Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-01-27
number Of members three hundred.

: four O'Clock.
I Senator Morton then again called
up the resolution for final adjourn
| ment on the 18th May.
Senator Sumner opposed 1t, and az
[ gued against any adjournment until
/ the necessary laws should have beer
! passed for the protection Of the col
J Ored people.
Senator Trumbull's amendment,
providing that congress should net
adjourn without repeating the duty
on coal, was then rejected yeas IA,
t nays q.
Senator Sehurz offered an amend.
ment providing that there should be
no final adjournment till after the pas
sage of laws for the reduction Of the
tariff and internal taxation, and said /:
81 think it must have become evident
by this time that there Is absolutely
no reason for an early adjournment.
The senator from Indiana Morton has
been convicted out of his own mouth.
He has shown that It Is impOlitic, that
it is improper; that, taking the general
interests of the country into cOnsideTa
ton, it is unpatriOtic to provide at 80
early q period in the session for an adj
lj0urnment. when there are great ard
Weighty subjects before Us for consid-
Grafton when not single measure Of
legislation has been disposed of; when
we are at sea with regard to all great
questions that are to be dealt with by
this body. He says that It is not po-
litieal trick that he is contemplating.
II 1t Is not, then I would like to know
what it Is?
Senator Morton declined to make
any reply to the insinuations of the
Senator from Missouri.
Senator Schurz-I wish to say to the
senator that If there was any insinu-
alton made it was made by himself.
1t was not / that first spoke of polid-
cal tricks.
Senator Mo-ton-I have not used
the word, sir.
Senator Trumbul said he had no
feeling whatever on this subject. His
only desire was that congress should
not adjOurn without having done the
business required of it. There were
several great questions which the peO-
pie expected 70 receive attention at
this session, and one of them
was the question Of a reduction
OF the tariff and revenue. The sena-
tor from Vermont, Morrill, had told
the senate that the revenue had been
| reduced, but this was mistake. The
tariff upon certain articles imported
| from other countries had been re-
| duced, but that did not uniformly or
necessarily lead to reduction of the
revenue. One of the great objections
to the present tariff was that duties
were imposed not for revenue but for
other purposes; and 1t often happened
| that reduction OF duty on certain
articles increased the revenue derived
from them owing to the increased i'm
portatiOns.
A SenatOr-That Is against free
trade.
Mr.. Trumbull-I have nothing to
say about that. have heard no de
tense Of free trade In this body.
| have heard some senators announcing
themselves in favor of changing from
| protective TO revenue tariff, bat
that Goes not imply that we are going
to adopt free trade. / understand that
the estimates for the present year viii
show that cur revenue from duties
viii be the largest ever collected 10
the history of the government; that
| il will probably amount to two hun
dred and twenty-five million dollars
for the present fiscal year, many mil.
lions more than was ever col
leeted in any previous year of
of the people IN this country.
Now, think the people expect some
action On this subject. The internal
revenue system also needs simplify
Ing We ought to pass some law In
relation to the financial condition OF
the country in relation to our bonded
debt. am not, and have not for
years been, satisfied with the way
the finances OF the country have been
MANAGED. AS long ago as three years
tried to devise some means by which
we could get the vast amount of gold
boarded in the treasury out Of the
treasury. 1t seemed to me unwise to
have lying idle there one hundred mil |
lion dollars, when we were owing |
S200, ,000, 900, and are paying interest |
upon it; and we came near passing q !
bill compelling the secretary of the |
treasury to disgOrge that gold, and let |
1t go OutsmOng the people and be used |
to wipe out portion OF the debt on |
which we are paying interest. We
would have saved more than SO, ,000,- |
900 in gold to this country II that |
money had been so used Instead of /
lying idle during last year; now ] |
am IN favor of early adjournment. I |
will some here and labor day after |
day with Senator Morton upon mea- |
sures upon which we are called to act, /
and when we have disposed OF them, !
one way or other, I Will be ready to |
adjourn; but, it seems TO me, to be |
impOlitic and improper to tie our |
hands by passing this resolution at |
this time.
Senator Thurman said II the major |
ity were determined to pass the reso- !
luton he ssW no object in prolonging |
the discussion, and to test the ques. |
tiop be moved to lay 1t on the table. |
Lost - yeas 10, nays 80; Senators |
Fenton, achQrz, Sumner, sherman
Sprsgue and TrnmRull voting In the
Affirmative.
Senator Oonkling-Qusstionl Ques-
tionl
Senator Sumner-We call FOX the |
yeas and nays on Senator Schurz's /
amendment In reference to the tariff |
and internal taxation.
Senator Conkling-Does anybody |
want the yeas and nays on thatS
Sen9tor Sumner-L do.
The amendment was lOst-yeas %,
nays 26.
Senator CoDkling-Q Question on the
resolution.
The president pro tem.-The Ques-
tlon is on the amendment of the SEN
ator from Massachusetts, Sumner, !, |
providing for no adjourn uent until |
after the passage of the civil rights
bill.
Senator Sumner offered another
amendment, +" that there shall be no /
adjournment Until after legislation to
promote return to specie payments.
Lost.
Senator Conkling-Ques Cues
toni
Senator sumner moved to strike out
all after the enacting clause and sub
stitute the following;
Resolved, That in the closing issues of
the rebellion, and In securing rsconcil-
iation among the people of the United
States, tustics should precede generosity;
that we should be just TO our colcred fell
low-citizens who were always faithful TO
the republic, and now suffering under dis
abilities before We are generous TO rebelsi
that 10 the removal of disabilities We
should begin with our oolored feliow.citi-
zens, but since the removal Of rebel diss-
bihties ls now pressed It Ls essential
that Justice to our oolored felb)w-eitizsns
should accompany this geEerosity, so
that the equal rights Of our colOred fell
low citiasns shall not be postponsd to the
amnesty to rebels, but that the two shall
90 together.
Res0IVed, That the two houses of con-
gress will take no step towards anal sd-