Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1867-03-06

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ed in anticipation Of the event, and tn
Il House was Unusually full, over one hundte
e and eighty members being in their seats.
i, Speaker Collar laid the message before th
] House ut 6bee, and Mr.: Mcpherson; tn
: Clerk, read it himself instead of leaving th
s task to one of the ordinary reading clerks
: The document was listened to in silence in
! deed, the ability which characterizes it com
mands attention. 1t embodies a CAREFUL,
and positive declaration, in almost SO man,
/ words. that the Executive policy can alon
reconstruct the republic.
When the message had been read, Mr.. FL
bridge, risihg among his Democratic breth
rem, said that the minority of the House
profoundly sensible that the official duty
would require them, if in their physical
power, to defeat the bill, were equally con
scious that no effort of theirs could preven
its passage, entailing, in their opinion, dis
solution of the Union. They, therefore, il
the name of the Republic, in the name of al
that they hold dear, would protest against
the action of this Congress.
So File your protest, then, - said Mr.. Thayer
! But other Democrats, Messrs. Ancona
Finck and Boyer, successfully intimated theiI
purpose to defeat the measure by every re-
sort open to parliamentary practice, and de-
clared that Mr.. Eldridge had no authority to
speak for them.
The House was in no humor to fllibuster
So Mr.. Stevens plainly told the Democrats
that, not wishing to be discourteous, and
aware of the melancholy feeling with which
they were attending this funeral of the ma
ton, he had listened patiently and had found
a difference of opinion among the mourners
which the majority could not expect to har-
monte. He consequently Welded to Mr..
Blaine, who submitted resolution to cut off
] 49, 4 !
to two-thirds of the House the absolute con-
troll of its time and business. Mr.. Blaine's
motion was in these words
Resoired, That the rules be suspended so
that the House shall Immediately proceed to
vote on the following question required by
the Constitution viii the House. on recon-
sideration, agree to the passage of House bill
No. 1l43, the Presidents objections to the
contrary Notwithstanding
Mr.. Eldridge moved to lay the bill on the
table but the Speaker entertained Mr. Blaine's
motion, on the ground that on Monday, after
the morning hour, and during the last ten
days of the session, two-thirds of the House
can suspend all of its rules, thus removing
any rule that stands in the way of immediate
action on any measure.
The motion was passed. and then Mr. Col
fax declined to entertain fllibusterng mo-
ton to take recess An appeal taken
from the decision and the Speaker was sus-
tanned by vote of yeas l72, NAYS 4
So the question under the Constitution
- Will the House, on reconsideration, agree
to the passage of this bill = was put. The /
members voted quickly, and there were not /
many abentees to be excused
Mr.. Speaker COltax then arose and an
nounced that - On the reconsideration of this (
bill, entitled : \ bill to provide for the more
efficient Government of the Rebel States, the .
vote Is l35 III the affirmative and 43 in the
negative the bill has notwithstanding the
of the President, again passed.
There was applause in the galleries and on
rlmanded the spectators for offending against
the dignity of the House by doing exactly
what the House was doing
THE VETO IN THE SENATE
The veto message, with the official action
u the House on 1t, reached the Senate at
lalt-past eight in the evening. and was i'm
nediately laid before that body
hen the reading had been concluded, Mr.
teverdy johnson took the floor
REMARKS OF REyERDY JOHNSON
Mr. johnson said in substance that. while
loing, as he most sincerely did full Justice
o the CONSCIENTIOUS purpose of the President :;
re could not but regret that he (the Presi- q
ient) had felt himself compelled u come TO 9
hat result. and 10 send this message t. Con- T
,ress. There were many propositions in law +
ontalned IN that message which could not =
e maintained. There were many errors of n
Judgment IN 1t which, upon examination. 7
Tould be apparent and above all the result I
. which he (the Presidency had been com q
elled to come IN the exercise of his own n
there was no doubt was -
onsclentiousl Y exercised-he (Nr. Johnson) RI
NV nothing but continued turmoil danger +
nd error TO the South and to the entire h
ountry- He rose, therefore, for the pur- l.
ose OF stating very briefly, in addition to h
hat he had already said when the measure il
as before the senate on former occasion. II
by it was that he had east the vote he had ~
list on that occasion, and why it was that i,
2 should give the same vote now (Ap- =,
ause In the gallery, which was depressed ii
' the Chalr.) 1t Will not be for Il moment 4,
lpposed-said Mr.. Johnson-bv those to nj
nom am addressing myself, that | am bl
'Verned now, or that was governed then. 81
any hope of popular applause. My mo- b
YES, Ii | know myself, We're perfectly pure an
id patriotic. saw before me distracted So
I'd almost bleeding country. thought | to
wand | think | see now-the means by ne
hich it might be restored to IA healthful G,
ndltlon and the institutions of the country ce
the end preserved. | have arrived at that ~,
rod OF my life when, if ever any other ac
lbltlon animated me, | can have no other nj
lbitlon now than that of serving my coun- II
Having referred u the views he had G.,
eylously expressed the question of re- p;
Instruction, contending that when the war in
lsed the States We're restored to their for In
r relations. and that no conditions for IA
hlr representation were requisite or CON ne
tutIonal, Mr.. johnson said that the pres tn
t and the late Executive thought differently Rr
was unnecessary for him to say what were tnl
= conditions exacted by the present Execu- So,
e. They were in his (Mr Johnson's) lio
igment as unconstitutional as any that ~
I'D be found in the bill The Congress of lea
; United States were of opinion that. not ba
thstanding the people of the Southern Low
ties complied with the terms exacted by sb;
2 present Chief Magistrate, they could not II
restored without the sanction of the Con- of
sslonal legislation, and this was the judg- lea
mt of the country. Then how were they SIN
come back, only by complying with the ass
ditions which Congress NAV impose. ha,
ether Congress had the authority to i'm .
e them or not? or failing TO comply. to Pol
lain in the sad condition in which they 81,
' are. He (Mr. Johnson) imputed bad bv
tives neither to Congress nor to the Execu- and
:: He thought he knew his duty to the Tn,
tltutions of the country too well to call in w I
stion the motive either. He accorded pu- Of
OF purpose and patriotic principles to both MOI
differed from both. But he sought the Pat
oration of the Union, and he saw no way reff
accomplishing it now but by the adoption dea
he measure now before the Senate. We yid,
now, IN my opinion, in state of quasi tab
. Our condition is revolutionary Ten $40
les OF the Union are virtually held as :.
vlnces upon the ground that we have a $50
II TO mold them enemies of the Union ga