The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-03-01

the House. He had canvassed the State
Of Georgia against secession and he had
always found these old invalid soldiers
standing by his side and opposed to seces.
sion. Il was a curious incident in his.
tory that at the very time Southern sol.
diers were fighting the enemy ut New
Orleans there was convention Of New
England men at Hartford proclaiming
the very doctrine Of secession on which
the South had subsequently acted.
Mr.. Kasson-Did any State ever I'm.
dertake to enforceit it2
Mr.. Hill without noticing Kasson's
question)-And l do not know that any.
body engaged in that convention was ever
struck from the pension rolls.
Mr.. Atkins-What has secession to do
with this bill? Secession is dead. Why
should It be brought up here and dis.
cussed in this hall? Why should the
gentleman from Georgia fling it in our
faces on this floor? As Southern man
] protest against the introduction OF such
question.
MIR. Hoar replied to him, and said that
the Convention at Hartford was composed
OF men as pure and able and patriotic as
ever lived, and when they declared that a
State Legislature was TO judge Of the
validity Of an.uct Of Congress they never
contemplated that any one might resist
apy act by force. !
Mr.. Stevenson made point OF order
that the discussion was out OF order, but
the Chair oyerruled the point.
In the midst Of good deal Of excite
ment, and after various Interruptions,
Mr.. Hoar went on to say that he was
tired Of such lectures coming from the
gentleman (Hill) whom the other side OF
the House seemed 10 treat us its organ.
In this connection he referred 10 Mr..
Hills record on the amnesty bill, Z
Mr.. Hill again undertook to explain
the resolution offered In the Confederate
Congress in regard to the punishment OF
pretended officers and soldiers OF the
United States that might be captured on
Confederate soil.
Mr.. Hoar continued: A gentleman on
that side Of the House (peanlng Mr.. Cox
in the same debate used language which
il is hardly decorous to repeat, and spoke
Of distinguished member Of this House
as hyena-an utteranCe that excited
the disgust OF the civilized world whcr-
ever the telegraph extends; and yet the
other side oi the House seized the first
opportunity TO place the author OF that
utterance in the Speakers chair as their
representative Of the order, dignity and
ldecency OF an American Congress.
Mr.. Cox replied to Mr.. Hoar and said
that he was sitting quietly in his seat
when that gentleman's poisonous arrows
wore hurled at him, When he (Cox)
used the language charged against him,
he did it under provocation and without
much deliberation, but no one questioned
more than himself nj the time its proprie.
ty US. parliamentary pungency. He
had no special controversy with the gen.
tlemen from Maine (Blaine), or the gem
tleman from Massachusetts l(Hoar), who
came forward as a defendant Of the Hart
ford convention and Of the "blue.ligtt
Federalists" who hung out their signals
to the British ships. In conclusion he
said that the best thing to be done with
the bill in tho interest Of retrenchment
aud economy was to have il recommitted.
The Committee then rose, and the
House, on motion Of Mr.. Holman, n,ordered
the bill 10 be recOmmittcd.
Mr.. Luttrell offered u resolution declar.
ing il 10 be the opinion Of the House that
the Secretary OF the Treasury should at
once commence the issue Of the silver
coin accumulated in the treasury AZ
substitute for fractional currency. Re.
ferred.
House adjourned.
SENATE.
The chair laid before the Senate
message from the President inclosing a
communication from the Secretary OF
the Interior in regard to the deficiencies
in the supplies at the Red Cloud agency
in Nebraska, and recommending favor
able action. The estimates submitted by
the Secretary to supply such deficiency
were ordered printed and referred.
Mr.. Sherman, from the Committee on
Finance, reported adversely on Senate
bill to amend section 5l3S OF the revised
statutes Of the United States, permitting
national banks to organize with acapital
OF $4,000 in towns irrespective Of pop
ulation.
Mr.. Ingalls,, who introduced the bill,
said he had received numerous letters
from national banks in cities as well rs
country towns asking the passage Of this.
bill and II the chairman Of the Commit
tee on Finance had no objections he
would like to have the bill placed on the
calendar with the adverse report. 1twas
so ordered.
Mr.. Bayard, from the Committee on
Finance, reported favorably on the Sem
ate bill extending the time for the re-
demption Of lands held by the United
States under several acts levying direct
taxes. Passed.
The bill extends the time for there.
demption Of such property until the first
OF February, 1877. sa4
Mr.. Morton rose to make personal
explanation and read the published testi!
mony Of j. l.. Lyon before the House
Committee on Foreign Affairs yesterday
in regard to the Emma Mines. Mr.. Nor
ton said the report Of the testimony
would lead to the impression that he had
accepted u fee Of $4,000 in the case re-,
ferred to, in which there was not ope.I
word OF truth. He was on his way home
in 1871 when Senator Stewart came to
him on the train near Pittsburgh and
made statement OF a law suit In Utah,
and said he desired TO have him (MortOn)
retained as counsel, stating that II they
were successful u large. fec would be paid
him. He introduced a gentleman named
Lyon to him. Then he tMorton) sup
posed at first that It was a legitimate en-
ploy ment and told Stewart that he would
take II under consideration and
meet him in Salt Lake City, he afterward
became satisfied It was not a case in
which he, as u Senator, could properly
take part. He afterwards received a tel
egram from Mr.. Stewart to meet him in
Salt Lake City, but he did not meet him
and never had any fnrther conversation
with him on the subject. He (Morton)
never had anything to do with the Emma
Mine. He now felt satisfied that the OBJ
iect Of the parties was TO secure his polit-
cal Influenza though he did not mean TO