The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1876-01-28

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L aolgstaazmo as Bios ha
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any court of the United States, or of an
court OF record in the State of which he is
resident, and taking and subscribing to tn
following oath, to be duly attested and X
corded 81 A. B. do solemnly swear or al
a:1l ntm that = Elll llssqppeEt and defend the Con
II stitutlon OF the United States against allepe
kmies, foreign and dtniestic that Twill bea
/, true faith and &llesifncerQ the tame ahs
ri obey all lawsS made In pursuance thereof
and that I take this obligation freely anC
%lshons W sRy H1sntal FsgsEEetiga eEspugFsls'
RfsESas RfaS s e z s|s t9s ~ y
floor, but he refused, and the vote, after some
| skIrmlshingy was taken. On call of the yeas
z and nays, il appeared that there were one
hundred and eighty-two yeas and ninety
seven nays. The fequisite two-thirds MOI
| voting the bin was reiectedEs On the result
L being announced, Blaine took the floor and
10y motiOnto reconsider, obtained the right
u 70 speak. He said that the only object on
his side-of the. hOllsc1fas not to be obstruet-
4 I've but he did obsEfuct and besides rehash-
! ing mis- venom, snnounced as an additional
I reason for his opposition to amnesty, that
Holden, Of Eerth Carolina, had been I'M
i Peaehed alasl disqR fed by Democrats, and
Il Amesssof sMiRsissippi was about 10 be-, He
Iharangued the house in thissway ! at great
II t1ength, and refuslng to yield the floor save
i for an amendment excluding Jefferson Da-
U.s. Ihe matter aEas hroug gllt'to'ateoselSlsioR
Tor the day, when the house, on motion of
Mr.. Randall went into Committee of the
EWhOles and entered ON the consideration of
the pension appropriation bill. After some
Ftime the committee rose and reported the
EbIll, when proposition for unanimous con-
sent to have session tomorrow for debate
fionly, was objected to by Mr.. Page. The
house then, at five clock, adjourned till
| mpnuAys-.s sssvs .5s E.--F .--E
! In the Senate, on the 18th, Mr.. Cor
don presented the petition of Gen. G. T.
/ Beauregard for the removal of his political
i disabilities. ReferEe1. A bill was intro
! dnced BY M; West to amend the acts TO- aid
/ in the constraetioh OF a sraliroad ana teIe-
graph line from the Missouri river to the Pa
.cifie, which, after some debate, was referred
| to theiuqicHry eommittee. Also, a bill to
| recover haIo the Central and Union Pacific
| railroads the bonds and coupons issued to
| them ila EXCESS Of the amonnt preseriked by
law. There baye been issues to the Central
Pacific nd Union Pacific railroad companies
over $5S' 8o0, 600, when the act Of congress
lSpeciieally provided that no more than $50,-
/ 000, 600 worth Of bonds should be given them
Not only had bonds been, issued in excess of
the amount authorized, bslt the government
udu DCcHs gdtluR- IANETEsG on I16H1S COflSe--
squently, the government by an erroneous
sconstruction of the law had been deprived of
over $3,000,000 worth of bonds and paid in
.tefest on the excesntas we'll as on $50,000-
600 authorized. The billswas referred to the
judiciary committee. ,s - r"
+ - HOUSE. -
+ In the House On the 11th bills were
introduced and referred as follows ByvMr.
Morrison = Preparatory t9- redemption of
United States notes, and resumption of specie
payments, it proposes to retain gold in the
Treasury to the amount of 80 per cent of out
standing legal tenders; requires national
banks TO retain the gold paid for their in
.tefest on bonds deposited to secure the cur
Tency, till they have 80 per cent. of their out
standing notes, and repeals that portion of
the resumption act compelling specie res
sumption in 1879. The House then lpr6-il
eeeded to the consideration of the amnesty |
bill and was addressed for two hours by Mr.. |
Hill, OF Georgia, and soon alter adjourned. |
/. In the House, on the 18th, number |
of bills and resolutions were introduced and !
referred, when at two o clock the discussion
of Blaine's- amendments to the amnesty bill 4
was resumed; Mr. Garfield taking the. floor.
4 In the, House on the 18th, some meas
ures were adopted looking to more econom-
ical administration of the printing and Judi
cial bureaus. The house then resumed the
eOnsideratiQn of the amnesty bill, Mr.. Blaine
Ine uOOT.- AII6T very SAclIl0S-uc-
bate, the tempest in teapot was closed by [
Mr.. Randall who moved TO arefer the bill +
with the amendment offered BY Mr.. Banks, T
of Massachussts Eequiring ssn oath TO be
tai zen, but@not -eNcftdfng Jefferson DAVIS, to
the Judiciary Committee, and it was so re-
ferred. Adjourned. sse sssss ssssl ,sst
In the House, oIthe 18th the following
were introduced and referred For the
removal Of all poliheal disabilities. Apply
ing all proceeds of public lands to the sup
port of free schools. Resolutions of the
Pennsylvania legislature in reference to the
apPrgp prstigB u spne nliElion five bundred Il
tfnousapd ollars for the ceptenniak eelebrg
fdHfedfee salafies Of all executive and n
legislative Offices of the government, except
the army and navy, under 81 800 20 per
cent, and to fix the salary of president at
$25, ,p00s Proposing the following amend
ment to the constitutional: No state shall
make any law respecting the establishment
Of religion, ,or preventing free exercise there
by; and mo minister preacher of the
gospel, or of any religions creed or denomi-
nation, shall hold any office of trust or emol-
ument under the United States. No money
received by taxation in any state for the
support of public schools, or derived from
any public fund therefor, nor any public
Iands devoted thereto, shall ever be under
the control of any religious sect, nor shall
any minister or preacher of the gospel of any
religious creed or denomination hold Office
in connection with the public schools in any
state, nor be eligible to any position of trust
or emolument in connection with an institu-
ton, public or private, in any state or under
the United Suites, which shall be supported
in whole or I'm part from any public fund.
s., 1000 900 to repair and re-
build the levees of the Mississippi. To re-
store gold and silver their monetary use in
the United States from and after January,
1877, and to repeal the act for resumption Of +
specie payment. A motion to suspend the
rules and bring the house to vote on the
amnesty bill introduced by MIR. White, and
rom the benefits of which Jefferson Davis is
excluded, and also to vote on the amend
nent striking out that exception, was lost
l16 to 1I0, less than the necessary two-thirds
voting in the affirmative. A constitutional
amendment limiting the presidential term
to four years was referred, and the house
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