The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1869-12-17
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CONGRESSIONAL 'PAocEtERes.
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Nj. Wiisoa offered . fs.ciliion requesting
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public meetings In the District Of Oola aba =
Mr. Wiison orersd ms r..ols,ie. sss, %,N
right OF all sitirsas TO meet fceethsf without
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rseonstruetion Of the stats Of Georgia.
Mr. Morton moved TO snend By .proyidias
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NJ CARPENTER opposed u. .psnansn. =.
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s.%sa hes Sa sAs ssS,sssS State, had SS, rail-
t Mr. sa Dr.f. iaaairsd Who would raise Ties.
%s. Carpenter. The enemies Of the country.
supreme Court. want thl. thing TO be laid
S SG:%. p6s oait ss lossss. Win ssssl
Georgia Legislature wiped out aIwsnt those
a. they ever wcre--to know the power Of Don.
M. MosiSa, 81 iSdisns, said that u. %;
atruction. AN the Southern ststss had been
required 10 ratify the ssventeenth sussdment,
rstify the nfteenih amendment. Coiefsd suf.
frAge 10 those States would never be secure
ansl, The ,st,ns.,ion q Vie af,ssash s%sDd.
went over, and the unnnished basissss being
ton OF Of IL. supreme Court, Was taken IN.
Mr. Trunbull said this bill had aot been
reported with any view to sneroseh upon the
be- Tie imprsssion from remsrks In the puSiic
press, and that the legislative power was seek
log to enoroaoh upon the Judicial. No msn
should be q division Of the power Of soyera.
ment, and no man would do more than he 10
preserve the Independents Of the judiciary Ia
bill was going to strike down the judiciary II
could not receive his support. He could not
join In the hue and cry which had been raised
He had the highest respect for that tribunsl;
the ablest men 10 the country had sat there
from time to time and is dseisions had
The present bill was sot dssiG ned to Inter
lerc with any case now before the supreme
Court. As he understood q, there was no cas-,
reconstruction acts. BuS eiforts were con
stsntly being made to get cases before tn,
court, 20 a. to get from 4 an opinion as to tbs
nothing to do with these acts, and this biI
was to prevent then. being brought before it
The ar.t section II ;he BILL deelsres that tn,
.uthori.y, to &c hde roii,icsi qasstioss. Thii
10 sound door ans, and no lawyer here or else
where VIII decay It. The supreme Court hs'
Mr.; T.. alluded to the bred Scott and Mill
gan DC dsions, where the court had trsyele,
OUT ~ its proper sphere to deliver politics
"iCongress, and this unauthorized departure
from rs legitimate sphere Of duty had excite,
tSs sGsns n; S:S ssc
tended TO ofisr an amendment that justices 0
e: saRy have S' saA caS M ..as
haessi CORFU, In their own districts, He un
derstood that now It was claimed that III,
psr.oi i ooSaaed IN ores S and that jus,ie
ofthe Supreme Court could issue writ to b.
served In any part 81 tae eountry; This wa
was intended under the Judiciary act Of l1s0.
He had said so much to show the falsity Q
the charge that the Senate judiciary Commit
tee had reported bill to break down the J I'D
eiary. The bill merely proposed to reafirn
again declared.
Mr.. Thayer moved to postpone the pend
!pg bill and proceed again with the deorgi
Mr.. Trumbuil thought /. very import.n, III,
that other departments Of the Governmsn
were anxious for the Immediate passage OF I'll
bill, o,hsrwi.s su:::.ion. might arise whic
No Drake asked whether the Senator ha
Any Information that the suprsue Court Ii
Mr.. Trumbali had no INFORM Alton ss to WI.
the supreme court intended to do, but upds
stood that efforts were being made 70 bfin
M bt.H. Here W. Ssi9, a.
part OF this capitol, are about to again Sc
MI. ssna.gP I thought SsS Is: Georgia bill ".
iSpostsnt to DO prosecuted with now.
Fought the Supreme Court would pause
*. Of nUSa ss
senate, the qusstiob isg on the smendmer
MT. carcssissiuiiy sgrssd with Mr.. Merto
as to the &Slrlue, but Re offered With him
TO the eHDodi6ncy OF his amendnenf.i
admit dssssia until she ratified the nitssni
Mr.. TSsssaa said this wa. no, a su.,tie
S p. <: s'S apas People sH q
whole UnitSd States, By eosrcing tho poop
ofdeorgis, ych tss'eI mi. smendneat upe
the people Of Ohio who have rejected ", Al
not only Il the name OF Georgia, but In u
nsms Of Ohio, and inthe name OF all the pc,
pie he Protested Against IT,. Congress had :
pose smeadments to the Oonstitution. whe
thsni ~ ts:,sH,ns ~. upon th snI gs0pl. y
Rs knew PSs. va. useless. ~ u was
3q to SAWYER ss,: az sarSS 5Sssa s.n..dn.a
rsses.4ass si had Ssea iss VIM q ~ lou
tion Of the fifteenth sAmepdnsnt BY deorg
to-day. and next week or next month " mig
require something else. Ga the 2Sth 81 Jun
s ISn sss ssS a., as' ~
tlon acts and was entitled to representation
Sr sss y.s r. sss a Sc nSn.
admission are 70 be prescribed. II is absurd
suppose that other States, which are oppos
to this iftsenth amendment which 10 now
be fastened upon them by the coercion Of u
Southern States, will not question y At sol
future day. IL they do not, all love Of Geedo
mas uleu out IN tne Hthfb tHt
people. What good can accrue from cnlsrgi
the mass OF ignorant, corruptible voters In Z
United States, 10 more than l can see.
These measures are assuming to Congre
the power to decide who shall be the electo
OF the Legislature In the different Stat
This act IL unfair and unjust toward the pc
pie against which II 10 directed. II Is und0i
the work W hich they have done at your behe
1t tells with equal Injustice az ainst the peoI
OF other States. He believed that all the
acts would recoil on the Inventors; tn
sooner or later 1t would be shown that tn
could not secure party supremacy They IN
pass their amendments, but they can new
reverse the laws Of nature or make the neg
the equal OF the white man.
Mr.. Williams had heard these argumef
ever since The rebellion commenced, as to
unconstitutionality Of everything that CO
gress did, aud supposed they would have
same effect now as they had then. That o.
gress has power to impose conditions on tht
rebel States he considered settled forever a
beyond question. Not only have the PEG
over and over again endorsed tho action
Congress, but the supreme Court has affrn
the political power Of Congress, and has
mower to review the action OF Congress.
1t Is the right OF Congress TO determine WI
an amendment to the Constitution 10 ratih
and that liberalization 10 binding upon
the departments Of the Government. II 10
late to Brighten us now with these mena'
that the people will rise up and repudiAte
We hAys hoard that cry ever since the v