New-York tribune., 1868-01-18

Noor which could not be maintained and he repeated
e oo So I ,errcd no the Constitution Of Alabama.
which soon 10 be presented 10 Cont,b that ali
time be would allow negroes TO vote, was ds ,,
| so that the whole power OF the state was W w
! into the hands Of the negroes - ,-o, vorb
Mr. KELLEY said that If the gentleman from i,e" oIs
would yield him time the assertion he mad naae 81 nv
not be mere assertion, but he would denOnslao ~ ~ g
proof The Constitution OF Alabama has yet 10 ooe oo
| fore Congress ,.o.rrn,od and
Mr. BROOKS refused TO be any longer inerrupIeu, anu
proceeded with his remarks. Referring 10 lne
made by Mr.. Boutwell, as 10 the reaconary ~
beginning of the end We intend he said TO no what
has done by this Congress, and sha sooner OF
later have the power within the walls OF ne i1e } ~ %
do il all These proceeding in Ohio and Ne%Jefssy are
but the beginning Of the revolution when has aneauy
made It's appearance elsewhere, ana tne - tv as
and powers which the majority in this House j. now as
sumng in the most revolutionary manner we lntend 10
make use OF TO undo az these Revolutionary anu am saa
proceedings So the honorable gentleman IIou hassa
clusetts might well make up his mind now 20 see me
do not intend 10 deprive the negroes 1I the
South of their liberty; We intend TO allow tnen hh a
the negroes in the North having. But we 40 10,
intend 10 allow far help H. the peoue% % vi
the North to be brought INTO negro pd m h
Government the floor of this House. or To DC Ineu ny
black mori:ie by rotten borough negro s
South. We do not intend to be ruled py any buc
Government as that and all the processes OF
by which that has been reached is to be reacneu.
through the State Legislatures, as III Oho-hr9ugn% % oe
action as in New Jersey-thrOngh 10000 popular hyoI-
ty az in my own State, TO be increased next year 10
ooOOO il this House goes with these proceedngs-we
intend undo them all repeat that everything when
TO be undOnc The voice OF the peOpes
longer heard in whispers but in tho loud roar O1 ,he
whirwnd coming from all parts OF tne country ana u
later unseat large majority OF those VINO
now constitute the majority on iis o1 Puetins in me -
places the Democracy Of the country III he STATISTICS Oh
elections examined even now 1t VIII be found that
large aiory of members this side of the House hold
their seats here and vote here on these blls VINO no
longer represent their constituencies but are en-
fire defiance the people who sent them here Referring
10 the hu passed the other day touching the Supreme
Johnson, you may destroy the Executive you may turn
the whole State into Haytis. Jamacas and Arcas, but
aUain
Constitution your puny will shake aud culver, ana
be blasted in the first blow you strike against IT, , o
under consideration struck at the lowest foundations OF
constitutional law and free government NOwnere ION on
and permanently free unless IT IS on CONSTITUTIONS
or a rule Of popular tunults, crime. and anarchy
bsftered down no matter whether by Rebel states
in arms, or by popular tumult, or audacl0us usurIa
fon on the part of any in the Government, then We
He come a 70 reyoInon whether by the power the
sword. the brute force OF an accidental majority III
Congress. lie started out with this proposition Win re-
gard 10 the bin before the House, namely: 1t was
measure Of revolutionary character and usuration III
his deliberate Judgment measure OF dehant ana au
daciOus usurpauOn Challenged by the House to give
proof of this fact he found IL IN the bill now before them
He called attention to that part OF ~ wnch deolaeu na'
the called civil governments in said states respective
ly shall not be recognized as valid ana legal govern, &
ments either by the executive or udca powers Oh we
United States. Why did this House propose To regulate
the decisions OF the Supreme Courts Was IL not from
conviction that as the supreme court now orgaZcu
that Court would declare the bill 10 be unconstitutional
the majority here, by their proposed IegsdlOn uu
not intend that the Supreme Court should stand against
its execution. The majority take hod of the Court py
providing that twothrds OF lts Judges are 10
pronounce decision on the question OF law
lie here simply announced his opinion This House de-
sign to @ me JIGy Sare S ns oI Ssa % poD
but the shell Of the Supreme Cour-mere husks Let him
suggest whether it would not be manly and noble act
in them II they simply passed the pending BILL aud let 1t
so before the supreme Court TO he challenged by that
tribunal II should not stand the scrutiny OF that Court
then lei il fall If IL should be sustained by the Court in
that event the majority would have their own:
Mr.. HUBBARD then proceeded toreply to the remarks
heretofore made by Mr. Bingham saying IN the course OF
his argument that if the gentleman assumed that tins
Congress may pass on the question OF te eAIsehee Cl
state then Congress might III It's fanacisln ahosh the
state from which Mr.. Hubbard came. and send him back
evoy aud Middle State. For this there was no
sgty anT He dd no m h5%eref tha s %
ence as Representative dependent on the majority
majority TO expel his State, and to cast him
out of the House as having no constituency % behind hn
Fundamental principle on which the Goycrnment , was
states Of Union and thus keep their representatives
out Of Congress. lie did not say that Congress was in
famous He held that every in the Union had Just
as much right representation here as he had to the en-
joyment OF life and property; Jhese rights apper
tanned to him freeman and was not IN the power
OF al accidental majority to deprive MN OF them. ims
bill simply contained the principles Oh tne robDgi- nc
may take who has the power and lac may Keep VINO can
Under this bill the majority OF Congress change the
Government Of one State or another or rampe 1T out ot
the Union, permitting u t9 come hacK HAeh y Is accep
a
10 discuss the BILL characterzing IL as measure oI an
arbitrary usurpation because II attempted 70 siilk9
Department OF the Government and make the
existence Of States dependent ON the majority on co
ordinate branch OF the Government lie gave notice tnat
If Gen Grant should accept this law and execute in
the manner required he would he taking i0ad OH him
PRESIDENTIAL election He did not care how great Il
Gen Grant If he after having fought for the ineg
rty of the Constitution, should assume 10 execute
this law, he would forfeit all the hoDors which he has
thus far noby earned The Mare Antonys who proposed
tlfa fn (.eu (trtnf
he and they would meet condemnation This BILL ana al
the other reconstruction measures were got up ior me
mere purpose Of Afrcanizng the states OF the
South, and OF thus Repubcanizing them and making
them neutraze maorues AT the North and the
authors and supporters of these measures II they
members OF the holy Catholic Church ana were on the
confessional would be obliged to admit that that was
Mr. PETERS addressed the House IN support OF the b.
and sent up and had read by the Clerk letter from
public, but who described himself as an officer OF
the Freedmens Bureau and member Of the Constitu-
tiona Convention pcturing the social condition OF affairs
in Alabama, and declaring that the disposition OF the
Rebels thare more malignant and desperate THAN at
Mr. wAsRBURNE Crl) stated, in the same connection,
that he had received letter from one of the most
worthy gentlemen In Alabama, bearing out the general
OF the other letter and mentioning the fact
that the Rebel Gen. Clayton stumpDg the State
against Reconstruction, and telling the coored
that vote for Reconstruction was vote Tor open wal
between the Rebels and the colOred men.
MI JENCKEs took the floor. and proceeded to eucdae
OF the points mixed in the famous Rhode Island
and TO prove from the peccdents IN that case tat
the constitutional power Of a State in neither the
Executive the Supreme Court but in Congress. He
cOntended that the Reconstruction acts were acts OF be-
nefcence that instead Of being acts OF assassination OF
ten States has been charged they acts OF
rectiOn of ten States II he grosest peryers0n OF
terms to call the Reconstruction policy OF Congress
tyranny ..
Mr. Ross addressed the House against the bill, which,
he SAID was concerted in the spirit that which
animated the first bin reported by the Reconstruction
Committee. He claimed that Congress had not the con
sttutional power the proposed act, and that IL
Congress had the IL would be Dexpedient To
else it, He claimed that the Southern States had now
republican forms Of government the Constitution
that had been recognized by Washington and the early
fathers OF the Republic, only modified TO abolish
Slavery and prevent the assumption OF the Rebel debt