The Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1870-1875, 1870-12-21

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HOU5E..................WA WAsHINGroN, Dec. 20.
Mr.. Orth moved that SPECIAL orders be
set aside. and the report OF the Committee
on Foreign Affairs in relation to Paraguay
be taken up on Thursday, the 5th of jan
uary, to the exclusion or ali other busi-
Mr.. Ingersou asked and obtained leave
TO make a personal explanation. He aid
not long SIuce an editor OF the New York
EreHfng FoSs had taken occasion TO make
an attack ON him IN the columns OF that
paper. These attacks were inspired by his
brother. John b. Bryant, who resided at
Princeton, In his 1ngersolI's) District. In
1865 he (IngeTsou) had procured Mr.. Bry-
ants removals from the office OF Collector
OF Internal Revenue In his District, for
the cause that Mr.. Bryant was bad man i.
and was officially reported as in default to
the Government in u Eum exceeding $3.50,
: Mr.. Dawes defen ded the character OF Mr..
J. II. Bryant, whom he had known from
his boyhoOd. His reputation wherever he
was known was as pure and as spoilers as
that Of any other man living. If j. H
BRYANT was q defaulter. then he Dawes
had lost faith in human nature
Mr.. Ingersoli replied that SIR. Bryant
might have been an excellent person In
Mass, but he was by no means spot
less in the town where ne lives In NJ IS
souri,.
Me-srs. Farnsworth and Judd also bore
testimony to the excellent character and
reputation of Mr.. Bryant.
Bills were Introduced and referred as
tion Tor the Improvement OF the haTbors
OF sheboygan and Port Washington, In
.-Iiss Prosser-For building a Custom
House and Port OIIG1 a. lSaE6SiIIc. -.
The HOuE e then, at1 O'Clock, prOceeaS544
amnesty as the corner stone 81 L16 recon
struction edifdce, but admiJted that gen
erRl amnesty had been buried ast week
in the Arl1neton Cemetery.
Mr.. ManntngtOn made an argument ia
favor OF general am uesty.
Mr. bingham then addressed the House.
The questOn, he said, touched the honor
and IN some sense the rosperity, OF the
American people. The nrsb question
on which the House would be GATED upon
TO vote Would be the amendment O. -sA
by himself In the first section. Why.
then not Rdoptit The whole number of
persons whom IL excepted did not exceed
20 OO0 men, and he would let them bIde
their time until the people were satisfied
that they were clothed and in their right
mind, and really submitted to the Consti-
tuition and law. II his own amendment
were not adopted, then he would vote for
nnseT M Ic1 5 2S,,I df n 551. SoS
the bill as reported by the gentleman from
Massachusetts,, (Butler) He wished IL ex-
tended TO those who were lately in arms
against the Republic so that ali tie world
might witness another exhibition of the
magnanimity of that great and triun-
phant people who conceived the Four.
teenth Amendment TO the Constitution.
Mr.. Fitch spoke in favor of universal
ann He believed that Breckenridge
might safely be permitted to defend the
principles OF secession in the United States
senate before empty galleries, than that
the Senate, without his prin cipIes, his cuI-
ture or his taste, should insult the world
with an oner to exhume the bones of the
loyal dead. He said IL he could put life
again into the brave eyes that were closed
forever amid the sHlPhurous smoke o.
battle; II the earth could give back the
gallant hearts that throbbed out thef'
lives In red ubattons for liberty II we
could marshal once more the dead who
battled above The clouds on Lookout
Mountain, who vexed the current of the
I u
burning Rtchmonds who carried our ban
ner over every inch OF American soil, they
which could permit their honorable in
Sulter to occupy place in the American
Ssnate, and might well afford their more
/ achieve fees under cIerkshIps
Mr.. sheldon, of louisiana spoke in fa-
1 that his state, which had 5000 RepubIf-
/ can ma1orttys had RbTosated every vestige
/ oI olsioy atty Oy q vote of los 600 In the af-
nrmatlve TO less than 200 IN the negative.
4 Mf. Hamilton, OF Florida, protested SOL
emmy and uncompromisingIy against
universal amnesty, believing 1t to be a
1 pol1ey fraueht with danger TO loyal peo-
I pie, 70 his constituents, to Republican in
/ s1IutiOnS and to the still unsuccessfuily v
reeonstTucted governments of the South
Mr.. ProEser regretted very much that he
could not 60 Tor general amnesty. He did
not believe that the time had arrived
4 when that policy could safely be adopted,
\ He reminded the House that even yester-
day. 1ourteon Democratic members mad
uoted that secession was debatable ques-
4 ton.
Mr.. Jones, Of Kentucky, corrected that
| statement and said his resolution merely
/ declared that secession, at the opening Oi
/ the rebelli n, was a debatabIe question.
I Air. Prosser went on TO argue that ib was
Democratic party, by violence and
! intlmi alton, to carry every South
ern state at the next Presidential
measure OF legislation that would put
stop TO the laWiess proceedings that were
I being carried on in every Southern state
| Mr.. Mckee declared himself In favor 0
| general am mnesty, but sand that he WoulS
vote for the btl as the best thing thatthe!
i Mr, Mercer opposed the bill because ii
deprived citizens of their vested rights.
Mr.. Butler, of Massachusetts, at half pas
tnree, moved the previous question on tn
MIR. Bingham required the yreviou
question 70 apply to the bill as well as Z
Mr. Butler declined to make that me
ton, and said he wished to have the b1l
in such g position, as that might move II
recon initial.
, Mr. Bingham asked Mr.. Butler whethe
: he mad inl1LnRted this morning that h
; would divide his motion for the prevtou
Z question.
Mr.. Butler said he thought It time {
J stop tins dlarrhea of words.
Mr.. bingham would ask the gentlema
z from Massachusetts to keep faith with th
House. and II not, he would ask the Hous
> 70 pea nAAl 10 90 50. 4Ld
WIS all. He added IN an undertone, ths
. il was a devilish outrage.
Z Mr.. Coburn moved to lay the blu on th
4 table.
BInsham-ssOh, that carries the amend
8 ment with if.''
Mr.. Cox hoped his friend from Indian
I would withdraw his motion, and let tt
! House, by Its vote, express public sent
D ment.
The motion to lay on the table was r
(. jected.
1 Mr.. Bingham appealed to the House
: vote down the previous question.
! The previous question was seconded /
q OIL yeas to 81 nays.
9 Mr.. Butler, being entitled to close Il
g debate, yielded fifteen minutes time
q Mr.. Cobb, of North Carolina, who argue
= against universal amnesty as sometbiI
! that would be humilisting to the COVER
J ment, In forcing pardon upon men wi
! did not admit that they had done wFos
Mr.. r.Hoge. of South sCaronna, declare
p himself opposed to the bill and amen
;. ments. He was not In favor OF gener
u amnesty SO long as his constituents we
subjected 70 be naltreated, and shot doV
y and murdered, because they sdvocat
u the doctrines of the Republican party.
}. Mr.. Butler yielded to a motion to a
10 iourn, and the House at ten minutes pc
q four adjourned.
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