Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-02-03

u imburse them for money paid by them
the purchase of material for the roa
Passed, and referred to the Committee G
q Internal Improvements.
u RECONSIDERATION.
! MIR. Cooper, of Bedford, moved to tax
up the motion entered by him to recor
!. slider the rejection of the bill for the benef
of nonresident aliens. The motion ORE
vailed, and after being reconsidered, tn
: bill was referred to the Judiciary Commit
: tee.
: FIFTEENTH AMENDMENT
Senate resolution requesting the Com
mittee en- Federal Relations to report OF
the Fifteenth Amendment at as early da,
as practicable, was, on motion ofMr. Hall
: referred to the Committee on Federal Re
lations. Af
ELECTION.
House resolution that the two houses o
the General Assembly meet In joint con
Tention on Thursday, Feb. IL, for the pur
pose o., electing Comptroller and Treas
urer, was referred to the Judiciary Com
mittee.
RECONSTRUCTED.
Speaker Thomas Mr. Morris in the
chair moved to reconsider the vote refer
ring the resolution calling for report from
the Committee on Federal Relations on the
Fifteenth Amendment. Carried.
Speaker Thomas said that his reason for
introducing the resolution was rot refiec-
ton upon tho Committee. He had been
frequently Intercepted why action on this
proposed amendment had not been had.
Were the members of the Senate afraid TO
record their votes on this question? He in
troduced the resolution in order to test the
wish Of tho Senate for report from the
committee
Mr.. Hall said that the Commi ttee on
Federal Relations, in their discreet on, had
seen fit TO ask the reference Of the resoIu-
ton introduced by the Senator from
HUMPHREYS; and if the Senate thought
| prudent to extort from the cOmmitte6a re-
port under resolution before they get
ready to report, it seemed to him that it
was rather extraordinary oppression upon
the part of the Senate He did not pro-
pose to have his action forced by outside
| parties. Senators would have ample time
to record their votes upon this question.
Why, then, this precipitate haste? II the
Committee did not have prudent reasons
| for not reporting they would have long
| since reported The country was not
bleeding for the action of the Senate on
/ bL415 blDltGI. hubu Ilt IIl0 COMICS
the committee will make their report.
and then it will be time enough
to act upon their Recommendation He
had come here pledged TO vote against the
Fifteenth Amendment, and would do so
when the committee reported, because he
believed it unwise. Would it be courteous,
polite or respectable to the Communication
Federal Relations to adopt a resolution of
- Il
a report. There was not Senator upon
the floor who could assign any sensible rea-
son why the proposed amendment should
be acted upon at once.
Speaker Thomas said that the Senate had
the right to request the committee to re-
port, and yet the Senator from Gibson
would say that they wanted to extort from
them a report. He found no such Ian
guags, inadvertently or foolishly in the
resolution. 1t merely requested the com
mittee to report as early as practicable.
He had no feeling as to the
merits of the question; he had long since
made up his mind on the question.
Courtesy demanded that they should act
upon this question at some time. The
House Of Representatives acted upon it in
the early part of the session, and he had
been written to by his constituents asking
him why action on this question was not had
by the Senate.
Mr. Nelson said that he was sure that the
introduction Of resolution In the Senate
by any member by way of inquiry, was GER
tainly not discOurteous TO any member.
Being a member Of the Committee on
Federal Relations, the introduction of the
resolution by the Senator from Humphreys
did not give him any offenSe. From the
fact there was some anxiety on the part of
some of the Senators to act upon this ques-
ton, he would offer the following in lien of |
the resolution now pending befOre the Sen
ate
Joint resolution adopting the proposed
amendment to the Constitution of the
United States
Be it resolved by the General Assembly
of the State of Tennessee, That the amend
ment to the Constitution of the United
States, proposed by joint resolution of the
Congress of the United States in words and
figures, as follows viz
Resolved by the Senate and House of
Representatives. of the United States of
America in Congress assembled, two
thirds of both Houses cOncUrring,) That
the following article be proposed to the
Legislatures of the several States as an
amendment to the Constitution of the
United States, which, when ratified by
three-fOurths of said Legislatures, shall be
valid az part Of the Constitution, namely
: 3 ARTICLE XIV. -
Section l. The right of citizens of the |
United States to vote shall not be denied
or abridged by the United States, or by
any State, on account of race, color or
nravioua condition of geryltude
Sec 9 The Congress shall have power |
to enforce this article by appropriate legis-
lation-
Be and the same is hereby ratified as part |
of the Constitution Of the United States of
America. 20
Be itfurther resolved, That the Governor
and Secretary of State shall transmit GER
tilted copy of this resolution to the Depart
mont of State of the United States of Amer |
ica
Mr.. Cooper, of Bedford, said that the
subject matter of the above resolutions al
ready having been passed by the House of
Representatives, and being in the hands of
the Committee on Federal Relations, he
would move to refer the resolutions to the
Committee on Federal Relations. 1t would
be useless to take up these resolutions and
act upon them when the same matter was
in the hands Of the committee.
Mr.. Peyton, Chairman of the Committee
on Federal Relations, said that the House
resolution was first referred to the Com
mittee on Federal Relations. The MEM
bers of that committee have had several
informal conversations upon the subject,
and this morning they had a meeting of the
committee. 1t has been and Is yet the
sense of the committee, amajority at least,
that there shall be no action had on this
subject at this time; and for reasons which
he did not feel at liberty to disclose, as
having transpired at the meeting of the
committee, they think procrasination of
the subject would not be detrimental to the
State. report would be made in ample
time to give Senator's an opportunity to
record their votes The committee were
not at this time prepared to make report.
The whole matter was then referred to
the Committee of Federal Relations.
MESSAGE FROM THE CONVENTION.
A resolution adopted by the Constitu-
tional Convention requesting the General
Assembly to pass law changing the time
of holding the election for county officers
from the first Saturday in March to the
fourth Saturday, was received at the hands
of Hon. John IL. Gardner. delegate from
Weakley county. -
On motion of Mr.. Cooper, of Bedford,
the message was accepted and referred to
the Judiciary Committee.
HOUSE BILLS ON THIRD READING.
To change the county line between the
counties of Scott and Morgan. Referred
to the Judiciary Committee.
HOUSE BILLS ON FIRST READING.