The New York herald., 1870-01-11

years ahead of her neighbors, Geo9ia and Missis-
, nippl ~ when States less ennse6enea Roncy ; y
states ne asked that some dennitc measures
should. should be promptly taken for their recon, recon:
thar entire security and protection TO which
the citizens there were entitled and which Congress
proscrptlye pocy as ous barren OF good results
ana apply Itself TO the suppression OF crime ana law
iessness. In TINS connection ne remarked tnat nc
would 90 TO the South with The halter IN one nand
and universal amnesty In the other In other words,
ne would hang the Murderer OF to-day, but pardon
me political onende, OF the past. Give the South
that platform ana you give peace to that section.
one demonstration Of the power OF the government
more than a thousand oaihs. In Conc Conclusion. the
speaker added tnat II these questions were separ.
atey settled the public opinion OF the nation YQuk
carry the Congressional policy beyond all b0fils ~
danger, and public Judgment would settle down TO
the conviction that all men were created with
Mr.. WILEY. repl or W. va said tnat By the re-
port pI the Judiciary Committee, which had pro-
p0sed tnis Oil virginia was now entitled TO repre-
septa|l0n and that It would be almost criminal for
a"'nniv 10 delay that desirable event.
The state should not DO excluded for one ~.
longer, except upoa the cearest and most papaole
had Decn imDledly given TO that enect and the
alleged tnat she had compiled with every require
ment, which fact was further suDstantiatcd by the
action OF the Judiciary Committee oy reporting the
Withheld without some valid reason therefor.
Mr.. SAWYER, trepJ of o., said the objection
with the reconstruction requirements but rnat life
and property were not as safe as they should DO In
ina. % state; put the acts OF Congress could not
sale For thirty years In the states lately In lnsur
recton the rule had been one OF law but OF ylo-
expressed with safety. With the additional inoen-
ives i've 70 Violence and outrage occasloaed by
nnd In that section the same peace and
good order which prevailed In Massacnusettss ?
ro was s "a VAN 70 LOOK TO 70 Test oans ana
mob cure The evi. lie believed that the cardinal
evll of tho reconstruction measures Is originally
passed. was the requirement OF the test oath Of
Ocers OF states and municipalities and the exclusion
from participation In the new government or those
VINO were naturally the leaders OF tue Southern peO-
PIE. Being. therefore, in o measure Irresponsible,
these men took no interest IN upn0ding the peace
and good order Of the communities In which they
live He deprecated the introduction OF party feel
Ing at tins time, ana expressed the apprehension
that bill would yet be introduced to remand the
that had been done during the last year. with the
approval OF the administration and OF large ma
0M v WIIsoS, Spf trep1 Of Mass, moved to postpone
further consideration OF the bill until next Thurs
day. and advocated the motion at length, remarking
that the reconstruction policy OF Congress wa3 en-
beddcd In the very soil OF the continent and was
sure OF triumph.
Mr.. FOWLER, (rep.) OF Tenn, repeed what he
termed the unjust accusations made in the senate
against the people OF Tennessee and OF the south.
He denied that the southern people were the mur-
derous crew that they had been represented To be.
There had been comparatively less OF violence and
crime In the south since the war than in any other
section Instead OF going to the South with the
halter In one hand and amnesty In the
other, he preferred to strengthen there the
sentiments and principles OF civilization, and to
disseminate the blessings OF education. He then
referred to the political condition OF Tennessee,
where Union men had been trampled under foot
and the republican party dislntegrated and hope
essly lost by reason Of the ambitious schemes OF un
prlnclpled men.
EXECUTIVE SESSION.
On motion OF Mr.. HAMLIS (rep.) OF Me-, the Senate
shortly after four O'Clock went into executive seq
sion, prior 10 which O message from the President
WAS read In response to Senate resolution setting
forth that no correspondence or negotiations had
been entered into between the governments OF the
United States and Great Britain In respect to re-
cprocity treaty or reciprocity laws.
After short time spent in executive session the
doors were reopened aud the Senate adjourned.