CONGRESSIONAL RECORD. DEBATES AND . PROCEEDINGS OF THE FORTY-THIRD CONGRESS. SPECIAL SESSION OF THE SENATE. been elected ; and, in accordance with the usage of the body, I move IN THE SENATE. that the oath of office be administered to him. The VICE-PRESIDENT. The question is on the motion of the Sen­ TUESDAY, March 4, 1873. ator from Maine. The motion was agreed to. As their names were called the respective Senators-elect came for­ Hon. HENRY WILSON, Vice-President of the United States, hav­ ward, and the oaths prescribed by law were administered to them, with ing taken the oath of office at the close of the last regular session of the the exception of Mr. Wadleigh, Mr. Ferry, Mr. Gordon, Mr. Spencer, Forty-second Congress, took the chair and directed the Secretary to and Mr. Jones, who were not present. read the proclamation convening a special session of the Senate. The Senators-elect having been sworn and taken their seats in the The Secretary (Hon. GEORGE C. GORHAM) read the proclamation, as Senate, the following Senators were present: follows: From the State of- . Maine--Hon. Hannibal Hamlin and Hon. Lot M. Morrill. A PROCLAMATION New Hampshire-Ron. Aaron H. Cragin. Vermont-Hon. George F. Edmunds and Hon. Justin S. Morrill. Whereas objects of interest to the Ullited States require that the Senate should Massachusetts-Ron. Charles Sumner. be convened at twelve o'clock on the fourth of March next, to receive and act upon such communications as may be made to it on the part of the Executive: · Rhode Islan&-Hon. Henry B. Anthony and Ron. William Sprague. Now, therefore, I, ULYSSES S. GRANT, President of the United States, have Connectim~t-Ron. William A. Buckingham. considered it to be my duty to issue this, my proclamation, declaring that an _Vew York-Bon. Roscoe Conkling and Hon. Reuben E. Fenton. extraordinary occasion requires the Senate of the United States to convene for the transaction of business at the Capitol, in the city of Washington, on the fourth New Jersey-Bon. Frederick T. Frelinghu.vsen. day of March next, at twelve o'clock at noon on that day, of which all who shall at Pennsylvania-Ron. Simon Cameron and Ron. John Scott. that time be entitled to act as members of that body are hereby required to take Delaware-Ron. Thomas F~ Bayard and Hon. Eli Saulsbury. notice. Maryland-Ron. George R. Dennis and Ron. William T. Hamilton. Given under my hand and the seal of the United States, at Washington, the twenty-first day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight Vi1·ginia-Hon. John F. Lewis. · [L. s.] hundred and seventy-three, and of the Independence of the United States North Carolina-Ron. Augustus S. Merrimon and Hon. Matthew of America the ninety-seventh. W. Ransom. U.S. GRANT. South Carolina-Ron. John J. Patterson and Hon. Thomas J. Rob- By the President: HAMILTON FISH, ertson. SecretaTy of State. Georgia-Ron. Thomas M. Norwood. Florida-Ron. Simon B. Conover and Ron. Abijah Gilbert. The VICE-PRESIDENT. The Secretary will read ~he names of the Alabama-Ron. George Goldthwaite. newly-elected Senators. Mississippi-Ron. James L. Alcorn and Ron. Adelbert Ames. The list was read as follows: Louisiana-Ron. J. Rodman West. • Ron. Bainbridge Wadlei~h, of New Hampshire. Texas-Hon. J. W. Flanagan and Hon.. Morgan C. Hamilton. Ron. Justin S. Morrill, ot Vermont. A1·kansas-Hon. Powell Glayton and Hou. Stephen W. Dorsey. Hon. Orris S. Ferry, of Connecticut. Missouri-Ron. -Lewis V. Bogy and Hon. Carl Schurz. Ron. Roscoe Conkling, of Nevr York. Tennessee-Ron. Henry Cooper. Ron. Simon Cameron, of Pennsylvania. Kentucky-Ron. Thomas C. McCreery and Hon. John W. Stevenson. Ron. George R. Dennis, of Maryland. West Vi1·ginia-Hon. Arthur I. Boreman and Hon. Henry G. Davis. Ron. Augustus S. Merrimon, of North Carolina. Ohio-Hon. John Sherman and Hon. Allen G. Thurman. Hon. John J. Patterson, of South Carolina. Indiana-Ron. Oliver P. Morton and Hon. Daniel D. Pratt. Hon. Simon B. Conover, of Florida. fllinois-Hon. John A. Logan and Ron. Richard J. Oglesby. Hon. Geort:re E. Spencer, of Alabama. , Michigan-Ron. Zachariah Chandler and Hon. Thomas W. Ferry. Hon. Stephen W. Dorsey, of Arkansas. Wisconsin-Ron. Matthew H. Carpenter and Ron. Timothy 0. Howe. Hon. ,John B. Gordon, of Georgia. I&wa-Hon. Willam B. Allison and Hon. George G. Wright. Hon. Lewis V. Bogy, of Missouri. Minnesota-Ron. Alexander Ramsey and Hon. William Windom. Hon. Thomas C. McCreery, of Kentucky. Kansas-Hon. Alexander Caldwell and Hon. John J. Ingalls. Hon. John Sherman, of Ohio. California-Ron. Eugene Casserly and Ron. Aaron A. Sargent. Hon. Oliver P. Morton, of Indiana. Nebraska-Ron. Phineas W. HitchMck and Ron. Thomas W. Tipton. Hon. Richard J. Oglesby, of Illinois. Oregon-Hon. James K. KelJy and Hon. John H. Mitchell. Ron. Timothy 0. Howe, of Wisconsin. Nevada-Hon. William M. Stewart. Hon. William B. Allison, of Iowa. Hon. John J. Ingalls, of Kansas. INAUGURATION CEREMONIES. Hon. Aaron A. Sargent, of California. The persons entitled to admission on the floor of the Senate Cham­ Ron. John H. Mitchell, of Oregon. ber having been admitted to the places reserved for them, the Presi­ Hon. John P. Jones, of Nevada. dent, Hon. ULYSSES S. GRANT, entered the Senate Chamber, accom­ When the name of Mr. Conkling was called, panied by Mr. CRAGIN, Mr. LOGAN, and 1\.Ir. BAYARD, members of the Mr. HAMLIN said: Mr. President, owing to some inadvertence the Committee of Arrangements, and was conducted to a seat in front of credontials of the Senator-elect from New York have not been pre­ the Secretary's desk, and the members of the committe~ were seated eented in this body. It is a matter of public notoriety that he has on his right and left. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD. MARCH 4, The VICE-PRESIDENT. The order of proceedings will now be restoration of our currency to a fixed value as compared with the formed, for the purpose of repairing to the front of the portico, world's standard of values, gold, and if possible to a par with it; to according to the programme prepared by the Committee of Arrange­ the construction of cheap routes of transit throughout the land, to ments. ~he end that the products of all may find a market and leave a liv­ Those assembled in the Senate Chamber proceeded to tire platform mg r:emune~ation to the producer; to the maintenance of friendly on the central portico of the Capitol in the following order : relations. Wlth all our neighbors and with distant nations; to the The Marshal of the Supreme Court. re-establishment of our commerce and share in the carrying trade Ex-Presidents and ex-Vice-Presidents. UJ:?On the ocean; to the encouragement of such manufacturing indus­ The Supreme Court of the United States. tnes as can be economically pursued in this country, to the end that The Sergeant-at-Arms of the Senate. the exports of home products and industries may pay for our imports: The Committee of Arrangements. the ?nly S!lfe method of returning to and permanently maintaining a The PRESIDENT of the United States, the PRESIDEN:T-ELECT. speCie ba~1~; to the elevation oflabor; and by a humane course to bring The VICE-PRESIDENT and the Secretary of the Senate. t~e abongmes of the country under the benign influences of educa­ The members of the Senate. tiOn and civilization. It is either this or a war of extermination. The Diplomatic Corps. Wars o~ extermination, engaged in by people pursuing commerce Members of the Cabinet and the Solicitor-General. and allmdnstrial pursuits, are expensive even against the weakest Ex-members of the Honse of Representatives, and members-elect people, and are demoralizing and wicked. Our superiority of strength of the Forty-third Congress. and advantages of civilization should make us lenient toward the Governors of States. Indian. The wrong inflicted upon him should be taken into account Officers of the Army and Navy. a_nd the balance placed to his credit. The moral view of the ques­ Other persons admitted to the floor of the Senate Chamber and to tion should be considered, and the question asked, cannot the Indian the reserved seats at the left of the diplomatic gallery. ~e made a useful and productive member of society by proper teac. h­ The PRESIDENT-ELECT delivered the following rng and treatment f If the effort is made in good faith we will stand better before the civilized nations of the earth, and in our own con- INAUGURAL .ADDRESS. sciences, for having made it. All these things are not to be accomplished by one individual, but FELLOW-CITIZENS: Under Providence I have been called a second they_wD:I recei!e my support, and such recommendations to Congress time to act as Executive over this great nation. It has been my endeavor as will, m my JUdgment, best serve to carry them into effect. I beg your support and encouragement. in the past to maintain all th~ laws, and, so far as lay in my power, to act for the best interests of the whole people. My best efforts will It has been, and is, my earnest desire to correct abuses that have be given in the same direction .in the future, aided, I trust, by my g_rown up in the civil service of the country. To secure this reforma­ four years' experience in the office. tion, rules regulating methods of appointment and promotions were When my first term of the office of Chief Executive began, the established and have been tried.