The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1876-03-23
revised statute and il not, why not?
Adopted. Mr.. Baker, of Indiana, offered
tho fnlla wing raanlutinu.


the following resolution:
Resolved, That the people Of the United States
constitute one Nation aud not mere conederacy OF
States or Nations That the Constitution was formed
by the people acting In their primary and individual
capacity through their delegates thereto duly con-
stituted that the Government under the Constitu-
ton Is Of The people By the people and Tor tine
eminent Of this Nation Is sovereign and supreme
that In IFS nature IL Is permanent and indissoluble
except by the action and consent Of the whole peo-
pe that State has any right authority judge
Of the constutionality OF the laws enacted by Con-
gress or 10 nullify the execution OF the same and
that all overt by any State people thereof oil
secession therefrom OF rebellion against the same
constitute treason, and that the late war OF the re-
bellion for the dismemberment OF the Union was
causeess and indeensible on any theory OF right or
OF Constitutional law.
A motion to suspend the rules and adopt
the resolution was rejected yeas, 81; nays,
~, tw0.thirds not having voted in the affrma-
tive. Mr.. Cox, of New York, then offered
the following resolution:
Resolved, That the people Of the United States
constitute nation In the sense to the extent anu
for the purposes defined in the Federal Consti-
tuition
Resolved, That the Government of the United
| States is Federal Union, and was formed by the
people of the several States In their sovereign ca
States Government are defined and limited by the
Federal Constitution, and these rights and powers
can not be enlarged or diminished, except by an
| amendment to the Constitution.
Resolved, That the rights Of the States have the
same sanction OF security In the Constitution as TO
| rights and powers as the Federal Government and
| that local domestic government by the several
States within the limits of the Constitution Is abso-
lutey necessary for the preservation of the liberties
OF the citizens and continuance OF our republican
| system Of government.
Resolpcd, That the doctrine that any State has
right to secede from the Union is In conflict with
the idea of perpetual Union, as contemplated by
the Constitution, and should be regarded being
forever extinsuished by the result of the recent
civil conflict.
Mr.. Holman called for the ayes and nays,
and they were ordered. Mr.. Blaine ex-
the House would vote against the resolu-
tons. A motion to suspend the rules and
adopt the resolutions was adopted-yeas
$50, nays AZ.
In the Senate, on March ii, some unim-
portant petitions and memorials were pre-
scented, when the bill to fix the salary of the
President was called up. The proposed re-
ductiOn Of the salary was opposed by Mr..
Sargent, of California. The yeas and nays
were then called. and the bill was passed..
yeas, 26 nays, 20....In the House resolu'
tons were offered instructing the Committee
on Public Buildings to inquire into the
causes of the extraordinary bad ventilation
of the Hall of Representatives., no less than
| thirteen members of the House
being detained from it on account
OF illness occasioned by its bad at
mosphere there. Many members joined in
the discussion that ensued upon the causes
of the poisoned air. A heated discussion
then ensued upon the recommendation OF
the Committee on Indian Affairs, to transfer
the Indian Bureau from the Interior to the
War Department. The Chairman of the
Committee on the Investigation of the Dis
! trct Real Estate Pool asked that Mr.. Hallet
: Kilbourne be brought before the House to
answer for contempt. A subpoena was is
| L. Al,
bar of the House. Upon his refusing to an
|, swer the questions put to him by the com
mittee, he was taken into custody and sen
to the District Jail. The House then ad
! journed.
, In the Senate, March Is, the COMMITTEE,
> on Claims reported adversely on certain
claims arising from Morgan's raid. A bill
{ to incorporate a Citizens Building Associa
|. ton of Washington, ID. c., was passed. A
!, bill to purchase part of the Black Hill
from the Sioux Indians was ordered printed
;, and placed on the calendar. The Senat
then adjourned.."...In the House, lnforma
: ton was asked as to Steinberger's powers a
j: special agent to Samoa. The House thel
Y went into committee of the whole, and wa
. addressed by several members on the sub
4 ject of reform, retrenchment, and economy
, on which no action was taken. The CON
, mittee then rose, and the House adjourned
In the Sennte, March 10, the COMMITTED
4 on Printing reported resolution ordering
e that, in the future, speeches should b.
/. printed in the Record as they are delivered
e A bill to incorporate the new Territor!
h of Pembina was introduced and re
h ferred. Pr. Cameron then made per
e sonal explanation concerning some state
# ments made in the newspapers concerning
y him. He was followed by several member
n of the Judiciary Committee. who explained
a the course of that committee in relation t,
d the Houses witness bill. Mr.. Morton's bill
S for counting the vote for President ant
S Vice. President was then discussed at length
> and the Senate ad journed. lin the House
several bills relating to the time and place o
!, holding the District and Circuit Court of tn
United States were passed. The bill for tn
:, redemption of the fractional currency wa
d then introduced and discussed at length, bu
It no action was taken upon it. The Commit
v tee on the Ventilation of the House report
e ed that it was impossible to obtain a suppl.
:, of fresh air sufli cient for six hundred per
! sons, and recommended the exclusion OF al
a persons from the galleries unless they ha'
I tickets from some of the members. The sub
;, ject was recommitted, and the House ad
s journed.