The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-12-17


adoption Of the Fourteenth amendment.
E1IaL could not be absolutely conapSIied by
the terms su bTaitted 10 that state. In the
case Of the States OF Virginia. Texas and
81 sfsstppi, the condition was required OF
the ratification OF the koufs een61 Amend
nent, and there should be no exception Of
Georgia, FOR her prsSeBt status Wes not lhei
fault of Congress, out resulted froT34 her.
own treason. There Was no security for.
the reconstruction measnl es, except bgf
"a 4ints1ning the prineiPle Of universal. Z.
su ffrage, ard Why should We incur risk
unnecessariIy, These States had gene ont
OF the Union of their own free viii. but
they should return only upon tue c0Ddi-
tions 10 Whfcn tney .nad SUBJ eeted itheai-
selves, and now Was the time 10 Impose all
the conditions, for at a subsequent stage II
would be useless stsLlE a+EzaGduE st
The unfinished business being. a Oil eiat-
ing 10 the appellate jurisdiction Of the So
preme Court was taken up. :
Trurn bull said he fully recognized the
necessity for q division OF the pow
ers of Government believing the con-
ceBtEaflon OF All power In the hands OF
a faE7f tended toward edesEotism, and that
the liberties OF the people could only be
permanently malntainetl BY the fullest re-
gard for tfl g rights and powers OF the de-
paTtnents OF the General Government ana
States, While yieidIng alE Just respect 70
the Judiclarxs his object .Wss simply to de-
fine by this RllI The powers OF that de part
ment, and this ds1lnlLion would not exceed
By one step the limit which the Sup leme
me bill had not heans framed with any
view of iat erfering WILhfanya question noW-
pending, but to take from the sGonrt a
5nrisdiciio1 which It new -cls lined 10 uess-
ess. In support of the Proposition thai The
Court had no jurisdiction over a political
Lourt,a ia various decisions, Z. furn1shed
Evidence. In The course of a lengthy argu-
ment he scoDceqed that, upon The ques-
statute aud The C0nstitulion. IL was the
duty of the Court 10 define the meaning OF
sovereign. authority, which was the Con-
iThe Conrss had never claimed authority
to decide q political qpestion.i as was
shown by the language OF ~ 9 Goart itself
in various decisions. s 1t had repeatedly
cOnceded to Congress the u hOFfty vested
theleLn by. the Constitution to decide
fn a State. the idea appeared to have
gained credence that the ohject of the bill
was to oyerthroW the rightIul powers of
the Judiciary, aud this he emphatieaily
denied. In CONCLUSION, TrumbulI sub.
mitJed en- amendment restricting the
powers of justices of tsle SupFe me Court
Ia issuing writs Of hobe1s corpug to the
cases or persons within their respective
districts;
l1Iiayer InoTed to again take up the Geor-
gia Bill
TTumbuH said 1t was essential TO have
prom pb action on the pending bill, in as
before the Su upreE1e Court Questions which
1n1ght further cpnaplicate the status OF the
Georgia qqestipn and similsr political
Drake said the statetnent Of the enator
from Illinois wes another evidence that
there sat in another room of the Capitol q
tIIbunal which was to be appealed TO as
supeElor 70 the Congress Of the United
STATES Fl e wanted tne American people
to know thaTfact.
The Georgia Bill was then taken up.
Carpenter said hesyOald never vote. 10
propO ed amendments, but ne could not
see the beEents 10 accrue from an an
nounceme Mt IN Congress to thai edecta
this time. The question WITH him was
simply one OF 1tHeXped1eney.s. I
Thurman saidtne question was whether
the Constitutional Amendments were-td
be forced upon the people OF ossOFgia and
other Sou theIn states egalpst The WI OF
thelf pc pie fortt coufds ba dented tlIatla
ejorIty OF the people there We're opposed
to rLheRl. Ohio h.sd reJseted. the EfteeE TN
Amendment. anu IN the name OF the peo-
pie ofIhe state. ssE 80 ssl y.
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Bills were introduced giving the
consent OF Congress to the erection Of
crib on Lake Erie, by. the city Of
Cleveland, Ohio, for the protection Of
an inlet forwater works; the tunneA
about to DO constructed by that city.
for the improvements of the Harbor
of Kenosha, Wisconsin.
Resolutions were adopted instruct
ing the judiciary Committee to in
quire 5whe ther, any Legislation was
necessary to provide for the teTmi-
nation. of any contest that may arise
ia the Electoral College, las ..yol.
Bills introduced and referredlS By
Judd, to apportion the representation
ofIhesseveraf States in the House of
Representatives for the FortysSee0nd
Congress; by Sehenck, TO establish q
Bureau of Customs andT Reyenue in
the Treasury Department; by Stone!
to repeal the tax of 10 per cent. on
State banks; By Wfittemore, 10 en-
able the Secretay of. the INTERIOR d
Contract Wit ID C ark li1ils. iors a gt0np'
Of statuary for the South Wing of the
Capitol. Sc
Soofeld presented a letter from
the Secretary of the Navy asking
authority to enlist 1,500-men for the
navy In addition to the n ,0G0 now
allowed. Referred to the Committee
on Naval Affairs. r3el
The House then proceeded 10 dis
pcse.of the remaining ame ndments to
Sthe Census Bill.
eFarBsworth's ameRdmentsto strike
out the section which gives the frank
ing privilege to the Census Officers,
and to require them to keep postage
account, was rejected, l5I TO 74.I ~
Bailey. moved TO reconsider the vote
by which .Jeneks3s, ,amendmeEt, pro-
vidiBg for the appointment of special
deputies TO- collect and arrange Che
manufacturing and social statistics,
was adopted yesterday. Carried and
the amendment rejected b1H lia
b All the amendments having been
disposed of, the bill was disposed and
the title amended so asito make il
read An act to provide for the
taking of the census of tbs United
States. foh a s44 1+d asA 2a
BE- Allison. introduced bill to fix the
number of Representatives In the
House, and provide fer an apportion-
ment among the several Statesas Re
ferred to the Committee on the Ninth
/ Census. ~ lV1 set
Is Shanks, from the G0mmittee on
Military, reported bill to provide for
furnishing e, at the expense of the Cow
ernment, artificial limbs and other
lsupperts TO honorably discharged Uff-
GERS and soldicrS,-and marines, on ac-
count of.wounes received H0r sickness
incurred in the military and marine
service Of the Unieed States. Order
ed printed,
Cook, from the Gommiftee Oh the
District Of Columbia, rel ported aib5ll
to promote an International Indus
trial Exhibition in Washington IN
Ill Ordered printed and re com
lmitted.
/. Kerr introduced bill to- amend
the act Of July q, 1868, relating to
/ pensions, 80 as to extend the time to
i've years in which applications for
pensions my be filed in the proper De-
partment. Referred to the Committee
Ion Invalid Pensions. nAtlinnrnaA.