Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-07-10

one Of these gentlemen NAV be elected
President or Vice-President Of the Unitet
States, and why did you omit to exclude
them / do not understand them to bt
excluded from the privilege of holding the
two highest Offices in the gift of the nation
No man is to ne Senator, or Represents.
tive, or an elector for President or Wee.
President.
attention to the words, 'or hold any office,
civil or military, in the United States.
Mr.. Johnson-Perhaps l am wrong as to
the exclusion from the Presidency. No
doubt am, but was misled by noticing
the specific exclusion in the case of Sena-
tors and Representatives, but submit TO
the Senate whether it is advisable, whether
tits polite, looking to the end which we all
seek to accomplish, the true restoration of
the Union-a union of hearts as well as a
union of hands, that you should exclude
the large mass Of people from participa-
ting in the honors of the Government who
win be excluded by this provision
Mr.. Guthrie-I am inclined to vote for
this amendment without going into the
criticism upon the legal effect of the oath.
l am against the section altogether on ac-
count Of its proseriptive nature I will
vote for the amendment because if it be
adopted it viii reduce the number to whom
the section viii apply I should be glad il,
| now after having been so many months in
session, we had agreed among ourselves as
to the Cancellation of the South, because
Cancellation at last is our only true policy,
for unless we can agree with each other,
unless we are able again to meet and
\ unite m these halls as citizens and repre-
sentatiYes of a common country to shape
the destinies of that country in Congress, to
directit against embattled nations, If it shall
become necessary, we are not united
people This third section is not an act of
Cancellation, it is an act of prescription 1t
| Is true, 1t Is not as extensive as the third
section sent to US from the other House
was. think we have gained an advantage
| in that respect. That measure was intended
to prescribe all the active population of
Rebel States, because they all stood by the
Southern movement This section as it
| now stands, certainly pFoseribes the repre-
sentative men of the South, the men who
had influence, and who still have inf haence
in their localities, and who can do me.s la
the work of cancellation here ard elsewhere,
than all the men you leave out of it. They
are the representative men of The
South, they have the, confidence of
! the people of that section of the country.
think they have given abundant evidence
| that they are satisfed-thatithey have tlied
the game of secession and given it up,
honestly and entirely, and are willing to
come back to join in the Government,
heart and hand, and carry forward its flag,
looking to the bright destiny Of this nation
in the future. The amendment will make
the section less proscriptiye, diminish the
number which fall victims under its rule.
and for that reason shall vote for it. Now
Is the hour for Cancellation, and now is the
time to trust in the South
ls- *
MIR. Hendricks-I ask for the yeas and
nays on my amendment.
The yeas and nays were ordered, and
being taken resulted-yeas 8, nays 3i-as
follows: I'd -z "a,
Yeas-Messrs. Buckalew, Davis, Guth-
ne, Hendricks, Johnson, Riddle, Sauls-
bury, and Van Wrinkles.
Nays-Messrs. Anthony, Chandler,
Clark, CowaEs kConness, Cragin, Oreswsn,
Doollttle, Edmunds, Fessenden, Foster,
Grimes, Harris, Henderson, Howard,
Howe, Kirkwood, Lane, of Indiana, Lane,
OF Kansas, Morgan, Morrill,, Morton, Nye,
Poland, Pomeroy, Ramsey, Sherman,
Stewart, Sumner, Trumbull, Wade,
Wiley, Williams and Wilson -34
Absent = Messrs. Brown, Dixon,
McDougal, Nesmith, Sprague, Wright and
Gates.
+ So the amendment to the amendment
was rejected. E
| .
Mr.. Johnson-I now move to amend the
amendment by striking out in line thirty
three the words, ''Haying previously
taken, and inserting sat any time
within ten years preceding the first of
January, 1861, had taken,r so as to make
it read, No person shall be Senator or
Representative IN Congress, or Elector of
President and Vice President, or hold
any Office, civil or military, under the
United States or under any State, who at
any time within ten years preceding the
first of January, 1861, had taken an oath
as member of Congress, etc.
ask for the yeas and nays on this propo-
sition. r -r aE -
The yeas and nays were ordered, and
being taken, resulted yeas 10, nays 80, as
| follows: -
Yeas-Messrs. Buckalew, Cowan, Davis.
Doohttle, Guthrie, Hendricks, johnson,
! Norton, Riddle and Saulsbury-1O.
Nays-Messrs. Anthony, Chandler, Clark,
Conness, Gragin, CresweIl, Edmunds,
Fessenden, Foster, Grimes, Harris, Hem
derson, Howard, Howe, Kirkwood, Lane,
Of Indiana, Lane, of Kansas, Morgan,
Morrill, Nye, Poland, Pomeroy, Ramsey,
Sherman, Stewart, Sumner, Trumbull,
TrT.nT =
WlIson-32 .. -. !.
Absent-Messrs. Brown, Dixon, McDou-
gal, Nesmith, Sprague, Wright and
Yates.
So the amendment to the amendment
xtyao rai notaJ a--.' .