The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-01-15

as he had.
Ward denied all recollection Of
FarnsWorth saying he should oppose
in the House the provision imposing
the oath on Stateioficers. He had IN
derstood him to say he would supr ut
the bill. and with that understanding
he was apheld by all his Republican
colleagues in the committee; other
wise, that gentleman, (Farnsworth)
would not have had charge Of the
bill. Individually, he (Ward) was
opposed to the admission Of Vir-
ginia under Walker. He was opposed
to the admission Of any State pre-
senting herself with a Republican
figure head but with a rebel back.
bone. He also said it read like
Senter-J Jack Hamilton Walker but
they were either to take this bill. or
see Virginia admitted uncondition-
ally.
He therefore held it to be the duty
Of every Union member Of Radical
tendencies who wished to defeat the
combination Of Democrats and Con-
servatives, to support this measure as
the only measure that could be got,
and as the only guarantee that could
be secured with reference to Virginia.
The debate was continued by Bur-
dett, Stephens Tillman and Cobb, in
support Of the bill, and Hoar and
Winchester against it. Shoemaker,
Stiles and Logan for the unconditional
restoration Of the State under Bing-
hams amendment, and Bingham in
support of said amendment.
The latter accorded the authorship
thereof to FarDsworth, and said the
issue before the House involved direct.
ly the question whether In the future
the Government was to have vassal
slaves as we'll as vassal citizens. If
forced to vote on the question whether
Virginia, the mother of States, states
men and heroes, should be represent
ed in Congress, he would say, Let
the State come In, and let those who
have undertak ken to put fetters on her
in violation of the Constitution stand
responsible"
Cox opposed and SchofeId sup.
ported the bill.
Farnsworth closed the debate. The
opposition to the conditions came not
from Virginia, but from some men,
bers of the House, who believed they
would be imperative, and who
thought it wiser to enforce the Four
teenth Amendment by some wise,
well digested and we'll prepared laws,
that should apply to the whole coun-
try, instead OF singing out Virginia,
and putting them, In this cruel man
ner. on the tail Of the kite.
He referred to a notice by Paine
at the opening Of his speech the other
l. L L 4 L
as it deserved. He had expected
something very terrible. He had
supposed a lion would roar, but that
gentleman, either because he was
obliged to stick close to his manu-
script and forgot his threat, or for
some other cause, neglected to do
what he said.
Farnsworth found out at last that
it was not lion at all, but only Snug
the Joiner. and the gentleman from
South Carolina (Whittemore) had
presented to the House, last night, a
lying, absurd document, from indi-
viduals calling themselves the loyal
people of Virginia, to blacken the
character of Governor Walker and
defeat the efforts Of those who were
attempting to bring the State into the
Union.
1t was a gross, damning libel upon
Governor Walker. Whittemore re-
marked he would undertake TO prove
it by Governor Walkers law partner
Farnsworth replied that the man
who was most energetic and active 10
getting up that manifesto, and whose
name was Porter, had been tried and
found guilty by a military commits
sion. and had been sentenced to
six months Imprisonment, and
had a ball and chain attached
to his ankle for four months for dis
loyalty, seditions, and drunkenness.
He undertook to say that, but for the
Vaccinations and efforts of few
men who thought the admission OF
the State would loosen their power,
Virginia would have been admitted
the first day of Congress.
The debate closed, and the House
proceeded at 80 to vote on the bill
and amendment offered by White
more, providing a penalty for taking
an oath falsely, and it was agreed to-
yeas 122; nays, II.
The next question was on Bing-
hams amendment as a substitute.
When the roll call was completed,
there was great excitement on the
floor, as it was a test questson be-
tween the opposite camps, and it was
knOwn that the vote was very close.
Finally the vote was announced as
SO to 95.
YEAs-Adams. Archer, Axlell,
Bailey Banks, Barnum, Breck, Bigg,
Bingham, Bird, Blair, Brooks,
Brooks, of New York; Buckley,
Burchard, Burr, Calkins, Cleveland,
Cox, Krebs, Cullam, Dawes. Devices,
Dickinson, Dickey, Dox, Eldridge,
Farnsworth. Ferry, Fenkelberg, Fitch,
Fox, Garfield, Getz, Galloway, Greene,
Griswald. Haight. Haldeman, Hale,
Hambleton, Hamell, Hawkins, Pey-
ton, Holman, Hooper, Ingersoll,
Jenkes, johnson, j Kellogg, Kerr.
Ketcham, Knott, Lafi n, Logan, Mar
shall, Mayborn. Mccarthy, McCor-
mick, McFely, Moore, Morgan. Nun
gen, Niblack, Orth, Peters, Potter,
Randall, Reading, Reeves, Rice, Rog-
ers, Sanford, Schumacher, Slocum,
Smith Oregon Smith, Vermont; Stiles,
Stone, Strader, Strong, Swami, Swee-
ney, Tamar, Tillman, Trimble, Van
Auken, Van Trump, Voorhees,,
Willis, Wilson, Minnesota; Wilson,
Ohio; Winans, Winchester, Witcher,
Wood, Woodward-98. Nays. 50.
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