The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-01-30

admission of Nebraska. He refers to |
the fundamental condition precedent, |
that suffrage shall be allowed without |
distinction of race or color. Ihls |
condition is not mentioned In the
original Enabling Act; was not con-
templated at the time Of its passage;
was not sought by the people them
selves; has not been applied. to the
inhabitants of any State asking ad-
mission; and, it is In direct conflict
with the Constitution adopted by the
people, and declared in the preamble
to be Republican in its form OF
government; for, in that lnstru-
ment. the exercise of the elective
franchise and the right to hold
Office are expressly limited TO
white citizens of the United States.
Congress, thus undertakes to author
ize and compel the Legislature to
change a Constitution which it IS de,
clared in the preamble has received
| the sanction Of the people, and when
by this bill is accepted ratlfed and
confirmed by the Congress of the ma
ton. The President proceeds to show
fhat the first and third sections Of the
bill exhibit yet further llnePag5uilty: ll, ~
If, he says, Congress is satlsned tha0
Nebrasks at the present tune pos
sesses sufficient population to entltie
| her to full representation IN the eo9n-
ellis Of the nation, and her people de-
sire a State government. good faith
would seem to demand that she should
he admitted without further require
ments than those required in the en-
abling act, with all of which is assert
Il ed in the preamble her inhabitants
have complied. a.,
To-day in the Supreme Court of the
District of Columbia, Mr.. Bradley
moved the admission to the bar OF
Allen B. Magruder, of Virginia, mem
, ber of the bar Of the old Circuit
Court, and now an attorney and coun-
selor of the Supreme Court OF the
United States. 1t was generally un-
derstood that Magruder would be un
2 able to take what is known as the
3 test oath, and that this motion was
= made with view of ascertalnlng hoV
this court regarded the recent decls
ion of the Supreme Court OF tn
: United States, as affecting its duties
E. with regard to the rule laid down ol
the subject. Chief Justice Cartier IN
formed Bradley that to grant his mo
u tion and pass an order for admission
It would be to set aside the first rule o
II the court.
n Bradley presumed that when ;
member of the bar of the Suprem
0 Court applied for admission to thi
II bar. he would be admitted, as a mat
ter of course, taking such oaths as ar
j prescribed by that tribunal. this coul
being a branch Of other Justice.
Darling has presented to the Hous
a petition signed by over 1900 yetel
ans, who request that Congress enat
such laws as will secure payments
bounties to soldiers who have bee
discharged from service by reason
D. disability other than wounds, and
a those who have lost their dischare
o. papers, both classes of these men 81
~ Ing now deprived of bounty und'
OF act Of July, 1866. 6I0ff
q WASHINGTON, Jan. 29-The Pre-
IN ident, in compliance with resolutlt
s. of the House, transmitted to-day "
)n luminous documents on the subject
SIS the New Orleans riots in July las
tie These include 400 foolscap pages
testimony taken before the Militia
n Board convened at the instance
to Gen. Baird, and consisting of Gener
ut Mower, Quincy, Gregg and Baldy, t
at gether with their report, in whi'
o. they condemn the conduct Of May
Monroe, and say but for the declar
DIS ton of martial law by Gen. Baird, al
" the presence of troops in all neg
Wy quarters in the city, the lives al
ne property of Unionists and Northe
* k men would have been at the mercy
OF the mob-the conservators of pea
being, for the time, the instigators
nat violence. Nothing would have renal
cn ed but an arming for self defense, a
zen a scene might have ensued unpar
nat leled in the history of ages,
WASHINGTON. Jan. 29.-The Wa
and Means Committee have add
sewing, wringing, and washing n
chimes to the free list in the tai
es- bill. ]4
Try The Senate Finance Committee l
me rejected the Houses gold bill.