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gent, Sawyer, Schenck, Scofield, trict wherein said don, John A. Smith, William Smyth, many special doughton, Strickland, Strong. Taffe, end, Twichell, Tyner, Upson, Cadwala preserve order Curn, William B. Washburn, Welker, Wilsentatives 1. Wilson, Winans, Witcher-101. deputieBingham moved to substitute for the miat sy resolutions the following:

br That the President is hereby authorized to remonstrate against the barbarous manner in which the war in Cuba has been conducted, and, if he shall deem it expedient, to solicit the co-operation of other governments in such measures as he may deem necessary to secure from both contending parties an observance of the laws of war recognized by all civilized nations.

Which was agreed to-yeas 100, nays 17, on a division.

The minority resolution, as amended by Mr. Bingham-being simply Mr. Bingham's proposition was then substituted for that of the majority-yeas 101, nays 88, as follow:

YEAS-Messrs. Allison, Ambler, Ames, Armstrong, Asper, Atwood, Beaman, Benjamín, Benton, Bingham, George M. Brooks, Buckley, Buffinton, Burchard, Roderick R. Butler, Cake, Cessna, Churchill, William T. Clark, Coburn, Cook, Conger, Covode, Cowles, Dawes, Dickey, Dixon, Dockery, Donley. Duval, Dyer, Ela, Farnsworth, Ferry, Fisher, Garfield, Hale, Harris, Hawkins, Heflin, Hill, Hoar, Hooper. Hotchkiss, Judd, Kelley, Kellogg, Kelsey, Ketcham, Knapp, Laflin, Lawrence, Maynard, McCarthy, McCrary, McGrew, Mercur, Eliakim H. Moore, Jesse II. Moore. William Moore, Daniel J. Morrell, Negley, O'Neill, Orth, Packard. Packer, Palmer, Perce, Phelps, Platt, Poland. Pomeroy, Rogers, Sargent, Sawyer, Schenck, Scofield, John A. Smith, William J. Smith, William Smyth, Starkweather, Stokes, Stoughton, Strickland, Strong. Taffe, Tanner, Tillman, Townsend. Twichell. Tyner, Upson, Ward, Cadwalader C. Washburn, William B. Washburn, Welker, Wheeler, Whitmore, Willard, John T. Wilson,

Winans-101.

NAYS-Messrs. Adams, Archer, Axtell, Bailey, Banks,

Barry, Beatty, Beck, Biggs, Bird, Blair. Booker, Boyd, James Brooks, Buck. Burdett, Burr, Benjamin F. Butler, Calkin, Sidney Clarke, Amasa Cobb, Clinton L. Cobb,

Conner, Cor, Cullom, Degener, Dickinson, Dox, Eldridge, Ferriss, Finkelnburg, Fitch, Fox, Getz, Gibson, Griswold, Haight, Hamill, Hamilton, Hay, H Iman, Ingersoll, Johnson, Julian, Kerr, Knott, Lash, Lewis, Logan, Marshall, Myhm, McKee, McKenzie, McNeely, Milnes. Morgan, Morphis, Morrissey, Mungen, Newsham, Niblack, Paine, Porter, Potter, Prosser, Randall, Reeves. Rice, Roots, Schumaker, Shanks, Lionel A. Sheldon, Porter Sheldon, Sherrod, Sho' er, Joseph S. Smith, Stiles, Strader, Swann, Sweeney, Taylor, Trimble, Van Trump, Wells, Eugene M. Wilson, Winchester, Wood, Woodward-88. The resolution was then agreed to without a

division.

Ratification of Constitutional Amendments. 1870, May 8-Mr. Bingham reported the following bill:

the Secretary of State of the United States, that the legislature of any State has ratified any amendment heretofore proposed by Congress, or which shall hereafter be proposed by Congress, to the Constitution of the United States, it shall be unlawful for any officer of such State to certify thereafter any repeal of such amendment, unless an amendment for the repeal thereof shall have been first proposed by the Congress of the United States, or by a convention called by Congress for proposing amendments; and if such certificate of repeal be made, said Secretary of State shall not receive or make any record thereof in the Department of State, but the same shall be

void and of no effect.

SEC. 3. That whoever, after the legislatures of three-fourths of the States shall have ratified

any amendment to the Constitution of the United States heretofore proposed, or which shall hereafter be proposed, by the Congress thereof, shall do any act declaring the repeal, either by color of State legislation or of State ordinance, of any ratification of such amendment, after the same shall have been certified to the Secretary of State of the United States, and before the Congress of the United States shall have proposed an amendment providing for the repeal thereof, or a convention called by Congress for proposing amendments shall have proposed such amendment, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof in any court of the United States having jurisdiction in the premises, shall be subject to imprisonment not less than one nor more than ten years, or to a fine of not less than $2,000 nor more than $10,000, or to both, in the discretion of the court.

SEC. 4. That all acts or parts of acts inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed; ̧

Which, the rules being suspended, under the operation of the previous question, was agreed to-yeas 130, nays 54, as follow:

YEAS-Messrs. Allison, Ambler, Ames, Armstrong, Arnell, Asper, Atwood. Bailey, Barry, Beatty, Benjamin, Bennett, Benton, Bingham, Blair, Boles, George M. Brooks Buckley, Bulinton, Burchard, Burdett, Benjamin F. Butler, Roderick R. Butler, Cake. Cessna, Churchill, William T. Clark Sidney Clarke, Amasa Cobb, Coburn, Conger, Cook, Cowles, Cullom. Darrall, Davis, Dawes, Degener, Dickey, Donley, Duval. Dyer, fillan, Hale, Hamilton, Harris, Hawley, Hay, Hays, Ela, Ferriss, Finkelnburg, Fisher. Fitch, Garfield. GilHeflin, Hill, Hoar, Jenckes, Judd, Julian, Kelley, Kelsey, Ketcham, Knapp, Lash, Loughridge Lynch, Maynard, McCarthy, McCrary. McGrew, McKee, McKenzie, Mercur, Eliakim II Moore, Jesse II. Moore, William Moore, Myers, Negley, O'Neill, Orth, Packard, Paine, Shanks, Lionel A. Sheldon, Porter Sheldon, John A. Prosser, Roots, Sanford, Sargent. Sawyer, Scofield, Smith, William J. Smith, Worthington C. Smith, WilHam Smyth, Starkweather, Stevens, Stevenson, Stokes, Stoughton, Strickland, Strong, Tanner, Taylor, Tillman, Townsend. Twichell, Tyner, Upson, Van Wyek, Wallace, Ward, Cadwalader C. Washburn, William B. liams, John T. Wilson, Winans-130. Washburn, Welker, Wheeler, Whitmore, Willard, Wil

To regulate the mode of determining the ratifica-Palmer, Peck. Perce. Peters. Phelps, Poland, Porter, tion of amendments to the Constitution of the United States proposed by Congress, and for other purposes.

That whenever the legislature of any State shall have ratified an amendment to the Constitution of the United States heretofore proposed, or which shall be hereafter proposed, by Congress to the legislatures of the several States for ratification, it shall be the duty of the Executive of such State so ratifying to certify forthwith, under the seal of such State, such ratification and the date thereof to the Secretary of State of the United States, whose duty it shall be to file and record the same in the Department of State.

SEC. 2. That in all cases wherein official notice has been given, or shall hereafter be given to, and has been or shall hereafter be received by,

NAYS-Messrs. Archer, Beak. Biggs, Bird, Booker, James Brooks, Burr, Calkin, Cleveland, Conner, Cox, Crebs, Dickinson, Eldridge, Fox, Getz, Griswold, Haight, Haldeman, Hamill, Hawkins, Johnson, Thomas L. Jones, Kerr, Knott, Lewis, Manham, McCormick, McNeely, Milnes, Morgan, Mungen, Niblack, Potter, Randall, Reeves, Rogers, Schumaker, Sherrod, Slocum, Joseph S. Smith, Stiles, Stone, Swann, Sweeney, Trimble, Van Auken, Voorhees, Wells, Eugene M. Wilson, Winchester, Wood, Woodward-54.

New Constitution of Illinois.

At the recent election, in July, this instrument was adopted by the majority of the people

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No appropriation of money allowed in any private law, and bills making appropriations for the pay of any officer shall not contain any other provision.

The general assembly shall have no power to release or extinguish, in whole or in part, the indebtedness, liability, or obligation of any corporation or individual to this State, or to any municipal corporation therein.

The general assembly shall never grant or authorize extra compensation, fee, or allowance to any public officer, agent, servant, or contractor, after service has been rendered, or a contract made, nor authorize the payment of any claim, or part thereof, hereafter created against the State under any agreement or contract made without express authority of law; and all such authorized agreements or contracts shall be null

and void.

The State shall never pay, assume, or become responsible for the debts or liabilities of, or in any manner give, loan, or extend its credits to, or in aid of, any puiblic or other corporation, association, or individual.

No law shall be passed which shall operate to extend the term of any public officer after his election or appointment.

No county, city, township, school district, or other municipal corporation, shall be allowed to become indebted in any manner, or for any purpose, to an amount, including existing indebted-. ness, in the aggregate exceeding five per centum of the value of the taxable property therein, to be ascertained by the last assessment of State and county taxes previous to the incurring of said indebtedness.

Railroads are forbidden to consolidate with a competing line.

General assembly to fix maximum rates of charges for the different railroads.

INDIANA.

Republican, February 22, 1870.

1. We congratulate the country on the restoration of law and order in the late rebellious States under the reconstruction measures adopted by the General Government, and upon the prevalence of peace and return of fraternal feeling among the people of all the States under a constitution securing an equality of political and civil rights to all citizens, without distinction of race or color.

2. That we reverence the Constitution of the United States as the supreme law of the land and a wise embodiment of the principles of free government, and, following its teachings, we will adopt from time to time such amendments as are necessary more completely to establish justice, insure domestic tranquillity, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity; and that we rejoice at the ratification of the XVth Amendment, which forever secures an equality of political rights to all men, and we extend to the colored man a helping hand to enable him in the race of life to improve and elevate his condition.

fense and preservation of the Union, however great the burden, must be cheerfully borne, until honorably and honestly extinguished in accordance with the letter and spirit of the several laws authorizing the debt; and that all attempts at repudiation of principal or interest should meet the scorn and denunciation of an honest and patriotic people.

3. That the national debt created in the de

4. That we demand in every department of the Government, from the highest to the lowest, the strictest economy in all expenditures, consistent with the requirements of the public service; the reduction and abolishment of all extravagant fees and salaries; the closing of all useless offices and the dismissal of their incumbents; and all efforts to these ends, in Congress or elsewhere, have our unqualified approval

5. That a reduction of taxation is demanded, both of tariff and internal taxes, until it reaches the lowest amount consistent with the credit and necessities of the Government; and that we are in favor of a tariff for revenue, believing that a proper adjustment of duties must necessarily afford all the incidental protection to which any interest is entitled.

6. That we are in favor of a currency founded on the national credit, as abundant as the trade and commerce of the country demand; and we disapprove of all laws in reference thereto which establish monopoly or inequality therein.

7. That we are opposed to the donation of the public lands, or the grant of subsidies in money to railroads and other corporations; and that we demand the reservations of the public domain for the use of actual settlers and educational purposes.

8. That we reaffirm that of "all who were faithful in the trials of the late war, there are none entitled to more especial honor than the brave soldiers and seamen who endured the hardships of campaign and cruise, and imperiled their lives in the service of their country, and the bounties and pensions provided by law for those brave defenders of the nation are obligations never to be forgotten, and should be paid with

out cost to the recipient. The widows and or- | blessing, the Constitution must be respected and phans of the gallant dead are wards of the nation observed, and every approach to centralized des-a sacred legacy bequeathed to the nation's potism defeated, whether attempted by Congress protecting care. or the Executive.

9. That we approve the general course of our Senators and Republican Representatives in Congress, and express our full and entire confidence that they will act with wisdom and integrity in all that concerns the welfare of the people; and

2. That recent events have, more than ever, convinced us of the infamous and revolutionary character of the reconstruction measures as an invasion of the sovereign and sacred rights of the people and of all the States.

that we tender thanks to Senator Morton for his exertions in so shaping the legislation of Congress on the reconstruction of the late rebel States as to secure the passage of the XVth Amend-clare that the measures of Congress, having in

ment.

10. That we indorse the administration of General Grant as President of the United States, accept the increased collection of revenue, the reduction of expenditures, and payment of a large portion of the public debt as a fulfillment of his promises of economy, and rejoice that the victorious general of the Union armies should, as a civil officer, receive the last of the rebel States in its return to the national family.

11. Inasmuch as all republican governments depend for their stability and perpetuity on the intelligence and virtue of the people, it is the right and duty of the State and national authorities to establish, foster, and secure the highest moral and intellectual development of the people. 12. That taxation for county and other local purposes has become so great as to be oppressive to the people; that our system of county administration needs reform, and we demand of our representatives in the legislature such changes in the statutes of the State as will protect the people from extravagant tax levies by local authorities; and as an aid to this needed reform, we favor a reduction of the fees of the county officers to a standard which will furnish a fair and reasonable compensation for the services rendered, and that no officer should be favored with salary, fees, or perquisites beyond such fair and reasonable compensation.

13. That the canal stocks issued under the legislation of 1846 and 1847, commonly called the "Butler bill," were, by the terins of the contract, charged exclusively upon the Wabash and Erie canal, its revenues and lands, and the faith of the State never having been, directly or indirectly, pledged for the payment or redemption thereof, said canal stocks therefore constitute no part of the outstanding debts or liabilities of the State; that the constitution of this State ought to be amended at the earliest practicable period, so as to prohibit the taking effect of any law or acts of the general assembly proposing to recognize or create any liability of the State for the said canal stocks, or any part thereof, until such proposition shall have been submitted to a direct vote of the people of the State and approved by them.

3. That the independence of the Supreme Court of the United States is essential to the safety and security of the States and the people; and we deview the destruction of the powers of that court to adjudicate on the constitutionality of the enactments of Congress is a dangerous evidence of the usurpations of the legislative over the judicial department of the Government.

4. That we are in favor of a tariff for revenue only; and we demand that the burdens of taxation shall be fairly and equally adjusted, and that such an adjustment cannot be made without striking from the statute book the present and odious tariff laws, a system of taxation based upon favoritism, and which has destroyed American shipping and commerce, or pressed the people of the great agricultural regions, which compels the many to pay tribute to the few, and which has built up monopolies that control not only every American market, but also the legislation of Congress; and we demand that the prime articles of necessity, such as tea, coffee, sugar, and salt, shall be placed upon the free list.

5. That we are willing to pay our national debt in strict compliance with our contracts, whether it was made payable in gold or greenbacks, but we are unwilling to do more than that; and we declare that the five-twenty bonds are payable in greenbacks, or their equivalent; and we condemn the policy of the administration, which is squandering millions of money by buying such bonds at a high rate of premium, when the Government has the clear right to redeem them at par.

6. That the national bank system, organized in the interest of the bondholders, ought to be abolished, and greenbacks issued in lieu of such bank paper, thus saving millions annually to the people, and giving to the whole people (instead of the few) the benefits of issuing a paper currency.

7. That the business interests of the country demand an increased and maintained volume of the currency; and the burden of the public debt, the high rate of interest and taxation, imperatively forbid the contraction of the currency in the interest of the bondholders.

8. That the shares of stock in the national banks ought to be subjected to school and municipal taxation on the same conditions as other property; and we demand of our State legisla14. That we heartily indorse the administra-ture that the shares of such banks shall be subtion of our State affairs by Governor Baker and jected to equal taxation with other property of his associate State officers, and especially con- the State. gratulate the people that the time is so near when the State debt will be entirely liquidated.

Democratic, January 8, 1870. Resolved, That the federal Union, with all the rights and dignity of the several States, should be preserved; and to secure that great national

9. That the bonds of the United States ought to be taxed by Congress for national purposes to such an extent as will substantially equalize the taxation of such bonds with other property subject to local taxation.

10. That we denounce the action of our last legislature in attempting to force upon the peo

ple the proposed XVth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States as in palpable violation of our State constitution, and we solemnly protest against Indiana being counted for said amendment; and we hereby declare our unalterable opposition to its ratification.

11. That any attempt to regulate the moral ideas, appetites, or innocent amusements of the people by legislation is unwise and despotic.

12. That we are opposed to any change in the naturalization laws of the United States, whereby admission to citizenship will be made more difficult or expensive; and we especially denounce the proposed plan of transferring the naturalization of aliens to the courts of the United States, and abridging the powers of State courts in that respect, as a hardship and expense to the poor and friendless candidate for American citizenship: we recognize the proposed change as the off-shoot of intolerant Know-Nothingism "— the "twin relic" of radicalism itself.

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OHIO.

Democratic, June 1, 1870.

The democracy of Ohio, coming together in the spirit of devotion to the doctrines and faith of free representative government, and relying for success upon discussion and the intelligence of the people, deem the present convention a fitting occasion to reassert the following time-honored principles of the Democratic party:

That the federal Government is one of limited powers, derived solely from the Constitution; that the grants of power made therein ought to be strictly construed by all the dependents and agents of the Government, and that it is inexpedient and dangerous to exercise doubtful powers; That the Constitution of the United States is founded on the fundamental principle of the entire and absolute equality of all the States of the Union, and it is not competent for Congress to impose upon them any conditions or restrictions in respect to their internal concerns which the federal Constitution has not imposed;

That the liberal principles embodied by Jefferson in the Declaration of Independence, and sanctioned in the Constitution, which make ours the land of liberty and the asylum of the oppressed of every nation, have ever been cardinal principles of the democratic faith, and every attempt to abridge the privileges of becoming citizens and the owners of soil among us ought to be resisted with the same spirit which swept the alien and sedition laws from the statute books;

And, in order that we may more distinctly declare our views of the measures and policy of the present administration,

Resolved, That we denounce the present tariff, as well as the substitute lately introduced in the House of Representatives by the Committee of Ways and Means, as a gigantic robbery of the labor and industry of the country; that they are solely designed to advance the interests of a few thousand monopolies, and that they should no longer be submitted to; and that no candidate for Congress, nor for any other office, is worthy of support who is not in favor of a low revenue tariff, which closely approximates to free trade;

that in the arrangement of any revenue tariff all the necessaries of life should be absolutely free of duty.

2. That the internal revenue system of the United States is unendurable in its oppressive exactions; that it should be immediately remodeled; that its annoyances of stamps and licenses and taxes upon sales and incomes should be abolished; that the tax itself should be collected by the State and county officials; and that the multiplication of officers is wholly unnecessary, except to eat out the resources of the tax-payers; and that we pledge ourselves to effect a thorough reform in this particular. We denounce the profligacy in the present administration of the federal Governinent, the. corruption which has entered all the official stations, the favoritism which, overlooking fitness for office, has appointed to positions of public trust the friends or tools of those who control the public patronage, and the imbecility which directs the destinies of the republic, without an apparent purpose, and manages its affairs with such embarrassment and disaster to the material interests of the people at home, and with such disregard of the rights and liberties of its citizens abroad.

3. That land monopoly is one of the great evils of our country and against the spirit of our institutions; that the whole of our public lands ought to be held as a sacred trust to secure homesteads for actual settlers; we therefore denounce the recent action of Congress in making grants to mammoth railroad corporations, which are already too powerful, and may become dangerous to a free people.

4. That we regard the act recently passed by Congress to enforce the "Fifteenth Amendment," as unconstitutional, unjust and oppressive; an invasion of the rights of the States, subversive of the best interests of the people, and therefore demand its unconditional repeal.

5. That the power of the federal Government to assess and collect taxes on bonds of the United States is clear and unquestioned; and we demand of Congress that a share of taxation equal to the fair average amount levied in cach State on money loaned shall be assessed and collected from all investments made in bonds.

6. That we are opposed to the system of national banks, and demand the immediate repeal of the law creating them, and that in place of the notes of such banks treasury notes of the United States should be substituted.

7. That the Democracy of Ohio sympathize with the efforts of all people struggling for selfgovernment, and that we denounce the truckling of the federal Administration to Great Britain and Spain, and the efforts of the party in power to reduce whole States in our Union to a condition of vassalage to the general Government.

8. That the thanks of the Democracy of Ohio are extended to our Senator, Allen G. Thurman, and the Democratic Representatives in Congress, who, though in a small minority, have bravely contended for the principles of democracy and the interests of the people.

9. That upon the foregoing platform we invite all the electors of Ohio, without regard to past differences, to vote for the ticket this day nominated.

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STATISTICAL TABLES.

PUBLIC LANDS, REVENUE AND NATIONAL DEBT STATEMENTS.

TABLE, showing the area of the land States, the amount of land granted to railroads, sold, and otherwise disposed of, and the amount remaining on hand in each.

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The amount remaining on hand is subject to a reduction of 163,496,626.33 acres, granted by Congress to aid in the construction of railroad lines, and not yet selected and certified to them.

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