Baltimore daily commercial. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1865-1867, 1866-05-10
XXxIXTH CONGRESS.
Post Office Appropriation bill.
DEBATE ON PREVENTION OF CHOLERA
The Reconstruction Question.
" WAsHINGTOF,
SENATE.

WASHINGTON, May 9.
SENATE.
MISCELLANEOUS
Mr.. Cowan presented twenty-one petitions nu,nar-
ousy signed by citizens Of Pennsylvanio asking on
amendment of the internal revenue laws sn as to
protect protect labor Referred to the Committee on Fl
nance.
Mr.. Wiley. presented the petition of one hundred
ana nlnetysix citizens of Harpers Ferry who have
nHIcGaSed hOmesteadS under the United States an
!horlty stating that by the action of the Government
increasing work at the armory. their property has
9een much deprecated, and they ask authority 10
dispose Of it to manufacturing companies from the
S2rth. h. Referred to the Committee on Military AZ
Mr.. Chandler introduced bill TO regulate the
of nitro -slycerine Referred to the
Mr.. Doolittle introduced bill to restore certain
nnuItles to certain bands Of Sioux Indians Refer
red to Committee on Indian Affairs.
Mr.. Henderson introduced n bill to repuIste on-
Polntmenfs to and removals from Office. Ordered to
- Mr.. Wade, from the Committee on the District Of
Columbia reported the bill to incorporate the Ma
tonal Theological Institute of Washington: which
Mr.; Wiley. from the Committee on the District Of
pi Golumn!a, reported back without amendment the
6l repesiing the 4th section Of the Declaration of
District of Columbia. ~ '"0
Mr.. Grimes from the Committee on Naval Affairs
reported the bill to provide for the restoration of
Gommander Charles Hunter to his former rank in
| the navy. N-N 40
Hunter
chased blockade runner nearer than marine league
from the Coast Of Cuba. The Spanish government
Hunter was dismissed. No reasons now listed wbv
ne should not be restored as was evidenced by letters
from d fae Secreares Of State and the Navy which nc
would ask TO nave read. An amendment of the Com
mlttee to the bill was agreed to, and it was then
passed.
&c., DEPosIToRs OF PUBLIC MONIES
=, Mr- GrlmeS offered resolution instructiue the
COMMITTEE on Finance to inquire into the expedien
fg Of pTfSyidng f by law that no public money in the
any but a United States sub-treasury, where such
exist and in this city in the United States Treasury,
CHOLERA PREvEYTIoNs
On motion Of Mr.. Chandler the House joint reso-
the ports of the United States the question being on
the substitute reported yesterday by tho COMMITTEES
| on C'mmerce, Mr. Chandler said that he did not
profess to know so much of the cholera as some 9TH
ers; he only had il twice and had only devoted four
years TO the consideration of it. Mr. C. then argued
tne reasons " ny the resolutio should be passed.
No one had ever found out that the cholera was
rot c9atagioTs until yesterday, when the Senator
Until that time this had been a mooted point The
| resolution presented by the committee was in ac-
cordance with the plan recommended by the Ameri-
can Medical Convention, lately in session at Balt-
more, composed of the most eminent of their pro
lesion 1t remained for the Senate now to dispose
Mr.. Morrill, expressed doubt as to the power of
CONGRESS to pass the resolution. The consent Of tho
states would first be necessary.
Mr. Edmunds said the cholera did not know any
thing about State rights; it would not stop at State
nes. Inns was matter that concerned the general
wenare-the inland states as well as the seaboard
States, and in his judgment it was very pertinent
or congress to egislate on it. In view of the near
to take all possible precauton.
Mr. Sumner said the resolution had the merit of
efficiency. 1t certainly did confer unprecedented
power on the Government but he was willing to
vote for 1t under the circumstances.
Mr. Morrill, had no faith in the bill being able to
accomplish anything if the matter was taken out of
the hands of the State authorities.
WV, POST OFFICE APPROPRIATION BILL
without dlSpoSlng OF the question the unfinished
business Of yesterday, beirg the Postoce Appropr-
ailnn bi was taken up, the question being on the
removals from office, on which Mr. Wilson, of Mas
Mr. Wilson addressed the Senate at length, and an
animated debate eGsued. participated in by Messrs
Sowan, Creswell, Edmunds, Doolittle, Sumner and
Nye. when the latter gave way to Mr.. Sumner, on
whose motion the Senate At $50 ?. NJ. adjourned. ~
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
MISCELLANEOUS.
The Speaker laid before the House a communion
ton from the Attorney General, giving the number
of clerks employed in his Office from what States ap-
who were rebel Union soldiers acting as clerks it
appears that there are none of the latter class The
communication was ordered to be printed
The Speaker also laid before the House additional
papers IN the contested election case of Fuller vs.
BaWson; OF the Sixteenth Pennsylvania District
Mr.. Julian, Of Ind, introduced bill to regulate
suffrage IN the Territories Referred.
/, MI. Taylor; OF n. l.. introduced bill to amend
to certain disabled officers Referred,
,r ADMIRAL FARRAGUT.
Mr. Rice, of Mass, asked and obtained leave to re-
Pot ir2m the Committee on Naval Affairs. bill to
Wt t S1Ge AdmlFal IarFagut to have secretary.
Mr. Rice explained that Admiral Farragut has no
stan, and was therefore compelled 30 attend to his
own private affairs with which he had been bur-
dened. Although he in the vigor of health his
eye sight mad become much impaired in the service.
he oeAeVed no one would object to the bill The bill
was then passed.
Mr. OFT
Judiciary reported bill to amend the passport laws
so as to prohibit foreigner from obtaining pass
debate. "-''''- "'-' PAS''u WITHOUT
RECONSTRUCTION.
Inc nouse then resumed as the special ORDER the
tonstltuuonal Amendment providing plan for res
torat0n The speeches under the rule of the House
were limited to thirty minutes.
said that he did not expect the unrepentant thirty
three on the other side of this House to be pleased
with the report of the Committee on Reconstruct
ton. This could not be expected from those who
nad been on the rebel side in every measure put
pect the approval OF those six JohnSonan con-
verts to the Democracy who sat on his (the Republ-
cam side of the hall, and who were headed by the
seemed to be attacked with the most virulent form
OF the new disease. But from the remaining mem
oerS ?I TINS House he hoped unanimous approval
OF this Constitutional Amendment. He favored the
first section securing to the citizens of the United
states IN the States all of the privileges and immu-
mites and although these provided for in the
Civil Rights BILL it was better to have it in the or
sanic law of he land
lie was surprised to hear opposition from Repub-
Gcans to the third section, disfranchsing ali who
voluntarily aided the rebellion from voting for Pres
dent and Vice President and members Of Congress
TIL 1871. This was indeed a mild punishment
Other nations punished rebellion that did not be-
come revolution, by death. by confscaton, and by
as mild punishment if in fact, it could be called
punishment. Probst, the Dutchman, killed eight
and would be hung. These Southern democratic
leaders killed two hundred and ninety thousand Of
our fellow citizens. and yet only proposed de-
prlve them from voting for four yearsl He hoped
the amendment would pass as it came from the com
mitteea.,
Mr.. shanklin, of Kentucky, followed in opposition
to the report and characterized it as an attempt to
degrade and humiliate the Southern people by re-
ducing to sers so that the North could rule over
and was willing to obey the laws and Constitution
1t was scheme to perPetuate the party in power.
had been used to misrepresent and furnish capital
for speeches to be sent out from this Hail. Our policy
here should be liberal and lenent and not tyranni-
cal and oppressive towards the South. The policy of
the majority here had been of hate. Austria had
failed in such course. We need not fear these
people. They would keep their faith. They were
brave, and the brave maintained their word.
Mr.. Raymond, of New York, was glad that the
stinacy Of the British Ministry who pnt forth their
Parliamentary Reform bill in Parliament, but had
made complete report. He saw nothing however,
in this report OF the committee that could not have
been brought forward three months ago. He pro-
ceeded to discuss the amendment serioti and said
that he thought with one exception, it proper
that all of the sections of the amendment but one
should be sent to the States for ratification He ia
vorei the first section because he had believed the
Civil Rights bill unconstitutional and this proposed
to make the features of that law part of the Con-
stution of the United States. Having voted against
the bill, he should vote for this section of the amend
ment.
The second section, fixing the basis of representa-
ton. he should give his hearty support because il
was based on suffrage for representation and that
was what he favored when the other constitutional
amendment was pending in the House. With regard
to the third section dsfranchisng those who Younta
rily aided the rebellion, for voting for Federal Off
GERS till 1870, 1t did not meet his approval 1t seem
ed to have been placed in the amendment to prevent
the rest of it from being adopted. He did charge
that but it so certainly appeared to him. This sec
ton virtually disranchised the entire people of the
South. and open to the charge that the Repub-
lcan party intended it for the purpose of carrying
the next Presidential election though judging from
remark made the other day by Mr.. Stevens rela-
tive to General Grants being the next candidate
there possibly might be discussion when that time
came.
lie was opposed to the third section entirely. We
had got to live with these Southern people under the
same government and in social and business rela-
tons. The course of Poland and Austria warned us
that 1t would not do to keep these States mere de-
| Tendencies. England an hundred years ago had
passing laws and appropriating money for that sec
ton, and yet the feeling of these people was shown
to-day in the growth of Fenianisn. In Conclusion
MIR. Raymond said he favored all fthe amendment
but the third section.
Mr.. Mckee. of Kentucky, next addressed the
| House and first adverted to the resolution which
4 passed this House Decem