Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1870-02-26
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.
,glgk-Tt-A--FI IA
fOrly.Pinl Congressional Regular Session


Mr.. Wilson presented the memorial Of =.
Marshall Hanna and others Gsklng iotnele
ferred 70 tho CommlAoeton the District oil
Columbia. s-. .....l ,,La..l,..l-
Mr. Williams, rom lne S9mni.see On
bill to lncorPOrato the Missouri, Kansas and
Texas R4ilroaa CYmTgyi 1 ,..
MT. AoHard nom the CommllIee on the
racine haiiroAa, reported, Win amendments,
Dill 70 M inc Juneton OF me Union racine
: and Central Pacific railroads. ,.
NJ: flekers, rom the Commltiee On the
stDhtnct OF Columbia, reported Dill tolneor-
Rqraie me nslionh Paying company OF the
Ui.ncL o. S2luulola. .-.-.,.y. : ......,.
hr. HAmlln, from the same eommhtec,
Iepotted 9 Dill 70 mcorporae an asylum Tor
io1ndllngs 10 the District Of Columbia. :
MI wilson introduced phi 70 prevent
prize Sighting. Referred 70 tho Judiciary
COMMITTEE
MI Hgrara intfodueed z p.l 70 alvloe ,ne
State OF Texas and establish tho Territories
OF Jefferson and MatSESrds' I,,r,.i,,,,,,
,o av,ss Tssss 0 n sSrs s psr,., tSe DOR.
tion east OF Ban Antonio and Trinity riyers,
eontalpipg ~ Tho censns q 1eoO ABOUT
$1,000 people, 10 70 called ms territory Oh
Jenersoni the portion between these river.
and Colorado river 70 CONSUME tne neste OF
To1as, containing IN looO ABOUT SoO,VVV IN
habltantsi all west Of the western oonnda aIS
line o. this stets, coetsinlng about llS wv
inhabitants 70 DC denomlna.ea tne Lerrlt1 'S
cred necessary "a yieN Of the e1.en,iys are.
Of Texas, and I've incongruons enarae.er Oh
the popniasloni ene tne IeS. 'nas wnnout
division there would never DO any saie gov
eminent II enylhlng WAS 70 % done now
was teo only hms y ao ~ py sne PIVNn -
ions Of inc phi me Ssson. o. he stato oI
Texas y Teqnlfea 70 lnls aivson oei 70. r sue
sn ns. % ea'ni''eu 70 fep'ss'o'A'0" an on-
Tho bill was then referred 70 the commit
tee on Ierrtores; -,,. r..
Ar. lihran ce,leo pp oiil " PIOuee Ior
sne az =, W. SI H. ~ al. ~ Ksn.a an. ,n
alAn reseIyauon, IN sno s.aso o. nS ~ nna
Territory. ,,,.,,r ..".
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imp9resnS snu uvS sys'v ~, ~ eoU Isa
ernp, Iua . ~ ,,,a.1Isa, ho ~. W P'V
'e9 nIses sn o ,S. I'M oottnS urtH the
e1prauon OF sn 'Y morning. no1rl "uen y
"yns Ssp1Lts A,..,,i 80, Al oo,a,,,,,oo or
i11 IN, -. a.i - " W
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nAn NY p.,,..,,.- n,...o,oa m. cr.d,rtIsI.
h;.issss a ~. Fs,1.,os -, from MI,
s =. Sbieh wsSs yescrTcd 10 Ire JudIeiary
G ssIpIIi,,"n " 49, ''SlS
~. a. n. 4 i,nt,odncSa MN M t,,s vovsrn.
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ass . ra1sr,sd ~ tho GommIttSe an M ,,rt IN
CainrobIa W INV S0'''''''O' VI "
Tha cssi ~ M Raul b. scnstor.cl.ct from
lsi.sIssir,SS ~ laSen ~ ISf''fT
n vIehsr. ~ Nj rsvisxsd tba nrea
sOott dseislon' elaimlne ma he pTipcipis.
/ ~ thst dsoisiou had ngyrr mean Suecss ssnIIv
Sa6troysrted On thIs door. III. Yickcrs f uI.
.,theT repiled al length 10 the arguments Of
Mi cssra 4; as tsIsSs, Tsaa S@ SHt9 4. !;
s aS SSS al e.
Nsys sTistsdi ana bean recognized between
the white and biack rncee, and that the lat.
- - a vs.s - 1890 q thc inferior ra "a.
The naturallSatlon laws only applied 10 fres
whito citizens. Thc militia iaSt aid the
seeoVuIsSd as citizen or as eapaSie OF be.
coming 4 ctixen OF tie United States.
10 ISIS " St 4 . SUr war With tss
whites a. clIisens and the Others as persons
~ color : le,s 1. 1880 ,es dss,sssiS 4
~ Of shS civ o. Washington' the corpop.
iI0is sa.hOiesa 70 suppress sstA'aS. 4
ConEress had ieEsrdsd these people as elti-
sens, Il would not have given the corpora
,tIon any such power, ! MI, Writ, the Attpr.
noy 0ene;al, ono OF the gteatest lawyers Of
the country, IN 1891 gave the opinion tina,
free negroes wore MOI citizens within the
meaning, Of, the Consultation Of the United
States. This yopluion was raaifrmed by
l'Oalolj CtghinR when Attotney Qen1fun, By
Whosa adyIee Che aEals Department refused
b nassporti As eitiE6ns 70 negroes Hoihg abroad
Nov, wehhye the current oplhIoni Or I'll
nsnSrt1oeNt1 or the 0oyemmeut, includinp
CoIiVr1sr thut tina negro Is not Citizen
Soma or fhoSa who voted Tor the plyi Right
mi thonght n confsrrod, The right Of citizen
shIn uno5 ina neeroea. bnt many thought
nat IL rso uifea 4 eonnintI1unI afnendnIept
and thS, seemed 10 DO tue better oplnloa
81 AZ rtsrn dnsstit 10 the GonStitntion wa
sccordlnviy baaSod. Tint Is the only thInl
That M Hc6nferred citiE6nship upon Ii,
negro. becaus9 III o. Rinal Cousltt 100 dis
tiSetiy deuiea him cliIEenship, and no nokFC
Ia eIIFfble as a member OF the Senate unit
nina yeara aftaF that amendm0nt ,haa beal
s.oo,s In,nA m NJ a onted FHovF Afhen hi