The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-01-07

Of the Fifth Military Department
{ and for his prompt determination Il
; restore and maintain the Supreme,
of civil iaE Withiuethe limits of Iii.
command
Washburne, of ILL.,, as sked Eldride
to accept the following as an amend
meut -
! ResoIred, That we utterly condemo
the conduct Of Andrew johnson.
acting President of the United States
for his action In removing that ga-
liant soldier, Gen. Sheridan, from tn
| command of the Fifth Military d s.
trict, and that the thanks Of TINS
/ House are due to Gen. u. S. Grant,
commanding the armies of the United
States, for his letter of August last.
addressed to said acting President in
relation to. the removal of Stanton
and Gen. Sheridan, as well as FOR hi
Endorsement Of the letter of General
Sheridan. dated january %, 1867, in
relation to matters In Texas.
Eldridge declined to admit Of
amendment, and moved the previous
| question.
| Ward moved to lay the joint reso-
| luton on the table.
I Stevens, of Pennsylvania, suggested
that it be referred to a Committee.
Ward, at the suggestion Of several
members, withdrew his motion to lay
it on the table, whereupon Farms
worth resumed the motion.
| Schenck inquired of the Speaker
whether, if the House refused to lay
the joint resolution on the table, aud
did not second the previous question
IL would be In order, by amendment.
t" change the resolution from one OF
appreciation to one of censure? .
The Speaker replied that, if any
member should rise to debate the
joint resolution, it would go over nn
der the rule. A vote was taken and
Farnsworths motion was agreed to
yeas 85, nays %, strictly a party vote.
On motion Of Allison, the Secreta-
ry of the Treasury was directed to re-
port the amount of whisky seized in
New York end Brook lyn, the amount
condemned, the quantity sold, the
amount received therefor, and the
amount yet in possession of the Gov
ernment.
Washburne, of Wisconsin, offered |
a resolution, proposed by Washburne,
of Illinois, condemning the President |
for the removal of Sheridan. and |
thanking Grant for his letter relative |
to the removal of Stanton and Sheri- |
day.
Chandler called for the division of
the question.
Ross suggested an expression Of
thanks to General Grant for what had |
been called his white washing letter, |
recommending that the members from
the South be admitted to their seats
in Congress, but w Washburne declined
to adopt the suggestion.
Boyer moved to table the resolu-
ton. Yeas, %; nays, SO.
The portion condemning the con-
duct of the President was adopted.
Yeas, 70; nays, %.
The second branch of the resolu-
ton was also adopted-82 to %.
The Speaker presented an Execu-
tive communication, with a tabular
statement of the disbursements for
Indian serv ice for the year ending
June Both last, and a petition from
the colored people of Kentucky, COM
planning of unjust taxation by the
State authorities.
The resolutions of mass meeting
at Lawrence, Massachusetts, relative
to the rights of American citizens on
British soil, was referred to the COM
mittee on Foreign Affairs.
The resolution and memorial of the
National Convention of Manufac-
turers, at Cleveland, were referred to
the Committee on Ways and Means.
Washburne, Of Illinois, offered
resolution asking the Secretary of the
Navy for all the information relative
to vessels purchased for the navy since
April, 1861, which was adopted.
Ward had received letter from
Daniel Felsequald, of Hornellsviile,
n. Y, complaining that he had been
recently arrested Ia Ireland, whittier
he had gone to visit his relatives; that
a letter from Mr.. Ward to Minister
Adams, which he had produced to the
local magistrate, had been treated
with contempt; and that ne was de
tanned in custody a day and night,
and only liberated on condition of
leaving the country Immediately.
Ward said he had supposed when
such arrests were first made known,
they were confined to that class of
citizens who had gone to Ireland for
the purpose of redressing Irish grlev-
ances, but he was now satisfied that
no American citizen, native born or
aturalized, who was not prominently
known, could go to Ireland without
being subject to arrest and imprison-
ment. He thought it time this sub
ject was taken up earnestly, and such
action taken as would admonish the
British Government that they could
no longer, with impanity, infiet such
outrages on American citizens. More
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