The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1867-02-19
by Felegraph-
Con ngresSional.

follows:
Sec. 5. And be IL tiorie,. enacted. That
when the constitutional amendment pro-
poseu as article fourteen by the Thirty
N!nth Congress shall havo become part
or the Constitution of the United States
ov the ratification of three-fourths of the
States nov represented in Congress and
when any one of the late so-called Confede
rate States shall have given it's assent to
the same and conformed its constitution
ana laws thereto IN all respects, and when
1T shall have provided by its constitution
that the elective franchise shall be cnioyed
equally and lmpartially by all mali ,:;;t;-
zens of the United States. twenty-one
years old and upwards, without regard to
race, color or previous condition of servi-
seuoe, except such as may be dsfranchised
Tor participating in the late rebellion. and
when said constitution shall have been
suomitted to the voters of said State, as
ohuS denned, for ratification or rejection.
ana when the constitution, if ratified by
the popular vote, shall have becn submit
tea 10 Congress for examination and ap-
proVal, said State shall, if its constitution
be approved by Congress, be declared en-
IltIed to representation in Congress, and
senators and Representatives shall be adj
mltted therefrom on their taking the oath
prescribed by law, and then and thereafter
the preceding sections of this bill shall hc
imperative III said State
1t is prefaced by preamble Droyidino
tor the division of the lately seeded States
INTO Military Districts similar to those pro-
posed IN Stevens bill, but gives the an
polntment of the officers who arc to cor
trol them to the President instead of to
the General commanding. 1t further re-
qu.res that all death sentences shall be
approved by the President before they can
De executed; that the writ of h0be0S cor.
1'uS shall not be suspended. and that no
lntert renee by the military with the State
government shall occur
The bill will meet with 'scrious onnosi-
tion in the House. Several Republicans
including BrandaSeo and Stevens. arc re-
ported to be indignant at its PROPOSAL TO
give to the President the right of appoint
ing the officers, approving sentences of
oeath, as also Its permission to the Fedc-
raj Courts to grant petitions for lhe habeos
corpus.
The friends of the measure apprehonded
veto, and it is feared that the bolters
VIII defeat it altogether. Three Senator's.
Messrs. Salisbury, Buckalew and Davis
soteu nay, for reasons which they speci-
Mr.. Davis moved to amend the bill so as
to t; make all punishments for crimes punish
able as under existing laws, but the mo-
ton was lost by a vote of to %.
WASHINGTON, February 1S.-Wentworth's s
corruption Committee creates more amuse-
ment than apprehension; Developments GO
to show that two enterprising newsnanor
men engineered the thing. The primary
object Is big item. Congressman were an
preached and encouraged to visit the Pre-
sldent,, to whom the Presidents views
seemed moderate, and showed intense
anxiety to harmonize the country and
nothing moro. The interviews were social
ana Tree, officially binding neither party.
Enc PRESIDENT is represented as utterly
opposed to Congrcssionalinter with
State electors.
In the Senate, Sumner presented a me-
mortal Of the Pennsylvania Peace Society
urging the establishment OF an intorna,
slonal tribunal, to which the national diff
3erences should be referred
Inc bill extending the time for appeal in
q writ OF error, from the excluded States.
passed.
Sumner made an Intellectual effort to dis
inter Elliott's bill, when, after ar executive
session, the Senate took re,"ss.
In the House, joint resolution of the
Utah Legislature was presented, praying
the repeal of the territorial law furnishing
r3.oasgga1 rolygam1y, The bill calling for suffrage,
hours debate. The resolution that the
President be only empowered to pardon
AFTER conviction and that pardons Hereto
Iore granted are null, was referred to the
Judiciary Committee. The District Com
mlttee were instructed to report bill pro-
nloltlng the sale of liquor in the District
natioy Snk currency was tabled.
She1@ys substitute was considered.
stevens moved to non-concur, and asked
{or Committee of Conference Boutwell,
spoke III opposition to Shcrman's substi-
tute, and complained that the bill gave
moro power to the President and functions
OF reconstruction to the rebels. We ought
to remove from the reconstruction busi-
ness IN South Carolina .he Orrs, Pickens
and Magraths. The bill leaves the work
open to any one who may choose to en-
gage IN It. We trust rebels with the work
OF reconstruction, of which wo are afraid
or incapable.
Stokes opposed it, because he saw in it
universal amnesty and universal suffrage.
tie dld not understand language if it did
not entranchlse every rebel in the South
lie preferred the defeat Of the congress
slonal reconstruction measures to this
bill.
Stevens took the ground that the bill
usurped the power of future Congress.
and afterwards ventilated his usual bitter
ness against the President and the South-
crn people.
Blaine favored the bill, contendine that
1t gave no more rights than Congress gave
Tennessee rebels.
Bingham mado a bitter hit at Stevens,
showing there was not single feature in
the bill which was not at one time or other
favored by the Reconstruction Commit
tee.
Schenck, of Ohio, favored the bill as the
only thing possible. After further argu-
ment, Blaine demanded the previous ques-
tlon, which was seconded-tne vote stood
to 64: A motion that the whole subject
De tabled, was negatived-40 to 118. The
House then took recess