The New York herald., 1868-05-08
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Interesting Proceedings in the
House Of Representatives.
Protection Of American FISH
ing Interests.
Ehe President Requested to Despatch
. Fleet Of War Vessels to the
Gulf Of St. Lawrence.
A Bill Reported for the Admission
of Arkansas.


Of Arkansas.
WASHINGTON, May 7, 1858.
BID to Restore Arkansas to Representation.
Mr.. Stevens, Of Pennsylvania, reported to the
House to-day the following bill from the Committee
on Reconstruction in relation to the admission Of
Arkansas
!. Whereas the people Of Arkansas, In pursuance Of
the provisions OF an act entitled an act Tor the
March 2, 1857 and the acts supplementary thereto,
have framed and adopted constitution Of State
government which Is republican in form, and the
Legislature Of said State has duly ratified the amend
ment to the constitution Of the United States pro-
posed by the Thirty ninth Congress and known as
Be it enacted and it hereby enacted That the State
Of Arkansas Is entitled and admitted to representa-
uOn in Congress as one OF the States Of the Union
upon the following fundamental cOndition-That the
constitution Of Arkansas shall not be amended
gems Of the United States OF the right to vote who
are entitled to vote by the constitution herein recog-
are now fednies a eomom law o wSeTeo he sa al
nave been duly convicted.
Result Of the Recent Election in Arkansas.
General Gillem, commanding the Fourth Military
District, reports that official, though incomplete,
turns OF the election show majority Of 1916 in
favor Of ratfying the constitution. The General also
states that the election was conducted strictly in
have been no trouble to arrive at the result but for
the charges Of fraud brought against each party by the
other In Pulaski county 195 more votes polled
than there were registered In explanation Of this
fact the managers Of the election state that they
ceived the votes Of all persons who presented their
certificates of registration in other counties. In
Jefferson county 730 more votes were polled than
there were registered, thus making total of 1925
votes which are open to question. There is no way
against the constitution. II they cast for then
1t would appear as if the constitution rejected
by some 600 majority The Difficulty of ascertaning
the truth s enhanced by the fact that both parties
charge each other with the frauds.
The Registration Of Voters Completed.
The registration OF voters which has been going on
for some time past in this city, has been completed.
10254 whites and 1877 negroes have registered show
ing majority of three thousand for the former.
The result Of the coming election here is looked for
with interest, as the radicals carried the city last
year by twenty-five hundred majority
Former Position Of Senators sumner, Wilson
and P0nleyoy.
The record Of the three United States Senators
named above Is so well known on the subject Of the
Fugitive Slave law that it has excited surprise in
the minds Of many that neither of the counsel for the
President referred to it. When the Fugitive Slave
law passed Mr.. Pomeroy now Senator from Kansas,
was citizen Of Massachusetts, and belonged, with
Wilson and SUMNER to the Garrison and Phillips school
ofaboiitonists. Mr. Pomeroy was active member Of
the notorious "New England Emigrant Aid Society,""
organized for the purpose of sending aboltionsts into
Kansas and was a boon companion Of John Brown,
and was known to be his most active backer from
the time Brown went to Kansas until he was exc
Cuted for invading the State Of Virginia Sumner,
Wilson and PomerQy were among the most active In
hp law
after the Supreme Court Of the United States
decided that the law was constitutional they
with equal vehemence, denounced the court,
and especially Chief Justice Taney. We say that they
advised resistance. We believe that 1t is notorious
fact that while they were silent parties to the escape
OF Helen and william Crafts, applauded the rescue
Of Shadrach from the Court House in February 1851
hurled the bitterest epthets at the federal officers
who caused the rendition Of Sims in 1851 and reoced
at and sanctioned the attack Of the mob upon the
Court House in an attempt to the slave Burns
in 1854, they never once put their own persons in
peril But, nevertheless, they did all they could by
raising money, and by public speeches and private
conversations, to encourage others to violate and
resist to the shedding Of blood the Congressional
Fugitive Slave law, and after the Supreme Court had
pronounced it constitutional. They went further,
they gave their full and hearty sanction to the pas
sage Of the Personal Liberty bill in 1856, which was
intended to prevent the enforcement upon Massa-
chusetts soil Of law declared constitutional.
Those three men now sit in the Senate of the United
States jurors upon the trial of Andrew Johnson.
They violated the Fugitive Slave law in spite of the
Supreme Court. Andrew Johnson, who is sworn to
support and defend the constitution, only sought
peacefully and legally to obtain from the proper judi
cial branch OF the government opinion relative TO
the constitutionay OF law passed in bad spirit for
O malicious purpose. lie neither attempted to force
his opinions did he advise others to use force.
He exercised his right the Chief Magistrate of the
nation. He did in an Official, lawful and
manly way what they did in an unofl.
cal, criminal and cowardy manner. In view of
this remarkable record of the three Senators
the public are curious IL not anxious to observe
whether they will vote to convict Andrew Johnson
for doing fairly in 1868 what they severally per-
formed rashly and with violence against Congress
and the Supreme Court in 1851, 1852 and 1854.
Personal.
General Charles @. Halpine and X. G. Roosevelt
OF New York, leave here tonight for Richmond.
'Miles o'Reilly" believes, after conversng with
several public men, that conviction is more probable
than acquittal
Colonel Forney Declines n Purse.
number OF Colonel Forney's friends in Philadel-
pha Including several prominent journalists OF that
city, recently raised purse for the purpose OF in
"ih "soihSt shc ioss WHICH ne incurred
by the defacation OF his disbursing clerk. For a
wonder, ySe refused to accept it.
{sfeipts from Customs.
The rcces ssc om Customs from April &c to April
80, inclusive, ut the below named ports were as fol-
lows:-
Boston $30s, 500
2U5, 100 /
lll416
New Orleans from April 20 10 April 25.... gs,4
The National Medical Convention.
the National Medical Convention met at nine