The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1864-1911, 1867-02-06
weekly summary Orthe Proceed
ings OF the E.ump Congress.

ings OF the Ramp Congress.
last weeks proceedings of Congress ran
in the same rut the Radical leaders started
the Legislative machine iAat the commence
ment of the session. The tendency was to
the absorbing of all authority of the Gov
eminent in Congress, aud dispensing with
the forms of Republican Government in the
execution of its Will This Congress started
with the idea announced by Thad, Stevens,
on the floor OF the House, that the will of
the people, as expressed through the ballot
boxes, was the supreme law Of the land;
that Congress was the people, aud that,
therefore, the acts of Congress were laws to
the Executive and the Supreme Court, and
above the Constitution.
MONDAY, JANUARY 81.
SENATE Petitions were presented for
an increased tariff, for negro suffrage, and
against the curtailment Of the currency
The Committee on Indian Affairs was
ordered to investigate the recent Indian !
massacre near Fort Phil. kearney. The |
Bankrupt Bill was laid aside that the |
Tariff Bill might be taken up, which was
amended and discussed, but not finished |
before the Senate adjourned.
House A reSolu ion was introduced |
and referred to the Judicial Committee,
declaring that that the Southern States
recently in armed rebellion had been left
without legal civil government, and that
their government can become valid only by
act OF Congress. A resolution was introdu-
ced and referred to the Committee on Re-
construction, declaring that States not rep
resented in Congress should not Lave the
right to vote on the ratification of Consti
tutional amendment. A resolution suSpen.
ding for two years the retirement of lega'
tender notes, waa referred to the Committee
on Banks and Currency. A bill was intro
duced to define the powers Of the Supreme
Court. 1t provides that when the Court is
called upon to decide as to the validity of
any law of Congress, the heaiing must be
before full bench of thn Court, and the
decision of the court must be unanimous
This is one OF the Radical measures to pre-
vent the will Of Congress being interfered
with by any other department Of the Gov
ernInent. and if adopted will be great step
toward anarchy. A bill was passed direct
ing that. when the Secretary of the Treas
ury intends to sell gold he shall give reasona-
BILE notice Of the time, place and amounts to
be sold A bill was introduced tn increase
the compression of officers Of the United
| States Courts in Washington aud other
|
any further withdrawal from circulation by
the Government of legal-tendcr notes. A
resolution instructing the Committee on
Elections to inquire into the manner Of the
oi tho recent Maryland election and the
Presidents agency therein, was, after con-
siderable discussion. passed. Mr. Steven $
Reconstruction kill was made the subject
If an evening session
TT ESDAY, JANUARY 22, ...
| SENNTE.-A memorial, signed by numer-
Gus citizens of Baltimore. against the pas
snce Of Bankrupt law. The naih point
Of objection was that the citizens OF the
Southern States might be benefited by suc!.
a bin. The Tariff BIZ was again consider
cd, and numerous amendments madt,
among which Is one prohibiting the nitro
duction OF the wcllkuUwn Chinese fire
cracker
HOUSE. The Committee On the ,jadic:a-
ry reported favorable On the bill to egalizc
. acts and prOclanatlOns uddc by the Pre-
sideut from March !, 1851, to DecGmbur
4, 1868, and iudemufyIng all officers for
any at committed in diacharge OF their
duty during the wal, aud who sat on mil
! taw commissions and condemned citizens tt
mprisonmpnt and death. an, who, tor suct
acts, are. under the recent decision Of the
; Supreme Court, liable, crminaIIy anC
civiil, for their illegal acts. An anmend-
ment dee ares that all ttficers who were il
the service shall be presumed to have baeI
acting under the orders ct the President. =,
] A bill was also reported from the Same
e COMMITTEE (callcd Boutwell's Bill) declar
e ing it to he rule OF all Courts of the Uni
G ted States, that any person who took par
d in the late war on the side of the Conied
g eracy shall not be allowed to practice il
said Courts. Mr.. Boutwell, spoke in iavo
c of the bill and denounced the decision Of tn
n Supreme Court which declared that tn
!, test oath was unconstitutional. SO soon a
he had finished he called far the rroyiou
/ question, so as to cut off all other debate.-
j. Commenced scene often before witnesse,
e in the House OF Congress, when an impcr
l. ious minority determined to put mcaSur
t through without debate. The opponent
!. of the bill resorted to parliamentary stratog
| to prevent "a vote being taken On the pas
II sage of the bill and to cut eft debate, an
It kept the House in session all night all
e until eight O clock next morning.
J. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY %.
n SENATE E-Thc Chair prest ntcd a re-
: pousc, from the Secretary, nt the Treasury
n to res luton asking information abol
+. Government advertising. The object {
d this is to pass bid declaring that none BIT
e loyal" experimenting those that adv,
a cate negro suffrage have any Go
ID ernment advertisements. The tariff bi
L. was again considered. Sherman OF Ohit
s Sprague, Of Rhode Island, and Fresseuder
a of Main participated ..,
lie HOUSE,. AT eight o'clock a compromi,
al was offered by the Radicals on the Bou
'f we'll Bill, that by common consent Il
st House meet at o'clock, and that one hol
be allotted to debate by such Democrats
n wished to speak, when vote should
lie taken. The House then took recess, q
~ ter having been in continued session fro
k eleven Q oclock the previous day. At eleye
at O'Clock the House met. Mr.. Finck, of Oh
it led off in speech against the bill. NJ
BIT Rogers, of New Jersey, followed, denou
d. cling the bill as an &c post .fuctO law, and
in the nature of bill OF attAinder. Mr.. Nj
h. lach, of Indiana, continued the debate
lis the sane side, and was followed by Nj
H. Boyer, of Pcnnsylyani, who opposed Il
be bill because it sought to override by lcg
is lation solemn discision of the highest judici
s. tribunal of the country. sNlr. Boutw,
to closed the debate, when vote was taxi
an on the passage of the bill, which result
n in l09 yeas to 42 nays, several Radio,
., voting asinstit. A bill declaring who sh
Ii act as President in cases Of vacancies in t
en- office of President and Vice president W
nd reported. 1t provides the following 81
Of cessions in case of vacancy in the Office
ch President: !. V. President;2. Speaker oft
,r- House; g. Chief justice of the Suprel
ne Court; A. The Justice of the Supre,
is Court of the United States who still ha
sc been longest commissioned.
N THURSDAY, JANUARY u.
SENATE. Petitions we're presented a
I'M referred Tor increasing the tariff, for increi