Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1870-03-05


known these facts. As tho House granted
the privileges Of tho gallery, he hoped they
would not hold members up 70 oonsure Iin-
less correspondents know thero was soma
foundation for their charges. He desired 10
say, In conclusion. thai, although he had
been q member Of Congress some ten or
twelve years, he had mover given an appoint
ment 70 boy whose father was not real
| dent Of his district. 30 .4H.I..us f...r .
Mr.. Lawrence, Of Ohio, from the Commit
tee on Appropriations, reported Joint reso-
luton appropriating $3.50 for deficiencies
10 appropriations for certain employees Of
the House which was passed. n .
On motion OF Mr.. Butler, OF Massachu-
setts, the House proceeded 10 the considera.
tlon Of business on the Speakers table, and
bills were disposed Of, an follows ..ru.
Senate bill 10 extend the time for tho COM
pletion Of the lateral branch Of tho Baltl-
more and Potomac railroad and 70 change
its location In the city OF Washington. Re-
ferred 10 Committee on tho District OF Co
lumbla. 10 .. .... .H ga ...H
Senate bill authorizing tho sale or lease Of
lot OF land Ia Washington, d. o. Same
| reference. .f HHFt
Senate bill TO incorporate the Washington
Homeopathic Society. Same reference.
Senate bill relating 70 the acknowledg.
meut Of deeds In tho District Of Columbia.
Same reference.
Senate bill authorizing certain officers OF
the executive depaItmen. TO administer oa'h'
In cerlaln cases. Passed. 10 Z .H.w ~
Senate bill authorizing tho paving and
sewerage OF N atroet, In Washington, ID. O.
Referred TO the Committee on the District Of
Columbia. fFr.Ir... .
Senate bill 10 ameud the act Incorporating
the National Theological Institute OF the
District OF Columbia. Same reference.
Senate bill to incorporate the Washington
Steamship Company. Same reference.
Senate resolution providing that no speech
not delivered In Congress shall DO published
In the Globe. Referred to the Committee on
Rules. 4"
Senate Joint resolution for the appoint
ment OF an examiner OF claims In the State
Department. Referred 10 Committee on
Foreign Affairs.
Senate bill to amend the usury laws Of the
District Of Columbia. Referred 10 the
Committee on the District Of Columbia. D
Senate bill for the reorganization Of tho
marine hospital service. Referred 70 III 0
Committee on Commerce. r I... 81
Senate bill 70 amond the act authorizing
the Secretary Of the Treasury 10 Issue IL
censes 70 yachtA- Same reference.
Senate bill TO admit FREQ Of duty certain
chromos. Referred 10 tho Committee OF
Ways aud Means. fu'. .s
Mr.. Butler, at three O'Clock, called up the
Georgia bill. H '.faHs
Mr.. Farnsworth, OF Ill, AFTER a statement
Of the condition Of the bill, withdrew his
demand for the yeas and nays on determin-
Ing whether the bill should DO accepted as
report Of the committee. .''
II was agreed that the bill should be de-
dated to-day and tomorrow, and that the
previous question should be called on Mon
day after the morning hour.
Mr.. Butler then addressed the House upon
the bill. He frst reviewed the history OF
the reconstruction Of Georgia under the ad-
mlnlstrRtlon Of Andrew johnson, aud also
since then, and also the action OF Congress
In relation to other Southern States. He
quoted from the different acts Of reconstruc-
tlon and the enabling act 70 show that Con-
gross had perfect right to deprive Georgia
Of representation, as had been done, Be-
cause OF the failure Of the Legislature to
ratify the acts OF Congress and 10 cOn form
10 the several acts Of Congress.
He also referred at length TO the action Of
the Senate In the case OF Mcssrs. Hill and
Miller, when they were first elected. All
matters relating 70 Georgia showed, he said,
that she never has been entitled to repre-
sentatlon since tho rebellion. Il Ia true
some Of her Representative were admitted
on the floor Of the House, but that admls-
sion was the result OF q mistake. The House
corrected that error at the succeeding ses-
sion OF Congress, and resumed control OF
the State, and now comes In this act TO pro-
mote the reconstruction Of the State. He
argued at some length 10 show the authority
OF Congress over this question. As TO the
conditions imposed, they were the same as
10 the cases Of Virginia and Mississippi.
Both these States had come here with more
clean bands, and with falrsr records than
Georgia, and shall II be said that we Imposed
conditions upon Mississippi that NO should
not Impose upon Georgia.
The hrst objection to the bill was that II
was unnecessary, and that both Houses could
admit Senators and Representatives, and
then Georgia would DO 10. That IL true, but
then We might DO placed In tho position
again OF one House excluding and the other
admitting, and no wanted TO avoid that
difficulty In the future. II We did not pass
this bill the people could not be protected,
and besides he wanted through this bill To
affirm the right and power OF Congress to
protect all citizens OF the United States, and
II members thought as he did, he would also
apply the case TO Tennessee, and protect
United States citizens there. The Governor
was utterly powerless TO protect loyal cill-
EenS, and the Legislature had adjourned with
out making provision for the Governor TO
enforce the laws. The result was rupture,
and murder and disorder all over the btate.
Mr.. Hawkins, Of Tenn, wanted to know
where the murders and outrages were com
mltted.
Mr. Butler. In Tennessee.
Mr.. Hawkins. But In what part Of the
State.
Mr.. Butler. An over II. II is broken out
all over 1t, like man with the smallpox.
Mr.. Hawkins said he heard from Tennes-
sec occasionally, and he was not advised Of
an mn ri haA A..
Mr., Butler replied that there were none
90 deaf as those who would not hear, and
then he left the Tennessee case and referred
again 10 Georgia, and reiterated that the
passage of this bill would show that Congress
had not abrogatcd any Of lts authority over
the State.
He proceeded then to answer query that
had been raised as TO what would be done
with the State oficera Of Georgia under the
bill. He said he proposed that the Governor
and other State officers should have the
same terms to serve they would have had If
perjury and rebellion had not prevailed. He
would treat them as he would treat q loyal
Legislature that might be driven out BY a
rebel forcei that Ia, though five years had
Interviewed he would relnstate the loyal Leg.
stature and give them the term they would
have been entitled to II they had not been
driven out. For some months past the Gov
ornOT Oh dooTBlA hAd peon only ODoylng the
will Of Gen. Terry, because Of the treachery
Of tho Georgia Legislature. He proposed
that the Governor and State officers should
servo the time they would have had II this
treacheTy had not prevailed. .- Z ..-
Mr.. FRrnsWorth, OF Illinois, next obtained
the noor and said, as there was a number OF
now members here, he thought they should
properly understand all that had been done
In Congress 10 relation TO the former recon-
struction Of Georgia. He then proceeded TO
review In detail the whole action OF Con-
greas upon the subject, and also TO refer to
the organization OF the Legislature OF Geor-
gla and IL subsequent acts. General Butler,
10 his remarkA, had put considerable stress
upon the report OF the Senate Committee on
Judiciary In relation to Messrs. Hill and
Miller, when those gentlemen first presented
themselves here. But he (Mr. FarnsWorth)
commended that that act Of the Senate should
have no effect upon the bill. All tho Senate
DECLARED then was that Georgia ''ls not nor
entitled 70 representation 10 Congress" Il
did not declare that Georgia was not at all
entitled 10 representation. ID simply declared
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