The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1867-01-04


for the admission Of NeJroSka into tic
Union as Il ,StatG.
Mr.. President, do not feel any great
amount of interest in the pending mo-
ton for the postpOnCmcnt of this sub
jcct until next month, nor do | feel any
considerable degree of interest in the
amendment to the bill whjvh has been
the main matter ofdebatc ihiS morning ;
| mean the admission of this state upon
a proposed fundamental condition rcla-
ting to suffrage. AS to the first question,
the question of pOstpOnCmcnt, it is one
of those which naturally and properly
belong to the majority of the body to
fix and determine for themselves. All
that the gentlemen who do not cOnsti-
tuto that majority, who are not rcspOn-
sibc for the manner and time in which
the business of the Senate is conducted,
can claim is, that whom measures arc
pending they shall be fully and fairly
heard; that Ihc Judgment Of the body
shall only be pronounced after they
have had reasonable opportunity tc
submit their sentiments to it for its con-
sideration. Therefore, last evening
submitted some remarks in the spirit in
which have just made this ObscrVa-
ton. then stated that desired to be
heard upon this general question of thC
admission of new States intOt the Union
and that | was content to conform my
self to the desire of the majority of the
Senate, either to proceed last evening
or to speak to-day or upon some Other
subsequent occasion which might bC
| fixed.
AS to the proposed amendment to tht
bill, to which have alluded, | have tt
remark that in the first place suppos'
it has been sufficiently discussed; ii il
unnecessary TO add anything upon cith
er side of the argument. IN the sccont
nlacc, conlesscdly rs regards the appli
cation of II provision of this Kind to th'
Territory or proposed state of Nebraska
| II would have no considerable effect, ne
nroctirnl opcraton, and therefore ii II
not necessary that We should debate i
at length. pass that topic, therefore
and embrace the occasion to speak upon
tho merits of the bill itself, following il
this particular the example set me bl
other members who have discussed th'
hin itself when speaking in point o
form upon different propositions ol
amendment submitted to 1t.
Mr.. President, in lh6i the Senate
from Ohio, Mr.. WADE who has cllarg
of the present bill, as tho chairman o.
the Committee ON Territories, reporle'
three enabling acts to the Senate ON
was to enable the people of Nevada L
form constitution of State goNcrhmch
for themselves; another was to enabl
tha peoplc of the Territory of to'orai
to do the same thing; and the third NJ
! was TO enable the people of Nebraska I
do the same thing. These three hilI
, were reported hy him AND were pass
bv the senate at his instance, he takln
upon himself on several occasions III
whole or nearly the whole OF the dcbd'
in their favor. propose to examine u
, a short time those bills presented bE III
same member who now desires us I
: pass this bill; and make this eNaic>C
!, alton because those bills, md th" nm
" and circumstances uulrr when ihI
i were paS,cd and the object !u view
their enactment, are all Intimately cOl
nectcd with The question bcio.c H..