The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-03-13
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ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORT.
TO THE DAILY INTELLIGENCE
CONGRESS.
SENATE.
WAsnTNGTON, March T..

The VicO President presented u mt
mortal OF the heirs OF VIM, X, Sebastian,
Senator from Arkansas in 1861, asking
that the resolutions expclling him from
the Senate be rGscindcd. Referred to the
Committee on Privileges aud Elections.
lie also laid before the Senate the re-
port Of Surgeon Frank W, Reilly, Of the
Marine Hospital Service in regard to the
yellow fever epidemic Of 1873, Ordered
printed and laid on the table.
The consideration Of the resolution for
the admission OF Pinchback was resumed,
and McCreery, Of Kentucky, spoke in OPP
position to 1t,
The resolution was further discussed
by Salisbury, Of Delaware, and Chris
tiancy, Of Wisconsin. The latter spoke
in opposition to the admission of Pinch
back, agreeing with the report made to
the Senate By the late Senator from Wis
cOnsin (CarpentGr)
Mr.. Christiancy read his speech, which
was mainly an able legal argument
against the admission Of Pinchback, In
conclusion he Md; "TO me the whole
process Of the formation 0f the lOus-
lana State government seems to bc cir
cular, beginning where 1t ends and ending
where it begins, and with whatever We.
loCity it may b. made to revOlvc, il never
moves step forward from the point
where it started, It leaves this Kellogg
government, which assumes to elect II
Senator in Congress, Just where md what
it was in its origin, not Legislature or
government Of the State Of Louisiana.
but body set up, installed and kept in
power and imposed upon the State by the
Executive department Of the Federal gov
crnmcnt, and deriving all is authority
from this Executive action. But ! am
as well satisfied rs ! can bG Of any.
thing which does not admit Of math-
rmatical demonstration, that the lrcsi-
dent has had no wish or intention
to usurp powers which do not belong to
him, Yet called upon ~ he was for
prompt action for the suppression Of mp
pretended violence and insurrCCtion, and
prompted By the humane motive Of Civ.
ing protection to the cOlOrcd population,
hundprds Of whom had on several prGvi-
Qua occasions been butChcrcd In cold
blood, n motive which does honor to the
man and in which confess sympathi2c
with him, aud without having all the evi.
lcnrc before him which We have before
lls, nor rs think the best legal advice,
il isnot strange that lic should have fail.
cd to see clearly the true principle in.
vOlvcd and that he should have erred as
any other man under similar circun.
stances might have erred. But looking
rs | think the facts show that hr did,
uron the government he sci up Us merely
temporary until Congress should take the
matter Gil his hands, and doubling
~ to the validityOf the kellogg govern
mcnt. he did whata wise aud truc.hcartcd
statesman should have done under the
circumstances: he called upon Congress
to make proper provision for the case,
and to take such measures "a they
should deem proper; and he has called
upon them repeatedly from that day to
this hut he has called IN vain, md Con.
grrsT has neglected Ia net. In all this |
see no evidence Of that deliberate usurpa.
ton or intention to establish an IRE.
aponsihlr dcspOtism which has been
charged, and lrcpcl the charge rs one Of
the cxtrnvnannrrI Of heated pmrtisIn5hip,
which often leads men t0 believe what in
after wears nud upon due reelection they
discover To have been wild and absurd.
But here aud now We are Cndrav0ring 10
discover and apply the trncst principle
which should govern the question of the
admission Of l'inchback Ns Senator, and
il wpArC wise We shall act upon no prin.
ciple which We should not be willing TO see
applied to our own States, for ~ III the
case Of individuals no man can violate the
rights Of another without endangGring
his own. So We ns the representatives UI
the States and their people cannot vic.
late the constitutional rights Of another
State or its people without cndangCring
our own States and our own people.
The time may come when our pres.
cnt position may be reversed, and
when those now In minority may hold
the power Oi enforcing their own views
Of government, and the poisoned chaliCe
we now present to the State and the l,CO.
pie Of Louisiana may he commended tn
our own lips Let us therefore disregard
all mere rartisNnship and net upon tho
broal principles Of equal justice, which
is the highest Statc'manship, and refuse
to establish Il new and at least question.
able principle which may return To
plague the inventors.
Mr.. ChriStiOncy concluded his speech,
and the Senate proceeded to tho cOnsid.
Grafton Of executive business.
At $40 the doors were rc.OpCnCl and
the Senate adjourned.