The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1870-12-17

disabilities.
Beck, of KY, offered Il substitute for
| the BILL
| Farnsworth offered Il substitute for
the whole bill, us follows: That all po-
litical disabilities imposed by the 81
section of 1lth Amendment of the Con-
stitution are hereby removed.
Bingham moved \ substitute for the
lst section, removing all political uiSa-
bilities from all persons except such as
were Senators or Representatives, IN
! Congress in 1860 or 1861, or were III
either of such years officers in the army
or navy of the United States, heads OF
departments, L. $. Judges, I. =. MINI
| listers, and except all persons VINO, IN
violation ofthat amendment, have held
| office since the LIST Of June, 1870.
Butler announced his purpose to have
the vote taken on the bill at :: O'Clock
| tomorrow.
Beck opposed the bill. He said he
| would have offered such 4 substitute as
that offered by Mr.. Farnsworth, but
| that he feared the House might not be
prepared to vote for {: general removal
of disabilities, but might do so when
certain classes were excepted. lie hoped
that the House would adopt the substi-
tute of Farnsworth; but, if not, then
hoped his own substitute would be
| agreed to. He argued that nine-tcnths
| of the matter in the bill was matter
| over which the Reconstruction Com
| mittee had no jurisdiction, but belonged
properly to the judiciary committee
and he expressed the fear that if the
bills were passed by simple majority it
would be contended that it was valid in
reference to all subjects in it that did
not require a two THIRDS majority, while
in reference to the removal of political
disabilities it would not be valid. He
declared that instead of it being Il bill
granting general amnesty it was Il bill
of pain and penalties, bill making OBJ
vious discrimination he had never
seen bill that was farther from carry
ing out the objects which it prOfessed
to carry out; it was Il bill adding insult
to injury. lie believed that the Repub-
lican party and the Republican press
desire to have general amnesty extern
ded. He thought that the party had
lost State after State, by Congress refus-
ing to pass such a bill and that it would
continue to lose State after State, so
long as Congress maintained that posi-
ton.
Potter advocated the adoption of
Firnsworth's substitute. He believed
that that proposition would be found to
be not only most generous but the most
patriotic and WiScst proposition in that
respect before the House. He argued
at length against those provisions of
the bill relating to legal proceedings
and rights of action and property. At
the conclusion of Pottcr's remarks the
bill went over till tomorrow.
Dawes, of the appropriation commit
tee, reported legislative, judicial and
executive appropriation bill, which was
made the special order for Tuesday next.
+ i.to # tN-p millions
WASHINGTON, Dec. 13.--Thc Senate
was engaged all day in discussingthech char
ity fund for government employees, and
compensation to Il Kentucky federal
soldier for property destroyed during
the war.
! WASHINGTON, Dee. II. Howard,
Commissioner OF Freedman's bureau,
says the appropriations are being nearly
exhausted. "I have been compelled to
announce that no further aid can be
granted i'll support of schools, and to
discharge all the Superintendent of
Education in the several States and
close their ottices.''
/ WASHINGTON, Dec. 14.-HOuse-Th
Republicans held an adjourned caucus
tonight hot more than so members
present. Among the speakers were
Sheldon and Morey of La, who advo-
. ttt\u StIltIttl Sl;ttlHS lilitt lIlS
people of that State, in the recent elec-
ton, had repealed provisions of their
constitution imposing disabilities. -
Porter, of Va, and Butler, of Tenn,
spoke against amnesty ,and other speech
cs made. The caucus adjourned sine die.
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.
New YORK, Dec. 14.-Thc Hcralds
special, Havrc, of the 10th, says:
Excitement overthe reported mutiny
in fleet. Sailors refusing to go to Cher
bourg, shots were fired, some of which
struck the forccaStlc of the Shenandoah. |
The advance on Havrc was Il feint
to cover the attack on Chcrbourg. The
Shenandoah will take American women
and children from ChcrbOurG in case of
bombartlmcnt. There are four french
iron-claCls in Chcrhourg harbOr.
BRUSSELS, Dec. 11.-Garabaldi has
resigned his command and returns to
Italy.
The WORLDS special, Tours, of the nth,
says:
\ dispatch from Gen. De ChanScy
says the result of the four days fighting
near Bcaugcrrey, was substantially Il
French victory. The Army now holds |.
positions only smiles distant from those
held on the 9TH. Three French corps !
close at hand. French loss not greater
than that of Prus>ianS.
VERSAILLES, Dee. S.--Sunlmons to
surrender fatty refused. 1t is doubted
whether thI fhrp,fnpc boDlIorlnppt |