Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1872-05-30

dured long, stormy session on the bill
| for continuing the suspension of the
! ha5eas corpus in the power of the Presi-
dent, which bill it finally passed by a
! vote of % to 10. We say it was long
and stormy. Such is the poverty of our
English that we find no better express
sion, but it was more than that. Blair
! opened on Monday with a long speech
against the bill, during which lie drew
the fire of various other Senators mainly
as to questions of fact and evidence.
He was followed by Alcorn, the jolly
Mississippi planter, who soon forgot the
Importance of the bill in his animOSity
to certain features of reconstruction and
proceeded to pitch into his carpet-bag
colleague, (Ames) whereupon ensued q
personal contest wholly irrevelent to the
bill and this letter. This session lasted
until midnight, and on the following day
Senator Bavard, a youthful democrat,
with a kind and gcntlcmanly nature, eX-
uding from all his acts; a
gentleman in every sense, and
free from the dogmatical, bombastical,
egOtistical self-righteOusness which char
acterizcs some of his peers upon both
sides of the IIouse-prOceeded to oppose
TIL measure as being wholly a political
move Having from the first taken a
political turn, nearly every one had
| something to say, as a matter OF course
Evening came. and found the tale E0t
half told midnight, and yet the battle
ragged. The old clock licked on and
brought the ''wee sma' hours, and their
coming found few Senators in the
seeming enjoyment Of thatpeculiar quail
ity anCently attributed to CANNES, Of
l al 10 Ct ~ %
to the laws A few served to keep times
lively in arhetorical sense, and the many,
too discreet to be drawn into a debate
and committal in these uncertain times,
Indifferent to the subject, or not sutfi-
GENTLY posted to venture upon the WnCer-
tain and stormy sea Of debate, beguilcd
the weary hours as best they could.
| Sofas in the Chamber reception room,
marble and cloak rooms, were each hon
Ored with Senator at full length. Many
| stepped out, Just for a moment, you
! know; he back directly, Of course.
! Three o'clock came a lull and an impOr-
! tant vote. Pages and doOrkeepers were
walked up and sent flying from room to
room to rouse sleeping Senators. All
! that could be found came in yaWning
and rubbing their eyes, and yet there
was no quorum. A call was ordered
| and officers We're sent in postal wagons,
on horseback and on foot. flying to Sen
atOrs' residences, demOraliZing dOor-bells,
| disturbing pleasant dreams. and bring in
a few voters. After passing this bill il
seemed good time to 90 home, but it
was also a good time for something else.
| Sumner, being unWel, was absent, and
as nobody wanted to debate anything
after the surfeit Of day and night SEES
sion, Carpenter moved the civil rights
| bill-Sumner's old bill, Summers old bill,
with mixed schools. churches and Gem
| eterics stricken out, which was passed.
Here Mr.. Sumner arrived and made ~
load appeal for reconsideration Of the
vote, but was unsuccessful. The House
amnesty bill was then taken mp and pass
ed by 81 to votes. Sumner voted
| against amnesty because it did not 90
hand in hand with full civil rights,
claiming that the exceptions had shorn
the bill of its real Importance. The Sen
ate then adjourned, having been over
| twcnty-three hours in continuous SEES
sion. The last half Of the week has
been spent in secret session upon the
| treaty, OF which there IS much rumor
| and little known definitely, except that
the Senate has substantially ratified
Lord Granyilles demand
THE House
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Congress and certain contractors known
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