Mr. HOWE. I rise not for the purpose of replyin to the speech of the Senfrom Indiana, or I have not had the advantage of list ening to it all; but I was in the Senate a short time and by his permission put one or twoquestions to him. The question I wished to have answered particularly, to enable me to understand what necessit in his judgment existed for overthrowing the litical organizations which were known as th: governments of the rebelling States when the rebellion was suppyessed, and when their armies surrendered. I put that question to the Senator, and he attempted to answer it. In the course of his answer, I thoughtl could induce him to be more explicit by interposing another question, which was as to the particular crime that the Governor of SCarolina had committed when heal lied himself to the rebellion and to that political organization known as the confederaey. The Senator pronounced that nestion to be unfair to him, because he said that he was not prepared to enter into the discussion of the question whether Governor Mugrath could be tried for treason or not. I rose for the purpose of explaining the purport of that question, seeing clearly that he misunderstood it. The senator ver abruptly refused to allow me to make the exp anation. I think I can call him to the stand as a witness that Iam not in the habit of pressing questions which are unfair. I did not mean to interpose one then which could be objected to upon any such ound. lVhatI wished to call his attention to was this one peculiarity of our Government: I do understand that it is essential to the character of an American State that it should have the right to choose its Governors. When the people of a State have chosen n Governor, I understand that 2 rights are secured: 1st, the right of that man to be Governor durin" the term for which he is chosen, and secon, the right of the people to have his services as Governor. Now, in some year, I do not recollect when, the people of SCarolina, who he says constitute the State, chose Mr. Magrath for Governor. If SCarolina remained a State with the rights of a State, I think the right was secured to Mr. Magrath to continue Governor of that State during his term; and the right was secured to the people to have him for Governor. If Mr. Mngrath committed a crime against that State, the government of that State might impose upon him the punishment which the law aflixe to that crime 5 and so if he committed a crime against the U.S., the Government of e U.S. might impose upon him the punishment that is by law a xed to the commission of that crime. But Governor Maginth was not arrested, as I know, not tried, not sentenced by any of the tribunals of SCarolina to be deposed from the office of Governor. Nevertheless he was in fact deposed from that. office, and he was derived of the emoluments and honors, of it; an the people who hadelected him were deprived of the right to have his services as Governor. I wanted the Senfrom Indiana to explain why it was that all that was done. I did not put the question from any idea that it was a difficult question to answer; for I think I could answer it very readily and very satisfactorily to myself; but I thought that arguing from the Senators standpoint it would be a difficult question for him to answer. It was that question I wished him to answer. I did not wish to draw him off in any discussion whether Mr. Magrath could be tried for treason or not.