Mr. BOTWELL. M.S.C.: amended bill has been read y the a shall be saved the necessity of much“P otion. It is very well known that the o of the Supreme Court have declared o: oath unconstitutional so far as by. out!" gress the attempt was made to applyit i. ‘. selors and attorneys in the courts of. deted states. The purpose of this bill o rthe clare by a rule, which, I take it, o o constitution and by the decisions of the c tent of the U.S., it is entirely o: for the legislative dept of the hall noment to declare, that certain P. in any hold the office of attorney or on. i. that court of the U.S. It Po" s shall persons who are guilty of certain o:rts E. debarred from that office in all of the of the U.S.. We believe, as a committee, h ot Oity competent for Congress to do.'i be what the rules of the Supreme conf cases, in reference to this particular to but in reforence to every case which possibly arise in the judicial administration of the law. Congress, by the Constitution, has power to enact all laws necessary and proper for the administration of the executive and judicial depts of the Government, and nothing can be more eminently proper than that persons who have been guilty; as in this bill it is declared, of treason, murder, or other felony, or who have participated in any rebellion against the Government of the U.S., or have given aid, comfort, counsel, or encouragement to the enemies of the U.S. in armed hostility thereto, should be deprived of the privilege of appearing as officers of the Government in any court of the U.S. It is no punishment. The opinion of the court that persons are guilty of any of the offenses enumerated in this bill is no evidence elsewhere by which those persons are to be deprived of any right whatever. It does not even deprive them of the power of practicing in the vocation of attorneys or counselors, but merely says that those persons are of such character and such known repute, based upon the actual facts of their lives, that they are unworthy to appear in the judicial tribunals of the country, to come in contact with the officers of the law, to exercise an influence over the Chief Magistrates of the land deleterious to the public morals; and if there be 5 judges upon the bench of the highest tribunal who have not that respect for themselves to enact rules and to enforce proper regulations by which they will protect themselves from the foul contamination of conspirators and traitors against the Government. country, then the time has already arrived when the legislative dept of the Government should exercise its power to declare who shall be officers of the Government in the administration of the law in the courts Iof the Union; and this bill is for that purpose. am directed by the ComJudiciary to report bill, and I ask the previous question upon it.