Mr. Edmunds. I am not disposed to keep it in——
Mr. Sumner. I did not suppose the Senator was.
Mr. Edmunds. My punch is not quite so case-hardened as that of my friend.
And he insisted upon its reference to the Committee on the Judiciary, “so that there may be that examination which will make the bill perfect, if it is not now perfect, to answer the end that my friend from Massachusetts and myself both want to reach.” The bill was referred accordingly.
February 17, 1869, Mr. Stewart, of Nevada, reported the bill from the Committee adversely. In the few remaining days of the session Mr. Sumner was unable to call it up.
THE PRESIDENT MUST BE WATCHED BY CONGRESS, OR REMOVED.
Speech in the Senate, on the Resolution of Adjournment, July 19, 1867.
