Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1870-03-24
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS
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POrty!Flnt Congress. ..StcOnd Regular Session
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n5 "WEDNESDAY, MARCH %, 1870. y g.
ia SENATE. -a- 10 Oh"
MEXICAN DEVELOPMENT.
Mr., sumner presented memorial Of ueaeral
Wm. IS. RoseofAna, setting forth that while he
WAS Ullted states Mlnlster to Mexico he
se sSSsa ts nd H. now desires tSat ocpsrsss
shall Incorporate q company with the Object TO
eaysl9p tho.s tSs9sIse,i 20 oSita ,SssIRspihs,
tions, -
Mr. wAruer, from the Finance Committee,
reported favofably the House bill for the relief
ofJaa. l.. RidElsy, late eolleeiof internal rev.
,enue for the second district Of Marylabdsf no
AouTHEng KxrREss COMPANY.
Mr.. Cameron introduced bill TO Incorporate
the southern Express COMPANY. Referred to
the Dom mitteo on Conmeree. tEEI.s"
l.T..sa THl1HbIAEs. #~#E."
MT. Wilson called up joint resolution Au-
thoTiIlnE the President to appoint hre In
speetou o. Indian affairs, who, with IN.
Indian Affairs, shall Constitute = board TO
supervise all matters relating to the treat
Mr.. Pomsfoy suggested that It be made the
the Uaitsd s;stes 10 bIddl1E The sale OF
whisky among the Indians are enforced.
Nj. HsrlAn stated that this would be At.
After somsimmsteri,I ans udmsu.s the Joint
resolution was passed. The bill is ITO pro.
mote civilization among the 1ndlans, and to
prepare them for, the ights Of qulzeas.n The
the ssisry q the secretary Ntt1 900
Mr. Stewart entered a motion to reconsider,
as he desired to make some amendments.
LIoHT.HoUsE AT CnoPTANE,
Mr., Hamilton called up the Joint resolution
authorizing the Lighthouse Board to eatAb.
lish light station 70 IN ark the obstruotIon to
navigation In the OhoptAnk river, Maryland,
IN ths yiolsitT q CASTLE Haven PointI which
COLUMBIA RAILWAY COMPANY.
NJ m a m n Al "A
the Uoluubia Railway COMPANY Of the Dis.
ExEcuTivE SESSION.
Mr.. Sumner rose and remarked that II had
been generally understood that the Senate
o,UIooi. Gs NJ. s. vas snSlous that 'Ss case
OF General Ames should be disposed of to-
day, and would be willing togo on with II now
~ II was understood thAt the executive ses-
sion should be held tomorrow. He would,
however, to teat the lenAs Of the SsuAte,noVs
NJ w1IhsSs who la de SSor refused to
give way for this motion.
Mr. Harlan suggested that II DO the general
understanding that the executive session be
MI. Trumbuli declined to consent to any
such undertaking.
oEN. LHEs' CASH.
The case Of Geo. Ames was then proceeded
Mr.. williams, In regard to the oonStItu-
could be no doubt that Gen AmeS had been
citizen Of the United STATED for nIuo years,
s Sa 10 N. sI.IsSsnip IN MssiS,SS i. r 10
be presumed that those who elected him were
sAtlsned as to that respect, and Of course they
Mr. W. thea Veat 90 to detail the eirsunl-
stances Attending the reBldsnee Of Gen. Anes
In Mississippi aud hts declared Intentions rel.
atiye thereto, aud argued that the fact Of hia
citizenship in Mississippi was indIsputAble,
and commended that the weight OF authority
bore A. much 10 favor o. this position As ~
Mf. UsrpeSteT desired 10 state that the con.
mittee had given a careful and partial iu-
VestiGatioa' to this matter, aud the report
which had been -msdo upon 4 dry legal ques-
tlon had been the cause Of an assault upon
vIEor that would seem to Indloate they were
In conspiracy to overthrow the qoyefnuent
and To endAnger the existence Of the Republi.
from thfs treatment was that the Senate Ap.
preolatsd the fact thatit was sometimes sweet
S,1n rsna md that 5ss
as a uselesl Appeudage Of this body that
It pertAined to coalition OF thiaEu whea the
MEASURE must be rushed through thIS body,
and When tho Oonstitution was TO be dlarI-
gardsl, the JudiclAry Oommlttee Was an OBJ
Btfuotlou, ~ was = uSelesA machine. Aud, 50
far as he was concerned, he was perisetly
willing that the committee should be abolished
to-motrow. ,,1.-
Concede for the purpose OF this discussion
that whenever the Oonatitution stands 10 the
way OF what 10 deemed human rlghts, Of what
10 deemed q temporary advantage, Of what 10
deemed q party necessity, 1t e to be trsnplsd
under footi eonosdius al this, which 10 all
that any Senator eau claim for modern prog;
General hSss Goe1 not All within the COZ o.
decent respect fOE the theory q our doysTn.
tate that the Constitution Is not to be tram.
Piled under foot unless Ia ease OF the dlIeat
hsoesIlty, and with corresponding advantage
or to somebody. WHAT'S the necessity nowi
Does the fate Of the republic OF OF the party
dsps we 1SGfi sIsts 81 Proruud Ssassi Do
we not know that General Amea will be sent
back here IN ten days and NO one Will 'hen
Mr.. y. then went into legal argument to
prove that General Ames was not = citizen OF
MissiIsippi at the time o. his election.
assault upon the Judiciary Committee, unlesH
fallLbiiity 9f that COMMITTEES had not yet oeen
spSs, for that Soa$IttSs Il Vas his privilege
70 diner with them when he thought they
who had been IfEuiSE against Geo. AmsS had
utterly failed to make oat case, and he had
not the least idea that he was trAmPilag upon
oen. Anes. The prins yssis presumption IL,
that every man who 10 elected senator 10
slsss Wa, there ever SSy Gsss before
whether the claimant was 80 years OF age, or
whether he was 40 inhabitAhtf .- NV
Now he asserted, In reply to the Argument
on the other aide, that not one Of them had
brought forward any authority to show That
military of1cer cannot acquire a realdenee.
There was no similarity between the case Of q
military onieeI AAd married woman, as had
been eoutended BY the senator from Ohio Az
Thurman According to that senator milf
tAry otheer had no more nght than slave,
The Senators from Ohio MT. ThurmAnl and
New York M OonklinEl oontrAdteted each
and " one was right the other was wrong
Mr.. NJ. then discussed the objections that
had been made to Gen, Amea, aoAtendlng thai
they wers untenAble. II battered not whether
General Ames went voluntarily to Mississippi