The Portland daily press., 1871-04-07
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XLIId OONGREss---First Session.

WASHINGTON, April 5.-Mr Davis of Ken
lucky, obtaining leave to make personal ex-
Planatl0n mad read an extract from the New
norK Heraid of last Friday, describing the
scene IN tne Senate chamber the previous day
between himself and Mr. Butler. He also had
READ an extract from Buffers speech in the
House tuesday, referring to the Ku-Klux of
kentucky, exhibiting impotent rage in the Sen
ate WIN tne whining and piping voice of i'm
Deciie and unhonored old age. Davis then mar
| rated the story of Buffers Selling silver plate
ana furniture OF man named Brothers in
new orleans, and his inability to obtain the
appointment OF select committee to investi-
gaze tne complaint against Butler, and then
hlmself and Butler last Thursday In con-
clusion Mr.. Davis said: have given the words
between Gen. Butler and myself, and all of
them: III was not my intention to bring before
sally recognized blackguard, coward and
scoundrel of the United States, who himself
does not dissent from the general Judgment
against him.. The latter portion of this SEN
tence scarcely audible, in consequence of the
Vice President rapping vigorously with his
gavel and declaring the Senator from Ken
lucky out of order.
The Vice President then stated that he was
not in the chair at the time of the occurrence
referred to- but it was due to the Senator who
did occupy the chair at the time to state that
the words spoken of in the public prints, and
to some extent corroborated by the Senator
from Kentucky, were not sufficiently audible
to be heard by the chair.
Mr.. Davis-That is true
The Vice President added: Undoubtedly the
Senator who occupied the chair at the time
would nave arrested proceedings if they had
been heard by him.
Inc JOINT resolution for an investigating com.
mittee to examine the state of affairs at the
South was then taken up, and Mr.. Frelinghuy-
sen addressed the Senate at length, sustaining
the reconstruction policy of Congress and the
power OF the federal government to protect life
and property in all the States of the Union,
ana urging immediate and stringent legislation
South.
Mr.. Pratt in a general review Of the social
and political condition of the South discussed
the constitutional power of Congress under
the 18th, 14th and 18th amendments to arrest
and punish outrages.
The Senate then went into executive session
and adjourned.
Mr.. Shellabarger gave notice that he should
at half past o'clock to-day ask the House to
second the demand for the previous question
on the Ku-Klux bill, without cutting off the
amendments.
Mr.. Dawes suggested that after the vote to-
day the House adjourn until Monday as there
is nothing to do except pass the deficiency bill.
Mr. Wood hoped the House would take the
deficiency bill Immediately after the pending
bill is voted on.
Mr. Dawes presented the petition of the
American Board of Commissioners for Foreign
Missions Tor compensation for property appro-
priated during the war.
Without disposing of the matter, the debate
on the Ku Klux bill was resumed, and Mr..
Willard stated his objection to the bill as orig.
inally introduced. The first section in effect
abolished all criminal Jurisdiction of the
States transferring it to the federal courts.
He believed, however, that all rights conferred
by the 14th amendment can be enforced by the
United States.
Mr.. Voorhees, said that during his absence
from Washington he found peace and quiet
among the people, but on his return he real
lied the contrary feeling in Congress. The ex-
element is all here. Looking over the South
it was discovered that nine .tenths of the clamor
about outrages is false and raised for base po-
litical and radical purposes.
Mr.. Pierce in response to Mr.. VOORHEES,, said
men were hunted down in Mississippi like
dogs for their political opinions. As Governor
Alcorn's kilograms had been quoted he, Pierce,
caused to be read an extract from the Cover
nor's message to the legislature suggesting
measures for the detection and punishment of
midnight assassns, commonly known as Ku-
Klux.
Mr.. Farnsworth moved to strike out the
proviso authorizing the President to direct
voluntary enlistments of any of the militia of
the United States in lieu of all or any part of
the force authorized to be employed. Agreed
to 112 to 81. Various amendments were offer
ed, when ShellabaIger moved the previous
question, which was seconded and the main
question ordered, upon which Shellabarger
proceeded to close the debate.
He said it was fact that there were bands |
of conspirators in one third of the States train
ed veteran soldiers, reasonable, implacable. |
Their number was unknown; perhaps 100000. |
Their victims are enumerated by thousands. |
The other fact was these conspirators were in |
the interest and service of the Democratic par
ty. These two averments were made on one |
side while they were totally denied on the |
other.
Putting the statement in another way the |
dual allegation was that in the South one-half |
of the people undertake to overthrow the rights |
of the other half, and to this end are making |
satisfactory progress under cover of night |
masked by ravaging, burning and murder, and |
while these things are in the South gentlemen |
of the North are engaged in denying or palli- |
ating the crime of violence against human |
rights and ciyi! and religious liberty on the |
other side. This allegation denied we should |
not enter into evidence to show such illegal |
combinations to exist and such crimes COM |
mitted. He had only to glance at the CHASTITY |
array of Witnesses and this would exclude |
doubt as to the conspiracy and immense num-
Der of victims, to say nothing of the designs of |
the consprators, further than they are to over |
throw equality of law TO the enfranehised race |
in all casrs Of murder and violence, attacking
the party belonged to one party and and the |
victims to another. This conspiracy is incipi- |
emit rebellion. He then proceeded to argue |
that the Democrats in their last National Con- |
vention declared in favor of overturning the |!
reconstruction acts, having nominated for the |
Vice Presidency the author of the Broadbead |
letter. The author of this letter is now leader |
of their party in the Senate, holding all the |
new amendments to the constitution inopera. |
tive and never having been adopted. Two mil |
lion seven hundred and two thousand Demo. |
Gratis in this country voted for the platform and |
candidate and the conspirators at the South |
working in the same direction for the over
throw of all rights conferred on the enfranehis- |
ed race and the destruction of all the laws |
made for their protection. He consumed his |
hour in showing the necessity for the passage |
of the bill.
The Speaker awarded the floor to Mr.. Dawes |
who voted with the legitimate majority in or
der that he might move to reconsider and lay |
on the table.
The House then laid on the table the motion
to reconsider the vote by which the amend
ment was rejected, yeas 113, nays a.
M. Holman moved to strike out the third
section of the bill, which was disagreed to
Several amendments were then made to the
bill, which " as passed under the operation of
the previous question, yeas 11S, nays 81.
Nays--Acker, Adams, Archer, Arther Beck,
Bell, Briggs, Bird, Braxton, Bright, Brooks of
ing Of Ohio, Cox, Crebs, Critcher, Grassland,
Davis, Dox, Dubose, Duke, Eldridge, Ely, For
ker, Foster, Garrett, Getz, Gollady, Griffith, |
Aalderman, Handy, Hanks, Harper. Harris OF
virginia, danIOru, dlDDaru, dOlman herr
King, Kinsella, Lamson, Leach, Lewis, Mon
son, Marshall,y Mcclellan, McHenry, Nc
Merrick, BENJAMIN F. Meyers, Mitchell,
Morgan, Niblack, PARKER of n, H., Perry OF
Richie, w. r. Roberts. Robinson, Rogers, Ro-
ssnyelt Sherwood, s shober, Slater sloeum,
land, Swami, Terry, Van Trump, Vaughan,
Voorhees,, Waddell, Warren, Wells, White
horn, Williams, Winchester, Wood, Young
81.
Absent or not voting, some having paired off,
Ames, Blair of Mo-, Butler OF Tenn, Darrell,
Duell. Dunnell, Hambleton, Hayes, Kennel,
Lynch, Morphs, Peters. Price, Read, Speare
of Ga, Townsend, Townsend of Pa, Tuthill-
49,
Applause followed the announcement of the
passage of the bill from the Republican side.
The Speaker reminded the gentlemen that
that was bad example to set to the galleries
Several bills were introduced, including one
by Mr.. Halsey for the relief of the sureties of
Major w. w. Sherman.
The House at GIG adjourned till Monday
next