New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-05-14
CONGRESS.

CONG6&ESS
Correspondence Betw cen the United States
and Great Britain-Its Transmission to
the Senate-COnference Committee on
Burned Whisky-BridsIng Rivers-Ex-
ecutive SessiOn-COnfidential MessaRe-
Another Amnesty BiII-CIark Unseated
Voorhees, on the Presidency.
WASHINGTON, May l3.-The President TO-
day transmitted to the Senate the cores
pOndence between the United States and
Great Britain relative to the treaty of
Washington, accompanied with brief mes
sage. The envelope bore the word "Confi-
dential" A short time after the reception
of the documents the Senate went into exc
cutive session, when they were read. 1t aD-
pears the design of the President was to as
certain the views of the Senate as to a new
article to the treaty withdrawing the claims
for consequential damages from the Ameri-
can statement of the case, with the prOvi-
sion, in substance, that whenever England
or the United States shall be at war and the
other a neutral the belligerent will
make no complaints for any indirect,
remote, or consequential injuries or losses
resulting from failure to observe neutral
duties, as it is known that Great Britain
will agree to the proposed new article, and
that both governments are anxious to save
the treaty. By this means it was thought
proper to place the Senate in possession of
all the facts, in order that the executive,
acting upon their advice, might pursue the
negotiation so as to secure the cOnsumma-
ton of the treaty in a manner satisfactory
to the two governments. There was a brief
debate after the reading of the documents,
involving the merits of the question.
A motion was made to remove the iDiune-
tion of secrecy, but this failed, and the
message and documents were then ordered
to be printed in confidence and referred to
the Committee on Foreign Relations. There
is scarcely question that the Senate will
advise the acceptance of the additional
article to the treaty.
SenGte.-A committee of conference has
been ordered upon the House amendment
refunding the taxes upon burned whisky.
Mr.. GOldthwaites bill for bridging the
rivers emptyiDg into Mobile bay passed.
The election law aud deficiency bill were
argued at great length, when the Senate
went into executive session over a message
from the President marked confidential"
HOuSe.-In political cOloquy to-day, after
Mr.. Voorhees, speech against Greeley, sew
eral prominent members of the House spoke
briefly, to the effect that The Baltimore CON
ventiOn should rule.
Mr.. Voorhees, himself said that he never
bolted nomination.
Mr.. Butler, of Massachusetts,, from the
Judiciary Committee, reported a bill re-
moving the political disabiIi les from all
persons who aided the late rebeili except
Senators and Representatives in The Thirty
sixth and Thirty seventh Congress, officers
in the Judicial, military and naval service of
the United States, and the heads of depart
ments and foreign ministers of the United
States, which was passed.
Mr.. Butler reported bill removing %, 900
political disabilities which was also passed.
Mr.. Clark, of Texas, was unseated and
Mr.. Giddings sworn in.
Mr.. Voorhees,, rising to a personal explain
alton, sent to the clerks desk and had read
a newspaper paragraph from the Washing
ton Republican to the effect that he was
balting and hesitating as to the position he
should take on the question of supporting
Mr.. Greeley, and that, as his Democratic
colleagues were all said to be in
favor of Greeley, he was likely to lose
the favor of the districts where his
voice had so long been potential.
He declared that he did not halt or hesitate;
that he had not halted or hesitated when
he had not more than fourteen Democratic
colleagues in the House, nor did he now.
If he could ever be tempted to abandon the
principles of his political life, it might have
been then, as to the nominee of the Cincin-
natl convention. Whoever believed in the
high protective tariff principles of its chief
man might support him, but he Voorhees,
would not. Was he expected to support
Mr.. Greeley because he had been the
lifelong champion of doctrines to which
he (VOorhees) was OppOsed9 Was he
expected, as a Western man representing a
Western labOring constituency that was
ground down by high protective tariff
to support the great champion
of protection Was he expected to sup.
port man who had been the most clamOr-
GUS advocate in all the land for that Ku-
Klux legislation which had desOlated the
homes of the Southern peOplel If Mr..
Greeley's nomination promised relief to
that blasted and dOwn-trOdden section,
there was not much which he (VOorheesl
would not tOregO to subserve so holy and
80 benign a purpose, but Mr., Greeley has
been the earnest advocate of the legislation
which had paralyzed and prostrated the
South, and was that the reason why he
should get his support!
He was told that the present administra-
ion had been cruel and unkind to the
south, but the administration had simpIv
executed a law which the Cincinnati nom
nee had dictated to Congress. That was
III the difference between them. One was
he executive officer, acting under his oath |
# office to execute the law, and the other |
' 40 a man WIZ udu no oath on his |
conscience IN regard to the matter, but who
lad urged the passage of this legislation
Mas he expected to support Mr.. Greeley |
because within a recent date he de-
ired still further extension of
ne Presidents power to suspend the
writ of habeas corpus all over the
'outh Was he expected to support nun
because he was the earnest and urgent au- I
'ocate OF the present fOrce-bsyoneI eleo!lot !et
aw, that subjected every voting PLeoiincC
+ 2OOOO people to the suPerVlsion'1 anu, ne III ~
ertain contingencies, to the c0htroI u Vi tne
Military Was he expeeteu " sI!port SI
i'm because, two months ago. Uhe 1f1O""e
ad clamored and urged it this great organ)
n favor of law to place the local election I
n the State of New York under federal
ontroI on6 also, in certain contingencies,
y, H. r,oiI;tarv controli Was such man
y 't.oA 80 rnonive his vote for the Presidency
W. sTcb a man fit to fill that high |
Isoo2 Was that the voice of craftsmanship
Tbfob was called for at this hOur2 Was
hat the reform that had been promised?
Vas he to go before the united sentiment
f the country and appeal to itgin favor of |
1an who stood on the record for the Gin
Iienable right " of a State OF of o com
nunity to dissolve this UniOnl Was hs, az
friend Of the Southern people, called upon
0 vote for a..man, who, during the entire fall
nd winter of 1860, wrote with all his &C. ]