
Mr.. DAVIS opposed the bill, favoring the
veto He said if the bill became law he
should feel compelled to regard himself an
enemy of the Government, and to work for
its overthrow.
Mr.. SALISBURY said he should consider
the passage of the bill as inaugurating revo-
luton; and that it would lead to bloodshed,
war, and disunion.
Mr.. YATES urged Senators to march for
ward in the performance of their duty, and
10 do it now and hereafter.
The vote was then taken--t' Shall the bill
pass, the Presidents veto to the contrary,
notwithstanding
| YEAs-Messrs Anthony Brown, Chandler, Clark,
CONFESS Cragin, Cresswell, Edmunds Fessenden Fos-
! ter Grimes, Harris, Henderson, Howard, Hove, Kirk
wood Lane of Indiana, Morgan, Morrill, Nye, Poland,
Poneroy Ramsey, Sherman Sprague, Stewart. Sumner,
Trumbull Wade, Wiley, Williams, Williamson, Yates
-:3.
NAYs-Messrs Buckalew, Cowan, Davis, DooIitte,
Guthrie, Hendricks Johnson Lane of Kansas McDou-
gall, Nesmith Norton, Riddle, Salisbury, Van Wrinkle,
Wright--15
ABsENT-Mr. Dixon.
When Mr.. Morgan recorded mis- vote in
the affirmative, the galleries applauded very
loudly. The Chair announced, amid great
applause, that the bill, having received a
two thirds vote, bad become law
On motion of Mr.. TRUMBULL, the Secre-
tary of the Senate was ordered to communi-
cate to the House q copy of the veto message,
together with the result Of the vote, above
given.
The Senate adjourned at $50 p. m, to
meet on Monday next.