The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1868-12-17
The Message in Congress.


| The following special despatch to the
Chicago Tribune, dated at Washington,
| December 9Th, gives AL interesting AZ
count of the manner in which the Pres-
! iden;'s Message was received By the swo
houses OF Congress: ~t
The country may properly eoagsasa-
/ late itself upon having got the iast 81
! Andrew Johnson's annual messages. II
/ is such document - was never eeiofe
sent to Congress, and ii received such
| Treatment, as TO other message ever
| received. The indignation ii excited al
/ the cartel was something with which
/ the people Cannot help sympaihians,
/ aud the condemnation poured upon the
| head OF the bad ulau, whose name IL
| bears. will doubtless be echoed from one
/ end of the land TO the other.
THE MESSAGE IN THE SENATE.
! The Senate received the message from
/ the Presidents Private Secretary nj sx-
aetiy ole clock. There were not msny
persons in Tie galleries, Tor the poPu!aeS
/ expected scene =, the other eEd Oh the
Capitol. The Clerk began its reading
| Just As the printed copies were dssiriau-
led among the Senators. He had read
! about ten minutes, not having reached
/ the atroe.oGs paragraph in which the
/ President advocates republication through
the nun-paymeRs of lnieEss. On our
. bonds, when Mr.. Conne>s arose anu IN
tii-aangiy moved To dispense with tie
; further reaaiur .f the document. The
wrath and contempt Of the Senators had
I been gradually rising. one could see
/ that easily from the galleries Inc pro-
position II quit reading was however,
no les. novel than astounding, and At
i. rs Hs4 >kn
seemed opposed 10 such severn treatment
/ OF the document Garrett Davis caught
a, his breath, and managed 10 say that
the motion was most extraordinary.
Yes" responded Ionne>S, 'and the
message IS most extraordinary: such
one as no other President ever sent 10
Congress- Warming up 10 his subject
he went on to say that il was TRADE OF
ab,lSe AN indecent attack upon Congress,
a tissue of malignant falsehoods. This
! language caused a decided sensation.
! Several Senators rose to speak. TWO or
three appealed to CONFESS to Withdraw
his motion. Others urged him 10 press
il to vote and there was some confu-
sion. Vice Presiden. Wade called for q
vote on the motion TO stop the reading,
and on the rfUu vocc answer, declared
that il had carried. Mr.. Davis and 9TH
ers wanted q yea and nay vote, and so
that was ordered. Meantime there had
, been some private consultation, and, As
its result. ConnesS said he was willing
to withdraw the motion If ii was tho I
best Mr.. Cameron replied that he
: would a. once renew it, aud so it was
not withdrawn. Mr.. Howe said the
message WAS indecent in its character.
: The constitution does not give the Pres
+. ideEt any right to send US sucn uies-
l,o 10 ha a ~
Of listening TO such message. Messrs
Morton and Wilson cvncurred i'll pro-
4 nouncing it full of misrepresentation,
but thought the Senate had better have
it read through. Mr. Cameron ch2rec-
Q terized it a. unfit to go on the Senate
y Journal, and wanted it thrown upon the
:. table at once. Morton reminded the
-, Senate Ina. the President had right %
communicate his view. in his own way,
e adding that he himselfthouShtth the mes
y sage as bad q enc as II could be. Dir.
Wilson spoke OF 1t Is the rawlings Of 4
bad. disappointed man. Nj. Drake
d characterized il as the last kick OF de-
= feasei Executive, which il was no.
). worth while to mind. A majority OF
:. the senate seemed TO think otherwise,
: for when at this point Mr.. Edwards
e moved an adjournment, il was carried
: without division. Thus the Senate, out
ragged beyond restraint, refused for tie
first time in its life 10 hear message
Z from the White House. While there
r was some division among Republicans
g rs IN the prop.icty OF allowing il 10 Ne
: read there was none in condemnation
Ii al its doctrines or in the protest again>!
/ is wicked plea for tie late rebellion.
N TIE HOUSE.
The House took the reading Of the
y message very quietly. The mems gal
: lery WAS crowded, though evidently not
so much TO hear the document read Is to
i see how it was received by the Repre-en-
e tatiycs. Clerk Mcpherson seemed i'm
Y pressed with the gravity OF his mission,
: aud read the pages in a loud aud clear
voice easily filing the chamber. Very
few members paid any attention to him.
n however. Many OF them left the floor,
., others wrote letters, several read new. .
: papers. Little knots gathered for laugh
ter and conversation, aud there Wa. a
e buzz OF SINAI talk Throughout the hall
= As the Clerk reared the last lines scgesa ii
:, members rose. Mr.. Washburne, If
Illinois. got the floor. and in a few
I grave, measured words denounced the
message for lis Reputation doctrines.
= speaking or the document a. dis-aceful
in the extreme. Fernando Wood, that
PINK ol PROPHECY called aim to order.
: holding thar he had TO right 10 use the
: wocl disggacefai in connection with any
message from the PEesielat The
Speaker ruled, Of course, that any men,
: ber had the right to speak of it as lie
d pleased, 80 long as kept within the
bounds ii deeorum- Messrs. Wood
Randall aud Eldridge all tried 10 speak
:, N ouce. all evidently meaning 10 raise
Il further points Of order. Mr.. Wash bQrne
:. refused To yield tile floor. and the
Speaker wa, obliged 10 sharply rap them
II 10 order, and direct them To take their
: seals. Mr.. BEoomall wanted the floor
! - offer n resolution against Reputation
=. in any firm, and Mr. Washburne Weld.
ed. These three Democrats. and others
u AZ once jumped 10 their feet, AMI with
good deal OF confusion. 90: in a point
"a. OF order that Mr.. Boo mill, at Ii
, june.ure. could not have his resolution
J. read by the Clerk. Very we'll said
II Mr.. BroomQal. Il will read itnly-elf. a,
a part Of my remarks" and 50 he did
q. walking 10 the Clerks desk. and read
ing il from where Thad Stevens stood
- in late years Ia make his speeches. Mr.
OF ScLenca then Of the Il a.s.a >yha want al