The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-02-27
VOL. Xxx.

already decided on It's resolution, mat
these Senators be paid only from the date
OF the admission OF their respective States.
Morton thought that did not settle the
present question ~ ~. : 4
the beginning of the second session, but
not from the commencement of the Con-
gFess. - ! tAA3 !. d.
Ferry was in favor of adhering to the
decision of the Senate already mace,
| to pay them only from the time OF the ad-
m ssion OF their respective states. tsgLa
\ Trumbuil Williams and kellogg Loohs
I the same view, the latter stating tiats tlsn
If the resolution should pass, ne W1ssld 1si nj
| avail himself of it; ne had beid y Feuefat
| Office no 10 Che time OF his eieetion, anu
| had no desire 60 draw for time prior 70 MS
az At the expfratton OF the morning hour
| the resolution went over ..,. - f,.,,..
the report OF the commute s - 81 !, ~ ~ ~
| ence on the cous itutionai Amendment
Pol9erov sad the Committee had exceed
| ell their powers and violated Far4l4 M hsnC- ~
| arv law Dy tam pering with Lhe text OF Lhe
bill as agreed upon at dtHerenb times oy
both Houses
erreed upon by the committee was made
o7i.tte to the demands OF the occasion, anu
| likely, if adopted, 10 LEAD 70 dii1coity IN IN
l,sdinunds said. the committee had struck
out the very life of the text by striking out
80 half of an indlViSiDIe truth, and nau
male the!remaiulng half1n realllY laIse 4
nood From the Amendment agfe- upon
| nv ii 2 committee il would seem tnlJ Con
s,ss oS Was So eager 10 do something by way
gIess esssnSeniing the Constitution Thai they
| farsot il made any difference Whatathey
iS\Vilson said that for nearly thirty-three
xe9rs he had done ali he could by Vole and
| word against slavery ana all thihgs , c9u1
| neoted wIth -. lie had always deHiandeed G R e
| what was riehb aud had done All's Aoest 70
/ ebtain il, but ne had also acted upon the
1 idea q taking what ne coulu gel, DelIeNinS
| tbat one step taken made the BeXt easier,
/ .IIs would aet upon tnat prlncipse again,
IfhOuqh with more regret tnan ever peIores
I Il nlOrIiQCbNlOQ,
| ne had hoped tnH6 cary !, II VIC
/ present sessioa the majority In Con
4 5rre-s wauld seize the great o2porLu
I 11,ty ,5ben two great states were III
i itand ius fr friends, and when the 5heails
i of fbe neon g were warm with love or I1o-
| erty aud !. sense Of justice 10 make an
| amend nept which would secure equal
| riguts 10 all men 81 al races ahd c9l9Is II
4 thfs courtry. TO such an amendment
I there could have been no considerable OPP
4 TdsitfflI anywhere. because the rights OF
/ All classss would be invOtve1, but the
/ of Conferences might De strongly opposed
| in Connecticut, Wnefe Jne Hfst D1etiS was
! to ne fought and in other States, by
| mere negro proposition lie WOuld vote
| f1r fins now because he could get nothing
better, but he would continue 70 aglsale
II IL till the equal rights OF the gro aud ol
| All men should be undiSputed here. He
hoped and believed that tine would soon
I ooTne, and then the people anu their re p
resen atfves would be at liberty to work
to build mp the United states into the fore
! mos. nation OF the world tttssst
| ~F.dmunds asked the senator from AS
sachasetts how me knew tn IS was the best
he could get. -. ,
| ear the floor, n would move TO disagree
| with the report of the Committee, aud ask
for fuIther conference
! If9yvould secure better ameudm an [, gblt
it was not safe to run much rfsk at thls
Pomeroy move to d sagree and a ked
for further conference.
Stewart raised % point of order that the
/ ION ~ I'd
Mort II said the Committee -hstd ext'ssssi,
ed their powers by stTlGlhg OUT , lIal @
agreed TO
Conkling asked him v neither he can't
to saw thereuate ConTnil tee ofConfs re e
had agreed to anything that th3 Sen Ce
| itself had not agreed to.
Morton replied that tue Committee OF
Conference had acted not only IN vi1ia7
/ tfOu OF parliamentary law, nut naofi5 Utp !
| wisely, because they had tacitly aSres't
upon form OF amendment which won Il
| be far weaker before the people than II
| its provisions were mOte com prelenSlp y e.
| The Republican, party, II thfs anne fi niefi
should be adopt q, might reasonably be
charged witn being willing To leJ the negro
vote only upon CONDITION In - pine ON stfs
should be reserved Tor tue " haze IIl.sq -
Ueying To at it was not wise To reject u al z
loaf because he could not get "a who'e one,
he should vote to agree - the report o
| the Committee of Conferences, 81 ( not Iii e
I better could be had, but the result III this
1 case would be a waning to aim heVel
again TO rush an i'm 1rLant measure into
DooIittIe bclfevedAo fInportauth seas
: ure as4an amendnent 10 the Consti uJlon
should neverb4 sent to the Comm ttee on
Conference. lie appeitlsu 70 'Ils lec9uolI-
} can party in liesI OF thetr- 1nLeEnA .dlne q
2 ences on the subject to abandon the az
tempt 20 amend the Constitution, ana iail
- baeK on tnetr past IvOWalS that the liS1t
, | to regulate the suffrage les ssith the States
sawyer said that probably rather thar
{ | lo-e the amendment ait setheF. siIe won Il
: AZ, ee TO the report Sf The Committee, bu
= hsfore d0ing So hs wished 10 make tn,
tor f+~-f A which
G the ad pIiOn OF the report would place tn'
a Republicans III the reconstructed states
For JygO years they had lain under re
prla ach, Ihat the kepuolicaniparty put tn
) | negro upon its pl tfOrm IN the North, ant
, upon anoi her III the South, and they hat
met the charge by saying II was only 9 lev
week-kueed Republicans who were afraii
- 10 stand up for equal rights In the North a
y | well as IN the south, and whenever IN
e | quest on should be fairly submitted 10 tn
? / z eat National Republican party, it Wouit
. be decided by putting the negro on al
d | equality with the white man all over tn
= country, but here was an amendInent Pre-
4 / posed which plead guilty 10 the charg'
aud tor what reason? was said amor
e comprehensive amendment would InVolv
4 greater risk. The answer was. there Woul
h be risk in any case, and that WhateVe
$, risk was to be taken had better be taE e
20 for the right. He put II to the consclenc
. of every Republican, senator whether 4
y did not believe taat every citizen had a
3I equal right with every other to vote an
IN hoId office. The advocates OF this propos
= | ton, he said, after all, meant that a
y negro should have the right to hold ofhc
lt because the right to vote carried with
Is the right TO hold office bnt If that We
- true Why not say so boldly in the amen
m ment. He, too. believes tnat within sho
,r time the negro would have both righ
:. / secured to him by the incXorable logic
In events but not by this amendtnent. - g
d Stewart SAID it was very easy to say tn
ne whatever risk must be tAkepi ought 10
- taken for the right, but the dffffc0Ity w
i0 that no two Senators seemed to agree e
n. actly as TO what was right. The Senat
st from Kansas (Pomeroyl wanted leAa
suffrage; the Senator from Vermont { =
munds1 a. d others wan ed TO give
e negro the right to hold office; the St nat
af from Massachu etIs tWilson) desired th
- discrimination should be made on aecon
ItS of nativity. Under such circumStanc
it. the pending proposition occurred 70 pe Y
!, only one on which an agreement could
secured, and If not acted upon new I
rs, opportunity To amend the ConstltaIon
We ali would be lost. because the session W
near its close, and the Chairman OF /
o. Committee on Appropriations had q
of nouncad his intention TO pass the bi
"a from that Committee against this and
GU other measures.
IA FrehnghO ysen-And there will be
he chance for the amendment in the ne
- Congress, because il will not be two-thil
ere IN favor of 1t in the other House.
ny Stewart-4es; 1t win have no chan ce
70 two thirds. il the House. The Legislatu
in 1 are in session wa lting, ready to act on
- amendment. II we act on 1t now it C
@u be ratified, put If we 1sagree and ask
on herconference, al IS ,osS: THIS amer
,ot | Inent might not be the best. but 1T was
iO' only one hat could now be had, and
adcption was absolutely necessary to m
the state of affairs in Georgia and el
where In the SOUTH
>. Sawyer-L ask Lhe Senator what. eff
he thi ks The adoption VIII nave
Georgia. -
au Stewalt-It will place in the hands
OH' the black men of Georgia a rod of pow
before which all politicians qn4ll, ana
- will protect hlm until some further act
%. can DE h d to stay the hands Of the Z
on pr ssiVe rebels. ? -
ade Davis, to comfort the Senators from
vada and New Jersey, remarked that