Charles City intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa) 1864-1866, 1866-03-15
Charles City, Iowa, March Is, 1866.
Wanted. at this Office. an apprentice to the
printing business.
Congress.

Wanted, at this office, an apprentice to the
printing business.
Congress.
PASSAGE OF STEVENS CONCURRENT RESOLUTION.
In the Senate, on the Cd inst, the
concurrent resolution of the House, rel
alive to the admission Of members
from the rebel States, was taken up.
when Mr.. Cowan took the floor in OPP
position thereto. Davis of KY. fol-
lowed in a most violent, abusive and
revolutionary speech of over two hours
in length. AS usual, no one paid any
attention to his speech, until, neer it's
close, he became so reasonable as to
wake up the entire Senate to an appre-
citation of new danger with which
the country was threatened, and which
was being set ON foot by Southern con-
spirasoss with tho cooperation OF
Northern copperheads. Davis's lam
guage was as reasonable and traitor
GUS as any ever uttered on the floor of
the Senate. He distinctly declared
that he would far rather trust the peo-
ple of the South and their representa-
tiyes than the members of the Senate
from the Northern States, and so he
believed would the American people.
He said that, should this resolution
pass, we might see in this land two
bodies -one composed of the Southern
Representatives and Senator'S and Dem
ocratic and Conservative members from
the North, and the other Of the Repub-
lican members alone. Each Of these
bodies would claim to be the Congress,
and the President would be obliged to
recognize one or the other. AS the
former body would be in the majority,
it would be the duty Of the President
to recognize them as the lawful and le-
gitimate Congress of the United States!
Mr.. Davis said that he believed Gen.
jackson would do this, and by the etsr-
nal he hoped President johnson would
invite these Southern members elect to
Washington, and, uniting with them
the men he had designated, recognize
them as the Congress. Where then,
he tauntingly asked, wonld the uncon-
stitutional fanatics on the other side Of
the Senate 6ud themselves.
This brought Mr.. Doolittlc to the
floor, who, while opposed to the reso'
luton, denounced in severe terms the
language Of Mr.. Davis, and declared
his ideas and statements to be beyond
the range of possibility. He further
denied, under any circumstances, the
right or power of the President to say
who should or should not be admitted
to the floors Of either House Of Con-
gress.
Here is the resolution
Resolved INV the House of Representatives,
the Senate concurringl, That in order to close
agitation upon question which seems likely
10 disturb the action of the Government, as
we'll AZ to quiet the uncertainty which exists
in the minds of the people of the eleven
States which have been declared in insurrec-
ton, no Senator or Representative shall be ad-
mitted into either branch Of Congress from
any of said States till Congress shall have de-
clared such States entitled to representation.
That this is meant to assert the ex-
elusive power of Congress over ques-
tions of Reconstruction, and that the
loyal North almost unanimously stands
by Congress in this declaration of its
power and its purpose, is perfectly
well understood This resolution is,
in fact a portion Of that reported on
the first day of the session by Mr.. Ste
vens, adopted by the House, and sub
sequently struck out by the Senate.
Its passage at this time shows the adj
vance made by the latter body, under
the influence of popular opinion, and
in accordance with changing circum-
stances-at the White House, and else
where.
Senators Wilson, Salisbury, McDou-
gall, and Fessenden discussed the res
olution at considerable length, and at
I o'clock the vote was taken, and the
resolution passed; % members voting
therefor, and Is opposed. OF those
who were formerly Republicans. Sena-
tors Cowan, Dixon, Norton, Stewart,
Van Wrinkle. Doolittle and Morgan vo-
ted with the minority.