Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1876-01-26
The Senate Bill on Presumption OF
HOmesteads-P from Wis
cOnsIn for the Abolition OF
the Senate.
Tie Debate In the House on the Gen.
tennial Appropriation Bill Mr..
Lamar's Speech-The Vote
Bill Carried.
SENATE.

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man suffrage was Endorsed by the ju-
dietary, press and people generally. DE
knew Of no better place to make this
experiment than the capital of the ma
tiOa, and asked that the petition be re-
feTred to the committee on the District OF
Columbia, to be considered in connec-
ton with any bill to provide a govern
ment for the district. Il was referred.
Senator Morrill, submitted q res o!u-
tiOn directing the secretary Of war to
communicate 10 the senate the sggre-
gate number OF organized militia of the
several States. Agreed to.
Ghe morning hour having expired the
senate resumed the consideration OF un-
finished business, being bill to provide
for the appointment of 3 committee on
the subject of alcoholic and fermented
liquor traffic and manufacture.
Senator Christiancy submitted an
amendment declaring that commission
ers shall be appointed for the purpose of
obtaining information which may serve
as guide to the system of legislation
best fitted for the District of Columbia,
and the several Territories OF the United
States and other places subject to legis-
lation by congress, in reference to the
question Of revenue from the manufac-
ture and sale Of alcoholic and fermented
liquors, and the effect OF the use of such
liquors upon the morals and welfare of
the people in such District, Territories
and places. The amendment was
agreed to.
The amendments proposed by the
senate committee ON finance, on the
tWenty-first of January, were also con-
CURED in, and the bill passed as amend
ed. Yeas, 81; nays, 20. Senators Booth
and Witbers voting with the Repub.
licaus in favor OF the bill.
Senator Harvey called up the senate
bill to confirm the pre-emption and
homestead entries OF the public lands
within the limits Of the railroad grants,
in cases where such entries have been
made under the regulations of the land
department. He spoke in favor of the
passage Of the bill, and quoted from
several decisions Of the interior depart
ment against the rights OF settlers, which,
he said, were erroneous, and the settlers
could have their rights decided in the
courts in consequence Of such decisions.
Senator Ingalls, said that aid had been
granted to probably hundred railroad
companies. Laws, which had hereto
fore been construed In favor of the set
tiers, within the past two or three years
had been reversed, and were now Just
the opposite, and they had been oppo-
site since Columbus Delano was made
secretary of the interior, and Willer
DrummOnd was made commissioner OF
the general land office. There was no
appeal from the decisions of the secreta.
~ of the interior.
Senator Boay said that the decisions Of
the late secretary OF the interior in the
cases cOmpl aimed of were erroneous. He
desiI ed to protect the settlers as much
as possible, and thought the bill should
be more explicit.
Pending the discussion, Senator Ham.
lin moved that the senate proceed to the
consideration OF executive business.
Senator Cameron presented petition
from the citizens OF Wisconsin asking
an amendment to the constitution of the
United States for the abolition of the
senate aud the transfer of the power of
that body to the house of representa-
tiVes and judiciary.
The senate then went into executive
seS sion and in short time adjourned.
HOUSE.
After the call Of the committees was
concluded, the house went into COM
mittee of the whole, Mr.. Wood [ n. Y. !
in the chair, on the Centennial appro-
pristion bill.
Mr.. Thompson advocated the bill, and
Messrs White and Southard opposed it
MIR. Robbins n. CT followed. He
said that when the war broke out 3
North Carolina farmer had six SONS
grown up to manhood, who, at the first
tap Of the drum, went TO the field to
fight in the cause OF the south. They
Aad not stayed to reason about it, and
they fought from Bull Run to Appomat-
tox. But not all of them one was sleep
ing at Antietam, one at tChancellorsville,
one at Chickshominy, and another In
Kentucky; but two OF them were at Ap-
pomattox battle-scaIred. They had seen
the flag 60 down which they had fol-
lowed with unfaltering devotion. One
Of those survivors was he who now ad-
dressed the committee, and who now
said that he had seen .enopgh OF war
and wanted peace, and that he wanted
reconciliation and brotherhood all over
the country. That was why he propose d
to vote for the bill, for he thought that
the tendency Of the celebration was
to promote peace. Why was there not
peace? The soldiers had fought out the
war with bayOnets, muskets and can
non, and now ceased fighting. The rea'
son why there was not peace was because
a few selfish, restless, political agitators
still wanted to keep up the fight, and
their weapons were asses tRw-bones.
Laughter and applause. He was Op-
posed to participation IN that kind OF
warfare. He wanted peace. His people
L 4 l.; 60 fa1hx nd kr.
help bring about reconciliation aud a
good understanding.
The debate was continued by Messrs.
Williams Wis. and Lamar in favor Of
tue bill, and by Messrs. White and
GOodin az Sinst it. In the course OF Mr..
Lamar's speech, be asked whether 1t
could be said that, in view Of the plenary
power Of the general government in re-
gard to foreign sftairs, there was a
constitutional incompetency in congress
to invite commits sioners from foreign
countries to triDg here productions OF
commerce, arr and industry. was It
unconstitutional In the President TO
give an invitation which the law au.
thOFiZed him to give? Ii not, IL was
clearly and unqualitiedly the duty OF
congress to appropriate the moneys Tor
IuAt puIIOsHs Ilc iaNOtCO VIC NClCbA0-
ton, in order that the people of the
north should become satisfied OF long,
ing desire Of the southern people to live
with them in perpetual union, and be-
fore that feeling all others sunk into in
Significance. He deprecated an allusion
made by Mr.. Townsend n. Y last
week to Mr.. Preston Brooks, and inti-
mated that the inevitable effect Of the
alIusion was to excite passion, to in
flame animosity and to awake the
hatred Of sectionalism. He (Lsmar) adj
vocated the scheme because it carried
out the spirit of peace and reconciliation.
Ii was something like the image ol
the feeling OF people who demanded
that alienation and distrust which had
heretofore existed between the two SEQ
tions OF the Union should no longer OBJ
struct the glOries Of the Republic or the
prosperity and happiness Of the Ameri
can people. As God was his judge, hC
did not believe that the alienation ex'
listed any longer. Never since Jefferson