Knoxville Whig and chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1875-1882, 1875-12-22
CONGRESSIONAL.
First.SessiOn Forty. Fourth Congress
SENATE.
WAsHINeroN, ID. q, Do. ID.

Resolved by the Senate, the House of
Representatives conourring, That the peo-
pie of the United States constitute a Ma
tion, and are one people in the sense Of
national unity.
Resolved, That the Government of the
United States is not compact between the
States in their municipal or corporate
characters, but was formed by the people
of the United States in their primary ca
psoity; that the rights of the States are
defined and guaranteed by the Constitu-
tion, and not by any outside theory of
State sovereignty; and that the rights Of
the States can not be enlarged or dimin-
ished, except by an amendment to the
Constitution.
Resolved, That the rights of the States
have the same sanction and security in the
Constitution as the rights and powers of the
National Government, and that local do
nestle government by the States, within the
limits OF the Constitution, is an essential
part Of our free republican system.
Resolved, That the doctrine that a State
has the right to secede from the Union is
inconsistent with the idea of nationality, is
in conflict with the spirit and structure of
the Constitution. and should be regarded rs
having been forever extinguished by the
suppression Of the rebellion.
WASHINGTON Dec II.
The Senate went into an extra session
Immediately after meeting.
Mr.. Thurman suggested that Mr.. Nor
toms resolution for investigating the Mis-
sissippi election be laid over until Monday,
AS il would be impossible TO dispose of it
without an all night session.
Mr.. Morton consented, saying he hoped
it would be disposed Of Monday.
Mr.. Edmunds submitted a resolution to
elect President pro TEN on tho 7th of
January. lie did this because of the great
importance of the subject. But after
brief discussion the resolution was referred
to the Judiciary Committee.
Very little doubt exists of the recollection
Of Ferry.
WAsmNGToN, d. c., Dec. 20.
Mr.. Bayard presented the credentials of
Robert H. Marr as Senator from Louisiana
The credentials were read and laid on the
table, which is the usual course.
Mr.. Hitchcock introduced a bill trans
ferring the Indian Affairs to the War De-
partment.
The following resolution was adopted:
"That Mr. Thomas w. Ferry, of the
State of Michigan, be the President of the
Senate until January 9TH, 1876 and until
s fresh appointment shall be made.'
On motion to insert Mr.. Thurman's s
name instead Of Mr.. Ferrys the vote was
u to "a.
Mr.. Mortons resolution to investigate
the Mississippi election went over.
After going into Executive Session ad-
journed.
HOUSE.
WAsHINGroN, D. c., Dec If.
Mr.. Holman, of Indiana, offered the fol-
lowing resolution:
Resolved, That, in the judgment Of this
House, in the present condition Of the lnan-
cial affairs of the Government, no subsidies
in money, bonds public lands, endorse
ments or by pledge Of the public credit,
should be granted by Congress to Associa-
tions or Corporations engaged or propOs-
ing TO engage in public or private enter
prises, and that all appropriations from the
public Treasury ought to be limited at this
time to such amounts only as shall bo i'm
peratively demanded by the public service.
Adopted yeas, 22S; nays, 80
MIR. Springer, of Illinois, offered reso-
luton declaring, that in the opinion of the
House, the precedent established by Wash
ington and other Presidents of the United
States in retiring from the Presidential
Office after their second term has become
by universal concurrence part OF our re-
publican system Of government, and that
any departure from that time honored Gus
tom would be unwise, unpatriotic and
fraught with evil to our free institutions.
Adopted Yeas, 232; nays, IS. Among
the nays were; Haralson, of Alabama ;
Hoge, of South Carolina; Hyman, of
North Carolina; Nash, of Louisiana !;
Smalls, of South Carolina Walls, of Flor
ida; Wells, of Mississippi, and White,
of Kentucky,
WASHINGTON, D. c., Dec. II.
The House agreed TO the Senate resolu-
tion TO adjourn from next Monday to Janu-
ary the fifth.
A large number of bills of private ma
ture were introduced in the House.
Mr.. Hemons, Of Arkansas, introduced
bills for the improvement of the Salena
river, in Arkansas, also to repeal the tax
law on leaf tobacco also TO repeal the law
making restriction in the disposition OF the
public lands in the States of Alabama,
Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas and Flor
ida.
Mr.. Page, Of California offered the fol-
lowing:
WHEAREAs, The Constitution of the United
States, as framed by the fathers of the Re-
public, imposes no limit ON the eligibility Of
any citizen to the office of President further
than that he must be native born and of a
certain age and time Of residence; there.
fore
fifth article Of the treaty with the North
German Empire, signed February %, 1865,
for the termination of said treaty, or so
much thereof and of the protocol of June
II, 1871, as relates TO citizens of the United
States, their renunciation of nationality,
and their political condition in Germany un-
der said treaty and protocol.
WASHINGTON, d. c., Dec, 90.
Several Executive communications were
received, when the various committees were
announced.
The Chairman and Southern members
are rs follows
On Elections-Messrs Harris Of Virginia,
Blackburn, House, Debolt and Wells.
On Ways and Means-Messrs. Morrison,
Hancock, Thomas, Hill and Tucker.
On Appropriauons-Messrs. Randall,
Atkins, Blount and Singleton.
Banking and Currency-Messrs. Cox,