The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1868-12-17
Reception of the Presidents
Message In Congress-.

! Mr.. Davis opposed the motion.
Mr.. Howe followed, in it's sup
port.
Mr.. White claimed that all con
sideration of propricty demande'
tie reading
Mr.. Wilson, while denouncin!
Mr.. Johnson, thought the messag
should be read
Mr.. Hendricks insisted that it wa
only the Presidents right to stat
his objections to Congressional pol
icy.
Mr.. Conness Withdrew the mo
ton.
Mr.. Cameron renewed it.
Mr.. Morton was surprised at th
notion and declared its adoption
would belittle the Senate and indi
cate mere spitefulness.
Mr.. Drake suggested that,es Con
gress had received many of lik'
character, it might as well take ON,
more.
Mr.. Howe argued that the Presi
dents. duty was to communicate
facts, not opinions, and the Senate
was not bound to hear his argu
mentative and insulting message.
Mr.. Edmunds said the transaction
of business would be facilitated by
deferring this question till to NOR
row, and moved to adjourn, which
was carried by vote of 26 to %.
Adjourned.
In the House the Message having
been received and it's reading com
pleted, Mr.. Washburne, of Illinois
having made motion that the mes
sage be printed, said the recon-
mendation Of the President, relative
to the public debt, was plain, un
disguised reputation, and entered
his protest against it, denouncing il
as a disgrace to the country and tc
the Chief Magistrate.
Mr.. Washburne yielded to Mr.
Broonall, who desired to offer q
resolution, but was Interrupted by
Mr.. Wood, who made a point OF
order that Mr.. Washburne had been
using unparliamentary language.
The Speaker ruled that, this be-
ing a country of free speech, the
persons elected to represent the
people have right to criticize their
public officers, provided it be in
language not indecorous or often
sive-a right exercised in the Pres
ident's message in referring to mem
bers of Congress.
At Mr.. Schenck's desire the par
agraph commencing "Our national
credit should be sacredly observed" ;"
and ending "right compliance with
the letter of the law" was read.
Mr.. Br)omall then read his res
olution, which recites the paragraph
above referred to, and says:
"WHEREAs, Such q sentiment, if
permitted to GO to the world, with
out immediate protest, m ght be
to be the sentiment of
the people Of the United States,
aad of their Representatives in
Congress; therefore,
"ResozOed, That all forms and
degrees Of reputation of the ma
tional Indebtedness are odious to
the American people, and that under
no circumstances will their repre-
sentatives consent to offer public
creditor, as full compensation, a
less amount Of money than that
which the Government contracted
to pay him.
Mr.. Schenck said: 81 look upon
that part of the message as the
most gross and shameless PROPOSE
ton to repudiate the debt of the
country that | have ever yet known
to be put forward from any quar-
ter; except, it may be, possibly, in
the columns of the paper of Brick
Pomeroy, who, believe, has spread
before the public, in full, this morn
ing, this message in advance of the
papers, laughter, showing. possi-
bly,, "a kindred feeling on this
point. There is another part of the
message to which 1 wish to direct
attention, before any vote is taken.
On the wenty-ffth page of it will
be found paragraph rejecting on
the action of Congress i'll terms
similar to those used by the Legis-
lature Of Oregon. 1t is only nee
essary for me to call the attention
Of the House to the fact that yes
5erday, when such language came
from such source, we stigmatized
it as scurrilous, indecorous and
I do not know any
license which the President of the
United States has to speak thus of
public legislation, which may not as
we'll be accorded to the Legislature
Of Oregon, and I, therefore, class
Them together in that reprobation
which Congress has already passed
On one Of them. Now, l trust that
there will be no printing of this
message. Let it take it's chance in
public prints. I trust it will sim
ply be laid on the table, as not fit to
be laid before the Committee Of the
Whole on the State Of the Union,
Or any Committee on the slate Of
the House"
MIR. Farnsworth-''That is right"
Mr.. Schenck-"I trust also that
no gentleman will be deferred from
voting for referring it to the Commit
tee of the Whole on the State of the
Union; or supposing it to be nee
essary, in order to give Jurisdiction
to the several parts, that it should
be referred to those committees
There is nothing in the message on
which the standing committees of
the House may not obtain iurisdic-
ito by the ordinary process of bills,
petitions and resolutions. There
is no necessity, therefore, Of refer
ring it to the Committee of the
Whole on the State Of the Union,