The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1866-05-10

not.ithsisndIns his lhr. Wa dsuih lad reitsr.
M Wilson replied 10 this allsgssioa ). oOn,id.
Mr.. cosan mid this dispute had nothing TO do
with the matter under confederation He fhr. C.1
had yesterday spoken ofthe Senator's stack on the
President. The Senator had not denied that he
made an attsck-he might have shsken his head;
but he me CT reiterated that he had made an at
tack on the President, and he reiterated IL now.
Allegiance and protecdon. he said, were reciprocal
II he owed allegiance TO the Government, the Gov
eminent owed protection TO him. II they insisted
upo the punishment Of the leading rebels let them
get their machinery ready; let them organize their
judioi AIRY and try SEQ Of the leaders, with JEFF.
Davis at their head, and not, blame tho President
for rsftaining from doing what he has no right "
do The people have returned TO their allegiance;
they have complied with your conditions. After
ratifyng the Chicago platform, you are now ratify
ing the ordinance Of secession BY making conditions
with these people before admitting them into the
Union, thus recognising that they are out ofStbe
Union. '6t.a iIr sur| 1.iih
Mr.. Edmund. desired TO know whsther the crime
Of treason did not work forfeiture Of political
| rights. L.. ...I..-, .st-.,y
Mr.. cowan replied that Il worked just such a
| forfeiture as the laws provided. a.
M Edmands. HAD not Congress the power 70
enact laws to punish those who had eOmm',ted
| treason7
Mr.. oowan. Clearly not, because the oOnstitu.
ton expressly prohibits the passage Of any bills OF
| He was utterly opposed 70 proposing terms to
the rebels. by so doing you recognise their right
to reject them. Tho talk about indemnity for the
past aud security for the future was as idle the
wind around the dome Of the Capitol Submission
| 70 the laws was all that could be required.
| The war upon the President had been instigated
before the meeting Of Congress, by q society Of
England. tCopious extracts from letter written
by Professor Newman were here read By Mr.. c., in
Which the yIiter urges resistaaee to the plans Of
| Mr. Doolttle did not propose now to reply 70 the
charges made by the Senator from Massachusetts,
Mr. wilson, that he did not represent bis State.
| He would do so at some other time. He hurled
back the charge that Andrew johnson had betrayed
the Union party or departed from Its principles
Mr.. Nye said he believed the pending question
was on an amendment TO the appropriation bill,
but, from the limit TO which tho debate had ex.
tended. he thought 1t likely that many Senators
would not know what they were voting upon when
the time came. He GMr. n. thought that limit
should be set to this power Of removal but would
quiet the senstiveness Of the Senator from Wiscon-
sin, the defender Of Presidents, by assuring him
that thu. amendment was not intended a. an attack
on the present Executive. 10 81. d. r.syar alf al.
After giving his views Of treason at length, Mr..
Nye gave way to Mr.. Sumner, on whose motion the
Senate, at $50 p m, adjourned.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
The Speaker laid before the House q communica-
tion from the Attorney General, In response to a
OF the number Of and other information In regard
10, the clerks in'his Department
Also, some additional papers relating the con.
tested election case Of Fuller VS.. Dawson, in the
Sixteenth Congressional District Of Pennsylvania.
Mr.. Latin, Of New York. from the Committee on
Printing, reported u resolution-which was adopted
providing for the printing Of one thousand extra
copies Of the modified internal revenue bill. .
Mr.. Rice, Of Massachusetts,, by unanimous con-
sent, reported from the Committee on Naval Affairs
4 bill to allow Vico Admiral Farragut to have o
secretary, with the rank and pay of lieutenant in
the navy.
The bill was then read a third time and passed.
Mr.. Wilson, Of Iowa, from the COMMITTEES on the
Judiciary, reported bill to amend the passport
laws, so as to prevent foreigner from obtaining q
passport Of this Government; which read third
time, and passed without debate. ,-.,..
| RECONSTRUCTION.
The House then resumed the consideration Of the
special order, namely, the joint resolution propos.
ing an amendment TO the Constitution Of the Uni
ted States, reported on the 30th ult from the
mittee on reconstruction. The speeches. under the
rule adopted by the House, were limited to thirty
minutes.
Mr.. Broomhll, Of Pennsylvania, said that II was
TO have been expected that this measure would
meet with the opposition Of the unrepentaut thirty
three lAughterl Of this body, who had always sym.
pathIed with the rebellion. They, of course, were
not going to change front at short notice. and 1t
useless to waste argument upon them. 1t was also
I TO have been expected that the amendment would
would be opposed by the JOhnsonian new converts
to Democracy. ....rsr H.. ..as. sat Hf a
Mr. shankIin, Of Kentucky, characterized the
report Of the reoonItruotion committee as an at
tempt to humiliate the Southern people and to do
grade them to the condition Of political serfdom.
II was q crafty scheme to perpetunte the party In
power, and the Freedmcn's Bureau had been
used all over the South political machine to
misreprosent the spirit Of the Southern people, aud
to furnish capital for the radical speeches made 10
this Hall. The South had yielded to the decision
Of ARM but the people Of that section in nc
retpect inferior, either intellectually, morally
physically 10 the people Of the North; and whoever
expected them to kiss the rod that smites then
, would end his mistake Our policy toward the
Southern people should be liberal and lenient, and
, not tyrannical and oppressive The policy Of tb,
a need not fear to trust these people; they wct'
brayej they had pledged us their faith; and tn,
brave would keep their word u
Mr.. Raymond, Of New York, expressed his graft
fcation that tho committee on reconstruction hat
not shown the obstnacy ofthe British ministry, VIII
had put forth their parliamentary reform bill piece
0 meal, but had on the contrary, made a complete
report. He saw nothing, however, in the repor,
which had been presented that could not have boer
+. brought forward two or three months ago. lie pro
z cooled to discuss the sections Of the amendmen
! ss,iafin, and said that, with one exception, b
thought II proper that they should all BIO sent I
0 the States for ratification. He favored the frs
section because no believed the Civil Rights bill Il
= be unconstitutional; and this section proposed b
y make the principles Of that bill part Of the or
'ganic law Of the land. Having yo ed against tn
bill, he should vote for this section Of the amend
: ment lie would also give hearty support to The
second section, fixing the basis Of representation
But the third section disfanchising until 1870 al
y who had voluntarily participated in the rebellion
y did not meet his appreciation. II scanned to hir
' to have been included in the amendment to proven
i the rest of IL from being adopted. ...L ....
lie would not make this charge, but the aetio
|, Of the committee certainly had that appearance
The third section virtually deprived the whole bod
Il Of the Southern people Of their political rights,
y laid tine Republican party open 10 the charge
having intended It, simply Tor the purpose Of carry
ing the next presidential election although, judy
I ing from the readiness with which the gentlems
Il from Pennsylvania Mr. Steyensl had taken up hi
70 Mr.. RS suggestion that Gen. Grant should b
% made President In 1868, he encouraged to hop
that at that time there would DO no dissensions |
a the great Republican party. We have got to Inv
}. with the Southern people, in the same country
under the same government, and mingling togeths
with them In social and business relationsI and th
simple question presented to consideration wa
b how best to make them our friends, Such measure
as that proposed In the third section would Onl
i have the tendency to embitter the prevailing fee
o ing, and to make them sullen and disseminated.
+. II there was anything clearly established by tn