The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-12-16
XLIst CONGRESS.
SENATE.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 15.
THIRD SESSION

WASHINGTON, Dec. 10.
Mr.. RAMSEY presented a memorial
from tho manufacturers Of letter envelopes
protesting against the practice Of the Gov
ernment In the purchase and sale o.
stamps. Referred.
MI. MORTON, from the Military Com
mittee, reported joint resolution to aid
certain colleges and universities, by allow
ing them 10 detail supernumerary army
officers to prolessorShips, with IN amenC'
ment restricting the provisions to those
officers exclusively.
Mr.. SHERMAN inquired whether the
bill would still leave those officers subject
to be transferred by the War Department
and was answered atllrmativcly. The bill
was passed. ,- .-:q e.. "a r.ac, -,
lNIr. BUcKNGHASt introduced u bill
providing that hereafter the tax to be i'm.
posed or collected upon any uncarned
premiums of an undistributable sum shall
be added to the contingent funds or0ny
insurance company. Referred. MIR.
CHANDLER, from the Committee on Com
merCe, reported favOrAbly with an amend
ment the bill introduced by him recently,
authorizing the President to use his dis
cretion to suspend by proclamation, ,Opcrn.
tions of all laws allowing the privilege oI
bonded transportation Of foreign merchan.
disc consigneat to Canada and Mexico, and
also the privilege of navigating the waters
OF the United States accorded TO Canadian
vessels.
At 1:1O, the Senate, on motion of Mr..
SCuURZ, took up the resolution offered
yesterday, that the Senate declare in favor
of the removal Of all political disqualified
tlons us soon as imperative public ncCes:
sity which, dictated their imposition had
ceased, Mr.. SCHURz then delivered an ad.
dress Of unusual length to which the Sen
ate listened with marked attention. lie re.
viewed the history Of tic party division
in Missouri, for which ,he and those who
acted with him had been denounced us
traitors to the Republican cause. The
at the solicitation Of his col.
league (NIr. ,DRAKE) of the National Ex-
ccutivc Committee, by which the State
contest had acquired more than local in
terest and the subsequent defeat Of the
with NIL his patronage by the
of the very principles upon which
he had been elected; commencing with
an allusion to the resolution as an expires.
sion of the sentiment which had received
the emphatic endorsement at the recent
election in Missouri and to existing agree
ment between his colleague (Mr. DRAEE,)
md himself that his own speech should
have been made before the withdrawal Of
the latter from the Senate.
Mr.. SCuURz proceeded to show that
the disfranChiscment Of persons engaged
in the, rebellion wGs temporary eXpcdi-
cnt, measure safely rendered necessary
BY the new social condition in the South
consequent upon tho close of the war. He
held that the removal by the party which
imposed them, and while still III It's as
in the Government, ,otall political
disqualifiCations, especially from the bal
lot box, were essential to the restoration
of fraternal feeling, us proving that such
measures hud not resulted from vindict-
lveness, but necessity, and rs bringing
hate rebels to full realization Of their
share, withoursclvcs, in the greatness of
q common country. Such was among the
REASONS governing his colrsein In the move
meht quoting from resolution offered by
the National Republican Con-
vcntion Of 1868, declaring the Republican
party In iGvor of the removal from
political disabilities us soon as
compatible with the public safety, and Of
welcoming back to the Union the loyal
people among the rebels who accept the
new order Of things. lie said this was u
part Of the platform on which Gen. Grant
was elected President, but how had his
been carried out in Missouri
only by victory over the Republican par
ty, instead Of in good inith and by assist
ancc. When, therefore, the party had
resisted cnlranchiscmcnt, allGr the party
in power commanded II, what hope
could the Republicans have Of winning.
The principal opponents Of the move.
ment within the Republican ranks were
those whose whole political stock in trade
consisted ir,battle cries Of civil war, who
would forever roll the word "rebel' as Il
sweet mOrsel under their tongues and that
class of politicians whose whole political
lie was to mOuOpOlize the local offices.
Mr.. ScuuRz denied rs not in accordance
with the tact, the assertion of his colleague
in his printed speech, circulated in the
Senate, that the opposition was not so
much to the cnfranChiScmcnt itself as
against the constitutional amendment rs q
method Of Gfecting it., lie characterized
rs false the newspaper reports that the
Missouri bolt had anything to do with n
revenue reform, Conspiring or original
ing in Washington. Personally, his con-
viCtIons lead him 10 oppose u protective
system. Had the tariff question been the
issue in Missouri he thought the majority
against the question would have been
nearer 100000 than $4,000. The question
was discussed, but not IN OvcrshN1ow-
Ing issue. He denied the allega-
ton. The question might have
been settled byEeierrIng to the Legislature
ot 1871. Besides. such "a. course would
have involved the defeat OF the constitu.
tiOnal amendment then before the people,
and, while falling TO preserve party unity
would have transferred the struggle to
legislative districts. He read from speech
BY Mr.. DRAKE, Mt serenade,
upon the remark attributed to
himself, that he looked forward to the
Time when new party ties would be form.
I'd. The conclusion OF his colleague was
that he (ScHURz) designed taking the
whole German element to the Democratic
party 10 control the next Presidential cleo
lion. He would then be the great power
behind the Democratic throne. This
SCuuRZ denounced as morbid hal.
US also his colleagues
onslaught upon the Germans, but he re.
yretted that while his colleagues insinua.
lions had no effect on the people Of Mis-.
souri,, they seemed to have had strong
influence upon the mind Of the President.
EIe was convinced that tue letter OF the
10 the Collector Of Internal reve.
nue., at ST Louis, was Condemnatory Of
,L y,nIu v,,n,nvn6Dk md thn SISnnnsiOn