Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1867-12-19
CONGRESSIONAL.
s.HAr..-Ye.serdsy afternoon. After oar re-


Grimes, Henderson, Fesse den, and Morton.
Mr.. Ramsey moved TO adjourn, bnt yielded
AZ me sns sss,fon OF the char, to allow of the
reading Of the message from the Presid1nt In
regard to General Hancock, enclosing report
after which
Mr Wilson said the Committee on Military
Anairs had had referred TO them resolutions OF
thanks 70 Generals Sheridan, Sickles, and
Schoneld, for their administration OF law in
the South, and he moved TO refer this cornmu.
nicAtioh TO that committee.
Mr.. Doolittle.-And printed.
Several Senators No, no,
Mr. Doolittls said OF course Il should be
Mr.. Conkling-wbyl
Mr.. Doolittie We never saw President, rs
message that was not printed
Mr.. ConklinE said that in the history OF the
Government they had never to his knowledge
seen message like that-one sho win z such a
spirit as that showed. He dia not know but
that tbe proper disposi ition 20 refer IL 20
the Committee oD Military Affairs; bat he
thought II would strike q majority OF the SEN
ate, when they read and reflected uppn IT,
that something more or less than thst should
be done He therefore moved TO lay Il on the
Mr.. Doolittle asked leave to make suggss-
ton. .... -.r
Mr. Ramsey.-what has become OF nv mo-
tion TO adjourn! [Laughter.l
Mr. Dooiittle then made another effort 10 get
the floor, but Mr.. Ramsey insisted upon mis-
mo.en, whicn was agreed TO- and the Senate
afternOOn.
When the Speaker laid before the House me
message from the President in com % ea alton OF
major Gen. Hancock, its reading created some
amusement on the Republican side OF tn Hou se.
Know wnetner the document was gen Qins or
was hoax.
The Speaker said it was a message from the
PRESIDENT OF the United States, delivered by
the Presidents private secretary.
mr.. Eldridee inquired whether IL was in or
Ger now 70 oher resolution OF thanks to Gen.
The Speaker replied that it would require
unanimous consent
Mr.. Washburne tIll) wished the resolution
to be read.
voted to Gen. Sheridan
The Speaker suggested that he could not re-
call the words Of that resolution.
., On motion OF MT Banks, the message was
laid on the table and ordered to be printed
Mr Ashley (Ohio) called MP motion TO re-.
consider the vote by which a reconstruction
oili OF MS was, on the 9th OF December, referred
10 the Judiciary Committee. He remarked that
the Committee on Reconstruction had agreed
80 stantially to his bill.
Mr.. Bingham corrected his colleague, and
said that the Reconstruction Committee had
rejected the substance of his bill.
The reference was reconsidered, and the bill
came before the House.
Mr. Stevens: (Pa > from the Reconstru ctiou
commune, onered as q substitute the bill
which he sought to introduce Tuesday, ran
abstract Of which was published In the STAR
that day
Mr.. Ingersoll expressed the hope that the
substitute would be printed before the House
was called upon to act or it.
mr.. Stevens PA. remarked, sneerinely, that
there always were objections to everything
coed on earth or in heaven. II this bill were
not passed before the vacation IL would be of
no use at all. He wenr on to state tha: the con.
oition OF affairs in the South was worse than
during the rebellion. The gentleman's voice
was so low, and there was such gathering OF
memters around him that 1t was impossible
Tor the reporter TO hear his remarks.
MI Bingham commenced to speak in SUP.
port OF his amendment TO strike out the third
section-aua asked why south Oaroltua with
white population OF 100000, ana a black pop.
(as propoeed)-the State Of Ohio, with It's three
millions OF people, was not entitled to thirty
Mr.. EIdridge suggested thar the answer was
Of blacks
Mr. Bingham begged lea se to say to the gen.
.eman zen. from wisconsin, with all due respect,
tnat that was no answer whatever TO his ques.
ton. lLaughter.l -,
MI Stevens said that, in order not TO retard
tne passage Of the bill, and to remove the ob.
Jecuon OF the gentleman from Ohio, he would
wltndraw the third section.
This removed Mr.. Bingham's direction, and
ne continued his remarks.
The main effect Of ii was to rule twenty fonr
millions Of Northern people. divided in polI.
tics, by four millions of negroes enslaving eight
m%liions mi 0aw hite people in the Southern States
But his objection to 1t rose from still higher
causes He objected to the whole principle of
II from beginning TO end. He was oppoeed.
from beginning to end, TO eguaIizing the black
race with the white race. He was Opposed 10
II scientifically, anatemically ,physo1ogicaIIy,
and psychologically. He might heap authort
on aptnority, L1pile Peilon upon Ossa, . to
the W hite man than the white man was from
the white woman. From the crown OF his
neao TO the sole of his foot he was a different
: creature: The very HAIR that crowned the
neero's bead was not hair-lt was WOOL
lLaugnterl-wool only, and net hair. II was
eiiipucal In lis form, and without the msdul-
Iary canal to be found in the hair OF the white
man. The negroes skull was inferior to the
white mans skull. HIS nose was different.
lLauEhter His teeth were different; the cor
veIunons OF the brain were essentially dif.
IeTent; me Petris was different TLaughter
Inc negro was not the equal nor the brother
OF the white man, and under no CIRCUMSTANCES
fnonlo me white man 90 into copartnership
any ytnlng Id the arts or sciences, or literature
Mr.. Garfield inquired who Euclid was.
mr hoss expressed the conviction that he
mr.. Brooks.-Euclid q negro, He had NOT a
DIT OF wool on his head. !Laughtsrl
Mr. Salneld.-He was only an Abysslnian.
Mr. Brooks went on to argue that wherever
mere nad been an admixture Of races, or an
ASSOCIATION with the gro race, the race that
came IN contact with it was deteriorated and
Mr. Farnswortn sustained the bill, areuins
thai II was only returning to the principle
Whicn enouid never have been Abandoned
the principle or the majority Of votes.
Mr.. Stevens (Pa.) closed the debate He said
ne mad listened with great pleasure to the
speech OF the gentleman from New York. vho
tried to prove the falsity OF that declaration Of
scrlPture which says that God made of one
blood all the races OF the earth. He had q
proposition TO make to that gentleman. He
womb os willing, for the Chairmanship of
America, to match Fred Douglass or Lang.
ston AGAINST the gentleman from New YORK
lMr Brooks,) he choosing two of the three
judges, to discuss any topic he might please.
except negro shins, daughter and If, at the
end OF the argument, the gentleman from New
OK did not throw MP the sponge. he lMr
Stevens) would admit that the negro ts an ia
Ierior animal, not only to the gentleman fro.n
New York bat TO the rest Of the memh hsrs
tLaughter.I He moved the previous uestfon.
Vne previous question was seconded, and
under It's operation the substitute was aereed
TO, ana the bill thus amended WA psssad-
yeas 1c4, nays 81; strictly party yote.
Inc following ts the bill as passed d.
be az sSdcftd That 30 much OF the fifth secfiou
OF an act passed arch 81 1867. entitled s.An Act
supplementary to an act to provide for the more
emclent government OF the rebel States pas sed
March 1891, and TO facilitate their restoraton az
require: that majority of all the registered votes
cation OF the constitution before il becomes valid
be, and the same IL hereby modi fed that a me-
yorfy OF the vnt cast ct the election for fe
hcation or rejection Of the Constitution shaii -.
considerea as aid and a. Affirming or reiectins
8Fc. 2. And n, n fyr,L.x s.n,,.y ~,.,