[For the Philadelphia ii'veaing "THEE OTHER SID 44? . , . yet others chant the waiiike flmae , . of . Sherman and of Meade. ' •' My hero's shield shines brighter far, stained by no .bloody deed; I leave those chiefs to common -bards;.of common place the pride, And sing the - Sayaid bold and true, Knight • on.lThe Other Side." _ .._ Bee how he rushes to the lists, and with_ his doughty lance, . PierteireaeWpartisait of cant, froiri 2 Ids scornful glance Plies fat each shrinking, shadowy form of hollow, empty sham, As with doffed helm; he turns to cry "Place, ',place, gallants, aux dames! From him no beauty fears the sneer, the cruel biting jest, But 'neath his banner sails alolig, in all his armor drest; His feathered shafts of kindly wit for her, nntipped, are found; He even spares ;the' fopling's mark, the hoop's bewitching round.' To_him, still woman seems a saint, with heaven's radiance bright, The priestess of well-ordered home, man's truest; best delight; Each simple maiden; Erna-like, is pure, and sweet and good, Wearing with graceful loveliness the rose of womanhood. • Mesdames! • have we no gtterdon for tlais bold knight of ours? Come wreathe, with dainty finger-tips, the fairest fragrant flowers For biro; calLnp your, sweetest similes, your u' most'persuasive `sigh's, The tenderest glances shower down from + your love-beaming eyes. In spite of , every envious sneer, all jests of manly scorn, • We are the queens, the sovereigns we; in royal purple born! Then for our knight we'll draw the sword, and. in our regal pride We'll dub him "Ney, to brave des braves," who fights upon our side! lnirx - rvin Congress—First session. [RASE OF YESTERDAY'S PROCEEDINGS.] SENATE.—The' bill for the admission of Colorado was taken up. The question pend ing was upon the following amendment, offered by Mr. Sumner ; Provided; That this act shall not take effect except with the fundamental condition that within the State there shall be no denial of the elective franchise or any= other right on account of color or race, and all persons shall be equal before the law ; and the inhabitants of the : territory' shall by a majority of the voters at a public meeting, 'publicly con vened' by the Governor of the territory, de clare their assent to this fundamental con dition, and the Governor shall transmit to the President of the United States an authen tic statement of such assent whenever the same shall be given, upon the receipt whereof he shall, by proclamation, announce the fact, whereupon, without any iurther proceedings in Congress, this act shall take effect. Mr. Pomeroy (Kansas) spoke briefly. in favor of the admission of Colorado. Mr. Saulsbury' (Del.) could not vote for the admiasion of a State with such a small population. He was very glad to see that when the question of negro suffrage was presented, out of a little over five thousand voters only four hundred and seventy-six were lunatics enough_to be in fryer of it. Mr. Grimes aowa).opposed the bill. He spoke of the burdens'of taxation which a State Government 'would impose upon the people of Colorado. Those who were friends of these people would vote against the pro position to 'impose this additional burden. If he voted for the admission of Colorado to day, he would have to vote for the admis sion of Nebraska to-morrow, and of Monta na the next next. He understood that Gen. Meagher was • organizing a State Govern ment in Montana, and so of other territo xiEs. He believed the old requirement, that before a State could be admitted her popu lation should be equal to that required to elect a member of the House of Representa tives, ought to be enforced. Mr. Hendricks (Ind.) wiahed to say a word for the sake of disclaiming any inten tion of voting against' the bill, from the same motives that:induced Mr. Sumner to oppose it. He would not vote against the ad mission of a State because of -the ,adoption of negro suffrage, nor because - Of its rejec tion. He was opposed to the admission of Colorado, because he did not believe that the fifteen thousand people of Colorado should be entitled to the same weight in the Senate' as the thirteen hundred thousand of Indiana. He then spoke of the irregu larity and informality of the proceedings attending the election of delegates to the State Convention, as detailed in the debate yesterday, showing there was but one hun dred and fifty-five majority in favor of the State government. Mr. Lane (Kan.) said the arguments of Mr. Hendricks against the admission of Colorado were the same - as were urged against the admission of Kansas by Mr. Upiater, (Va.) and other Southern men. California and Florida were admitted with out any. enumeration, of population. Flori da was forced into the Union by the slave power to offset the admission of the free State of lowa. ' • Mr. Grimes (Iowa) said the, population of California was over ninety-two thousand at the time of the admission:.. In the case of Florida, it, was understood at the time of her admission that she had population enough 'to elect a merhber of thellouse. Had he been here when Kansas was admit ted he might have voted for it without re ferenee•to population; for the sake of settling the slavery agitation. There was no such _reason to govern his vote in thecase of Colo rado. . - . _ Mr. Mane, resuming the 'floor, said he would vote for the admission of Colorado, because the people, had, signified their wil lingness to bear the responsibility of a State government. Colorado.had as many people within her borders now. as Kansas had when every Republican Senator voted for the admissionof Kansas. • _ Mr. 'Wade (OhloY said; though he reported the pending. bill he,did so reluctantly; and he was not now in favor'of it. When the enabling act was under e , onsideration the Committee. on, Territories were. informed that the people were'fioCking to Colorado as thek'did . to - California a few years ago, and that soon there would be a very large popu lation .there. Mr.' -- Me - Pettgall• 'spoke, of the limited knowledge _there Iprevails concerning th e far. West,, The lands, of , the _West were being 'developed more rapid,l, - thah Serta, tors _werel - aware ,of,•-and a territory soon outgrows the` Tel - Innen:tents of a territorial, gpyprnment, - Andiaggleillt'epresentation,in Congress. „ Colorado, would , be ulnae fiefter'off as A•Stao", than a territory,, Trumbull- (DM i'l&tia; if • this - were crew question; he nifglit:taoPposed -to•the admission '-of ,Colbiado L i ,inducements b;ad - been held out:tithe peopte of Colorado, an , c•Uablitg'it.ef had been :passed; and the people of Colorado hid been invited - to form'' a State government. .Mr. "gessenden (Me.) said the people of „ , is 1 Coloiado bad Votedittgainst the formation of. a State governinent under.the enabling subsequently they voted for adidssion as .a.° State , Mr Trumbull maintained that the ena bling act was still in force, notwithstanding the ;refusal of the people to ,adopt a State government on the occasion. The enabling , act had not been repealed. As to the•ques tion of populatiort, he said it Was bad . faith to reject Colorado on that ground, because the population was now as great as when the enabling-act was formed. -He held that _ all the, requirements of the enabling act 'bad:been - complied with. Mr. Sumner said the population of Co lorado had- decreased-since -1861. In 1861 there, were ten- thousand and, upwards of voters, in 1865 there, , were - less than six thousand. Mr. Doolittle (Wis.) said he voted for the enabling act, in the belief that there were at that time, from forty to fifty , thOusand people, and that by the time ;of. the forma tion of the State goveinment there would be population enough to entitle theni to a representation in Congress. It would ap pear, however, that there were'but. twenty five thousand people in the territory when the enabling act was passed, and the popu lation. had since 'been' decrea.sing. These facts forced upon his mind the belief.that it was,his duty to vote against the . adini.ssion of _Colorado. . . It bad been held that Congress was bound bYthe enabling act. He sjid not think so, because the people had once refused to adopt a State government under that act. Mr. Cragin (N. H.) belieVed- that Con gress, by the enabling act, was, bOund to receive Colorado. Th.ere was no.discussion about population or irregularity in the Committee on TerritOries when this bill was before it. He was fully persuaded there was a population of. forty thousand in the territory, and he saw no reason now for not admitting the State that did not exist at the, time of the passage of the enabling act. Mr. Ramsey (Minn.) maintained that the failure of Congress to repeal the enabling act was a standing , invitation to them to form a State . government. Besides, Colo rado was a far distant State," and such a large population ought not to be demanded of it as of territories nearer to us. Mr. Grimes (Iowa) said the enabling act was not repealed because it expired by its own limitation the moment the people had refused to adopt a State Constitution, as they did in the first instance. The ques tion was whether the Senate was prepared to sanction a rotten borough system which would give to twelve or fifteen thousand people an equal power with New York in the Senate. Mr. Connens (Cal.) spoke against the ad mission of Colorado, believing it to be con trary to good policy. Mr. Stunner withdrew his amendment and a vote was ordered on the bill, which simply recognized Colorado as one of the States of the Union. The yeas and nays were demanded on the motion to order a third reading of the bill. The Senate refused to order the third read ing by the following vote: YEAs—Messrs. Chandler, Cragin, Kirk wood, Lane (Ind.) Lane (Kansas), McDou gall, Nesmith, Norton, Pomeroy, Ramsey, Sherman, Stewart, Trumbull and. Williams —l4. NAYS—Messrs .Buckalevr,Conness, Cress well, Davis, Doolittle, Fessenden Foster, Grimes, Guthrie, Harris : Hendricks, Mor gan, Morrill, Poland, Riddle, Sprague, Stockton, Sumner, Van Winkle, and Wilson-21. So the bill fails. The 1-egular army bill was made the spe cial order for to-morrow at 1 o'clock, and the Senate adjourned. HorsE.—Mr.Woodbridge (Vt.) from the Judiciary Committee,reported back a bill regulating the salaries of the Judges of the Supreme Court of the District of Co lumbia. Recommitted and ordered to be printed. -Mr. Lawrence (Ohio) also reported back from the same committee a bill to amend an act relative to the habeas corpna, its place havinglieen supplied by another bill. Laid on the table. Mr. Lawrence (Ohio) also reported back, with sundry amendments, a joint resolution proposing amendments to the Constitution of the United States. Two amendments, which were verbal, were agreed to, and the third amendment, changing the essential features of the resolution. The bill, with amendments, was ordered to be printed and recommitted. ' Mr. Williams (Pa.) from same Committee reported a bill directing a District Conrt tc be held at the city of Erie, in the State of Pennsylvania. The bill was passed. Mr. Cook (Ill.), from the same committee, reported back, with a substitute, a bill to amend an act relating to the habeas corpus, and regulating judicial proceedings in cer tain cases, approved March 3, 1863. Pending the consideration of this bill, the morning hour expired, and the bill went over till the next morning hour. Mr. Latin (N. Y.), from the Committee on Printing, reported back a resolution for the printing - of 25,000 extra copies each of the reports and testimony taken by the Joint Select Committee 'on Reconstruction, without covers, for the use of the House. Headded that his colleague (Mr. Latham) agreed to the report being made but dis sented from the resolution. - Mr. Conkling (N. Y.) desired to make a remark. He bad seen in the newspapers an assertion that there was on the part of the Reconstruction Committee, or some of its subdivisions, an intention to suppress evi dence, and that certain evidence bad been presented and ordered to be printed, white other evidence in the possession of the Com mittee was not presented. This showed a disposition on the part, of the Committee to select certain evidence to be published, and to withhold the rest. The reason of it was simply this—Senator Howard, who is at the head of one of the subdivisions of the com mittee, bad been absent for some time on account of a domestic bereavement, and it ; was thought by his colleagues on the com mittee that as a matter of simple courtesy the testimony taken before him should not ,be reported in his absence. Mr. Crider (Ky.) asked whether any sub committee had reported to the general com mittee, except in relation to Tennessee. • Mr. Conkling (N. Y.) said that a resolu tion had been adopted by the general com mittee that the evidence should -be brought forward as rapidly as might be to be printed. He•believed the• manual of operations was for each sub-committee to bring invite testi mony by bundles, and band over the whole of it to be printed, to the end that Congress and the .country might have it all at the earliest possible:moment. • •_ • • -Mr. Grider--Did not the general commit lee determine not to present any:testimony except such as was reported to it by a sub committee? Mr. Conkling—No such , thhig ever hap- ,Mr. Stevens (Pa.), protested that all this colloquy about what took place in the com- Imittee room was out of order. The Speaker decided that it was. • Mr. Le , Blomt (Ohio) ;desired, to know what was the partignliF object of publish-. ;hag this testimonY„ , , Mr- Lailin N. Y.) rppliedthat -it Was for the, inidrxnation..;of the, public,,and the Elonae. iThe irnPartaticirof- the, ,subject, the iintereat felt in it and; the high - pharacter `of the te thi.fony AT * stiffkcidut ,reations" for its ptiblication:, M r.,Le Blond toi, know on What point it Was ad important:, , • , • Mr. Lailin , insisted,on , the previous ques tion, whiekhe hacl moved. • • Mr, Le ,Biond „den:mid:ea ,; the , yeas and naYa, and the' vote being taken, the resolu-. tion was adopted, by yeas 100, nays 30. On motion of Mr. Jenckes (R. I.) the Com naittee on Printing Was instructed to in 'OENTN6 BULLETIN; PIITLA.IELPHIA,_NEDNESDAY, M kit ' HE 3).A.11, quire into , the expediency of iminting five thousand copies of the roAs of :honor, and othSr lists of soldiers brine& in the na tional ; :cemeteries and on the 'battle 'fielth, •now being published under , Ihe,direetion• of the Quartermaster General. Mr.-Baldwin (Mass.), by uttanimons con sent, introduced a bill to establish in the District of-::Columbia a reform school for boys. Read twice and 'referred — to the Committee for the District of Columbia.- - - Mr. Windom (Minn.) presented a petition - MoEwen and twenty other ; soldiers of Minnesota, asking6r the equalikatiori of soldiers', bounties.' Refuted to. the Qua mittee on Military Affairs. The House went -into -Committee of the , Whole, Mr. Wilson (Iowa) in the chair, and resumed the consiideration of this Fortifica tion Appropriation The'pending ques tion being on the amendment of Mr. Farns worth, to reduce the appropriation for Fort Wayne from fifty thousand dollars to twen ty-five thousand dollais,tlie tellers resumed their places and the amendment was re jected. The appropriation for Fort Wash ington, on the Potomac, was reduced from fifty to twenty thousand dollars. An ap propriation of fifty thousand dollan was in serted for Fort Jefferson, Garden Key, Tor tugas. The appropriation for the fort on ship Island, Mississippi coast,, was, on amendments offered ' by Messrs. Deming and Paine, reduced from seventy-five thou sand to ten thousand dollars. An appro priation of fifty thousand was inserted, on motion of Mr. Schenck. for Fort Clinton, Amelia Island, Georgia. An amendment, offered by Mr.'Schenck, and supported' by Mr. El igby,appropriating seventy-five thou sand dollars for a fort at Lime Point, Cali fornia, where there is now only an earth battery, was adopted. The appropriation for the survey of the northern and western lakrs, including Lake Superior,veae 'reduced from one hundred and fifty thousand dol lars to fifty thousand dollars, the former fig ure being a mistake. The committee rose,the amendments were concurred in, and the bill was passed. The House again went into Committee of the Whole, Mr. Wilson (Iowa) in the chair, and took up the joint resolution to provide for the expenses attending the exhibition of the products of industry of the United States at the Exposition at Paris in 1867. Mr. Washburne (Ill.) moved to lay the bill aside and take up one of the general appro priation bills. Mr. Banks—l hope not. It is necessary that this question shall be settled. The motion was not agreed to. The bill being read by sections for amendments,Mr. Banks reported an amendment to the first clause as follows: "To provide necessary furniture and fix tures for the proper exhibition of the articles and products of industry of the United States, according to the plan of the Imperial Commissioner, in that part of the building exclusively assigned to the use of the United States, $43,000." Mr. Banks explained the object of the amendment and the joint resolution. The government of the 'United States, he said, had never made any appropriation for a purpose of this kind; nor until the exhibi tion of 1867 was proposed bad any govern ment taken the initiative in industrial exhibitions. In all ages of the world, and among all nations, they had been popular institutions, not government institutions. The means of appealing to government or to public opinion had been the exhibition by the people of the fruits of their industry. Thus in our country, in Hungary, in Poland, in Italy, in Greece—wherever the common, people had, desired to impress on governments the idea of their importance, they had done so. It was not until 1851 that industrial exhi bitions engaged the attention of all nations. That exhibition was established on a gua r antee made by individual citizens of En gland that the government should be guar anteed against any loss in the encouragement which it should give to it. The Paris 'exhibition of 1855, and the London exhibi tion of 1862, and the Hamburg exhibition of 1863 proceeded on that idea. But the great man who now directed the affairs of France had, for the first time in the history 'theworld,conceived the idea that the govern ment of the empire and the governments of other nations were interested . in presenting the productions of the industry of their people. The Emperor of France had under taken to appropriate twenty million francs for the payment of the expenses to be incurred in the exhibitions of French indus try. Belgium had appropriated one hun dred and twenty thousand. dollars. Every nation of the earth would make appropria tions for the same purpose. It was a government institution in which the government alone were to be repre sented. If the United States desired to be represented it must be through its govern mentt and not, as heretofore, through individuals. For that reason the Committee on Foreign Affairs reported this bill. Unless the government took the initiative the people of the United States would have no representation there. It was therefore im portant that the joint resolution should be considered in that, regard. On the 15th of January last a joint resolu tion which had passed both Houses was approved by the President, accepting the invitation of the Emperor of France to take part in the Exposition as a government. The buildings to be erected for the purpose would cover thirty-six acres in the Champ de Mars. Furniture and fixtures would be necessary, and the amendment he offered was to cover the outlay for that purpose. It was the unanimous opinion of the Com mittee of Foreign Affairs that the acceptance of the invitation by our government ren dered it incumbent on Congress to make this appropriation. - The committee had considered the 9ues tion long and carefully,' and in every point before agreeing to recommend the appro priation of $lOO,OOO asked for. The part of the building to be assigned to' American exhibition was 30,000 square feet, 20,000 for passage ways and 10,000 for exhibition of products. The United States stood in that respect eighth on the list of nations. Every State in 'the Union having any, industry had applied for space at the exhibition, in chiding the State of Illinois, which had ap plied for more than the entire spaceassigned to the United States. A larger space would have been assigned, but that no repreaento tive of our government either here or in France, could specify how much would be required or used. • The planof the Exposition was drawn up, .and there never had been a clearer, or better .defuie,d classification than it contained. Al! 'the products of industry weregrouped in ten leading groups and divided into ninety five classes. The groups were: Ist, works of art; 241„roaterials and application of the liberal arts; 3cl,- furniture and other house hold articles: 4th, clothing, including cloths and, other wearing apparel; sth, mining and the rough and unwrought products of Mining; 6th, instruments and ; products of mechanical, arts; 7th, food, fresh, preserved in, its various states; Bth, live agricultural products and specimens; oth, natural horti cultural productions, and Sp e aim en s ; 10th, olifects, sp . ecially, exhibited for the, purpose of *proving tbephysical and moral condi tion of the people of the earth... These ten: grearls,.lWr. Banks said, em braced all the,pursuits of man ~all ,the pro duct of, his , indnstYy, ali- his haling of life and all his relations to. his past, present an progessive - clvilizatien. It was,of-vast LEW portance ,that this ; World's ebOuld be so for studied by the 'AineriCioa people ; that they might be able • to.iippropri atn.ito advantuges. f We had eminent ,scieril. tific men ,in every part of the country.. who were capable not only of: illustrating our own relation , fo..the d Ustry and material, predneta of the eartb, but of combining in a : brief and philosophical view the results of their investigations, and of imparting that information, and instructing our people in alb p the'', different pursuits the results of which might be exhibited. An this connec tionhe mentioned ProfeisorlAgassiz as one whose. discoveries 'in ;natural ,science in South America, would -electrify , the world; and as having mentioned to him his belief that in a few years the children of noble families in Europe would be sent to the .I . ttniversities in this country ha-beeducated. The middle States would be able to send 'some one.who understands well what is ne cessary `for the 'development of their ma terhll • - ;wealth. - - .The. of - - the Mississippi, which _is still unknown ..to Us, —and which. 'is Capable of supporting five hundred or a thousand millions of people, and which would yield every known mineral product, would be able to present a man' who understands its resources and can represent its power, and would be able in return to Make known to the people of that valley the improvements in industry elsewhere. It- was important, - too, that the great mineral and commercial region of the Pacific coast should send some man of science, skill and ability to present to the'people of the old world the capabili ties of that section of the country, and bring back a knowledge of improvements in in dustrial pursuits. Thus in these ten groups we should be able to represent , all our material wealth,present and prospective. More than that, it was in our power to represent the political character of the country in such a way as to attract the attention of the world; to rep iesent the education and the habits of the people, embodying not only their habits in their pursuits but the food on which they live r the clothing they wear, the customs of the society inwhich they move—everything, in. fact, appertaining to American civiliza tion. We could show the log cabin where earlier lived one of the Presidents of the Union, the humble roof under which was born or dwelt another President of the Union. The expenditure of $lO,OOO for the payment of ten of the best informed, scientific and practical men was a very small matter. It might be necessary to provide an additional structure, and therefore as we could have as much room in the Champ de Mars as we desired, an appropriation of $20,000 was put in the bill for that contin gency, on the condition that individuals would contribute an equal amount. Mr. Banks spok.e of the unwillingness manifested by the Navy Department in re gard tiLfurnishing public vessels to trans port goods to Paris, and said that the reso lution had been amended so as to request the President, not the Secretary of the Navy, to do so; nor was it required that public vessels should bring back the pro ducts of our exhibitors, as that might in volve the expense of waiting ,there for six months, or making another trip to France for them. He spoke of our successes in former exhibitions of the world's industry; ol .McCorm ck and his reaper; George Steers and his yacht America, and Hobbs, the humble mechanic, who picked the great lock of Bramah. Out of 95 American exhibitors in the World's Fair of 1862, in which our govern ment, being then at war, took no part at all, 63 had received prizes, and at the last Ham burg exhibition, a single representative of Vermont, Mr. Campbell, had received two first prizes and one second prize for a flock of twelve sheep, and had afterwards chal lenged the whole world to go into another exhibition of the best sheep, which challenge had not been accepted. He (Mr. Banks, believed that if the United States were pro perly represented they would be superior to all other nations in six, or seven of the ten groups.. In works of art, although we had but an mfantine reputation, we would stand in some respects unsurpassed. We would be represented in landscape painting by Church and Bierstadt; in sculpture by Story, , Powers and other artists; and in photographs and in wood engraving by men who stand first in the world in those arts. In the group of clothing we would certainly be on a respectable footing. In the group of mining, no 'other country in the world could compete with us. Russia alone could be named in compari son with us in that respect:- But whereas the mines of Russia were on the eastern slope of the Ural mountains, with rivers running to the Arctic Sea, far from the centre of population, so that the transporta tion of the gold and silver costs as much as it was worth, our mines were where rail roads were constructed and were being cob structed, so that the productions of oar pre cious mines might be said to be as near to us as if they were at the very threshold of the mint of Philadelphia or of the marts 01 New York. There was one other point to be noticed. We had passed through a wa: of great trials and great sacrifices. The a tten • tiou of the world had been called to it. There was nothing that the people of the world would so desire to see and comprehend as the material and organization of the Amer can army. The quartermaster General proposed to send to the Exposition a baggage wagon manufactured in Philadelphia, which fol lowed Alcelellan in his Potomac campaigns, Rosecrans in his Tennessee campaigns, Sherman in his march from the mountain to the sea, and then in his campaign to Richmond, where it was present at the stir render of Lee. A wagon of that kind, with a history like that, wocld be the centre of observation and 'attention. A pair of worn out shoes, the dress of an American soldier, the shelter tent under which he slept, his bayonct, his musket, his knapsack, his cap, whatever he has will attract more attention, and draw greater crowds of people, and hold them len"er and faster in studying and observation, than the crown jewels of Eng land, France and all the European States combined, in manifestation of interest. I want to see, also, Mr. Banks continued, the navy of our country represented—that navy which ought at least to be willing to assist us. I want the people of Europe to see of what our navy is composed. I want them to see our iron clads, our monitors, as novel in naval architecture as the yacht America was. I want them to see the 20- inch guns that we are fabricating, and the 1,000-pound shot prepared for them. Our naval authorities, I am told, will summon the navies of the world to discharge their batteries on -the unresisting and silent monitor that lies sleeping in their centre, it they will, only allow that monitor in return to throw a single shot at each of them, when they have fired to their heart's content. The greatest interest was manifested as Mr. Banks grew warm and a little, excited in his subject, and the closest attention was paid to every word he uttered. I want, the peopleof the world to see what our mechanics have done and may do; and. I want, too, to impress upon the people ()- Europe and of. Asia the conviction that if there is a chance for, them to make friends with • Amer-leans it is better that they do that than to, make enemies of them. I want to show them that we prefer peace; that thk, fruits of industry and peace are our part but that if ever war be demanded by their niers they must not count on unresisting war, .but on one that win carry havoc and destruction into ,their country . , as it has been carried, into the countries ofpur enem ies. [Here therewas a general murmur of. approbation and applause.througlicuit the ,And I Want, too, that.that most sim ple, that most:pure, that, most.. spotless hero- tif th R,ago, or any age, AdMiral. Far ragut,"ihall accompany our iron-Wads and our monitors, and give the people of Europe an evidence of the. sirnp4city,, of a ,man *hose naval exploits have . _surpassed brilliancy ands glory those Of a,D-agueY Tronin,, immoralized the France, Of, a Tan Troinp Holland, , d, or even of a hlelSon ip;Englanti, 3 want also, to go : with h,inapyi gallant .soldiers, grant and. Sherman and,Sheridati, and others,,t6alfow to the people of Europer.lif,what stittf.our navy and armYare composed. I would - do' this in the interest of peace, and for the purpose of preventing war. There is nor, ellri.4, 1866. ; and there cannot be, attract' of theAtner ican People and' government 'so important as this. Ido not: naself doubt that Louis Napoleon desires- a war with - this country. [Sensation.] He sits upon the bayonet. It is a sharp seat and he'cannot rest quiet long. But Louis Napoleon and the rulers of Europe must satisfy the people of their re spective governments that, in making war upon America, they have an easy task and an assured end. While the Emperor of France has the power to represent America as-he chooses, and France as he chooses the people have no Medium of instruction.' We are silent; we teach them nothing. But when once we appear in that industrial theatre of' nations the rulers of the - world are silent and the people speak. The thin, false, almost infamous - Veil of diplomacy which has been hanging between the goveriarnents and people for centuries, and which is responsible for all the wrongs that have been done, will be lifted. God Almighty, His wise providence, has given to the democracy of. America the op. portunity to stand face to face in the theatre of nations , with the democracy of Europe. The product of industryis the language of labor. Every man will understand it; every man will comprehend it; and when the people of Europe shall have seen our products of war, they will give to Napoleon, to the Queen of England. to the govern ments of Spain, Russia, Turkey, unfailing instructions not to make war vOth the American people. I Mr. Banks then went on to discuss the great material interests of the country, showing its development in cereals, miner als, cotton, breadstuffs, the grape culture, the tea and coffee culture, population,rail roads. ex. While engaged in this the ham mer of the chairman announced that his hour for discussion had expired. Mr. Banks was about to resume his seat, when several members applied at once for leave for him to proceed, Mr. Conkling remarking that the House did not have an opportunity to hear such a speech every day. Leave having been unanimously granted, and Mr. Banks being thus pressed to pro ceed, continued his remarks. He said that Mr. Oliphant, a member of the British Par liament, had said the other day that in reli gion and secular education the United States were ahead of the whole world. In the Paris Exposition all the nations of the earth were to be represented in the point of edu cation; it would be a public wrong and a crime for the government of the United States not to be represented. The same was true of the journals of this country. The issue from the public press gave to every soul on the American continent two papers a week, showing not only the intelligence but the prosperity of the people. He discussed the ,financial view of the question, taking the position that such a display of the resources of this country as we could make at the Exposition would take from European capitalists all hesita tion in investing in our securities at any cost. If the government should issue its scrip in small sums, paying seven, eight, nine or ten per cent. interest, that scrip would, after a full and fair representation of our material wealth and the character of our people, break every savings bank in Europe, unle s s their governments should intertere 'with the subscriptions of the people. In regard to population, he said that the valley of the Mississippi, if populated equal to England, would maintain a thousand millions of people, We had now thirty-two millions; but when we celebrated a restored and perfect Union, with freedom and equal rights recognized as the condition of all, our population - would so increase that in 1876 we would have fifty millions, at the close of the century•a hundred millions, and in 1895 two hundred and fifty millions, or nearly the entire population of Europa. In the hand of such a people, he said, the wealth of which we boast now is nothing. If we present those facts to the people of Europe we will get the first element of power—immigration, and the second element of power—financial assistance and financial security. The German States can send us annually 500,000 emigrants from the middle classes. They will eee that our national debt of three, or four, or five thousand millions —I do not care if you call it ten thousand millions—is con- templated with serenity, and will be paid at its maturity. A fact like that stated to the people of Europe opens the doors to the millions of Europe who can neither buy land there nor pay the tax. Who expects to see England pay her debt? Who is confident that she will continue to Pay the interest on it? It is in such contests as these that men and nations win an honor that makes them immortal. War is but a trivial thing compared with the develop ments of a country in peace; and if, after showing what we are capable of in war, we forbear to show to the world what we are capable of in peace, bethe dishonor on your heads, not on mine. It is in such contests as this that the people of Europe will be impressed with ideas that have been hitherto shut out from them. No more will the ruler stand between us and the peo ple. The people will understand the ques tion for themselves and will judge for themselves. The position of America is marvelous; it is only when we group these facts, which are known to every man, that they almost astonish us. The other day the Emperor of France, to recommend this government to the people, said, what think you,Mr. Chairman? That the Con stitution o France was very like the Con stitution of the United States. [Laughter.) In the University at Cambridge they have appointed a professorship for what? To in struct the youth of England in reference to the Constitution and political principles,and the present and. prospective power of the Government of the:United States. Mr. Conkling—They took that back. Mr. Banks—lf they have undone it they will do it again. The people of Eagland will know of what the American people are corn ' posed or they will overturn the throne on which the Queen of England sits. .[Mur 'inurs of applause.] It is the same in France. It is a duty we owe to God, as well as to man, that We should show• the people of Eu rope what we are. Mr. Chairman, but for the very earnest opposition manifested by the gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Washburne) to this sim ple and harmless resolution, I should not have ventured on these remarks at all. It was not my intention when I rose'to do so. I will conclude by one single remark, that whatever of power we have in the field, or whatever of power we have in the workshop, the true power of the American government and of the , American people`is in ideas, and the lesson which the old world has to , learn, and-the •importance of which we obrselves are to learu to- , appreciate, is, - that •in the economy.of this world ideas are better than blood and braina—better than blows. As Mr. Bankaboncluded this 'retnarkable speech, noteworthy, particularly as' coming from the Chairman of the - Vommittee on 'Foreign Affairs, members pressed around him and g Aire most hearty tokens of Appreciation. Mr. Washburne (I 11;) got the floor, but did.not attempt, to add.ress the committee in its then °excited :and somiewbat turbulent condition, and it was , eyident that members were:in no humor. for,an'. evening seasioP. The committee thereilpon rose. 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