The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-12-15
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FORTY-FIRsr TERM THIRD SESSION.


Co4ltinued from tire Third Edition.
Mr. Revels gave notice of his intention address the
Senate upqn the subject al an early day ,,
reported, with amendment offered by MIR. Cameron,
Mr' On wilson. rom 5he miiitary Committee, reborted
bin TO amend twelfth seotion OF the army Appropriation
GERS mpy be mustered out at their request, from
Mr. Stewart moved to take up his resolution calling 70
& nD the OF Western mail
Mr. Sherman presumed the only object OF the resolution
minshed the cost of our Indian service which was already
i v Sr s nnsno nf NJ and Se exncmse o s
part OF the department clerical force without any ads-
Mr. stewart's motion then withdrawn for the pre-
Mr. Chandler from the Committee Commerce, re
ported av9raby with merely yGrbgi the Pill
of ali laws allowing tie privilege OF
TO foreign merchandise consigned to Canada and Mexico
TnG aiS' the & IaySgS o. fvsSinS tne waters OF 'he
MI Chandler reported adversely the House bill consti-
tuting Jersey City port OF entr and 1t was indefinitely
The senate on motion of Mr. Schurz took up the resou-
ton offered erduy by that senator declarng in favor
OF all political disquahcatons and the imperative
public necessity which dictated their imposition, had
Mr. sehurz then delivered an address of unusual length
70 which the Senate listened with marked attention,
viewing the history OF the bill reviewing the history o.
those who acted with him had been denounced traitors
tston Of his coeage (r Drae) of the National EIecu
i've by which Siate contest bad sG4lited more than than
dent Nth all his PsIrGnage on d by the triumph 2 the very
btes of the formation oi new party nucleus and the
prospects the reormers in tue civil service and
the resolution the expression Of a sentiment which
received emphatic endorsemet at the recent election
in Missouri and To existing agreement between his
colleague lMr. prake) ana himself that his own speech
tie former from the Senate Mr. Schurz proceeded to
the si Be5sion was ts@poTaTS eSpo&ioSt' ms4sare Of
the South consequent upon the close of the
House OF Representatives.
HI read from Lord Mahons history to show the bafbari
show that the Congress of the United States should
resort to that period 10 mud precedent for the b He
behind the biz, something covered up in the meal tub
While the people all over the country we're looking for
oered them in this bin stone Instead boing bill to
quiet suits in the SOUTH rather bill to foster and
Referring 20 ths English act OF amnesty of l74 he
e reaoraon ra Of peace the oyss hopn o he
quoted unrd Mahon characterized the exceptiOnsn u
alter The close Of he war in republic where amnesty
from all the people and not from the TO clog
afraid that Jefferson Davis would coae 20 Congress
The exclusion ot men by classes would exclude the bss
nemoe,st yasieTdsy CsT SuSgeS,. Ice RePublicsa
party had lost by the course it had purssed A little
generosity exercised in proper time made friends. not
BY excluding the classes proposed be excepted
only made the composing them deeper enemies,
dates Tor Offices instead OF atner they would prove
| 10 bs much more bitter than he fathers.
some OF its purposes, and if it became law as
ReTneions m some q ITS eo1isa9epees lis e was more
ehaTacteTize H. then the pill itself serious objection
President possessed the veto power and matter over which
moved political disabilities. the bill became law without
the action the signature OF tSe President but otee.
Of the President This ineonGrutS he regarded a. fatally
defective % The bhL b 81