The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-01-18

not be quoted.
McDougall rose to a question of
privilege, and asked Sumner if the
words as written by him, McDougall,
did not say that never before had
we President who was an enemy Of
his country? - aGl
The Chair, Mr.. Anthony, decided
that this did not go beyond the gener-
al hounds of debate. i9
McDougall appealed, but after some
debate and the statement by Sumner
that the Senator had not quoted cor
rectly, withdrew the appeal, remark
ing" he had very bad pair of eyes
and bad memory" .ls 5, ec5
Sumner proceeded with his re-
marks. He repeated his language
This, sir, is the duty of the hour.
There was no such duty on our
fathers-there was no such duty on
our predecessor in this particular, be-
cause there was no President of the
United States who had become an
enemy of his country"
Doolittle rose to a question of
order, saying that such language to-
wards the President was not per-
missable in the Senate.
The Chair decided the words did
not exceed the limits of debate.
Doelittle appealed, and moved that
in order that Senators might have an
opportunity to consider the question,
the Senate adjourn.
The motion to adjourn was disa-
greed to.
Lane moved to lay the appeal on
the table. Carried-yeas 20; nays 10.
Adjourned.
HOUSE House went into Com
mittee on the whole on the Legislative
Appropriation Bill.
Stevens offered an amendment as
to the additional section, extending
to the Court of Claims the provisions
of section Sd of the act of July, 1864.
which declares that in the Courts of
the United States there shall be no
exclusion of witnesses on account of
color, nor in civil actions because he
is party interested In the issues
tried. He said the Court of Claims
had recently held that it was no Court
of the United States, therefore, the
law did not apply to it. The amend
ment. after short discussion, was
agreed to. The bill was then re-
ported to the House, and after some
debate the House rejectedit by 81 to
81. ,.-,,.{.rs a,.er,.aA i
Z An amendment, that no further APP
preparations shall be made for supply
ing complete sets OF the Congressional
Globe and appendix to members of
any succeeding Congress, with a pro-
viso that the United States will ter
inmate, at the close of the present
Congress, the purchase of one COM
Ilete set of the above for each Sena-
tor, Representative and Delegate, was
adopted by 81 against Sc l2
The paragraph apprOpriating $40
goo for facilitating Geographic COM
munication between the Atlantic and
Pacific, was stricken out. The para
graph appropriating $4,000 for col
leeting statistical information In re-
gard to the mineral resources of the
Northwestern States was stricken out,
GA against 81 The amendment
making an appropriation for an in
crease of compensation to clerks and
employees of the House, was adopted.
The bill was then passed.
The Committee on Printing was
instructed to consider the expediency
of official reports of the proceedings
Of Congress by reporters chosen by
each House, and for their publica-
ton at the Government Printing
Office. sW hi.
On motion of Washburne, the Sec
rotary of the Treasury was instructed
to report what amount was due by the
United States to Texas previous to
the rebellion remains unpaid, and
whether Texas has accounted for the
money and stores taken by her forces
during the Confederacy. ~ III
On motion of Bidwell, the Commit
tee on Ways and Means was instructed
to inquire into the expediency of
MAKING the tariff on silk goods i'm
ported, specific according to weight
instead of I'D valoren. 7oIa -
Several bills from the Committee on
the District of Columbia have passed
Cook introduced bill to enable the
United States to recover the property
formerly belonging to the Confederate
States, that has been lost or SNUG
gled away. Referred to Judiciary
Committee.
The House then considered Ste
vens' reconstruction bill.
Baker spoke against the bill in its
present form; Directing to several
points in it, and expressing doubts on
the constitutionality of the third Sec
ton; his substantive objection, how
ever, was the sixth section, in com
batting which, he denied that the peo-
pie Of the Southern States were aliens
or could be made so by law of Con-
gress; they had never ceased to be
citizens of the United States; their
Government had never been recog-
nized by the United States or any 9th
er country. He objected to other sec
tons of the bill. and desired it to be