The New York herald., 1868-01-29


Mr. .BUckAlxw = cost would be small
that y: shols' .asml q Pa thought !, important
expense % Presidsnts message on the subject The
The ~onid be trining.
- considered only in executive session.
Mr. JOHNSON. tdsm) OF Nd. said that the reports cape
puSsssd Sis and The the
iuOna was ADVISABLE that both snos b. % prn
Mr. CosKIsG said that the message bzd Deen funshrd
Senate which tha txs With the rspo1. q The
committee Inc ssnase Vas, therefore. not bound 70
n n'snaoY, Eepl Of Kansas, raised the point
whether extra copies Of the message cQyd be ordered
without prsvious reference 10 the Printing Com.
mittee.
Mr. BucKALEw said there was NO Justice whatever in
hr Cenklings charge against the presidens Commu-
ncAtions from the President wcle marked connden-
sai" and were TO be kept ..prsate under the rules
pus message was not so marked.
MT CoskLISG argued that only documents marked
"sxecuvs' were generally treated as con ddentia and
TO mark messages 'oonndentiai.n The President had
sought BY the premature publication OF his message to
dice OF Mr. Stanton. It was departure from the
courtesy due the Senate and from the ordinary limits OF
| his doty.
Mr. BucxAIEw read the rule that confidential messages
IRON the President were to be kept The message
Mr. Cosxusa repeated that the word Sexecutiven was
tse usual distinguishing marx OF confidential messages
tive session to consider confidential buaness but
| tive business.
On motion OF Mr. CONFESS the whole subject then
laid on the table.
| PAYMENT OF INTEREST STOCKS AND BONDS
Mr. MORGAN. from the Committee Finance
ported svoaby on tho resolution TO instruct the Secre
tary Of tho Treasury whenever any state shall be in
default in payment Of the interest stocks bonds
held IN trust by the United States to retain the moneys
due from the United states TO such state
REGULATION OF rRocEDuRE IN cAsrs IMPEACHMENT
Mr.. EDAUNps trep.l OF VT, introduced bill 10 regu
late procedure in OF impeachment and enforce
the orders and judgment OF the Senate in such
Tho most important OF the new provisions of the bill
| NJ
sons on trial for impeachment during tho pendency OF
the proceedings against them On application BY the
| House Of Representatives for an order suspend
| ing the officer on trial from exercise Of his
powers and duties the senate may BY vote
such ORDER and may call on any officer in the civil,
naval or military service, with all the force his dis
p0sa enforce such any other nerlocutory order
| as well any final judgments Officers dsregardlng
such requisition Of the Senate sitting high Of
impeachment shall be deemed guilty. OF contempt, and
may also be suspended from office during the progress
Of proceedings against thea All contempt violations
cuton on the part Of any persons whatever be
punished by lines not exceeding $780, 600 mprison-
ment from to twenty years both, the dis.
| creton Ol the Senate.
REGULATING rnr TENURE OF CERTAIN oPrlcKs.
Mr. PATTERSON, (rcp) of N. H. from the Committee on
Retrencnment, reported biil in addition the act
regulating the tenure OF certain Offices which read
fO i%cs .sIa Ine Dill provides tna. after thirty days
| pointed by the President or the Departments with.
out. out contribution by the Senate, nor any such
authorized by the statutes and tho tenure Office of
such as are now lawfully employed shall expire within
thirty days after such passage. Such agencies en-.
ploymcnts confirmed by tho Senate may, however, be
discontinued al the pleasure of the President. Other
provisions authorize the appointment, in the manner
aforesaid by the treasury Department twenty i've
general and special agents of the dollars
per day and travelling expenses and OF agents
ceedlng - in number whose duty it strait be aid
in the prevention or detection OF counerietnG. The
Postmaster General Is allowed appons agents to pro-
efficiency OF the service in different parts OF
the United States and made the day Of both these
| heads OF departments to report to Congress the
number
empoyad their locality and the expense and nature OF
DANGER SIGNALS N HAnBoRs
Mr. MORGAN offered j int resolution TO authorize the
Lighthouse Board place warnings of obstrucons at
entrance Of harbors sounds which was referred
TO the Committee on Commerce.
THE MILITARY RECONSTRUCTION
Mr.. FRELiSGHUYsEy, Uepj Of n. j., at the expiration
OF the morning hour took the floor the Supplement-
AIRY Reconstruction blll He said the discussion had
already been useful TO the country In the Presidents
Message and In speeches OF political adversaries the
repub.iean party had been charged with violating the
constitution implying either that they ignorant
as not TO know SO guilty as not care wnat the
quremenis OF the senate were--a charge made by tho
President in his message sent ut the opening OF Con.
gress Who was to determine the consttutonality Of
an act Of Congress- LIS frat ordeal majority OF
the two houses the second the approval Of the Pres-
dent and If ho disapproved 1t the third the of
the two thirds Of each house. every member setting under
judgment OF the Supreme Court when the sub
mttcd to them. After that tle President had
right 10 send them message declaring that law
stutonal than hs had to send edic to the Supreme
Court charging them with violating their oaths in the
acts unconstitutional The President told them that he
had contemplated opposing the Law by force, qnes
ton over which congress alone had Jurlsdiction-a
declaration that had made his tMr. Frenghuyse
blood run more rapidly and warmer. As n representa-
tive from State forming part OF the governmental
structure he protested against assumption He was
glad ih the President had eventually listened TO more
peaceful counsers IL the Executive was TO set up his
viii against the expressed will Of tho supreme power
the nation, the nation ceased TO be = republic
and became a despousm; this ceased to be
government OF law and became OF arbitrary will,
What would he SAID OF sheriff marshal
going out to suppress riot with his authority Que
hand aud faming proclamation IN the other, declaring
that the laws thus resisted oppressive uncop-
stutonal and declaring that he had seriously thought
OF forcbly resisting these very laws rhe wonder was
that people stu animated by the hatred caused by the
war, from the effects OF which they not recovered
did not require regiments keep them in order wnsro
there wero onlv squads When the Senator from
Wisconsin lslr. Dooittle declared that races
impending at the south did he not know tha, he
was deluding them with vain hopc2 He would .e
hlm that from Now England, the Middle States and tas
west IN that event would come hundreds Of thousands
OF 10 show the world that this country where
tho laws were sovereign The peoples representatives.
and and AL men OF average ability had SAID
u Euey Was not The charge OF the cndcavor |
TO establish negro supremacy made merely to excite
majority OF whites Tho ende4vor Of Congress 10
establish loyalty and justice To quote the beautiful
England" He then took up the question of State |
sovereignty and said that the spirit OF State sovereignty
was all that gave life To the argument against congress
sonal reconstruction. Although when the articles Of
confederation were osabshed In 1881 the States
ts'nea tneir sovereignty, they had merged that |
sovereignty In l7SS when the constitution framed,
deliberately dlssolyng themselves OF every element Of
sovereignty IL was The State sovereignty
which mad deluged the land with blood aud i'm. |
poversheo IT, The propositions be met we're, hrs,,
mat the rebel states 10 tho Union: |
that the ordinances OF secession nuities-the |
President and departments 'hayingeac that prin-
eple from the beginning, and the supreme Courl,
cant, ma ns included them IN It's circuits, and that
those states, being In the Cnon entitled all the
rights ot states that never rebced. He admitted that
These states never were out of the Union but Congress
was Tue only branch OF the that had
70 restore them TO their icrmer relations with the
Union. u tho second proposition then Con-
sess wa bound To have permitted representatives from
thoe reoei Sates % come into its councils wbllo the
Navas IN force. IL thes had al the rights OF States
then we had no right TO invade them and Sherman's
raid was unconstitutional. they had right TO nx the
qualifications OF their c0nst lences then Congress
bound 10 recognize their d!s,oyal representatives |
and all their ordinances of secession. Bot all this |
was n pure abstraction They were IN the | MON, but