The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1872-10-07

termined in the afirmatiye-ayes 26; noes II.
asfollows
Ayes-Messrs. Austin, Bland. Campbell. Carr.
Courtney. Davis, Haskell, Herndoli, johnson,
kendrick Latham, Lewis, Lyons, Massey, Owen,
Patterson, Penn, Robinson, Roller, smith of
New Kent, Smith of Henrico, Smith of Clarke,
Snowden, Taylor of Loudoun, Taylor Of Norfolk
City, and Terry-26.
Noes-Messrs. Anderson of Pittsylvania, An
derson of Rockbridge, Fitzpatrick, Greever,
Grimsley, Harris, Moseley, Ptndleton, Teamoh,
Waddell and Wood-ll.
The resolution was then read a third time, and
the question on the adoption thereof being put,
was determined in the Affirmative.
1t will further appear that in voting
against Mr.. Taylor's proposition to instruct
the Senator's from Virginia to get an am
nesty law passed, Mr.. Smith was not
moved to do so because he opposed amnes-
ty, but for an entirely different reason,
which will fully appear from the proceed
ings of the Senate Of December l6, 1870,
printed in the Richmond Dispatch on the
18th of December, 1870, as follows, viz
REMOVAL OF POLITICAL disabilities.
Mr.. Taylor, of Loudoun, offered the following
joint resolutions, which We're considered under n
suspension of the rules
RESOLVED by the General assembly Of Vig6inia,
That our Senators be instructed, and our Repre-
sentatives in Congress be requested, to use all
proper efforts to procure the passage of an act of
Congress removing from all citizens of ' irginia
all disabilities incurred by reason of participation
in the late war.
"2. Resolved, That the Governor of this Com
monwealth be respectfully requested to transmit
q copy OF these resolutions to each of our Senators
and Representatives IN Congress- |
MIR. Taylor, in Offering the above, said that
ne had been induced to offer them by a para.
graph in the morning papers stating that Que of
our Senators had stated in the United States Sen
ate mat he would oppose the removal of politi-
cal disabilities from any Democrat. This had
been said Notwithstanding the fact that both the
political parties in the State had openly declared
in favor of general amnesty.
Mr.. Greene (Republican), of burg, said
he hoped the resolutions would be unanimously
adopted, There was no reason why they should
not. The party which he represented 1.-THE Re
publican) had already put itself on record more
than cnce rs favorable 10 the relief asked, and it
would give the speaker great pleasure to cast
his vote accordingly on this occasion.
Mr.. Snowden thought there ought to be a pre-
amble rebuking Senator Lewis for the senti,
ments he had expressed on the floor of the Sem
ate, In opposition to the expressed wishes of the
whole people of the State which he represented.
Mr.. Smith, Rep), of New Kent, said that
while he favored the removal of disabilities, he
could not vote for this paper, belle ling the mo
tive to be q rebul1e of one of our ablest and most
useful representatives in Congress. He did not
think Senator Lewis had made the remark i'm
puted to him in the papers, for he knew he was
- h''e' AShASA "a IT'S W push II u II " oll u
the removal of the disabilities of one who was
nota Republican-Mr. McGruder, of Henrico.
MIR. Taylor, of Londoun, inquired whether Mr..
Magruder did not at the late election run for
Office on the Radical ticket.
Mr.. smith, of New Kent; No, sir; he ran on
q mixed ticket.
Mr.. Snowden: Yes--a very mixed ticket.
Mr.. Moss (colored Republican, agreed with
MI. Smith. He looked forward with pleasure to
the day when all political disabilities shall be
removed, and thought we would not have pace
until the great end was accomplished. At the
same time, he wished it understood that he would
not vote for any seeming censure of Senator
Lewis. ~ ..|F-.
MI. Greene said that he should vote 'saye'
unhesitatingly, believing the principle of the
resolution right, whatever the motive Of their
mover. 80 t
The vote was then taken and resulted in the
adoption of the resolutions, there being only one
vote (that of Mr. Smith, of New Kent in the
negative. s.
Such desperate efforts at misrepresenta.
ton proves that the Enquirer, and its file
leaders, have a very lively sense of Mr..
Smiths popularity, and dread of his ability
to beat their candidate for Congress. Did
it never occur to the Enquirer that Mr..
Smiths advocacy of amnesty was a matter
of record fully as well known as any por.
ton of Mr.. George Wise's? Such feeble
assaults upon a candidate always react in
favor Of the party assailed. 1t turned out
that Mr.. Smith was right, and hat Senator
Lewis had not said what Mr.. Taylor attri-
buted to him. 1t was simply a Islander.