The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-01-22
CONGRESSIONAL.
xLIst C0N8REss-sECeSB SESSION.


Memorials from army officers for an in
creas eOf pay; for the Sixteenth Amend
ment, giving suffrage TO women, and petit
tions for the abolition of the ranking
privilege, we're presented and referred.
The latter Occasi0ned some discussion, In
which Bayard and Thurman alluded to
the action of the Postmaster General in
sending out circulars tnstruct1ng POST
masters to procure signatures o such petit
tions, as fln proper. The latter said there
had been O time when the Congress of the
United states would not have quietly toll
Grated such conduct by the hea0 OF a De.
partm6nt, or attempt Dy any authority OF
the Government to forestau public opiE
ion and prevent proper Investigation.
Sherman, from Lae Committee on FL
nance, reported with verbal amendments
the House joint resolution to cOnStrue The
law relating to tax on salaries, declaring
the meaning of the act to be, that the tax
shall be collected until the year 1870 Al
ter some discussion, The resolution went
b lis were introduced and referred by
Patterson to abolish the Freedmen's Bu-
reau, and provide TO- a bureau Of educa-
tton.
BY POraeroy, 10 prohibit the sa e OF pub
I.o lands Ia Kansas, except Tor actual set
tiement; also proposing an amendment to
the Constitution of the United States. sub
mitting TO the States the following Article,
to he known as the Sixteenth Amend
ments fbden} sSaiI he psrt ofb9 Cansf
tuition of the United states: 9 The basis of
suffrage in the United States shall be that
of citizenship, ana all native aad natural
lied citizens shall enjoy the same rights
and privileges of the Iectfva franchise
Each state shall determine by law. the
age OF citizenship, and the Tune Of resi-
ueuce required for the exercise Of the right
Of suffrage, which shall apply equally to
gard to the time and place Of holding cleo
tions." 1t was referred to the Committee
on Judiciary, and ordered printed.
The Virginia bill was taken up. Daring
the discussion which followed, Trumbul
said that IN q former discussion on the
SUBJECT there was misunderstanding
upOn an ALLEGED agreement to vote upon
the Virginia bill on the previous Monday.
The senator from MaSsachuSt It's Went 90
to tInpugn his CFrumbuls'sl Fsl-essTS*, -tS ;. t "a
assuming me posl13lq551s posal413lqs5 major had asserted
previous e thi7 7oVaIisfs Of Vi~otnfs5 bed
iSnoolxed st the door of the judiciary
Committee as King 10 be heard and
in that State, yet the untIGthfuinesS
OF tn and similar statements was shown
by a messenger at the door OF the Com
nittee, VINO said no such peFSo5s, S1ngly
or together had approached the door at
any time, and, Notwithstanding the eE-
press denial by all the members OF the
Judiciary Committee of the assertions Of
Sumner, that any person was denied &C
cess to that committee, that Senator not
only insisted upon the correctness of " hat
he had asserted, by actually tnq u1r1ng, as
shown by the report, whether lie (Frum-
bulO did not admit that he had been in
error. After an explanation by each Of
the members of the Judiciary Commit. ee,
that Senator still insisted upon the cor
rectness of what he had said. refusing to
/ admit corrections. Trumbull continued
| in the farther exposition of the alleged
| untruthfulness and INJUSTICE OF the asser-
/ tions from some source, remarking that
he proposed to strip from the one who
| could descend to the use Of such impudent
/ assum ptiODS, all his self assumed InfaIli-
/ bility. He defended the Judiciary Com
! naittee from all imputations upon their
action, and vindic4Jed the patriotism and
| loyalty OF GOV. Walker, who had been
| openly denounced in the Senate by Air.
/ Sumner, as traitor, IN regard to the re-
| cent 'ection of Vairsinta, His assertion
| a hnoo ~
| the report of General Candy, aitera care
| tu1 Investigation. Yet. the Senator
| from Massachusetts had asserted and re-
| peated this charge. and said it could
not be denied, even after an explicit relu-
tation by more than one Senator; such
| was effrontery, to which from day to day
the Senate had been subjected. In answer
to the inaputation upon mis- own action, he
| quoted from the records of the Senate tC
show that Republican Senators had voted
with but one exception for bill for the
more efficient government of the rebel
states, which conferred the right OF SUI
frage on colored men throughout the
South; that exception was a Senator from
Massachusetts, upon the passage OF he bill
10 suoLniS tne 10Th amendment to the
States something was repeated that the
Senator refused TO vote for it for the same
reason that governed his action in another
case, which was that his own ideG
of the KIND ef legislation which
was required, had no. beer
bl1ndly adopted by the rest of the Repub
lican senators. II the Senator's assuranc c.
and efrontery was such that ne could no
| 1GSA1S LIS AAG4A1AIAOA 10 ttssAl1 Cbn6ES4 Ai
must gird his aTmor about him, lest il b'
stripped OH, and expose him to the Amer
can people as an 1mpracticabie obstacle IL
the way Of legislation.
The CHAIR suggested that the persona
| application OF the word effrOutery was no
strictly in accordance with the rules O
parliamentary order.
TrumbuIl diselaimed any purpose [,
violate any rule Of order, but reminde'
the Chair that some limit might b
allowed, 1nasmuch as his remarks haG
been denounced as preposterous and ab
surds ana the charge made that he wa
attempting TO impose upon the Senate
BE said ne well TecOilectsd the day Whel
the Senator from Massachusetts was sub
Jected to the assaults of southern Senator
belonging to the then dominant party
and feared that tie Senator had too vel
, Ing slave-masters. The Senator was tn
peer OF those who assaulted him, bat hf
ATTACK upon the character of loyal Gov
+: ernor OF state was upon a party VIII
, could not reply.
Sumner replied t. At the Senator from
. Illinois ran into the region OF persOnalit
as a bird flew IN tho air or q fsh swan 4
the sea. AS Tor himself, he would not b
] drawn aside tcOm the stTieresG discussion
: | of the question raised by thst Senator
| He would ask how that Senator becaHn
! | know that frCm the first day the propos
; | tfons were introduced into this cham be
. to con ser sGnFa9e upon c0lored men, dow
z | TO the final triumph, the Senator Ia
been It's persistent enemy? Wnen calle
| npOn to Consider the case of Georgia, wa
2 not his unrelenttng opposition encOunte
e ed as the representative OF the Ku Kin