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ont lost, 161; motion to strike oat so much as refers 

 to members of Congress, 161; amendment withdrawn, 

 161; motion to postpone the operation of the act, 161; 

 lost, 181; motion to strike out renewed and lost, 161; 

 motion to concur with the salary amendment of the 

 Bouse, 16-3; lost, 162; report of the committee of con- 

 ference, 162; the Senate insist on its amendment's, 162. 

 In the House, report of committee of conference, 

 163; main question ordered, 163; report of confer- 

 ence committee explained, 163; the annual increase 

 of expenditure. 163; what" the report involves, 163; 

 the country should be awakened, 163; the compensa- 

 tion should remain as at present, 164; we have earned 

 this increase of salary, 164; protest against the prop- 

 osition, 164; most auspicious time to raise salaries, 

 1G4; report of the committee adopted, 165. 



In the Senate, report of the conference committee 

 made, 165; the committee have transcended then- 

 jurisdiction, 165; action of the Senate, 165; motion 

 to recommit the report with instructions, 165; lost, 

 166; moved to recommit without instructions, 166; 

 the bill proposes to pay an increase of back salary, 

 166; that is right, 166; precedents are all for it, 166; 

 motion to recommit lost, 166; the Republicans will 

 lose Connecticut or Rhode Island, 166; the report 

 concurred in, 167. 



In the Senate, the supplement to the bill to provide 

 fora national currency considered, 167; the bill con- 

 templates specie payments, 167; too radical a meas- 

 ure. 167; or to convert greenbacks into interest-bear- 

 ing bonds. 167; how often can they be paid ont again ? 

 167; recent reissues, 168; which is the best, bank- 

 notes or greenbacks ? 168; is a bank-note circulation 

 advisable? 168; can have inflation by means of the 

 national banks. 16 1 ); we can secure an elastic currency 

 by this bill. 169; shall the banks keep a reserve ? 169; 

 motion to strike ont the original bill, and insert a 

 substitute, 170; the substitute, 170; the chief object 

 should be a resumption of specie payments, 171; a 

 crying demand of the present hour, 171; is this a de- 

 cisive step toward resumption? 171; the practical 

 working of this law doubtful. 171; increase in the 

 bulk of the currency. 172; this bill d6 not carry out 

 the theory of the chairman of the committee, 172; 

 not a bill to resume specie payments, but to give the 

 Secretary the option to pay in coin, 172; its provi- 

 lons examined, 173; do not believe in an elastic cur- 

 rency, 173 ; why Is It that there has been such sta- 

 bility? 174; the amendment proposed, 174; rejected, 

 174; other amendment? moved and lost, 175; diffi- 

 culties which exist, 175; aim and object of the bill, 

 175; shall we undertake peremptorily to establish 

 pccio payments? 176; if the bill will bring about 

 pecle payments, let us have it at once, 176; what 

 will be the increase of specie circulation ? 177; bill 

 ordered to lie on the table, 177. 



In the House, resolution for Information relative to 

 the affairs of Louisiana offered, 178; denial that the 

 President has interfered, 178; refusal to suspend the 

 rales. 178. 



In (he Senate, a resolution to authorize an inquiry 

 relative to Louisiana, 179 ; what the resolution re- 

 quires. 179; what jurisdiction has the Senate over the 

 election of President? 179; resolution adopted, 179- 

 In the House, a resolution to appoint a special 

 committee to Inquire Into the election, etc., In Louis- 

 iana considered, 179; two Governors inaugurated in 

 Louisiana, 179; Inquire Into the facts of the election 

 to ascertain which of these organizations shall be 

 recognized by Congress, 179; what has been done in 



Louisiana ? 180; what is our duty ? 180; the matter in 

 dispute, 180; the uprooting of the government of the 

 State is no trifling matter, 180; what will be the effect 

 of the appointment of this committee? 181; the rem- 

 edy consists in the Federal Government keeping its 

 bauds off the people, 181; one of the most important 

 questions that can engage the attention of the House, 

 181 ; substitute offered and adopted, 182 ; amended 

 resolution adopted, 182. 



In the Senate, a resolution offered to inquire 

 whether there is a legal State government in Louis- 

 iana, and by whom constituted, 182 ; what do we 

 know on this subject? 182; it is the duty of the 

 President to foresee the possibility of collision be- 

 tween rival claimants, and to be ready to meet it, 

 183 ; this is denied, 183 ; has the President inter- 

 fered? 184; previous acts of Congress, 184; a marshal 

 may call in the aid of army, 184; that would break 

 np military operations, 185; the army cannot be sum- 

 moned without the authority of an act of Congress, 

 185; the instance of the fugitive slave law, 185; nature 

 of the posse comitalus, 186; what is left of the Demo- 

 cratic party? 186; the civil rights bill, 186; a general 

 power without the authority of law, 187; whence is 

 the power derived ? 187 ; what is meant, when the 

 Constitution says the Presieent shall take care that 

 the laws be faithfully executed ? 18J ; he cannot un- 

 der this provision employ at his mere will the army 

 and navy as a part of the 'posse comilatus, by putting 

 them under a civil officer, 188; he shall take care that 

 the laws are executed in the manner provided by 

 law, 188; the act of 1861, 188; we are in the dark as 

 to the facts, 189; a Federal court hns no right to over- 

 turn one government and set up another, 189 ; what 

 is the case when he may call forth the militia for the 

 suppression of insurrection ? 189; what are the pre- 

 requisites of the law ? 190; who has the power to call 

 forth the militia? 190; the enforcement act, 190; pro- 

 visions of the act of 1795, 191 ; the act of 1807, 191 ; 

 extracts from the act of 1795, 191 ; when is it that the 

 President can call forth the militia? 192; what has 

 been the practice of the Government? 192; what is a 

 combination of insurgents ? 192; the enforcement act 

 of 1871, its powers and exceptions, 193 ; the provi- 

 sion of the Constitution and its meaning, 193; the pro- 

 posal to rebel against the decision of courts, 193; the 

 judicial is bound by the political department, on the 

 question what is the lawful government in a State, 

 194; the case of Rhode Island, 194; what was the case 

 before President Grant ? 194; the laws authorize the 

 contest of elections and provide the tribunal to try 

 it, 194; now, what Is the duty of the President ? 195; 

 it is tor Congress to decide, and, in the absence of 

 that decision, the President decides, 195. 



Message from the President relative to affairs in 

 Louisiana, 195. 



In the Senate, a bill to establish a government in 

 Louisiana considered, 196; the bill, 196, 197; substi- 

 tute offered, 198; now, what is it necessary for Con- 

 gress to do ? 198; let us see what are either admitted 

 or undeniable facts, 198 ; is there a lawful govern- 

 ment in Louisiana? 199; what is said in answer to 

 this ? 199; we are bound to decide that question fur 

 ourselves Irrespective of any decision of the Supreme 

 Court of Louisiana. 199; look at the facts to find out 

 which was the Legislature, and what do you find ? 199; 

 the trne solution Is to recognize McEneVy as Gov- 

 ernor, 200; no one recognizes the McEnery returns 

 as legal, 200; both elections fraudulent, but more evi- 

 dence of fraud on one side than on the other, 200; this 



