The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1867-02-08
CONGRESSIONAL.
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~ " % SENATE.
ON, motion Of Mr.! Sumner, the Presi-
dent was requested to communicate any
recent correspondence between the De-
partment of State and the minister at
Stockholm in relation to the report of
his transfer from Stockholm to B0gota.
Mr.. Williams called up tho resolution
giving % per cent. increased compen-
sation to clerks and other civil employ
es of the Government at Washington
forEone asear, ending June 1st, 1867,
which was discussed till n o'clock,
when Mr.. Fessenden called MP the leg
islative,f Executive and Judicial appro-
priation bill.
A debate occurred, Mr. Sumner charg-
ing the Secretary of the Treasury with
controlling his clerks in political con-
siderations. ssn Z f,
Mr.. Fessenden disagreed with the Sen
ator.
Other members joined in the discus
sion. Finally the question was taken
on the amendment appropriating $5O,-
600 for temporary clerks in the Treasury
department, and authorizing the Seere-
tary to classify the clerks according to
character Of service 1t was adopted.
Recess till Z o'clock.
Ia House.
On motion of Mr.. Kasson the commit
tee on coinage, weights and measures
was instructed to attend the annual
ASSAY at the United States mint on Mon
day, and examine the management and
~af AVID rannrf xyhQf manE-
nres if any would tend to greater econ
omy, efficiency in system of United
States miatage, or improvements OF
coinage. ( z
House took up the bill reported yes
terday from the reconstruction commit
tee to provide more efficient government
for the insurrectiOnary States.
After some discussion as to how long
the debate should last without action,
Mr.. Ashley, rising to q personal ones,
ton, sent to the Clerks desk and had
read q correspondence from the Cincin-
natl Commercial protesting to give the
circumstances connected with the offer
ir.g of Mr.. Ashley's impeachment reso-
luton. The reading caused much
amusement. Mr.. Ashley said that o fall
the falsehoods manufactured and sent
from this city by reckless. stupid ma
~liyners, this story was the most silly.
He had never had, up to the time
of offering the resolution, any cores.
pondence or conversation with General
Butler on the subject, nor had he
known what his views were except from
newspaper reports. He had his own
views. Since his first interview
with the President, correcting HIMSELF
the acting President, after the assassina-
ton of Mr.. Lincoln, the first gentleman
to whom he had read it was Mr.. Wash
burne, of Illinois, and nc one would ac-
cnse him of want of friendship for Cen
eral Grant. He had also shown it to
Mr.. Stevens and two or three other gen.
tlemen. Certainly nothing was further
from his thoughts, or the thoughts OF
those he had consulted than the idea of
stabbing General Grant i'll the dark. 1t
was well known that no officer of the
army could be impeached, therefore the
story on that point wa so stupid as to
be only worthy of contempt. As to Ian
guage alleged to have been used to him by
his colleague, Bingham, no such Ian
a was ever used. He would not
have risen to a personal explanation on
his own account, but lie had yielded TO
the Judgment of others.
Mr.. Stevens resuming the floor on u
bill TO provide for insurrectionary
States, prefaced his remarks by stating
that the reference made to him in n cor
respondence Just received, was wholly
He supported the bill. and said
lie would move previous question ut
one o'clock tomorrow. 4
The debate was continued by Messrs.
Hicks and Farnsworth in
support, and Messrs. lie Blond and
Fincke in opposition.
Mr.. LeBlOnd said the adoption of this
law would be the death knell of civil
liberty on this continent, and the estab-
lishment of military despotisln over the
country. He opposed the bill as uncon-
Mr.. Farnsworth said if civil liberty
meant the right to destroy and slaughter
pleasure, then he trusted that this
was its death knell. The bill was franz
,d for the purpose of protecting all peo-
pie in insurrectionary States, and the
necessity for il was found i'll the fact
that there was at present no protection
those d~isorgsnized States afforded by
aud civil tribunals. He believed
the bill was in accordance with the
of Gen. Grant.
In reply to the question, Mr.. Farms
said he did not claim to personal
to that effect.
Mr.. Bingham. rising for Il few min
utcs, before the hour for recess, dcclar-