New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-03-19

States constitute one nation, and not ,
mere confederacy Of States or nations: tina,
the constitution was formed by the people
acting in their primary and individual ca
pscity through their delegates thereto duiy
constituted; that the government under the
constitution is ono Of the people. bv tht
people, and for the people; that in its ap
proprlate ephere the government of THU
nauon Ia sovereign and supreme; that in iti
nature 1t is permanent and indissoluble ex
cept BY the act and consent of the whole
people; that no State has the right or au
taorlty to judge of the constitu ionality q
the laws enacted by it, and to nullity or re
SYST the execution Of the same; and that al
overt acts by any State or the people there
of secession therefrom, or Of rebellion
against the came. constitute treason; and
mat the late war Of the rebellion for TIT
ACKNOWLEDGMENT Of the Union was cause
less and indefensible on any theory of RICH,
Or constitutional law.
Mr.. C0x-I hope this resolution will b.
referred. 1t may be very good, but it vii
take up good deal of time.
The yeas and nays were ordered
MIR. Cox-1 rise to parliamentary inqui
~. IL this motion Invisible!
The SPeaker-In the Judgment Of the
Chair, it il not The motion is to suspend
the rules and adopt the resolution.
Mr. COx-I rise to q point of order
Would it De in order to read from the con
stitution the followingi
'D0ne in convention By the unanimous
| consent of the States.
GEORGE WASHINGTON"
| The Speaker-lt would not be. Laugh
Tie question was taken, and there were
| yeas 81, nays IS. not voting III.
During the roll call the following an
| nOuncoments were made:
Mr.. Milliken-My colleague, Judge Dur
ham, is confined to his room by sickness.
Mr.. Platt-My colleague, Mr.. Adams. is
absent by leave Of the House on important
business. II he were present he would
vote "yea."
Mr.. Townsend, Of New York; am paired
with Mr.. Davis, Of North Carolina. If l
were at liberty to vote, should vote "yea;"
and presume that Mr.. Davis, it here,
would vote mo-"
Mr. Danford-The gentleman from Ne
brssks. Mr.. Crounse, is confined to his bed
by sickness.
Mr.. Fornsy-My colleague, Mr.. Bradford,
is absent on account OF sickness. 1t pres
emit he would vote mo"
M. Blaine-My colleagues, Mr. Frye, Mr.
Hale and Mr.. Burleigh, are all absent from
the city. II they were present they would
gladly vote ''yes"
Mr. Cox-I move to suspend the rules
and adopt the following resolutions, which
l send to the desk:
Resolred, That the people of the United
States constitute q nation in the sense, to
the extent and for the purposes defined in
the federal constitution.
Resolred. That the government of the
United States is Q federal Union, and was
formed by the people of the several States
in their sovereign capacity; that the rights
and powers Of the United States govern
ment are defined and limited by the federal
constitution. and these rights and powers
can not be enlarged nor diminished except
BY an amendment to the constitution.
Rcsolred, That the rights of the States
have the same sanction and security in the
constitution as the rights and powers Of the
federal government, and that local dOmes-
tic government by the several States within
the limits OF the constitution is absolutely
necessary for the preservation of the iiber-
ties of the citizen and the continuance of
our republican system of government.
Resolred, That the doctrine that State
has the right to eecede from the Union is
in conflict with the idea Of perpetual
union" as contemplated by the constitution
and should be regarded as being forever
extinguished by the results Of the recent
civil conflict.
Mr.. Holman-l ask for the yeas and nays
on the motion to suspend the rules.
Mr. Blalne-I hope so, and hope ev cry
Union man in the House will vote against
them. [Cres of 20" from the Democratic
side of the Housed l hope so decidedly.
The yeas and nays were ordered and,
after some flibustering, taken, with the
following result: Yeas $50, nays ~, not
voting 81, as follows:
Yeas-Ainsworth Anderson. Ashe, At |
kins. John II Bagley, Jr., Banning, Bass, |
Beebe, Blackburn, Bland, Blount, Boone,
Brigh'. John Young Brown, Buckner, Ca |
bell. John II Caldwell, William p. Cald- |
we'll, Campbell, Cannon, Cason, Cate. Caul. |
field, John b. Clarke of Kentucky, John B. |
Cook, Cowan, Cox, Cutler, Davy, De Bolt,
Dibrell, Douglas, purana, Eden, Ellis,
Faulkner, FELTON,, Forney, Fort, Franklin,
Fuller. Glover, Goode, GOodin, Andrew H. |
Hamilton, Robert Hamilton, Hancock, Har-
denbergh, BENZ amin W. Harris, Henry K.
Harris, Hartridge, Hartzell, Hendee. Hen
kle, Goldsmith w. Hewitt. Hill, Hol-
man, Hooker, Hopkins, House, Hun
ton, Hurd, jerks, Thomas L. Jones,
George NJ. Landers, Leavenworth. Levy,
Lewis, Lord. Luttrell, Lynde, L A. Mackey,
Maish, McDill. Mcfarland. Meade, Mill
Ken. Morgan, Morrison, Neal, New. O'Brien.
ODel, Parsone. Payne, Phelps, j. +.
Philips, Williams A, Phillips. Pierce. Piper,
Poppleton, Potter, Randall, Rea. Reao N
John Reilly, Jaiper 3. Reilly, nice, hiuuie.
Join Robbins:W ..am NJ. Robbins, Roberts,
Niles Ross, Sam "a, Savage, Say Ter. Scales,
smith, Sou :har,.. Sparks. Strait. Stenger,
Stevenson, Ston rsese, Terry, Thompson,
Washington Townsend,
Tucker, Tufts, 'rurnsy. John l.. Vsnce.
Robert B. VaL,a Waddell. Charles c. Il.
Walker, Wal!ing. Walsh, Ward, Warren,
Vike, Willard, A pheus 5. Williams. James
}. Williams, Je, miah N. Williams Willis
lanes Wilson, Woodburn, Yeats and
Nays-John H Baker, Blaine, Bradley,
1otatio c. Burchard, Conger, Denson,
)unnell, Egber, Evans, Farwell, Foster,
Ioar, Huboell, Hyuan, Lapham, Law
ence, Lynch, Mssoon, Mac ougall, Nc
;rary, Monroe, Nash, Norton, Oliver,
'acker, Page, + alsted, Piatt, Purman,
Rusk, Seelye, Sinnickson, Smalls,
Van Worries, Alexander 5.
Wallace, John w Wallace. White, Andrew
Villains, Alan Wood, Jr., and Wood
'orth-42.
Not voting-A ans, Bagby, George A.
;agley, William Il. Baker, BAllou, Banks.
arnum, Bell, Biair, Bliss, Brad ,ord, Wal .
am r Brown. Samuel D. Burchard, Bur-
,igh, Gambler, Caswell, Chaplin, Chitten-
gu. Collins. Grape, Crouase, Culberson,
'anford, Darrsll, Davis, Dobbins. Durham. G
.mes. Ely, Freeman, Frost. Frye, Gar
cid, Cause, Gibson, Gunter, Hale. Harat
N, John T. Harris, Harrison, Hatcher, t
athorn, Raymond, Hays, Henderson,
ereford, Abraham 5. Hewitt, H,ge, Hos
ms, Hunter, Hurlbut. Frank Jones. Joyce, t
asscn. Ketchum. Kimball, King, Lamar, >
ane, Edmund w. NJ. Mackey, McMahcn,
etcalte, Miller Mills, Money, Morey,
ntchler, ONeill. Powell, Pratt, Rainey. +
,bieski Ross, Schumacher, S,emons, a.
err Smith, Springer, Stowell, Swami, Tar r
* Thomas Martin l. Townsend, Wa | .