HOMESTEADS FOR FREEDMEN.
Resolution in the Senate, July 3, 1867.
RESOLVED, That the reconstruction of the Rebel States would be hastened, and the best interest of the country promoted, if the President of the United States, in the exercise of the pardoning power, would require that every landed proprietor who has been engaged in the Rebellion, before receiving pardon therefor, should convey to the freedmen, his former slaves, a certain portion of the land on which they have worked, so that they may have a homestead in which their own labor has mingled, and that the disloyal master may not continue to appropriate to himself the fruits of their toil.
On motion of Mr. Sumner, this was printed and laid on the table. The rule limiting business during the present session prevented him from calling it up.
LIMITATION OF THE BUSINESS OF THE SENATE.
OBLIGATIONS OF SENATE CAUCUSES.
Speeches in the Senate, July 3, 5, and 10, 1867.