Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-05-22

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Az All Night session OE the Senate.
The Pacific Mail Subsidy Passed.
| SENATE.
i WAsH1HGToE, May 21.-C -Conkling pre-
sented memorial of the New York cham
ber.of connnerce demonstrating against the
abolishing of bonded warehouses. Refer
red to the committee on finance.
Sherman obtained leave for committee
on finance to sit during the session of the
Senate.
| Carpenter from The, committee on the
| judiciary reported without amendment, a
bill to amend the bankruptcy act by SUBJ
stituting 1871 for 1864 in the first proViso
OF the fourteenth section; also with amend
ments, 1Tumbuil's bill amendatory OF sec
ton 80 Of the bankruptcy act.
Edmunds called up the House
I Supplemental Apportionment
bin granting an additional representative
each to New Hampshire, Vermont, New
York, pennsylvania, Indiana, Tennessee,
Louisiana, Alabama and Florida.
| Morton offered an amendment leaving it
| Optional with each State to elect the addi-
tional Representative given by this
bill, either at large or as the
representative of q district.
/ Mr.. Casserly opposed the amendment,
and argued against the system of electing
/ Representatives at large. ~ -. -
! Mr.. Morton said he thought it very de-
sirable that the large States especially
should have Representatives a5 large.
| At the expiration of the morning hour
! the bill went over, and Patterson called up
| the bill for adjusting the claims of New
Hampshire for money advanced to volun-
! teers. ..........
| Messrs. Patterson and Cragin explained
the bill, and it was passed. .......-.......
Z The Senate then resumed consideration
| of the
Habeas COrpus.Suspension BiII. --..
/ Mr.. Alcern made general denial of the
/ charges made against him by Mr.. Ames
last evening. The Senator (Ames) haa
charged him with attempting to ride two
horses. If so, he was trying to guide them.
tothe common goal of harmony and peace,
| while the Sci atOr (Ames) was content to
ride the black horse alone, He feared, how
ever, that the Senator would soon lose his
seat. As to the charge that he (Aleorn),
| when he was Governor, had misused the Sc
| eret service fund Of the State, it ought to
be some consolation to the Senator (Ames)
that even if the funds of Mississippi
/ were miSused it was no loss to him
| personally, as he had never paid any
taxes in that State, and had not
any interest or even a residence there.
| laughter The fact was, however, there
had not been a single defalcation by public
/ officers in Mississippi appointed by him,
and the people of several counties in the
State would be glad if the same could be
said of those appointed by the Senator
| (Ames). He (Alcorn) had expended some
/ of the secret service fund in attempting to
catch Ames' appointeeS who had run away
with the public money, but like the Kuklux
they were expert enough to keep out of the
way. [Laughter.l
Mr.. Bayard said he had long ago come to
the conclusion that the party in power was
making a systematic attempt to put the
elections throughout the country under con-
troll of the Federal government, and each
! successive step confirmed him that view. A
/ few days ago the Senate had passed the
Louisiana election bill for that purpose and
now it was demanded that the power to
suspend the habeas corpus and should be
/ continued in the President, the object be-
! ing the same. Legislation seemed to
| be assuming more and more every day the
! forming of mere military orders, and the
| government was becoming a government of
win instead of laws. But there was some
! hope that these extreme measures would
| produce good result, by awakening the
| people TO the dangers surrounding them,
and so produce salutary reaction in favor
| of respect for the laws and the safe guards
of the constitution.
In conclusion Nj. Bayard asked the Sen
ate andthe whole country, whether in view
OF the history ofthe past three years at the
| South it was not time to abolish reconstruc-
| ton and substitute for it reconciliation.
| Mrs Morton said the Senators who oppos-
! ed this bill had spoken at great length, but
he did not complain of that, because they
had very difficult task. They had charg
! ed the President with exercising despotic
| power for malignant purposes, and had as
sailed the conduct and motives of officers
acting under him and of the party support
ing him. This attack was made for politi-
cal purposes. These speeches had
| been prepared as campaign documents. He
felt, therefore, that in the discussion of this
question he owed it to the Administration
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| ate to speak plainly and tell the whole
truth. He said that when the war closed
there was general good feeling through
out the country. In the North feeling of
forgiveness towards the South and in favor
of general amnesty prevailed. That feeling
lasted several months, and the Democratic
party was responsible for its passing away.
The party at the North advised the South
ern people that they had forfeited nothing
by rebellion, and that the imposition of
any condition in reconstruction was tyranny
and Usurpation. The Southern people ac-
cepted this advice and the result was that
when Congress was compelled to embark
in the work of reeonstructionthe Govern
ments at the South were thrown by the ac-
ton of the Northern Democrats and the
Southern leaders into the hands of the
cOlored people and of Northern men who
had gone there. This was the necessity of
the situation.
Morton continued at length. He advised
the people of the South to crush out the
! Ku- u-Klux, cease their insane howl about
carpet-baggers and scalawags, invite immi-
grafton, and not to be again deceived by
the Democratic party.
He concluded by urging the adoption of
the bill to extend the operation of the act of
last year which had saved hundreds ofIives
and thousands from exile and scourge.
Mr.. Thurman denied the right of Con-
gress to pass the pending bill to promote
the reelection of the President, and replied
to Mr.. Morton's structures upon the Demo
cratic party, in the course of which he said
Mr.. Morton had evidently forgotten having
made the strongest speech ever made
against the reconstruction policy of Congress
and he had himself denounced negro State
governments as undesirable, and likely to
lead to war of races.
Fenton moved to lay bill ON table, lost 27
/ to 10,
Mr.. Vickers argued bill clearly uncon-
stitutionally and offered amendment provi-
ding before suspending habeas corpus in
any State President shall be satisfied by
affidaVits of at least ten respec-
table residents of the country or
districts concerned that such unlawful
combinations or other disorders exist
there as to make suspension necessary.
To EDIToRs.-At 2:45 the Senate is still
in session, without immediate prospect of
a final vote on the bill or adjournment.