The sun., 1872-02-01
THE NATIONAL CONGRESS.
THE SENATE R1PS CORNERSTONE
DIVIDEND DOUGLAS.

Grant senators Forcing Adjournment
without Voting on the Amnesty Bill-Thc
House Walking into Secretary BontwcIrs
syndicate Business-Sam Cox's Pack of
Cormorants.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 31.-Mr. CoNKL1yG
Qlep., N. w introduced bill to establish Ma
tlonal Registry Of shipping, and TO afford pro-
lection to passengers and seamen, and to pre-
vent excessive rebates in the duties on nerchan-
disc damaged on shlpboard imported into the
United States. The registry Ia to be made and
kept by the Board of Survey Of the Universal
Standard Record Of Shipping, q society organ
lied and existing in New York city for the sur
vey OF vessels, three members OF which, to-
gether with three officers Of the Navy Depart
ment, are TO constitute a Board OF Survey and
Mr.. TRUMBUIL Rep., Ill reported a bill au-
thorizing the President to accept the resigna-
tion and retire ON fun pay judges of any United
states Court when permanently disabled from
Mr.. Wms0s 1aep, MassJ reported the House
bll extending the time for ding claims Tor addi-
tonal bounty under the act Of July ~, 1905
INTERPRETING THE REvENUE ACT OF 1870.
Mr. SCOTT Rep, Pa called up the bill 70 declare
the meaning of the Internal revenue act OF July IN
bstnta Srelarps NON that ae m. lntsn and mesn
Ing Of the act was TO exempt from the payment
Of the tax two and one-half per cent. all diyi-
yded profits Of any bank, trust company, saw
ing bank insurance company, canal navigation
v,
declared or made, which accrued were
earned and added TO any surplus, contingent
other fund during August September, October,
November, and December, 1870 In all such cases
where such corporation had already paid,
would thereafter pay, upon the dividends Of
earnings, incomes or gains and individual pro-
hts Of the previous months oS that year, tax
equal TO at least two and one-half per cent. per
annum. The substitute also directs the Com
missioners of Internal Revenue TO remit or re-
fund the tax assessed and levied or paid upon
all such earnings, Sc, for the said last i've
paid or shall pay tax Of ~ per cent upon all
the dividends, &c, Of 1s,O and 1871.
The substitute was adopted and passed.
THE AMNESTY BILL
was then taken up, and Mr. CHANDLER Rep.,
hiCh,) addressed the Senate In opposition to uni
versal amnesty lie said amnesty was boon,
and they who proposed to grant 10 had certainly
a right TO impose conditions, and he thought II
a very mild and reasonable condition To require
loyal men before giving them amnesty. He was
opposed to forcing amnesty upon them. II they
would not condescend TO ask II they ought not
seemed To forget that they were paroled prison.
ers Of war, liable to be shot at any time Tor yio
lation OF their parole, and he thought that II two
or three hundred Of them were taken out and
amnesty.
now TO INTERPRET THE CONSTITUTION.
Mr.. SUMNER (Rep, Mass) replied 70 the argu-
ment Of the Senator from Maine (Mr. MorrilD,
made last week. against the consttutlOnalty of
the suppiementary Civil Rights bill. The power
tO pas the bill he said, was given In the grant
of power 10 abolish slavery, this legislation being
necessary to make the abolition complete. The
Senator MorrilD had found constitutional difi-
culies In the way, because he rdhered To tho
old rule oi interpreting the Constitution In dis
regard of the now rule which conquered at Appo.
matoN-the rule that every word, clause, and
sentence must he interpreted uniformly for
human rights. He read letters from colored
men tcstifying To the necessity for such legsla-
ton by Congress to protect them In their rights
and II his bill should be rejected aud tho
amnesty bill passed, there was danger that the
culored vote would be SO divided as TO defeat
the Republican party. In PENNSYLVANIA there
were more than enough colored voters to
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 a new power In the
land, and must be considered
Mr.. MORRILL, denied that the close OF the war
brought any new rule of interpreting the Consti-
tuition, and charged Mr.. Sumner with having ad-
yocated this bill bill by using the colored voters
a. a coerciye power, instead OF by reasons ad-
dressed to the Judgment OF the senate.
Al the conclusion Of Mr.. Morrills remarks Mr.
Wilson moved to adjourn.
Mr.. HAMILTON Dem. Md demanded the yeas
and nays, which were taken, and by 81 yeas 10 y
NAYS the Senate adlounett