-XXXIKth Coogrcss-SecoiidSnalM.
Washington, Dac.ll,
Senate.—The District of Columbia Suf
frage bill was taken up.
The pending question was upon Mr.
Cowan’s amendment to strike oat tae word
“ male” before person. "
Mr. Anthony (R, I.) said he supposed Mr.
Cowan had offered this amendment by way
of satire, but he should vote for it, not be
cause of any right that women had to exer
cise the franchise, for he considered it a right
that could only be granted by society. If it
was olaimed that intelligence ought to be the
basis of suffrage; women could net be ex
cluded, still less if virtue or morality was to
be the standard. It might be said that men
represented women, but this was not true;
there could be no representation without the
consent of the person represented, and wo
men had not given this consent. :
Nations had been well governed by Wo
men. Elizabeth raised England to the
height of greatness, A woman furnished
Columbus with the means to discover Ame
rica. A woman now sat upon the throne of
Spain, and a woman was the ruler of the
proudest monarchy of the earth. It was not
logical to say that a woman cauld reign as
a queen, or command an army, and yet
that a woman was hot fit to vote for com
mon councilmen of Washington. The time
had not yet come for female suffrage, bat it
was coming. „
Mr. Williams (Oregon) said women did not
need the protection of the ballot that negroes
did, and for this reason he should vote
against the amendment and for the bill
Negroes had been enslaved and degraded!
Intelligence had been denied them. Women
bad not been enslaved, but honored; hus
bands and brothers protected wives and sis
ters, and it was the pride and glory of Ame
ricans to love and honor the female sex. Ii
would be time enough to to consider the
question of female suffrage when it was de
manded by American women. No such de
mand had yet been made, except by a few
who sought notoriety, and did notreprcsent
the sex to which they belong, if indeed
ttiey can be said to belong to any sex, which
he considered very questionable.
It has been said that the hand that rocks
the oradle roles the world. This was true
and beautiful. Bat in a different sense from
Uiat of exeroising the right of suffrage.
Those women who now olamored for the
turmoil of politics and wished to enter into
contests with men at the ballot box, would
if they had the power, overthrow the framß
work of society and make every home a
-hell uponeartli. When women were willing
to be sailors and soldiers, to fight battles
and navigate the seas, it would be time
enoughfor them to ask the right to vote.
Mr. Williams then resumed the conside
ration of the subject of suffrage to the
contending that the ballot was necessary to
to enable them to protect themselves
All the arguments against it were mere pre
judice. Why was it that so long as a negro
was a slave there was no objection to nis
sitting in a railroad coaoh or riding in a
steamboat? But when he became free he
was not to be allowed any such privilege.
Ho would base his argument solely in the
right of protection, which every man has
white or Dlack. ’
„r l iL^ d i ee . n s s ? id here that the inhabitants
of this District were the descendants of
proud and haughty families. For that rea
son he wanted this bill passed, so that all
thefiescendants of these haughty families
might have the right to vote. If it was said
that the negroes were not intelligent, he
would, reply that they were intelligent
enough to distinguish right from wrong in
the late rebellion, and to know the friends
frara the enemies of the Government.
Mr. Cowan said he had not intended to
again take the floor on this subject, bntit
hmi been said that he was not in earnest in
offering this amendment. This was not
correct. He had been opposed to any change
in the suffrage; but if it was to be changed
if negroes were to be enfranchised,lhe was
m favor of still further change, so as to em
brace women, also. If white men eould
not be intrusted withpolitical power for the
negro, they could not be intrusted with it
for the women.
WhJ* 1 ? thought women were represented
by their husbands might go to the nroceed
mon > a .rfighfs Conventiomre
cently held, to learn differently. It was
time to look facts in the face; He was
willing tostand upon old constitutions sano-
Hm» d ™l hey f Were V y the when the
tone comes to make a step, it should be
direction. He was sur
prised that hip sincerity should he doubted -
Radicals were not like the poet, they were
made ami apt born, and when the rime
ca S®5,®, wwold ? ld . be 5 s radical as any of them.
He did not intend to let the Juggernaut of
progress run- over him. He had as many
reasons as Mr. Anthony, and one more for
being in favor of this bill, for he had a vrife
whereas Mr. Anthony was a widower. He
hoped, therefore, that Mr. Anthony would
make an abject apology to him for having
expressed a doubt of his sincerity. [Laugh
er.] This new personage who appears on
the political.stage to oppose the Jnpiterian
of legislation, complains that toS
have been a tyrant to her. • *
He (Mr. Cowan) proceeded to read from
.the proMedmgsof the 29th annual meeting
Pennsylvania Anti-slavey Society
and the speech of Mr. Francis D. Gagddur
mg the session of that body. He would an-
Kfi 1 tp , lnend f i pm Massachusetts (Mr.
Wilson) to express his opinion on this sub
ject, and he felt assured that he would he
firm on the side of humanity on this ques-
H on - He could almost see from where he
bosoni of his friend from Massa
chusetts heave in sympathy with this new
issue (laughter) and now that they had two
negroes in the Massachusetts Legislature he
could not doubt that Mr. Wilson would
come fully to his (Mr. Cowan’s) position.
He hoped also that his other friend from
Massachusetts (Mr. Snmner) would vote
right m this proposition, now that a change
b? d come over his domestic relatives.
won J d not have alluded to
this delicate subject, but he found some re
“a*B i rom M . rs - Ga g® in relation to Mr.
great Bpee S, h of 1081 Winter to
phich he was compelled to assent. Mrs.
Gage had discovered that Mr. Snmner pro
taxati°n and male representa
tion, and not a word was said bythat gen
tleman against tiie tyranny of
men without giving them the right of renre
-Bentation. He would say to gentlemen that
Mrs. Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Mrs. Francis
toeir a htete with%hefr bfnMr^flyin^and
°A fe ?^l su ,S ag J?' his amendment were
adopted he (Mr. Cowan) would vote for thn
bill. He would not be afraid of negro snf!
•fr* a S® if female suffrage went with it tt<>
n 9 t J )e first to propose any change
thb “alter of suffrage, but if any chanle
was to be made, it ought to be a radical and
fundamental one of this kind. H« wL in
good earnest in offering this amendSlnt
He was not so blind as not to see the signs
of the coming times. gns
Mr. MoiTill (Me.) said he could not be
heye that Mr. Cowan had been arguing to
infav « of his proposh
won. While the znaiontv in tha oirmtA
intended to he fadical, they intended
rational .also,, and &&
enemies to make them ridioulons wonld bf
unsuccessful. He would not consent to see
Mr. Cowan pretend to endorse radicalism
*> r Repose of breaking it down. It™
the old device to make a measure
order to defeat it. Mr. Cowa^d^ X?
Ueve In the primlpi.
*#* orrUl > replied to the
oT Mr Cowan, that the
-Sltion to disfranchise thoae who had
in the rebellion or the right of
K# '■■■ ■■■■'.
“ature of San ex post
unconstitutional.
He.ooiiteMeji fcliataiQ punistiiiient was ia
was simply apropol
si Hon looking to the future, and taking
?™y a trust from those who had shown
themselves unworthy, of it.
CJowan resinned the floor in reply to
f n ?i nt ?* n t D S that to deprive a
Hght of suffrage was a punish
a?d M DOW proposed, was in the
nature of an ez post facto law. *
, Wade (Ohio) said he had not intented
fiirf , this discussion because the
nrst day of the last,session of Congress he
introduced the original bill, to which the
£?(? 11 S lt L eehad “ade several amendments,
which be supposed sufflcientiy demon
strated toall what his views on this subject
wer «- His views were not of any sudden
? e .^ ad alwaysbeen of the opinion
that the right to vote in a Republican go
vernment ought to be limited onlv by yelrs
?/ dl4CJ j® u OD- He had always believed that
it would be safe when the laws of the
* emi tted our People to their
they had fixed simply an age
ot majority,and of competency to manage
their own affairs as the qualification for suf
frage. Hedid not believe any such rule was
unsafe. He imagined that the unsafety was
entirely on the other side,’ for just in pro
portion as you limit this franchise, you
create in some degree an arlstocraoy or irre
sponsible government, and gentlemen must
be a little tincturedTwitfirtfie fear of Repub
right oA^ hentbey ftar theexteflded
, if he(lknr.jyad e ) believed, as some gen
tlemen did f that to participate in .govern
ment required intellects of the highest oha
penence; if only such persons should be ber
mitted to participate in the government, he
should know that a republican ferm ofgo
yerntoent could not liVe. It was because
he beheved that all that wasessential in go
vernment for the welfare of the community
was the plain, level of the weakest
intellects, that he believed this government
ought to stand and would stand for ever.
wl4 “ at to be protected by this
republican government? Certainly it la the
weak and the ignorant who have no other
manner of defending their rights except
through the ballot-box. The argument for
aristocracies and tnonarchies had ever been
that the people did . not know enongh to
take care of any form of government As to
the pending amendment, he intended to
vote it He might not have introduced it
because this might not be the best time and
place to agitate the subject; but as to the
right of women to vote, he had not donbt
whatever. He was fully convinced on that
subject It would puzzle any one to draw
• j. l ?® demarcation between the female
and the Male in this respect, while both
were alike subject to the same law. The
timeisapproacning, said Mr. Wade, when
®^ y > fem ,! Ue . :ul UlB oonntry will be respon
sible for the just government of the coun
tryasmueh as the males. Their right to
participate in the government of the conn
try will be just as well acknowledged as
our own. 6
J ate ® said he did not share with
0 Senators m the embarrassment in
which these amendments seemed to involve
them, He oould see no argument whv a
woman should not vote that would not
apply ,(J <> Prevent a man from
voting; but another issue had been mn<i o
last summer, another question had been
V 1 ® J? e °P le > an d. he was for ad
hering to that. He would join the Senator
from Pennsylvania (Mr. Cowan) in mak
ing female suffrage an issue in the nbxt
election, and if he* desired it he was for
universal suffrage, and when the time
comes he would vote for it; but in voting
against this amendment he only adhered
o the voice of his State, as expressed at
the polls last fall, confined as it was to
another ißsne. 10
"Wilson (Massachusetts) said he
should vote against this amendment. He
was opposed to connecting the two aues
tlons together at all. The lldiesin
mens Rights Convention seemed to have
had a great effect upon Mr. Cowan. If Mr
h fd read the speeches of these w<£
men during the past few years he would
have a better record when he leaves the
t ?® for ? he (Mr- Wilson) came to
the conviction that
it would be better for the legislation of the
it >he women of the land had the
right of suffrage. If Mr. Cowan would
offer women’s suffrage as an independent
measure, he would vote for it; but he was
Z P “ “““otfDS th e two together. He
was in favor of negro suffrage because it
was a necessity. We have won negro suf
frage for the District of Columbia! Ig 0
6r >,?^. Sa ?Vr wonit for all the
States ofthe Union, Before the 4th or
Administration 1
shall close—l expect the negroes in all the
Stales will be, clothed with the right of suf
frage, I have not a donbt that they will be i
m the ten rebel States.
Mr. Hendricks (Ind.) asked Mr. Wilson
th« y ’ w tlU i s 9. b -i eot had been decided by
v-,? 1 ele e}ions, the consideration of
this bill was discontinued during the last
"ft?®? I** 1 ** a A ad pass ed the HouX.
Mr. Wilson said the reason was that it
here waa D ? t strength enough
in tiie Senate passover the President’s veto
o? own the President would
have vetoed it. Since then the voice of the
S3Bi&L*“ ® xpressed - and was n ° w
Mr. Johnson (Md.Vsaid there were many
reasons why the rigfitof suffrage had never
been generally extended to woSeh. It had
ES t i£ nl ?^? vei J b f! n asked by women,
but he believed it would it would be re
je°ted - .There was anorher reason why they
should not be allowed tq vote,, If they par
ticipated m elections they must be a part
)he militia, Mr/Johnson read a portion
S£-ui» t er fron ? Johm Adams, in which the
writer opposed female suffrage, and gives
his reasons for his opposition; Those 8 who
Pending amendment contended
that women should have the right of soffra "e
for their own protection. •" ■
(^ r -/ oh ? son ) always supposed that
fhe. d ni y of protection to ladies belonged to
their husbands and brothers. Ladies had
never complained that they had not suffi-
S l ®.? v. protection. Some snch complaints
had been made by a few,but they were such
as were very properly denominated strofifr
minded women., Ladies were not anxious
«acUement. te * ! B l®9. ,i Pn'hrpUs and political
, Cowan .asked if the presence of
order 1 atthe 1,0118 wouldnot tend toprMervi
Mr. Johnson said it won Id not The kind
°L^ e V^ oorealed sach disturbances were
P® I .*®- be deterred from it by the presence of
ladies. Aside from all delioacy, what right
s®d a woman to yote when the right was
denied toaboy until he was 2i, although he
into the militia at 18. • ' .
Th r ;„ ' de .resumed the floor in advooacy
sitv h nf Si Bespoke of the neceZ
™J (^{t male ? uffra S e to enable women to
proteet.themselyes by the enactment of just
somA?^ eI T^ huyEe ?i to a remark
t- Jobn fon, that women voted in
«ni!l «ff^ e J’s Sa i d that eertain local elec
sSit! ° n J? time » bnt not at pre
i forther * that the women
ot mew Jersay did notwant to vote. Nine
ninety-nine out of every thou
wlwnf nof Americ » wanted no vote,
but that they now, ©zeroised through their
influence upon men. Their mtatonw™
He 00,113 860 ”0«!
tion betweet the two cases of women and no*
, -■ v ■
Pending the consideration of Mr.Cowan’n
T^?Y SE, ~ Mr - Wilson (Iowa), from the
Judiciary Committee, reported a bill to
prevent the reception and counting of ille-
THE DAILY EVENING BULLETIN.—PHILADELPHIA. WE PUTS!) AY, DECEM jj? 1^66
e»i electoral votes In the election of Presi
dent and Vice Resident.
; The preamble to the biU reoites that the
wh /ch by a portion of
the people of the United States against the
proper authorities ofthe government there
of in the most violent and revolting form, 7
but whose organized and armed forces had
now been overcome, did, in its revolution
ary progress, deprive the people of the seve
ral portions of the United States heretofore
represented in Congress las the States of Vir
ginia, North Carolina, Georgia,Florida. Ala
f?ama, Mississippi, Arkansas, Louisiana
and Texas of all civil government, and so
disturb the political relations with the Union
P® to deprive them of the right to appear in
the Congress of the United States in the per-
Senators and Representatives:
that they can be restored to their former po
litical relations in the Union only by the
consent uf the law-making-power of the
United* States; that it would be Improper
for communities thus deprived of civil gov
ernments, and whose political relations to
the government of the United States are too
disturbed for participation in the election of
President and Vice President of the United
States.
It therefore enacts that until the law
making power of the United States shall
have declared the several portions of the
united States heretofore represented in Con
gress as the States of Virginia, North Caro
lina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Ala
bama, Mississippi, Arkansas,Louisiana and
Texas are restored to their political relations
to the Union th’ey shali-not be entitled to
representation in the-Electorel College for
the choiiM of President and Vice President
of the_ United Btates, and that no electoral
vote Bhall be received or counted from them
except as each may hereafter be so deolared
restored to its political relations in the Union
and entitled to representation in Congress.
Mr. Finck asked Mr. Wilson whethfr fate
bill WBs printed.
Mr. Wilson (Iowa) replied in the negative.
Mr.Fmck suggested that it was certainly
a matter of great importance, and one that
should not be pressed without discussion.
: Mr. Wilson (Iowa) said he would proceed
to explain the bill, and then, if the House
choose to postpone it he would have no ob
jection. In the preparation of the bill and
preamble, the committee had been carefnl
f°u,H. gc i be ? ond the precedent already es
tablished. In the preamble the committee
adopted the deciaration of the President of
the United Btates that the revolutionary
progress made by the people ofthe South in
the course of the rebellion had deprived
certain portions of the Union of all civil
government. It had also followed the de
claration made by Congress in the joint
resolution providing for the admission of
members from Tennessee, that the politicai
relations of portions of the Union formerly
represented as States could only be restored
by the consent of the law-making power of
the United States. On those two declara
tions in the preamble the committee based
the bill. In the prepara
tion of the bill tbe committee had followed
the precedent established by the Thirtv
eighth Congress in the joint resolution ex
cluding from the Electoral College the
States then in rebellion. The only differ
ence was that that joint resolution was con
fined in its operation to the Presidential
18 ¥> F hile this biU provided that
it should apply Indefinitely.
Mr. Finck suggested that there was an
other difference—that at that time thecoun
try was in the midst of war, and that now
the midst of peace. [Expressions
of dissent on the Republican side.]
..Mr. Wilson (lowa)—We were at that
qt war * * ad w e think that
the effect of that war on those communities
exwfo to-day. Holding as we do, with the
President, that that war against the govern
ment of the United States deprivll Ih£e
people of all civil government, they shonld
tinner o irni i I j te< i to Participate in the elec*
tion of President and Vice President of the
United States until they shall have been I
provided with civil government
Bald that ’ without ex-
P.rtsfbjg any opmion as to the motives of
the bilk he thought the House should not
notion upon it now withont its being
pruned, and without opportunity for its at.
animation by members nndftwMiiscaSl to
It was certainly as grave a question as had
ever engaged the attention or this Congress
whose time had been ocoupied with grave
questions from its commencement, ft did
not sfrike him that the case was so dear to
it had been put by the Chair
man of the Judiciary Committee. He was
' W » th the ar £ nmedt - As it now
stood, it did not necessarUy follow that what
? aa w lth ‘n th e sphere of Congress a7the
time the rebellion was actually raging was
a precedent for actiof to-day?
Whatever might be tne theory as to the p>
diJri2>i o rt, ,h t e <i ate rebel States .rt could not P be
sdthl a* they were not now in a stated
bella, flagrante. He conceded to Congress
tie power to determine to a certain extent
where and how far States should be restored
to their representation here and to their re
presentation to the Electoral College?
;? r# Wilson assented to its postponement
and on his motion the bW was made toe
to to prtolld. ° r Thursday next > ordered
Wilson (Iowa), from the same com
mittee, reported back,the bill to repeal the
neutrality laws, and, oh his motion, the biU
Aff?r^ ferr6d t ° olo C° mml ttee on Foreign
Mr. Lawrence (Ohio),fro jKthe same Com
mittee, reported a bill to repeal certain parts
of , f Prt1,30,1700, for tRE
certain crimes against the United
States. It repeals- so much of toe act 10
provides that no person Bhall be prosecuted
tried or punished for treason, or other capi
ahln r 06 ’ Iv^P 1 lhe indictment therefor
shall be found by a grand jury within three
yeare nextafter the treason or capital of
fence shall be committed. And it provide*
BnUtyof Reason or other capi'
tal offences, may at any time be indicted
tried and punished therefor*
J^ me S < Pa ') explained and advo
cated the provisions of the bill.
! Mr..Conklin. (N. Y.) asked. whether toe
wboiepnrpMeof the bill would not be ao?
complished-by repealing the statute of lim
itation,and whether it was worth while to
iattempt todoto this bill known
namely, to revlvean
offence which is m triith outlawed. If the
offence was dead, any law that sought to
re n^ ve T d waa an post facto l&yr.
LawrenceXOhio) said that if this bill
d * d 5. 0t P asa gU.tbe early treason of Jeffer
toS, D rt VlS i2^. d tb< J? o , who co-operated with
wouldbeentirely exempt from pnn
, isbment. He was willing to go to the verge
uni*™ for tbe purpose of pun-
u t pon [ 'bin < e I tUt B httT^( T wln, I y'bMn
■ the porposa of ascertaining
1 bow w© can convict men, whom we cannot
convict under the law under which the
crime was committed, with great distrust!
I do not believe that it becomes this nation.
I do not believe that it is safe for us to un
dertake to pass laws by which we oan pun
ish men however guilty, who could not be
punished under the laws under whioh the
crime was committed. Can we not alter the
Constitution so as to change the place of
trial of traitors, and say that the venae mav
be changed and that they shall be tried bv
•torcra summoned from another bailiwick?
The Constitution and oar laws provide verv
careiully th“t especially treason cases are
to be tried in the plaoe where the overt act
is committed, or a district previously asoer
tainedi by law and by a jury from that baili
wick- Any law that professes to change
that to any of its features, looks to me to
much like attempting a case of j ndicial mur
der that I have been always afraid to touoh
it. lam aware that if the traitors of the
South were to be tried under our existing
Constitution «nd la w, not oaoof tjiijjn eoulg
ever beconvlcted. 1 I should never attempt
to Uy them for treMon. I should try them
as belligerents under the laws of nations
and under laws of war.
, A is what you would do
lf were the administration.” *
S jevens-I am speaking of -what I
would do when I get into the Admin
[Laughter.] I know that any
attempt to try them for treason would be a
failure, although I would not discourage the
m ® nt i°n this to show that I
am fully sensible that none of them under
our present Constitution and laws can ever
pe convicted; and yet I would rather let
every man of them run unpunished forever
'Which"they eoqld be
punished. I think our government would
endanger its future existence and its charac
,tar/?£ joshce before the world. ± think
that the British government suffered more
from the murder of Lord Russell, although
it was the execution of the sentence of a
court, tnan it would have suffered by the
escape of forty traitors. I think this govern
ment had better be careful how it tampers
either with the crime or the remedy, for it is
be “ e r to forego a remedy for the crime
which the world will view partly as a felo
de se, and partly as a political offence, than
to attempt now to pass laws lestmalefaotors
may escape,....
i This professes to be a bill to make indefi
nite the time of prosecution for one of those
offences which, of all bthers. should be
quieted by lapse.of time v Murder is a dif
ferent thing. .There are so many engaged,
not only in treasoa, but in rebellion, that
there must be some. quieting law. And
there ought to be, in my judgment, for’it
does not follow that every traitor escapes
who is not prosecuted within three years
from the time of the offence.
■ The statute of limitations nowhere runs
in any case, except it is possible to enforce
“s/wnedy. It only runs from the time
which it is possible to enforce it- For in
stance, Benjamin is in. Europe. Sols SlidelL
Ido not suppose anybody wonld say that
fvhile Benjamin was absent beyond the
sf as, the statute of limitation wonld run;
It only runs from the time which he may
be prosecuted and is not prosecuted,
Whether that be so or not during the con
tinuance of the war the crime continued. It
was a continuing offence, and that offence
continues up to the time When peace shall
be proclaimed. It never has been pro
claimed.. I know that a gentleman up the
avenue haapnt forth some pieces of paper
which he thinks equal to the proclamations
of James to Charles; but they are of no im
portance, and the question of peace or war
is yet to be decided by Congress. 'I say there
is no peace. [Sensation,] This nation is
still in a belligerent condition, and the con
quered belligerents are with the power of
the conqueror, to be dealt with as captives
and not as criminals, 1
I can, therefore, in the first place, see no
necessity for the bill, but if there were a ne
cessity lor it,l should certainly object to any
alteration of the law as it now exists witu
reference to treason, which wduld enable
tbe Government to convict, where it is con
fessed it could not convict under the law as
it stood when the crime was committed. I
should be very glad to see condign punish
ment inflicted on many of these men. al
though not capital punishment
I read Boccacio when I was a boy, and
have never forgotten the principles which
be laid down. I have never been for bloody
punishment. Ido not consider that there
was sufficient atonement made by the exe
cution of that magnificent leader of the re-
De !u oni ricketty Wirz. the Dutchman
w * th , humpback, who only
pbejed the orders of his superior offi
cers, and who, if he were tried in ordinary
times, and according to the law, would
never have been convicted, because his Go-
e ™ment was answerable for him.
The tdea that the starvation of fifty or
sixty thousand men is to be atoned by the
execution of one of the keepers of the pri
son, instead of being visited on his govern
ment is absurd. “
~Eere 1116 Speakerinterrupted, announcing
w i?}i or ? ,D^ J hoar had expired, and
th M^ e bUI e ° over 011 to-morrow.
asketl teave to intro
hUr? b v U regulate the sale of coin and
bullionby th e Secretary of the Treasury.
Mr. Washbnrne (111.) called for Us wad
ing. The bill was read. It directs the
Secretary, whenever the amount of gold
mid silver in the Treasury exceeds fifty
millions, and when the interest of the go
vernment requires its sale, to give public
notice for at least thirty days of her desire
to effect such sale of £he amount to be sold,
and at what period, and shall receive sealed
Fhi£ES3^ S t .^ r^ e P nrchas ® of any part
thereof, at the Treasury in Washington and
award the sale to the highest bidder or
tha i ** Secretary may
reject all the bids, and also provided, that
the amount in the Treasury shall not be re
duced below fifty million, and also provided
that the bidders shell deposit two per cent’
of the amount bid for, ***
S“*„'£<»;
ot lh * ?«'5 8««-
M Tj l . Deers ,° ll said t l3o *. on the contrary it
in gold. It would pat it outot timberm
the Secretary of the Treasury to wield a
golden sceptre more powerfm thhn any
“ ad “ °f
tyou.ow.oooof gold—so that he could depress
and raise the markets at his pleasure.
deba r te Brandeg ® e (oonn,) ot i5 60te d to the
wfen^“SS‘bm. <m - ) ° b ’« M
, The Speaker stated that as it required
° Ba ““.°. na opasent to introduce thebUl/and
t B efori e to , e°Ho^ been made ’ 11181)111 waan ° l
thePre B sfit^?aTmiw n g a repo 6 Sm?h m e
Secretary of War and tCI
in reference to the case of G.- E KcketF w
Maior-General In the rebei armyfm.repw
t 0 V ,e J. oaBaresola ««n of the 3d instant
and adding that the resolution of last session
on the same subject was not dated 23d of
June, as set forth r of July, onlyfour
t 8 ?1 bef ?? e termination of tfieselsion
Laid on the table and ordered to be printed
. Also « communication from the Secretary
; of the Treasury, transmitting the report of
the Register of the Treasury, showfe fhi
.srKssf 5tr a “” os »«■£-
a<S»ST IU.
1 Mr.Lngersoll.fllLhfrom the Committee
■«? tb ? n ® lstrict iJplnmbiß, reported back
the bili o amend the act incorporating the
Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Orphans’ Some. Read
three times and passed.
f/ rling W* presented the petition
of the Marme Underwriters of New York
dor an appropriation to remove the wreok or
the steamer Scotland, at Sandy Hook R,
ferred to the Committee on ApproprlathW
f .Mr. f ConMlng (N.Y.)presOnFeTthfpttf:
,tiou of tb© Rev. X)r, Coi6y f othfirs aai»
: iDg modification of the taxes paid by”fere v
men, teachers, and certain others-and fh«
isasaass"* * •» s
Preston stStlaundry.
read as follows: WASHING STar rumr* cnnrm mr.
«£& “ff 0 IN BR “
by and with the advice and the s\rr B at P r,cea -
Senate, shall be removable 9*cep( by im- OfßcCj CheStlUJt St.
peachment and conviction, oa by
«ie President > .with, the consent ot the
Senate. Provided, however, that in case of
disability or misoondnot in office,occurring
during the recess of the Senate, where the
interests of the public service may make it
necessary to.displace the incumbent. Until
the advice and:consent of that body cau be
duly had and obtained thereon,: it shall be
hiwfnl forthe President, on the recommen
dation of theheaaof that department un
der-whose jurisdiction such officer may be.
to suspend the disabled or defaulting officer,
and to commission another person to per
r°r™ the duties of the place until the Senate
shall act thereoD; and it shall be the duty of
the President, within twenty days after the?
next assembling-of .that body to report to it;
me lact of such suspension, along, with the
reasons therefor and the name of the person
commissioned by him, or
88 may think proper to
refnßßWw (if t^ e P lace : and in case of the
refusal of the Senate to concnr in the re
moval, either by a direct vote thereon,or by
dndconsenting to the appoint
who 4 f P ers ° n 80 nominated, theofficer
« rtereuir .ST*"
Sffiongh'ffie h°ad°not be^nteter’
JSS&ffaaatsjsg^ss/sres?-
PfflH*?*-'JntovafM timers
fn ° ctlo “ have been ex
pended as .aforesaid; but the Balary and
emoiumentsof such office shall, during such
suspension, belong to the person so tempo
raidy commissioned and performing the
duties of such office; provided, that the Pre
sideritj m case he shall become satisfied that
such suspension was made on insufficient
grounds, shall be authorized, at any time
before reporting snch suspension to - the
Senate, as above provided, to revoke such
suspension, and reinstate such officer in the
periormance of the duties of Ms office; pro
vided further, that this seotion shall, not
depa?tment e s. f the «everal : executive
■ Mr. Stevenß (Pa.) offered the following as
an amendment: •
*• Ardbelt farther enacted, that
01 bereatttr be nominated to the
Senate £ or offlce * wbo shall fall to recelvvthe ad.
7So«S?K?i^ ent of tiie^ena i© thereto,shall beinca
hf£) e ot bolding any executive office under the United
states for the term of one jtar after such rejection
unless two thirds of the Senate sbalf reliveS S?
The Preceeeasor of any nomlSSre
aScfofflc& he Senale sUU continue to hold hi,
He Bpoke in support of Ms amendment.
He said that during the last six months a
class of the meanest men whom God ever
overlooked in making men had been ap
pointed to office, and were now awaiting re
jection or confirmation-by the Senate. He
donbt that a great many of them
would be rejected, but if the President were
allowed to appomt them to any other office
he would reward them all. The President
understood taking care of just such mem
They were his national wards.
Mr. Stevens would mmish them for their
through such slime.
“ 8 fact ?f thelr acceptance of office
® vide “ c ® *s?* they were too. mean to
hold it, and too dishonest to be trusted with
it, and that for at least one year they should
hold no office.
I vania had been complimented by several of
I bis associates on having suddenly become a
conservative, and he (Mr. Hale) wasde
| lighted to witness and welcome his aeces-
S£B&2S?“ n ?* batl " regretted to see
I that witWthezeal common to a neophyte he
I now went far beyond those who had here’to-
I tore been considered as in some manner sns-
I tun ids the President.
Propped to put into the
1 hands of the President such "power as had
I P, ever b ®e n entrusted to any man. Under
I the gentleman’s omendment the President
I might send his (Mr. Stevens's) name to the
1 Senate for an office, and on the Senate re-
I to confirm him he would be incapa
ble ot holding any other office ibr a year
1 (l Mr ' Stevens remarked that he would run
I the risk of being punished in that wav.
I i“ r ' on to remark, in a yein of
I railery, that they all knew Mr. Stevens was
J competent for any position onthe face of the
I earth, but yet the Senate might not deem
I faim exactly the person to be the colonel of a
I regiment, the captain of a ship, or the com-
I mander-in-chief of the army, and might re-
I tosa to eonfirm his appointment to any of
h n £ > K 1 UOD L l l t^ el>reaident should no-
I J? 113816 tom» %d the result would be that
I k? 6 con P t ry would be deprived of his valua
ble services m the House, (Laughter!] In
like manner, if the President should desire
l e . t / ld of General Grantor Gen. Sherman
9 nl y to nominate him for Chief Jus
on being rejected fay the Senate the
hntuli^ 1 w ould .-. be rendered incapable of
| holding his military position.
„ J~ r ‘ ?, te jecs insisted on his amendment
and calied for the yeas and navs, 1
The yeas and nays were taken, and re
sulted, yeas IS, nays 132.
So the amendment was rejected, and the
further consideration of the bill went over
till to-morrow.
frQm toe Committee on Ap
propriations, reported a bill to supply de
in toe appropriations for the ser
vice of the government for the year endine
Referred to the^Ounmdtef
Thm e s^nlku d “*** & SpeCial order for
Mr. Stevens introduced a joint resolution
granting additional compensation to certain
mini empires inthe .Executive Depart- <
Washington. Referred to the
and Means. - j
PiCTEREft, FRAME!*. Afr
A. S ROBINSON
910 CHESTNUT STREET.
LOOEmG GLASSES,
paintings
Engravings and Photographs,
Plata and Ornamental Snt Pnuna.
C*xve£ Walnut and Kbony Pt «wm
QSjASQ) OB MADE! TO QTmMi^ i
GjEOBGKE C. BETTKAXTET.
MOULDINGS and CQKNICEst**
rle -SL^£f SlEl ? vlnKS 0D hand. *" v
—■ ee22^m*
LOOKING GLASSES.
.. J* OOWPLAND;
bJSS** fourth Street, near Ohsitaat
Xl < H?4aN )o Mci ! 'nwS K: VBI-WOOD WALTON,
m&v&taasfcttsfr
SPECIAL ffOTOCTaw;
DErpHTA D^mber^llS^^ Bead, PHUiA-
l l e>J?<’n,a? < ’ n , a wtlo are subscribers to or holberq „r aim
■^^SftSSSS2Bf3l»^SsS
*•& 214 SOUTH BBLAWAKE AVENnE. PAJ * Y *
Bp^gg£ff’S.gS?& T «»gg‘^«tt..
a^f^SsC&,S£ls^^
??bh 1Y PBE CENTUM or SEVENTy-IrVE
£&§&?&&& calleaTifS
i spetP WILLIAM J. MALCOLM,
Treasurer,
EiIISPSSSIIK®!
26tb, 1866. “-reec. *'irn,LT>nT.T-aiA., November
: °o2&tdfcl7B MAS %££t£y
BATCHELORS HAIR DYE.-Thlsl spiindld
r=* Hair Dje is the best Id the wot’d Tfc S 1
true and Perfect Dye— Harmless, Reliable. Inat"°mj£
neons. No disappointment. No ridiculous tints’
or Brown. Remedies the 111 effects of
I“ Tl B° ra, M thehatr. leavine It sett ini
BATORm 6 gf°ni°e is signed WILLIAM A.
Company'll] l ! bf' of this
“5 To^dav 9 9°“ pa^
• dPifl ta|g P.C. HOLtitS,
’ - ■_~- — 6 •*••■• ; Secretary,
at half-past tleveno’clock, a. M.at which
SkS'p&g. 1 ° fficets w Bei * e 1116
deiu Hii}_ ; - g 4S r .
''Sr’- OFFIUE MOPJiT CA-RBON' & POfl
!££ ““PA*Y
-86176 c ' bt ‘ e ISS!SBS?
|T3» N O T ICE.
S^l£ 6s . UNION ka TIONAL BANK, Decsmebb
‘be stockholders of this
I ot U? e € ’ ect * £ll of directois, will be bel-1 at the
BsoklEg House, on TUESDAY,the Jth Ji7 »f
between the Lim
ggfen.w ias; f~ aiCSS£I -^ hl „
f£§\ r' R i-M o ftt L D ?^ NK op THB nobtsesW
liiBEElLKij, PHILADETiPHTA DprPCTihor g tcfie
nnoat iJectfon for Directors w?n
SX»* J ?iiiyr eßan * nDg^ o '- ,s e on WiCDNiS>D<IY too
p. J S Uary Gext ’ between tours of To a!
dfrS-salt,m t w»f t tja9g
1118 hoQra
deS -'j 69 > J. WIKGAND, Ja„ Cashier.
IV'S 5 ’ FOURTH NATIONAL BANK Of ~PsnrT
tween ihe hours of II A. 11. and 3 p M J
clegtoj.6} SAJIB. J. hIACjaGULES', Cashier
v_ l^®,^ DnQ s;tP l Xy loa lor Directors of this Bank will
be held on.TtJaSDAy, the Bth of January 1857 ha.
tween the hoars of 10 a. M and 2 o’ciocfiPM- 57 '
MOJJTON IIciUCHAEiTjE.,
Cashier.
fTS* KE2>SHTGTON NaTI-INAI, BANK p»n
Ueg’’delphia, December f.iS6B. fan.
.v An „ elc ?. , ‘ on f PJ Directors of this Bask will be held at
lie banking House, on TUESDAY, January 8 ISS?
between the hoars of 10 A. M. and sp a y ' 6S7t
william: nsccosN'tLL,
Cashier.
deio ttas
0^ a B?N^3S? AND MECH ANKBNATIOXAI,
, t~* ,* December 7. lses.
Jg*M
! 3?'sSp b T een tlie ioarsof 10
dtii tja w fipsnrojf, jb,
—.—. -infer.
J]T5 3> CHIiDBEirs HOME, WEST PHILADFtZ
annnal of useiul aDd fancy ar
t-cleawtll be held at the HOME, Forty-llrat 3Twt_
1 FhUadflphia, on WED
a ? d , the 12th, I3:h andutbt
fe s bfv^ed A f“° Q2sCeilt3 * BaUimplenaeats
GB #^ N^p|g?^™™Sp
st l^G Assembly Booms, T<£NTj£ and
C HBfcTNUT, commencing MONDAY. Dea loth and
continuing-throngh the week. Season tickets °sVfn*
single admission, it*cents. den^*"
l -S£r 603 and 607 AKUH atr.*et.
. Mr. V.ESTEPHEandB.T.ETAIJj
IvifslsG° Mh UUflr “ ° n WEDNESBAY
dell 2 Vz
(rs=. FESTIVAL, ana Sale of Fancy and Usetal
iield In Lecture Boomofttie
• hiPofS nreli r TenUi and Clinton Streets, oif
H h ta'fa eVenirg3 ° f andPrMy.
(T^T3^^l^®l* : ‘j^ : rSE - BE3SEFn r OF^T
AKBBEW'S LUTfIEMAN CHTTROff nft _!
b* log heJd in Hall Jr. E. corner BROAD and ABCS
strteis, will remain onen Tuesday and Wedn<a<lav of
this week, from 4 o’clock:to 10 P.mT deil2i*
[Tg 23 Dec. lOtn.-TbelteSl
warencd Baritan Canal will be closed fnr bubj
0° TDESDAY, u£ mi iSt,Stef SSSS
bylCe- J- 6 Srlvl^s
oeii stj Engineer acd Superintendent.
IUTIPEJfP NOTiCCES.
OF THE BOHEMIAN' MTvnvrx
OF MICHIGAN,; 132 WA_LNOT
blHEET,—Phxladelpbia., Nov. 17th! 1566.
. . NOTICE TO OREDITOitsC
The AsfiJgapes of this Company have this dav
PEKCENT?~;w?P (fe ln SjSO4)
rHittU!jiiij(3a) on the Original amoant of claims
properly adjusted, exclusive of Interest. Pro*eata. Hal
WYABLE AT THE OEETuE n? 'pprc
OOjbPANT, 132 WALNUT STREET, - PfULADEIr-
PHIA. ON AND AFTER THE 20th- MY np
DECEMBER NEXT. -UTH DAx OJr
To avoid delay, creditors will at once
srateceni o! their claims. IndetaO. * preBent
When parties, who hold claims, “not their own.”
0 »»“ wm *»
WILLIAM B. BOYER, 1 .
SAML. P. LAKLLNQTON. /Assignees,
noils,&w,tdec2oJ
'
DlVlDEND.—iheDlrcctdrsof the BOTLER
COAL COMP ANT; have this day declareda
I l t l/ roiQ 6 profits of the company of ONE
DOIL AEI er ahare clear of taxes. (It being the second
dividend for same amount declared this TvearTnav!
able on and after ilith inst-nt, 10 stockholders of that
date Stockholders residing in New York will iSS
Paid the dividend at the office of the
and Trust Company. “““
SAMUEL DUTTON, Treasurer.
.. ' No. 411 Chestnut street.
Teiladelphia; Dec, 6,1866. decltal
‘ OFFICE ‘
i*“S payable on demand, clear of Nation*!
“svsHi? taxeS * SOLOMON & SEPHERD,
. Treaaarer.
IAPIEfe’ TKIMMUVGS.
OPENING,—MBS. M. A.BINDEB,
NO. 1031 Cheatfcut street, Philadelphia, 5
Importer of Ladles’ Dress and Cloak Trimming.
Also, an elegant stock of Imported Paper Patterns. mr
Ladles* anf Children’s Dress. Parisian Dress ‘and
Cloak Making in all Its varieties. Ladies furnishin*
their rich ana costly materials may rely on belncasw
tlstically fitted, and their work finished in themosk
prompt and efficient manner, at the lowest possible
prlces/in twenty-fbor honrs* notice. Catting and basfr»
ing. Patterns In sets, or by the single piece Ibr mar*
cnanta and dressmakers now ready. sais-lw
REMOVAL.
Ir. H. KABNE9T GOODMAN, has removed to ETn
1427 CHEBT-NUT street. detu-<n.w!cS ?'
B B. AVKBY, DENTIST, HAS .'REMOViro
hia office to 1733 ABOH street. noi6-f.m.w.iw
■DEMOVAL.— ~• • " r 'i- ~
Xi THE GIBABD FIBE ANBMABINE JNStTB
ANCE COMPANY
Have BEHOVED to their
.NEW OFFICE,
Northeast corner CHESTNUT'and SEVENTH streets.
MASOUTIG MARK*.
» Jbfg&ftß. MO. «ffl IMfetTO^
jjiCTtPremlnm .mailed by Branitiin
■MV tntato MAKTIN LEAKS, MfmaSSarwS
"I V HUB. EMBT.KMB, *a V
•W. GUMMETtE. Cashier.
a bird.