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Show C O A O K ESS 1 0.V I. . Scott reported from tlio linauco coni-mittoo coni-mittoo a bill declaring tho meaning of the internal revenue uct of July, 1S70, exempts from tiie lii per cent, tax all dividends of savings, and the undivided profits of all bank, insurance and other corporations mentioned in the act, made . or which accrued from surplus funds, during August, September,1 October, November and December, 1S70, in all1 cases where such corporations had al- ready paid, or would thereafter puv upon savings, income?, and undivided ! prolits accruing in the previous months! of that year, a tax equal to at least '1 per cent, per annum. Tho bill also directs di-rects Lhe commissioner of internal revenue reve-nue to refund tho tax paid on alt such savings for said fivo month;, to all corporations cor-porations that have paid a tux of 21 per cent, upon all dividends for 1870-71. Tho' bill passed. Trumbull, from tho judiciary committee, com-mittee, reported adversely to. a bill to authorize the President to accept the resignation of the judgo of any court of the United States. The amnesty measure camo up and Chandler spoke in opposition to it. The first thing required of tho rebels was repentance. re-pentance. Tlio case of general !Long-strect !Long-strect had been cited as a reason for amnesty, am-nesty, but Longstrcet had given every evidence of rupentance, loyalty and general good character by joining tho Kepublican party. Tho Ku Klux rebels of tho South seemed to forget that they were paroied prisoners of war, and could be shot at any time for violations of their parole; and ho thought that if two er three hundred of them were taken out and shot it would do more good than amnesty. Chandler then turned to tho civil rights reform, and said lio had been going on very affectionately affection-ately for the last eleven years by reforming re-forming traitors out of othce and replacing replac-ing them with good, loyal men; and expressed ex-pressed tho opinion that we had never had so honest and efficient a civil ser-i vice as under the present administration. administra-tion. Sumner said, in reply to Morrill's argument ar-gument last week against the constitutionality constitu-tionality of tho supplementary civil rights bill, that the power to pass the bill was given in tho grant of power to abolish slavery, this legislation being necessary to make abolition complete, ilorrill had found constitutional difficulties diffi-culties in tho way, because ho ad bored to tho old rulo of interpreting tt'.o constitution con-stitution and disregarded tho new rule which conquered at Appotomax tho rule that every word, olauso'and sen-tenoo sen-tenoo must bo interpreted uniformall y for human rights. If this bill should be rejected and tho amnesty bill passed, tho colored voto would bo so divided as to defeat tho Kepublican party. In Pennsylvania thero woro mora than enough colored voters to turn tho scale in tho election, and in tho whole country coun-try they woro numerous enough to do tho samo in Lhe Presidential election, iMorrill charged Sumner with upholding uphold-ing tb is bill by using tlio colored voters as a co-operativo power, instead of by reasons addressed to tho judgment of the senate. At the conclusion of Morrill's remarks re-marks the senate adjourned. |
