The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-01-12
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W4sHrSoToS January II, 1876.
HOUSE.
BILLS INTRODUCED AND REPoRTED.

10 retain gold IN the treasury 10 tnC
amount Of 80 per cent OF the outstanding
legal tenders; requires National Banks tC
retain the gold paid for their interest on
bonds deposited TO secure currency till
they have 80 per cent Of their outstand'
ing notes, and repeals that portion Of the
resumption act compelling specie re
sumption in 10. 81 rF
BY Mr.. sHamilton-Erom Appropria'
ton Committee, reported Military Acad
emy bill which was made special order
for Thursday next. It appropriates S2S,'
l24.
ByMr. Williams (of Indiana) From
Committee on Accounts, reported reso'
luton fixing the number and pay Of com
p1it,ee clerks as follows: Elections, 81
per day; Banking and Currency, S.; Pacl'
ilc Railroad and Railways and Canals
combined, 81; Commerce and Postofiice
and Postroads, .S4; Indian Affairs and
Mines and Mining combined, S4; Militia.
ry Affairs S.; District Of Columbia S4
judiciary, 81; Private Land Claims and
Education and Labor combined, 81; Ma.
val Affairs, $4; Expenditures in the Post
office Department, So; Foreign Affairs
S.; Territories, 81; War of 1872 and In
valid Persons combined, So; Revision
Laws and Patents, 81; Public Bindings
and Grounds and Expenditures in the
Treasury and War Department, So; Ac-
counts, IS.
In course OF the discussion on the res.
olution Mr.. Williams stated that his
committee proposed to provide for twenty
committee clerks in addition TO the five
provided for by law, making twenty-five
in all, whereas at the last Congress there
were thirty-fve. The resolution was
adopted. ..s,,.-t .l,s.=s ...1. .H
Mr.. Vance, from the Committee on
Printing, reported n resolution against
printing the index and summary Of cases
adjudicated adversely 10 the Claim. Com
missionera. Adopted. gsEs
Mr.. Atkins, from the Appropriation
Committee, reported a pension appropri'
atom bill, and it was made special order
for Friday next. It appropriates $500
1885, Ift9 t5-7'5 We ''.''''
pIscUssioN.oF THE AMNESTY BILL.
The House then proceeded to the con.
sidcration OF the Amnesty bill, and was
addressed by Mr.. Hill, ,of Georgia. He
disclaimed all desire on the part Of him.
self and his associates from the South to
reopen the feeling between the two sec.
tions. The country had already suffered
enough from feuds. He and his associ.
ates had come here with the patriotic
idea to remember nothing but the coun.
try, and the whole country, and, turning
their backs on all the horrors OF the past,
look with.all earnestness to find glories
for the future. The gentleman (Blaine),
who is acknowledged tho leader Of the
Republican party in the House, has how
ever r,willed otherwise, and seems deter.
mined that the wounds'which were heal.
ing should be reopened; that the passions
which were hushed should be reintlamed.
He (Hill) wished the House to under
stand that he did not reciprocate either
the purpose or the manifest desire Of the
gentleman, and while they felt 1t their
imperative duty to vindicate the truth ol
history as regards their section, they did
not intend 10 say anything calculated TO
aid the gentleman in the work Of crimi-
nation and recrimination and OF keeping
up the war by politicians after brave men
have said the war shall end. The gentle.
man from Maine had made two points in
his speech-the magnanimity and grace
Of the Republican party, and the brutal.
ity Of those whom he was pleased to term
rebels. As to the first question, he did
not propose to weary the House to-day.
The gentleman from Maine had made the
grave indictment against Mr.. Davis that
he e'was guilty Of the murder and crimes
ut Andersonville, and the gentleman
(Blaine) stood before the country with his
very fame In peril, il after making such q
chargehe failed to prove it. He (Hill)
would take up the gentleman's proposi,
tions in their order. He; hoped no one
would imagine he was here to pass any
eulogy on Mr.. Davis, the record ot.whose
fame must rest as ithad been made, and
his companions and friends had submitted
that record to the, only tribunal that
would give an impartial Judgment
honest posterity. In the meantime no
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