The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-03-19

CaDlnet, IN which lhOmaS says /
the United States has no power to
collect the custom duties at the port
of Charleston This was the en-
dorsement of the right of secession,
and it placed the applicant in an en-
barrasing position which required ex-
planation, but he would call atten-
ton to the speech of Thomas, to
which reference had been made In
that speech the Senate was referred to
as a body of men who had always
been, and were now, traitors to the
Union. f-4a9 4.' 5f91 e,f.a $
Morton said the quotations he had
just heard was sufficient to justify in
quiry. If what Thomas had said was
true, the converse of the proposition
was true; if the Senate was "a body of
traitors, Thomas was a loyal man, but
If the Senate was not body of trail
tors, then Thomas was disloyal. -.
Salisbury said the report of. the
speech of Thomas, from which this
extract was read, appeared in the
Baltimore American. He read the
speech in the Baltimore G0zette, and
there was no such language attributed
to the speaker in that report After
some further debate the subject was,
on motion of Grimes, postponed until
to mOrrow.s4ras r9yao ef 4el4 !.
Pomeroy introduced bill for the
consolidation of the Indiantribes, and
the erection of a qualified territorial
government for the Indians Also,
the joint resolution, to authorize the
the Commanding General to permit
traders to remain at eertnin posts.
Referred to the Committee on For-
eign Affairs. Z
Trumbull called up the joint reso-
luton, to declare valid the laws of
the Territory of New Mexico passed
during the session of 1866 and 1867.
| Passed. 81
! Trumbull called up the reconstrucr
tion supplementary bill; the question
being upon the concurrence in the
/ House amendments to the Senate
] amendment to the first amendment,
which unimportant character was
agreed to, 80 ...g-
The second question was, to require
a majority of all registered voters in
stead of as by the Senate bill, MAJ
jority of the votes cast, to adopt a
State Constitution. After a debate
lit was disagreed to. E9E
The next amendment of the House
relates to the punishment for false
swearing under this actg' agreed to,
The bill now goes back to the House
and the question will be on receding
from the, amendment disagreed to by
the Senate. I q
The Senate went into Executive
session and soon after adjourned. :,
HoUsE.-The two newly elected,
members from New Hampshire, Ella
and Stevens, appeared and had the
oath of Office administered, and took
seats.
Bills were introduced and referred
by Chandler to preVent Infringement
and frauds on patents, and to estab-
lish national school of science by
Randall, and to authorize the issue of
Treasury notes not bearing interest,
to be used in providing as sinking
fund for. extinguishing the National
debt. This is the same bill reported
at the last session by Hooper to amend
the national currency, being the same
bill reported by him December 18th.
Lawrence, to define and punish GER
tain crimes in reference to the qualifi-9
cation;pf Jurors ipcertain gases, and to
authorize deposit of trust funds in the
Treasury of the United States, and to
protect the rights of action of loyal
citizens, and to repeal certain parts of
the sgt of April 30, 1899, for the pun
| ishment of certain crimes against the
United States. 80 -a.o,
O. Williams moved to suspend the act
of April II, 1866, authorizing the
Secretary of the Treasury to cancel
four millions of Treasury notes
4 tmonthly. 9H1 1go0a .olToL
Bingham introduced resolution
authorizing members of the last
House of the Committee ON Military
Affairs, who are members of the
present House, to- prosecute during.
recess, an Investigation into the man
agements and general administration
Of the West Point Military Academy,
ordered during the late session.
On motion of Banks the President
was requested to communicate infor-
nation of the result of the late trials
of citizens Of thee United States in
I Canada. under charges Of complicitv
in the so.calledn Fenian invasion.
That to provide also, the latest official
information received from the Mexi--
can Republic.
dIn reply to the resolution by Fer.
nando Wood, Banks stated that the.
Committee on Foreign Affairs. had
under consideration his (Wood's)
resolution in regard to the Irish revo-
luton; that other meetings would be
had, and before the adjournment he
should make statement on that
question.
The Senate concurrent resolution to
an amendment to the joint resolution,
to prevent the sale or use of linnor in