New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-05-17
yIJsT CONGRESS-2d SESSION.
SENATE. WASHINGTON, May 1

Mayf
ehNA -, " III IN Tho
Mr.. IN the State Of Alabama to the
DILL granting public lands IN 'he 0'"'o vi .
Decatur and Aberdeen Railroad faSSeo'
hN'in 49, cal,od nm the hill granting
Mr.. RAMSEY (hel' "i'nJ '" VI -, e., ,ho
lands 10 aid the construction OF railroad from 'o
western boundary OF Minnesota at the Junction OF the
western pouuo' a.. .h pa pyor n, the North TO the
w,nnipec District Of British America
40, C.ssrRIY ueu CALI offered an amendment
4hi' a., "a =, ,ho avera 90 value Of 81 80
putting 'ho P'i'0' ''' -, :, ,.a,,,, ,he 1,,ds
per acre and prescribing methou Vi keepi"e 'l' |,
oman for settlement He said the amendment was dei-
-, a., ,,r,o rroposed nv the House Committee
ucai WIN 'he loi"'"" fi''' - ,,oioo,.d
on Public Lands for all bills Of this eharacser '''0"
by Yeas 90 NaysE The b wa i tnen rantborizng the
The bill to repeal all the exisths "@ ooSs wares and
transportation and expectation ol SoU', %v inland
merchandise IN bond 70 MeASo reported favoraby
waters, ana Ior otner PURPOSES was
from the commute ON ,,o,,on hill came up in order.
when MT SLEW MI HnT ~ AZ, nnmber of Senators, he
of request made to nm ny hnu lent and all prior
orders in order to reach the bill for the
the Fifteenth Amendment op,,py rose 70 speakupon
Messrs SUMNER and ~ u ,i,aJ 20 debate
the notion but MI WILLlAMo 9desired to Know why
Mr.. sAULsBURG Dem; I'm pe ~ so much importance
debate should be EXCLUDED ,5ed ,o oiectjon could pre-
vent debate under the rule e., o, o., . division Of the
Mr.. CAseEkLl (Dein, NJ .i i fbc 1rst mart ITO
motion, when the question was taken ON rg Bib
pass over the pcnmng ofueiy I %, wv ga
which resulted aHIlatNSy lsaS' o. 49, 20. NAYS o.
ENFORCING THE FIFTEENTH AMF ,la; ,Eor cor,o
Ihe Dn enforcing thc fntcer IT. provisions was
before the Senate IN regular Oruer' VVs Pi0'i''O ~
published ON AIrl 2Q. ~, ..,.,,t,od ON omondment
providing that when any person Ineligible under me
Third article of the Fourteenth Ainendeh siah ..
legislature L. DistrctAttorney for the district IN
which said person holds Office sa poco &C. 1nta
shall take precedence over al Others on te "a
s I'M INTO" STATES
Mr. STEWART also moved several additional sections
imposinc fine and imprisonment for holding office in VIC
iation Of The Fourteenth Amendment, and forever dis
Gualifyirg the offender holding Office under the
United states: giving TO all persons within the JursS
ton OF the United States UEdians not taxed eXcepted
the same rights in every State or Territory to make ana
cana benefit of all laws and proceedings for the security
OF person aud property as enjoyed by white citizens also
ocfonS of every Kind and none other no tax charge
tScreto The SECTIONS also provide that any person
der color of law or custom causing another TO be de-
io different Punishment on account of his being alien
or ON account Of race color than prescribed for the
nj ,r II orO ar iri sorcnt for not more than
% not IT, S b arf Of iSS is also reinacted
Mr. STEW iRT cave notice to the friends of the bill
that ne did not himself intend making any remarks hut
t TTI"sgu ~ H"'o '"' ''' i"'''0 '0'O'O
NJ ViCKFpS Dem Md) then made an argument
tn ~ & - 49,, -y ~ u.s. Tho biI lie also
dni the rcessy of lie hin as no attempt to impede
he operation of the XVIII Amendment, allowing ne,
roes fo vote had been made by any state He claimed
tbat the alleged ratification of the XVIII Amendment was
M Ddi, wa, i iIleo and three States-Virgina
Nsssj,ri aud Tcxas-bad been coerced into ratifyng
IT, LEAVING an %gffse II iSTr Whether the people
Id roiv spbmf to see their rights and liberties im-
pTe@ m9eT yet to be dete d b5 State after state
had nermted The coofed race to vote; that no black
an had been interfcred with and il would now be a
most evil example TO pass hin bristling with fines and
mprisonments upon officers of election and rewards
I've given to nforiners necessity for it existed
His own opinion was that the bill had been
purpOsely made so obnoxious as TO defeat itself.
ta chardcerizng ii rs bill to create race OF com
mon informer aud pay them in hard cash for their per-
Jury Referring the calling out Of the land and naval
was a punishable oflense to have troops OF the realm
10 have United States troops surrounding every polling
booth see that judges of election discharged their
duty This subOrdinatingciv1l TO military authority
II senators could pass such bl anu me people SHOULD
sustain IT, all he had to say was that the country "as
the constitution , l.. lid. o.-
Mr. FERRY rep, Comm moved 10 amend MI Stew
arts amendment by striking out the section TO enforce
the Fourteenth Amendment imposing penaltleS on MY
the United states He thought it was the unaui-
nous opinion of the Senate that the political disabilities
of the southern people would not remain for more than
for m,ema nI Of this Character as the remain
ing provisions provided sufficient remedy for the exist
Mr.. MORTON (tep., Ind) hoped the section would not
he stricken out lie had failed TO the propriey Of
brought about the war, and were the real authors OF all
our inisfortunes, u share in our political rights.
chile of Justice, and it would he cruelty 10
the country. There seemed TO be desire TO
10 regard il as merely sectional contest unpeas
anness. It was now proposed to relieve the OLD poll
senate might well expect TO cOucate nest Of rattle
snakes. That class OF men had been cast
I'M the mold Of Rebellion, and those
who sought to concate them by removing political dis
abitie, would receive in contempt In reply TO
years aII d,abiltes would lie removed he would say
ibey could not be swept away without stultifying
selves A hill had recently passed the
senate without an objection repeating the iron-clad
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