The New York herald., 1868-01-30

on provide for the publication Of medical aud sur.
Provost Marshal's Bureau, which was referred
4 PUBLIC LANDS ALABAMA.
authorize the sale Of public lands in Alabama which
was referred TO tse Committee on Public Lands.
SALE OF iRoS-cLADs.
On motion OF MIR. GRIMES, lrepj of Iowa. the sanatc
took up the bill providing for the sale OF tho ironcads
Mr. Cosnsss, trep) OF Ca.. alluded TO insufficient
means OF defence on the Pacific coast where at
time one of LIE best ironcads IN the British service -
Affairs the impregnablity Of that vessel he would
not give.
amend tne bill by providing to retain those OF the Die
taor, Kalamazoo Monadn.ck and Passac classes II
necessary more could be sold at future time There
we're thty-nve TO be sold and nineteen to be retained
Ihey were deteriorating rapidly and expensive TO
/ keep.
! The amendment was adopted
MT coNKuNo, Hepl or N r.. on the ground that Tho
resolution was defective in tha. respect moved 10 add
the Secretary Of the Navy, provided pubic notice
shall be given that proposals viii 10 received for thirty
days for the purchase OF said vessels, and that the
highest price proposed, not less than the appraise
ment, shall be accepted therefor.
The amendment was adopted and tho bill was then
passed
STATION cAss--THE DEFICIENCY Bri
Mr. ANTHONY wished vote on the resolution TO print
ten thousand copies OF tho OF the commit
the Edwin M. Stanton Affair." but at the Of Mr.
Mr. MoReiLL, lrep.) Of Ne, from the Committee Of
Conference on the Dill to supply the DEFICIENCIES in The
expenses OF the reconstruction acts &C. made report,
which was adopted see Hous, report on this subject
TIE MILITARY RECoSsrRucEos BILL.
took up mo arecai order, the supplemental Recon
slructon bill.
Mr.. PomERoY (rep) of Kansas took The floor and dis
cusscd at length the Senator from Wisconsins (r Doc
lftlel ca,n-tbat there rebellion lie said the
only new rebellon was that against the reorganization
ana restoration OF the States lately IN rebellion The
Issues claimed 10 exist BY that senator belonged TO
| years before the food. The education aud property
qualifications proposed by the amendment were things
OF the past supported only by class with their backs
upon the future aud their faces the past He qAted
Mr. Toombs letter TO the corresponding secretary Of
Democratic Central Committee OF ONO, regard to the
platform OF the Cincinnati Convention, promising
operation in establishing those principles
had iougnt Where ths basis OF the organization,
reaching IRON Maine TO California, which The Senator
had alluded TO These were the iving lssuesn be hal
spoken OF The motive of the republican party was 10
establish equal rights. They gave DO countcnance 10
tho ten States would be restored the Union. The point
Of divergence Of that Senator's party
that the plan Of restoration vas defective,
those States having already legal governments.
Hero originated the new rcbrlicn All The
rights that Congress claimed restoration
yielded TO them by the terms OF The OF the
Southern army who surrendered veryhing not then
| specially excepted-namely their Decks ana freedom
from arrest while obeying the laws Mr.. Poneroy then
defended al length the constitutional amen dments, de-
nyins tnat any possibility existed Of since
| no motive existed, the negro having civil rights
corded him. He then, after calming the majesty
o. he law should havs been vndcacd by tho execution
OF at least the leader OF the rebeon now travelling
ms health closed with hopeful Usamt Of The conditon
of the south
MIR. BucKALEw, tdem) OF Pa, next addressed the
Senate he commenced by describing tho exstant
organization OF the government power OF the United
Siates IN the legislative departments, quoting statistics
oil the elections in past years from the OF which
ne deduced The fact that IN order properly TO represent
the ,n, actual power OF both parties, The majority
| tWenty-six instead or the former having a
present iorty-three TO ten in the minority. It
was TO be expected IN snch majori'ies that the
result would be what IL is-that extreme and
violent men would rule in their councils. Tns great
evil could mol long exist without crisis, such
dictatorship or anarchy. With fair repressntatio
therc would have been, during the and since, diff
fercnt condition OF things the debt would not be
halt the present amount and the country would be
disdhi,ed ihe SIX States east OF the Hudson with au
aggregate vo;e OF 3l35 2s3 hal twelve Senator'S six
more than they were entitled TO with proper distriD-
ton In 1854 new Western states attempted he
introduced, The os Of successfully and
now representatives from Colorado were abou. the
ionhy urging admission Had tacro been anything ike
balance OF power such an idea would have been
booted In neither OF the Territories admitted by po-
| cal pressure we're there more than ten thousand
tors while other Territories IN the Union-utan aud
new Mexico-had double lho population.
biz srkwARr, trep.I OF New, sand Nevada had vote
! of seventeen thousand.
| Mr. BucKALsw, after alluding to the exclusion OF
Senator elect from New Jersey by political VOTE thus
swelling The majority, sand it was now proposed 10
orranze state governments in the south BY party
holding tour times the poiltica power u entitled to.
government Of the United States which il mad hold
since 1850 He had once supposed that this gov
make reconstruction exchaneeaSie though 4 Lad never
oeen submitted 10 vote OF the people, North South
No rua was batter established than that constitution
was ck.ngeabe only by the authority that formed it,
When BE amendment submitted in 1865 had been
said ihet u was TO be Submitted 10 carh stare when
could accept II or reject H. and upon that proposition
large maj rites obtained But upon the proposition
recently made 10 place upon the people of Ohio the
measure Low TO DO thrust upon the people South
they hsdIcpudaed 1t In tones resoundng throughout
the Land The Secretary Of The Senate, VINO published
two newspaper both daes, had said Mr. hortous
speech was tritnphaat aud unansa cradle Vndicaon
OF Congressional 4rsconstruction both matter Of
policy AUG rs matter OF right. He quoted from Mr.
Mortons speech ard that Of Mr. Trumbuls the asser.
on that m every state SOUTH except two the number
OF wlse voters exceeded the number of coored voters
and pea referred the Trssaae aud jVorh s'manacs
ana nd osher authori,As 10 show that in Mississippi
LOUISIANA, Florida, llabaur and south Carolina ine
about equal.
ar >nEAsSg, Tep) o; Ohio, asked whether that was
registery
MIR BucxAIsw said thtt was not the point he ,vas
arguing, ana wspt on TO that only ia Arkansas vsas
shere sucn prapsndence Of white registration that ~
nee. He tterefoe, hold that between tie fuli regis
Ir2!en Of the baek vote and ic partial dsfrane bise-
a9n OF The waites iegro suDcmMy was the inevitable
Nj SHERMAN said the first Reconstruction act, sup.
poli@d by hun, dsI aschised whites, aud no had
always resteited that any man was prevented frofa
voting being convinced tina, whas the sueoge er.
tended TO all tue negroes it shoue nave been extended
70 al Tue whites. Egery ,,pubbcaE IN the Senate had
voted for proposition TO egfrcnciss every citizen
w The South, bn the denNun,ic poubers OF the House
o. representatives united With majority OF the 70.
publican members IN voting Town that liberal PROPOSE
ion or fesonng TO poitica, tactics 70 prevent vote,
was passed. Lftor rccitnv lhe subsequent action OF
Lcness, he said that but for ilgt combination between
ihe democrats and portion OF the republicans doupi
ss there would bs majority of gt,ite votcrr ia those
SDes ~ however they choose 10 aorogo registration
ra1er than have with negroes IL nol The ssu. Of
tQlzfess, and they coal! complain There was no
oogI that they could step forward avery state
10 sSpb Carolina IA vieT OF their superior intelligence
any Tine.
sr 8rcEMrw said the point fis made could not be
coicrN w =! words The question OF responsibility
for the ses q The peod referred by the Senator was
fscussed tnly Of the time Whatever differences there
s,.s N iaS Ianss OF ~ tue naoy the democrats mem
hs u tSsn ~ they had 10 do vas 10 Ion he democratic
pariy srnlseng the ansndmGni b4, ,se r.'a was 70
80 v. s' 40 soa hoi tue minority rcspcas,Ssi 20
'1e "al. Jhs' .ne senator had taen o.p0;et ds-
.-sfhis '".sss oui afterwards yielded - Aha {
'-''--. ~A"ef o. The House, as oibsrs ba1 so,
,.,...oa .. -. Siaa sl'sencnf has been cra.saT
ofoIe aud since -, aoy hsd been told ths, -
5 the political mso,as l,'n,ssn, nu ,"u,d only ~
teyeu@ ulsiisus nn1 SsuAScr .st |
rom 6VtO 70 .o,op :, ~ franchise
low called u VV'"v,. ~ rom Indiana