New-York tribune., 1876-08-08


SENATORS EDMUNDs, MORTON, LOGAN, EATON
AND oTHERs-REpOEr oN MISSISSIPPI AFFAIRS
A REPORT on THE RIVER AND HAIBoR BIIL
AGREED UFoN.
SENATE. WAsrINGrov, AuP. z, 1876.
In the Senate, Mr.. EDNUEDs Rcp, Nt)
called up the House joint resolution in reference 10 h"
wreck of the United states Tccuuseh in Mobile
Bay and to provide FOR the proper burial ct the remains
OF The persons carried down when shc sank Passed.
On motion Of Mr. SHERMAN rep, Ohiol the Senate
agreed to the amendments OF the House to tho Senate
bin i'm regard 30 extending the time FOR the redemption
OF lands sold 10y the United states FOR direct iaAcs dnd
Mr. BOJrWEIL Rep, MasSJ, from the special com
mtcc appointed 10 inquire INTO tic circums,anr' az
port and 2Ir. MORTON demanded iiltt 1t ie read .
NJ. BANARD Dem, Dtll. lucnorr ot me commit M
tec SAID lee was acquainted Will the tNst'uc' ul ln-
majority report for The first time about 10 O'Clock ms
morning Tic views of The mrcriiy, ,ignci ny MA',.i
aud tn Senator from Indian" tlf M,pnna.ul, VIZ ~
ready he presented, hut were nccessaI! npi'c as
testimony TO which they raerlei hal MOI l,n .,E"
printed. and therefore could not bcToiule ot detel
lie thought II would bc ~ 20 withhold the majority L.
port foc the present until minority rcior snonld h'
completed that both might bc presented ut the same
time A., It'll, ,o,,-,.
sford be ,csrutcd lay and laid uyCr TIL tomorrow,
When they can uc cad ana Mr. BANARD then presented
Mr WRiGII U:cr.. Iowa. called ny the Honse bill
making appropriation FOR IN" payment ol t'siL' ir
por:Ca lJycd by thc Southern Claims Cominssi'n "Hd
The various aulrdmohts proposed By the Committee Oh
ClaG. wcrc agreed 10. Passed ,,.,. o., -,.,., ,,,
rcsymtiinTiay clause IN lie Resumption of 1873,
ar ta o1., ioin resolution providing for the appoint
ment OF Commission ta inquire into the change Whch
has taken place tine relative Nauc of gold ana silver,
the case, Thereof the oicct on trad. Sc., read
/ and referred 10 the Committee on Finance
/ Mr.. ANTHONY REP r. H. Introduced hill MAKING
iidrscs Of Congress to carry oGt the provisions ~ the
surdry Ciyl Appropriation l requiring an inquiry INTO
the employment experts The administration OF o'ths,
&C. BY ,e c2mGG T% & ES 'i = movca to, tho
ioIui resolution VI the House Of Representatives. ppos
uM sixteenth amendment 70 the Constitution ~ thc
/ limited States prohibiting the Appropriation OF any
school fund fo tbe support Of zccan schools, &C. Dc
referred to the Committee on ne Jud,g'ny; ho Std @
the amendment proposed by the House asa not meet ne
case suppose suy state did make sucL an dppf"PE-
ton. what would Congress do about ~ Inc amend
mont ve no power 10 Congress enforce II by apiTO-
piiac legislation Another section should be added ~
sliitc I or f6a ameniment proposed nv The osr ana
movcd that be referred to ihe Committee on the Ju-
Mr.. SARGENT Gcp, Cali also submitted substitute,
and moved that 1t be referred 10 the same Committee
| Mr. CHEisTiANCG U:ep., hcll aiso pre,cgiedH sub
stitUte be 50 referred IN IegM to me amendment
proposed by the Iogsc he sad II prohibited SSlC rom
tartan schools bat dii not prohibit he United states
MT. MOTION Rep., Ind said it dil not prohibit
state from apprOrat ing money out of the general fgAd
for the support OF sccaran schools. 1t simply iroLil
lied state from using part Of the fund Sc; arart for
public schools Or the support Of aectellan schools
the Object Of hc House OF REPRESENTATIVE ia passing
tns amendment wa, 70 rcm"dy ~. 90! I"'IN Tor pom
zeal purposes LIT 1t be amended AMI sent back To tue
! House.
! Tho House amendment and all tho subritUtc8 were
| then referred To tie Committee on tnc judiciary.
HAMBURG DEBATE CONTINUED.
The Senate then resumed the consideration Of tie IN
finished business, being the resolution OF Nj Morton I"
print 900 copies Of the Message Of the President
and accompanying documents In regard TO the recent
| trouble at Hamburg, e. G., upon which Nr. EDMJNDa
WAS entitled to the n0Or. lie said the expense Of In
ing tie extra copies proposed would be r, ;!h 9Jy1
1t had been SAID on me other 5'e that ihlt was an
clcctyHtcrEg Hoc,iiutHl a'Iu "ush. L"t Lt
| public expense Every docUneni "hEh "A'cted tc
welfare Of the people OF ought a. be Az tiecu'r
ing or poiidcdi Go...ht"', p.'ao' - ,uP' 80 it
titled 20 know what was going on lie th"h dGu.i h'l
education aud violated the pledge to stand hv that ~
tenn This action taken when the democracy, when
| state came into power. lie argucd that tic people
| of the South did not intend that the coiofcd man
sisRs phIi either iiS in , the forum or in the acd
lie did want vengeance for All lhr.c crimes nI me
visited on to perpetrators Of these crnhs lie tien re-
The Constitution aud said Glst those who voted against
the Thirteenth Amendment in the mate were Nj DAVIS
date for Vitc-irc,idcut Ncssrs NcDoural Powell, Rid
de and Salisbury. These mcu represented ihe d'aA e,
Here was the Democratic candidate for Vice President
coming from free state solaDny recording himself IN
favor OF retaining the INSTITUTION "i t'Ncy "Ht "is
proposed TO get rd OF II IN perfectly constitutional
way. That legislation was followed l% he bsil"cf"uc
Convention at chicago oI lSpi, w "!.h M IhnlI va"
a very distm euishcd member, and winch declared tbs
| war Tor the prc 3cryation Of tire Union iunIe.
MIR MORTON said IN the course of the debate on the
| Jhrtcelth Amendment in tie SENATE, thar Nr len
!
OF The United states TO abolish slavery by consuii-
! tiona amendment.
! Mr.. EDMUNDS, resumiDg, referred TO tie lHcchh
Amendment aud said the senators who yOc aeainsl II
w,re Mcssrs. Bayard, BuCIalcw Davis, HcLOEch' Nc
Crcery Norton, Patterson (IcnHl, salisbury NckcrS,
| ana Nhyte. The people EOw told, and asked 10
believe that there had been sudden conversion OI Tho
! Democratic party There were not many VINO would
believe that tale. The Democrats had steadily voted
against all civil rights bills, and yet the country was
asked TO trust the rights Of the ocOlcd people 10 that
! Marty. Nas there such mOckcyi He next read
rom tbc Democratic platform adopted AZ ST. Louis ana
ead ne would not say IL dishonest that would not
he parliamentary Iut he would say, II those who had
framed if had been dishonest men, they would have
soird 10 exactly such dclusiOns aud deceptive phrase
ooy 20 gain the Of tine people lie next read from
he sboulJ De ccctcd the kind of law and Kind OF cOns
ton he would administer would be laid down by the St
Ious Convention. He argued that the present session Of
Congress had shown that the moment the Democratic
marty should get into power all legislation 10 secure
equal rights the cOlored people would bo swept away
n there was any one duty wh!ch TIE Congress uf the
limited states owed the whole people II waa 10 un
mask every fraud which any party might attempt to
perpetrate upon the people. - , .
Pending discussion, Nlf alLi,ONi from the NonicI
ence Committee tho River and HaIbOr bl submitted
report that the committed had agreed upon the BILL aud
IL ordered that IL be printed and laid over unu to-
morrow.
The Senate resumed consideration Of the rfsolu
ton Of Mr. Norton Mr.. LOGAN tRep., IlI.) spoke
of the history OF the Republican party IN IT'S attempts
10 restore the country To peace ana prosperity He then
smoke the great lesson learned by the aie and the
tendency Capitalization, and the necessity for II TO
sooner than done would have materially ineriered