Evansville Journal, Volume 18, Evansville, Vanderburgh County, 5 August 1867 — Page 2

THE EVANSVILLE DAILY JOURNAL. MONDAY. AUGUST 5, 1867.

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BfPfeli of Hon. Eben C. Ingersftll. of Illinois on the Admission or the Kentucky Delegation. .The following resolution being tinker consideration: WnEREASj There, is good reason to "believe that in the eleetion recently held in the State of Kentucky for Representatives to the Fortieth Congress, for lesral and loyal voters in the several districts in said State have been overawed, and prevented from a true expression of their will and choice at the polls by phase who have sympathized with or actually participated in the late rebellion, and that such elections were carried by the votes of Fuch disloyal and returned rebels; therefore. . Be it resolved. That the credentials of all the ' members elected from the State of Kentucky shall be referred to the Committee of Elections, to report at as early a day as .practicable, and tending the report of said committee none of said member? shall be allowed to take the oath of office and admitted to seats as such. . Mr. Ingersoll said: I am glad that we have met this question at the threshold. Now is the time and here is the place to settle it. The Constitution says "each bouse shall be the judge of the elections, returns and qualifications of its -own members." This clause gives us full and complete, jurisdiction over the question before us. Let us dispose of it as becomes the representatives of a great and free people. Let us inquire into the "qualifications" of these gentlemen. Loyalty is a nec"essary qualification. Do they possess it? We propose to investigate that question, without unnecessary delay, by the proper committee. We do not propose to deal with Kentucky as though she were not entitled to representation. We say to her, "You . are entitled to representation, but you have no right to send men here who aided the rebellion, who fought against the Union." I am nor assuming that a disloyal representation has presented itself. I do not presume to declare .in advance of the testimony that a single gentleman from Kentucky is disloyal or ever did eive aid. 'countenance or encouragement to the J rebellion.; .But Lim insisting that " Congress has the right to exclude disloyal men; men who engaged in the .rebellion; men who committed treason against this Government." I care eot whether the man comes from Kentucky or from any other s State; the principle is the same. . If a rebel from Kentucky domicili ates himself in New York and becomes a citizen of tht State, and should the people of New York see proper to elect nim to Congress, must ne be admitted? Should he be admitted? I say no, never; Congress has the perogative to exclude him, jinJ ought to exclude him.. - There is no safety for the Republic in aty other course. This is not an infraction' of the right of representation; it goes only to the person of the representative. The representative must be a friend of the Union, not its enemy; if he is its enemy he should be denied a seat here, and I hold this to be our right, and for one I propose to exercise it now, if the facts are as they are alleged in the resolution. Sir, there is Much an organization in this country as a Union party, and, for one, I propose to do all that I can legally and constitutioually to maintain that party. It may be said that I am speaking now as a partisan. Perhaps so; but 1 am speaking as a partisan, as I understand e it, in a good cause,. in a patriotic cause, ' in a loyal cause, no less a one than the perpetuation of the Republic, and for the perpetuation of just and noble principles as the foundation of that Republic"? If we desire to perpetuate the liberty and unity of the Republic, can .ve do it better than by maintaining . the loyal, Union, party? I. hold tha' Ve rannot. Kvery . blow against the Union party is a blow against republican and liberal institution. You can strike no more direct blow at the Union party or the Republic than ; by giving aid and .encouragement to the enemies of the Union; and if you admit here whomsoever the late rebels may see fit to 6end. do you not thereby encourage the rebel element in the Southern States, until at last, by such encouraeement. you will have created a power that will crush you? For one, 1 do not propose to do any such thing. I propose to act fairly, honestly, and honorably with the people of all sections of the country; but I do propose to. maintain loyalty and to award the merit due to it, and when there is a 'contest in any district in this country between loyalty and disloyalty, I am on the side of loyalty and against disloyalty. If you wish to send forth a voice from this hall that shall encourage the Southern loyal people in their -heroic efforts to, build :up a Union party there, exclude from seats here .ill rebels that may be sent from any State. Jf we send a greeting of this kind to the Southern loyalists, you will nerve them to invincible pereeverence, you will strengthen and encourage them amazingly, you wiii crystalize them around the principles of our Union party, and by such encouragement you will create a party able to maintain ' the principles fur which, during four; long years, the Union party fought, with a devotion and courtgenpreeedefltedi- Rut if " you admit, without question, to seats upon this floor, men who were guilty ot rebellion, do you not strike-a j blow i at the Union' party both North and

-South ? "-Destroythe- Union party, and will not the destruction .'of the Republic speedily follow? If this sounds partisan, I cannot help sit. Jt

see in the maintenance and continuance of the power of the loyal Union party, the true glory and perpetuity of the Republic. I see through the maintainanee of that-party tlta-firm establishment of tbe principles ot justice and universal liberfy.the triumph of-right and the downfall of -wrong.: Now. sir. I take as an 'illustration of my position the case immediately before us: Samuel McKee, a known loyalist, devoted, to the -jnaintensnice and ceroetuity of the Union, who risked his life, in the suppression . of the rebellion, was elected a - member of the Thirty-ninth Congress x by .a majority of 1,900; he was defeated as a candidate for member of the For tieth Congress by "1.500. .majority How is this to be explained? In the election, of 1805, when he was elected to the lhirty-mnth- jLongres9, , the rebel element-of' Kentucky was disfranchised by the Loyal Union Legislature which had been elected while the rebels of Kentucky were in the rebel army. In 1866 the Legislature of Kentucky repealed their disfran chising law. and flooded the polls of the JNinth. Kentucky District with the votes of returned rebel soldiers this is alleged to be the state of the case; I do not speak from my.-pwn knowledge and the consequence was that he was overslaughed by 1,500 majority. It is said that since the disfranchisement of rebels in Missouri and Ten nessee, and the enfranchisement of them in Kentucky the disfranchised in the first named States find a cordial welcome and a congenial home in Kentucky.; s. This may account, for the extra large majorities against the Union party in that State at their late election. ' . - Now, sir, I say for one, and I do not profess to speak for any one but myself, that if Samuel McKee, a loyal man, had received but one loyal vote, and assuming, which I do not say is the fact, that Mr. Young received 15,000 disloyal votes, he, himself, having been guilty of giving aid and encouragement to the rebellion, I, for one. should vote against the admission of Mr. Young and for the admission of Mr. McKee with but one loyal vote behind him. That is my position, gentlemen, and you may make the. most of it. I do not intend to speak in such a manner that I can be misunderstood 'upon this question.: It is, perhaps; the most vital question that has been brought'-before Congress for years; at any rate since the suppression of the rebellion. It is a question of the maintenance and ultimate triumph of the. principles which were contended for during that terrible, long -and bloody struggle. If we are to admit the rebel elem'ent into Congress, what shall we say for loyalty? vWhat apology can we m'ske to the loyal men whom we will meet when we go home? f None whatever; w have falsified -out pledges and our principles. We .must maintain a loyal standard in Congress if we' intend to maintain a loyal standard at home. If we desire that our constituents shall maintain a loyal standard there, let their representatives maintain a loyal standard here. Thus there will be harmony of feeling, thought and action upon these great and vital questions. If we sustain the cause of loyalty here to-day, we will find a sympathetic throb answering our manly and just action from the loyal hearts. North and South. The gentleman from New York, (Mr. Brooks,) informs the - House that we1 are in the midst of a revolution. Sir, I admit it. But the revolution was not inaugurated to-day; it is of long continuance ; a revolution commenced by meu disloyal to the Constitution of the Union; men whom, as I understand, the gentleman from New York is willing to see admitted to seats in this House, provided they get more votes at the election . than their opponents, without reference to the question of their loyalty. I admit that we are in the midst of a revolution; but I say to the gentleman from New York it is a revolution in favor of truth, in favor of justice, in favor of the universal rights of mankind. And I say, let the revolution go on until these grand principles shall be firmly established as the fundamental' basis of the American Republic. - The gentleman from New York complains that we propose to strike Kentucky out of the Union. Why. sir, but for the timely action of the Union party and loyal soldiers that marched into Kentucky from the Northern States, Kentucky would have struck herself out of the Union years ago. The rebels of Kentucky did what they could to carry the State out of the Union; and when they failed by reason of the occupation and ; invasion of their State by the Union army, some thousands of the disloyal citizens of that State took themselves out and joined the rebel army. ' The "gallant Kentucky" that the gentleman talks so eloquently about is not the Kentucky ot tne last six years. The gentleman has certainly been in a sort of Rip Van Winkle sleep during that period of time. Twenty years ago Henry Clay did honor to "gallant Kentucky" by giving an impetus to liberty ; "by l ie efforts as a philanthropist and an avowed emancipationist and colonizationist. Those were the days of "gallant" Kentucky. Sir, the "gallant" days ot Kentucky were not during the recent rebellion. It is a historical "fact that when Kentucky could not be taken

heut- of the Unionf-bodirjr as- a State;

Kentucky rebels took themselves out, and not only went into the rebel army, but went into 5 the rebel Congress. There was" in that State J a rebel State Government, which was recognized by the Confederate Government at, Richmond. 'It was formed ujuiy-aueBiry.serve3, me, ny reir eating rebels, who formed the nucleus of what they called a State Government at Russellville. which was represent ed at Richmond until the cannon of Grant demolished the capital reared by treason and slavery. Representatives from' the : State of Kentucky took part in the Richmond Government, with John C." Breckinridge as Secretary of War. ' : . '. ,; I ask, what kind of a record is this for "gallant Kentucky? " I will give Kentucky all just credit for, gallantry. She has had and still has many gal lant men devoted to the cause of union and liberty,' They did nobly for the Union; and I will tell you how I am going to make acknowledgment of their-patriotic services.' It is by the admission of loyal representatives from that State to Seats in Congress, and by excluding her disloyal. That is the way I am going to reward the gallantry of Kentucky. I will go a3 far as any body else where magnanimity - goes hand in hand with justice, but, not one inch further. I hold it to be a violation of .the principles of justice to admit rebels as fellow-members of this grand council of the nation. Shall we do it?, This is substantially the question before the House. I have not argued the case as though the evidence nad been here, but I have eiven my views on an alleged case; and for one I feel it will don the country and the . Union party more permanent good in raising and settling this question in Congress now, provided we settle it on just and correct principles, than any other act we shall do during the preseut session. I- speak in no spirit of vindictiveness. I am as anxious to see the Southern States restored to the Union upon the'grand principles of justice as any man. I shall welcome here the representatives that the-people of the Southern States shall send, provided they come with " conscience void of 6ffense "against this great Republic. But, sir, it they come here covered with fraud or stained with treason, I shall sa', notwithstanding your people have the constitutional right to be represented, yet the representatives of the people, in Congress assembled. have the constitutional right to iuquire into your representatives, and if taey nod them po be disloyal, if they find among them a Breckinridge or a Beauregard, or any other who has aided and abetted the rebellion, we will say, " Ye cannot enter here." We will not discredit loyalty by ad mitting them here, but we will vindicate loyalty by rejecting them. I insist that we must be true to those who have themselves been true to the glorious, shining flag of freedom; thus we shall be enabled to hold aloft that grand, starry banner for aces to come, and it shall float over the Republic redeemed and regenerated, and none but loyal men shall be , trusted and honored. The Jflcolson Pavement. From the Pittsburgh Commercial.! The Select Committee of Pittsburgh Councils, which recently visited the cities of Chicago and St. Louis, for the purpose of inquiring into the durability and economy of the Nicolson pavement, presented the result of their observations to Councils at the regular meeting held last night. The report presents some tacts relative to the durability of tbe pavement in Chcago, where it was first put down in 1!NX, showing that alter ten years service blocks were taken up and found to be perfectly -sound," having been worn down in that time one and a half inches. A" comparative test of the wooden and stone pavements was made on Washington street, Chicago, which resulted in favor of the former, the latter . having been fre quently repaired, and Is now in much worse condition han the wooden pavement. A similar test was made in St. Louis, with a similar favorable result for the wooden 'pavement. From actual observation, the Committee are of the opinion that the Nicolson pavement is more durable than stone. Admitting that ' the first cost of the wooden pavement would be greater than cobble-stone, the Committee agree that the advantages to be derived will more than repay the outlay. From the testimony of our Street Commissioners, it appears that the repairs being constantly made to our cobble-stone streets, are equivalent to their being relaid every three or four years, thus doubling the original cost in that brief period. A saving of ten thousand dollars a year in the item of street eleaniug, i urged in bekalr . of the Nicolson pavement. Pursuing the question of economy, the Committee discuss the saving of wear and tear of horses and vehicles. In behalf of the Sanitary qualities of the Nicolson pavement, the Committee recite the testimony of prominent medical gentlemen of 5lassachusetts and Illinois, proving it to be far more healthful than the cobblestone thnt streets laid with Nicolson pavement are provided with a lasting and- valuable- disinfectant. The committee further advance in behaif of the Nicolson pavement its benefit to real estate wherever it is laid, property in Chicago, abutting on wooden streets, commanding higher figres than that on streets paved with stone. The report was ordered by Councils to be printed, and so favorably iaj-

twessed- were-the-membersr with the

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