The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1864-1911, 1867-01-30
Weekly SnEssI2IoTJ CT tsle De:Fiss
of the Ruulp Congress.
MONDAY.

~ ~ , I
OF the sSuup Congress
MONDAY.
T,;s Senate transacted bu; little business.
A lill was passed appropriating the next
proceeds Of the internal revenue IN the
Territories. in the wars lS66, 1857. ana
Ief,S for the erection of peniteBtariest there
in The bin to regulate the tenure OF oihce,
and 10 Hnii; the appointing power at the
President was discussed at some length,
bpt no conclusion arrived at.
In the House, under the call OF the /
States for resolutions; the resolution offered |
A week previously, by MIR. Loan. of Missouri |
came mn. Ii recited that 1t Is the lmpara-
tive duty of Congress to take, without delay !
such action as will accomplishment, the
impeachmcnt of Mr. johnson, and his re-
moyal from office for high crimes and ms
dvsaeaBors, of which he is VIGOROUSLY guilty
and secondly. to provide for the faithful
administration of the Executive depart
men, within the bounds nrescrleed by law.
Lean. delivered himself of It written speech,
in which be charged Mr.. johnson WITH
being privv to the assassination OF Mr., Ian
coin. lie was called to order by Mr.. Hale
| lRad1, but the Speaker decided that Mr.,
! Loan was in order. Mr.. Hale then de-
mandcd of Loan tbat'hc specify the INST
article of prc Of to st.stain his charge. lie
! thought that was due to the character OF
the House. IS wei as to the character OF the
country. Mr. Loan declined to comply,
and said he wonld manage his alters In his
own way. There was considerable excite
! ment in the House, and several were anXl-
GUS to get the fnor after Loan closed but
the hour devoted to such business having
expired, the resolution was laid aside, -
An Intellectual effort WAS made by Mr.
/ Uo pcr. OF Mas, to suspend the rules OF
the House. in order to get its sense ON the
cmtaimcnt of the currency. The vote
h wever, showed that majority of the
House is opposed to curtaiInent.
TUESDAY.
| In the Senate petitions were presented
against contraction OF the currency; Ter
HE passage of bill prohibiting lntcmper-
ate persons from holding office under the
Government; and for a specific tax OF five
dollars mr. thousand on domestic cigars. =
Tile credentials Of Mr.. Campbell, Senator,
elect from South Carolina, were presented
and ordered to lie on the table. Mr., How
ar,l called up his resolution, Offered some
days ago. inStructing the Committee Oh
Foreign Relations to report on the present
rcI,ti0ns between France and Mexico, and
the relations Of the United States 10 both.
/, Mr., Howard spoke at length on the resolu
tion Mr.. Sumner rose to reply, but the
!, morning hour having expired. he was cut
. p,f The hil to regulate the tenure o.
!, office was further discussed,
In the House, petition was presented
, signed by inhabitants of Richmond, asking
u that Judge Underwood be appointed Pro
E yisional Govcnor of Virginia. The Com
mittee on Commerce was requested TO m
sder the proposed improvement OF the st
: Clair flats, in Michigan. The Commute
! en- Claims was instructed to report the iaet
!, connected with the capture Of JeiferSol
, Davis The Camn'itto" on Indian affair
!, was directed TO inqnire into 3canage SLAYER,
! existing in New Mexico and Colorado. -
The Joint Committee on Retrenchmen
! was directed to inquire whether an? gold IL
: the New York 2ubtrca,ury has been re
= Gently Inanetl aud why, in the preSen
stringent condition Of the money market
. tI,. current balance in the Sub treasury j
constantly increasing Mr.. koontz Rad.
Of PENNSYLVANIA, made an adccfSe repoI
= from the Committee for the District q
=, Columbia, on the memorial OF iuhabitant
,s OF foreign birth, praying for the same poi
- tical and civil rights as negroes. The Nc
~ blaska bill was taken up. IN ameudmel
" was offered by Mr. Boutwell, llad.)
~ Massachusetts, requiring the legislature
- t1asRsa lpw giving 70 fiegrocs the }salI
~, political rights as whites, before it shall
~ admitted. The Constitution, as presentt
5h1o to Congress, gave sugragh to whites alOn
y ~ Boutwe / 5 amendment was minded to ca
the conscience Of those extreme Rndicd
wholroiasted aepinst the aimiS. ION Of 81
=, more States thai mad the word white
it. Thad. Stevens took occasion to say th
,he Government of the United States ney
al had oean republican; ard that the State
as Pennsylvania is net to-day a republic
It Governments, and that he wi-hed Congrf
:. woull take it in hand and make it repuL
can. Mr. DOutweiE's conscience rlaster W
agreed to by vote Of 81 yeas to - nays
J The bill, as amended was then passed
J yeas lO5; nays S. The Colorado bill "
La then taken ilp, the above amendment add
lu and the bill passed yeas 90; nays GJ.
l'9 10 WEDNESDAY,.
le- In the Senate, the Ntbraska bi.l was
ary ken mp Mr.. Wade moved to concur
he the Boutwell, Amendment, Mr.. L imur
IN, Rad. J, of Vermont, opposed The mo il
va arguing lIdG tIle JF'SlHIdtuiG bt tHt 1EI |
to ~ had nothing to do with the matter, Il
op either Congress should decide the sufru
md question OF the people Of the Territory.
in substitute was offered to submit the qI
ton to the people, which was voted down
Get yeas. lS nays q The Boutwell, Amer
but mcpt was then 4yrccd to-yeas % nays
OPP The CsigaSsAirstJAl was thea pat through
10 a vote OF - yeas to II nays lhe ljol
Coolie resolution Was passed. MIR. liz
arIs Mexican resolution WAS disagreed
The bill to regulate he tenure OF office '
debated Mr. Cowan said the whole nu
=, berof ot1.es IN The gilt OF the President :
"T' 2,434. The whole number OF removals
.as =" ring the past year vas 4I6. In reply
~ ~, the statement OF Mr. Sherman that scar
,,n ly any OF the recent ap .)olntm erts OF
va President had been sont to the Senate,
rn'. n,;t Cowan stated that out Of tie 4i6 appoi
".,' na mcqts and removals made by the Prenid
&c. &C. 3j7 had been sent to the Senate, aud
w, w. Senate had acted on five of them on!.
'1' =" In the House, Mr.. Spalding Rad wi
III ed to offer Il resolution in3tru3tlng tile .
,a dietary Committee to report to the Ho
~ an opinion Of tie necessity OF obtaining
,,at sanction of other than two thirds Of the
.;Uo .;Uo al States sliow actually represented in G
NV NV gress--tot the proposed Constitutional anne
tI' tIr ment. Mr.. Fink Dem. objected, and
/, - - resolution wasnot received. Thad Steve
: :" bill to reconstruct the Southern States
nnsi taken up. sir. Paine, Rad of Wise
1"a sill, opposed the bill in violent onslau
10 on its author. He was opposed PAL tcu