The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1870-01-12
RorIr .Ei,,i Conversational Rtsulnr session
TvsspAI,.y.snlagla,ry II, 1870.

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~ III street Referred 20 COMMITTEE on the
bistflet Of Ooiumhis
Mf. sumner gave notice that to morrow he
Wouid IntToduee a bill 10 authorize the fuhd.
Ing and consolidation Of tho national debt,
e1d 10 c,Ishiisb sneste navments
NJ. Howe introduced : blu more easstuslly
IA stHtss which he said he should call up AZ
an easiv dhv' for The purpose OF making some
resafts apon Il.
MO Fenton ohered . resolution inAtruotInR
ths s.oFetsry on the Treasury to report yhaf
nnmber Of ioreign-buiit vesiela are now All.
los under A%sri'"n rsa'Ater', 'hsir tonnage
Mr., CGtteu called up the bill 10 exempt
from Internal tax canned and proseTyed nah
Posed; ,.,
taken IN, the oueaIion beiog on the motion OF
Mr., Wilton 10 postpone
Mr. Sumner ssidt ID would be very unusual
not 10 postpons this mStter 10 1--WE time to
Inauirp Into All the facts, lie understood that
impoTtant Information would be here this
weeh. and that This Inform alton should be
awaited,
MT stewart said all that had been done was
plata and omen a. the day, and now they were
asked 10 walt TO hear from parcel OF defeated
oandIdStes, II 10 q violation Of principle to
Nj. sherman said there was no reason why
yiFFinia should not be admitted. That they
GhouId take the oath was not 70 be considered,
Tor any fair construction Of the reco nutruotioh
acts aid not call for u. stu there was no
nSssnt neoessitv for Immediate action, and a.
II was not to be thought that the senator NJ,
SumneTl was acting otherwise than 10 good
fSith, when he asked for delay, he (MT. 81 was
not unwilling 70 give him teW days to obtain
ths informa alton he desired. ..N
Nj. TTumbun said this was question which
nS public reasons why It should be delayed
there might be some private ones
MT. sumner said this mattor had been pend.
: ina hut two or three legislative days, ADD he
again asked that time for examln alton nigh
~ siven. - -
M, stewart said that n desire to exAmi 10
vas really the object ample time was hRords ed
fof thai during the long recess which had just
expired. - -
Mr.. sumner was not pleading for himself,
hut for juatloe, for the loyal people OF Wiz
SiSia, White and black,
Mr.. Thurman asked Mr.. Sumner how much
tine he had given The oppousSts Of the Georgia
bill. .r..
Nj. sumner said the Senate did right to
press the Georgia bill toa vote, but n vas
not passed immediately upon its belpg re-
Mr.. Davis had watched the eoutHs Of the
Senator from Masaaehusetta Mt. Sumuefl for
the last eight years, and his observation was
thatthe senator was the most courteous me m
Der Of this body TO himself and the lsastso to
any one else
Mr., Trumeull remarked that as the Senalor
from Massachusetts Mt. Sumnerl had d.
reotly disAyowed asking this Postponefuent
for personal reasons 70 himself, there need be
The question was then taken on the motion
topostpone' when ~ was rejected as inlloWai
Ayes-Mesarh. boremAn, BtoWnloWi Jan
efOnt Onhuulett OuAes
Harris, Howard, Howe, morrill, OF Me-, Not
rill OF VT, Osborn Patterson, Pomaroyi PrAtt,
SehurE, sherman, spencer, sumner, fhAyer,
Upton, wilson and 1Ates-2S; ~.
Nays- MeasIs. CAIpenter, yAsaetly, Coax
ling, Cotbett, Davis, fenton, Ferry, hamiltos,
hArlAn, hsnogg' meOreery, msDonail MOI. Moi
scott, stewart, stockton, Thutmsn, rrum-
bull Viekers, Warnef' WHY ana Wi .l
The question then required on the amend
YtIiniA should undertake 70 wthdraT ~
assent to the fifteenth amendment u shan DC
immediAtely deprived Of representation 10
Congress and remanded TO its condition ante
rioT TO the passage OF this PHI -
Mr.. Trumbull opposed the Amendment. III
thought Y useless, say suose99en' Son,
Ereas might repeal H. ~ conceded the Tighl
Of State to Withdraw IL assent TO eonsu
tutlonAl Amendment. Any such AttemDtet
Withdrawal would Of course be null and void
Mt. DRAKE said " was only the oplnlOn .
the senator inst any suSh WlthatAWM wouII
elArss that It can DO done, aud all they ar,
our masters, the Suprems Court, Tho gTea
trouble with the Senator from Illinois Mr.
Trumbulll all through the reconatruetion leg
the grip on. He INF. D. was well sAtiahcO
that " YirElnia was admitted uneondition
ally, and her senators and Representative
obtained entrance here, she would, within
less than ten days, Withdraw her assent to the
nftsen,h amsndmsni. -,
MT. TTumbuh did not want 10 put grips OF
any one, He knew that no such grips IS thes
could DO any good.
Mr.. Morton vas 10 iaVot OF the amendment
not that he believed that virginia would at
tempt TO undo lis Aetioni but the case Wal
possible, particularly alter the treaehefl
which Georsia had displayed, and which hi
did not believe until II occurred. Hehcld tina
even after these States are admitted they arr
not beyond the power OF Congress.
Colonel Porter, the Private Secretary Of TIL
President, here appeared and announced tn
nTHt veto OF President Grant, eing upon tn
bill for the relief Of Roland CLARK.
Mr.. Howard thought to pass this amend
ment would be to yield the principle for whiol
the RepublIeAn party oontended-thAt 4 Stat
having once TAtined = constitutional Amend
inent has nothing more to do with tt-and b.
was unwilling BY his vote to cast any doub
upon IT,
lMr. Williams declared his opinion that nj
State had the power to reseind amend
meat once adopted. He also had strong doubt
1.-THE power OF Oongreubto Impose condition.
on . State after admission, aud could not coz
oeiYs from Whist source Congress derived tn,
power to exclude State from it, equal repre-
sanitation In the Senate without its consent
He was advised that there was no probability
bfths legislature OF Virginia ever attempting
to withdraw Its assent to the Fifteenth amend
meat, but he had q proposition which he