, 1866-07-20


to veto tho bill, providing that
there should be no new appointment OF
Judgd Of tho Supreme Court until the mum.
Der should be less than seven. II be should
DO 40, It would be desirable that Congress
lnll, 90 Is TO pass II over his veto
Mr. Morrill,, Of Vermont, tatd he Hns will
{ue to remain In session ii 1t would do soy
es oa, hut be thought Wa conld vc5Y easlfy
ush our busiess and no ,,tas was sat;tind ~ t1se
cernbcr. II was clear that no rebel
Congress could be brought into
power before next March, when this Congress
would expire, but alter thst be was satisfied
means OF foul, Int We can do nothing about
this until the time comes. 1t nss easy 70 see.
moreover. that the Seua-e bas no Intention OF
p1olonging Its session. It Is daily putting
over busness Of tmportancc to December: o1!s :s
ton Of admitting TenLeasea should be dlspos-
ed of in aome way before ws ad}ourped. he
was as much opposed to hum" Congress |
% anybody, but VIC ought to dispose os '0-
portant public business. ..f,
that the Senate could flush It's legitimate |
business In week, a:d q majority Of that
body was clearly opposed 70 stttang through
the summer tor any political purpose. There
we1o t~ . bills OF u political character pend
iur. Ore 10 prevent rcmora1s from Office bF
the President, and tuc other providing Tor
the admission Of Tennessee. For his own
part, he would vote to admit the Tenne*sse
members at once. with OK without the Ea&iA-
But others do not coucur in this Some in-
sist that the State shall IatlfJ these amend
mepts. and some that they shall become
part Of the Constitution before the State
shall be admitted. One thlnE, however,
certain The P5esdeut t 70 !9use VIZ 70, t9e
the face. Whatever he can Do to destroy 1t
he will do; but In spite Of thnt the Union
party stands firm. In his own Slate (Ohio) Il
Wns never mora compact ard united than II
Is to-day. lie did not fear anything that se lug
| his aid, or that Of my who afc associated
with hin, the Union party can maintain Its
a.rendency. Ile thought un1on members
wcrc needed at houe to attend to tho coming
Mr. Stevens, Of Pennsylvania, said be could
not aercc will. the remarks nude By many
gentlemen, nor could he concur IN their
Views. Whence CONES, he asked, tnts OK.
,rrme anxiety. this unseena.y ha;se to desert
der Iaercfcs Of tho eucmys lilo was gEicvcd
10 hear That the senate, whicl, ought 10 pro.
tect tho people against the machtuatlons. of
Tho Whste lfousc, was ready to adjourn. 1te
| IL III iooktns to Us as tfeir guardians against tho
! Executive. How iar our acseEtton Of onf
posts wontd 20 toward breaking down
the Unlon party, lie ala not know, hut ono
thing 10 DID know, 4 would 90 very far
Congress. Ue thought that K VT cou!l not
mako Ut, our minds 10 stand 10 cur posts. NC
Iced not bc IN hasto. ut any ratc. to nAnpt 4
resolution 70 adlot's1.. The poor!e OF Penn.
{nap ~ thcru Il anything to do. aud tho
| ,oute. the better. lie did not believe We
could do tho business tcfnro ~ properly aud
deliberately IN throo ycaEe. llr Thought Wc
ought not 10 think o. aAjoarn!ng u9tll vo
! rebcl Statca to fnrln Constitutions on tue
principles Of universal suffrage and OF pro-
scc.ing loyal men. and 10 cpahlc thon, to q.
cantzc State Governments under them. lie
deemed such a Law Of far greater Importance
lie hoped gentlemen would mot net hast!ly
on tic euhJcct Of adjournment.
Mr.. rsicc. Of Iowa, thought II Important
that members thon1u b. at home, Attending
tho President Gun do uothiuE 10 tnlurc tlc
country until this Congress expires. We
have no power over the thousands Of small
ot!ice holders, who arc really tho working pol
tttctana. lie believed thu President 10 DO the
yilest man thst ever sa. In that place, md ho
would eiay hero aud dit. II necessary, to
thwart ht* trnttoFons schemes; but he did not
believe any good could be accomplished by
sir. shc1labarger, of ohio. regretted the
. ulauifcs, inclination Of members 10 20 homo
speedily, not that he wished Them to ssay In.
detiultely, but he did think they should stay
until their work was dorc, and well done.
: lie regretted that be saw no disposition to
stay long enough to pass Important bills, like
, the ono to take nwny from the President tho
power or removal, and TO pass them over the
/ veto II they should be vetoed.
Mr.. Conkllng, oil New York, thought that
= | whatever Congress- does In leclslAslon ought
+ 10 be done deliberately and with care: not
! under whip and spur, a. had been suggested
5 burnc. That was the very worst manner ol
} leg1s1atlng. BE concurrcd entirely with Afr.
:. Stevens ID this view OF the case. He hoped
i we should not meet at any other than the
!, usual hour; that VIC stay long enough to do
t all our business properly, mud then adjourn.
Mr.. Farnsworth, OF Illinois, offered q reso.
luton that Congress would not adjourn until
n isw had been passed restraining the P1est'
t dents power Of removal; but the previous
members, Mr. F.'s resolution was not re-
!, cciyed.
:. The demand for the previous question WIS
y susinincd, and the provision 10 meet at IL
d o'clock Was stricken out.
The resolution to adjourn on tho sd thel
It 1 coming up, str. Stevens, OF Pennsyivanta
i. moved to lay II on the tasle. This was lost
i and the resolution was then adopteli yeas
lii. Raymond mo1ed that the injunction o
Mr Stevens, q snny gaed III fGS6b
d 1t won1d be, that tho people might sec hos
II Indifferent Congress was to the public good.
a. The resolution was then una1fnousl,
adopted, and the meeting adjourned.