The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-12-10
TEE FORTIETH CONGRESS.
Third sessios.

FHMALB SUFFRAGE.

WARRINGTON Dec. ., 1868.
FEMALE SUFFRAGE.
Mr.. PosERoY, trep) Of Kan., presented petitions,
one from tho citizens Of Nashua N. H. and the other
amendment be made to the constitution In regard to
suffrage 1t no such az to extend the privilege equally
TO males and females. Tabled.
OREGON BRANCH or THE PACIFIC RAILROAD.
Mr.. WILLIAMS, (rep.l Of Oregon, by consent, intro
duced oil TO aid In the construction OF the oregon
branch OF the Pacific Railroad, which, on his mo-
aoD, laid the table and ordered TO be printed
RECONSTRUCTION IN GEORGIA.
MI. SUMNER (rep.l Of Mass. introduced bin 60
carry out the reconstruction acts In the State OF
Georgia, which, ON his motion, was laid on the table
The bil after promising that the Legislature OF
Georgia failed to comply with the requirements OF
the Recommendation acts by emitting TO exact from
its members the prescribed oath OF once ana that
this illegal organization has done certain things
utterly uniustiiiabe, and requiring the Intervention
OF, Congress, then proceeds to declare that the
government now existing IN Georgia Is provisional
authority Of the United states At any time 10 sbolIsd
modify control the same, until Legislature shall
have duly complied with all the requirements OF the
Reconstruction acts and ratified the constitutional
amendment known as ''article fourteen when the
state shah be subject TO the fundamental condition
that no alteration shall be made in IT'S constitution in
fIngng the right OF suffrage Of any citizen OF the
United states. II Ia further provided that the Gov
az ncore the fir,f Wedncsday M ,est Anri, ~ ~
General Assembly elected last April; but no person
shall participate therein unless he has taken the
oath Aforesaid or been relieved or disability by act OF
Congress. The Provisional Governor IL also given
power To suspend remove from ONCE any civil
officer OF the so-called State, or OF any Of Its munich
patios, and may appoint another Ia his stead.
Finally the President rs directed to place az the s-
posa OF the Provisional Governor elect OF Georgia
such portion OF the army and navy Us may DO re-
qulred by bim for the preservation of the lives and
property Of persons the peace and good order OF the
community, and the protection VI citizens In the tree
expression uf their political opinions.
RgITEr THE DIsABfLiriEs Jrpgf MOSES
ON motion OF Mr. ROBERTSON, (rep.) of \. c.. the
senate took up the bill for the relief OF the political
disabilities OF Z. J. Moses, Vnief Justice OF South
Carolina
Mr. EDsuSps, frcp.) of w. said he had objected 10
the consideration OF the bill on Monday because he
did NOT know then the upon which 10 was based
but he had since become entirely satisfied that Mr..
Moses deserving OF the proposed cicniency, and
TO extend it 70 him, and, therefore, ne would make
Do objection ~ che passage OF the bill.
Mr. ROBERTSON said he desired the passage OF tho
blu because it would only be doing Justice 10 Mi.
Noses whose chief disability arose from his having
been state senator before and during the war FOR
twenty five consecutive years. AT tue end OF the
war he had been elected = Judge OF che supreme
Court ~ South Carolina and In that position de
cisons had given satisfaction to both parties.
bin 20 az 10 extend the same relief 10 all other
citizens OF South Ccroina iaooring under political
disability.
The motion was lost MI the senator's present vo..
ing in the negative except Nessrs Bayard Davis,
plxen Doolitte, Ferry, McCreery, Norton Patterson
Mr.. DAVIS remarked that the bil would no more
acceptabe to him n II was amended az he had pro.
posed; btn that even then he would vote against it
because he held that there was no fourteenth
amendment TO the constitutions the proposition pur-
porting 10 he such amendment not having been rati.
fed by three-iourths OF the states.
The bill was then read q third time and passed,
BILLS FROM rnr HOUSE.
message was received from the uouse VI Repre-