Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1868-12-15

Tho Doings of Congress for "a
A<vTeek III
The body ofmen, which, I'M the better
dsys oftbe Repabiicd before disunion be-
came fixed fact, was the Congress of the
United States, and which Is still, by cour
tesy called by thename, has been in session
foEs.weekszaonfhe fhe. fifsttiay, the pr0e1Ed=a
ings were opened with prayer, after the
fashion of the service at JOHN ALIENS
dance house, New York.
Mr. EsMAYNAkDsofY Yennessee. elaffned an
additional peMber from bis, State, because
the Abolition of slavery, so Iehap ged the
rates Of represen tation as, to give The. .Sopth
Increased p0Yer in Congress. M M. .tM2 Nor 5
BELL Introduced l resolution declaring that
RFyHRpYf ~ n # JOHNSON ought 9tea be remoysd
ftom HeP his office as minister TO England Of
rMr. SUMNER introduoeda bill providing
Tor an extension of the right of suffri4geto
every male negrboyer 81 years of age IL
the country, and proposing heavyifines and
OTHER ,punishmnts upon every registering
officer who shall refuse to place such ne
groes upon voting lists, and ispem persons
who shall wilfully hinder or obstruct them
in the exercise of the right of suffrage
Think of that, ye 600 900 Republicans, who
voted against Negro Suffrage in Ohiol <
During the week, this. so-called, Con-
gress has twice been 1nsulted. The first
time BY the Legislature of Oregon, pass
ing resolutions fnstructing their Senators
to resfgn Il for voting for measures plainly
uncoistftationai, which have. overthr6wn
civfl, liberty ana free government, and
Consigned citizens Of eleven States to odi-
Gus and despotic dictatorship.rg 'Do -.
The, second Insult was in the Presidents
message, Who, in giving Congress informa-
tion, on the state of the Union, told them
that the, Union was discovered, because
States were Kept from theiI rightful place
III the Union by the so-calied reconstruc-
tion acts. This made the Sotons SO mad
that, in, the Senate for a whole day they re-
fused to allow the remainder of the mes
sage to be read, on the ground that it was
Insulting. The next day the Senators
pocketed the insult, and the nation. breathes
deeper, freer and easier, because the re-
mainder Of the message was read. ;.,,-a+,+a
Mr.. BiSdhAM, Of Ohio, Introduced a new
scheme to allow the negroes and their
Radical allies to hold an election in yir5
ginia, to decide whether they need new
C ms titution or not, SO as to get an addf-
tional vote Tor the adoption of the 18th
am ndment to the Constitution. - q,
Several'bills were introduced looking to
the resumption Of specie payments. 80 80
Mr.. SUMNER introduced a bill, to put the
State OF Georgia back into a state of vas
salage, because the negroes elected to the
Legislature were ousted from their, seats,
In Senate Mr., DRAKE explained the pnr-
pose of his resolution In relation to the
grades of General and Lieutenant General
in the army and Admiral and Vice Admi-
raj in the navy, to be to keep these grades
in re erye as. rewards for extraordinary
public services, a sert of tit bit, and not
leave them open to be reached by regular
p romotion and accommodation. The OBJ
ject /, to prevent SHERMAN from getting
GRANTS place in the army. ,r5. ,ose47
In House bill was passed in hot haste
to trans fer all m alters relating to Indian
fairs to the War instead of the Interior
Depa, ment. The object is to carry out
the idea of war, without cause ON friendly
Indians. such as, within the past few
months has. disgIaced the nation, when
tribes, marching, pursuant to call of the
United States Agents, to receive the an,
nuities due them by Government were
basely murdered by the standing army
In an Indian war, the chance OF plunder
by, the indian ring, composed of Senators
and Others, is greater than in time of
peace. II f..ssr5g,s.. sr j.Itr.s!
All the above Congress has done, that is
of interest, and nothing more. srss IL. i..f I