The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1868-12-17
The Presidents Message in the House
Of REPRESENTATIVES.

We select from the proceedings in Con
gress on the 9Th, the following report
of the discussion in the House on the
Presidents message:
The Presidents message was received
and read. fg
I The reading having been completed,
Washburn of llin1i, made the motion
chat the message be printed. He said
the recomInendation OF the President
relative to the . ibiic debt was plain,
undisgui<ed repu lation anI he entered
!!;e protest agaitiss H. denoHrcing Il Is Il
disgrace 10 s!la conntry and to b Chief
Magistrate. WasnJa.:l yi2l9cd to Broom
an. yh9 desired t1 offer resolution but
was ir,terruptedby Wo0d W hoHadea point
Of order that Wa:hbarn had been using
unparIi,ulGataTy n@e.
lie Speaker ruled tiat ,!.is beiH9 ~
eorntrv Of free speech. the persons cleo
ted to rep4 l5c:,. - '''anie have flgiit
to criticise their pubilc oAicc.s, t-J,.s.o,-
it be in langunge nJt lndecorons or often
sive: a right exercised N the President >
message in referring to members OF Con
gress.
:. At Schenck's desire the paragraph
commencing, "OurnatlonaL credit should
be sac~edlv reserved, . and ending
rigid compliance HIlh the letter OF the
bond, was read
Broonlal. then read his resolution.
which recites the paragraph above refer
red. and says;
Whereas, Such sentiment, if permit
ted to 90 to the world without Immediate
protest, might be understood to be the
sentiment of the people of the United
States, and Of their representatives in
Congress therefore
Peso7,spI, That AL forms and degross OF
reputation OF the national inde eDtediiees
are odious to the American people, and
that under no circumstances VIII their
own representatives consent to offer the
public creuitoi, as full compensation. a
| less amount of money than the Govern
ment contracted t. pay HIM
Schenck said y look upon that part
of the message as the most gross shame
| less and Infamous proposition to Tcpndl-
ate the national debt that | have ever
! vet known it ma. be possible however
| in the columns Of the paper OF Brick
Pomeroy, who, [ believe has spread
before the public in full, this morning
! this message in fall i'll advance OF other
papers, showing, possibly, a kindred
! feeling on this point. l1anghter.I
! There is another part Of tsl:. c,,s..ssc t.
/ which ] wish tn attract attention before
any vo,o is taken. On the twenty fifth
page of it will be found a paragraph re-
! fiecting on the action OF Congress III
terms similar TO those used By the Legls $
| lature Of Oregon. 1t Is only needtul for
! me to recall the attention of the House
/ to the fact that yesterday, when such
| language came from that source, we Stlg-
| natize it is scurriious and indecorouS
! T do not know of any license which the
/ President of the United States has to
sneak thus Of public legislature which
may not as well be accorded to the Legis.
! lature Of Oregon, and | therefore class
them together in that reprobation which
! Congress has already passed on one OF
them. Now |, trust that there will be nc
printing Of this message Let 1t take 1t
chances in the public prints, l trust
that it will be simply laid on the table a:
the Whole on the State of the Union, OF
to any Committe OF the House.
Farnsworth That is right. f
Schenck-I trust also that no gentle
man will be deferred from voting against
! referring it TO tnS COiHHtttce VI lHt
Whole on the State of the Union, or to
any Committee OF the Union, on the
suDpositio. that it is necessary IN order
to give jurisdiction to the several parts
which should be referred to the Commit
tees. There is nothing in the message
of which the Standing Committee of the
House may not obtain jurisdiction by the
ordinary process of reference OF bills
petitions and resolutions: There IS nc
necessity therefore of referring it to the
| Committee of the Whole on the State
Of the Uuion for the usual purpose Of
its distribution to the standing commit
tees. There is no need of its being
printed. It will go broadcast through
| the country, as all President s messages
do do for what it is worth. 1 desire that j,
NAV simply be laid on the table, and
hone my friend from Illinois, concurIns
with me. will permit me to substitute
that motion for his.
Washburn coneurred with MIR. Schemes
but said it must be necessary that the
message should be prinrad. in order tt
have it go among the Official docnment'
lof the country. He modified his mo