Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1869-01-19
FORTIETH CONGRESS.
This Afternoons Proceedings.
TUESDAY,, Janu,y1e.


SsNATE.-The Cnair lad before the Senate 8
comu unic1ton IRON the President, in re no u 81,
to SenaI. re solution of January 5, relative 70
ms power TO issne the late ann sly proclLma-
uoni which was real.
Nj. Ferry resrelt.d that the President had
seen lit 10 make no CefinIte reply TO his rssolu-
ton, (lan. 81 The President was asked by
NLat aUthorisy OF law he hed undert ken to
lssue his proCia nat'on of annesty. The Pres
ldt NJ had given his authority 10 issue pardon,
bui h2d ven no GUi bOritN iOT his issue of III
an. n' ~ proclamation. Now, rhAre was A
2t'l difference ~ vsen - rdou and amnesty
BIT r TO point our the di prelc. Xen plr-
uoh al amnesty read from De We're: plrdpa
vas = lor9lNinS OF an offence "1icA has ocea
committed, amnesty was toTgattuinC and
oblivion OF an offence which my Or may not
no y : been committed.
Mt +. then read from a written argument as
10 the distinction between the 10 rarms, and
toGlniainfd that none of the precadeuts citod by
tne flfs lGent boTa on the proclamation of am
messy. Neither General Washing on or anv
other Presidect had issued proclamattons of
amnesty, but Of pardon cnIv. In the history OF
this Government there j. no: a single c. -,
nntlt the 4th July, 1865, where any President Of
lhe United Sdies has undertaken 10 issue Il
piOci'ma'ion OF amnesty without the previous
saL LctIun OF the tongr6Ss. There no light
thtown on the gist of the resolution in this
answer. There Is no authority, no precedent :
cl'ed, aud there are more III tue history of th.
executive department OF the Goyernmant. Ii
ihe Presldent has the powe 10 Issue this proc
iama'Ion, he has toe power and mas re scor, d
every reoel throughout fhe country 20 the full
exercise OF every right which he enjoy, d prior
10 De rebellion. H. (Nr. ] was in fIvor OF
removing ali t6est -IsIbililia7, but he was not
IN 1aVor OF ITS being done by unlawful methods.
Inc me. sage OF the President was then
referred to the Committee the Judi iciary
The Char presented memorial of coIored
cl'iZens ef Georgia, st1ting that they ara con :
nLfd IN prison unoer the operation OF State
laws ln conflict with the re- onstructi IN laws,
ana asking relIeI. Referred ID The Judiciary
COMMITTEE.
hoUSB-Hr. Ella N. II. }, from the Commit.
tee on Printing, offered a resolution providing
fol the printing of 10000 copica of the report of
the special C0Tnmi- sioner OF the Revenue fo-
the use OF the House.
Mr.. Kelley (Pa.) said that he was op-
posed 10 printing any number of this re-
por:. 1t was cnnning marshahng of figures
to prove that cur boastod adyantag for the
working man in this country ave a fraud The
theory of this report was that the pcor are
yearly becoming poorer, and the rich richer
Wnat inducements Were heIu out for the work.
ing man OF other countries to emigrats bera III
the report was true. What sort of a pic ure
was presented OF the condition of the country
would be apparent from the report it.rIf
Judge Kelley then resd from the report to show
mat the special Comm ssoner held that tne
conoltion OF the working classes was such that
nose no nave families ear not get wages sum-
Gent TO support them, while the single are
aiiald 70 marry, lest they he reduced to starya-
tion. The report purported TO snow that the
interests of the laboring class, had s,ridily
sone down. under the unwise legislation Of
Cor gre 9. since I-6l
Judge Kelley read from some statistics to
snow thdt tue wages of he boring cla Sc had
s'saduy lncre2sed since 1850 Skilled work
nen IN thai year were lad To WORK for 50 to 60
c"hts ny. II. h'T than no ONE p .upers on the
conn uIl'y Thrre We're reorc iaoorafs n ,
ih"n sUEIcIeu' 70 SU0plv the demand, ana
wage were low. Since tDen iaborerS had baea
IN demand and labor was better pad tnan
ever. He showed that the wealth ana pre-
Ierity OF the city OF Philadelphia, which be
took as an instance of the general veal 4 of the
country, had increased at the rate of. 10 psr
cent In the eight years. which the report al
legged were years of calamity.