The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-01-26
TIiR VIRGINIA BILL IN TINE
A I4VeII TinOe BetWeen Bingham,
BBiIsF ald PaFhSWith

3ingi,am's bill u admit Virginia
Mr Bingham said Il would be borne OF
the Journal ~ the HOuar that more thar
three IN orr NJ the menten hsd drciaFrl
EoF the admission OfYirginiA without con
did0nS, That VOie would commend ilsel
" the approval Or tue country He hal
no apology " make here or elsewhere GOl
the position which be had been assuming
and which be NOW reileCGlefl that II wa
nOS in Eiie power of Congress by exnfting
fundamental conditions ia the GdmtssiOE
Ol State u lnEDFce what could not b
legiiimalcly inGOFce,l on all other States
That being W, hc Aaked that the State u
Virginia Ii admitted under the Senate bill
lie eulOgiLed the Constitution u VlrginIa
NJ being more liherll than the COIIstitu
lion Of any State west OF the AlleganiCR
n he thought that under this bill Virginia
could liz blecied TO conditions which
might not be imposed ON New York OF
Ohio, he never would vote for the bill
Mr. Cox suggested that the Senate bill
wMs ~ Obnoxious ~ the bill reported By
the Reconstruction Committee and which
VIA voted down by the HOUSE.
Mr.. Bingham replied that II was moi
quite ~ obnoxious lie hoped the House
would concur In the Senate amendments
His chief purpose VAS IN state TO the gen
ilemcn IN hi4 own side Of the house
Mr.. Butler, Of Observation-Disclosures
side NJ the House h that! l.aughterl
Mr bingham Indignantly THE gen
ilemGn Ii very wise-wiSe beyond his
years. He cannot read me out Of the par.
~ with which am associated. nor can 9e
blot out my record, Vulgnrity Is not Wit;
assumption IA not power There was m
occasion Tor the inquiry.
"a Wit. FATHER Hnd . hOol'G a rod
An honest mBu IL the nOblSut work II tod"
Laughter, and much excitement IN the
tlGnr
Mr. Butler took the floor; and the int.
rest In the discussion seemed to he on the
increase lie said he would begin where
the gentleman from Ohio hAd len Of, not
with misQu0tIng, but simply To say thai
no had never threatened 10 read the gen.
;lCman out Of the Republican party. No.
body could do that hut himself Whether
he had done that IN passing the Virginia
bill through tic House by snap judgement
md with the aid Of his Democratic allies
the country would Judge Whether the
gentleman was to have an ovation when
he went 10 Virginia he did not know, hut
he hAd seen some hlntOf that kind In the
papers lie should Try 10 bC present in
spirit, where he could look not embodied
and ace the VirgniRnS tnaSling the man
whom all their papers denounced IN the
murderer Of MB. SuTratt Excitement,
What sight! The lion, no; not the lalnb
but another animal. Laughter. lie re-
Irrrcd TO the cIloSy passed by the gentle
man from OhiI on the Virginia COnstilu,
ton, and Saih II was not the work Of Viz.
gina statesmen, hut Of CilrlGt.bHggerS ami
scalawNgS, and ncgr0c. from the fields
lie regarded the condition in thu bill US d
notice to Virginia and MI thr country that
If she did not malntIin IN spirit and II
truth the spirit Of reconstruction rs Con
grCss held md ClHlmc.L. Congress with tho
help Of Col and Of :hc loyal people Of The
country, would exercise power to place
her back again where she had been. lii
did not know what new light the gentle
man from Ohio Ind got which influenced
him to support the bill from the Senate
which was substantially the bill reported
by the Reconstruction Committee.
Mr.. FarnSwOrlh said he understood
very well the illusions made by Mr.. But.
Ter 10 the acting Chairman Of the Recon
slructiOn Committee, and he had II word
to say on that subject lie would not al.
low himself tn be instructed IN ROpuhli.
canism by the gentleman from MasSachu'
sets lie had been Republican for
twenty-five years, when tho gentleman
from Massachusetts WAS chasing fugitive
slnvcs all over the State. Laughter and
clapping of hands on the Democratic side
lie had been doing all he could at the
Chicago Convention for the nomination Of
u Republican President, when the gentle
man from Massachusetts wNs mt the
Charleston Convention voting for jeff,
Davis. l.Nughtcrl lilo Ind voted for
the Republican PARTY In lSO, when the
gentleman from Massachusetts was voting
Tor Breckenridge, Of Kentucky liz knew
the gentleman, with his facility for getting
on the other side when his allies deserted
him, went over, and he knew hiS C0nvic.
ton and conversion was ~ sudden that il
sllamCd that Of st. Paul. Laughter. The
lightning that blN2cd around him that 10.
cal blaEc that Illuminated his understand.
Ing, shanlM into darkness the light that
sliOnc around ST Paul, But he knew
that the gentleman was somewhat like
Peter, when he deserted his master His
tlCSprtiOn WIS ~ recent that he was
Obliged to curse and swear to make the
people believe his dCscrtion was genuine,
So the gentleman from Massachusetts was
obliged t0hc exceedingly radical In order
to make the people believe that his con.
version was genuine, Laughter lie
understood that gcMlCman's attack was nj
the gentleman ftm Ohio (BinGhNml but
he would probably have named him too,
only he knew that h" [Farnsw0rthl had IL
Glance tn reply,
Mr. Butler said his reasons wNS Tint he
held tlr ilOOr hy that gCnllCman'S COlr-
lCsv, and therefore did not think ii well to
arrlign him nj TINT time for his sins,
[ Laughter
Mr. FArnswOrth, continuing his remarks,
reminded the House that Mr.. Butler had
opposed him every time he tricdt0 intro,
durc "a bill for Tho admission Of Virginia,
and had stated the last time, two dayS.hc
fore the recess, that the Committee want.
I'd testimony
Mr.. Butler remarked that the evidence
he then wanted was as to the ratification
Ofthc fifteenth Amendment
Mr.. FNrnswOrIh said that was most re-.
markAblc, because three days before the
Secretary Of State had notified Congress
thm Virginia had ratified the Fifteenth
Amendment, Laughter Ii was the gen
,lcman from Massachusetts who had bar.
rrd the door against Virginia, and would
bar it to-day hut that he knew II to BE- in
cvitahlr that thu bill would pass, aeon.
ClusiOn. hc said il he thought the House
would now concur, and refer the matter
to committee Of conference. he would
vote 10 uOn-cOnCNr but ~ he was satisfied
the House would not, he would vote to