Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1866-05-18

fu soldier has closed hs service with receiving The
same moment with his honorable discha ge the last dol
lar due. Is here then any lurking dsnger A. 10 our
present and mturt financial cOnuiuon The confidence
Of the people in their Government be shaken
the ygor and elasticity Of American industry uufya
ed our resources, abundant to-day vii be greater to.
moiro~ no empire, sncent OF modern received,
daily or annually, revenues Of EQUAL magnitude and the
wealth hidden In eome Of our single mountains II Il
could be aced In the balance, would make national
debt Kick the beam where thea is the clio ID biz
ger than msns hand Ii rises only In that quAiter
from whence dis0yAl REPRESENTA- iyes may Open
aud nohoat Populations lust power. save us fom
these and the United States Government will survive,
With It's credit and civil glories radiant with youth and
'hf fame OF long after the final IN the his
tory OF anti republican Govt1nmtnts snail have been
written.
1.-The appendix alluded to above estimates the redue-
on IN taxes by this bill at $751; coo This list Of ar.
ees in which our readers are interested we have before
givsn.l
In the Senate, May IL, the joint resolution
providing for carrying into immediate effect
the bill for the better organization of the Pay
Department Of the Navy, was passed.
The joint resolution to prevent the intro
duction OF cholera into the United States was
discussed by Messrs. Sumner, Johnson and
Morrill,, until the expiration Of the morning
hour.
The Post Office Appropriation bill was
then taken up.
Mr.. Howard opposed the policy Of the
President, oontending that instead Of being
identical with that of Lincoln, they were wide
apart as the poles. The President claimed
absolute power as executive, to interfere for
the restoration Of the rebel States, while Lin
cola ever repudiAted that idea. The Presi-
dent has no power under the constitution to
make war or peace, nor has any power been
conferred upon him by Congress to declare
peace even in regard to the rebel States. Mr.
Howard also denied the power of the Presi-
dent to appoint provisional Governors, and
such appointments were enormous, usurping
the powers Of Congress. The speech is quite
lengthy in elaboration Of Of these points
Mr.. Cowan replied that neither the Presi-
dent nor Congress could restore the States.
\ The States must do that for themselves.
/ At the conclusion Of Mr.. Cowan's speech
the question was taken upon the following
amendment:
That no person exercising or performing
or undertaking to the exercise or performing
duties Of any office which by law are required
TO be filled by the advice or consent OF the
Senate, shall not before confirmation receive
any compensation for his services. unless COM
mssioned by the President to fill a vacancy
occasioned by death, resignation OF expirs-
ton OF term during the recess of the Senate
and since its last adjournment"
The vote stood. yeas l6, nays %, absent
or not voting 10, so the amendment was dis
agreed to and the bill then passed.
The House is not in session to-day.
In the Senate, May IA, Mr.. Stewart intro.
duced bill smendatory Of his former propo-
sition, providing for impartial suffrage, to be
assented to by the Southern States and ex-
clusioD from office Of the President and Vice
President Of the so-called confederacy, and
members OF the seth Congress and heads OF
the departments who went into the rebellion ;
also those who have been cruel to Union pris.
oners. A general amnesty is extended on
compliance with the condition proposed.
The bill to prevent smuggling on the north
ern frontier was taken up.
In the House, a resolution was adopted
instructing the Judiciary Committee to inc uire
into the expediepcy of altering the laws, so as
to sbrogate the tenure Of Office at the pleas
ure of the appointing powers, and to make all
official trusts, terminated at certain times,
subject only to the condition Of good be-
havior.
] A resolution was offered that committee
of three be appointed to proceed to Memphis,
there to investigate the late alleged riots, &C.,
with power to send for persons and papers.
Adopted-yeas 81, nays %
Mr.. Chanler offered resolutions indorsing
the President as patriotic in his yetoes, and
directing the Chairman Of the Freedmen
Bureau Committee to bring in bill repeal
ms the bills relative thereto, but the House
refused to see them.
A resolution was offered directing the
Banking Committee to inquire into the expe-
diency Of repeating the whole or part of the
tax on circulating notes Of State banks after
July /, 1866. Rejected.
4 MIR. Schenck offered resolution censurin1
Mr.. Chanler for resolutions offered in the
early part of to-days session endorsing the
vetoes of the President, &c. Mr.. Schenck
said be would have proposed expelling Mr..
Chanler, but he hardly believed he under
stood the character OF the resolu tions he had
offered. Adopted, 70 against 80.
The tax bill was then taken up in Commit
tee Of the Whole.
In Senate. May IS, Mr.. Fessenden gave
notice that he should call up the reconstruc-
ton resolutions from the House on Monday
and press them to vote.
bill passed fixing Richmond as the place
and May and Decembe. as the time for hold
ing the United States Circuit Court in Viz
ginia, instead Of at Norfolk.
| At o'clock message was received from
the President vetoing the Colorado bill.
A bill to prevent smuggling was discussed
and passed.
| Mr.. McDougall called for the reading of
the veto message.
| Mr.. Fessenden moved the Senate 20 into
executive session; agreed to.
! In the House. Mr.. Wilson offered an
amendment which he proposed as a substi-
tute for one of the bills proposed by the
Constitution Committee which was ordered
printed. 1t provides that when the amend
ment shall have become part of the Con-
stitution, and any State lately in rebellion
shall comply with its requirements by modi.
Tying its Constitution in conformity herewith,
Senators and Representatives from said State,
If found duly elected and qualified, and after
taking the required oath of office, may be ad-
mitted to Congress, provided such State shall
entertain equal suffrage for all male citizens
not less than 81 years of age, and such SEN
ators md Representatives may be admitted to
Congress without awaiting the action Of other
States on said amendment. This shall not
require the disfranchsement of any loysl
person entitled to vote
resolution WAS adopted that the Pension
committee enquire into the nronr;a,y 81