The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1870-06-25

State. If The State was aSiItitteH n gsea ~.
Term commenced Them If The state ra
CURES ibis bill for It's adiiilssiou, then fls,
, sasi4sise term commences with itsr5paas
age.iH UgiE TTstEtt FfsaT,:s .3f.s -
Mr.. Farnsworth supported. his amend.
mens, which, in effect, elects q new I,eois.
azure This tai, contending that when 7the
legislators commenced work their term n
ohce commenced. He declared that the
tend the legislative term TO 1870 and The
aoYernofss term to 1874, tfts giving thai
man Bullock four years more of Oppression
| Mr.. Bingham followed, and declared that
TO give Bullock and the Legislature two ad.
ditionai years yitiated the pledge Of Con
gress, violated the Constitution of the
Untea states, violated the Constitution of
.5 We and violated the declared creed of
Mr. GARFIELD then addressed the House in
taVor OF some measure which shall secure an
election to the people of Georgia next fall.
AFTER a prolonged discussion and q de-
c1ded negative vote upon mixed schools,
the bill Was passed in the following shape,
and goes to the Senate -170tSD2
"SEcTIoN l. Be it enacted, That the State
OF Georgia having compiled with the recon-
struction acts and the fourteenth and if
teenth. amendments to the Constitution of
| the United States, hating been ratified in
good taith by the legal Legislature of said
| Seate, n Is hereby declared that the State of
| Georgia is entitled to representation in the
| congress OF the United States !; but nothing
ID This act contained shall be construed to
deprive the people of Georgia of the riplt,
| 10 an election for members of the General
Assembly Of said State as provided for in
the Constitution of said State. l. :. : =
SECTION ?. That so much of the act en-
.itlea An act making appropriations for
| the support OF the army for the year end
| ing June Both, 1870, and for other purposes. ,
approved March Cd, 1867, as prohibits the
| organization, arming, or calling into
service OF the miitia forces in the States of
georgia, mississippi, Texas, and Virginia,
be, and the same is hereby repealed.''
Alter other llnimportant business, the
House adjourned. 9,iE
Address Of the Democratic CONGRESS-.
men to the People.
WASHINGTON, June A.-The Democratic
senator's and representatives in Congress
nave agreed in caucus upon the following
address, which was to-day signed
70 our feuoao-citizens. ofthe United States,
friends Of constitutional, economical, and
honest Government /: -, az 80 -
The undersigned beg leave to call your
aItentlon to the peculiar importance OF the
elections which take place this wear. and
peg respectfully to Submit some sugges-
tlons Tor your consideration. By the State
Legislatures to be elected nearly one-third
OF the United States Senate will be chosen:
nearly all the members Of the next House
OF Representatives are to be elected next
fall. Upon the coming elections there de-
ponds the question whether the Democratic
and Conservative. element in the Senate.
shall be increased and whether that
element shall have a majority In the,
House Of representatives., and ms y a
consequence, whether we. shall have
4 constitutional, economical, and honest
Government, or. o continuance Of the
revolutionary, eXtravagant, and waste.
full partisan. rule; whether we shall have
legislation, with reasonable taxation and
frugal expenditure, or Unconstitutional,
partial, unjust, class legislation, with OPP
pressive and unequal taxation and wssteful
expenditure. That we have strong
reasons to hope for a favorable re-
suit is plainly apparent Elections al
ready held clearly show that the
tide Of reform has set in with a power that
cannot be resisted it no blunder be COM
mitted by the friends of reform. If they
do their duty and act wisely--if they throw
off all apathy and act with vigor and stead
fastness, there IS every reason to hope that
their efforts will be rewarded by success.
Let there be no discussions about minorI
matters-no time lost in the discussion Of
dead isSueS-no manifestations Of terror or
lproscriptiye feeling-no sacrifice of the
cause to crafty personal ambition or re-
sentiment, and let the best men be chosen
for candidates, and we may hope to see our
country redeemed from misrule.
"And in this connection we beg leave to say
a word to our fellow-citiZens Of the south
ern States. Do not risk the loss Of senator's
or representatives by electing men who can.
not take the test-oath or who are under the
disability imposed by the fourteenth amend
ment, whatever may be said of the validity
Of that amendment or Of the tcst-oath act.
You may rest assured that senators elected
by the votes of members Of the Legislature
who are held by the Radicals to be thus
disqualified will not be permitted to take
their seats, and that members Of the House
of Representatives thus disqualified will
also be excluded. 1t is the plainest dictate of
practical wisdom not to incur any such risks.
We hope soon to sec the day when all
disabilities will be removed, but in the
mean time do not, we entreat you, lose the
opportunity to strengthen the Democratic
Il and Conservative forces in Congress, and
the possibility, nay, probability, of obtain
ing majority in the next House of Repre-
sentatives by putting it in the power Of our
adversaries to overthrow or disregard your
elections. ..a-
IA. G. Thurman, Ohio William F. Ham,
| ilton, Maryland; John W. Johnston, Eir-
ginia Garrett Davis, Kentucky; George
| Tickers, Maryland; John 2. Stockton,
/ New Jersey; james A. Bayard, Delaware
Eugene Casserly, California; Thomas Z.
McCreery, Kentucky; William Sauls-
bury, Delaware ); and Daniel S. Norton,
Minnesota, of the Senate. :
"Samuel J. Randall, Pennsylvania George
| W. Woodward, Pennsylvania T.. Van
TRUMP, Ohio; Stevenson Archer, Mary
land: r.. l. Haldeman, Pennsylvania;
John D. Stiles, Pennsylvania j. Laurens
| Getz, Pennsylvania; James Z. MeCor-
mick, Missouri Boyd Winchester, hen-
| lucky; w. E. Niblack, Indiana; 0.
| Cleveland, New Jersey; John A; Girls.
| void, New York; Fernando Wood, New
| Joseph S. Smith, Oregon Z. F. Dicker-
| Son, Ohio; George ". Morgan, Ohio ;
| Peter, W. Strader, Ohio !; Henry W. slo-
| cum, New York John N. Krebbs, Hi
| nois: T. W. McNeily, Illinois Pa
trick HammilI. Maryland; James a.
Johnston, California Henry Arrives,
New York 80 Benjamin l. Blggs,
Delaware James Beck, Kentucky
/ Clarkson n. Porter, New York; Da-
MEL Hamiltons, Maryland; J. Proctor
i Knott, kentucky S. S. Cox, New York ;
| Charles Haight, New Jersey S. S; Mar
/ shall, Illinois S. L. Mayhem, New York ;
! John Morrissey, New York ). John Fox,
New York; S Holman, Indiana; N. c:
| Kerr, Indiana D. NJ: Vananken, Penn
| sylyania James Brooks, New York; AL.
bert G. Burr, Illinois; William Mungen,
| . nL;o, n Wy Nonyhaoc Indiana Peter