New-York tribune., 1868-02-01
xIHH CONGRESS-IID SESSION


"SaSi M sAuTTRMHN Rep Ohio denied that the resolu
,aas spoke The voice Of the people Ohio. little more
than year ago they adopied ne no Minority
of about 1900, electing fourteen KepuDhSano hSano,sd
OF nineteen mem6ers I1ey Rea nSS Present resoiu-
tlsns were the voice OF a partisan m,9oIitS @ ~
the expressed win Of the people Ie ,y ANN .enitted
XXXIXth Congress would be carried tcl!' ,,c could
by amserity Of JSo so2 aPd BS G Hi' IN
yond yuturc action OF the legislature TIE psSPg 0
Ohio had felt that they ought 70 place he and
1n harmony with the Recousu avt5 % ~ he stae
they had, therefore presented su , tIe "rd white"
Convention proposing TO stiike out IN lJ g. III, nrono
Unfortunately perhaps tLey n 'se9Smtted both In one
snsndment To the people Of Ohio After an earnest can
,hey sbonId set an example Of enfranchisement, The
proposition received 2l70o0 votes more th ever Sio.e orc
Sfcted some objection. bat he regarded II as one
Se u.e never Would regret, that he had been
wiling 10 abate the issue and 80 before the
TTot rereS GS TO color or condition. but being prop
sston which all prcjudces OF the people could raly
coupled with the unpopuarty Of OF &c
sere many Of whom we're o really % R2fr6C s6S %ar S
majority Of the legislature. He he was was
amendment would have been carried Another objection
that had operated against the adoption oi inc 1ne
10 anepe now Bnt no one dreamed that the Legislature
Constitutional amendment Hewas willing to submit tne
question It's merits TO the people and the time would
decree could be obtained. SO lar as ne knew
there was division in the Republican
party with regard to the reconstruction measures of Con
Eress issue their had carefully avoided
He said the resolutions under consideration were rushed
through without debate, and he presented remonstrnce
which those resolutions had been forced upon the Lega
Mr. SUMNER said that the authors Of the resolutions
had accomplished nothing but TO exhibit ther own
bind prl9d'ces hhe M t5 St Of state once
given. He believed that state could no more 40 tha
than could withdraw from the Union, %, OF
which latter proposition there was no question Happily
however, this extraordinary effort was aosolntey mo
tent the Constitutional amendment having already De
part Of the Constitution Tho secretary OF stite
iwenty states including Ohio Maine and another state
had since given her assent making twenty-five states
have Legislatures the requirement of the Constitution
therefore met The amendment was originally pro
posed by twOthrd vote of Congress composed OF the
Representatives. of the loyal States and was now ratified
states whose representatives. originally proposed H. II
they sufficiently powerful to propose H. they c9nd
L~Up ineH, and could have no effect but to disclose
Mr.. JOHNSON Dem Md said that the Senator
doubtless right in declaring the amendment had been
adopted by the necessary number OF States according TO
the action Of Congress- but there difference OF
opinion which had been fully set forth during the recent
withdraw an assent once given. il the Southern States
had been states throughout the war; ana are now WITHIN
the meaning OF the COhsulutioh' lheh 'e ""eheH' nav
Mr. SKINNER REP, Mass) followed claiming that it
was of no effect. States had already ratified the
amendment and that State could not withdraw an ap
Mr Johnson Dem, Md argued that the amend
nent was part of the Constitution but he could not
agree that a State could not reverse its action.
The subject then referred TO the Committee on the
Judiciary. - ~
On motion of Mr. PATTERSON, GRep., n. H. the Sen
ate took up the bill ia addition to the act regulating the
tenure of certain civil officers.
The question was on Mr. Summers amendment, pro-
vding that the bill shall not do away with the foreign
agents OF the State Department ,
MIR. PATTERSON moved to substitute an anne amendment
providing that such agents shall not exceed hye III mum
Ser be pad out Of the contingent fund OF the state
Mr SUMNER would not restrict the number to five.
Mr. PATTERSON thought Hye enough Tor , the secret
service OF this Government. He denounced the employ
Ing OF agents for political services
day and that meantime inquiry should be made al the
M ASTi;9NY rep, R. ~ opposed such restrictions
Mr. CRIMES GeP, Iowa. thought it time that Con Con
.y waived dHrTg the TS N s RsS c anG %"S cAM
FKON rep. PENN who said that If We had had no
abroad should not have been called upon pay
Russia 100000 and TO other amounts to those other
Fountries crafty the ambition OF tho secretary OF
The bill was laid aside
RESOLUTIONS AND PETITIONS PRESENTED
Mr.. MORGAN rep, N.Yl-PreamDle and resolutions
the rights Of naturazed citizens Committee on Foreign
Mr. THAYER Rep, NebJ-Petton Of citizens Of the
District Of Columbia praying 81 the right o. eectns dele
members OF the Levy Court Committee the District
Mr.. JOHNSON Dem, Md gave notice that on Mon
day he would press vote on the case OF MI Thomas,
Benator elect from Maryland.
THE SUPPLEMENTARY RECoNsTRUcTION BILL
having again been taken up, Mr.. HOWE (Rep, Wis.,
sddressed me Senate After regtng mat ina T speech
party having spoken-there enemy left TO meet,
he said what Little political character he had achieved
had from observing and avoiding the shoals and
snfng currents into which his colleague had drfed
he had thus obtained some reputation for political saga
city only two points which their opponents dared
make against the Republican party were-rst negro en-
fanchsement and secondly, that they opposed the LIN
coin Johnson policy lt Of interest to examine
that Senator's Doote, Dem, Wis.) views, as he had
made them pretext for deserting his former prnc-
pies He quoted from Mr. DOOlltle's remarks upon
whas s me- ne saw & g, s IPOsga RPoSe PoeSa re-
mark in the Irish Parliament: " Mr. Speaker, smell a
Tat-I HIM floating In the ai but by the blessing OF
God will nip him in the bud" lLaughter.l Upon what
evidence did the Senator charge that tho Repuhican
party deserted its color aud kind The Republicans
proposed enranchise the cOOred race The erect OF
this enfranchsement could not he TO make that race
dominant for they not in the majority, and even
ambition Of the whites They asked only protection,
political power The Senator then read statistics to show
more numerous than the negroes winch II Is PRO,
posed to eniranenlse ana ne adaea .at 20 G
The Democratic party has asserted that the blacks were
were loyal but dragged into the Rebellion The Senator
emphaticay denied these assertions, and SAID that the
negroes had been accustomed to nothing aheir lives but
10 obey the orders of their masters yet they
Batized for being led into the appearance of wrong
which various Senators had attf.ed for the policy
fhe Republican party was the desire TO gain party
heart Of person who could be capable Of making such
On assertion II his party had entertained this purpose
lures TO tho whites the SOUTH the President had
done. These the answers 10 motives assigned by
his colleague who had set up Windmill OF MS own
manufacture and assaled II with fury The Republican
party sought TO give the blacks suffrage because there
was no other WAY under Heaven TO make their lives toll
erabe other expedents had been tried among them
emancipation and colonization as in the case
which had failed for they could not be eolonized.
In 1865 the govenQents set up 10y the were ex
nn not trusted The Congress reached the dehber
ate fOneuson that the blacks must nave we voice IN Ine
iOn such IL should be TO the end He denied that the