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: 7 io cinannieatn toaienehaaaas ‘Washburn, | designed to apply to past cases wherein the longevity [etiet from taxation, and this bil} removed all other no hereditary disfran WASHINGTO Important Depats 2n the House "of Representatives. The Extension of Negro Suffrage Opposed by Radicals. Vigorous Speech of Old Thad Stevens tn Favor of the Measure. Extended Debate in the Senate on the Bil} Abol- ishing the Tax on Manufactures. me Radicals of the Bast and the West at Loggerheads. A Modified Test Oath for the Benefit of Mr. Butler, of Tennessee. WASHINGTON, March 18, 1868, ‘The Mysterious Military Preparations Around Washington. A good deal uf speculation and conjecture has been vaised within the past week or two in relation to the mysterious movements among the military stationed here. The character of the operations is so unusual tor a time of peace that they cannot fail to attract ‘observation and excite surprise and comment. The question 1s everywhere asked what necessity is ‘there for all these military precautions, But the Most diligent search fails to discover the slightest cause for alarm other than the extremely unsettled condition of the pub- Me mind owing to the impeachment and prospective removal of the President, Many persons give a positive denial to the statement that Stanton has been suffering under nervous panic, and labor to prove that he is not liable to take scares, either big ér little; but unfortunately for this theory all the orders issued since the arrivai of that confi- @ential and reliable detective who brought the highly ‘mportant information of Mosby's projected raid on ‘the War Department have not been of that kind ‘Which would be justified on the simple score of military precaution. Some of them bore the wnmistakable evidences of a little too much Wndignified haste; and being issued at unseemly hours of the night, with injunctions requiring prompt and immediate execution, could do nothing less than voreate in the minds of those who have had ample ex- perience in critical times the impression that some dire ealamity was hovering over our distracted country, ‘whose constant gathering weight was hastening on ‘Me fall. Prominent military officers, who have been obliged from their official positions to take an active part in ‘this late strengthening of the lines, declare the Whole matter to be nothing, more than the Proper degree of caution which should be ob- werved on the eve of great politica! changes, especially when party opinions are so obstinate and ‘™@acompromising as they are now. In time of peace ‘Prepare for war, say they, and these precaution ary ‘measures should never have been neglected since the @lose of the war, but the great contrast between the stormy and perilous days of the war and the com- parative tranquillity of the peaceful days that fol- ‘Sowed its close lulied the government into a sense ef security that they claim was unjustifiable under ‘the circumstances; and, on the principle that it is mever too late too mend, the head of the War Depart- ment is now providing against any possible juncture @f affairs such as that which overtook the govern- ‘Ment in 1860 and found it sadly unprepared. ‘What Constitutes High Crimes and Misde- meanors, ‘The important matter now before the Senate will show us what really is a high crime or & misde- meanor, and decide whether mere differences of epinion, political or otherwise, can be so regarded. ‘The President, as we understand it, claims that no act or thought of his is susceptible of that interpre- ‘tation—that his offence in removing a man obnox- e@ ‘ous to himself, tp a great proportion of the Senate ‘and to the country at large was one not only looked ‘Yor, but desired, and was even advised by repubii- ans, who inquired of him why he did not act, inti- mating that he delayed in a matter which should ave been disposed of sooner, as no resignation ‘waa offered. The burden of their complaint is ‘that he is obstinate and self-willed, and that he premeditated and provoked a quarrel which seems eally more desired by them than by him, knowing sthat in their numbers they possess strength which ‘ ‘would enable them to depose him, though he could mot them; that he ignored their counsel and advice (in a matter where they had by their own act thrust ‘the objectionable party upon him, forgetting that + 'they, or at least some of them, were more culpable ‘than the President himself. The fault, however, ‘existe on both sides; but that that fault should sub- the Executive to trial for high crimes is ridicu- and they ought, and we hope will, see it in that Might. This fact when presented to the minds of ‘these Senators should have a telling effect, and they whould not attack him directly for party considerations ‘or to effect removals which they fail to procure ‘through him. Itseems to be a growing opinion that this rash wtep may kill the radicals and, of course, elect the idemocratic candidate for President; and that the allure of this mad scheme, through the vote of con- @ervative republicans, may assuredly save the re- Publican party and secure the great middie vote to shat side. ‘The tirade and pressure against the Treasury De- partment have been cliecked on the ground that they the price of government securities and might defeat impeachment. They have ‘stopped selling securities in consequence of this (@ecline, fearing that the depression might create jm belief that it was in fear of impeach- fment. The Secretary of the Treasury evidently other fears, Similar quarrels and dis- Pates came up in Mr. Lincoln’s administration, jbut he had a party behind him which they could not afford to divide, and therefore quarrels were ‘avoided. Bonds are beginning to return from abroad, ghowing that such terms as “impeachment” and repudiation” neither advance our credit nor @rengthen our pride. Either from a want of tact or le, or both, these matters have never been Presented to members of the Senate as they Bhould have been. One would think that two or Saree “live” men might have been found in the Cabi- met, or even among the politicians, who could have {intervened to cement friendship instead of engender. fing hatred, might have brought out points of agree- ment instead of difference, and #0 have settled this m@pisunderstanding long ago. “Blessed are the peace- makers;” but they seem extremely scarce in Wash- Angton. Gevernor Brownlow Needs No Soldiers. In response to a telegram from Secretary Stanton ‘Governor Brownlow states that no more troops are meeded in Tennessee, The Governor, however, reports that the rebels are secretly arming for the purpose of ‘taking possession of Nashville and the State archives, Wut that the State militia will be fully able to take «are of them without his having to call upon General @homas for aid. For nearly a year past there has een @ large force of militia in active service, and (this, Brownlow says, will teach the rebels a stern Sesson should they attempt to overthrow his State government. ‘The Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Alaska Purchase. It ts understood the Committee on‘Foreign Affairs Of the House of Representatives at their meeting to- Gay conaidored the question of appropriation of the purchase money for Alaska. General Banks repre- sented the favorable phase of the question, and gave as his opinion that the United States having already accepted the transfer of the country from the Russian | NEW. YORK HERALD, THURSDAY, MARCH 19, 1868—TRIPLE SHEET. of Wisconsin, took opposite grounds, and thought | rations have accrued and been paid. the Territory worthless and not worth paying for. No conclusion was reached, and it is understood the matter will rest until the beginning of May, when ‘The impeachment managers were to-day engaged im the examination of witnesses. Having heard that a claim agent,had reserved $200 on @ requisition from Adjutant General Thomas as Secretary of War, they summoned the agent before them. His testimony showed that such was not the fact. “ It appeared, however, that claim for that amount was rejected by Secretary Stanton, but allowed by General Grant when the lat- ver wae acting ks Secretary Pending the suspension of Mr. Stanton, and not untll now was-the money ready to be paid. ‘The President and His Counsel. The President spends much of his time with his counsel on the suliject of the impeachment trial. Messrs, Stanbery, Black and Curtis had @ long con- sultation with him to-day at the Executive Mansion. Alaska Made a Distinct Military Department. An order will be issued to-morrow by General Grant separating the Territory of Alaska from the Department of California and making it ‘a distinct military department. Brevet Major General Jefferson ©. Davis has been assigned to its command according ; so his brevet rank. The prevailing impression has ‘een that the Territory of Alaska was a portion of the Department of the Columbia, under the command of Brevet Major General L, H. Rousseau. This is an error, Alaska has hitherto formed part of the Mill- tary Division of the Pacific, owing to‘the superior facilities for mai) communication between that Terri- tory and California, General Ronsseau has his head- Quarters at Portland, Oregon. General Hancock’s Expected Arrival Scaring the Radicals. ‘The radical leaders are a little exercised at present over the expected arrival of General Hancock. The only point connected with the coming conference between the President and General Hancock that they manifest an earnest desire to have satisfactorily cleared up is, as “Affrey Flintwitch” would put it, what are “them two clever ones” upto. That the President has invited Hancock here to learn from his Own lips the story of his wrongs and an account of the obstacles in the way of reconstruction in the Fifth Military District they do not doubt; that this is only a cloak to hide intents and purposes of far greater importance they as confidently believe. If the President has devised another coup d'etat and should succeed in enlisting the co-operation of Han- cock, for instance, he would, they think, make a much more formidable ‘‘ad interim” than the pres- ent possessor of that title, and would not content himself with simply “standing firm.”” All informa- tion relating to the subject to be discussed between the President and Hancock is at a premium in the radical camp. Inthe meantime they comfort them- selves with the assurance that the same precautions that have been adopted against Mosby and his old saddles will do also for Johnson and his old constitu- tion. Modifying the Test Oath for a Tennessee Congressman. The Senate Judiciary Committee at their meeting to-day agreed upon the following substitute for the House bill relieving R. R. Butler, member elect from the First Congressional district of Tennessee, from political disabilities incurred by participation in the rebellion:— Be it enacted, ac,, That disabilities im by the constitution or acts of Congress upon Roderic! R. Butler, of Tennessee, in consequence of participa- tion in the recent rebellion be and the same are hereby removed, and the said Butler, on entering on the discharge of the duties of any office to which he has been or now f be elected or Cy Semper instead of the oath pi ibed by the act of July 2, 1862, shall take and subscribe the following oath:— I, Roderick R. Butler, do solemnly swear or affirm that I will HY Ho apport and defend the constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that i take this obliga- tion freely; without any mental reservation or purpose of eva- sion, and that I will falthfully discharge the duties of olllce in which Iam about to enter, so help me God. Butler was at the commencement of the rebellion a member of the rebel Legislature of Tennessee and took the oath to support the confederation. When the rebellion turned out a failure he became a radical ‘and was elected to Congress by negro votes from the First Teunessee district. The democrats in the House objected to his being sworn on account of his par- ticipation in the rebellion, and hence the efforts of the radicals in absolving him and providing a special oath for his accommodation. Collection of the Whiskey Tax. The Ways and Means Committee, I have learned, has completed the bill providing for collection of the tax on whiskey. Itis very stringent in its provisions, and enacts heavy penalties against those who seek to evade the law or perpetrate frauds on the revenue. President Johnson and His Daughters at a Colored Man’s Funeral. . The President and his two daughters to-day at- tended the funeral of William Slade, colored, late the steward of the Executive mansion. The flowers on the coffin were contributed by these ladies, The Mayor of Washington and the attending physicians, together with other white citizens, were present. Both white and colored ministers of the Gospel of- clated at the ceremonies. The pall-bearers were In part white. The deceased was deservedly respected by all who knew him, and had accumulated consid- erable property. Important Cotton Case Before the Supreme Court, In the Supreme Court of the United States to-day the celebrated cotton cases from Springfield, Ilinois, were under discussion, namely:—Lemore & Co., claimants of 830 bales of cotton, vs, the United States; ‘Witherbury et al, claimants of 930 bales of cotton, vs. the United States, and Grieif et al, claimants of 935 bales of cotton, vs, the United States. Nearly half a million of dollars depend upon the decision. The cotton was captured on the Ouachita river in April, 1864, by the fleet under command of Admiral Porter. The coun- sel are as follows:—Mr. Ashton, for the United States; Mr. Weldon, for the captors; Mr. Corwin, for With- erbury and Doyle; Mr. Janin, for Lemore & Co.; Mr. Gould, for Grieff and others. The argument will be continued to-morrow. Nominations by the President. The President \to-day nominated to the Senate A. Huggun to be Collector of Internal Revenue for Idaho and James R. Hubble to be United States At- torney for the Territory of Montana. Revenue Inspector Appointment. Colonel L. B. Griggsby, of Kentucky, has been ap- Pointed Inspector of Revenue for the United States at Panama. Mr. McCallech Denies Hoarding Greenbacks. In reply to the report now in circulation that the Secretar yof the Treasury is hoarding up greenbacks and intends to buy up seven-thirty bonds, Mr. McCulloch has said that he ts not locking up green- backs, and so far as relates to the purchase of seven- thirties, the department has come to no conclu- sion and no special instructions have been issued. ‘The Assistant Treasurer at New York is acting under general instructions, and is authorized to use his own judgment in the matter. Amount of National Bank Notes in Circalation. The amount of national bank notes in actual circu, lation March 10 was $299,603,506, of the following de- nominations:—One dollar notes, $8,431,060; twos, $5,648,030; fives, $112,969,583; tens, $77,730,723; twen- tles, $43,673,325; fifties, $16,977,505; one hundreds, $25,209,700; five hundreds, $5,944,600; one thonsanda, $3,019,000, Present te General Grant, General Rawlings, of the staff of the General-in. Chief, received to-day from Colonel Frohock, of the Ninth cavalry, a bow and arrow captured on the 26th of December ina fight with the Indians near Fort Lancaster, Texas, The headdress of an Indian chief, Said to have been killed in the same engagement, ‘was transmitted by the same officer as a present to General Grant. It consists of @ scarlet cloth band ornamented with various colored metala, with a feather, on which is marked the number of scalps obtained by the wearer before his own death, Interesting te Army Officers, The Paymaster General has issued a ciroular to the oMcers of the Pay Department, notifying them that, by request of the Treasury accounting officers, pay- masters should. hereafter, in paying longevity rations to officers, reckd the service only from date of ac- ceptance, and not from date of commission, as borne government were bound, as @ matter of honor, if for | on the official army register, This, however, is not Wasuineron, March 18, 1868, + COMMUNICATIONS AND PETITIONS, ‘The Ouarr laid before the Senate a communication from the Attorney General calling attention to the imexpediency of diminishing the appropriation for the clerical force, &c., of the department, now authorized by the law, the business being beyond the means at command, which was referred to the Com- mitte on Appropriations. Also a communication from the Secretary of War in reply to a resolution of inquiry stating that the military reservation at Fort Ridgeway may be relin- q without detriment to the which was referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. INQUIRY AS TO THE BXPENSES OF THB WAR, NAVY AND INTERIOR DEPARTMENTS. A resolution was offered by Mr. HENDRICKS, (dem.) requesting the Secretary of the iury to inform the Senate what have been the monthly expenditures and the average expenditures of the War, Navy and Interior Departments since July, 1865. SOLDIERS’ BOUNTIES. Mr. WItson, J ed Mass., from the committee of conference on ent of the two houses in regard to the bill to faclittate the payment of sol- diers’ bounties, reported certain verbal amendments, bones the words “and directed” after the word “gut ,”? which were concurred in. CONVEYANCES OF VESSELS, ‘Mr. HENDRICKS called up a bili to amend an act in regard to recording conveyances of vessels, which was passed, REGULATIONS FOR THE PRESENTATION OF BILLS TO THR PRESIDENT. Mr. EDMUNDS, (rep.) of Vt., called up a bill to reg- ulate the presentation of bilis to the lent, and the return of the same. Mr. femiteees, bee of Del., took the floor in oppo- sition to the bill. He quoted the constitution and contemporary authorities to show that the construc- tion placed on the constitution by the bill tn regard ‘to bills failing at the expiration of ten days during which the President could return them in time of the recess of Congress is erroneous. Even if it,was correct the lawmaking power should not give the construction to the laws. He argued, also, that the return of bills to the Clerk’s office, when Congress ts not in session, as provided in this bill, is not the re- turn as contemplated by the constitution. A TELEGRAM FROM GENERAL MEADE, The bill was then laid aside, and the Chair laid be- fore the Senate a communication from the General of the Army enclosing a copy of the telegram received from General Meade, Commander of the Third Milt- tary District. lessrs. CONKLING and SUMNER simultaneously— “What is it”? dated J 12, 1868, ‘ The telegram, january was read, stating that if the bill pending before Conroe was: passed directing military commanders to fill offices with those qualified to take the test oath, it execu- tion will be entirely impracticable. This was refer- red to the Comuittee on Military Affairs. REFUNDING DUTIES ERRONEOUSLY EXACTED. Mr. Moraan, (rep.) of N. Y., from the Committee on Finance, reported favorably a bill to refund the duties erroneously exacted from certain merchants and importers of New York. THE CONSULAR APPROPRIATION BILL. Mr. MORRILL, (rep.) of Me., from the committee of conference appointed on disagreement on the Con- sular Appropriation bill, made a report recommend- ing that the Senate recede from certain amendments and concur in the amendment providing that all moneys above $1,000 received as fees at the offices of consuls, vice consuls or commercial agents shall be Paid into the Treasury, &¢. The report waa con- curred in, REMOVAL OF DISABILITIES FROM MR. BUTLER, OF ‘TENNESSEE. Mr. Trumsutt, from the Judiciary Committee, reported a substitute for the House bili relieving Mr. R. R. Butler, member elect from Tennessee, from Political disabilities incurred by participation in the Tebellion, which prescribes his taking the following prom in place of that required by the act of July 2, “I, Roderick R, Butler, do solemnly swear that I will sup- Port'and defend the constitution of the United States against ull enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith ‘and allegiance to the same,” &c, THE JUDICIARY. Mr. JomNson, freorg of Md., introduced a bill to revive and continue in full force the act of July 24, 1850, and the act of April 1852, amendatory thereto, which provide for the holding of the conrts of the United States in case of sickness or other disa- bility of the Judges of the District Court, it was referred to the Judiciary Committee. EXEMPTION OF CERTAIN MANUFACTURES FROM TAX- ATION. ‘The Senate then took up as the special order the bill to exempt certain manufactares from internal The question was on Mr. Henderson’s amend- | ment to the amendment of Mr. Fessenden, providing for a drawback of the duty on materials used in the construction of river steamers, which was not agreed to The Ogee recurred on the amendment of Mr. Fessenden promicing for a drawback equal in amount to the import duty on timber, manila, cop- per, jron not advanced in manufacture, being bars, and bolts, &c., used in the construction of sailing vaasels and the repairs of vessels of foreign build, to be retained for the use of the United States under such regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury may. prescribe, ir. JOUNSON moved to amend by inserting after the words “sailing vessels’ the words “or ocean steamers."” Mr. CHANDLER, (rep) of Mich., had no objection to relieving any interest from depression, but could not consent to relieve this one at the expense of the tron or copper mining or any other interest. He asked if it would be in order to offer an amendment exempt- ing all articles used inthe construction of all vessels built in the United States of whatever kind? The Cuarr replied in the negative. _ ling @ vote on the amendment further debate ensued. Mr. FERRY, (rep.) of Conn., opposed endangeri the bill by the amendment. sittin: Mr. NY#, (rep.) of Nevada, advocated the principle of the amendment at length, claiming that draw- backs should be allowed, not only on materials used in shipbuilding, but on .all articles imported in American bottoms, He strongly appealed for the em couragement of the interests of commerce by every ineans in their power. Mr. Conness, (rep.) of Cal., thought they could not properly deal with this question at this time, He with the chairman of the Finance Committee on the ground taken, and hoped the otier ee involving many other considerations, would be de- ferred for the present. Mr. Morton, (rep.) of Ind., said this was a question involving more than the mere protection of ship- Jt was @ question of national defence and power. There was a danger that our nursery for sea- men, without which no navy could be improvised in case of @ war, would be destroyed, and we would not. have any longer the carrying trade of the world if our pre-eminence in shipbuilding is to exist no longer. It was incumbent, therefore, on Congress to protect this interest. Mr. CHANDLER denied that this was a question af- fecting commerce. To encourage commerce they should encoui that which creates commerce, by offering inducements, This was merely a question of free trade, and if they wanted to have le they should have it honestly. If they wanted to abandon thelr mining, lumbering and military, and every other interest of American production, Tet them say 80; and when ships would cost to build five hundred thousand dollars on the Clyde and a million in the United States, let them be it on the Clyde, Mr. FESSENDEN, (re; “I of Me., reminded the Sena- tor that the proj was simpiy to relieve ion raw material, and all the work was to be done by our own mechanics, that no appre- ciable part of our of iron was taken up by the conatra ressela, and, there- lon of vi Santa Sacer ts esa interest in for the ocean was at ian end, me shipbuilding for the lakes was increasing. Sena from aa (Mr. Chandler), thi “we don't need it, there- fore perial ocean anippulla x ing, lest our sales of iron A ve not interests; but he could not was a Ves this country, and while legislating for the whole country he must have some regi for the interest of that State, Mr. Morton denied that American manufactures would be benefitted destroying shipbuilding. Canadian vessels would not be coustructed from American copper and iron. Every nation that allowed its carrying trade be done by other nations was at their re Further debate ‘ocurred, daring which Mr. Susr- MAN, (rep.) of Ohio, the amendment on the ground that it wou! other dixputed questions in regard to the tariff. Le the ie mode was to give to such interests ‘Trimi- nating duties, and that this important bill should not be delayed by such Fa end He hoped the de- bate would not be further continued. Mr. Corset, (rep.) of Oregon, moved the amend- ment. Mr. Moret, (rep.) of Me., spoke earnestly for the interests in ion, quoting the report of the tary ‘Treasury in regard to the extent of the depression, and the opinion that this interest should be ited wy rawbacks. He said that fourteen ions of dollars had been lost to the stupping. interests of Maine during the last six years, ie ee sg the amendment was entirely ger- mane . Mr. Suaxpuas asked how many ships it would take to &@ commerce if they were not used? If fae Batge required for use they would be built, ou ise not. There had been more ships built the United than fan selgteidher mpateriols couatacnnls considerable Mr. What learn that Maine was in spite of the depression so often re- MoRRILL—And gia Thope, to find that 80 secure a regard the commerce of the | ORANDLEE GIG. not admit the accuracy of the At all events, his claim was that Michigan, @ large amount of timber for ship mist pope ay aan ae . ey must doubt ie ba of the published statement, and take the Sena estimate that Michigan was a large shipbulid- Ne amma endment of Mr. Johnson following vote:— Wes Mess ty the YEas—Messre. Conkits Di we eae eee ee ers, Whiley, Wilson "iB. seg Baxe- Meee, Anthony, Cattell, Chandler, Drake, Ed- 2 uysen, ; Howard, Howe, Tipton Wades Willams, Yatcs—20. a ‘rhe question recurred on Mr. Fessenden’s amend- Mr. CATTELL, (rep.) of N.J., agreed in the main with the principles of the amendment on a bili properly guarded, but desiring that this bill should not embarrassed he i} be was constrained to vote inst itnow. . lessrs. HOWE, (rep.) of Wis., and Yates, (rep.) of I. expressed themselves in a similar manner. ‘Mr. nden’s amendment was lost by the fol- Jowing vote:— ZxAs Mostra. Conkling, Corbett, Cragin, Darls, Dizon, Femenden, Hendricks, Johneoa, ‘Morrill’ of Me. ive, Pattersot He Patterson of Tenn., Saulsbury, Brake, Edmunds, Ferry, x Grimes, Henderson, in gh Howe, "Me Morrill of Vi. Norton, Pomeroy, Sherman, {ripton, Van Win! Ross, fan Winkle, Wade, Wit Mr. GRutes, (rep.) of Iowa, offered as an additional section an amendment providing that after this act goes into effect the amount of duties changed and collected on goods, wares and merchandise imported into the United States shall be diminished to the ex- tent of ten per cent of the amount now charged, and making it unlawful for any oficer of the government to collect any larger amount. Mr. Grimes explained that the object was, first, to keep the faith of the government, which was virtually pledged to @ pro- Rermonste reduction of import duties as taxes on jomestic manufactures; because the consumers as well of the country should be relieved; third, because all classes should know what was the intention of the government; fourth, because the effect of the resent bill would greatly reduce the revenue ym imports because of the frauds that would ireeg aoree He quoted from the speech of Mr. mnden yestel to support his views, holding that every dollar taken out of the Treasury for the benefit of manufacturers added one to the on imports. He also quoted from the Globe report of a debate on the tariff of 1862, between Messrs. Morrill of Vermont, Shellabarger, Stevens and others in the House to show that then the same pena le was recognized. It was recognized also in ie ite of the same bill in the Senate. congrems tl was therefore pledged to the principle that the should be commensurate with the internal tax, ving been framed on that idea in 1861, 1862 and 1864. He had faint hopes of the success of his amendment; but he desired the attention of the country to be called to this question before another tariff bill came before them, Mr. MORRILL, of Vt., made a few remarks in reply, holding that it was the policy of the country to raise its revenue as far as possible by import duties, Mr. HENDRICKS, (dem.) of Ind., said that beyond the obligations of verpment to make certain Pee in gold or silver he did not understand hat the Secretary of the Treasury was authorized to deal in gold and silver. He desired to know whether the Senator wished to continue the system, corrupt in its influence in his opinion, of collecting gold and silver Revona that amount and then reducing the paper money by sales in the market. ir. MORRILL said that if the Senator had listened to the remarks of the chairman of the Committee on Finance he would have discovered that it would have been impossible to carry on the government and pay the interest on the public debt but for the premiums derived from those sales of gold. The Secretary's estimates of miscellancous ipta for the coming year included a large amount froin this source, with- out which there would be a much 1 deficit, In reply to @ question from Mr. Henderson, Mr. MORRILL said a high rate of tariff would produce more revenue than a low rate, and that if he had his way he would translate every duty they had into an ad valorem duty. Mr. CaTTELL said it doubtless had been the inten- tion of Congress to fix the tariffin proportion to the internal revenue tax as an experiment; but after an experience of two years the Senate had a bill last winter increasing the tari{f rates twenty-five per cent, which unfortunately, however, failed to reach the House of Representatives in time for their action. ‘The Senator from Iowa (Mr. Grimes) was laborin; ‘under an error in ing pret pense committ itself to the opinion that the tariff should be reduced since brad nty-five ene, with the internal tax, virtually passed @ bill incregting: it twe ty. per cent. While, therefore, the jator’s amendment came very naturally from him, it was based on a misconception of the facts of the case. Mr. GRIMES replied to Mr. Morrill. He claimed that an article ‘ibited just in the degree in which it is prot and that the word protection therefore, a misnomer. He had never been a ow pees ora Piaget ve gira that he had ever voted, a8 reed yy new! for Henry Clay. His first vote was cast in bie it obtaining just as much revenue as possible for the country was being a free trader, he was one. He was in favor of a revenue tariff, but the moment the vernment sought to go Ey tact that and take from pocket the product of labor to put it in the pocket of his neighbor from! Vermont to encourage his factory, it transcended its obliga- tions and He would not, if he could, pay off the entire expenses of. the wernment by tm on foreign manufactures. ere Was no trouble about building up home manu- factures; they would be built up just as as the capital of tite country was accumulated. He denied that it was incumbent upon the government to say that he should not send to Buenos Ayres or elsewhere the products of his industry in the West and get a thousand dollars for it, but that he must go to the factory of his neighbor from Vermont and get only fifty dollars. Mr. HENDERSON, (rep.) of Mo., favored the amend- ment. _ It would produce precisely what the Senator from Maine (Mr. Fessenden) wanted. He de- nied that a high tari? produced a greater revenue than a low one. The history of the world showed the contrary to be the fact. Sir Robert Peel bad been told when he proposed the repeal of the Corn law in England that it would bankrupt the country; yet the finances improved immediately on the repeal. Buch would be the case here if that policy were fol- lowed. One result would be to give ships somethi to carry. He had been forced to vote for an increase 0! duty in proportion to the internal tax, and now when it was proposed to relieve the manufactures from that tax they should lower the duty also. The West received no adequate protection from the burdens of the country, willie the manufactures of the East were entirely relieved from taxation, He felt bound to vote for the amendment, ‘The amendment of Mr. Grimes was lost by the fol- lowing vote:— TAS Meamre, Darin, Grimes, Henderson, Hendricks, Creery, Morion, Patterson of Tean., Pomeroy, Baulsbury, Trumbull and Vickers 12, “me ‘Nays—Mesers, Anthony, Buckalew, Cameron, Cattell, Chandler, Cole, Conkling, Conness, Cor! Cragin, Dixon, Drake, Edmunds, Ferry, Wen, Frelinghuysen, Howard, Sete eae ips, Yaa Was x ner, Tipton, Van Wade, Willey, Wilson and Yates—32. ! The bill passed in Committee of the Whole and ‘was reported to the Senate. Mr. SHERMAN gave notice that he would press it to @ vote to-morrow, and at thirty-five minutes past tour the Senate adjourned, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Wasnincton, March 18, 1868. REPUBLICAN FORM OF GOVERNMENT—POLITICAL AND CIVIL RIGHTS OF NEORORS, Mr. BROOMALL, (rep.) of Pa., moved to reconsider the vote referring to the Judiciary Committee a bill introduced by him July 11, 1867, to guarantee to the several States of the nion a republican form of gov- ernment. The bill is as follows:— Whereas the form of government of several of the States of the Union is not republican in eee te wit a ade ead oe ea it He) race, and are united in certain families to the exclusion of others, equally loyal citizens of the nited States; and whereas it is the constitutional duty of the United States to guarantee to every State @ republican form of hee ait ane ny GEN Be it_ enacted, ac. ments in State cons! ns and laws which make distinctions in political or civil citizens of ie United States, 4 deny such rights to any such citizens on account! agp meen nd or ee, are, and are hereby declared *o be, vold and no effect. Sec. 2, And be it further enacted, That if any La gon shail prevent any qualified citizen of the Uniied States from exercising the it of cane election in any State under the pretence citizen is disqualified by the constitution and laws of such State on account of his [yo race, lineage or color, such person shall deemed quiity oa misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof in the pro- r court shail be sentenced to pay a fine not exceed. ing five thousand dollars, and ndergo imprison- ment not exceeding five years, or both, at the dis- cretion of the court. Mr. BROOMALL proceeded to address the House in support of the bill. At the close of his speech Mr. Woopwanp, (dem.) of Pa., asked him whether there was a republican form of government in Pennsyivania? Mr. BrooMALL replied that if his colleague had heard his remarks he could have answered the ques- tion for himself, by saying that in that particular Pennsylvania had not had @ republican form of government since 1838. Mr. Woopwaup asked in what particular? BROOMALL repiled that before i838 there was ichisement in Pennsylvania, but now there was, and he meant to say that hereditary disfranchigement was anti-republican, Mr. WoopwarD asked whether his colleague was Tead in the law reports of his own State as not that the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania had decided that ui the constitution of the word “freeman” meant “ white freeman,” and that the introduction of the word “white” into the con- — of ad @id not alter in effect tha constitu- th and the case referred to was a got up case, that Tade the deciolon is the hope of vine fOODWARD defended the Judges from putation contained in the remark of his bred Stating that the decision in question was written by the Chief Justice of Penneylv: John Bannister Gibson, a man whose equal as @ lawyer and judge this continent had never yet juced, and whose name was better known in Westminster Hall than the name of American lawyer. The decision ‘Was that under constitution of 1790, which used the word “ ” the negro had no right to vote, and Judge Gibson had gone further, and shown that the race had never entered into the social com- pact of the country; that negroes were brought here to be slaves against their own consent, and were not here as emigrants. Mr. Woodward also referred @ recent decision of Judge Nathaniel w, of Pennsylvania, a man who was placed on the reme Bench by the noprbiloas party, agains the right of a @ seat {n the railroad vided colored person cars for white le, that decision being pased on the fact of a di nce between the two races. He de- clared that there was not in the constitution, laws or \dicial panes of Pennsylvania the shadow of a foundation for the sentiment of his colleague. In reference to negro e—the right of suffrage being 4 the common consent of all American histor; one of the reserved rights of the States—he woul like his colleague to how he pro to eradi- cate from the constitution of Pennsylvania the word “white; in other words, whether he Broposes to pie ye yi the constitution of Pennsylv: by an ? Mr. KELLEY, (rep.) of Pa., reminded his colleague that the cotemporaneous construction of the consti- tution of 1790, and all eibeegient action under 5 recognized the freeman’s right to vote irrespective ol color, and that colored men had voted there. Mr. BROOMALL confirmed that assertion, and said that up to 1838 no person entertained any more doubt about ht of men of all races to vote in Pennsyl- vania, with the necessary Ce rrepempees than the people of the United States had doubted, up to the Dred Scott decision, that a negro had rights which white men were bound to respect. The Dred Scott decision had not shocked the moral senses of the People of the United States more than the decision DOW quoted by his c e had shocked the moral sense of the people of Pennsylvania. Mr. BoyeR, (dem.) of Pa., asked his colle: ople of Pennsylvania had not ratified the constitution of 1837 with the word “white” in- serted in it? Mr. BROOMALL admitted that they had, but gested that one reason for their doing s0 was to get Tid of those very Judges who had made the decison In question; and he was proud to that he had voted against that constitution—the first vote that he had ever cast—on the ground that it disfranchised native Pennsylvanians. answer to his colleague’s on oer aia ay aueaines ae hemes i ee oposed, he roposed fate out of the Constitutions of all States that, contained them those anti-republican provisions. He furthersaid that he had recently been consulted by colored men from Virginia as to whether they should put in the constitution of that State a provision limiting suffrage to those who could read and write, they representing that for every colored man which {t would exclude in the course of a bah proers it would exclude five demo crats; but he advi against it, because he thought that palisioal rights were more needed for the preservation of the civil rights of the men who are poor, and ignorant, and low than for those who are wealthy, learned. and elevated. If he were to disfranchise body he would begin at the top of the heap and disfranchise first the man who is able take care of himself. In reply to a remark by Mr. Eldridge, Mr. Broomall said that he was not a party to the rivalry between the democrats and the ne- groes—(laughter)—that he had seen it going on for a number of years, and that he was in the condition of the woman looking on at the fight between her hus- band and the bear—did not care which whipped. (Laughter.) He wanted to see each side have fair play, fad if the negroes got so far above the demo- that the negroes could read and write, While the democrats could not, he would not on that account refuse votes to the democrats, (Laughter.) Mr. Knorr, (dem.) of Ky., addressed the House in pe Saeed to the bill, argu! fF against it in its consti- tutional, political and moral aspects, and warning the wealthy classes of the community of the danger to their property in bonds and manufactures when the negro, who is entirely ignorant of the first elements of polltical economy, shall come to have influence on the kt on of the country, Mr. Woopwakp followed on the same side, object- Ing to the bill because it proposed to subvert the fun- damental law of Pennsylvania, and of every other State which does not allow negro suffrage. Lge Whether general or limited, was a State affair, which has never been committed to the general gov- ernment Mr. LAWRENCE, (rep.) of Pa., referring to the de- cision of Judge Agnew, alluded to in Mr. Woodward's revious remarks, said that decision was sustained yy nine out of every ten republicans in his district, and, he believed, in all Northwestern Pennsylvania. Mr. SCHOFIELD, (rep.) of Pa., sald that col- I e (Mr. Lawrence) had no right to make such @ declaration. He was mistaken in applying it to the lawyers of the Nineteenth district. Mr. LAWRENCE said he would not bandy words about lawyers, but he would say what he had said for the common sense men of Pennsylvania. (Laugh- ter. itr. SCHOFIELD intimated that only political partt- sans concurred In the sentiment of that decision who had come over from the democratic party. Mr. LawRENcE remarked that every republican paper in his district and in the district of his col- 6 (Mr. Moorehead) endorsed that decision, and he believed to-day that nine out of every ten of the sensible, thi men of the country adopted it in their opinion. (Laughter on the democratic side.) Mr. WILLIAMS, (rep.) of Pa., declared that his col- 1 \e was entirel en in his statement. Tr. KELLEY asked his coll ie (Mr. Woodward) whether the State of Vi not accepted the constitution of the United on the express un- derstanding that the primary right to regulate the suffrage of electors for the more numerous branch of Congress was subject to the supervision of Congress? Mr. WoopWAkD said he was not informed of any such proposition. Mr. KELLEY asked his colleague whether he would dispute it? ir, WOODWARD oy that he was not in the habit of Se what he knew nothing about, He only knew that from the very foundation of the gov- ernment sui had been treated as a State r, and he should very much doubt whether the gentle- man had any authority for stating that Vii ever mustook the soundness of the general doctrine as to suftrage. Mr. SCHENCK, (rep.) of Ohio, expressed his sut at the position of the democratic party on this ques- tion in regard to negro suffrage, and said that the whole matter resolved itself into a very simple question, Those gentlemen of the democratic arty, he, said, admitted that it ought to be founded on Population, do’ they nott | When- bad they = Fag imission veag, — oa ey recogni e negro a8 @ man count and | to be considered and to be taken in the enumera- tion on which members of Congress are appointed. The State of Maryland has adopted, by a constitution made by democrats, secessionists and rebels, the doctrine that representation in her Legisiature must be founded on the number of population in the sev- eral counties in the State, If it be so that democrats will count the negro, ised wee one — the a4 tegral parts of the population of the country, what does it amount to? PiPamounta to their virtually giv- ing the benefit of the auifrage to the negro. amounts to their considering him as one to be counted when the number of representatives is o bv returned, What, then, is the difference between (1). and those who hold opinions in favor of negro si’ o? It is simply this:—The democrats are for having the ne- gro enjoy virtually all the benefite of suitrage, but ‘they want some white man as a proxy, not selected z We, on the ‘other hand, claim thai you give the negro sutrage he ought to. vote at ou give the sul hunseif, afar I undertake to say, is the only differ- ence between those men who howl about n suf- and the rest of the of the country, who entertain the opinion that the negro is not entitled to I want, therefore, to see an of that howl, and I want to see those gentlemen come can- bag boldly before the country, are in and admit that bw i favor negro sul - are in favor they ir. STEVI rep) ising at the Olerk’s desk, said:—Thia, Mr. Speaker, is a grave question f argument, Itis not aquestion for demagogues. ‘The world is on ] its progress of human gov- ernment and is e' lay advancing in the great science which isto make man happy or make him barbarism where that infamous that one man can own another is to be re-established, or we are to establish that doctrine where every man governs himself and baa ore inalienabi and among inalienable rights is the right unl which no man shall dare, after this generation shall have passed a to dispute. We & not now merely roa py! government, we are correcting the justice, the errors, the follies which were beaped on other times by neces- sity. From tl dark ages up mankind lis ‘been ground down by des who could not control the le, and were ui to form governments such a4 ought to control them. Europe, Asia and every other country in the worid, nntil the Jast century, were bound in chains which they could hot break, In chaing and withes which they could not snap. But a pe arrived when the Almighty God, the Governor of the Universe, placed within the power of our fathers both the knowl finally the power, to break those chains and give to world an opportunity, if it Would, to be free, When the dawn of tie Kevolu- tion came it broke ae Unis worid as a new, mighty and glorious reformation. That which never before had opened the éyes of mankind and given a clear’ insight into the rights of the human race opened to the eyes of our great and glorious fathers and taught them precisély what we had to carry aud what, when we nave carried It ont, wili tdte tyrants everywhere tremble, Then demagogies Who taik to ua about the difference of racea will De asllaiued, and Will eKulk away from the face of nan, Whar was * now ia that that great right which they discovered? It was that ‘all men were born equal” —that the black man who brushes my colleague’s (Mr. Woodward's) boots is a a8 much entitled to every privilege as my end or myself. Whoever undertakes to make ® distinction between the colored man and ourselves because formation of his body has forgotten his God, and his God will forget him. In other words, yon must go back now to universal and impartial suffrage as the only foundation on which the government cam stand. You wust build all your ce of govern- ment on that, and when you attempt to depart from it you fot that you are a man, at you become a tyrant, and you deserve the execration of the haman race. There sno other way but by universal suf- frage in which you and I every man can ourselves against the Injustice, the innum: and the wrongs which would otherwise be inflicted on us, We have got toa point in this nation when we can adopt great and glorious principle. No man dares to say that we shall not adopt it. My efforts shall be to prove to this House, not simply that we have reached that point, but that we have reached it by means of the constitution, which w have not violated; alsnonan our fathers, who wot have adopted the principle, and who proclaimed it, could not adopt it without violating the contract which they themselves had made, and Without destroying the great government which the were then building up, I trust, therefore, that £ shall be understood when I say that my doctrine we have reached that period which our ponents Sa ws oe Lg ced ee Tay respected col m sl. pia ik. Kelley) on that ‘ground. "We have reached @ period when We may speak of universal si not as @ boon, not as a gift, but as an inalienable right, which no man dares to take away and which no man can surrender. His God has forbidden it; the sclence of government has forbidden it, and henceforth let us understand that universal suffrage, operating in favor of every man who is to be gov- the votes cast, is one of those doctrines r than the granite in which our fathers aid the foundation of their iinmortal work— the work of universal liberty, which will last just as longas that immortal doctrine shall last, and no longer. I must be excused for the imperfect way tn which I have said what I have; and in order to prove What I have already announced as propositions, I will ask my friend Mr. McPherson, Clerk of the House, to read the remarks which I had prepared for this occasion. Mr. MoPHERSON read a prepared speech of Mr. Stevens, which was an abstract disquisition of the questions involved in the bill. Mr. Sievens’ own re- marks were deljerdd with a clearness and strength of voice such ashe had not manifested at any vious time during this session. He closed by oifer- by ey following as a substitute for the bili:— it enacted, &c., That every male citizen of the United States above the age of twenty-one years who Was ora oF naturalized in the United Staten or who has declared his in tention to become naturalized, shall be entitled to vote upon all national questions that may arise In any State of the Union where he ahali have reaided for the term of thirty days; and Ro distinction ahall be made between any such citizens on ‘any account, except for treason, felony or other infamous ime not below the grade of felony at common law. Mr. BEAMAN, (rep.).of Mich., addressed the House in support of the bill. While he was speaking Mr. Broomaut intimated that his intention was to withdraw the motion to xocoaaer and let the bill go to the Judiciary Com- mittee. My. SPALDING, (rep.) of Ohto, expressed the hope that the debate would not be closed without giving members of the majority an opportunity of stating their objections to the bill. He did not recognize its constitutionality at all, and did not want itt. goto the i eatel that the House was prepared to pass the Mr. BRooMALL said he did not wish to interrapt the business of the House, and he therefore desired the debate to close to-day by all means. Mr. BEAMAN proceeded with and closed his re- marks tn favor of the bill. Mr. SPALDING sald—I wish to remark that only last October I was called upon as a citizen of Ohio to vote on the proposition to amend the constitution of that State, by inserting a right for the free blacks to vote equally with e whites. I not only voted cheerfully for that ove, as amendatory of my State constitution, it 1 used all influence with the citizens in my section of the State to induce ‘them to engraft that Provision on our State constitution, It was unsuc- cessful.» We were in advance of the sentiment of our people, and they voted it down by forty thousand majority. Now I would like to see the member of Congress from the State of Ohio who would come here and bare the boldness to vote for the passage of | this bill, which cuts directly, in my judgment, across the constitution of the United States and really de- cides the action of the people of my State, who have refused to. insert in their own constl- tution of State «fhe ie a this general right of suffrage for the blacks as well as the whites. Sir, L believe the day may come when our constitution, the Ler bulwark of our liberty, shall be so amemied as t all free people may vote atthe polls. God hasten the day when that right shall be extended. But as long a6 the constitution remains as It is | will suder my right arm to drop from its socket sooner than vote for by such bill as that now before the How In saying this [am bold to affirm that | speak the sentiment of a large majority of my colleaxucs on iis floor irrespective of party. I shonid regard the passage of this bill at this hour as the death knell of our hopes ag @ political party in the Presidential can- vass. Mr. KELLEY advocated the bill. He said that his colles (Mr. Lawrence) and the gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Bpelaing) had hastened to announce that the question of colored suffrage was not a party question. He admitted, but deplored the fact, be- cause the republican party rested on the theory of the equality of men before the law, and he t it for at membe! jocratic Party did, the humanity and immortality of that class of human beings. The majority of the human race were of that complexion and of that character of blood to which they denied ey before the law. He was ggg admit that the republican party had not to the height of standing calmly on its principles and carryt them into execution to the last result. le referred his colleague from Luzerne (Mr. Woodward) to a statement made by Mr. Madison in the Virginia Con- vention in reply to a question by Mr. Mouroe as to the provisions in the constitution on the subject of election in which the following sentence occur- red:—‘ Should the people of any State by any means be rived of the right of suffrage, that it should be remedied by the general government.” Mr. Woopwarp asked his colleague what clause of the constitution conferred on the general govern- Les a right to interfere with suifrage in the tates Mr. KELLEY sald it was that clause which gives Congress the power to regulate #he time, place and manner of holding elections. Mr. WoopWakp remarked that that related to the regulation of elections, not to the qualification of electors. Mr. KELLEY declined to go into @ constitutional ‘disquisition on the subject, as he had not time to 0 80. Mr. KERR, (dem.) of Ind., addressed the House in opposition to the bill. He’ argued that ft was not yet 8 party question, but he expressed his belief that the moment the majority in the House felt it had the ht such an act it would do so just as Inevitably as that God existed. He held that tl bill had no shadow of legal authorization tn the con- stitution of the United States, and that, in the words of the gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Spalding), it ran directly across the constitution. But it was the fixed and cherished purpose of the majority to change the federal constitution of to-day, and then, ander the somewhat jatitudinarian language of the pro- ed fourteenth article, such a bill as this would introduced and passed, The title of the bil should be changed and made to read, “An act to.corrupt the blood and to demoralize the mind of the American people and to undermine their constliutional govern- ment and civil liberty.” As to the remark of the J acbayenagh Broomall) that this was a con- test between the democratic party and the negro, he did not know how to characierize that kind of poll- t.cal twaddile, The democratic party was to-day, as it had been in the past, the best friend of the A Mr. BROOMALL withdrew his motion to reconsider the vote referring the bill to the Judiciary Com- mittee, and the bill and amendments were tierelore left with that committee, RESTORATION OF ALABAMA. Mr. FARNSWORTH, (rep.) of lil., from the Committee on Reconstruction, reported a bill to admit the State of Alabama to representation in Congress, which was ordered to be printed. He- notified tne touse that he would ask to have it cousidered and passed to- morrow. ‘THe biil is as follows:— Whereas the of Alabama, in pursuance of the viacus of on actol Congress entthod Can uct for ine wacko {aor and ihe.acte supplementary thereto, have. framed a com anh ve 4 fultivion of ‘State government "which is republican io form And wherens, at an election commencing on the 4th day of February, alarge majority of the legal voters of sald State voting af said election voted for the adoption of sald constitution ; therefore Be it enacted, That the sald State of Alabama hall be enti- Hed to representation tn Congress as adon na the, Leiialature Of said Siate, the members of which were elected at the elec- ton mentioned In the @ of this act, shall have dnly ratified the amendmentto the constitution of the (United States posed by the Thirty-ninth Congress, aud known as fourteen, Sxo. 2. And bo it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the Commanding General of the Military District in wh Alabama i included to notify the members of the Legisle ture of said State chosen at the election held in Febi ets to, asvorble at, the capital of sald State within passage Te aN ULPORTS OF OONFERENCE COMMITTEES. Mr. Wasusunne, (rep.) of Iil., from the conference committee on the Consular and Diplomatic Appro- Priation bill, reported that the House should recede om all its disagreements except the one as to con- sular fees, ac., the provision in that matter to be modified so that all moneys received for fees at — vice consulate or commercial agency beyon $1,000 in any one year, and moneys re- celved by any consulor consul general from consolar or vice consulates in excess $1,000 in the aggregate from ail such sgem cies or vice consulates, shall be accounted for and paid into the treasury of the United States, and that no greater sum than $600 shall be allowed for the expenses of any vice consulate or consular agency for any one year, The report of the confer- ence committee was to. Mr. PAINE, ( P) of Wis, from the conference committee on fe it! to facilitate the payment soldiers’ bounties, made a report, which was to, agencies Mr. rep.) of Ind., from the Committee on Pave als, “reposted a bill pee th hy Homestead laws, which wes ordered to and recomiitted. *, Hero, ep.) of Mase, offered a resolution ity on the 8 of War for @ revised os for river and baroor Luprovements, which was adopted, and thea, at dve o'clock, the House ad@ journed.