New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1867-03-04


At 38s an executive session was held
EVENING SESSION
The executive session adjourned At O'Clock, ana
the Senate rcasscmbcd IN Legislative -tNou a q O'clock
ulE HEcoNsrRU,GIoN mu-rAssAoE oNth iHE WHO.
As:sohc veto Of the President the Reconstruction
bin was taken up aud read. The reading having been
concluded,
Mr. JOHNSON dem. SID took tie floor and said
While doing ~ he mo.i sincerely did ful justice 10 the
purpOse OF the PRESIDENT hc could not but
regret that he uhc President had felt himself compelled
TO come 10 that result and 10 scud this message 10 Con
ress. There we've many propositions IN law contained
in that message which could not be maintained. There
were many errors Judgment IN 1t wlsch upon eSamina-
on would be apparent aud, above ALL the rosht 10
which lac uhr President had becn compelled to come in
the oxcrciec OF his Judgment, which, there WIS no
doubt was conscienOusly exercised lie tr Johnson
saw nothing but continued turmoil, danger and error
10 the South aud 10 the entire country. He rose,
therefore for the purpose Of stating very briefly, In
addition 10 what lac had already sad when the measure
was before the Senate on q former OCCASION why ~
was that he had east the vote he had cast on bat 0cca
Applause al the galleries which Was rtpiessed ny
The Chair il wiz not be Tor moment suProseu s,la
that governed now, OF that was governed hen by
any hope OF popular applause NY ollNss, u h s my
self were perfectly pure and patriotic. saw before me
a distracted and almost bleeding country. ihought
be restored 10 u henlihfu condition, aud the Constitution
Of the country In The cnd preserved nave alINeu MI
other ambition animated me- can have no other anbl-
ton now than That Of serving NY country bhNbR r
fered to be views he had previously expressed on the
question of reconstruction concluding that when me war
ascd the states were restored to Their former
rcosn0nal MI John said that the present and
the late Executive thought differently IL was uhneSSs
sary for him to say what the conditions cSected nv
tIe pr.-cut Executive they were in his ir JoInsons
Judgment unconstitutional as any thal c0d DC Iou
opinion that Notwithstanding the people Of the southern
States complied with the terms eXacted by the present
Chief Magistrate they could mol be restored Ni'lou W.,
sanction Of Congressional legsuloni ana inns was INC
Judgment Of tho country Then how wero they 70 CONF
gres may impose whether Congress had The authority 10
impose them ornot or falling comply TO remain III en
sad condition in which they now are ne tlr Jonnso
imputed bad motives ncithcrtO Congress nor Ntcu
i've He thought he knew his duty TO me hstln,ions o
tho country too well 10 can IN question ,G n
either lie accorded t no, Rur differed o@ boiS
but he Fought the restoration of the Union anu he cav
30 way Of accomplishing At now but ny 'h1 w auop
now IN my opinion, In state OF TnGsi Wai-Oui cOhnl
lion Is reyOut Onutyen States OF the Union are NItu'
ay held ms provinces upon the ground mat we nave
Iiet 10 hold them rs enemies OF the Union ana the Gov
eminent I'm that state OF things, 10 hesitate ine nd0p
family 10 mt an end 10 this revolutionary condition !. IN
my Judgment, 10 be false 60 tIo true hlelosts an S
glad TO see from the public prints OF the South ana To DC
Informed by many Of the leading men OF tue 5ont thsl
under this Bill They taking lessons nom experience
Tho Constitutional Amendment II hhd peon M
would have brought into thu chamber ana e olhet
chamber, representatives from The sonih ,hsI
have no doubt Now It viii not Ihe nll %n'i IN
The House would have accomplished the same lpo5e
upon terms less exactng than the one now before INC
Senate IL was amended, aud the amendment Is INC mos.
obnoxious feature OF the bill The senate passed " 9nd
/ voted for n Whyi Because | thought knew had
satisfactorily asceItained that this falling measure oi
more rg1d character measure founded upon INC llo'
qt The People ~ the South were conquered enemies,
their property liable to forfeiture, wOud nave poch
enacted. -. o,,
Mr. HENDRICKS Dem, Ind followed Mr.. salisbury
in brief review OF the bill and in Endorsement VI the
veto. q -, ,,,.- =. j..
Mr. DIXON johnson, Comm believed the blu to DC IN
conflict with the provisions OF the Constitution
After much debate the question was put, shall The Oil
pass the Presidents objections IotwtslandlnSF IL
was decided in the affirmative, as follows: