The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-12-21
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Mr.. WoODwARD fdem) OF Pa, argued that the
whole head and front or the offence OF Georgia
Had ANYBODY ever before heard OF o mistake in law
being remedied by the annihiatlon OF the state IN
which it took placer Had General Grant never
made any mistake In lawY Had he never been IN
any doubt about the Spanish gunb0afef He had ad-
mitted that ne had BEEN and was he, therefore, TO
There was not day that the highest courts OF the
land did not diner In opinion, and yet IL seemed per
ecy clear TO General CRAFTS mind, by his message.
that the only remedy for doubtful question OF law
IN Georgia was to annlbi!ate Georgia.
lie argued, further, that the Legislature Of Georgia
being dispersed and not in session mad HAD any
OBJ oriunity OF showing whether 1t would or would
moi co orm to the decision Of the Supreme Court Q,
and ne sS1Ss that ,s the OF ,n mr.
10 January-was, creditabe TO THAT gen
object OF the bill was get Governor Bullock and
Foster Bodgett into the Senate OF the United States
flteentn constitutional amendment; but such . rat
fcaton would be worth nothing. He trust
CARY "' notw si the threats msads at
the other end OF the Capitol TO declare
that the whole thing was void He believed that
he trusted that It would. The American people
seemed to suppose that the amendment was simply
section Of IT, which gives Congress power to pass
all needful laws to enforce IL. When that amend
ment should be adopted so that Congress could send
It's military satrap into every State to enforce
Its views on suffrage. there would be an
@ n was Designed By s a%ers 70 be the
last screw In the coffin OF American liberty. Az to
the seventh section OF The bl, which directs the
President upon the application OF the Governor Of
Georgia, to employ the military and naval forces Of
the United states in enforcing and executing
could be sent 10 Georga under the COM
mand OF Governor Bullock, the same thing
t,x.J IN vardt IN ulx Vail
or any other state whenever the OF the hour
demanded that the lniquity should be done. He
man malice could suggest which had not been
practised on the people OF the South. He
s He was WlnS 70 0 hold i, n te11orsns over
the Legislature Let the Legislature meet and II II
did not conform to the judicial opinion on this very
nice and doubtful proposition let Congress punish
Georgia, II 1t chose, with some such bill as this.
Mr. FITCH supported the bill on the ground that II
any State violated the compact on which she was
admitted a. . State Congress had right TO resume
tie jurisdiction over 1t. Otherwise the governments
would be imbecie.
Mr.. MORGAN, (dem) of Ohio, addressed the House
In opposition to the bill. He said he had been one
OF those who to the pest OF his ability, had mann
tanned the government in the late war, but be now
declared his solemn conviction that the single OBJ
lect Of then leader OF the republican party was the sub
version OF the free institutions Of the country and
desire Of war to that end. So anxious was the
administration OF Mr. Lincoln that the rebellion
should assume form and that an army should
appear IN the field, that after Fort Sumpser had
been fired on Mr. Lncolns administration furnished
Es
Lee General Joseph L. Johnson General Albert
sydney Johnson and General Longstreet whose
reslgnations were accepted BY Mr. Lincoln after the
Mr.. STEVENS rep.j Of Ohio, said ne would like TO
know what MS coiieagne, AZ y military man would
their reslgnatOpsy
Mr.. MoRGAN-I thank the gentleman for his ques-
ton. No soldier would have any difficulty in answer
ing it, What would have mad the President OF the
United States do when an officer In the army pro-
posed 10 resign his commission for the purpose OF
against the national constitutions l would have
put MIN under arrest.
MIR, STEVENSON Any thing eise2
Mr.. MoRsAS-That would have been all sufficient
Had they been put under arrest you would have
| deprived the Confederate army OF their greatest
chieitains, without whom the rebellion would have
| perisned In SIX short weeks.
/ Mr.. STEyENsoN-Then Is IT your opinion tnat Lee
and all others such they VINO lett the army and
joined the rebels should have been put under arrest
| ON rendering their resgnatlonsf
Mr.. MoRGAN--That is my opinion. ! have ma
| doubt on the subject.
| Mr.. MoRGAN--We had The glare OF the guns that
| fired on Fort Sumter and the resoundng echoes Of
the cannon that came 70 US rom tue palmetto plains
OF South Carolina, and yet tae gentleman asks for
/ proof.
| should nave been arrested, what should have been
done with them now for their eyl deeds Laughter
on the floor ana applause in the galeries.l
| MIR. MoRGAN-Ah rhe gentleman has his cohorts
In the rear-the position which the gentleman occu-
pied during the war. Never mInd, have no DIN.
Guilty in replying to nv friend ana colleague We
put arms iii the hands OF these men; We gave to
| rebels cbieftains to organize and lead them, and
form them in battle array. We fought them IKE
! men, as they fought us; we conquered them; they
surrendered IKE brave men, they kept their faith.
and, IKE brave men, we Should *, keep ours.
declared his belief that there was conspiracy on
tue part OF tue republican leaders to break down the
republican Institutions OF the country, 10 weaken
the Executive power and 10 emasculate the Supreme
| Court; and he warnrd New England or the lae she
was preparing for herself IN breaking down State
! rights--the only ground on which she had Twelve
| senetors In the Senate, while Ohlo with an equal
| population, had only two.
| Mr.. AxTEI. deml OF Cal, gave his reasons why
he should vote against The bull one or the objections
Georgia to ratify the fifteenth constitutional ascend
| ment, III which requirement he saw no analogy to
| The condition precedent sometimes exacted from
| new states. lie protested against IL III behalf OF
| his own state, California. lt was unjust that the
| vote OF that STATE. II 1t should be against
/ the amendment should be offset by the vote OF
Georgia, TO be wrung from her under the penalty OF
remaining out OF the Union California was inst as
| much interested In the question Georgia was be-
| cause the adoption OF the fifteenth amendment
| would force Chinese and negro suffrage on Gait
| fornia
| Several members asked aud obtained the priv,-
| iege 10 print speeches on the question.
mir. CosuRN expressed his regret to have heard
the gentleman from ONO tir. Morgan) cast an i'm
putation on Mr. Lincoln and his Cabinet for having
accepted tho designations of SET Of traitors. lie
regarded the acceptance Of their designations as an
act OF patriotism on the part OF Mr.. Lincoln and his
administration. lie defended the republican party
from the charge OF being party Of monarcnists o
the one man power and was sui prised TO near such
| charge made by q member OF that party which
sustained Andrew Johnson IN the assumption or
power and which got up the McArde case ia Missis-
sippt and referred It, not 10 the decision OF the peo
pie but to the decisions OF i've six old Judges
ting IN room in the Capitol. lie went on To argue
| In advocacy OF the hlll.
Mr. BRIGGS, (dem.) of DEL, opposed the bin, de-
clarnU one OF the most outrageous OF It's character
that was ever introduced INTO Legislative body. H0
was not surprised at the sympathy expressed by the
gentleman from Massachusetts, Buter) for Governor
Bullock. birds OF n leather lock together.n
Mr. HoGs Tep.) OF 3. O.. advocated the passage or
the bill. Tie only objection he had to 1t that ig
not general IN its application to all the Southern
States.
The House at halfpast eleven O'Clock adjourned.
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