The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-07-12

shall be construed literally, to the END
that the interest thereof may be fully
and perfectly carried out. Adopted
Mr.. Sumner offered an amendme a;
as an additional section, that, for the
purpose of this, the acts of all cadets
midshipmen and acting under-seamen
shall be denied, as officers of the
United States, from date, their ap-
pearance on the army or navy regis
ter. Rejected; 13 against 21. -
Mr.. Sumner offered another amend
ment, making it misdemeanor to
attempt to prevent the execution of
this act. Rejected. -, a.
Mr.. Howard offered an amendment
to the 9th section, that In every case
of refusal by the boards to register an
applicant, and in every case in which
they strike the name from the list,
the board shall make memorandum
of the case, setting forth the reason
for action, and send it to some dis
trict commander. Agreed to.
Anderson offered an amendment,
which was agreed to, extending the
time for the revision of registration
W -AfO udlS.
HoUsE.-Hubbard and Barnum, of
Connecticut, appeared and took the
oath. - fe eu
Robinson moved to suspend the
rules to enable Barnum to record his
vote on the reconstruction bill, he not
being in his seat on the passage of
the bill on Tuesday. al sy
The Speaker suggested that there
was no precedent for member voting
before he had been qualified
Robinson withdrew his motion.
Phillips asked leave to offer a re-
solution, instructing the Committee
on Commerce to inquire into the
causes of the present collapse in ship
building in America. HaF
Mr.. - asked and obtained per-
mission to record the vote of the Re-
construction bill
Ward presented a petition signed
by nine hundred citizens of Mary
land, asking Congress to pass law
abolishing all distinction In suffrage
| on account of color. n k..-
Boutwell, said that as the ction of
Congress on the proposed impeach-
ment of the President would stand
either for good or evil, as q precedent
it was due to the character of the
House and to the right position of
| the person accused In this great pro-
| ceeding. which must remain in histo-
ry after they had all passed away, that
they should command all the time
necessary for a fair, just and Judicial
consideration of the question. They
should not let the matter be involved
In measures of party welfare. which
would exist during the next twelve
months. They should see that the
time was free from all controversy
about other matters.
Pike asked Boutwell, to let an
amendment be offered for adjourn
ment until Wednesday, November
18th.
Boutwell, declined to do so.
Pike said he proposed the amend
ment without reference to the ques-
ton of impeachment. He did not be-
lieve the House should hasten its
session one day IN reference to that
question. He did not believe that
| the country desired to be involved in
that question. The country wanted
peace; it wanted time to recover from
the waste of war. So far as concerned
the punishment of the person
in the White House, it seemed to
him that, after having destroyed him
politically, the only question now
was whether they should mangle the
corpse. He (Pike) should not vote
| for impeachment.
Stevens said in his opinion, the
whole country believe the articles oi
! impeachment should have been re
ported long ago. He wished the
House would order the Judiciary
Committee to report it this session
at least partially, with leave to make
further reports at the next session
so that the country might under
stand whether there was anything
in the conduct of the President, tha
| deserved impeachment.