Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-06-09
HOUSE.

WASHINGTON, June S.-Bills were In
troduced and referred, including the follow
ing:
BY Mr.. Sener-To abolish the Western
District of Arkansas.
By Mr. StarSweather-To increase the
revenues and restrain gambling, by i'm
posing tax Of : of per cent on all sales
of stocks, bonds, gold, etc.
Mr.. Butler of Massachusetts, moved to
suspend the rules and take from the Speak
er's table the Senate
Civil Rights Bill
and refer it to the Judiciary Committee,
with the right to report at any time. The
motion was rejected-yeas 1876, nays 50;
not twO-thirdS in the affirmative. Among
those voting No were the following Re
publicans: Banning, Bromberg, Butler, of
Tennessee, Harrison, of Tennessee, Hough-
ton, Lowndes, Phelps, Sever, Smith, of
North Carolina, Stanard, Strait, Thomas,
of Virginia, and Thornburg, Of Tennessee.
Mr.. Scott, from the Committee on FL
nance, reported q substitute for House bill
to authorize medals concentrating the
one hundredth meeting of the Continental
Congress and the declaration of independ-
ence. Passed.
State Banks.
Mr.. Davis presented memorial of citi
yenS of Jefferson county, W. Va, for equal
ization of tax on National and State Banks.
Referred.
Mr.. Chafe moved to suspend the rules
and pass the bill for the admission of
Colorado
as a State. PasSed-yeas lac, nays 65.
Bounties for slaves.
Mr.. Gunckel, from the Committee on
Military Affairs, reported bill IN relation
to bOunties, and moved to suspend the
rules and pass it. The bill proposes to pay
all the rank and file who served faithfully
in the army, including those borne on the
rolls as slaves, SS55 a month for the whole
time of service. The House refused TO
second the motion to suspend the rules by
50 to "A.
The House then took up the Louisiana
contested election of
sheridan and Pinchback.
Speeches in support of the majority report,
which excludes both, were made by
Messrs. Smith (of New York; and Sypher,
and against it by Mr.. Lamar.
The latter declared his belief that the in
terests Of the great Republican party were
not identified with the maintenance of the
so-cailed government in Louisiana, or of
the other establishments in Southern
States. No party could endure the infamy
and disgrace that had been brought upon
the American name by these groteSque car
features Of government. The result of the
war had been to establish the indissolubil-
ity of the American Union and the uni
versatility of freedom on the American con-
tinent. But the North was not satisfied with
that. Congress hadpaSsed thereconstructi
measures and sunk the iron deep into the
heart and soul of the Southern people. But
the position of the Southern people was
that the doctrine of secession, the right of
withdrawal from the Union, was eXtin-
guished and eliminated from the American
system and no longer constituted part of
the elements of the American Government.
The institution of slavery with all its incl
dents was dead, extinct, sunk in that sea
which never gives up its dead, and the
people of the South did not ask for its re-
suscitatiOn. The enlightened people of the
South would not identify the interest of
the country with an institution which stood
utterly antagonistic to all the elements and
living force of modern civilization. ZAP
plause.l -.
They regarded the three last amendments
Of tie Constitution as inviolable and sacred
rs the articles that were written by their
forefatherS.
The discussion closed with
Speeches from the Two Contestants,
Sheridan and Pinchback. The latter inter-