The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-01-24
CONGREssIONAL PROCEEDINGS.
WASHINGTON, January q.

! referred 0a the second reading or the
/ act supplementary to the act for the
more efficient government of therebel
| States, passed March I'd, 1867, post
1 poned yesterday at the request of
4 fDoolittle, coming up p H1aa o
4 Doolittle took the floor. aud said he
would move TO attend to the ordinary
motion of reference by adding certain
| instructions to the committee He
saw IN the bill complete overthrow
| of the Constitution In ten States-a
realization of the widest desires of
/ Calhoun dull executive, compris-,
Ping President to d execute laws in
the North, and Military Dictator over
a negro empire IN the Sou-h He then
moved hisamendment, beforenoticed,
establishing three qualifications ene-
groes must hold IN order to YOtei
L. Military service, of one year aor
more. atu7 b~
2. Ability to read and write.
3. Freehold property worth two
hundred and fifty dollars 49,
Doelittle continued to denounce
the measure, saying it empowered
Generals of the army to put and keep
negroes inpower over white men. and
| characterizlng it as revolutionary, and
as confounding legislative with ex
/ eeutiye duties in taking away the
power Of pardon, until the expiration
of the morning hour, when special
order was announced for the bill to
| admit Thomas aasg pas
/ Hendricks moved to allow Doolittle
to finish his speech. After some dis
/ cussion he withdrew his motion, and
I Il : -
pend all orders and conclude the sub
J ject.8 a
! Further discussion ensned, during
which Edmunds said he hoped the
Republican Senators would note that
some question was involved in both
cases, as Doolittle had been applying
sentiments that Mr. Thomas had used
i during the war. Carried by30 to II,
/ Doolittle having voted no. aW
The Committee circumference on the
Cotton Tax bill reported in favor of,
the compromise amendment. that cot
ton imported after July LIST, 1868,
shall be, exempt from duty. Adopted.
Howard offered a resolution re-
questing the President to communi-
cate any and all instructions given to
Generals Pope and Meade on taking
command of the Fourth Military Dis
trict under the reconstruction act. or
while in command there; also, copies
4 of votes, &C., in the Cabinet respect
ing said acts. Adopteda Ioa -b4oG
/ Grimes. from the Committee on
Naval Affairs, reported bilbin favor
of allowing the. sale of iron clads,
with an amendment lsi1t oel, +
ba Pomeroy introduced bill amenda-
l,torylof the Homestead Act. Referred.
II sThayer presented bill for the ap-
pointment of Marshal in the Dis
4 trlet of Columbia Referred to the
Judiciary Committee 8is s7aa
Doolittle continued his remarks,
during which Nye asked what he
meant by the term radicals at the
Southd .Jl ,ta1 l3sl s-.
/ Doohttle-"I mean secessionists. "
Sumner rose to make a question,
! but Hoolittle declined TO yield, say
ing he would probably refer to sever
4 al things that would attract the Sem
ator's attention, and ne should answer
! them after. Laughter. laa aia
i Morton asked whether those Radl-
Gals of the South were not now
voting with the Democratic party.
Laughtera 5H .a 4I .a
I--Doolittle said that was not, the
point he was considering, and declin-
/ ed TO be further Interrupted.
The following is portion Of
! Doeittle's speech: =. =.
I The result of the elections, showing
that majority IN the Northern aud
Western States Is opposed to this
policy, so.far from CHANGING a reso-
luton, from which the Radical party
dare not retreat, is pushing 1t on to
the madness of despair 1t sees that
its majority in the North and West is
already lost. Ii dare not exclude the
South In the next election, 50 the South
must be forced at the point of the
bayonet, by white disfranchisement
and negro suffrage, to vote for the
Radical candidate, or he will be beat
en-; the majority in the Northwestern
and Western States against him,
must therefore be overcome by the
negro votes of the South. Now what
do we behold? A dominant majority
in this Senate and in Congress, under
the leadership of Northern radical
ism, at the point of the bayonet fore
, ing negro suffrage and negro govern
ments upon ten States of the Union
and six millions of people, against
{ their will. We see them practically
dissolving the Union, by excluding
ten States from the Union, thus do
ing what the rebels could never do,
and what we spent FIVE billions OF
dollars and FIVE hundred thousand
lives of our best and tile
bravest citizens to prevent
for long mouths. We have seen them
encroachings steadily and persistently