Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-02-01
CONGRESSIONAL.
The Tricks Of the Syndicate.
A Plum OF Thirty.nine Millions.
SENATE,


SENATE.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 31.-AIr. Pomero,
prese nted resolution of the Kansas leg
islature urging action for cheaper transit
nom the agricultural States to the ses
board.
Those Dubious Dividends.
Mr.. Scott reported from the Finance Com.
mittee a bill declaring the meaning of the
Internal Revenue act of July IA, 1870. n
declares that the meaning of the act was to
exempt from the two and a half per cent
tax all dividends of earnings and undivided
profits Of all banks, insurance and other
corporations mentioned in the act, made or
which accrued as surplus fund during
August, September, October, November
and December, 1870, in all cases when such
corporations had already paid or would
thereafter pay upon earnings, incomes and
undivided profits of the previous months
OF that year tax equal to at least two and
a half per cent per annum.
The substitute also directs the Commits
sioner OF Internal Revenue to refund the
tax PAID upon all such earnings for said
hve months, and all corporations that have
PAID the tax Of two and a half per cent. upon
all dividends for 1870 and 1871. The bill
passed.
Mr.. Trumbull, of the Judiciary Commit
tee, reported adversely bill to authorize
the President to accept the resignation ofthe
Judge of any Court of the United State es.
Amnesty-ChandIer Chatting.
The amnesty bill was taken up. Mr..
Chandler addressed the Senate at length.
he declared himself against universal am
nesty. Amnesty was boon, and they who
proposed to grant it had certainly a right
to impose its conditions, and he thought it
very mild and reasonable condition to re-
quire Rebels to cease their internal outrages
on loyal men before giving them amnesty.
He was opposed 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 unre-
pentant rebel, but 'he (Chandler) never
would. The case of Gen. Lon street had
been cited as precedent for the amnesty
ing of leading rebels, but Longstreet had
furnished the highest possible evidence of
repentance, loyalty and general good char
acter, by joining the Republican party. The
Ku-klux rebels Of the South seemed to for
get that they were paroled prisoners of war,
liable to be shot at any time for violation
OF their parole, and he thought that if two
or three hundred of them were taken out
and shot it would do a great deal more
good than amnesty.
Mr.. Chandler then turned to civil service
reform. He said it had been going on yery
effectively for the last eleven years, by re-
forming traitors out of office. and
replacing them with good, loyai men,
and expressed the opinion that we
had never had so honest and efficient civil
service as under the present administration.
Still, there were undoubtedly other reforms
required and they would be made as soCn
Is pointed out. He then drew at length
l parallel between the Republican and De-
nocratic parties greatly to the disadvantage
1f the latter, and warned the Liberal Re
oublicanS of the character of the party into
whose arms they were rushing. There
we're always Republican soreheads going
over to the Democracy, but for every such
one there were ten Democrats Joining the |
Republican party; and if Democrats chose |
o keep up the exchange on these terms be |
lad no objection.
The Negro Vote the Only Hope Of Rad.
icaIfsm.
Sumner replied to Morrill's (Maiue) arpu- |
nent made last week against the constitu- |
lonaiity OF the supplementary Civil Rights |
ill. The power to pass the bill, he said,
vas given in the grant of power to abolish |
lavery; this legislation being necessary to
make the abolition complete. The Senator
Morril) had found constitutional difficult
les in the way because he adhered to the
Id rule interpreting the Constitution in
disregard Of the new rule, which conquered
t AppomatOX-the rule that every word,
lause and sentence must be interpreted
for human rights; and if his bill
hould be rejected and the amnesty bill
asssd, there was danger that the colored
Ote would be so divided as to defeat the
republican party. In Pennsylvania there
'ere more than enough colored voters to
Urn the scale in State election, and in the
hole country they were numerous enough
do the same. The colored voters were a
ew power in the land and must be con-
dered.
Mr.. Morrill,, of Maine, replied. He de.
led that the close of the war brought any
9w rule of interpreting the Constitution,
Id charged MIR. Sumner with having advO-
ted this bill by using the colored voters as
power, instead of by reasons ad-
'essed to the judgment Of the Senate.
AT the conclusion of Mr.. Morrill's re- ;
arks the Senate adjourned.