The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-01-22

history, TO an two unoccuS panhes in the chamber Of
MR. s~xvTHs' RrcossrRucnos suL-
The HOUSE proceeded the discussion Of MI ssevens
Reconsyu6ilon bill and was addressed BY NJ KAT IN
opposition and BY Mr. Highly snppor. Of the bill The
establishing State governments in the South and the
latter denounced it Mr. Highly also spoke against the
reverence OF the bill TO the Reconstruc,ion yomm.ee
The House at hapast four O'Clock took recess III
na past seven the evening session being intended ior
debate on reconstruction.
Evening Session.
The House met at hau-past seven o'clock lot oeDase
on ts
THE RECONSTRUCTION hill.
Mr. vAs HORN, rep) Of N. Y, occupied the chair.
Mr. TRIxBLE (dem) Of KY, addressed the House IN
opposition TO the bill He claimed that the last con-
sti,utonai amendment had been rejected. II had been
submitted TO all the loyal and disloya States and had
not been ratified by threefourths Of them. II It had
been ratified then this bill would be In violation OF It,
He denounced it bill OF attsindsr and pod fdco
law, ana made special constitutional points against it.
Mr.. DODGE, rep) OF N. Y, rose to give his reason
why he could not vote either for the bill the amend
ment He hoped he would not, for his course on the
bin, be denounced renegade republican. He diff
fered entirely from the general sentiment the
publican side OF the Housetha the States recently in
rebellion were not States in the Union Congress had
Tho constitutional amendment abolshng slavery
had been, submitted to- them by the general
Il 1852 ~ben west Virginia was crsanasd
Mr. Speaker Cofax had made speech in which he de.
clarsd that Governor Perpon and the wheeling Legis-
ature were the rghul government and Legislature OF
the State Of Virginia. competent consutionaly to give
assent to the partition Of the State tho
tutiona amendment had been the rebel States
for ratification. and he confident Congress- had in
tended that should be 80 sent He had read carefully
the bill Of Mr. Stevens and the substitute OF Mr. Ashley
and he had failed find in either the first thing that
promised peace, Cancellation and harmony He looked
anxiousy for peace and permanent Cancellation. there
In mi mt IN hat
could only rritate the people OF the South and per-
peuate the hostility between the sections He not
under the circumstances such state OF things
in measure to be expected. Something to bring
. about "a better feeling between the North and
the same time q better feeling between the
Southern men and the freedmen. He could not
10 either the bill the amendment anything Of the kind
The result of the passage Of the bill would disfranchse
large proportion Of the white men Of the South while it
would enfranchse tho colored Would the passage
Of such law be calculated to create better feeling be-
tween the white and the coored people, or between the
North and the southY II the republican party in the
State of New York had laid down such programme at
the late election he had no doubt it would have been de-
feated.
colleague in favor Of admitting to representation in
Congress Southern State which would ratify the con-
stitutiona amendment.
Mr. DopsE replied that he was unhesitatngy in favor
of IT, provided loyal representatives sent Con-
gress He then resumed and elaborated his argument
that this BILL instead Of being calculated to restore peace
and Cancellation calculated to embtter the feelings
between the sections to keep up the irritation and
postpone the settlement Of the question Referring to
the proposed impeachmen Of the President depre-
Gated IT az being unfortunate in political point OF view,
but vastly more unfortunate in parazng the industrial
the instance Of charitable institution In New York
which had voted to invest its surplus CAPT.
tai In United States securities but that the vote had
been reconsdered account Of the impeachment
proposition in the BILL and the President Of the society
was directed to deposit the amount In the New York
Life and Trust Fund 50 il was in all branches Of busl
ness He hoped that neither the bill Of Mr. Stevens nor
the amendment Of Mr. Ashley would pass the House.
Mr. HIsE tdem.) Of Ky, took the floor next and made
an argument against the BILL He declared himself
posed to giving any substantial cause for revolution or
State Of the linton, and that bot States could
govern be governed by the Congress of the United
into the Union but there was no power conferred upon
Congress reserved BY States to expe or TO take State
M scorrEID. irep) Of Pa, asked how 1t would have
been II the confederation had succeeded. Would tho
rebel States be s States in the Union under the
sttuton while they were running their own govern
Mr. HISS replied that would have been case Of sue.
ssslu revolution and the States remaining would have
really determined TO reduce the people OF the South
to condition Of the most abect political slavery. Is this
bill prop0sedY He criticised the details Of the BILL
show that II contemplated the establishment Of . des-
potism in the South-a despotism in . country where
listed or could ever exist Hc commended that not for mo-
ment was the rights Of the Southern States
ever DESTROYED was simply 70. ..sr on their part an
ever that ceased and they sent their represent
atves hero they were entitled 10 admission The
people Of the South exposed themselves individually
TO the penalty Of treason but under the agreement
by which they lard down their arms, and under the
amnesty proclamation and under the pardons granted
by the President the great body Of them relieved
from the consequences Of their rebellion Az 70 the
States themselves, there was means known 70 the
law by which they could be punished In their corporate
capacity and they certainly could not be degraded from
their positions in the Union His own programme
that they should be united that reconstruction should
take the place Of persecution not TO be expected
that the people Of the South would humby got their
knees and say, sYou radicals right and will
tain all your measures in the past and all your
in the future" That was what was meant by loyalty
devotion 70 ana determination TO perpetuate Radical
power. The word loyalty" should not BE- used in this
country should be obsolete except far related
TO faithful observance OF the constitution. This bill
made the white men Of the South the enemies of the
government and only the friendship Of negroes
feons and miserable Freedmens Bureau Civil Rights bill
political who flooding the Southern States
like 80 many buzzards over carcass And all this was
70 10 done 10 the name Of liberty As Madame Roland
said when she led to the gulotne during the French
revolution 20, Liberty, how many horrors are perpe
trated in your name ~ II impossible that the coun
try should much longer tolerate in power party guilty
Of many atrocities enormities and usurpatons the
republican party was guilty Of
The House adjourned ct Ten o'clock