Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1867-02-22
From Washingt0n-A Substitute Adopted
for Stevens BILL

IIVM uGnHlHS tOlI-A NUDSLitutt AUODICu
FOR Stevens Bill.
WASHINGTON, February 1.-THE substi-
tute of Mr.. Sherman for the Stevens bill was
adopted, 20 to 10, by the Senate. It is sub
stantially Blaine's amendment The bill will
meet serious opposition in the House.
Several Republicans, including Brandegee
and Stevens are reported indignant that the
President should have to approve death sen.
fences, and that the Federal Courts should be
allowed to issue habeas corpus writs. The
friends Of the measure apprehend veto, and
that the boilers will defeat the entire measure
Three Senators voted nay on the motion to
substitute Sherman's for Stevens bill, namely
Salisbury, Buckalew and Davis. An amend
ment that all punishlnents under Sherman's
substitute should be according to the existing
law was defeated, 20 to s.
Sherman's substitute, in its preamble and
relative to military provisions and districts, is
similar to Stevens BILL except that the presi.
dent instead of the General of the a=trry ap-
points the officers commanding. Sentences of
death require the Presidential approval, and
habeas corpus is not suspended beyond that
all interference of State authority with the
military authority is nullifed. The follow
ing is.
SECTION 5. When any rebel State forms a
constitution, in conformity with the Consti-
tuition Of the United States, framed by a
convention Of delegates elected by male citi-
zens, twenty one years Of age, without re-
gard to race or color Or previous condition,
who have resided in the State year, Eek
cept persons disfranchiscd by felony or par
ticipated in the rebellion, > which constitution
provides that the elective franchise be en-
joyed by all persons herein qualified to vote
for delegates; and when the constitution
shall have been ratified by the electors, and
submitted to and approved by Congress !;
and when Legislature elected under the
said Constitution ratify the Constitutional
Amendment, and said amendment becomes
part Of the National Constitution, then the
said State is declared entitled to Reprcpenta-
tives and Senators, who are to be admitted
to Congress on taking the oath prescribed by
law.
WHERE is CHIEF JUSTICE CHASE ?-Mr
Chase, as member of Mr.. Lincoln's Cabi-
net, decided the Peirpoint Government to be
the true, constitutional government of Vir-
ginia. The question arose in this wise: West
Virginia claimed to have been formed with
the consent Of Virginia That consent had
been given by the Peirpoint Government.
Inasmuch as the Constitution of the United
States required the consent Of the real gov
eminent, Mr.. Lincoln and his Cabinet, and
Congress also, had to decide the question.
They did so under their oaths to support that
Constitution. Under the sanction Of the same
oaths, Congress now declares that it is not
the true Government of Virginia. IF Virginia
has no constitutional government, West Vir-
ginia has no constitutional existence.
Perjury! Rank perjury! Fl a
We are glad to see that Elliots bill for re-
ducing the State of Louisiana to territory,
is rather too rank for even the white ssloyal-
ists' of that State to swallow They fear
that, if it pass, the negroes of Louisiana, be-
ing largely in the majority, will elect all
negroes to office. and leave them out in the
cold This will be- good. We hope the ne
gTOcS Will c1ecI u Dldck governor, DlacK
congressman, and black everything, for the
worst negroes cannot possibly be as unwor-
thy of office as the mean whites who have
been clamorous for our disgrace. All Of
these violent bills will yet return to plague
their inventors So mote it be.-Lynch-
burg Republican. H.
The New York Times states that Gen.
Grant Informed prominent member Of the
House Of Representatives, in contradiction
of an assertion that he was in favor Of the
Military Force bill, " that he had been mis-
represented that he did not favor the cree
ton Of despotism, with himself as chief
despot- and that he was really surprised
that such a notion should be attributed to
him." This may or may not be SO!
The Hor SPRINGS. The Legislature in
corporated, few days ago, the eliot Springs
Company Of. Bath County" with Messrs.
James T. Williams, Sam. G. Tardy, Thom-
as Il. Price, and Jacob Hall, Jr., as incor-
porators We learn that popular and FASH
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