Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-02-12
xLlst COAGRESS---2d SE5siGH

WASHINGTON, February 11.-Sea-
Gte.-Mr. Morrill,, Of Vermont, from
the COMMITTEES on Public Grounds,
reported a bill to enlarge the public
grounds surrounding the Capitol.
/ Passed.
Mr.. Sherman introduced the follow
/ ing preamble and resolutions;
/ Whereas, the United States observes
with deep interest the civil war now
existing Ia Cuba, aud sympathizes
with It's people, as with the people Of
I ali American nations or colonies in
/ their efforts to secure Independence
from European powers; now, there
! fore, be it
Resolred, That the United States
/ recognizes the present existence OF
I the state of war between the King
dom Of Spain and the Colony of Cuba,
and Waged on the part Of Cuba, to
/ establish its Independence; and the
/ United States viii observe a strict
neutrality between the beiiige rent paT-
( ties, as is their duty under the law O1
I nations.
MIR. Sherman SAID lie desired to call
/ the attention of the Committee on
! Foreign Relations to the fact that the
/ people Of this country would not
/ much longer tolerate the cold iGdiffer-
/ ence OF this Government toward Gu
/ ban affairs, and il was but natural
that q struggle like that now progress
/ ing so near our own. borders should
touch the national heart, and he
/ trusted the Committee would take
/ some action, with q view Of securing
/ fair play on our own part between
I Spain and Cuba. His resolution, he
! said, did not propose to rec0gaize Gu
/ ban independence, but simply
/ the condition OF actual warfare,
| with view 20 fair play hereafter.
/ Mr.. POmeroy suggested that the
/ resolution be amended 50 as to declare
/ that the CUOans were not only fight
/ ing for independence, which was true,
/ bur for freedom also.
Mr.. Sumner said. the Committee on.
/ Foreign Relations had somewhat con-
sldered the subject, but the .acts be-
fore them, aS to the actual condition
! o. Cuban affairs, were not sufficient
/ 10 warrant definite action.
! Mr.. Sherman remarked that the
/ fact that Spain had built thirty gum
/ boats in our ports 10 put down what
was said TO be a little rebellion, was
/ sufficient to warrant his resolution.
A question Of order was raised by
Mr.. Davis, that in its present stage
! the resolution was not debatsbie, was
/ confirmed by the Chair. and the reso-
/ lUtiou YVES referred to the Committee
on Foreign Relations.
The bill ab0lishing the franking
/ privilege was then taken up, but laid
/ aside 10 proceed With unfinished busi-
ness, viz: the Mississippi bill,
Mr.. Fowler made some remarks
upon the general subject, which called
40 Mr.. Eye, who desired to know on
| which side the Senator had spoken.
/ When that Senator had first come TO
the Senate he could rot get Buskets
I enough 20 slaughter the rebels; but
he had subsequently changed his po-
sitiOR.
Mr.. Fowler replied that ff the Sena-
tor nom Nevada had occupied the pO-
sition which he held during the most
irving periods Of the war, his voice
might not be so loud, or his cOnsisten-
CIV SO well established. Had he
/ (FoWler) in former times helped the
/ slave drivers Of the South to hunt
down slaves, he would manifest q
more tender feeling than had been
shown by the Senator from
I Nevada. He claimed that II
the toasted friends Of freedom
/ in the Legislatures of New York,
NIassaehusetts and Missouri, had been
as faithful to the cause as they now
claim 10 have been, the slave driver
would not have cracked his whip near
as long as he did. 1t was the infideli-
/ tv of those who pretended to have
been the earliest opponents OF
slavery. that enabled the
slave-driver authority to continue,
Mr.. Nye remarked that the differ
/ ence between himself and the Senator
from Tennessee were the follies Of age.
The eolloquy between them VAS
finally terminated by the chair, who
remarked that the expression used
by Mr.. Nye was not In order.
Mr.. Thurman said the necessity
of the proposed conditions was as
sumed to be that they were essential
10 the establishment Of a Republican
form OF government in the State, and
If the condition that the voters should
read was necessary to make Mlssis-
sippi Republican, BY what privilege
was Massachusetts allowed a place in
the Union without the same provision,
and so with all the conditions. When
did it become necessary that to be-
: come Republican the people of State
should provide q school fund, and
school privileges? He proceeded to
show that the requirements were un-
known to the Constitution at the time
of its formation.
Mr.. Howard made some remarks in
favor cf imposing the conditions; Rnd
at 4:3O a message was received from
the House announcing the death o
Representative Hopkins, Of Wiscon
sin.
Remarks In honor Of the deceased
. were made by Carpenter and Howe