The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-03-14
CO N G R E S S.
HOUSE.
WASHINGTON, March 10, 1876.
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Bills Referred.
Mr.. Campbell presented the petition o
7l3 citizens Of Illinois asking for the re
peal of the resumption act. Referred.
The Speaker then called the States fol
bills, under which call the following bill
were introduced and referred:
By Mr.. Hewitt: Prohibiting contribu
tions from officers and employees Of thu
Government for political purposes.
By Mr.. Dibrell, for the benefit Of dis
tillers OF less quantity than 500 barrell
per year.
BY Mr.. Landers: To allow 20 days va
cation, with pay, to all Government EN-
ploycs to attend the Centennial celebra
tIon.
By Mr.. Post: To reorganize and con
solidate territories, and to provide fol
their speedy admission rs States; also tt
impose u tax on sales Of stocks, gold ant
bullion.
By Mr.. .Farwell: To extend to the por
of Chicago the privileges of sections 2,9o(
to 1906 inclusive, OF the revised statutes
By Mr.. Brown-Grauting the right o
way to railroad companies through tht
Indian Territory.
|. BY Mr.. Blaine-Regarding the rcgula
ton Of commerce and navigation and O.
steam vessels; also, by request, declaring
the l4th Of April, 1876, legal holiday
in Washington City.
By Mr.. Meade (by request)-To pro
vide for resumption Of specie payments
on January lst, 1870.
Mr.. Whitehouse offered n resolution
directing the Committee on Appropria'
tions to inquire into the formation oi
divisions in the Treasury Department
having charge Of the proceeds Of captured
and abandoned property. Adopted.
By Mr.. Riddle: Allowing three months
pay 10 officers and soldiers Of the Mexican
war; also in relation to evidence before
the Southern Claims Commission.
Mr.. Southard offered resolution call
ing on the Secretary Of the Treasury fol-
information as to defaulting Internal
Revenue collectors. Adopted.
Also resolution calling on the Secre'
tary Of War for information as TO whether
promotions in the army since the 23d Of
June, 1875, have been in accordance with
section ,204 Of the revised statutes, and
il not why not. Adopted.
OUR NATIONALITY.
Mr.. Baker, Of Indiana, offered the iol'
lowing resolution:
ReSOlred, That the people Of the United
States constitute one nation and not O
mere confederacy OF States or nations
that the constitution was framed by the
people acting in their primary and indi'
vidual capacity through their delegates
thereto duly constituted; that the Gov.
ernment under the constitution, is one oi
the people, by the people, and for the
people, and that in its appropriate sphere
the government Of this nation is sover'
eign and supreme, that in its nature
il is permanent and indissoluble
except by the action and consent Of the
whole people; that no State has any right
or authority 10 Judge OF the constitution
ality Of the laws enacted by Congress OF
TO nullify the execution OF the same, and
that all overt acts by any State or people
thereof, of Secession therefrom, or o
rebellion against the same, constitute trea'
son, and that the late war OF the rebellion
for the dismemberment Of the Union was
causeless and indefensible, in any theory
Of right or Of constitutional law. Hs
moved the rules be suspended and the re
solution adopted, and he called for yea
and nays which were ordered.
Mr:Stone, Of Missouri, moved that the
House adjourn. which was rejected.
Mr.. Cox asked whether the resolution
was divisible.
The Speaker responded that the motor
to suspend the rules and adopt the reso
luton was not diviSiblc.
Mr.. Cox asked whether it was in order
10 read from the constitution thest
words: "Done in committee by unani
nous consent Of the States. George
Washington"
The Speaker replied that that would bt
in the nature OF debate and was not il
order.
The motion 10 suspend the rules ant
adopt the resolution was rejected; yeas
Of, nays 72, tho two.thirds not having
voted in the affirmative. Very few Dem
ocrats voted for it. Among them were
Messrs. Durand, Hardenbergh, jerks
New, Phelps, Potter, Vance OF Ohio ant
s. S. Williams Of Michigan. All the Re
publicans voted for 1t; all the Southern
Democrats against it, and most all the
Northern Democrats reirained from yot
ing.
Before the vote was announced Mr.. Ba
ker called the attention OF the chair tc
tho fact that many members were present
who were not voting and he made poin
Of order that they be compelled to vote
The Speaker overruled the point o.
order.
Mr.. Randall remarked that there wa
a good deal OF truth in the resolution
and also good deal Of false principles
The result OF the vote was then an
nounccd. The following are those voting
in the negative:
Mtessrs. Ashe, Atkins, Beebe, Black
burn, Bland, Blount, Boone, Bright
Brown OF KY, Cabell, Caldwell Of Ala.
Caldwell Of Tenn, Gambler, Cate, Clark
Cook, Cowan, Culbertson, Debolt, Dibrell
Douglass, Ellis, Faulkner, FELTON,, For
ney, Franklin, Glover, Good, Gunter
Hancock, Hartridge, Harris Of Georgia
Hewitt OF Ala, Hit, Hooker, House
Hunton, Hurd, Jones Of KY, Knott, Levy
Lewis, Lord, Mead, Milliken, Mutchler
odelI, Parsons, Payne, Phillips Of Mo.
Piper, Rea, Reagan, Rice, Riddle, Rob
bins OF N. c., Robbins Of Pa, Ross Of n
j., Scales, Sheakley, Singleton, Smith oI
Ga, Stone, Terry, Throckmorton, Tucker
Vance OF N. G., Waddell, Walkey Of N
Y, Ward, Williams Of Indiana, Williams
Of Alabama, Willis, Yeates and Young
70.
Mr.. Cox (of New York; then Offered
the following resolutions:
Resolved, That the people OF the United
States constitute nation in the sens'
and extent and for the purposes defneC
in the Federal Constitution.
ReSolred, That the Government OF thu
United States is a Federal Union, and
was formed by the people Of the seyera
States in their sovereign capacity, and
that the rights and powers Of the unitec
States Government are defined and lin
tied by the Federal Constitution, anC
these rights and powers cannot be en-
larged or diminished except by ar
amendment to the Constitution.
Resolrtd, That the rights Of the States
have the same sanction OF security in thC
Constitution as the rights and powers o.
the Federal Government, and that loca