The Portland daily press., 1868-12-10
XLth CONGRESS-Third Session.
SENATE,

WASHINGTON, Dec. 9.-Mr. Pomeroy pre-
scented two petitions, one from citizens of
Nashua, N. H., and the other from citizens of
Massachusetts,, praying if any amendment be
made to the constitution in regard to suffrage it
be such as to extend tho privilege equally to
males and females. Tabled.
Tue bill for removing the disabilities of Chief
Justice Moses of South Carolina was taken
IN deoated aud passed.
The Presidents message was received and
partly read when a motion was made that as
the President was to give facts and not OMEN
sive opinions in his message, the Senate ought
not to listen.
An adjournment was moved and carried.
HOUSE.
The bill removing the disabilities of Judge
Moses was passed.
Mr.. Was6burne, of Illinois, from the Com
mitlee on Appropriations, made statement
to the House in reference to its business. He
said the estimates on which that committee
would have TO act would not reach the House
till the close of this week or the beginning OF
next week, and not in season to allow the
committee to perfect and report any of the
regular appropriation bills before the time
wien The Christmas recess is usually taken.
Ten regular appropriation bills are to be con-
sdered by the House-the legislative bill,
army bill, navy bill, pension bill, post Once
bill, military academy bill, sundry civil bills,
deficiency bill and consular and diplomatic
@ preparation bill.
me bill tor holding the election in Virginia
on the 10Th of July next was reported from
the Committee on Reconstl uction, and gave
rise to an animated discussion. Before dispos-
ing of the subject, the Presidents message, at
five minutes past /, was received and read
The reading having been completed Mr..
washburne of Illinois, having made a motion
that the message be printed. said the recon-.
mendation of the President relative to the
pnblic debt was plains undisguised repudia.
ton. He entered his emphatic protest against
it, denouncipg it as a disgrace to the country
i Al, af
Mr. Washburne yielded to Mr.. Broomall,
who desired to offer a resolution, but was in
terrupteJ by Mr.. Wood, who made point OF
order that Mr. Washburne had been using I'M
parliamentary language.
The Sneaker ruled that this being country
of free speech the persons elected to represent
the people have the right to criicise their
public officers. provided it be 10 language not
{ndecorous or personally offensive, right ex-
ercised in the Presidents message IN referring
to members of Congress.
At Mr. Scnencks desire the paragraph COM
mencing "Our national credit should be sa.
credly observed" and ending rigid cumph-
ance with the letter of the bond" was read.
Mr.. Broomall then read his resolution,
which recites the paragraph above referred to,
and says: .c...,
Whereas such sentiment, if permitted to
90 through the world without immediate pro-
fest might be understood to be the sentiment
of the people of the United States and of their
Representatives in Congress-; therefore,
Resolved That all forms and degrees of re-
pudiaton of the national indebtedness are
odicus to the American people, and that under
no circumstances will the Representatives
consent to offer the public creditor as full COM
pensation o less amount OF money than that
which the Government contracted to pay him.
Mr. Schenek said Il look upon that part of
the message as the most gross, shameless, IN
famous proposition to repudiate the debt Of
the country that have ever yet known to be
put forward from any quarter, except II may
be possibly in the columns of the paper OF
Brick Pomeroy, who, believe has spread be-
tore the public in full, this morning, this mes
sage in advance of the other papers, (lau2h-
teri sharing, possibly, "a kindred feeling" on
this poilt. There is another part of the mes
SAGE which, I wish to attract attention before
any vote. On the TWEEN y-ffth page of it will
he found a paragraph rejecting on the action
of Congress in terms similar to those used by
the Legislature OF Oregon. 1t is only neces-
sary for me to recall the attention OF the
House to the fact that yesterday, when such
language came from that source, we Stigma
tiZed il as scurrilous, indecorous ana SANDER
Gus [ do not know any license winch the
President of the United States has to speak
thus of public legislation, which may not as
we'll he accorded 10 the Legislature OF Oregon,
and / therefore, class them together in that
reprobation which Congress has already passed
on que of them. Now L trust there VIII be no
printing of this message. Let IL take us us
chance In the public prints. trust u VIII De
Simply ialQ upon bue laOlO 10 w
ferred to the Committee of the Whole on the
S'ate of the Union or to any committee OF the
House.
MIR. Farnsworth-That is right
Mr.. Schenck-I trust also, that no gentle
man will be deferred from voting against re-
ferring it on the supposition that it is neces,,
sary in order TO give jurisdiction to the several
narts should they 10 referred TO those COM
1nittees. There is nothing in the MESSAGE OF
which the standing committees of the House
NAV not obtain jurisdiction by the ordinary
process of reference Of bills, petitions aud res
pntions- There is no necessity, therefore, of
retarrino f. TO the Committee Of the Whole on
tbe State of the Union for the usual purpose
of its distribution to the standing committees
There ia no need Of its being printed. 1t will
90 broad cast through the country as al
Presidents messages do for what II is worm
desire that it may be simply lad on tht
table, and hope that my hiend from lllnol?
concnrrinp with me- will allow me 10 suDsIi
tute nv motion for his.
Mr.. Washburne coucurred with Mr.. Schemes
but said it Was necessary the message shou''
BE- printed, in order that ii may go among IN
official documents of the country. He mod
fed his motion so as to lay the message on tn
table and have it printed.
Mr. SchOtield suggested whether the gentle
,,. u would not be satisfied to have 1t sen
~ ,ba butter shop.
u NJ H., by agreed with the gentlemen as
4hs characte,- Of the message, but it seemed t
him the House vas making too much OF on
Tho IL affecfualy o. cad The last election SCI
teS that question. Lee the message 90 to tn
nsonIe and let them zee What we have mad