Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1867-07-11
Mr.. BROOKS said he had moi the sta

to the Union army 10000 were colored
nlen.
Mr.. BROOKS remarked that ii had been
said t..at no ineonsiderable number of men
from Illinois had joined the rebel army,
and if that was good reason for expell-
ing the members from Kentucky, it should
also be a good reason for excluding the
members from Illinois and from Missouri
Mr.. INGERSOLL took exception to the
statement that considerable portion OF the
people of Illinois had gone into the rebell-
iOn.
Mr.. BROOKS had simply stated that it
was so charged.
Mr. INGERSOLL thought it was time
, the charge should be denied.
/ Mr.. BROOKS thought so too.
Dir. INGERSOLL hoped the gentleman
| from New York would not slander 80 pa
triotic State.
Mr.. BROOKS only repeated it 10 show
that such reports were no reason for dis
! franchising loyal States like Illinois and
kentucky.
Mr.. INGERSOLL remarked ,hat it was
notorious that kentucky had furnished
great many troops 10 the rebel army, and
that but few boys in Illinois, whose pa
rents had probably come from the South.
had joined the rebels, while two hundred
and fifty thousand men from Illinois had
shouldered their muskets and crushed the
rebellion, whose supporters asked admis-
sion here TO day.
Mr.. BROOKS disclaimed having any
thing to say against Illinois, and went on
To argue against the proposed action of the
House.
Mr. INGERSOLL argued in support OF
" I'm rff
ence To the Committee on Elections, that
the case of each member be examined.
He admitted with the gentleman from New
York, that we were in the midst of a revO
luton, and that American revolutions had
done great work for humanity. This
was rcrolu;foa in favor of liberty, in Ia
yOr of justice, in favor of the universal
rights ct the many, and he would say let
the revolution 90 on until these grand
principles are established as the basis OF
the American Republic.
Mr.. SCEENCK said the gentleman
from New York and others claim though
! man come here black with treason and
present TO the House his certificate. he
must be admitted on such presentation.
II tic gentleman has proved any thing at
al by his argument and Illustrations, il
would disable him from refusing oath TO
Jefferson Davis himself, If lie we're to come
here with certificate OF ciectira. You
VIII not have the gentleman say whether
he would vote for or against permitting Da-
vis ,o ice sworn in under such circu,sstan-
ccs. lie will not say il in reference To
John {. Breckenridge. He viii not say II
probably in reference to any traitor |
can understand that because l know the
gentleman belongs to the party which does
not distinguish between men who have
sustained the Government in lis time OF
trial. when rebellion was rampant over the
land, from those who were seeking to des-
troy the country and overthrow the Gov
enment and trampie on the flag.
Here a message was received from the
Senate announcing the appointment of a
committee on the part of that body 10 join
a like committee OF the House to wait up
on the President.
On motion of Mr.. FARNSWORTH.
such committee was ordered ON the part
of the House, and Messrs. Farnsworth,
Spaulding and Wood, were appointed.
The question of the Kentucky members
was taken up at Mr.. Brooks request.
Mr.. SCIIENCK stated that the sflida-
Wits were Cr-p0rte.
Mr.. ELDRlDGE, rising 10 question ot
order, reminded the Speaker that lac. FL
bridge, undertook 10 make sola. point
against Stokes OF Tennessee. s, the close of
the 39th Congress. The Speaker ruled
that the proceedings should not be inter-
rupted for any such purpose. He insisted
upon the same ruling now.
The SPEAKER corrected Mr.. Eldfidgc,
and said on that occasion. he had ruled IN
accordance with common usage. That ii
tnr To fefa -1at
ton il should take when member pro-
sented himself. and when objection was
made 10 his taking the oath. The Chair
had never ruled differently. If the gentle
man had offered resolution that Stokes
should not be sworn in. il would certainly
have been in order, andit would have been
for the House 10 determine the question.
Mr.. ELDRlDGE remarked that he had
not risen on that occasion TO offer resolu
ton but TO make question OF order. and
the Chair had ruled that the proceedings
could not be interrupted.
THE SPEAKER said he had distinct
recollection that the ruling had always
been the same. Ii the House saw tit it
could refer the credentials OF member to
the ConinIittee on Elections previous to his
being sworn or after his bein. sworn. The
Speaker subsequently, had extracts read
from the C0RgrcssiORdi Globe to show
that his ruling on the occasion referred to
was the same as the present ruling.
Mr.. BENJAMIN gave to the House
some statements in reference to the public
character of Mr.. Knott, from the Third
Congressional district of Kentucky, and
said that during the war he had allied him
self with those who were intense in disloy
atty to the Government, voting, speaking
and acting in support of all the designs Of
the rebels. --1 Dr
Mr. LOGAN addressed the House in
support of his amendment. lie had offer
ed it, not for the purpose of striking at
any Kentucky member, but for the pur-
pose Of establishing a precedent in the
House. He desired to preserve the House
from contamination by the disloyal portion
or the people of Kentucky, and they were
legion. She had Representatives in the
rebel Congress at Richmond. After the
suppression of the rebellion, the kentucky
rebels returned to that State, and the law
which disfranchised them was repealed.
They then undertook to transfer their rep
resentation from the halls in Richmond,
contaminated by treason, to the halls Of
Congress, which ought to be sanctiied by
loyalty. III kentucky c0uld send members
under such circumstances to this House,
aid no member protested against their be-
I ing sworn in, why should not South Caro-
lima do the same under the ruling and adj
vice of the head of the Government? He
was not willing to sit here and allow any
man to take the oath when he knew that
the members constituents were disloyal,
and would send no other kind of a man TO
Congress, if they could avoid it. This
was his theory of getting at the question.
Kentucky had shown herself disloyal du-
ring and since the rebellion. He there
fore insisted that those men sent here from
Kentucky must go before the Committee
on Elections and let their loyalty be tested.
If they were loyal they would come out
unscaihed; if they were disloyal they had
an immense amount Of impudence in pre-
senting themselves. When a delegation
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