The New York herald., 1870-01-28
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struction OF railroad aud telegraph line from
,s Masnng.on CITY TO cleveland ohio or Erie, Pa by
the nearest direct route.
Mr. DAVIS, rep.) OF N. H.. called up The bill intro.
M haeuu Uy nun yesterday to amend the virginia OIL
Passed.
RESOLUTIONS or INQUIRY ADOPTED.
ny MT MOORE (rep.) of N. JAS to why harbor
allowed 70 oe collected aJ the New YORK custom
house Notwithstanding The decision OIL the supreme
oJag' M Nh sra' wi sach lees were unlawful. :. 49,.
by MT. WILSON, (repl OF Mlnn.-Reaflve 10 fhe
Improvement OF navigation OF the Mississippi river
~ or near the Falls OF 81. Anthony; also as to the
reducsion OF postage rate between Sweden ana the
COMMITTEE ON THE POSTAL TELEGRAPH BILL.
ihe SpEAkER announced the following as the
select committee on the Postal Telegraph BILL
McSsrs. Mhsnburn tWls., Lawrence, Dawes, DAVIS.
Palmer woodward and Beck.
the OATH ADMINISTERED TO THE VIRGINIA MEMBERS.
:, Mr fAiNE (repo OF WIS.,, moved that such Of the
virginia members as to whose rgat to seats there
was no objection, should now he sworn In.
Messrs Platt Rdgeway and Mines thereupon
came forward and took the oath Of ONCE.
MT. W0oD tdeml OF N. Y, objected to the oath
being administered to Mr.. Porter and read as the
ground OF has OBJECTION the charges and speciica-
tlons upon whica he mr. Porter) mad been convicted
anu sentenced TO six months IMPRISONMENT, which
sentences hau been approved by Major General u. +.
Batter; that Mr.. Porter was convicted OF declaring
publicly In tavern that .sthe government was u
Goa d-d humbug from beginning TO end; that
Abraham Lincoln was doing everything In ne could
Tor his own election, and tnat this was a rotten
bogus, corrupt government from beginning TO end"
Mr. PAINE, III answer to Mr.. Wood sent 10 the
CLERKS desk and Lad read q telegram from MIR. But
fer dated May D. 1868, stating tnat Charles ii. Por-
ter In q heated discussion mad used words which
being reported TO him. he was obliged 10 notice. he
had, however, omitted all the onerous part OF the
Judgment OF the commission, because THIS case. aud
nus previous acts, showed tuat Porter nad not been
Iii fact QSlOyal.
Mr. ROOTS, rep.) OF Ark, remarked that the gen
tIemen OH the otner side Of the house were ire
quently making such imputatons, aud that If men
were W be ruled out Tor SUCH expressions the men,
bers IRON the other SIDE would rule themselves out.
Mr. ELDRiDGE, (dem.l OF WIS.,, asked Mr. Pane
whether Mr.. Porter had ever taken back the eX-
preston charged against MIN.
Mr. PAINE said lie did not know; ne had never
conferred with him on the SUBJECT.
MIR. SARGENT, treD.l OF Cal, asked Mr. WOOD
should be excluded from membership III The House
lor having used such language.
Mr. WOoD SAID he mad no difficulty In answering
tnat question. lie dld not believe tnat ANYBODY Was
III TO SIT IN the House who considered the govern.
ment OF tAe United States humDug, Or who de-
nonnced the President In sach scurrioas terms.
Mr. SARGENT remarked that he nad simply wanted
to get the profession OF faith.
Mr. WHrrrEMoRE, rep.l OF $. G., asked Mr.. Wood
sarcasticaiy} whether lie did nor think 1t better &c
treat that CLASS of people witn conciliauon and
Mr. woop-Yes; but not to give them front seats.
Mr. ELDkiDGE-Not to put them alongside the
gentleman from South Caroline. lLaugnler)
wish the gentleman from California to tell US what
ne thinks oil sucn sentiments!
Mr.. SARGENT, lii repiy to MIR. Etdrdge, said that
he would hazard the opinion that II gentle were
TO DC excluded from the House who could be proved
10 have used such language the seats lett 1.-THE
democratic sidel would DC pretty generally vacant
(Laughter.l
Mr. WOODWARD tdem) OF Pa, declared witt
some excitement, hat The assertions oi tho gentle
man IrOm California were sanderOus.
Mr.. PAINE resumed the floor ana insisted on the
previous question.
The previous question having been seconded and
the man question ordered, Nh. HOLMAN, (dem.)
OF Ind, moved 70 reconsider the ordering The
nam question. which motion gave hun the rignt to
the fioor I0f an hour. lie divided his time among
members on Doth sides. An excited discussion ea-
sued. wIiicn was participated IA by Messrs. Holman,
Smith tof Uregon Beck voorhees,. Sargent, Cox,
MaYAam, Woodward, butler lOr Mass Wood, Nor
gan ana Eldridge.
Mr.. HOLMAN reminded the Honse OF the exclusion
OF Alessrs. Young and Brown, memDers elect from
Kentucky, the pfetence or their having used eX
presslons That were regarded as uisl0yal.
Mr. VOORHEES,, tdem.} OF ind., remarked that tht
only good effect OF the objection To Porter was ina
E would involve the members On the opposite side
contradictions, aud nece5sltate change front
for his own part the case presented no dtatcuty te
him. There was no reason against Porter being
sworn IN, as he held that the House had power tC
make the Inquiry into ms record II his constituents
MIR. SARGENT recalled the fact that during the las
Congress MI. Wood had been censured by the House
for decaring In speech tnat lie would vote agans
.'this most infamous Dill OF most Infamous Con
gress," and asserted thai the democratic parry ha,
Iron the beginning Of the rebellion thrown ts lnnu
ence III the scale AGAINST the government
Mr.. Cox (deni.1 oi N. T.. declared tnat the state
Ment was not true He was In Congress at tue brea
Ing out OF the rebellion, and was anoug the FIRST
not tile first TO denUuuce secession. The great bod
OF the democrats nad stood Oy D0ugias and The
ULs0n. Wnen q memuer from kansas tar. Conway
offered a series Of RESOLUTIONS Tor dlsmembermen
VINO on the otncr side moved 10 cxpel nimy Bu
when member from Cincinnati (dr. Long, made
speech Tor secession and disunion majority OF the
republican aud the otner democrat. II all tncs,
VINO maue expressions against the Union before the
war were excluded & irom n tnis House mali the seat
his friend, Mr.. voorhees,, as % the right represen-
tatlon. No wrongs Oh the other SHE cOuld make
u ri4nt, and tney snouid set no rules IOr them.
Mr.. SARGENT repeated that the democratic party
OF the North had not been during the war IN sym
pathy with the government. democratc Prcsl
dent, q Northern man, had sent q message to Con
gross stating tnat he had no power to coerce state
and IN that ne mad been f0rllned ny Attorney Gen
eral Black, Northern democrat
Mr.. NAYHAM, tdem.} OF N. T., made o remark q
to L1e editor Of New York republican paper advo
eating the right OF SECESSION
Az THIS time the CONFUSION ana excitement had In
creased to such an extent that the Speaker had t
resort TO strenuous OF his gavel and reques
members TO resume their seats.
Order having been restored Mr.. WOODWARD BAiS
he rose TO reply to the sianderous Charge made
against the democratic party by the gentleman .ron
moment It was uttefedlanu he repeated IL nov
again. II the democraGc party OF the North had no
recruited the army vi the Union the Southern Con
federacy would be now an accomplished Tact. The
gentleman from CAilIOrnla ought 10 know that fact,
and II he dId know 1t ne should not nave brought
such slanderous Charge against q great party.
relatives had marched to tue war. He had always
observed that those persons VINO brought this charge
against democrats were generally the people who
did the least to SUPPRESS the rebellion
Mr.. BUTLER, rep.) Of Mass, made some excusa
tory remarks In avor OF Mr.. Porter saying that the
words uttered Dy him were an eDuilitlon o iii nature
IN excited political discussion, and reminding the
other side or the House Of the amount Of Joy II
heaven over one sinner That repenteth. AZ to the
rank and te OF the army having been chiefly demo
cratic, ne agreed with the gentleman from Pennsyl
wanna INF. Woodwardh but The soldiers changed verJ
soon. lie had himself body guard OF one nundret
aud one rom Pennsylvania, and without wore
from nim tney all v0tel tor Mr.. Lincoln except th,
uualpeter, and he had been courf martailed thai
morning for being lac IN sounding the reyellle. III
voted for Mcclellan. uaughter)
MIR. WOOD considered TINS a good opportunity Il
test the consistency OF the other and TO present
tine poisoned chalce TO tneir own lips. he did not
however agree with the memDers on his own side
tnat the House would not be justified IN lnquirlns
into the record OF member eject lie would NO
Sit here with an enemy " his country.
Mr.. ELDRIDdE, referring to Mr.. Buffers quotation
as TO Joy In heaven over repentant sinners said ht
could not help but think that there was no gentle
on the moor OF the House who could create suci
thrill Of JOY IN heaven as the gentleman from Mas
sachusetts Dy repentlng (La1gnter.)
The motion TO reconsider was finally laid on thu
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