Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1868-03-15
LATEST T'ELEGRAMS.
MIDNIGHT DISPATCHES.
CoxGREssIONAL PROCEEDINGS.
House of Representatives.

treaty making power was lodged exclusive
ly in the President and Senate, and that
their action was a fnality.
Messrs. Maynard, Wood, Washburne.
Wise and. Broomall contended to the con-
trary. The latter also argued the expan-
sion of the currency.
Mr.. Dawes remarked that he saw by one
of the Cincinnati papers that it was pro-
posed to issue 81, 800, 0O0, 900 in greenbacks
and divide it up among all the people of
the country fgureiDg out that il would give
to to every man, woman and child in
the country $500 each. He suggested
whether the member of Illinois would not
go that bid better by fifty dollars, as it
would be necessary to 60 above that or leave
the popular majority.
Mr. Washburne, of Wisconsin, quoted
Dickens Micawber in his memorandum
cancelling his debt to Thomas Troddles by
giving him an /. 0. u. for the amount. as
the original authority for the financial
proposition to which the gentleman from
Massachusetts, had referred.
Mr.. Davis thought it very likely that
the discovery did date back so far. as Gin
cinnati was to apply for a reissue of the
patent, and he had only wanted to know
whether the gentleman from Illinois wanted
to go for its extension. Laughter
Mr.. Broomall conld not understand
what all that had to do with The question
which he had been discussing.
Mr.. Dawes suggested that the question
,ras whether the debt should be paid in
good faith, or in promises to pay.
Mr.. Bromwell said be had never advo-
Gated the idea of paying the debt in ire
deemable currency he had said nothing
about paying anything.
Mr.. Selye advocated his bill to amend
the currency act. He favored the removal
of the present restrictions on banking and
currency, and argued for contraction, as a
means for the return TO specie payment
Mr.. Jones addressed the House on the
subject of impeachment, and argued that
the impeachment of the President on the
charges made were absurd, and that the
President had acted in the conscientious
discharge Of his duty, and that his i'm
parchment was simply to remove an OBJ
stacle from the path of designing men, and
to crafty their hatred and malignity.
Mr.. Boyer called attention to the mode
in which important measures had passed
the House Thursday last. Solely he said,
because it was introduced in manner cal
culated to deceive and lull suspicion. He
proceeded to read from the Globe the re-
port of the proceedings in connection with
the adoption of an amendment to a bill
which depriVes the Supreme Court of its
Jurisdiction.
Mr.. Maynard said Mr.. Schenck, who
had taken principal part in those pro-
ceedings, was absent.
Mr.. Boyer proceeded with the quotations
from the Globe, and while he was speaking
Mr.. Schenck took his seat.
Mr.. Boyer went on to say that the OBJ
ject of the amendment offered by the gen
tleman from Iowa, (Mr. Wilson, and
adopted, depriVes the Supreme Court of
jurisdiction in the McCardle case. The
amendment would never have been suffered
without objection had its real character
been explained, or if the House had not
been disarmed by the remarks of the gem
tleman from Ohio, that it was a m after re-
lating to appeals to the Supreme Court in
cases of Revenue Collectors, and that it was
not intended for any other purpose.
Mr.. Blain said the gentleman's position
was simply that his side of the house was
not sufficiently wide awake to see the point
and bearing of the amendment.
Mr.. Boyer admitted that the minority
never suspected that in that way the ms
jority would effect an escape from what
they must believe the impending iudg
ment OF condemnation from the SUI
preme Court. 1t must proceed from the
conscientiousness that the reconstruction
acts are illegal and outside of the consti>
tuition, but should have passed the act
openly, and it should have been introduced
in such a way as it might have been OBJ
jected to.
Mr.. Blain said that the Supreme Court
obtained jurisdiction by act of Congress
about year ago, was that illegal?
Mr.. Boyer said the gentleman misunder-
stood and misinterpreted him. He (Boyer)
admitted that whatever fraud may be in the
case, it is not punishable by law. The act
passed cannot be therefore violated. What
is done in the House should be done
courageously, openly and fair. Notice
your numbers are overwhelming enough.
Can you not rely on them and not resort
to devices of this description.
Mr.. Maynard asked the gentleman
wherein he imagines there had been
any fraud.
Mr.. Boyer had no further explanation to
make.
Mr.. Williams asked if he said the chair
man of the judiciary Committee acted
in bad faith and introduced the amend
ment in a manner to deceive the House.
Mr.. Boyer answered what he had, and
Lot -
Mr.. Williams said his recollection was
that nothing was said by the gentleman
who offered the amendment, and all that
was said was by the gentleman from Ohio,
to the bill as it came from the Speakers
table without the amendment
Mr.. Boyer said he did not charge the
gentleman from Ohio with knowing the
character of the amendment, but it would
be contrary of all experience of him to
suppose that he would allow an important
of which he had charge
and of which he knew nothing before hand !,
Mr.. Williams said he understood he
shifted the charge from the shoulders of
the gentleman from Iowa, to the shoulders
of the gentleman from Ohio.
Mr. Boyer said the gentleman could not
put words in his mouth, what he said was
without any personal malice toward any
one, and certainly without i'll feelings 10
The gentlemen from Ohio or from Iowa. for
both he had high respect, but the country
should know by what means majority of
he House think it necessary to sustain
themselves in their unconstitutional acts of
Mr.. Schenck said The gentleman from
Pennsylvania undertakes directly or by
implication to impute fraud to members Of |
his House, but more particularly the |
gentleman from Iowa and myself I do |
not intend TO answer any such charge. | |
should be far gone indeed when found ii |
to go over there for lessons of |
and fairness, and of manliness,
md of honor in legislation. The other |
branch of the proposition of the gentleman
eems an apology from the minority TO |
heir constituents for not having been
wake and watching, and not Observing
he course of legislation, so that something
which they disapproved has become a law.
Mr.. Schenck proceeded to state his ac-
ion in the matter, that, understanding at
he time the full effect of the amendment
'tiered by Mr.. Wilson, ne said he was
Wiling it should be received, bat did not
tempt to accept it. He had no power to
Io so as a mediator of the hill He sina |