Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-07-12
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10th Congress---Adjourned Session.
'A" 4 " WASHINGTON, July IL, 1867.
SENATE.
The Reconstruction bill was taken up.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,

HOUSE OF PRESENTATIVES.
Messrs. HUBBARD and BARNUM, of
Conn, appeared and took their oaths as
members.
Mr.. PHELPS asked leave to offer reso-
luton instructing the committee on Com
merce to inquire into the causes of the
present collapse in the ship building inter-
ests in America, &C.. but Mr.. ALLISON
objected.
On motion of Mr.. MOREHEAD, the COM
mittee on Military Affairs was directed to
Inquire into the expediency OF amending
the Bounty Act of July, 1866, SO as to pro-
vide that in the case of the death of the
soldier after his discharge, and before re-
celving the bounty, it shall be paid to his
heirs.
Mr.. FOX asked and obtained permission
TO record his vote against the reconstruct
tion bill passed last Tuesday. -..
Mr.. WARD presented petition of 900
citizens of Maryland, asking Congress to
pass law aDolishing all distinction i'm suf-
frage on account of color throughout the
United States. Referred to the Judiciary
committee.
The House resumed consideration of the
concurrent resolution offered yesterday by
Mr.. Boutwell,, providing for an adjourn
ment till October.
Mr.. BOUTWELL, said that as the action
OF Congress on the proposed Impeachment
of the President, would stand either for
good or evil as a precedent, it was due to
the character of the House and to the high
position of the person accused that in this
great proceeding, which must remain in,
history after they had all passed away, that
they should command all the time necessa-
ry for fair, just and judicial consideration
of the question.
They should not let the matter be in
Volved IN the measures or party warfare
which would exist. During the next
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time was free from all controversy about
other matters.
| Mr.. PIKE asked Mr.. Boutwell, to let an
amendment be offered for adjournment
until Wednesday, the 18th of November.
Mr.. BOUTWELL, declined to do so.
MIR. PIKE said he proposed that amend
ment without reference to the question of
Impeachment. He did not believe the
House should hasten its session one day in
reference to that question. He did uot be-
lieve that the country desired to be in
volved in that question. The country
wanted peace; it wanted time to recover
from the waste of war. So far as concerned
punishment of the person in the White
House, it seemed to him that after having
destroyed him politically, the only ques-
tion now was whether they should "mangle
the corpse" [Laughter.l He pike should
not vote for Impeachment.
Mr.. STEVENS said in his opinion the
whole country believes the article of i'm
peachment should have been reported long
ago. He wished the House would order
the Judiciary committee to report it this
session, at least partially, with leave to
make further reports at the next session,
so the country might understand whether
there was anything in the conduct of the
President that deserved impeachment.
Mr.. SPALDING gave notice that if the
previous question were voted down he
should offer as an amendment a resolution
similar to that under which the present
session was held for Congress to meet on
the 10th of September, if there were quo
runs in both Houses. NJ. -'
Mr.. PIKE said it was one question
whether the President had fifty discharged
the duties of his Office, and it. was quite
another question whether Congress should
enter on this game of President making
He was entirely willing to leave that to
the Convention that would be selected in
the proper way, instead of endeavoring to
precipitate movement here in favor of
one man and of another man, and it was
that which in his Judgment made by this
more intense action on the question of i'm
peachment.
Mr.. BROOMALL, of Illinois, assured the
House that it could not console itself with
the reflection that this subject could be
passed over. 1t had gone too far for the
House to ignore the proceedings of the
judiciary committee. The House had got
to sift the evidence and take some action
for or against impeachment. He knew of
no one district of the country where
the people considered the mat
ter as dead or unworthy their attention.
The people had chafed under the delay.
They were angry that the Honse had not
shown sufficient energy in enquiring into
the merits of the controversy. They were
weary with the delay in hunting up spe-
cialities and trifles, when the glaring facts
stared them in the face that the President
met the last Congress at its first session
with the assumption of complete legisla-
tive power, and every attribute of a despot.
He could not conceive in what commu-
nifty the gentleman from Maine (Pike) had
lived that he could draw the conclusion
that the people would be satisfied with
the ignomy of the question of impeach- |
ment. The House could not ignore it.
Mr.. BOUTWELL, insisted on the pre- |
vious question.
The House refused to second the previous
question.
Mr.. PIKE then offered his amendment, |
substituting the 18th of November for the |
18th of October. Adopted.
The House resumed the consideration of
the bill for the relief of repented deserters,
which was up yesterday. -