The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-03-30

HOUSE E.,..... WAsHLNGToN. March q.
Wilson presented resolutions from the
Iowa Leglsiature in reference to the Des
M3ines Rapids Canal swamp land selec-
Van Horne. of Missouri. introduced two
bills anne endatoTy Of the present naval reg
uations. Referred to Naval Committee.
Judd introduced a joint resolution in
reference to the rights OF United states
citizens. Referred to Foreign Committee.
The House considered the bill admitting
Alabama TO representation in Congress.
Ashley, OF Ohio offered a substitute.
Kerr, OF Ind, opposed the bill. Kerr
declared il the state of Alabama was ad-
mitted into the Union uoder the law. and
with the shackles which the last section
up in the FAMILY OF tine Republic and say
she was the edual Of her sister states. she
would come with the brand of degradation
upon her and her district. They we're told
this was TO be a Government republican
in form: that 1t was a Government which
the people of Alabama desptseds which
they hed-which they rejected IN
potism, In which to express their feelings.
He then criticised various portions OF the
Payne spoke In advocacy OF the bill.
Replying to some objections made by
Kerr, he said he thought il a favor to
white rebels that they We're allowed 10
partRke Of political power at all II would
have been right and Just, II II had been
deemed eKpediAnt, 10 Withhold absolutely
Dom them all political power; and he
could see no justice or propriery in charg-
ing Congress with tnjustlcs bee 4use Il said
70 those rebels they shoula not exercise
port those men who were lDvai during
the war, and to whom Congress IS il honor
bound TO extend and perpetuate tnHt right
Faruswcrth moved for a recess rom
1 30 % O'Clock ptt the vote was rei scted
EIdridge then spoke in opposition TO the
| Dill lie declared Alabama was a State Ia
the Union Hnless the history Ot the last
| five wears were liei Mess the war for
LR4 HuUREESSIffn OF the EEOH4l0Ff WttS
crime; unless every man who fou sht in
the war on either side was "a conscious
traitor. The bill, he said, could be Justi-
4 fed by no man not filed with hatred Of
our form OF government and not desiring
its over. hrOW. II must and would end IA
blood. No man in his senses could expect
anything else Ths white race had never
ia the history Of the world been subject To
/ the black race The madness or folly Of
Congress could never compel the white
man 10 submit 10 It's African domination
| or govern fnerlt The time would certainly
come. when prlGe and race ana blood
would moi bFook the domination of !nfe-
rior men; when The white people OF that
hlcted on them, and conscious OF their
GOd-giVen strength, and theiT rights 70 be
free, would rise and drive into the sea the
African ruler placed over them by Con
gTess.
wniems, OF Penusylyenia, stated he
believe 10 essential. or wise 10 compel the
people Of Alabama to enjoy The privileges
Of the Union and share in It's government
against their viii. If there were any con-
siderable number Of white men in The
south vino had any sense Df cOntrltion for
what they had lone. beyond that feeling
satin and his peers, only because their EN-
torprise had failed, he had not seen the
| 6elnng those fne0rrigtble dehnquents to
| enter an association Ia power with the
| people thea hated aud q government they
/ had stfiven 10 overthrow.
Bingham spoke in advocacy Or the bIli,
/ putting on the axiom that II you cannot
I can; he thought sufficient restrictions had
I been imposed on the people OF Alabama,
| section. Il was authorized netther BY the
/ laws nor the Constitution; It was the right
I OF the people to alter or amend thetrCon-
! stlJutl0u, subject qnly 70 hne OonsIibo Ll9n
4 OF the United States. and they could not be
4 deprived Of that right TIE American sy--
/ tern would be a total sfaflare d tlae people
/ could not be trusted with That right there is
4 tOlerable excuse Tor attempting 20 engrafI
\ such "a provisi on on the statute books. I
ms q Ssvertirrient -ie1 was built by white fraer
I upon ideas that we're pecu lar 10 the race; /;
that the predomlnatins element IS still
! the saneg and there Is no reason 20 expect
/ that in tue long future it will ever put or
! any other complexion. In saying this
| would not be understood to disparage the
4 pOlftfcal rights OF any race hat fare or for
\ tune has cast upon our shores, Whethe1 ~
! he the docile African, or other OF 40. 9
! turbulent ones that CO re by ship loads
/ with its Old World ideas and anti-repu no IL
| can instincts in Church and state, TO hlt
/ of the called American Democracy. We
/ have them both to deal with, rs we have
had spanlards and Frenehmen. al have
| DOW the Mexican and Indian.
We must do the best we can TO assiInu-
late these Heterogeneous elemeuts by edu-
eating them Into love Of order and Jast
| appreciatiou of the rights OF man But
nobody, L suppose, would think of con-
/ structtng duratle Republican '3iate from
I cIOus determination of high instinct
l which puts the man above the Siab7l and
! ha~ lust respect for the rights Of al
~ He opposed the Sc tion offere0-oy stevens
| imposing conditions on the adm lssiou OF
| Alabama, and appealed 70 the House %
7 reject Il, and aiso that Of MS eOiieague
1 Spaldin,g and concluded BY advocating
! the passage OF the Dill wish the 81 sectton
Dswes yrOuIl De glad % rupport the bill,
with or without the third see ion, II he
could see 10 il any guarantee 3t security. "
the proposition Of Spaldtng. which secured
by the original bill, except repre- entation
in Congress, that the state should be first
built up, ind Y1duat and personal rlsnts
secured. the damage wrought by the Te-
be HOn repaired, and stability anu sectrity y
mad3 certain Re reSenLatIOu should IoI
ow and grow out Of tnas security
u Stevens, OF Pennsylvania rose at tbs
Clerks desk and spoke at ONE Ienst a.
deheld now as he did at Tie zine Of lhe
admission OF West Virginia, that, havlnA
. power. we had the right to treat it As -uch
I aud take ia or keep iL out as we please
I He continued: The only question here
DAA-AA bAA7 oLsAts mas AAIA Al ~ W
I Enabling Act. .s. are We prepared 70 admi
her people as ut To associate with freemen
"A few of whom sympathfzed with rebels
I that they are unwilling 70 le
I these poor men into the Union
TLaughter.t WhaJ is that Cons itu
JuLion2 1t Is that every man Of safficien
= age l2l years. shall be entitled to vO al
that election. II We're certain that th0s,
who have just purjured themselves an,
attempted 10 break down this glOriOu
= Union, would live and abide by thet
contract and lot attempt further 10 de
SirOy the fted states il we sdmi
this terrible ieavens should moi hesit le
2 There are no forms, no omissions tha