The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1866-04-14
WARRINGTON, April 6, 1866.
SENATE. -.

| AT one clock the message OF the Presi>
dent vetoing the civil rights bill was re-
sumed.
Mr.. LANE defended at great length the
| Presi lent from the charges Of usurpatou aud
dictatiou. He said the President approved
of the resolution he had offered. He said :
Mr.. President, l am not as conversant with
the constituents of the Senator from Ohio as
he is, brit will venture the assertion that
| outside of New England, there is not single
state IN the Unlon-not one state-but will.
by vote, indorse the policy of reconstruction
advised by President Johnson, ana expressed
in that joint resolution. You cannot go be-
fore the people ofthis country on policy to
! give unqualified suffrage to the blacks The
| President has been and is now, in my judg-
ment, as anious to harmonize the difficulties
| OF the Union party IS any Senator on this
floor. If he was met ir the SAFE spirit that
party would be reunited and this Union
would be restored. His advances are met
by denunciation from the head of the repub.
lican party on this Senate fl sor in language
without parallel. So far .. / am concern-
ed, Mr.. President, propose to>day and
hereafter to take my position alongside of the
President ofthe Republican party. and stand
there unHinchinglv, defending him against
the Senator from Ohio as defended his pre-
decessor 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
know HIN he is no stranger to this body.
We have measured him. sir We know his
i-ngth. his breath, and his capacity-all
about him; and you sei him up as a paragon
and declare here upon the floor Of this Senate
that you ara going to wear his collar. Is
that the ides-that you are going TO be his
apologist and defender in whstever he may
propose? Three millions of people, Sir, are
exposed to ou,rages eni insa lis and murder
from these worse than savages, their former
masters; murdered. as We are told. ererv
day; their lives taken away their humanity
trampled under f, OF and when Con>
gress, under the Constitution of the United
States.is endcavorins TO to .ender The n .oTe e
little protection, how are met here? Every
attempt OF your Moses has been to tramalc
them dosn-makiug them worse, and throw
ing every obstruction, in the way ofev rythir z
proposed b. Congress.
Mr.. LANE, in re -lv-Wear q collar. In
dicted for treason. Pro sav cry grand jury:
Hunted from state 10 state by writ founded
upon that Indictment for tire ason. 4 hun
dred tn ,usand dollars offered for nv head
wherever he is, know that George is denied
for false by both friend and enemy.
NJ. WADE-I wish he was
Kr. Lane read the extract given above.
and said he appealed to Mr.. Wai- to with-
draw the serious charge he had made asains,
the President. lie (Lane) would not defend
the Presidents speech Of the I'D Of ofFe5ruary
as It was made under excitement.
Mr.. DooLI TIE s id he had striven TO pre-
vent CO lsion between Congress and the
Executive, AMI was sorry to see disposition
among some of his friends toward the E1ec>
utIve, as though be was unworthy Of their
confidence. 1t contains PROPOSITIONS upon
which the ablest men-men in whom we had
undoubted conf fiience-differ, and trusted
the bill could be placed in charge of the
judiciary Committee, and that committee
would frame one which would avoid the OBJ
jections raised to it in this body, in the other
House. and by the Executive. He was
desirous of preserving amicable relations
between Congress and the Executive. The
Legislature of his state had passed a resolu-
tion requesting him to vote for the civil rights
bill, the Presidents objections thereto not
withstanding. We had already set forth at
length his objections 10 the measure, and he
could not vote for it, and wonld abide by the
consequences. He entertained the highest
respect for the gentlemen composing the
Legislature of his state, but standing where
he did, he saw what they could not they
we're at a distance, and influence by party,
press and persons interested in . continuation
of disorder in the South.
Nr. 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 overflow.
Mr.. SALISBURY said he should consider:
the passage of the bill as inaugurating revolu
ton, and that i. would lead to bloodshed, war
and dsunion.
Mr.. YArEs urged Senators to march for
ward in the performance Of their duty, and
to do it now and hereafter.
The vote was then taker-"shali the bill
pass, the Presidents veto to the contrary
notwithstanding p;
YEAs-Mes.rs Anthony, Brown, Chandler,
Clark, Conness, Cragin, Cress we'll. Edmunds,
Fessenden, Foster, Grimes, Harris, Hender-
son, Howard, Howe, Kirkw wood, Lane of
Indiana. Morgan, Morrill,, Nye, Poland.
Pomeroy, Ramsey, Sherman, Sprague, Stew
art, Sumner, Trumbull Wade, Wiley, Will
liams, Wilson, Yates s-33.
NAYs-Messrs. Buckalow, Cowan, Davis,
Dool,ttle, Guthrie, Hendricks, Johnson, Lane
of Kansas, McDougall, Nesmth, Norton,
Riddle, Saulsbnry, VsnWinkle, Wright-i5.
ABsEyr-Mr Dixon
When Mr.. Morgan rc,cindei his vote in
the affirmative, the galleries applauded very
loudly. The Chair announced, amid great
applause; that the bill, having received two
thirds vote, had become a law.
On motion of Mr.. Trumbull, the Secretary
Of the Senate was ordered to communicat to to
the House . copy of the Veto message,
together with the result of the vote, above
given. Tf