The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-01-20
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iatlOn had been Trained with ylew that
rebels shnuld taEe part In Tie new govern
were sdmitfed on this bzsis
umEer said he was not in favor or the
action proposed by The Senator from Ilil-
npls, who would admit 10 the Union a
STATE slit smoking with reb -llf0n He
asserted that the late election in VIrRinfa
was 2 huge fraud. aud that the psopIe had
Yo. ed for Governor Walker FOR Ire Dur-
pose OF EN- bllteTiDg The state, a "a through
him nuiIfy the new Constitution and
ira nging oat The proposed system offree
After further discussion Merton favored
the amendment OF the bill 50 Es 10 declare
specifically that the adoption OF her Con
condition Of Nirzinia'g admission. ruch
provision would be preferable 10 I'd
rnunds' amendment, because of its more
General character, for II wou,d prevent the
uulithcatiOn Of any material p&rt OF he
Cousiitution-particularly the c5nnon
school provision ana that re-atlns 10 the
school fund He would have Virginia TO
appreciate the TACT thst q violation OF these
terms Of admiss ton would compel Con-
g. ess to deal with her; that by the simple
act OF admission the State did n0t pass
beyond the control OF Congress. II the
people there understood that Congress was
in earnest, there would be ample security
for all loyal people 10 he STATE.
Howard inquired as TO the means by
which q remedy for a breach Of the cOndi.
tion would be applied.
Morton replied that he could not under
take 70 soy how, but when tile pro 1er time
mine the character aod extent of redress.
This had been the course adopted with re-
gard 10 georgia. after reconstruction had
been remanded to the former State.
Drake declared his opposition to the sd-
mission OF Virginia while tbs Fifteenth
Amendment was still pending He there
fore novel TO postpone the further consid-
Grafton of the subject until February Is b.
A motion for al executive session was
lOst-a2 TO %; when, at tue suggestion of
Edmunds, the motions of Wilson and
Drake were Withdrawn. and the Senate
voted on the amendment OF Ednunds TO
require the imposition OF an oath upon
State officers that they are eligible under
the Fourteenth Amendment, which was
agreed to-Yeas 45, nays IS. as follows:
BrOwniow, Buckingham, Cameron, Car.
penter, Cattell, Chandler. COe ConkIing,
Corbett, Cragint Drake, Edmunds, Fem
ton, Gilbert, Hamltn, Harlan, Harris,
Howard, Howe, Mcdonald, Morrill,, (Me.)
morrill,, lVt) Morton, Nye, Osborn, Pat
telson, Pomeroy, Pratt, Ramsey, Rice,
man, Spencer, Sumner, Tnayer, Tipton,
Warner, Wiley, and Wilson-49.
Nays--BayaTd, Cassedy, Davis. Ferry
Fowler, Hafniltop, Kellogg, MoCreery,
Norton, Rcss, SALISBURY, Stewart, stock
ton, Thurman, Trumbull, Vickers-l6.
his vote, remarking that the judiciary
Committee had deserted their ground, and
he followed the example.
Edmunds then offered an amendment
to add the words" That the first clause
of this act shall take effect on March Ist,
4oIus anu bh5 ISsAuuS bheISlI On us pdASv
age" He said this amendment would pre-
vent the admission of Senators and Rep
resentatives into Congress uatiI March
LIST; that in the meantime the taking of
the oath required by legislation would be
proceeded with, and the possibility of the
Legislature repeating its ratification OF
the Fifteenth Amendment avoided.
CODkling, TTumbull and Howard opposed
the amendment as inconsistent with the
spirit OF the bill, its effect being 10 deny
representation for a time TO a State whose
right 10 II was afuTmed. Another Obi-c-
ttOn to lt was, that as a remedisl progi-
sion, 1t implied the right Of Virginia to
reconsider and reverse her ratification of
the Fifteenth Amendment. The am nd
Inent was then withdrawn.
on motion of Howard, the Senate, at
4:iO, by vote of 81 TO IS, adjourned.