Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1870-03-23
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.
Fohy.Pint Congressional Regular Session
SENATE. I'M.
TUESDAY,, MANOR "a, 1870.

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SENATE. ..a
TUESDAY, MANOR "a, 1870.
RELIEY or D. moss BRowER.
Mr.. sumner, from the Oonmiitse on ForeiiEn
S.s BTos SspH sts min ~. re- 70 uSla
ooNsIDERArtoH OF TREATIES.
Also, from the same committee, 10 fAYot OF
FsEfS sSs ssissst 4. IN treaties .f he sn
neNGtion OF the entire territory Of any foreign
Power, shall be sSnI ,,on 10 1pea session
10 his seat, he (Mr. 81 would not now ask or
3 action on the report Of the eommittse.
|N Nm. suurnn's TIHAnCa HILL.
Mr., sherman, from Oommittee on Plnabuy.
reported that tho bill Of Mr.. sumner 10
slfeng,hen the legal reserves aud to pIomoie
poatponedt which report was eonourred In.
ACADEMY or SCIENCES AND Art.
Mt. HAmlln tnttodueed bill to Incorporate
The Amsrloan uaiOn Academy Of soIenss and
THR IsDIAEs.
MI. Harlan, from the Oommlttee on Indlan
Affairs, reported with amendments bill to pro-
note the elvlliIatlon Of the Indians and TO
prSpare them for the rights Of citizens.
vtR0tHtA.
Mr. johnson Iutroduoed a hill to divide the
state OF VirSinia into two judicial districts
Rsferred TO the Uommittee on the Judiciary.
pEoLtHE IN ANIRioAH osMHERoE.
Mr.. Anthony called up the resolution TO
print is 900 copies Of the report Of the Special
Oommittes on the Decline OF American Dom.
Nm. oHLNpLHR PtTouHs ~.
Mr.. Chandler opposed priutlnE anythlnE
that emanAted from this sommittee, II had
resolved itself lnto atraveiiinE concern, and
was going about all last summer, and the only
thing that was worth nudlng out It had not
as yet discovered, aud that was that In the
last nine years the whole commerce OF the
world had undergone = change. Now, outside
OF the United States no other vessels were
built but iron, which had greater capacity and
wese more durable This committee were
90 nNnNafN NhRlF ygn0dHn haFaat
they miEhtA as well bring In q bill to protect q
wooden mandrake against the horse-fakes, or
20 rTo;eSI,t sns ts.ns 4. sSs es re1Pe. Ia
Surb that he was unwilling that the Senate
should ever, by printing this humbug report,
subject properly came up he should give his
\ftef further discussion the resolution to
min was adopted-yeas rs, nAyGlI.
tbs oAHR or oEEERAL ANK.
Mr. ,1onkllng called up the adverse report
Of the judiciary COMMITTEE in the case Of
Adelbsrt Ame', senator elect from Missis'
"P PRSs rsport Of tho committee was read, con.
ciudInE with he following
Rstolped ThA Adelbert Ames 10 not eligible
to the seat In the Senate, to which he has been
pgp. uonLllns SAid the conclusion to which
the eommittse had come, WAS arrived At with
STeAt reluctance, an there was not one mem
Der OF the committee but regretted II, aud had
personal feelings onrI eeen allowed TO eater
would have been dihNent. He would now
say that the committee were unanimous 10
their sTatinestiou 10 feeling sss a.. &c that nov
enta would now most ohcsrtully again return
him to the Senate. The question tot the com
mitIes gss Thsshs, n zen ,m.nt tIsn,stx by
and that question the COMMITTEES considered II
10 an entirely Impartial light, and the com
%ittee thought ,h Az, s'S aS III, suSIse, hs
would vote were Gen Ames not Of the politI-
cal household that no Is
The Consultation requires that = person to
h. SIiElble AG = senator shall be 40 inhAbitAnt
ofths state for which he IL elected At the time
when elected. lit provided that he should bo
snu,.e I. I, The com m ittso would have been very
main and Sasy. Now the question was whether
HensTal hI1ss was an inhabltAnt Of the State
~ Mi,,isaippt on that day In January when
~ X. WA, elected, aud he (Mr. o. would prove
that 0euerAl Amss was not az inhAbltAnt at
that tImei Mr.. u. then quoted from webster
and otheF eNieogTapherh as to the meaning OF
me word GinhAbitAntu as oontTAdis tin guished
from the term 'resident." He then read from
the proceedings Of the Constitutional eonVen.
lion that the committee In reporting on the
qualifications OF SsnAtors, nrst reported that
he should be = "fesidenrp OF the State for
which he assppoi5,sa; rhe tern , ..lasn, Y,
mean one who was completely Identified
with the locality. Mr.. o. quoted from the
case Of John Reilly In the House OF Renre.
Nov, did General Ames 20 to MIssIsIippi
with the intention OF residing there. No, he
MM n t.. o.d.,yy 10 Stat n moi 10 no vol
Ssea IHa'' o'ue'' W ''"'' "'' W ~ WV
MI. y, quoted at some length from English
M w.. ~ ~ asonIss in shV ioe.litV 10
which he has been ordered residence, no
matter how long hisstay mNy be, 10 not reoog.
niEed He eso au9,eu IRON ~ nv s1s.S o.
" that II was doubtful whether he would have
SeeemS . si ~. T. ya,n ~ X me 1usstIon
been cisS'Sa 90 s Shs,b., a. Va youI iStsntion
TO become eiilsn haG YOU BOZ . pssa ess,e9
sna .o tbs Issid,pes which was neooS.SIy
ss So he could be legally elected senator was
Hnu1Esnb npOn, I'M ,ssss SIsd ny sssy irn1
TIA hnsS tSat he had SOW dstermined 10
eontinuN bis residence ~ Missssippi even u
he shoulu no' U" "upn'''u W '"' !" 'h'
Senate. ..ah..n ,oia th.t ,bn xo,.. If
ss me S%h had bosn solicited in favor Of Gen
Ames because o. w. ~ s,,bi.otS ~, 80. "
we're admitted 10 hae on s9sSI IhM were
,isis' Ga toIbia. Tar distant be the day
when the elect o. ~ ,-stsh raj 49,. "
preserve Their hoeh ~ mar sonsIdeSstio..
g. ths.s. "
MT. hleo rem snI,S ~ naIoSity ~ ~. snm.
ent eonoi9 Wih.in nv no SSttsr what min,
mittee, ne hSIu w, ~ 80. sa,,n,aSs. W.,
elpls was Applleabie 70 osI sV ~ ~. e tha'
our county Wa .,snoV H. nSsSn,t az msn
thAt tns,o va ~ NJ s.IiIng IRON estshii.b
whA tS Wy "a ,lh.tsysr II aniiai him
Ing hls IeslaenSe wne ~ I'm -. LIN
solliet WAs ~ 80. ~ .sonitInn 49,
has rae ssS pn,h.- sI,,ysn Hsns,sI ~.
dSng Si,shos1a H,st M At he had m sSv YEAR SO
entnS 49, Inasn,ion ~ 1cR,ynIns ~
s MIn -. thsTn hnd ~ lISSt 10 seoaISs
MAIZE ,asnnn HSxIn9 been In Missitsinpi
~, t,Io vssTs he had The lint 10 nx his Ts,I
snns there He did deliberate for weeks a.
J. Wheiher he would give up the army aud
TO "a MIaaissIppI Ma future home, ana ~
max dsoided 10 become a citizen OF Thai
mail HeadsxIts wsss m aVIiennn hsfor. M
state, zee 10 prove The Intsntion OF General
A A.. n:rt,' Z siaIssssIp Of On: Hass, md 10