The New York herald., 1868-03-15

MI. B0YERl must say 70 the gentleman fhat he /
the Supreme court Of the land, and with that am /
Nj. HOLMAN said mat he had objected % she btli |
being taken up at the time but was entirely satisned
Ohio that he had heard the amendment s oisred % Sy
sermsne to the bin; but be knew ali effort on the
part Of the minority TO defeat the amendment would
Mr.. SOHENCK went on to say:-The whole matter, |
suppose is this:-The news from New Hampshire had
sS aes s ~ Ss
wide awake to all subjects transpirng all around them
they usually are, and, under the mist and clouds
nary ardor and covering them a. with wet blanket
they not awake TO observe any legislation which
might be going on ana Wn,G1 M thss think
selves the defenders and they have sought TINS occa
sion, through the gentleman nom pennsyivaaa, ,,a 70
apologize to their constituents for having aled 70 oe
iSSnnf feSm this 0us side s0r Of as House
Condition myself w WIN % occupy the attention Of the
House no further. have no apology TO offer to my
constituents. will go home and tell them wnat !
have said to the House and TO these gentlemen. As
soon as the member from Iowa offered that amend
ment and ! heard II distinctly read thoughv
provided for-the repeal OF a law which likely to
lead to mischief by usurpaon OF Jurisdiction under
it-and was glad that the majority OF the House,
with an innocent little bill an amendment which
was equally innocent, 80 far as the government ana
Va
nobody except 1t may be rebels:
Mr. ALLISON ep Of Iowa. DC, desire to say ~ w9sa 9ra
judiciary I % Committee II understand correctly the
remarks Of the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr.
Boyer, he imputes bad faith to my colleague by Of
fering that amendment. 1t Is the first time IN the
history OF legislation that have discovered that II
is bad faith simply TO offer an amendment to- to Dill
tleman is compelled to admit that every
member on that side Of the House was inattentive
to the business Of legislation or else TO admit that
w amendment
go for 1t. That amendment was read at the CLERKS
desk, and offered by my colleague. II was gerinane
to the bill before the House, and no member on the
other side asked my colleague to explain It's enects
No explanation was required, and no division was
| without q division. Gentlemen on the other side
must accept either one or the other OF these posi-
tons and submit that they cannot In fairness charge
Mr.. BoYERwA few words in continuation OF this
discussion. am perfectly content with Its results
There has been enough admitted BY the gentleman
from Ohio entirely to satisfy me- and trust the coun
try that was correct In my narrative OF the fact
aG make ia aRy o e
cerned. l am perfectly willing to let the country
characterize what has transpired,. and to ap.
epsets save NOT NOT Charged fraud
try may pass upon them, 1t takes sufficient interest
In the subject matter Of this discussion to think about
at all. It is conceded that the bl which was INTRO.
duced by the gentleman from Ohio was altogether
different in its provisions from the amendment nt
which was afterwards appended to It. The bill
jurisdiction OF the Supreme Court The amendment
provided for its restriction is another matter The
Bill itself related to officers Of the internal revenue;
the amendment related TO the writ OF habeas corpus
issued and brought before the United States Circuit
Court to determine whether a citizen was unlaw.
tns tne seneman nse from %n'0s Ohio obtained footing
in the House for his bill by prefacng its Introduction
jection to it, and by explaining that it only related
to collectors of internal revenue. II is admitted by
the gentleman from Ohio that after having thils'
nous consent for the introduction OF the bill and
for action at that time, he allowed an amendment to
the House, prevent the bill being acted upon by
| unanimous consent 1t is said that the amendment
much the worse; for Immediately after its reading
the previous question was called, without any op.
portunity for examination or Investigation. \
was still more serious when we consider
1t in the light OF an advantage taken under the cir
cumstances which, whether intended or not. were
tion II It existed is warranted by any code Of NOR
ais or whether Is allowable In legislative strategy
This House HH 70, and for the Country With them leave Il
Let stand upon the facts as they have been admit
from Ohio is content am also.
Mr.. SCHENCK-The gentleman from Pennsylvani
wishes to clear himself as II would seem by his las
: remarks, from disposition to .'bandy epithets.
r Why, sir, what called forth any remark from me
. Charges that fraud had been practiset
remarksP A deception and he leaves tho country +
Judge OF the name that should be given TO fraud ant
deception. That Is, he first passes judgment, ant
pronounces that there has been fraud and deception
and then he leaves 1t to the country to give 1t 1
name. Sir, u was because the ns,,,,I gentleman a
asleep at his post undertook to shift th'
| responsibility upon others who were wider awak,
than he, and to hurl epthets at them, that ! asked
the attention Of the House, and without that should
sse S as
nifty for examination or discussion. Did he ask FOL
examination or discussionf Did anybody ask FOR 1t
Has my practice In this House been In bills managed
by myself TO cut or altogether an opportunity eithe
for question: discussion, inquiry or examination
The gentleman knows 1t Is not 30. But when nobod,
| asks 10 he permitted to examine q measure, wheI
nobody proposes to discuss II, am TO stop and turn
round to all the House and say Now, gentlemen, d.
try to understand II before yon voter Do no
some OF you want TO discuss this matter befor
to any imputation Of fraud on my part AS to tn
gentleman from Iowa (Mr. Wilsonl, II he was here h
that he needed IT, I do not think that he does. Tn
gentleman from Iowa, being awake to the wants @
the country and to the duties OF his position whe
he saw opening 10 propose an amendment whic
should accomplish good thing and right thin
In bill that was pending, and TO whic
his amendment was germane asked permission
TO offer his amendment and have it vote,
upon; and 1t would better become those gentlemen
ON the other side to ask oblivion OF the past II the
humby TO promise their constituents that they vii
In the future keep wide awake; and when thos,
naughty republicans have what they conceive good
measures offer they will be more ready To object anc
To take care that the democratic party shall sufel
no detrment than to be abusing the gentleman
from Iowa for having shown on his part readiness.
to he at his post and for being wide awake and moi
sleeping when on that post.
NE. NIBLAcK, (dem.) OF lnd said that he happened
to he one who was not caught mapping on his side o
the House. but that he thought undue importance
was attached to the matter fnasmuch as nothing
that the minority could have done would have pre-
vented the adoption OF the amendment or passage o
| the bill. He had made the remark 10 some person
sitting near him, 1--WE are caught handsomely IN THIS
| thing and IL Is no use making q fuss Dow.n
| Mr.. ALLISON took the floor to move an adjourn
| ment.
| Mr. WOOD asked permission to say few words
| but Mr. ALLISON suggested that they might be said
some other time, and insisted on his motion 70 ad
The motion was agreed TO and the House at 1ye
| O'Clock adjourned.
FIRE IN WILLIAMSBURG.
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