New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1868-06-30

Mr.. Bacon said the President of the Senate
was not the proper judge Of the Gualihcs-
tions of members, and read article thirty
four Of the constitution, which provides
that ''each house of the General Assembly
shall judge of the qualifications, dection,
and returns of members, but cpntested
| election shall be determined in suchmanner
as may be prescribed by law.n
Now, this oath is one of the qualit
necessary. Article one hundred is the
only one which designates an oath
to be taken, and it specifies a different oath
from the one which it is propoFedto to exact.
Article ninety nine, to which the President
has alluded, only speaks of the general
| qualifications of persons haviIg and hold.
ing office. 1t does not speak ol the oath of
office proper in any manner whatever ii
the President will read the article again he
will see that it nowhere presctibes an oath
of office. And certainly. with al due def.
erence to the opinion of the 6haIr, it does
not say that we shall take the bath pre-
scribed by the act of Congress qf July 2,
1862. appeal TO Senators who aie classed
as Republicans, some OF whomlhav( devoted
much time to the study of law ulder the
constitution, to deliver their ppinins upon
this subject. Certainly their opinons will
be of value to the chair, ana all him in
coming to an unprejudiced decision.
Mr.. Lynch said that he wpuld willingly
comply with the suggestion pf thi gentle
man who last spoke, but fell embarrassed
in doing so, for the reason that he ould not
do 80 without intimatiAg what hB action
would be if Senators were nencom,etent to
vote. 1t occurred to him that ultil they
were sworn in they could notvOte lpon any
question. He rose simply tqask the mo-
tion which had been made vas entertained
by the chair. ...
| The president decided thatuntilmembers
, were sworn in it was not their ppvince to
appeal from bis decision.
Mr.. Anderson said he regretted exceed
a ingly this difference of opinisn between the
: president and members of tie Senate. He
t had supposed article nhetyiine was
to govern the action Of the Senate.
e Article ninety-nine says certin per,
5 sons shall not hold ofise bit it also
provides the way in which they my remove
J. their disability, viz: by taking tie oath Of
recantation. Those who have openly as
sisted in carrying out tho redistribution
laws prior to JanuargE l. 86s, arG
= - =. 80 nlS,
members who have failda to 10 this, il
!. there be any here, have only tc take the
4 oS'n u eS"uSa''on 1equiEu W Ie 0one'l
u 1u'.on "nu n'e ~ WIN tle ,se, ssIe.aiy .
a svate' ana tnen tIey -are uAlnu 10 'aA'
tne cohs'itu'lonal oa'h ~ Deone mem
oers ol 'ne oena'e'
, The President said every senFor had Sc
$ far borne him out in his poHtlonby admit
J. ting that it is required that member
L should take the oath of reFantaton. Tha
e was provision which must b compiled
d with, hence his decision. Until tbs is don'
u the chair will deem it hisduty o requir,
members to take the test osth.
e Mr. Anderson said ne nag opely and &C
;, lively assisted IN carrying outline recon
structlon acts PRIOR to January 1868, an'
therefore came within the Frmslf the pro
y vision in article nlnety'nihe, which mad
u this qualification, and clamedthe righ
u to take his seat upon takifg th oath pre-
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When the fourteenth amendmpt is adopt
ed we are admitted into the Un1n as muct
as in 1864, Suppose the fourteath amend
:. ment to be adODted and this bdV to be sit