Charles City intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa) 1864-1866, 1866-03-01

The Washington correspondent OF
the Chicago Tribune, writing under
date Of February goth, says:
The scene i'm Congress today was
unprecedented The rotunda passages
were crowded and not only were the
galleries of both houses full, but
around each door people were packed
by scores, and there they stood for
hours waiting to catch accounts OF
what was going on within in the SEN
ate. The galleries were packed at
eleven A. NJ.
Ben Wade during the morning hour
introduced an amendment to the Con
stitution declaring that no one should
be eligible to the Office of President
for more than one term. In speech
of great force and power he took issue
directly with Mr.. johnson, and said
that any one who would favor the adj
mission of unwashed traitors to the
floor of Congress was himself trail
tor at heart r...e
AS soon as the veto message came
up, Mr.. Davis obtained the floor and
proceeded to speak against time, the
object being to defer vote until Rev.
erdy Johnson, who was at Baltimore
and had been photographed for, could
arrive. This end was accomplished.
Judge Trumbull proceeded to dis
sect the message, and showed its glar-
ing Inconsistencies in an argument,
which, for legal skill and power has
seldom been equalled in the Senate.
Judge Trnmbull deserves the thanks
of all loyal people for his effort. At
the close of his speech the vote was
taken, and Norton, Doolittle, Dixon,
Stewart, Morgan and Cowan, who were
elected as Union men, voting against
it, there was lack Of two votes ne
cessary to carry tile bill
Except that the veto has demonstra-
ted that there is not two-thirds ma
jority in the Senate. the President has
gained nothing, and his course is con-
sidered by all as short-sighted in the
extreme. The majority Of thirty is
against him stronger than ever. The
Reconstruction Committee, although
prepared to report favorably to the ad-
mission of Tennessee delegates, post
poned all action in the case, and in
view of the Presidents course report
ed the following -
Resolred, That in order to close the agitation
of question which seems likely to disturb
Al Il N 20,
quiet the uncertainty which exists in the
minds of the people OF the eleven States
which have been declared 70 be in instruction,
no Senator or Representative shall be admitted
into either branch of Congress from either Of
these States until Congress shall have declared
such States entitled to such representation.
The previous question having been
called, on this the Democrats, under
the lead of Eldridge of Wisconsin, set
themselves to work TO defeat the meas
IRE, by exactly the means employed at
the time the Nebraska Act was under
consideration. Notions to adjourn, and
postpone, the calling Of the ayes and
noes, and all the subterfuges known to
parliamentary warfare were tried from
o'clock to nearly 8, when the opposi.
ton was defeated and the motion was
carried by vote Of 100 to 40; Messrs.
Raymond. Hale, Newell. Phelps, Green
Clay Smith, Latham and Whalley vo.
ting no, while Messrs. Delano and Kas.
son, with four Eastern members, dodg'
ed. A number of Republicans were
absent when the vote was taken upon
a motion to reconsider they will re
cord their votes tomorrow. The reso
luton will pass the Senate. 1t is the
first fruits Of the Presidents course
Let the country be sure that the large
majority in Congress is stronger thar
at any previous moment during the
parliamentary diminishing. Every
form of objection was made to the rul
ing of the Chair and nearly every pre-
cedent in the history Of the House wa'
i cited. With a less skilled parliamen