The New York herald., 1868-01-29

that Ss.,r.a mn n be interrupted lsst some bloody
rat might follow il the alteration which arose the
men on he other sce Of the House Mr. Chsnsr said
that having closed the Satisfaction ot Hn
s S ..s .s r. to cali
him 70 rssponsibiity he was !. his service
uasmsa AZ sts sbP Of Me- opposed the bill ssn ,Sn snss
interest. Of the unisd States would no. be lmpsrsd
South rebels had never had a. anything 9Th TO do with
men he should say lei these land grants stand
Mr. JULIAN said he agreed with the gentleman from
70 favor the renewal Of the granta II. -.
Mr. BLAINE remarked the. shat vas pushing house
Mr. JULIAN asked whose fAul. !. was ths. hs southern
States not represented In CongressS
Mr. BLAME replied that u certainly not the fault
Of the freedmen or Of the loyal mem
M. ELDRiDcH (dem. OF Wis, said he would like to
answer that question. !! VAS the fault Of the gentle
man from Indiana (Slr. Julanl and his party.
hr. BLAINE said no did not want thus question 10
assume political aspect He was speaking for the
the South. There no boon which Congress could
confer on the freedmen and loyal men OF the South
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therefore, the maddest ue OF policy to strip these
railroad companies Of their grants
Mr. WAsHBURSH, (rep.) Of ILL.,, referred 10 his opposl.
ton week or two ago to bill renewing RAILROADS
grant in Iowathe Dubuque and Sioux City Railroad
and said that the Gov OF that State had since them
sent message 10 the Legislature complaining OF that
company for its utterly bad faith In the matter He
In favor OF taking away all those land grants and keep
ing the lands for the people
Mr. TRIMBIE, Of KY, asked Mr.. Julian whether ths
Dill would operate forfeit the lands Of the Mobile and
Ohio Railroad, the New Orleans Jackson and Great
Northern Railroad or the Mississippi Central Railroad
Mr. JULIAN replied that he did not understand the bR
TO affect either OF those roads.
Mr. TRIMB-E then asked Mr. Julian whether he wonld
accept an amendment exempting those roads from tho
operation OF the bill
MIR. JULIAN inquired whether II he should DO 30 he
(Mr. Trimbie) would then vote for the bill
Mr. Tp ad hat ha nrtld ant hA Aactr
especially that the roads mentioned by him should bd
exempt from the proposed forfeiture He reminded the
in Southern railroads owned in the Eastern States
and in Europe, and that in reporting the bill he
striking his own friends in Boston, New York and else-
where
Mr. ALLISON rep.l of Iowa, referring to the remarks
OF Mr. Washoarne, remarked tnat ina, gentleman was
Mr. Julian whether the bill applied to the lands granted
TO railroads which had been compietedY
Mr. JULIAN replied that it did not
Mr. ALLISON also alluded to the fact that not only
the State Of Arkansas not Affected by the BILL but that
the last Congress had passed bill reported by the gen
tleman from Indiana giving additional grant OF
365 900 acres to Arkansas.
Mr. JULIAN remarked that that case stood iis
merits and had relevancy to this bill In reply to
remark by Mr. Edridge he said that when the south
In few weeks, he would be in favor Of reyivng anG
renewing those railroad grants
COMMITTEES on Southern Railroads. spoke support o2
the bill In reply 70 some remarks Of Mr. Eldrdge, ho
said that be felt almost willing that God should @ visit
should return to their duty to humanity and come out
from among the tombs Of corruption where they had
long dwelt. When they should have como back and
shown unmstakabe signs of returning he sboud
be willing TO treat them as he would treat other 10y al
citizens, but not until then.
Amendments to the bill offered as follows
BY Mr.. AgSEIi, trep) OF Tenn, providing that the
forfeiture shall apply to the grant made the
Nashville and Decatur Railroad Company.
By Mr.. PYLE. ep OF Mo, providing that il shall not
apply the grant made the Alabama and Tennessee
River Railroad Company.
BY Mr. BLAINE, new section, making the forfeiture
apply all grants to States railroad corporations
that have expired by limitation.
Without coming to any the bill, the House. as
twenty minutes past four O'Clock, adjourned.