The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1870-01-13
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.
7sty.Fint Second Regular Session
wEBSEsDAy,, d DncEsnER IL, 1870

aetion should have been taken By atempoIAtf
Majority. At future time he PIp s8 .ho.iS
show how much and how little IeGata snoulu
Be attached 10 The passage Of these resolu-
lions. Ths great and wise measure Of equality
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'o NJ. uonEllnr slsO prssseted memorials 10
favor OF the abolition OF the -frankinE pfivi-
ieEe. 10 which he heartily ooneurred, except
when IN calling the right 10 FRANK q privilege
he REGARDED ifas aeutse to those who, were
NJ. frunSui, from Committee on the Ju.
dietary, reported In favor Of the indennite
postponsment Of the bill allowing eitiEena
access to the court Of Oislms, 20 secure pay.
'ment for quAttermaster and oommlssary stores
tuInished during the rebellion.
that IndiAn treaties shall be considered In
open session, which was laid over until to
The joIut resolution for the admission Of tho
state Of Virginia to representation In Con.
On the amendment Of Nj, Drake, that u ~ any
asssnt 70 the Fifteenth amend ent to the Don.
sttntlon, ~ shall be Immediately deprived Of
Ne ,s, a SSoP pis of,so American
people, as tsprese0ted' BY Congress, vas
pledged 70 the admtssion Of SirginiA into che
been required q any Of the other Stste LsTis
lAtureai AID they had seat SenAtors here who
were admitted, and who were this day In their
what the senator from MsSsseh1ssttS fsir.
Bumnerl had said the other day. II seems
that military otioef, [den, CAnhY,l a man
lsgal ability, and the Attorney oensfaf had
both given their opinions on a certain quot
hon, taa to whether the test.oAth should be
applied TO members OF the YIrginia Lerisia-
tufe.) They had come to directly opposite con
elusiousi and the senator from MaalAohusetts
had, In the very face Of the Senate and the
hat he t opinion o. The u SIiIssiy otssr W..
entitled to more weight than that Of The Al
torney General He Mr. ~ unhesitaiioEly,
the Attorney General was right. ~.
Mt. Sumner said the test Oath had been
taken by the members Of the LoulGiaus LcglS-
Mr.. COnkling. That 10 a mIstAkej the cues.
ton arose, but uAdsr advice nom Washington
u was decided not to exact Il.
:. IN reply to the statement OF Mt Pomsroy,
that The legislature was not legally organ.
lied, Nj. oonkling maintained that tho organ.
bsrS either tooE the OATH 70 sappost The I Uon.
eutution or a more stringent oath, Only one
single reason had been Nddueed WhJ YirEiais
should not be AdInitted, and that wa that
perhaps the requirements Of the fourteenth
amendment had not been complied with IN the
orsaniIAtion Of the Legislature, but Of this
tion he had been somewhat Of a IAgEaId. lie
had not been one ofthose who considered u OF
paramount Importance that these States
should be Immediately admitted into pAttiel.
patton In the Government, but other Senator's
had thought otherwise. They had hRataned
on this work, and now when evsrythlnE had
bean done according to their own terms these
very sane Senators were protesting and urg.
kT, Scott said either Virginia should no,
be admitted At all, or II she was II oertAlnIy
should not be under this Amendment. He did
not believe there wa. any such disposition A.
vas eharged TO Virginia, TO withdraw its aa
sent TO the ffteenth amen ment, And II such a
disposition was prevalent there would be
oshsf 80. ~, easier ways Of aeoomPlllhihg their
70 withdraw their assent 10 y The aftssStS
amendment and were prohibited BY this
anendne9t, they could Withdraw their rata.
oAton OF the thirteenth and fourteenth
amendments. II was useless 10 Anfieipate
Perndy In advance, lit should come II would
be tine enough TO deal with II then. The
power OF Congress could alwaya be exercised
when necessary. II would not be dignlHed
70 send out such Athreat to the people Of Wiz.
Mr.. Drake modified his Amendment 40 A,
70 read shat should the Legislature Of said
state At any time hereafter pass an act puF.
porting 70 reseind Its TatiheStlon OF the NJ
teenth Amendment said State shall be lmme.
aisteiy deprived Of itS representation In Oop-
the amendment that the State Of New YORK
having Withdrawn Its assent 10 the fifteenth
amendment, u be excluded from representa-.
tlon In Congress, and the States OF New JeT-
sey and Ohio having withdraWn their assent
TO the fourteenth amendment to the Constitu.
tion, they also be excluded from representa-.
hol ~ NonNNNaNs lAaAuAhNet
MT, Drake supposed the Senator, from thIs
would vouehaAfe to the Senate some expiA.
nation Of the amendment.
MT. Thurman said the Senator had boen In.
wiling him for some time to throw a brick At
hin so that he could start on the war path
but he M. ID was afraid.
MT. Drake was not surprised at tho silence
Of the senator. II was part OF the Shrewd
Dsmooratie game 10 sit stu and see how many
kepnsileAn whales could be driven into their
net, This Amondmont, however, was like all
DemocrAtie fdni II was pointlesa, and the best
proof Of u was that the mover Of 1t would not
Mr.. d, further said that the manner In which
some OF this Republican Senators were act.
ihg 10 eating thelr own words, was such as to
enttle them to contempt.
Mr.. Warner alluded to what he called Mr.
SUMMERS doctrine Of eternal puniShm meat.
Nj sumner said his doctrine was not one OF
eternal punishmsnt, but one Of eternal pro.
teetion and bensdietiOn, and he bssouEht the
senator for GODS sake to get this idea that
ne NJ. ~ was for eternal PuniShment out OF
South that he demanded.
MT. Warner would style the plan Of the
senator from MAASaohusetts, theu,Ns one OF
interested in this matter. suppose the dSy
would come when the Democrats party
should have majority In Congress, and they
were TO enact constitutional amendments and
eompel States to rAtify them and elect them
from Congress n they refused to do 1t. BY
passing the Amendment Of the Senator from
MIss,onrl, Ne would be eoneeding to then the
Mr., Carpenter denied the right Of Mr.. Drake
to set up his judgment as the standard Of Re
pubncan policy, aud then denOunee Senators |
who I'D not agree with him. He (dT. o. OPP
posed this amendment because II would seem
70 SSaSsas 70 STATE The I,shlto Snt Wy , i,s
MT. Thurman then Withdrew his amend.
M. Wilson offered as al amendment, in the
nature Of q substitute for the whole bill,
the bill repoTted yesterday to the House Of
mittee.
Mr., Wilson thought there was nothing hard
IN this blu ~ had been prepared with great
care, was satisfactory As no understood to =
majority OF the people Of YirglnIA, and he
thought It should be satisfactory TO ali. No.
body wAnted iOpanish YIrginiS, She ought
This bill had been prep AIRED with great care by
COMMITTEES ofthe other House, and he hoped
MI. Edmunds could not help what commit.
tee had prepared this bill; 1t was too niue h
for HIN. II peIpelually excluded the very
70 provide that through ali the future lime
the Legislature Of Virginia shall be composed |
only Of such men As eau take the oAth1 here |
his friend Iir. wIisouI wished to exclude
NEE Who were dlsq uAilhsd BY the Fourteenth
amendment, he Nj. Z was with him, and
Mr.. saullbury said the senator from Mis-.
s99 W NJ Drake was ehAgrined on account
from shame and morIideStion TO hear his dIS'
ouHuion going on as to whether the TepFeaenta-
tlVes OF Virginia should DO admitted here
yirEtnlA, the mother Of States, indeed but |
for whom half OF the Senators now on this
moor would not be entitled to their seats. lie
was much surprised 10 hear Senators on the
other side talking about the Constitution 10
The fAee OF what they had been doing for seT.
efAl years past, But a. they did talk OF the
he would call their attention 10
The clause Of the Constitution which aays that
zach house shall be the Judge OF the quallnea.
li9ns o. ~ own members, and yet here 10 this
llll, which hM been presented to the House,
.hleh has section declaring the validity OF
me oleeuoh OF Senators In virginia Thus |
he HOUSE Of Representatives Is TO decide |
ipOn the qualiheAtion Of Senators No NAV
eT how many times the Senator from Ma
aehusetts IMr Wils0nl had violated the
Constitution, he did not believe that he had
lone so Intentionally, And he called the AtGen-
lon OF that SenatOf TO this plain violation Of
he o9nshtutlon In the bill which he had pre-
MI. Morton said the Senator from Delaware
lad described NlTginiA AA the mother and ,
grandmother o. states Well, Virginia shouid
ave behaved herself as proper Old iadV md
ot attempted TO pull down the family Man
ion on the heads Of her children and gFsnI u
hildren, and made 1t necessary to AppoinI a
uATdlAn for her, ,
Ne Mum neF deaiFsd IN d ava rs.b . ,.o,.--,-, '