The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1870-05-10

has been lately teaching the great North
west to sing the Missionary Hymh; ant
made to him the humiliating acknowledge
ment that | had never seen Chicago be
fore. mo" said he, "tor il YOU hdd 70,
never would have gone to that old-fog,
town of Washington" That was tn,
very reason | went there. knew Their,
were noble men and women there, VIII,
were trying to make something else of it
"The whole need not a physician, bu
they that are sick" There was one
armed hero there whom | wanted to hell
plant Pilgrim institutions, and scatter tn
seed Of Pilgrim principles the man VIII
has done more than any other man in tn
nation to lift up an oppressed nationality
than whom there is no purer, noblcr, NOR
supplemented Christian in the land
man who would gladly have been will
you to-day, and who could have rcpresen
ted Congregatisnalism in the South as N,
other man can.
And right here, want to say: Thi
Christian nation cannot afford to see hin
sacrificed through hatred to the work o
the Freedmcn's Bureau, or any other ha
tired. And | besecch Christian men an,
women, all over the land, to suspen,
judgment until the testimony now taking
at Washington is completed-not to be
lieve dispatches that are skilliully manip
ulated to his detriment but to bear hin
in the arms of their faith before the Coo
who shielded his head in so many battles
and who can make the wrath Of man /,
praise Him, and the remainder restrain
Perhaps the stupendous abors in the de
partment of which he has had charge new
er would have been known to the coun
try; his moral and executive fitness TO
the position-of which Gen. Sherman
speaks in his soldier-ike letter at thu
close of the war--never would have beef
displayed without the attack of his foes
l can only say that the man who can hat
such man, or have the heart to perse
cute him, is man to be pitied by angel
and men, and needs the forgiveness of hi
God
Congress.
In the Senate, Tuesday, the House bill
making May Collaboration Day--a lie
gal holiday was referred, after some dis
cussion, to the Military Committee. Tn,
bill granting Mrs. Lincoln pension wa
up but not acted on. Various reports o
minor interest was received and severa
bills introduced. Among the latter wa
one to furnish medals to Massachusett
and Pennsylvania volunteers. The bill
$4,000 of the Freedmen
Bureau funds to the Wherefore Univer
sity occasioned long debate, and finall,
went over without action. OF the bill
passed was one for the relief of j. Ros
Browne, late Minister to China, and also
after discussion, the bill fixing the mum
Der of Treasury Special Agents at fifty
three.
In the House the morning hour wa
mainly devoted to discussion of Mr.
Jenckes bill for the reorganization Of til,
civil service, in which he explained tn,
intent and provisions of the new
measure. Bills were introduced for til,
admission Of Georgia, and for the equal
cation of army and naval officers pay. \
concurrent resolution was adopted for ;
final adjournment on the 18th Of July
Considerable progress was made with til,
Tariff bill, and all the sections relating t.
iron being disposed of, and also severa
relating to steel. The paragraph in ref
erence to steel rails called out considera
BILE debate, and was not disposed of whel
the Committee rose.
In the Senate, Wednesday, debate OIL
the House resolution for final adjourn
ment on July 4, occupied the whole o
the morning hour, and the resolution
went over without action. \ number o
bills were disposed Of among them thu
House joint resolution to pay tn
widow OF tho late Cen. na Illus vuo .,vaI ,
salary as Secretary Of War, which wa
passed. A bill was introduced to incor
porate the International Society of thu
United States for the protection of immi
grafton, and memorial numerousl,
signed was presented, protesting agains
granting subsidies for steamship lines, b.
what is known as Lynch bill"
In the House, after the transaction o
some routine business, the morning hou
was again devoted to Il consideration o
the Civil Service bill. No action was
however, taken. The tariff debate wa
resumed soon after II o'clock, and tn
section relating to steel rails and Besse
mer steel was further discussed. The du
ties were finally fixed as follows: o.
railway bars composed wholly of steel
two cents per pound partly of steel, on
and a half cents per pound; Besseme
steel, $36 per ton.
In the Senate, Thursday, the sessto
was mainly occupied with debate upo
the Usage Indian Land bill At its con
clusion strong but unsuccessful effor
was made to take up the Franking bill
which was the special order, and ais
several other measures. During tn
morning hour the 4th of July adjourn
ment proposition was again discussed blu
not decided and reports from commit
tees were received as follows Proposin
indefinite postponement Of the bill for
pension for Mrs. Lincoln; recommendin
the bills authorizing lease of build
ing in New York city for military uses
for mail steamship line between Ne,
Orleans and certain Mexican ports, an
for meteorological observations along tn
Mississippi and its tributaries; and ad
versely on the bill regulating importa
ton of immigrants under labor contracts
In the House, but comparatively littl
business was transacted. The Civil Ser
vice bill was further discussed, and, f