New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-06-25

Slees te % declared 10 be TO extend the term of the
Legislature to and Of the Governor 70 nS
inS that man Bullock, four years more IN winch
and plumber the suffering people OF GeOrg hc n Maid $40
that the members Of the Legislature HI s e. te pre
ent time He appealed to the House TO ADMIT .ne o d
10 renresentation and let the question OF electVn
de3 under The Constitution OF the State, on the prnc
ple that the state would only he oIganlzeu unuel %
MI Gov Bullock would turn out all the judges ana APP
nnint creanres Of his own in their stead There were
even men in this Hall who sat in the ast Sons ~
as members from Georgia, but who expected when tls
hin was passed to come back, present their CREDENTIALS
again and draw their pay claiming that the last ooh
| eM Mr. DAVIS Rep n " remarked that that was not
the position these persons assumed put ralher ~ ""'S
| bad heen elected for both Congresses
Mr. FARNswORTH concluded his argument oy , sun
hitting to the be Repubcn party would
Sc defeated. and was losing ground IN the souIh. ho
| Mr BINGHAM Rep., Ohio addressed the House on
| the same side of the question He declared that tne
Gov Bullock and the Legislature violated the pledged
faith of Congress- violated the statutes OF congress;
Constitution of Georgia and violated the declared creed
Vi Mr. o GARFIEID REP oho) followed in support of Mr.
Farnsworths amendment, contending that the only rea
put forward on the other sdf %eTf paf cer
they believed that the next Fall election would result III
Republican victory, they would not vote for postpone
Mr. cox Dem, n " said he would vote for the least
obectionabc OF ali this batch of peserous bills and
substitutes II he were Georgian he would rather
welcome with any OF hands any sort OF grave or
rather than thts UNCONSTITUTIONAL, illogical. temporary
and most contemplate rule of the American Congress
Mr. PIERCE QIep., Miss supported the substitute re-
ported by Mr.. Butler, and argued that me question
Should decided withOu, reference to the character or
conduct of Gov Bullock that being question not before
the House for action
At O'Clock p IN the previous question seconded
and the main question ordered 90 hon., % ,o.o .,,o
Mr. BUTLER Qep, Mass. having an hour 10 close the
debate, yielded ten minutes 10
Mr DAWES Rep. Mass. who said that when the war
was over and when the problem had TO be met what
should be done to latey Tebeous states, the only
two questions to he answered were: First is me Constr
stu0ng and second, is il the OF the people Of the
state and they maintain tl In the case OF Georgia
now before the House he believed that her Constitution
was republican and that her people were III Tor repre-
entaton IN Congress- and therefore he would vote that
they He believed that the substitute offered by
himself was the simplest and best way OF giving eA-
Mr. LOGAN Rep, III having ten minutes allowed
him. commended that Georgia was emit co 10 admissions
tied 20 il equal footing with all the other states
and that therefore there 10 right 10 impose COnd
lions. He informed the members oXpcctant rom Geor
ga that If they should cudeNUr gel into the House on
the ground that the State had been admitted only under
this BILL he would say TO them, Get out OF TINS; you
were elected for another and different Congress, and
| YOU have no right here
| Mr.. BUTLER Rep. MassJ rose 10 close The debate,
and begun by stating the exact difference between the
various propositions. The Senate proposition was TO
remit the Sta ut Georgia To military rule and to pro-
vide for eop,on for members Of the General Assem-
bly, on the 18th OF November, 1870 The Bingham amend
ment was Oblectl0naDe on the WcI!hL9W1 pIlnoIlo,
NOScititr a sOcS 1t was acceptable TO the Democratic
members, aud Therefore was open 10 suspicion on the
republican slde. ne o9eoIeu 10 u Oh i.It
because he believed the success OF the Republican party
he always voted from that consideration He noticed
that the Democrats always stood by their party There
were four Democrats the Reconstruction Committee,
and they were as true to ther party dnty thtS as t4e
needle was to me poe, mere IL not Ol t41 Ia'y 10
laugh at. Ii they adopted tine bingham amendment,
they sent Georgia back q election th, Fall Her
militia was unorganized until within few days
| and had time 10 get arms equipments or
and they threw the drebrand OF such an
election into the center Of the southern states to disturb
the elections in Mississippi Louisiana ana Flo1da and
TO endnger the success, Of the Republican party He did
want TO have election III Georgia in 1870 Whoever
did might The amendment was leveed at their
Republican friends in the Legislaturethe colored
tween the eyes and he did not blame the Democrats for
aiding it, But he qua blame members OF thr republican
PARTY and friends OF Gen. Grant Tor supporting it, II the
good men OF the Repub an party would come together
aud upon the substitute OF MS friend and colleague
Mir Dawes he would sacrifice his pTcudices, and
would 90 fOI too, thu, settling the differences in the
| Repubh, an party on the subject OF Georgia.
The House then, o'clock, proceeded TO vote on the
b am inc m IHe nm ,n tS o T b S N Farms
wor h. 10 strike out the words: In the year 1870 80
nothing in this act contained HhaH ne construed 10 He
prvc the people of Georgia of the right 10 On election
! provided fOT in The Constitution of said state"
| Mr. DICKEYs amendment was agreed TO by vote Of
The next vote was taken on Mr. FARNsWORTH's
| amendment as amended and tie amendment as amend
A vote was next taken an amendment offered by
Mr. LAWRENC T. imposing conditions N regard to SUI
The next question was on the substitute offered by MT
DAWES rep, MasS) for the Senate substitute and 1t
was agreed to without a division.
The bill stands as follows. without the preamble:
Piled r the Reconcoa ne aiyth and XVIII articles the
in good faith by legal Legislature of sad is hereby declared
that the state Of Georgia entitled 10 representation ~ The Congress
DE United States bl, nothing contains n tbs 9o a be construed
of Tie General Assembly State provided Consultation
/ of said state.
for & u I9 50 Gie e az r e tsT sa sS june a o
other urIoe approved March ia as prohibits The crganzsioa
ga Mi,sssp Texas, and Virginia he and the is hereby
''1' 4 QUESTION OF PRIVILEGE
Mr.. RANDALL Dem, PENN, rising 10 a question Of
privilege sent to the Clerks desk and had read cor
respOudence between himself and the proprctors Of The
GlOJe I'm which he complained OF an omission from the
published debate on the Cuban question the retot which
he had made a remark directed To him 10y Mr. Butler
philosophers cannot answer" the retOrt being, Fools
are sometimes honest, and That is more than you are"
paragraph inserted in the reporters manuscript;
that The manuscript was submitted 10 Mr. Butler; that
he had struck out the paragraph and that the assistant
ia.s adding that il would be inserted in the
| aualto edition of The GlObe. The proprietors
say that they have admitted and never can admit
gle syllable, the remarks Of another. The correspond
ence having been read Mr. Randall said he had not in
trOduced IT with any intentional reopen the lines of dis
between the gentleman from Massachusetts and
himself He had wish 70 reopen any personal c0ntro
versy with him except he were necessated TO do IT by
| what might occur III this discussion. lie intended to
move to refer the subject 10 the Committee rules to
! inquire whether any member had right to leave MS
remark in, and strike out without notice the reply
another member He content to leave the subject
whore these Letters put IT, and he moved their reference
to the Committee on Rules.
MI BUTLER dep, MassJ called for the manuscript of
the report
! MI RANDALL sent it TO the Clerks desk, and con-
| scented that the gentleman from Massachusetts, might
have IT, expressing the hope however that he wOnd not
/ change il again.
Mr. BUTLER proceeding TO read the paragraph in
/ question when Nj. ELDlEDGE dem, Wis., objected,
saying that under decision of the Chair yesterday, all
| documents must he read AT the Clerks desk.
Tie SPEAKER remarked that he had made no such de-
csion and that he could not but regard the objection as
entirely trivial.
Mr.. ELDREDGE-Then the Chair has rendered trivial
decision.
The sPEAKER-The gentleman will take his scat
This little episode being ended, Mr. BUTLER read the
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