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Daily Kennebec Journal.
Forty.Second Congressional Session
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SENATE.

Mr.. Kellogg from the committee on COM
merce reported bill giving the secretary Of
war full control over the navigation Of chan
nels in the course of excavation across bars,
etc.
Mr. Ferry of Conn, from committee on
patents reported bill amending the patent
and copyright law of July 8, 1870, BY strik-
ing from section SO the words, land also if
he be living in case of an application for a
reissue" and substituting for the word, ''per-
SON. In the list section the words, ''citi-
zens Of the United States"
MIR. Boreman from committee on territories
reported Mr.. Ramsey's bill to establish the
territory Of Ojibway with an amendment,
changing the name Of the proposed territory
to Pembina 1t is to consist of that portion
of Dakota lying north of the 46th parallel.
Mr.. Sumner introduced bill relating TO
the issue Of bonds by the authority of the
District Of Columbia, and to prevent the in
crease of the debt of the District: The bill
declares the district 81 600, 900 loan act Of
July 10, 1871, aud the act authorizing the
issue of 100000 in favor of the Pierdmont
Railroad null and void. 1t further provides
that the debt of the district will not be in
creased beyond that now existing, without
the consent Of two-thirds Of the qualified
electors thereof, and prohibits the buying of
and beyond its protection.
Mr.. Ferry said that Mr. Summers bill
would make denial of the rights Of citizens
a'cNminal offence and instead of abolishing
Determinations on account of color, would
really set up one because if the colored man
should be denied accommodations by inn
keepers or common carriers he could have
the offenders tried in the federal courts and
fined and imprisoned, while if the same wrong
were done to a white man, even with malice
he would have no redress except by civil
suit in the court. The bill also proposed to
control and regulate public schools, and he
warned the Senate that the people would not
submit to federal interference with their
schools, bat after all the objection to the bill
was the principle on which it had been JUS
tilted in the Senate. That principle was that
by the adoption of three OF the most recent
constitutional amendments our old system
of government has been subyerted. Senat-
ors might attempt to stop short of this, but
their reasoning necessarily led to giving the
federal government complete and unlimited au
thority to take the place of the State govern
ment and enact laws for the protection of all
the rights privileges and immunitiesof citizens
which are are now projected by State laws.
If these three anne n In elts of constitution
meant all that Mr.. Sumner and the support
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help, us for the foundations of civil liberty
were stricken from under US and our fall was
only question OF time.
Mr.. Kelley argued against Mr.. Summers
amendment as unnecessary for the protection
of the rights to which it relates as likely to
cause great hardships in its application and
as unconstitutional.
Mr.. Sumner withdrew his diseonsent given
yesterday to the striking out of the eth see
ton repeating or annulling all laws discrm-
mating against any person on the ground of
color. The motion to strike out this section
was lost-2J 10 50.
Mr.. Frelinghuysen moved 10 strike out all
reference to the church.
Mr.. Trumbull said he would vote against
this and every other amendment to Mr.. Sum-
ners bill, in order to make it as obnoxious as
possible, and thereby secure its rejection.
He was in favor of amnesty and against all
amendments designated like this one to de-
feat the pending amnesty bill.
Mr.. Sumner said that he could not consent
to the amendment proposed by Mr.. Freiing-
huysen. This supplementary civil rights bill
was simply proposition to apply to all in
corporated associations Of the great princi-
pies of our government, and he thought it as
necessary that it should apply to churches as
to other corporations.
Mr.. Wilson said that he would vote for this
amendment TO strengthen the civil rights
bill.
Mr.. Trumbull reminded Mr.. Wilson that
he had promised to vote against amendments
to the amnesty bill.
Mr.. Wilson replied that the promise was
made before Christmas, when the friends of
the amnesty bill hoped to get it passed be-
fore the holiday recess.
Mr.. Hamlin said that he would vote for
the amendment for the purpose of strength
ening parts of Mr. Summers bill.
Mr.. Anthony said that the amendment
must be made if the bill was to have his vote,
because he would never vote to put the first
law upon the statute book which would in
terfere with religion.
Mr.. Carpenter said that he would vote for
the amendment, and if it prevailed he
would move another to strike out the 4th
section enforcing the right of colored men to
sit as jurors
Mr.. Vickers moved to strike out all relat-
ing to schools, and argued that the reason
for emitting the church and cemeteries from
the bill applied with equal force to the
schools.
Mr.. Sprague addressed the Senate briefly
in favor of general amnesty.
Mr.. Frelinghuysen's amendment was then
adopted--39 to IS.
Mr.. Carpenter moved to strike out the 4th
section in relation tc jurors. Lost-42 to IL.
Mr.. Cole moved to substitute "citizen" for
''person" in the 9TH section.
Mr.. Trumbull denounced this as an attempt
to discriminate against foreigners residing
here including those who intend to become
citizens. He supposed the object of Mr..
Cole in offering the amendment was to ex-
clude Cinnamon from the provisions of the
bill, as we had provided that Hottentots and
Pagans might become citizens. There was
no good reasons for excluding peaceful in
telligent Asiatics.
Mr.. Trumbull also charged that the oppo-
nents of amnesty were voting for these
amendments for the purpose of defeating the
amnesty bill.
Mr.. Morton said that he had supposed
there was great anxiety on the part Of the
friends Of amnesty to pass the pending bill
but he now saw he had been mistaken, there
fore he moved to adjourn.
The motion was carried and the Senate
adjourned
News from New York.
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