The Portland daily press., 1868-05-15

Hopkins, Hotchkiss, Humphrey, 1nSclL ooIi'
Knott, Lawrence of Pennsylvania, Loan,
| Marshall Marvin, Mccormick, Morgan, Mum
ger. Myers. Niblack, Nicholson, North, Phelps,
| Poland, Pruyn, Randall, Robertson, Robinson,
Ross, Sawyer sitgf ias Van Trmn ote W
| Washburne of Illinois, Washbnrne of Massa-
chusetts, Woodbridge and Woodward
Nays-Allison, Ames, Anderson, ArnelI,
Ashley of Ohio. Bailey, Beaman, Beatty, Ben
jamin, Benton. Bingham, Boutwell,, Brownel,
Broomall, Buckalew, Clarke of Ohio, Clarke
Farnsworth, Ferris, FIELD, Gravely, Harding,
Hubbard of West Virginia, Hunter. Judd,
Kelly, Kelsey, Kitchen, Koontz, Lawrence OF
ONO, Lincoln, Longbridge, Mallory, McCar-
thy, McClurg Miller, Moore, Morrill,, new
P fGHe f S 3M P PdsSv Proe Raam
Schenck, Schofield, Shanks, Stevens OF New
Hampshire, Stevens of Pennsylvania, stokes,
Taffer Thomas, Trimble of Tennessee, Irow-
bridge, Twitchell, Epson, Van Horn, Van
liams of Indiana, Wilson of Pennsylvania and
Window.
Mr. Stevens, of Pennsylvania, then closed
the debate. He said:
Mr.. SpeaFer-I don't expect to be heard
over this House, but what say will be said in
such manner That those who choose to be
quiet will hear. My friends on the other side
OF the House to-day pursued the same course
wnlcn tney have pursued, partially, though
not 10 the same extent, in what they have
Deen pleased to call an argument for the last
eight or ten years. That is not arguing the
question, but arguing the man. For ten years
no man on that side of the House has risen ON
any important question but that person en-
tering the gallery would think / was on trial
for some offence. Four-fifths of the time of
the gentleman from New York (Brooks) is al
ways consumed in attacks, and you choose to
~ fha HAM ou1x,o
and not on his measures or on the one he may
be advocating. l call upon every high minded
man here to say whether that course of argu-
ment, SO long and so persistently pursued, is
an honorable or dishonorabe course of ar
gument. Gentlemen need not hatter them
selves by supposing that take to myself their
remarks as fiattering JUNCTION to my SOUL or
that suppose them to be intended for the
purpose of exalting me. L say to my breth-
rem, all of them being equal, that it is intend
ed as disgrace to them. 1t is intended under
the pretence of exalting out to degrade all the
otners. Does the gentleman from New York
MIR. Brooks) believe, for such is his argument,
That by appealing to the envy or ambition of
gentlemen that he can excite them to action
because happen to be on particular course?
Does he suppose that this excessive and un-
necessary and unjustified praise of one indi-
vidual is to excite the ambition or rather the
envy OF the rest of the members as to induce
them to forget the arts, the low arts Of low
men, but of gentlemen who use low language?
For the first time in the course of ten wears
have alluded to this affair, this offensive line of
argument on behalf of the gents on the other
size OF the house. Excuse me, therefore, if
when 1 have said this shall pass it over and
omit three-quarters of the same kind of what
the gentleman from New York thought argu-
ment have no doubt but he thought it was |
In his TRADE against one individual, and in dep
recatlon OF one hundred and forty others. Mr.. |
Stevens proceeded to support the bill at some |
length. L have no apology to offer for admis- |
sion that we intend that these men shall have
right to compete in intellect, in science and
In religion with the gentleman from New York
and his constituents of the Five Points, with
myself and my honest yeomanry around me,
and with all the people of the nation; and let
him who is the most worthy, who climbs high
est In the ladder of merit, of science, of intel
iect and OF morality be the ruler, according TO
law, of all his other sluggard neighbors, no
matter what may be their color, no matter what
may be their pretensions no matter who they
are, whether they are men of nobility or men
OF common rank; indulge no longer that vain
IDEA That any man OF sufficient age and intel
iect is to be stricken out of the governorship,
the ruling of this country. Never again L
trust, never again believe, will that infamous
day be for which the gentleman from New
York SO ardently prays.
MIR. Stevens went on to explain . bill and |
in the course of his remarks said pr.- gentle
men OF the Democratic party are fearful that |
some OF those Senators would be admitted be- |
tore we ousted the first military despot of that |
region. There is not much danger now, and |
they may afford to let us in. They know,
suppose, whether that gentleman is to remain
longer in the White House or not do not,
but at any rate we can admit no Senators in
time to operate on that question.
The House proceeded to vote on the bill and
amendments
The first vote was on the amendment offered
Dy, Mr. Stevens yesterday, in reference 70
debts due to loyal men. The amendment was
agreed to-yeas 49, nays co.
Inc next question was an amendment offer
ed to-dsy by Mr.. Benjamin and accepted by
Mr.. Bingham as substitute for his own. 1t
was agreed to without the yeas and nays.
The next question was on the amendment
offered by Mr.. Brooks, that all citizens of the
United States in those States shall be entitled
to equal rights of suffrage. 1t was rejected
without vote.
The bill then passed-yeas 1O8, nays 49, q.
MT: Butler, from the Committee on Appro-
priations, reported the Indian appropriation
Dill, which was made the special order for Sat
urday.
Mr.. Jenckes, from the Committee on Re-
trenchment, reported bill to regulate the civ
il service of the United States, and promote
the efficiency thereof He spoke an hour in
advocating the bill, which was postponed till
the I'd of June. Adjourned till to- morrow.