Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-02-10
Amnesty Accumulation Killed.
Pass Between EdmundS and Blair
Debate on Alabama Claims.
SENATE.

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SENATE.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 9.-Mr. Ferry, of
Connecticut, presented petitions for reform
in appointments and removals from Office.
Messrs. Edmunds and Sawyer presented
similar petitions.
RamsdeII.
The Vice President submitted letter
from District Attorney Fisher of the Dis
trict of Columbia, stating that the indict-
ment against the TribUne's correspondents,
who refused to tell how they obtained a
copy of the Treaty of Washington, had
been quashed for want of jurisdiction. Re-
ferred to the Committee on Judiciary.
Supplies.
Mr.. Cole, from the Committee on Appro-
priations reported legislative, executive and
judicial appropriation bill with amend
ments, and gave notice that he would call
it up Thursday next and insist upon its
consideration until disposed Of
The Alabama Claims.
Mr.. Edmunds called up his resolution
asking the President for information res
pecting the alleged intention, Of Great Bri
tain to revoke the treaty of Washington.
Mr.. Patterson assumed that our govern
ment knew what claims it had the right
TO present and thought the reported Ian
guage of Gladstone insulting to the United
| States.
Mr.. Sherman thought the resolution had
better be referred to- the Committee on
Foreign Relation. Whenever any such in
formation as that called for should reach
the President it would be promptly sent to
| the Senate. Meantime it was best to main
fain a dignifed attitude.
Mr.. Sherman also said he regarded the
treaty of Washington as high and solemn
contract between two nations, and did not
believe that after full consideration either
nation would be likely to violate it.
Mr.. Morton suggested that Mr.. Edmunds
should modify the resolution so as to ask
for information respecting the complaint
made by the British Government against
the cases submitted by the government of
the United States. The resolution, as it
stood, assumed that there was an Intention
to revoke the treaty, whereas neither the
| Queen nor the Premier's speech intimated
any such intention, but merely spoke of re-
monstrating against the case presented by
| the United States.
Mr.. Edmunds said if the report Of Earl
Gladstone's speech was correct, and if the
English language means in England what it
means here, the Premier certainly did :nti-
mate that England would revoke the treaty
unless the United States would consent to
change or withdraw its case. However, as
| his object in offering the resolution was
merely to get the information asked for,
he would accept the suggestion and modify
the resolution, but he objected to referring
| it to committee.
Mr.. Sherman thought this very proper
case for reference. Under the circum-
stances the proper course for the United
States was to pursue the even tenure OF
our way, present our case in simple, direct
and moderate terms and there stand. If
political excitement on the subject should
arise in Great Britain, we need not notice
it, but leave them to settle it in their own
way. The agitation would subside in due
time. He did not believe the government
or people would dare, in the presence OF
the civilized world to revoke the treaty.
| The public sentiment of the world would
not permit them to do so.
Mr.. Patterson was sorry to hear such in
temperate language from the Senator from
Ohio (Sherman.) [Laughter.]
Mr.. Hamlin said he thought that on this
|
move to lay the resolution on the table.
Amnesty and Ah-Sin.
Mr.. Robertson called for the regular Or
der and the resolutionwent over and the Sen
ate resumed consideration Of the amnesty
bill. The question was on substituting cit
izen for person in the 9th section.
Mr.. Cole advocated it because it would
exclude Cinnamon.
Mr.. Nye took the same ground and argued
that the recent treaty with China forbade
the naturalization of Cinnamon.
Mr.. Sumner said it merely provided that
no one could claim to be naturaiZed under
or by the treaty.
Mr.. Carpenter said the treaty provision
was very plain. He knew it was wrong to
intimate that any Senator was actuated by
personal motives, but every one familiar
with recent poetry knew there was bitter
animosity between the Nye family and the
| Cinnamon.
The amendment was lost-yeas Is, nays
"a.
Naturalization.
Mr.. Cole offered another amendment
providing that this act shall not be con-
strued to alter the naturalization laws.
Lost-yeas Is, nays "a.
Mr.. Corbett moved to insert a proViso
that the bill should not be so construed as
to authorize the naturalization of Chinese.
The Logic OF FanaticIsm.
Mr.. Stevenson was astonished at Mr..
| Sherman's voting to place the peaceful
Cinnamon on the Pacific Coast at the mercy
of their enemies in the jury-box, when he
had declared by his previous votes that
negroes at the South, ignorant, superstiti-
Gus, and utterly unconscious that there is
a God above them, were fit to act as jurors.
A Noble Protest.
Mr.. Upton protested against Summers
supplementary civil rights bill as uncalled
for and clearly subversiYe of the rights of
the State governments. He read extracts
from the protests of Gov. Geary, of Penn
| sylvania, and Gov. Palmer, of Dlinois,
against Federal military interference in the
| affairs of the States, and said their language
| applied with just as much force to the usur
pations proposed in this bill. Under the
| excitement of war period these usurpations
had been tolerated, but he warned the
| Senate that when the States should all have
| been restored to their places in the Union
| the people would demand that all this
usurping legislation should be swept away
and If necessary enforce it at the point Of
the bayOnet.
Mr.. Corbetts amendment was then re-
jected by II to 80.
Mr.. Vickers moved to strike out the first
section of Mr.. Summers bill. Lost.
Mr.. Robertson appealed to the Senate to
pass the amnesty bill without amendment.
The Vote.
The question was then taken on Mr..
Summers amendment to the supplementary
bill, and it was adopted by the following
vote:
Yeas-Ames, Anthony, Brownlow, Cam
eron, Chandler, Cragin, Clayton, Conkling,
Fenton, Ferry of Michigan, Frelinghuy-
sen, Gilbert, Hamlin, Harlan, Morrill, of
Vermont, Morton, Osborn, Patterson,
Pomeroy, Ramsey, Rice, Sherman, Spencer,
Sumner, West, Wilson, Window and
| Wright-2S.
Nays: Blair, Foreman, Carpenter, Cole,
Corbett, Davis of West Virginia, Ferry,
! Goldthwaite, Hamilton of Texas, Hale,
Hitchcock, Johnston, Kelly, Logan, Morrill,
of Maine, Norwood, Root, Robertson, Sauls-
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