New-York tribune., 1867-02-08

declaring that there was no foundation whatever for the
statements allegations or charges implied by the HOUSE
ordered TO be printed
RECONSTRUCTION DEBATE.
Nj STEVENS resuming the floor the bill to provide
for the insurectonay States preaced his remarks py
stating that the reference made TO him IN tne correspond
enc Just read wholly false. He went on to say that
VIII he was willing to allow all proper latitude OF de-
b any considerable delay this period Of the session
would be fatal to the bill He would therefore, ask the
House to second the previous question at O'CLOCK 10
morrow. This was BILL he said for the purpose OF CAV
ing Governments TO the States that were now without
Governments. Congress now almost unanimously OF
the opinion that there no Governments IN tne
STATES known TO the Constitution and laws OF the United
States For two years they had been In hsorganlzed
state two years ago the armies OF Governments GAZING
itself the Confederate States OF America were con-
quered and that Government dispersed and by the law
of nations conqueror had right to say what Knd Oh
Government should be administered there Ihe reason
why no Government had been established there before
was that there had been divisions In the councils OF the
nation that the Executive had assumed to be new Gov
erpment TO enact laws, and to establish new rega
tns OF authority in the conquered territory Ihe SOW
erign power OF the nation repudiaed ana Dad entey
epudiaed all occasions the authority which had tnS
attempted TO establish Governments within the Congress
sal provinces Ithas waited patiently he thonght in the
e that some way might he found to establish harmony
for those states might be agreed upon with
collision. That hope had filed anu le lo,eeT Ny ~
teTnnation of the Executive TO maintain his usurpaton
t had become the duty OF Congress 10 aseIL i 70
rights and TO do its duty by establishing some kinds OF
government in those provinces which for two years had
been in state of anarchy for two years the loy. peoPe
there had endured all the horrors OF the worst anarchy
Exe persecutions ard murders had been the order OF
the day The best Of those states were driven from
their homes and compelled TO live on the cold charlty o
the cold North where they TO he seen living about
everywhere wandering about, haggard, ana niseIaDie
Tile ghosts Of the unbured dead wandering on the sue Vi
the styx He was making other effort to protect
those loyal from the cruees, prosecutions ana ysn
10 interfere effectualy it would be responsible 10 te
civilized world for the gossest neglect 1d Gy '. u eo
cusion he proposed that. speeches should DC eu 10
~ Mr. d'T EfDRIDGE Dem, Wis., and RANDALL Dem,
Mr. BR&ND1GEE Rep, Comm addressed the R House lin in
snppot of the bill OF all the propositions that ad Deen
submitted om the Joint Committee on
this bill seemed at once the eeare thf obeS
tionA and the plan the best calculated TO accomplish inc
two great master aims Of Reconstruction Inc one me
earhng up of the fruits OF victory and the other the
restoration OF peace the only basis on which peace ana
union could be restored, TO witt Protection to a-berty
the right end and employed the night tool for its accom-
pshment 1t commenced at the point where Gen. Grant
left off the work at AppOmattoN two years ago IL hd
one purpose 10 hold the revoed communities IN inc
grasp OF war nn the spirit q re6e1n ION SnoTd agS De e H
saw IN the bill promise that the sword OF tne fepup
shall be unsheathed again shall be placed n inc hHa M Ol
the greatest Captain Of the Age and should Be hea ~
him, suspended once more over the heads OF heOes Win
the awful memory Of t1e & Pdsssa Td the
Mr. II BLOND em 0nel IN rising atS 70 SppSse Ee
6 ad TINT ONO ws rd np5 70 g he would NOT indulge
In bighsoundlng defamation referring TO Mr Branda-
gees speech, would present his views In DIef FORM
Tho adoption OF the law, he sald would be the death
kne OF civil liberty on this continent ana wOud DC the
| NothIng hut the strong arm of the American people
weldcd ON the bloody battlefield would restore liberty
have II Irless the people took the matter in hand and
stopped the downward tendency Of things ana restored
Government on the basis on which II was placed py
| the FATHERS OF the Constitution.
| Mr. FINCR Dem ohiol followed on the same side, and
Nj PIKE Rep., Me) addressed the House in support
Of the blI II dld not 20 him that the change con
templacd by Il IN the management Of the
very violent as The gentlemen on me oIher sue
gppOsed Since The suppression OF the Rebellion the
government OF those States had been in the hands Of the
President OF the United states Whenever te iTesdenl
dissatisfied with elections or legislative action thefe ne
had dsregarded them Acting S ~ fhc poes Of Of
the Government he had nterycned and controlled those
states; and the proposition OF this bill simply "a
regulate that intercourse between the Government and
the people Of those States aud 10 specify when Where
s%ra S% au GoTemcnt % should be exercised TO show the
urgent necessity for the passage OF tins pli MT fike
Soldiers m south Carolina OF the conviction and sentence
Of their murderors the Communication OF the death sen
Imprisonment for life their transfer from Fort
Pickens Fort Delaware and their subsequent discharge
from custody under habeas corpus issued by Judge Hall
dr r RseTrns to What % Mr. Ie Blond had said about
this bill being the death kne OF cy liberty lac SAID tha
n civil liberty meant the right 10 slaughter and say aud
destroy at pleasure then e trusted that TINS was lts
tecng Mn the peops in the insurrectionary States and
the necessity for IL was found III the TACT that there Was
at present protection In those dsorgaDized states az
fotied by the Courts and ciy tribunals The power OF
the Courts and Of such governments rs they had set u
els who st held the same views the same hatred Of
loyal men aud the institutions OF the Government as
with the views ~ Generals OF the army who had expo
rence IN the South schofied, Thomas Baird. Wood aud
the views Of the distinguished Commander Of the army.
In reply 70 Mr. sBEILABARGER Ciep, Ohio, who
hS y NV %8s m rsp.ad
| Mr.. LIE BLOND Dem, Ohio, askedhin whether he un-
dcrstood him AS saying that 6ehiran approved TINS
Mr. FARNswoRTH had not said so. but had expressed
his belief that 10 In accordance with Gen. Grants
Mr. LIE BLOND said that he supposed the gentleman
did not claim that he had any personal knowledge s
| NJ FARNswoRTH said he did not.
Mr. ROGERS dem, ". .J. followed in an hours speech
against the bill lie declared that rather than see mill
tary government established IN this country he for ONE,
would use the power which the Almighty had given him
in resisting the invasion Of his liberties II this thing was
continued Il would bring war that would rock the
land like an earthquake If Congress thus undertook to
ride the Supreme Court and over the Constitutlo
then unless the people had become slaves and were unt
10 become freemen they would submit without resist
ancc, though IL cost their blood.
onpressed and broken downfhat they had not the ability
TO defend themselves and they had the blood or WASH
the rey6na they Would protest as their fathers had
protested by their blood against the dopotsm OF King
Iieorge He hoped that the President OF the United
States would resist He hoped that before he submitted
he would all the military power which the Constu-
obey the Irw III Andrew Johnson would submit TO see
the country destroyed, hs name would go down TO pos
terity \ a living libel, coward and % traitor.
Mr. BINGHAM (I2ep, 0h0)yrislng q few moments be
fore heour recess declared that he was not going
the proposition Of Mr. swens that one rood OF the
territory within the lines Of 10 States was conquered ter
rory, Voice from the Democratic sde;t That sItghtPl
government did conquer territory that owed IL al
legiance.
The SPEAKER intmated that IL Mr.. Bingham desired
10 20 the hour for recess might by unanimous
consent be deferred.
Mr.. BINGHAM said that he only wanted TO offer an
amendment, and he asked the Clerk 10 read IL.
The Amendment IA strike out the preamble and in