The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1870-03-06
1m ADHESION OF SENATOR 1KvELs

notwithstanding the threat OF tn
Democratic members Of the Senate thu
they would oppose the .d~issioo o
Revels to seat in The Senate, theil
SIGHT was BY NO means vigorous Of
skillful one. Wha' opposition they die
advance was promptly and ef6cieo'lJ
met By Republican members, and theil
"points" we're tarn+d. one BY one, I'M
til they had nothing better to stand upon
than their original. logged purpose to
"6gh, the bigger They hardly had
the courage to deny bis citizenship,
although they made an abundance Of
hints that they believed him ineligible.
solely on account Of bis color and the
purport of Taney's dictum in the bred
Scott decision. The immediate question
which preceded Mr. R-vels' admission
vas . resolution offered BY Senator
Stockton to refer the matter to the Judi
eiary Commute ; and while this resolu.
tion vas being debated the Incidental
qsestion came up regarding the former
usage of the Senate in admitting Sena
tors, the duration of whose eitisenship
was AZ open question. In regard to
this phase of the matter Senator Scott,
Of Pennsylvania, showed the Democrats
Who held q majority of the Senate when
Texas was admitted into the Union,
raised no question IS TO the eligibility
Of Houston and Rusk, although those
two Senators we're only made citizens of
the United States BY the admission of
Texas-both of them having been cisi-
Gems of that Republic although born in
Tennessee. In other words they had
been citizens of Texas, aud when they
came to Congress a. Senators they had
not been citizens of the United States
the requisite nine years yet they were
admitted by Democratic votes. 1t
would seem that Garrett Davis admitted |
H.. $780,. g..
-.1
was prompt to take advantage of his
admission. We quote from the Con-
gressiOnal Globe OF the 10th ult., -
follows:
Mr.. DAVIS. The admission Of Senators |
Eusk and Houston from Texas has been /
spoken of in the course of this c0ll0Quy be-
tween tine TWO senator's IL vas my fortune
to be here when that Transaction took place
was . member OF the other House at the
WINE. Iney we're aamiueo upon me efouno
tnat tine ueAy OF sIneAauon maoe mem
culzens o. 'I1 Cniseo o,seS ma one GU
zen OF me Cni.ea Ns.tss eoaio 20. nv
rights and privileges wnien QUO not appeftsin
:. % AZ o.ne. e.u.ens .ne ,nr. ,Sr
me treaty ma AinS Po"e' co"'io,.u ."e go
lnd overruied the provision OF tae Const"u-
i,on when required mem 70 oe nme yeafs
ciuzens OF the Unieo St,ses' ano esse tnem
IN equal privilege 10 oe eiecteo 10 tne Senate
y y 70 De eiected 70 any otneI ONCE unoeI tns
government tnat any osnet e.'-ens ~oeAo
have: II was upon tnas reason tna1t ney were
adM"aeo-
xe.a.. 1870" 81 =. J. .h., !, -
I1om Asn.ueAy ,ot s,.ne " =: va
.omHte0 That tney oeeame e.i.sn. OF une
United states oy virtue only OF tne tiesty as
&c Terms II, auuousn oeleve ne
u mat oy which ieA.s .ou,
ayseh oSco tne woro Icy oe.o' So'
oeneve ieaas ~s .omn'e1 " s.e "
olns tes0iotlon oI t.e wv 1o. .. Sou
'tess. ine.e ~ 20 t.es.y w. 'ns S,u.:.
'gtees that II vas " virtue Oh tne Ie:oIu,ou 1
vmcn Drought lexas INTO me UNION tnAs
aey became citizens OF the Un!ted otsies
nus virtually aereeing .nst ~ tn.. c.se trUss