The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-02-01

corrupt and corrupting. he declared
that o Representative who was true TO his
trust, and who would stop the double
interest, could not do his duty without
voting against the resolution OF the ma.
jority and In favor OF the bill which Mr..
Cox had introduced forbsdding oil com.
missions and all deductions In the sale,
negotiation or exchange Of United States
securities. ,s71r, ,.a... I'D. ... =
Mr.. RoBERTs defended the action Of
the Secretary ....'..-,
Mr. KERR offered an amendment, that
in the opinion Of the House, the Secretary
of the Treasury, In negotiating the loan,
had increased the bonded debt more than
was necessary or proper, and had incurred
expenses contrary TO law. .
Without the debate coming to close,
the House adjourned.
.a 81. SENATE. ...af...
Mr.. PoMERoY presented resolution
from the Kansas Legislature urging action
for cheaper transit from the agricultural
States to the seaboard.
Mr.. RAMSEY introduced q bill In rela.
tion to the settlers in the late Sioux In.
dian reservation, Minnesota. s.r"
Mr.. SCoTT reported from the Finance
Committee bill declaring the meaning oil
the internal revenue act Of July IA, 1870.
It declares that the meaning Of the act
was to exempt from the 81 per cent tax all
dividends Of earnings and undivided
profits OF all banks, insurance or other
corpora tons mentioned In the act made,
or which accrued q surplus fund during
August, September, October, November
and December, 1870. In all cases where
such corporations had already paid, or
would thereafter pay upon their earnings,
incomes, or undivided profits for any pre-.
vious month in that year, tax equal to
at least q per centper annum. The sub.
stitute also directs the Commissioner Of
Internal Revenue TO refund the tax paid
upon all such earnings for the said five
months, to. all corporations that have
paid tax Of 2i per cent upon all livi.
dends Of 1870 and 1871. The bill passed.
MIR. TRUMBuLL, of the Judiciary Com.
mittee, reported adversely on the bill to
authorize the President TO accept the
resignation of the Judge of any Court IN
tne Unlteu states.
The amnesty bill was taken up, and
Mr.. CHANDLER addressed the Senate at
length. He declared himself against uni
versal amnesty, 1t was a boon, and they
who proposed to grant 1t, had certainly a
right to impose combinations, and he
thought it very mild and reasonable
condition to require the rebels TO cease
their internal Outrages upon loyal men,
before giving them amnesty. He was
opposed too, to forcing amnesty upon
them, if they would not condeScend to
ask it, they ought not to get it. The first
condition of forgiveness was repentance,
God might forgive an unrenent rebel, but
he (CIIANDLER) never wo6iI. The case of
Gen. Longstreet had been cited as prece.
dent for amnestying the leading rebels, but
Longstreet had furnished the highest pos.
sible evidence Of repentance, loyalty and
general good character by joining the
Republican party. The Ku.Klux rebels
Of the South seemed to forget that they
were paroled prisoners Of war, liable TO
be shot at any time for a violation OF their
parole, and he thought that II two or
three hundred Of them were taken out
and shot it would do great deal more
good than amnesty.
Mr.. CHANDLER then turned to the civil
service. He said it had been going on
very effectively ior. the last eleven years
by reforming traitors out Of office and re.
placing them with good loyal men, and
expressed the opinion that we had never
had so honest and efficient q civil SER
vice as under the present administra.
tion, but still there were undoubted.
lY other great reforms required and
they would be made as soon as pointed
out. He then drew at length parallel
between the Republican and Democratic |
parties, greatly to the disadvantage Of the |
latter, and warned the Liberal Republi.
cans Of the character Of the party into
whose hands they were rushing. There
were always Republican soreheads going
over to the Democracy, but for every one i
OF such there were ten Democrats joining
the Republican party, and II the Demo.
Gratis chose to keep up the exchange on
these terms, he had no objection
Mr.. SUMNER replied 10 the argument
of Mr.. MORRILL, of Maine, made last week
week against the constltutlonality of the
supplementary civil rights bill. The
power to pass the bill he, said, was given
In the grant OF D power to abol-
ish slavery, this legislation being
necessary TO make abolition COM
plete. The Senator (Mr. MoRR1IL)
had found constitutional difficulties in the
way, because he adhered TO the old rule
OF interpreting the Constitution in disre.
gard Of the new rule which conquered at
Appomattox. The rule was that every
word, clause, and sentence must be inter
preted uniformly for human rights, and III
his bill should be rejected and the amnes.
ty bill passed, there was danger that the
colored vote would be so divided as 10
defeat the Republican party. In Pennsyl.
vania there were more than enough col.
ored voters 10 turn the scale in a State
election, and in the whole country they
were numerous enough to do the same in
a Presidential election. The colored voters
were q new power in the land and must
be considered. ' '''
Mr.. MoRRILI, Of Maine, replied: "He
denied that the close Of the war brought
any new rule Of Interpretation OF the Con-
stiIution, and charged Mr.. SUMNER with
having advocated this bill by using the
colored voters Us o coerclye power instead
of reasons addressed to the judgment Of
the Senate" l 20
At the Conclusion Of Mr.. MoRRItL's re.
marks the Senate adjourned.
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