Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-04-02

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Tuesday, q asr 81
aaaiast tAa admIasIon 81
Ames ~ at as troM
04nAiiu# iEao-s 3, b
lplalaink De lsons Ser tha reeeH,
said that % feeling towards denaf,
al Ames found expression in 10
commiilee but chat AZ neFaaaai
klndnesa and respect shut tho inEar-
rogatory eubmftted q DE commit
ties was made of sierner aEaA fHan
political OF personal praierea
10 bic military petition, gonezal
AmHs was douhly chareed-Hfsk
BY the statutes 81 he United States:
and second, by The orders Of BE
superlor-With the execution 81
the reconstruction aols. It was Bic
duty to govern and to ascertain tho
extent OF military rule also 10 cone
duct elections and to give cerd1-
cates OF election to those chosen by
the people TO seatsin tue legislature
and other Offices. Hehad gone 70
Mississippi IL obedience 70 q milf
tary order, and remained there In
obedience 70 thar order, never have
ing been ID Mississippi otherwise
so far 90 the committee came to
know. The committee, therefore,
were required, % was the senate,
to answer this question: YVES GEN.
eral Ames when elected an inhab-
itant Of the state Of Miasissippi2
Passing over the fact that Gener-
al Ames welded great and pecu-
liar powers among the people by
whom his election was conferred, he
(Mr. Conkling) would como az once
to The constitutional provisions thai
an applicant for aseat in congress
shall be an inhRbitant OF the state
from which he Is chosen, and shall
be such an inhabitant when elected
Had the latter been omitted, thI
presen. case would have been re,
lieved from any embarrassment
because since his election 6eneraI
Ames had resigned his commission
He then read from Webster, Wor
cester, Dtory and other authoFi
ties, 70 show the general and lega.
definition OF the term "inhabitant :
also, from Congressional debates
In Illustration OF the constitutions
meaning Of the term, aud the pre-
cedents established In the Hougl
, against the case OF the presen
claimant In the convention whicI
framed the eonatitntion the wOrI
} resident was stricken out, ant
, inhabltant substituted 40 better OK
pressing the requirement. A maj
I should be identified with the SlatS
All the interpretations were 10 Ii
point that the representa- i've Of
State must be q bona fde membe
Of that community, subject TO d
!. Jury duty therein, liable TO all III
provisions Of It's laws, and emit
tied to all their privileges and a.
G vantages. The essential reQuisit
of voluntary residence was lackin
In the present case. No dlstinctio
could DO drawn between an Office
and a private. Neither could goC
!. remain By superior authority, anI
for either Of them to proceed undf
orders was not to 20 vOlnntaril.
/ In this case the only thing indepeI
dent Of prOceeding 10 and remaiI
ing in Mississippi wss Geperl
Ames' intention, as testified b
him before the COMMITTEES, his laI
4 guage being that Il was doubtfI
n whether he should have become
/ citizen but for HE election as SCI
aior. lie said further, h0weye
\ that II not admitted % q aeat In "a
senate, he should regard MISSISSIPPI
as bis home, and should retnF
there. This Intention would enabI
4 his constituents to remOv from b
way that obstacle which, rs n
: committee on the judiciary Jude
stood the law and fact, the c0nstlt,
q ton would not allow them or Il
r. Senate to remove, because the pr
!. yious Intention to become 9 cillzg
= Fbeiug contingent upon q particull
circumstance, was Incomplete an
q void. lie (Conkling) had bee
told that the votes Of some SEN
= tors bad been solicited because
e the action this gentleman mig
take upon pending measures II
|. were introduced In season. 81
could such things be? G0d forbil
h Far distant, he hoped, would
. the day when the elect OF Siat'
/ assembled here 70 guard their pril
lileges aud the liberties which thel
privileges. preserved, would
q moved by such consideration
!. Should be live 70 ace the tin
Il when Judgments were rendered
this tribunal upon such ground
he would be- led 70 exclaim, In n
1. language of another, A'Twere me
= ciful III thunderbOlt should vis
Z the temple and burn up the recOFG
of our disgrace."
. cen
i THR Washington corresponds
!. of the Buffalo Courier says Of Il
Republican party, and says tC
v truly:
AThey stand convicted tod