The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1868-06-13

Mr.. Spalding moved to concur In the
amendments of the Senate with the
amendment striking out Alabama.
IN Mr.: FaEnsw9Eth moved to strike Flor
sons for the motion that he was thor
ougnly convinced that Florida ought
not TO be admitted with its present Con-
stitution.
Mr.. Paine also argned against the
admission of Florida under this bill.
Mr.: Butler replied to the arguments
of Mr.. Farnsworth and Mr.. Paine.
| Mr.. Washburne remarked that he
would remand Florida to territorial
condition.
Mr. Butler spoke at some length in
favor of the admission of Florida, and
was followed by Mr.. Hubbard, of New
York, on the same side.
Mr.. Baker remarked that the legisla-
tion involved some questions Of law
| and policy, and five minutes was a
short time in which to say anything
adequate to the subject. BE would now
ask leave to print some remarks.
Granted.
Mr.. Bingham desired the action OF
the House speedily on the bill, and
would therefore demand the previous
question; but first asked his colleague,
Mr.. Spalding, whether he desired to
offer his amendment.
Mr.. SpaldIng-Yes; 1 move to strike
Mr., Bingham addressed the House in
support of the bill.
The following is the bill in full:
An Act to admit the States of North
CdrOLinG, South Carolina, Louisiana,
Georgia and Florida to representa-
ton IN Congress
WHEREAS, The people of North Caro-
lima, South Carolina, Louisiana, Geor-
gia, Alabama and Florida have, in
. ,grg-
entitled "An act for the more efficient
government of the rebel States }" passed
March I'd, 1867, and the act supple
mental thereto, framed constitutions of
a State government which are republi-
can, and have adopted said constltu.
tions by large majorities of the votes
cast at the elections for the ratification
or repeating OF the same, therefore, be
it enacted that each of the States of
North Carolina, South Carolina, Lou
isiana, Georgia, Alabama and Florida
shall be entitled and admitted to repre-
sentation in Congress as a State of the
Union when the Legislatures of such
amendment to the Constitution of the
United States proposed by the Thirty
ninth Congress, and known as article
fourteen, upon the following funda-
mental conditions:
SECTION 1. That the Constitution of
neither of said States shall ever be SO
amended or changed as to deprive any
States of the right to vote in said State
who are entitled to vote by the Consti-
tuition thereof herein recognized, ex-
cept as punishment of such crimes as
are now felonus at common law,
whereof they shall have been duly con-
victed under the laws equally applica-
BILE to all the inhabitants of said State;
provided any alteration OF said Consti'
tutions, prospective in its effect, may be
made with regard to time and place OF
the residence of voters, and the State of
Georgia shall only be entitled and ad-
mitted to representation upon this fur
ther fundamental condition, that the
first and third subdivisions of section
II of the 5th article of the Constitution
of said State, except the ProYiso to the
first subdivision shall be null and void
and that the General Assembly OF said
State, by solemn public act, shall de-
clare the assent of the State to the fore-
going fundamental condition.
SECTION 2. That If the day fixed for
the first meeting of the legislature of
either of said States by the Constitu-
ton or ordinance thereof, shall have
passed or so nearly arrived before the
pBssnge of this act that there shall not
be time for such legislature to assem-
ble at the period fixed, such legislature
shall convene at the end of twenty days
from the time this act shall take effect
unless the Governor elect shall sooner
convene the same
SECTsoN 8. That the first section OF
this act shall take effect as to each
State except Georgia, when such State
shall, by it's legislation, duly ratify ar
ticle Article Fourteen of the amend
ment to the Constitution of the United
States, proposed by the Thirty-ninth
Congress; and as to the State of Geor-
gia, when It shall In addition give the
assent of said State to the fundamental
condition hereinbefore imposed upou
the same, and thereupon the officers
of each State duly elected and quail
ified under the Constitution thereof
shall be inaugurated without delay.
But no person prohibited from holding
Office under the United States or under
any State by the section of the proposed
amendment to the Constitution of the
United States, known as Article Four
teen, shall be deemed eligible to any
Office in either of said States unless
relieved from the disability as provided
In said amendment, and 1t is hereby
made the duty of the President within
ten days after receiving official infor-
nation of the ratification of said
amendment by the legislature Of either
of said States to issue a proclamation
announcing that fact.
Mr.. Spalding, in view of the fact that
both branches of Congress had voted in
favor of admitting Alabama, withdrew
his amendment.
After further debate a motion to ex-
clude Florida from the omnibus bill
was defeated.
The Senate amendments were con-
Cured in, and the bill goes to the Presi-
dent for his signature. The vote on its
passage was, yeas Ill; nays q.
Mr.. woodward introduced bill to
amend the act relative to the hG6edS
corpus, and regulating judicial pro.
ceedings in certain cases. he said it re-
lated TO common carriers in the South
ern States. Referred to the Judiciary
Committee.
Mr.. Schenck proposed that the House
devote all day tomorrow, from eleven
O'Clock to five, to the tax bill, but OBJ
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