tItE OFFICIAL PAPES, OF CONORESS. BY.JOIIN T R hofS.: I TILE DAILY GLOBE for pis 46 00 44 perm6nth • 09 TOE CONGIBESBIONAUI:GLOBE AND APPENDIX for !tits ..... ;•.• • ,6 00 ,ta'Paymnnt in advanenlinrariab/y...: li i , THIRTY-SEVENTfr CONG SECO:O SESSION. . IN SENATE, MONDAY, Deectnlltr 16, 1661. Prayer by the Chaplaine. Dr. Srearol 'HOO.,WAITNIAS . .T. Wai.r..r, of . - Vit,..gi peared in his, seat to-day.lt • I . The Journal Tlkurod# last was t' approved._ - ' • , e. I EXECtrineE C631,14016AT10N5.1 • The VICE PRESIDEITT laid beforel ate a message from thei - pitaident of thd States communicating; c inplieince wit' - olution of the Senate, copimi!Of the chergi .most, and finding of the refrnt court of I t ift the case of Colonel Dixiin H. Miler United States. Anny; vvhichlintis ordered k. the table. He also laid before the 'Senate - a letter from Ward H. Lawn, marshal-of the District of Cce- - luenbitt, in answer - to a rest:illation of thei . Senitie of the 9th instant; asking hiin by what authority - he receives slaves into the jail of -the Dilitrict of "Columbia at the request of their masters.; Whieh was referred to the Committee on the. Dittriet of Columbia. , - 'i.: ' : I He also laid before the Senates report of- the Seteretery of War, in ans.wer',lct teresolution of the Se `nate of the 11th instant, editing for information I whether any aid and what aid isrendered' by the pay department of the Arrnylto enable volunteers to transmit home any part ofltheirpay, - and what additional facilities nay be 6:tended to that• °h ien; which Was 'referred teiithe Committee on • Military Affairs and the Militia, and ()Omit tO a be printed. . q - - PETITIONS AND .1161ORIA:.4. , '‘.. , • Mr . . KING. I present a intlincirial of the Cham ber of Commerce of the State 'Ff New 'York, pray in, that the-United States assay office.in the city of New York, shall have ccfifferred upon it the pril liege of coining into tha, national currency . . such portion of gold and silvtie bullion ass - may be defies:tea with the treasurer tit that office for that purpose. I more thht it be iVferred to die Com mitted-on Pinence, and be printed. The VICE PRESIDENT.kIThe memorial will I,e referred to the Committee on Finance; and the 1 motion to print will q^o to ;the Committee on Pruning_ t+. Mr. KING: - The inemorial contents' a g ood deal of valuable statistical information, which I desire should be in the ponseAion of the Senate. The VICE PRESIDENT: The motion to print goes to the Committee ihn 'Printing; under 1,- the rules. Mr. KING. It is cony forithe use of the &m -ate that I desire to have tt prig Md. The VICE PRESIDENT.I) The order to print May be entertained by the unkinimotts consent of the Senate. Mit KING. I hope the Sclitate will consent: - Mr. HALE. Let, it take this usual course. The VICE PRESIDENT.I'.The motioin will go to the - Committee on Printing. • - Mr. KING. The Senator Withdraws his ob jection, I believe. Mr. HALE. Very well, ' The motion toprint was ngt-sed - to. • Mr. CA RLILE presented thi,t,memorial of John Brannan, praying campensetihn for services es librarian in the Department off State; which was referred to the Committee on he Library., Mr. GRIMES, I presenthe -Petition of E. ~ Fleisclinum,atiffsundry other ,itizens of the State I of. lowa, representing that, bylulie act of the '2.....1c1 I of July. 11'61, persons of the JeWish lineago. and persuitsion-are excluded - from `chaplaincies in the Army, and thee ask for a chtiisge of the late in that respect. f ask that the miknoriel be referred 1 fo .the Committee on Milner ' Affairs and the Mllitta. ,,- ; , It was so-referred. . Mr. GRIMES. I also presnnt the petition of- Edwin James, sr., and other#, citizens of Des Moe,. county, in the State of.lown,.arho repre sent that the present formidab/i rebellion against th,*: - Gentteal Government mani ilstly finds its 1 - 602 and nourishment in the systenffinf chattel slavery , ) at the South, and they therefone ask for enact mentsby 'Congress by which tit shall be nbsp- lutely and unconditionally abolnthed. I ask that the petition be referred to the Committee on the Judiciary..t.lt -.- . . It u•is so referred. 1- • , M - 81, , , r . „IMES. I al so prestint the.petition of E. H. Mack- end others', citizehs of Davenport, Scott county, lowa, Who reppient. that the ho mmopathic system of practice - hits the confidence of the public in every Vonputifiity in the loyall Stabs, and its adherents are amckg the intelligent, thinking classes, whose wealth r iind influence are', now given to the .Administrati&ii in-all its mens-: • urea. They ask that their prfftession may be I represented in the list of surgethis in the United I States Army and Navy. I movelthat it be referred to the Committee .etn ItttilitaryllAtfairs and the I . Militia. l .... It was so referred. - SI ' 1 e Mr. SUMNER presented thqetition of Peter J. Blacker and others, citizens iarit ie'town orlslip,' New Tork, preying Congress, di the exercise of the waryols - er, to emancipate Ilike slaves-of rebels 1 without paying anything, and tlie slaves oftloy - al I citizens by paying for them; which Was referred i io the Committee on the Jufficieky. He also presented - the petition of John W. Heins and others, citizens of Philedelphia,Penn- I sylvaCia, praying Congress in the exercise of the - War power to emancipate the slaves of rebels without paying anything,and the slaves of loyal cuitens by s paying for them; whlch was referred `... to the Committee'on the - Judicidri% Mr. SUMNER. I have alsota petition from citizens of the comity of Windotit, in the State of , . Vermont, in which it is setforth that tote declared objects of the Constitution are to establish jus tice,insure domestic tranquillity.provide for the common defense, proitfote the . onertil welfare, and secure the blessings of hibetty to the people of the United States and theirliciksterity, and that it is-necessary at the presenttima-to preserve the Constitution and the Union •by ituppressing the rebellion. The petitioners prat that Congress will provide-by law for calling o 4 the-inhabit runs of the - United States, of all donditions, bond and floe, to aid in the support of the Government, assured of its protection wider lilte flae . ' of our llDlllitlid Union and freedom.. I tritk that the pen-, [ton be referred to the Committal: on the Judi :Lary- • - ' . . It was so referred. Mr. SUMNEE..,i4 have also apetiti on, signed i. v the Mayor of Boston, Massachusetts, and by the lending editors of that city. ll believe it is mintilar to.one already presinted py.the Senator from lowa, complaintog of the existing statute in record to the chaplains as unconittitutional, and ita4aii7 for its repeal as an act orjustice to the Jewish citizens pf the country. Task the refer ence of this petition tti the Committee on Military -Affairs and the Militia. It was so referred!. • 1: Mr. 'CHANDL'ER presented the petition of ROYS, Wilkins and others, citizens lOf preying for the adoption of rat asa'res for the ex : rieuiro. of prioners; which was rkil'erred‘ to trot Committee °it:Military-Aifairs and 'the Militia. FL also leriiitiod the petition otAustin Blair, Governor of tlie Shoe of Michigar6,and seventy others, irayir; for the-adoption of:ltneasures far ; the c xChan , re of prisoners; which Was refitrredlo the Committ••o-nn liilitaryAffuirduittl the Be else presented the memorial of the execti.., t,te fatted of the Michigan confl'ii-,iice, praying) the President of the United States may enthilrizett and _required t6proclainOhe freedom; <if all the slates in the United Stafdif f t which xvzts • referred to the Committee on the Jiidiciary. Mr. FESSENDES presented tip, petition of Jarnes F. Patten, D. C. Magoon, oittf others, cit- ; iurns of Bath, Maine ; praying that he term of the ristrirt court note held ntWiscrt.aset, may be hereafter held nt etth; which-was - rtiferred totie ; i . omaiitiee on the Judiciary. F. ' - Mr. WILSON presented, the petition of James i W- Beckman, )0111i J. Cisco, auk! tither citizens :S"w York, praying for the enact tent of.a law in provice fir the proper manageineht and retain.; caner of Site Oral - nuns- of pay which -may he made l , r the soldi-re tO. their Inman* which referred to the committee on Militrt4 A fro irs ana l : the Mihtuk. • Mr. tttIMMoNS presented the petition of Mrs. Jane B. Evans, P"..,ying for the renealil Cda patent NEW SERTE 4 S- r -VOL. XV . , for asafety guard; which was referred to the Com mittee on Patents and the Patent (Kee. Mr. SAULSBURY tresented the memorial of Hayti) M. Salomon, praying indemnity and relief, for moneys advanced by his Miter, Hayru Salo- Mon, to the Government during the revolutionary war; which was referred, to the Committee on Revolutionary Clas: Mr. HARRIS iresented a memorial of the Beard of Delegates of American Israelites.. pray ing that the nets of Congress . o( July 2 and. Au gust 2; 1861; may be so amended. that - there shall be no discrimination as against professors of the Jewish-faitlijin the am - ointment of chaplains in the service of the United States; which was.re (erred to the Committee •on Military Affairs and the Militia. 1 • he Sen- United h a res e,.testi- inquiry ~ of the to lie on Mr. HALE presented the petition of Captain John H. Auliek , United States Navy, asking that certain dedtMlions which.iltmce been made from his pay may be allowed him; whielt•was referred to the Committee on Naial Affairs. FADERS iNVITIIDRANC:!S .6D REFERRED Oripibtionof , lllr..KlNG, it was Ordered, That leave he graiittil to ivillidraw from the Gies or the Senate the petition of Catherine Sheptierd,leldow of George Shepherd, a soldier In the war of the Revolution, praying to baationlat a mladon. On' motion !of K.INGi it was- Ordered, That the petitions &rumen:l:tient of the law .retmceung pilots, and the papers relating to the same, nn the tiles of the tate, he referred to the Committee on Commerce. $ • :OBJECT OF TUE WAll: Mr. Tii.N present a resolution, not with n yips.' to its immediate consideration, but that it may be read, laid on the table, arid printed: Retotred. 'That the present war hi for the mum), necord• ing to the_ Constitution ; that Its object to to Save the-former and enforce 061118er—was sn , ln tiro beginning. 13 not: , as carried on, and ~fiould be, to fire Dart; that Measures, ex treme and radical, illsnlptive iri thelliselve3, involving In a common fore 11$!Weil the loyal as disloyal, 3110141 d not be twinned to ;.and that In crushing trea.on—wide-r.pread and hateful as It is—the VoVerilitlent ltsi•lf cannot prove traitor to organic law. The resolution was ordered to lie on the table, and be printed. • NAVAL PIUZF. MONEY Mr. H ALE submitted the following resolution; which was coiisidered - by untipinrus coindrit ;and' 4,:reed tn: Rewired; Tii ' 11.• Committee nn Nara! Affairs be in stynctedio Unpire into - ttic expediency and propriety of ',wing among the loyal otticer4 of the Navy, that inntion of prize money winch WOl.lll have been distributed.ti, disloyal odic crs. but wit lull has been withholden on aceouht of their etb/o3 airy•. .'SLAVES,-0Y REBELS, Mr. HA L'6,subinitted the following resolution; whichWaS considered by unanimous consent, and agreed to: Resotred, Tin liitite COmnif nea on Military Affairs and the Militia be Ititrur tell to inquire Into the expediency and propriety:of e,dabliFiting by law a uniform mode of dealing with the d ares rebelO recalling ftnm their masters, or taken as thisonens by our Army. 1 COLLECTION OE DEBTS DT :REBELS. Mr. of Indiana, submitted the follow ing resolution; which was considered by unani mous consent,mnd agreed to. Resq,6l, That: the Committee on the 'Judiciary be' in structed to fright: l e into the expediency of prohibiting by law, all the alders and abettor - of tile present wicked re bellion:lmm bringing suits for the eollectlon of,detjts-in of Ute court.; of the United States,rtind to Irvin liy bill or otherwise. 'WIDOW 01 1105. 'BARER Mr. WILSON. I ask learc to subinit a reso lution, and I supposei.bere can be no opposition to its considefation now: Rewired, That the in'ual Antolini nqtne eXpOn,l24 of Con veying the martins of a decva,ml Senator to W.: lath place of residence L. paid out of the contingent fund to the widow of lion. Edo - ant 1/..llaken late a Senator front the State of Oregon. Mr, FESSENDEN. That Maites• an appro priation, and it slini.4ld properly be referred to the Committee to Audit; and Control. the Contingent Expenses of the Ssnnte. •- • The VICE PRESIDENT. All resolutions ap propriating money out of ilia contingent fund, musutecessarily go to the Committee to Audit and Control the Contingent Expensas of the Senate, and haw; three several readings. The resolution was read twice, and refericd to the Committee to Audit and Control the Contin gent Expenses or the Senate, A P. - -tILROAASCJIVEY.S. . , Mr. McDOUGALL subMitted the following resolution; which Was refermd to the Committee on Printing: nefolerd, 'that forylic port., of tootling corrections in the plate of the o Map ni - Tffritory and in ihtitry deparhti rut of. Utah," compiled in the Bureau of Topographical Pangl neers, and for pTtil4ft2 one thonKtryl ettplett of the canine for Pacific railroad purpo.,; niso for printing mine same number of cower of the upper half of the general map nit the tern ! tory a die United :statc,, compiled by the,lVar Depanment; showing Pacific fal(Mail sun eys,MIT lrc and n, MITI* apprOpriated out of the cfuitingent fund nl the Senate the sum of - - WINTER Qtlr.tr.ns FOIL TROOPS. ' .Mr. LANE, of Kaosn'... 1 offer the following 'resolution: - . Resolred , , That du , ;trretary of {Va t retitte,tedto farnt,ll to Itik2 Senate copiet,of the order, diteettne tine tree— tfon..r barrack. and othu build/tic , fpr ts'istter quarter, for the Bata= Hoop, The VICE PRESIDENT. Doe the Senator ask for' the consideration of the resolution at the - present, time Mt. LANE, of hansas. I desire the resolu tion to lie on the table at present; and to-morrow I propose to earl it up, and submit a few remarks to the Senate on the subject. The VICE PRESIDENT. The resolution will lie over. • ° PATENTS TO COLORED r, EOPLE. 7.11 r. SUM ER. • i offer the following. resoiu , ;ion:, and ask foaits present consideration: . Resofred. That the Committer on Patents and the Patent I Office tic thrpmd to consider if any further regittation to 1 necessary In order to secure to pl`TSol.rtif AfriCali descent. , i'l l ' llt o :li r ti " O o riS s . c a u tni. t. t r u t fti `` , `, l. ' , ` , k . ' , ` ,lll,rir, ,t ,7.4, ` : `, ": ' •If I can hate the attention of my friend, the i chairman td . the Committee On Patents, I should I like to state-to him why this resolution is - intro r • • ; duced. It is within my knowledge that a person of 1 African descent in the city of Boston has applied' 1 for a patent for a useful invention, and that it has I Len refused to Rim on - the ground Ant under the IDred Scott decision he was not a citizen of the United States, and, therefore, thin a patent could not issue to him. I wish the committee" so con sider-whether that abuse can in.any way be re "! moved. That in all. The resolution was considered by unanimous consent, and agreeno. ' A - IDS-DE-CAMP. ' . Mr. SH.EILMIN. I have.a resolution to offer: ,flesofeed, That the Seeretary pi War he requested to coin ,rouniente to the Servile the nammyrank, Rod pay of the aid•-.de-vamp appointed tinder the act approved Angust 0. MI, together with their rank and pay in the line at the 1 time of their appointment. , . , _ . Mr. GRIMES, I trove to amentrtlin resolu i lion by inserting after the word'. pay,"Where it ' first occurs, the words " and residence." I should life to- know the citizenship of these individuals, so as to be ahle„to identify them. - Mr. SHERMAN. I have no objection to in serting " and.reSidence." " - Tht . resoluiion, as modified, WAS Agreed to, . s Ei 4 CAPE OP ?LIE SUMTER. - . Mr. HOWE s"ultinitted the following resolu tion; which was considered, by unanimous con sent, and agreed to: I 11.c.:444. That tie Conitinuee on Naval Affairs be Iti snarled to inquire and plant. the circumstances attending :ini , escape of the pratleal steamer. - the euniter, from Port rsoytit,yot-the dttit of Nos ember last, and that they have power to send , for IMM/713 , .... l aid p a p ers , . PROPOSED EXPULSION OP SIR.. innoni . .. i • Mr. WILKINSON. submitted the following , resolution: , • , . • Whercas Ron. Jsess Mil:wont limennone, on the•ISI ; day of March, ItUI, wmte h letter, of which tho runolig tm is g copy : . .. ,Wtsninoteis, March 1, Iff.l. Mr Drso ft , ': Miow 'We to introdueo to your ac -: quaiittance my friend Thomas. li. Lincoln, of X.c . sas. He .!, visits Tor capital mainly to diSposecif whafifFregards a • real improvement in fire-toms. Ito - mon:mend film t,, - our ; favorable coludderation as it gentleman of the filet respect '. aidlitY, mid minable to every ie_sti t ct. , Very truly, yours, JESSE U. BRIGHT: : To His Excellence JrriPer.Sos harts,. - Pre-4141nd of the Confederation of States.' • And whereas we believe 'the saiil letter is evidence of disloyalty to the Hutted Stites, and is calculated to give aid and comfort to the public encodes: .Thereforo, „... 4 . 1\ - irrtitat rs* , r . • _ • _ L It Lisvmongdr::ll„,72,"'' or at • . • the 'aarne tarry ortwo_rents II word for longer • tivertimmeotit. • ' • For eaclicAtinuarice daily at the rate of fifty • . cents for oneundred words: • • • • - ' • WASHING-TON, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 17, 48.6)-TWELVB O'CLO-CIS, AIBRIDIAN . . . . . Veit rooked, That the said !moth D. Omar Is expelled I 'ABUESTS BY WIRER OF STATE DEPARTMENT. from tilt seat In the Senate of the,Untted - States. ' The Senate Jiroheeded to con sider the following Mr. COWAN. I move that the resolittion be i reetuntion, submitted by air. c nonntici„, on the referred to the Committee on the - Judiciary. - !, r.th instant: ''s -, M. WILKINSON. Mr. President— , , . ~. :•;. bn il n ew , t e rV. , , 'That the Secretary of State lie direeted at in- The VICE PRESIDENT. The first question tg_lt_l ettier, In the loyal States ante I.lnlor ,i' is: l' Will the Senate consider the resolution ntl an5 ,.. r , r ,„„,,,,,, n r a p ,,,,,,,„ ii „, o bee . ~,,,t , ,,,,d find bort ,„ (Theii.,, the present. time?" In the opinion of the Chair, it-sand are mtw held In confinement by ordeis from hint or his ;Lechepartment ; mid, it so, under what laty:sald arrests hare is a privileged question, and is entitled to consid e l ~i nade, an said persuasions-lamed. • ll - - oration at the present time. The resolution is, therefore, before the Senate; and the question is 1 . Mr. ttALK. i.,lf it would he agreeable to the on referring it to the Committee on the Judiciary. !Senator whir introduced the resolution, 1 should -. Mr. WILKINSON. labouldhave offered this I like to have 'it amended. by inserting-",and for --... resolution some &Imago, but for the fact that the what causes." ~ &new from Indiana was not in his seat, I have Mr: TRIJIvIBULL.- I should have no obj , etion deferred' doing it 'mild this' morning, when lie is I to that imptiry, but it is evident that,. that would here. I should Prefer, instead ofhavipgthe motion ' make the.answer prolix, and I hardly.think it is of the Senator from Pennsylvania obtain, that the necessary to inquire into the causes of arrests of Senator froin Indiana should express his wishes this character, if they have been made. If there in regard to it. If he has no response de, make, 1 --ii any law authorizing the State Department to , and no request to make in thepremises, Ido not arrest persons in the loyal States andhold them i see why it should be referred' t nil. • in confinement, it would be well for us to know Mr. BRIGHT. Ido not know, sir, how farit • tir'fi - fact. If there is not, some legislation may he may be considered in_ good-taste or me to say a 'necessary. Ido not see, however, what benefit word at this time on the resolution _now before can arise to the Senate from going into an investi the Senate but 1 think it is eminently proper that . gation as to the causes olarrests. I think that-to those who'cire most interested in my position in make that inquiry would impOse a good deal of the Senate should know something as to the truth burden on the Secretary of State., _llnlass there 'or falsitysf chokes that are being made "against is some object in it winch Ido nbt perceive, I feet me throughliedittous presses, sonic of which, I disinclined. to accent the amendment. believe, have reporters in the gallery °film Senate, Mr. HALE. I hail reasons for suggesting the Among other things, it has been charged, within amendment; but as it id,,,net ogreenble to the Sen -the last week, that I have absented myself from ator who pr . oposed the inquiry, I shall not press the Senate, fearing the introduction of what the it . nt this tune, ash do not wish to interfere with. Senator front 'Minnesota has this morning, pr,-, his resolution,. . . , seined; and if I were not to announce the fact Mr. DIXO:s.i. •-I cannot but regret the intro that 1 had been confined to illy room fioin india- duction of this resolution by the honorableSen position, the world might believe that these cal- ator from Illinois. It seems to me calculated to tunnies Ore Arne. Suffice it to say, that I have produce nothing but mischief, although-I know • been absent for the last ten days on account of the purposes of the Senator who introduced it are ,indisposition. In justice to myself I know that I- in the highest degree patriotic. The inguiry . whicle ought pot to be here to-day; but hearing that i( he proposes I think, under the present eircum ' was the intention of the opposite, side or the Crm- stances, unnecessary and •unwise, and it can, in her to question my right to a seat in this body, I my judgment, result in nothing fitvotible to the e g thought it proper that I Shouldsattend.. So much cause in which We ar en„„ca ed. forthe gratuitous falsehoods of the press on this- What arc the arreitawhicli the resolution pro . . . point: - poses to consider? ...They are -well known to the ' The honorable Senator from Minnesota was country, so far at least as relates to:their object kind enough to show me the resolution that lie and character. It is well understood that during ' ha's presented, and ask m e WI h a d any objection the last six months, while'our existence as a nn 'to its introduction. I said to him, what I now tiiin scented fur a time to hang upona thread— repeat, that, so far from having any objection, I While large armies threatened the capital, and its challenged investigation. My colleague will bear safety . was, at one period, - in great coubt, there me witness that as early as the first day of this were, to ninny of the loyal States, e.len Of -dim session- I naked him to take the lead, and intro- cerous character and designs allowed to' go at dues a proposition here inquiring into the truth Forge, although it was well understood they were -or falsity of charges that hare been industriously, giving aid end comfort to the enemy in every pos circulated against nie ever since the close of the aible manner, Sonic of then; infested my owls' ' last Congress.' The motives that prompt those State. lam glad to be able to say that they, were, engaged in this system of defamation I may speak for the most part; emissaries front other States, of some other occasion. - and that the disgrace of giving them birth, or of As the Senatorfrom ' :iota has bad a letter affording- them a 'home,- did •nOt belong' to us. rend that purports have been written by me, Tcy first manifested their treasonable purposes I hope, hC will not ol'ect to sending to the Secre- b - swung to instittite.a series'of,peace meet tary and having rea a letter that I wrote in reply ings, 'II, by which they hoped to debauch ''to one from a frier explaining it, and let them the pub is mind and prepare it forilegrading Buh -Igo to the committee together. lo this connection mission, under the false pretense ,of restoring 1 —its I shall not rise agora--allow me to say that, peaceful relation's between the North anal the - after- a senvice of seventeen years in this body South. What effect these meetiors might have i continuously, lam not conscious of havi n g written had in deceiving the more 'nlinking, does trot 'or said anything inconsistent with my dutyason appear; but acting- iii accordance with the wishes American Senator or loyal citizen. If thus reso- of almost our entire people, the Secretary of State ' lution goes to the committee, 1 shall avail myself put a,suilden stop to their tregsoneble designs liy oldie opportunity that will of course he afforded arresting and confiinng one or more .of the . most me of making a statement, either in person or obnoxious.' It was precisely the rght thing, done writing, immaterial to .me which. I hope the at precisely the right time; and it nipped' treasoo ' mover of the resolution will send to the Secre- in Connecticut in the bud. It struck terror to the tary's desk theletter I ref& to, that it may be rend hearts of all who sympathized with secession, and referred. - and it encouraged the hearts and strengthened the . The VICE PRESIDENT. This resolution hands of every true-hearted and-patriotic citizen. will be referred to the Committee oh theJudiciory, It was, certainly, the opinion - , of many that the if there be no objection. - •summary process of arrest and confinement did Mr. WILKINSON. I send up it copy of the not-go far enough; them others, equally guilty, letter referred to by the Senator in his remarks, ought to have been placed under restraint; but the explanatory of the former letter. desired effect was produced, and an appeal to the The VICE PRESIDENT. That will be re- fears of a certain class accomplished what nothing, 1 ferred with the resolution. ' . else could accomplish. ' Mr. FESSENDEN. I understood it to be-the Now, sir, finaintain that the action of the Got- I desire of the Senator from Indiana to have it read. ernment in making the arrests alluded to was not Met-WILKINgON: Let it be read.- l,' only justifiable, but flint not to hn../.." -pursued it The VICE PRESIDENT. The letter ujili.lie wouldhave been moral treason on - the part of the _ . . read. . - ' '1 , '' President. Was he to see the Gowernment par . The Secretary read, as follows: alvzed by the unprincipled men who, under the , AT tic r^loit SiTtclatcr 7 le6l. ' false pretense of peace, were seeking to ruin .the -le reply . to your favor of the laid). just received, i bare to country by p distracting and dividing our. pee le? /nay that I have been peramnallc acquainted with Mr. Lie for unite' than twenty viars. he - having been at. that Was* lie to allow information and materials of war time a prominent mrrchant of time efw, where I waitlien to be furnished to the enemy by open avowed se residing, and was just entering on My career of fife. lie cessionism I E.orone,sir,l thank hint—l thank the did Me the favor to ith i' M Y me as' hi ' itiMme Y , and IF en- Secretary of State, as does every loyal citizen erally attended to his .spat business. 'file. letter to which . 3 ou -refer Loo us doubt genuine. I bare no recollection of of ConneCticut, for any and every arrest made writing It. but if ltlr. Lincoln oats I dill, then lam entirely there; and 1 shall not Vote tininquiry'into the ' satiation of the fact. fair lam quite sure I would have given/ legality' of these arrests. They find their jtMttil at a matter of course. just such a letter of introduction to cation mile dire necessiii •• of the time. Delay Sty friend who isad asked it. So mach for the letter. "- You sac the impreaaslon Is totaßiat tam ta• created, on ac- could not be Permitted: The occasion deOltallded count of this letter, that I an/ In complicity with the solltir the exercise of extraordinary powers, and in re em rebellion. I have toy Mlle rerard, indeed tun an utter Mining' to their exercise, the Government deserved contempt far Altolitlaniton. winch i.t..tgekirqr by es - cry and received the gratitude of the whole country, meat, in its Itirt to 4. C 111.9.5 out , every man who.daren to dlS" , •tat from tile tsdlo. it preseribt it, that if.-it were Sir, it - seems to me that those who now allow men. tr to t.atiuysti rt er,corrupt pao.aus.of that doctrine, I themselves to be troubled with conchtutionel Scru m-nod not take the tronble of denying .or attempting to pies on this subject neclect or are unable 10 sec counteract halo impre.gen. But for your sake, and the I lc unexample ' 'a I' d condition in which the country sake laf such Mil tried friends as you, I think it due to nay- I .' heir to sal; that I .1), ,Ll3ll always have been, for prewrv. is placed. W hat do we see around us on every leg the-integrity of this Union.. t woo laboring realoutt4 side? Men in arms, counted by tens and hun ter it, preverwition when these men, who a re OM,. ~,,ciam.. dreds of thousands, to pUt down the most abom owe, for its maintenance, were willing ZSthan'l yet it riots" • . ' ed rebellion the. world ever saw, and rather abate O tots SO Of thelf uncounitiltional doe, Inably wick trine of 'inequality ; and no Mall ferrets more. Man 1 the our tintional existence actually endangered this pret•ent condllinn of public ntralr, o r is more anxious to day, notwithstanding all we have done and are ,re pence, inane. and fraternity re-Cored, Ido not Oita now doing; and the nations of the world looking the policy of that party is calculau•al to produce such Ts'. suns; on in bewildered uncertainty whetter we shall be 1-0 car trout IL, the-inevitable tellitelley of its mewl- in tot opinion, 1, to render uh• di s ruption perunuotnt arid incurable. And bent, I have irppo.ed, and so tong as iny prepent Contletlots last sAll continue to oppose, the enure cocremt policy of Atte GovernMent.. I hope ihia roar Inc J.atit.factory - to toy frasult, For ins enemies I care riot. Sincerely yours. &c., JESfSII O. J. Fires', illadison; fits'ithnr. •• - The. VI C E PRESIDENT. This paper w,ill be referred, together with the resolution, tothe Com mittee on the Jti6ciary. REPORT ON THE FINANCES. Mr. ANTHONY, from the Committee on Print ing, reported the following resolution: Resolved. That ten thousand extra copies of the report of the ..Seereuiry of the Treasury' on the financeS he printed, nine thousand flee hundred of sehleb for the• nse of the .Senate, and fire hundred for the use or the Treasury He parin:ma. Mi. ANTHONY. This is the-usual number —the number that was printed last year.. If any Senator desires to cut it down, the committee are quite inditTerent as to the number that shall be printed. The subject of the finances is very inter esting- now. The resolution was considered, by unanimous . consent, and {greed to. . . NOTICE OF A BILL— • Mr. SUMNER. I give notice that I shall to ' morrow', or on some subsequent day, ask leave to introduce a bill to provitlil: for the ascertain7ent and satisfaction of claims f Americancitize for spoliations.committed by the French prior to the 31st day of July, 1801. • ' Iu giving this notice, I make the explanation that ,I shall do it in simple justice to the claim-' tints, that their case may be again before the com mittee, but with little expectatiog thatat this mo mentit can be pressed to any decisive action. ' BILLS; INTRODUCEI?, Mr. WILSON, in pursuance of previtius-no tice, asked and obtained leave to introduce a bill (S. No. 107) authorizing an increase in the cleri cal forcjiti the offices of.the Adjutant General and the Paymaster General; which was read twice by its title, and referred tp the Committee on Military Affairs, and the Militia, ' Mr. WILSON asked, and by unanimous con sent obtained,. leave to introduce a bill (S. No. 108) for the release of certain parsons held to ser vice or labor in the District of Columbia; which was read, and passed to. a second reading, and ordered to be - primed. Mr. FESSENDEN asked, and by unaninious consent obtained, leave to introduce a bill (S. No. 1095. for the relief of the legal representatives of J. E. Martin, deceased; which was read twice by its title, and referred, with the papers relating to the case on the files of the Senate, to tbe'Com mittee-on Foreign Relations. - Mr. SUMNER asked, and by unanimotis con sent . obtained,-leave to introduce a bill (S. No. 11Q) in relation tb district attorneys; Which was read twice by. its title, and referred to the Com mittee-on, the Judiciary. Mr. GRIMES asked, and by unanimous con sent obtained, leave to introduce a. bill. (S. No. • 111) incorporating the Washington and Geoige town Railway Company; which-was . read - twice by its title, add -referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia. . "TILE "%TORR . IS GOVERNED TOO mucn.7 able to continue our governmental existence in its original form; the people meanwhile pouring out their wealth by millions, and only waiting loran opportunity to pour out their blood in its defenSe. let in the midst of all this, we in the Senate arc splitting hairs t upOn the , question whether some double-dyed traitor has been arrested in his vil lainous course in accordance with all the strictest formalities on which pleas in abatement ire de cided in times of profound peace. Sir, I shall go into no such inquiry. It isenough for me to know that the public safety demands extraordinary powers, vested in and exercised by thaExecutive; and I shall not embarrass his bold and patrititic, actioti,by any nicely-balanced scrnples or subtle distinctions. I know full well that this is an occasion without a'precedent, and 1 shall not go' in pursuit of c.edents to justify _the executive government in resorting to the necessary means for preserving, its own existence. I have the mosoentire confidence that the President has been guilty of no unneemf sitry. severity. In my judgment he hits - erred, ifnt all, on the side of lenity and induilgence; mid 'I desire to incite him to sull greater earnestiiess and energy, rather. than weaken and discourage him by inquiries which imply a doubt of the propriety of his action. - Ski the war in which we are engaged is not to lie brought to's close by any mild and gentle means. lis existence is a terrible fact which we cannot wink out of sight, and it will be well fortis . to look at it in the light.of truth., If there ever was a time when we might hope to win the South back to its allegiance by half measures, a t quasi war, that time has passed. The sternest, severest measures are no* needed` For myself-. 4, am ready to resort to any proper measures, however stern and severe, which, to my judgment, seem calculated to accomplish the objeCt we have . in view. have no tender and compassionate feel ings towdOstraitors and rebels, who are striking I death blows at our Government;' anthirlio at the same time, through the-mouths of their sympa thizers, crave our merciful forbearance toward their property of Whatever kind. I AmTor making, no distinction between the different kinds of prop erty held by rebels in arms. I would, if possible, render them powerless to attack and overthrow that Constitution which they and their sympa thizers invoke in their defense, at the verymoment when they are . calling theyorld to witness that the Constitution is overthrown by the revolution I into which they have forced us. We hear much said about the views ofeonserva , tive men. Sir, I have ionic means of knowing', the views of this class of our people, and I assure you that they entertain different sentiments, from those which- controlled them while the interest-I now in -aims against the Government sheltered itself under the -protection of legality within . the pule of the Constitution. They are not to be de. terred from resorting to all necessary means of crushing out this attempt tOoverivheliti our nation in one universal ruin, by any appeal to the consti•l. tutional rights of armed rebels. It is too late for the gigantic criminal with Whom we 'are dealing to seek refuge within the temple, or lay hold oil die horns of the altar. • Mr. TRUMBULL. Mr. President, I tun sure that no one who knows anything of the views . _ which I - enterlain, will suppose that I have less zeal for the efficieflt prosecutioh of this war, and the suppression of this wicked kebellion,than the Senator from -Connectidut: I 'desire the war In he prosecuted tvitli the.utmottor; I would have our armies active mid vigilant ;.!Would not waste. the energies of this greatriatioqguarding persons 'in the loyal States; but I would strike with the power of Nix hundred thousand Men, at the traitor§ in arms; and under the ! militaiy power I Would eitialt ihem to the earth at tit earliest possible moment. \Rot, sir, this resolution is not to check the advance•of Our armies. I hhve said upon this floor that I belieye the Constitution of the United States confers 011ie power which is necessary to enable the Government to mush this gigantic rebellion. Why? &calla° thConstitutioneon— it fern on Congress the poWer to r ise armies to put' it it .down, and when the timer is given to raise armies to put down inourrcetMoi pr the . power comes also to crush it in the way that imes are accus tomed to act. It is with powder and ball that it ti li I to be done; and neither yoar jury trials nor. your I habeas corpus acts can tnterfert with the Army I which, clothed With constitutional poweriocrush a rebellion, goes forth armed f r the purpose of putting it down in the very Way t atarmiessubdue theirenemics. . I \ . But, sir, thisis a resolution o inquiry, simply i as to the arrest of persons in he loyal States.)! That is all it is. t. The Senator from Connecticut tells us there were.persobs in his State who were allowed to go at large when they were giving aid and comfort to. the enemy. f am astonished at that. .I should' have supposed that in ‘ the goodly State of Connecticut.men giving aid and comfort to the enemy would have been arrested and tried, and if convicted by a jury woold have been hung. • Mr. DIXON. If the Seoatori will allow nib, I will repeat to hint what kind oil aid and comfort those men gave to the enemy. stated that they gave aid and' comfort to theca yby instituting a series of meetingS, falsely calllid " peace meet ings,". in which they addressed hirge assemblages of thepeople, and attempted to debauch the pub lic mind on the question of (Ns war, claiming that we were the aggtessors; that the South were acting in self-defense;, that the Administration was making war upon the Sout I. Now, sir, if I the Senator can inform me how uch.men can be 'attacked by arms, by powderind ball, I shall thank him for the information. Ido not know how they could be arrested for treason. I do not say they were guilty of open treason They were 1 guilty of moral treason; and theStcretaryot State; 1 to the great joy or es'ery loyal el izen or C01)(1CC ' ticutomprisoned one or more of those men 'and 'put a stop to the whole proceedh g. I thank him fordoing it. Iwill 'tint ask hint (I - single question as to the provisions of the law or t he Constitution upon which he acted. -- I Mr. TRUMBULL. ' I did not ' nderstrind , Mr. President, that there was any in. urrection in the State of Connecticut, and , l sup ose the Army would hare no right itl thntatr, Connecticut .) to shoot persons or to march they for the puivose of slaying its peaceable inhabitan, s. It is where the judicial - authorities are oveiborne that the Army is called in to suppress ilw,insurrection. The Senator assumes that tiles persons• were traitors. Who is to decide that? w e says he will ask, no questions. Why, sir, ho ' does he know' that, in portions of this - country here there is no disturbance and no insurrection, the right persons will he arrested ? The unconstitutionality of such action as this seems to he admitted by the Senator who comes to the - .defense of this despotic power. Why, sir, o the power—without 41 ' ntr g e without examination, withotit opportunity, to reply, at the click of the telegraph—to arrest a pan in a peace; able portion of the country and imprisein him in definitely, is the very essence ot despotism. I thoUght the Senator' from 'Conndcticut was ,en gaged in a war to defend and upliold the Consti tution. What, sir, becomes of do istitutional lib erty, what arc we fighting for, if th s broad ground, is to be assumed and to be justifie I in Allis body, and is to be thanked le r assuming an nneonstitnimmil and uowarrantod,alkt.hority e. I was willing to vote;and did cote at the extra session of Congress, to sanction the acts of, the Executive done through theonili ary power for. the 'purpose of suppressing the rebellion—acts done before Congress assembled, nd for sonic of which, perhaps, the warrant of My could not be found. But, sir; a different statelof things now exists': ' Congress is cbnvened, a (1 this inquiry is directed to the.arrests of perse in loyal por tions of,the country. What arc •e coming to if arrests may be made at the whim or the caprice' of a cabinet minister? Do yOu suppose lie is invested with infallibility so as always to decide aright? Are you willing to trust theliberties of the citizens of this country iii the hands of any man, to be exercised iir that way.? May not his order send the Sehator from Connecticut or my I sellto prison? Why not? Wh may not the commanding general of your Ar . y to-morrow 11_1I say, " take the President of the 1 Iced States and n confine him at FortresS Monroe,'' and if he _is asked why lie did k, may lie not l inswer, ":just 1 because!) could—because I had th power?' Now,sir, l ain for regulating this thing bylaw. That is the object of my inquiry. I! If additional , legislation is necessary for the purpose of pun ishing persons who sympathize with treasOn in COnnecticut, or in any other loya State of this Union, where the laws can be enfbrded through the judicial iribunals, 1 say let us give that addi- , itonal legislation, and let us not sanction the ex ercise Df such high powers. as thestioutside of the law, and as the Senator says, "in the plea of necessity." Why, ffir, I deny the uecessity_. The principle contended for would juatify riots and mobs in punishing criminals whlerever found. Suppbse a man has conunitted an bffense appar ent to the .whole country, sluill the hitizens of the country get together and execute thc man without trial; or imprison him, and hold inn in prison, without trial? Is that the. way :th laws of the country are to be administered? 'las the Con stitution no meaning, and are law to‘have no efricaey ? 'We shalt have anarchy t once if such doctrine is to preVail. I do not know the facts hi reg rd to arrests which have beta made. 'My resol lion does . not assume'that arrests have been mad , but inquires whether they haveheen. lf'we are ogo outside, as the Senator has done, I may say that I under stand arrests have been made, and 9he parties af terwards arrested, in some instant:is, have been discharged without trial. -Does the S mator justify 'that? Mr. DIXON. I do. ' Mr. TRUMBULL. The Senator' putting innocent men in prison! E they discharged ? I take it that w for their discharge. I/pro beard Mr. DIXON. Tileftught to In 'then.. Mr.. TRUMBULL. They -ring t to be die- 1 1 charged, and they ought to be arres ed, too! An 1 innocent man oughtto be arrested, pu into prison, ' and by and, by discharged ! Sir, di , t is not my idea of individual or constitutional li imey. 1 am engaged, add the people whom I present are engaged, in - the maintenance of the- onstitution,,, and the rights of the-citizen under t: We are 1 fighting for the Government as our, athers'made it. The Constitution, is broadenoughlui put doirn I this rebellion.without any vieletions "of -At. . I do not apprehend_ that the present Exe utive.of the United States will assume despotic p were. •Ile ti is the last man to do it. ' I know th t his wbole heart is engaged in endeaVoring to c ush this re- I hellion, anti rknow that he would be e last man to - overeinn the Constitution in doing 't. But, sir, we may not alWays have -the same p . rson at the bead of our affairs. We may have a man of. a very different-character, and what w are doing to-day will become a -precedent upo t Whith he will act. 'Suppose that, when the roubles ex- - isted in Kansas a few y..Qrs ago, the; then. Presi deniof the United.Strte4'had thougl t proper to arrest the Senator orrityself, and senhim or me without - examination, prison without•examation, wit! out oppor tunity ,! to anawer; because, in-his opini n, we were I dangerous to the peace of the coun ry and the necessity justified it ! ' What would he. Senator have thought of such action r • 1 ' - Sir, I say there can be no such neenssity in the 1 loyal porucuis of the country; where 'the courts ' - operate; because, lithe laWs are not idufficient in , , such localities to itenure the arrest of parties who are eroiiged against the Government,we certainly have tile power to amend the laws. I f et the Sen t atorfrom Connecticut route forward with a bill authorizing the arrest of those men in Ilia-State Who are giving aid and comfort to the enemy, it the laws are not sufficient already, and cetrunly . I shall vote most cheerfully with him for the pas age of such a bill. Then we shall:have : the - Platt& regulated by Jaw, and' there will be no asstunp lion of unwarranted poVer. . The Sepator says that sonic persons allow them- - OelVes to be troubled 'with constitutional scruples', rind he does not; and that th4tie arrestsgrow out Of the necessity of the times: Sir, it is in ',just Ouch times as these that thegreatest danger arises. 1t is in just such times as these that the foUnda ttons of tyranny and despotism are laid; it is-not When the penple arc wide awake to their rights.. O'you will clothe despotism With iron shoes, going forth to trample upon the rights of the people, and Paring chains and fetters to bind their limbs, no topic on earth would ever submit to his sway. 'ut, sir, the despot creeps-upon • the people ono:- Wares. .It is under the plea of necessity; under the, pretense that it is necessaryheiliciuld assume Unwarranted powers for the purpose of preserving tlieGovernment dr the public Team; and then, When the powers are assumed,and the people are. hoond hand and foot, they have not • the ability to extricate themselves from the tyranny that is intposed upon them. • , E Now, sir, no harm, I apprehend, can gri:.w out of on inquiry - of this character, because, if - the . reply of the Secretary of State should show that 'arrests have been Made, and that,there is no law for4em, and that there is a-necessity far exer , cisingo power of this kind, will it not he better, .1 as tity, friend from Connecticut, for us to pass a law, milt-have these things done under the law?. Then, whynotlet the inquiry be made, so that we-:may knoVu\siliether there to a necessity for any such law oittot? Why undertake to justify and commend the'nftercise of-admitted usurpa tion, which 1 understand the Senator from Con ' necticut to dd? Sir, Pwill never commend it. Under particular circurnintioces I may have ex- . cuse'd some acts for doing Which the warrant of law could not, perhaps, at the time be found; but, air, I will never commend the usurpation of power by tiny person. . I would avoid it oirall occasions„, I would stand by the Constitution as‘vve have it. 11 would no more permit our own officers to vio late-lit now, when Congress is together and can I clothe them with the,necessary, authority, than if , we Were at peace. - I I hope, sir, that the resolution, whichis a siin:• pie resolution of inquiry, will be permitted, to pass; and I am sorry t.could not have passed ' without opposition. .' - :Mt. DIXON. Mr. Presiden ylie Senator speaks of this as a resolution of inquiry, as if it were merely suggesting an inquiry to some committee. A . ; resolution of that kind, I should not perhaps. have opposed, unless it. Might be presumed .from 1 it that we had-some doubt with regard to the pro priety of the action of the Executive. This is a resolution of inquiry, to be sure; but, sir,- it is an. inqiiiry addressed directly to the Executive, ask 'ing that branch ofthe G overn men t what it has done with regard to the arrest of certain citizens of the - United States in the loyal States of the Union. .Nipili sir, to pass this resolution, it seems to inn, implies, very directly, a doubt with regard to the propriety of the action of the Executive, and :therefore upon that ground I said that I should not votei for it; beeausei Would-not even question the propriety of their action under the circumstances, which were well known to the country.; and hence the Senator says (misrepresenting me, I think,. •unintentiOnally) that 1 hare justified admitted usurpatibn, that I have sneered at the idea or con, stitutional scruples. , Well, sir, if I have justified admitted - usurpation, then the action of the Gov-. eminent upon this subject - is admitted usurpation. It . May be admitted ,by the Senator himself: by me, sir, it is denied. I say there has 'beep no usurpation and no despotism. There has been an v exercise of extraordinary powers rendered neces saryby the condition in which we were placed. The Senator says (and. I confess 1 was surprised at the tone of his remarks upon this exercise of extraor dinary powers by theexecutivegovernment during the last six months.- Is it :necessary to remind Swnaiors of what we have passed through? ' Mi. TRITAIBULL. I know the Senator does not mean intentionally to misrepresent me; but I . said in the loyal States of the Union where courts wernheld.- ..- •Die. DIXON. ~There is the very place where!' the necessity existed. In the- disloyal State's. of the Union we were excluded; we had no jurisdic tion;' had no possession. Talk about arrest ing people in the States which have seceded when thoseStates - thify our power, when they exclude us, when we cannot enter twenty - miles within themi! Why, sir, of course the resolution refers to,the loyal States of the Union. I say that is the' very place where the exercise of thispower was necessary. It is not necessary for me to recall the attention of the Senate to the condition of the country for thee - laSt six Months. Let us go hack for a single instant to the case Where there was an attempt on the part of the military of Massachusetts to flass through the city of Baltimore,and their right vas denieili and a committeelame to Washington and proteated:agaiilst the eirfr of Baltimore being used as a Passage cc y for the military of Maisachui setts Mi . their,way to the deftinse of this capital. The President was actually compelled by neces , ' sity=he being, almost powerless—to temporize with those men; the whole city of Washington was in terror; the whole country was alarined as to the safety of this capital. Should the President_ of the United Statesohen,- - underiueh extrauhli: nary circumstances, sit'down.to inquire whether the COnstitution of the United. States allowed him• to arrest a citizen of the United States in the State 'of Connecticut who was known to sympathise with these rebels in arms? crinfess I never have heard anything in the Senate which filled me with more astonishment than the remarks which have fallen from the Sen ator from Illinois; and they.have strengthened me iu the; opinion that this resolution ought not \to pass.: talks about the whim and caprice of the Secretary of ;State. Sir, I deny here, on be half of that officer of the Government, that he hai been actuated by whim and caprice. I Say he was compelled to take the course he did; and,lf lie bad not, he himself would - have been a Moral - traitor. Now, if we are told that we might to pass laws providing - for such cases in the future, I havenot the least objection. If the Senator-re fers to - the future, very well. Let hint make a law, if he can, which shall define the powers of the President in such a case. Let it be a-prece dent for the future; let it be a guide fur the future, if we ever be placed hereafter in, similar cireunistances. But when the Senator proposes to go back six monthi; and inquire of the Secre tary whom he has arrested, why helms - arrested himjand for What reason; and when he talks about innocentj)ersons being arrested-and then dis charged, I cannot comment upon it. I can only ex' reismy surprise that language like thritshoultl fall front a Senator known.to be so devoted ashe is 'to the Cause of the country and the Constitution. Now, sir, I have stated my reason for not voting for thiS resolution. It is because if-More than impliet3 a doubt as to the' propriety of the action of the precutivn.• That which has fallen from the Senator is the very course of comment which is generally made by the opponents of the GoVern ment, those 'who are well known to be enemies of the country; although many of them assume, the theguiSe—the de.cei tful seductive, wicked, a liorti nablc, treasonable guise 7 —of pre tended friendship to . the Government; yet who are the most danger- Otis men in all the loyal States. .1 respect far more to-day Jefferson Davis, so-called president of the 'confederate States, than I do those northern men whannw, in the press and befOre the people, are attempting to convince, the people of the North that Davis, and those who are acting under-him, arc onlfatruggling for their rights; and that those .who sympathize with and hit rand abet them are innocent men,, and Ought not to be djsturbed by the Secretary of State. Sir, ir.there hai been any fault upon this sub ject, it has been, as I have-already indicated, a fauleof too much lenity, , There has been origi •nally-1 will not say now—a weakness, a -feeble ness, a system of half measures, half War, half peace, doubtful, devious, - uncertatn ; :questioning as to' the right to do. this arid that, when the en emy Were throttling the Government and the Con ititutiOn; nail stabbing both in front and rear. Sir, the enemies of the Government arc yet around us do every direction, and we are still standing doubt ing as to whatcourse we should pursue. I repeat, sir, that I will not for a single moment ; cast the irli ,, htest shadow of doubt, so far as my vote can go, upon the propriety s if the action of the Goiernment upon this subject. theit justifies Ise -why were s the reason such cases. 'discharged, Foreach ioritinuance semi-we , ,.kly or iri-weekly . seventy-five cSnts • tor one hundred words., For each cUltiinbance weekly at tli`e rate of one: , 'dollar for one:hundred words. • NUMBER 13 • • Mr. WILSON: I_ regret that the Senator frOm Illinois has introduced this rem olUtion, and I "tleplore'llie speech lie has made in its support. That Senator knoielk, as weal) kn - dw, - that the Secretory of State, in obedience tn. the • order of the President of the United States, has made arrests 14 the loyal States. Why then ask. the Secretary it:such arrests have been made, and - the law upon ;which they -were made? If the Senator does opt approve of the action of the Sec-' • retary of State!in making those arrests, or rather the action of the President-of the United States in . ordering thosearrests, inatead ofreflecting on the SecrCtary of State' or the P,resident,-why does riot • • that Senator ceme into the Senate with u hill Imo posing to enact a law that shall clothe•theGoy- ernment.of this country' with ample powers to arrest and imrirlson men who are in complicity , • witit'traitors?, , Why is it necessary at this time, in this crisis alma country's history, threatened, - by domestic traitors and by foreign Powers, to come into the. Senate of tiro United States with a resolution that carries an , implied censure with it upop the executive government of the,eountryi- Sir, We all' rememb6r, when we assembled on the morning °faint F4.1)1 day of Jtily last, after the .disaster at Jiulliltun, the gloom and anxiety that • filled this Chaniber and the country. Our Army had been defea led ; -- our'three - morithe men were about to go back ro.their homes; the Government wasleftalmost '1) owerless. Thirty-fi've thouttund men alone stool here-for days to defend the cap.- ital of the country, and if the enemy had acted _ with spirit or vigor they could have driven them . out of this. capital. At ;that day, air, treason stalked througAtilestreetiof the capital; men and women,were engaged in correspondence with the enemy, giving iiifortnatiof and plotting treason; - arid Washingtop was a loyal city ! Here was the State of'Afaryland, a loyal State, but-with men. , elected to her Legislature who were disloyal; and who determined to &Clare and carry Maryland out of the Unioit. The executive power of die Government, iMthat hour of anxiety and gloom, in obedience to,the patriotism and to the almost unanimous asseht of the nation, laid-the hand of • the Government on those traitors and lolked them • . up tn• prison, where many of them, thank God, are held to-day. } That power of the Go-vertitnent saved the State of Maryland, arid her own people, seconding the Government, came to the rescue, and, by more than thirty thousand majority, plactid; the Stat 4 of Maryland ifinon g _ the most • faithful States of the Union. ' - - In northern cities andvillages newspaper presses were publishing treason, proclaiming treasonable purposes, encouraging the, rebellion. The Gov ernment thought it was necessary, and it laid its hands on the tenductors of those presses, and they went down; and those who were wilting to wound but afratilsto strike held their peace. AU -over the North there was a class of traitorotufmen Who had assured Jefferson Davis and his asso ciates that northern troops would never be per• mitted to cross ,trough northern cities to defend• the. capital or the cause of the country, and that . they would throttle us if it came to war. These men all over theiNortli began to raise their - heads and express theik synfpathy with the traitors in . arms against that Government. - They held their peace meetings; they held their secret conclaves; they were e very Where in action, and during those weeks of gloom and anxiety - following the defeat of Bull Run, these men were making ,an impres sion on that country; were giving aid andcomfort to the men in arms agains.t the country. The President of the Fnited.State,s, through,his head clerk, the Secretary of State, had these persons arrested; and, sire the turning of the doors of Fort La Fayette and Fort Warren_ upon their_ hinges: silenced innumerltble traitors in the loyal States of the Union. They are silent today, but they are silent through, fear. • . _ assert that nine hundred and ninety -1 nine of every thousand of the loyal men of the free States applauded these arrests, thanked the IGoirernment for them, and are with the Govern ment on that subjec,t to-day. ',Then why come into the .Senate Chamber of the :United States at this hohr anciarrhign the Goierriment for saving the country; for E . say here And now these•arrests :have rendered more service to the country titan the whole military power of the country has done? I will vote for any bill that shall clothe the Exec utive with ample ; powers ,to' arrest these traitors wherever found. The Senator may put all the, g,uailla and cheeks upon them hepleases. I would net entourage tide exercise of unconstitutional power. - . . Mr. TRUNIP,tILL. The Senator will allow me to ask him, is-he nut aware that I introduced a bill fit the last.session for that veryiturpose? Mr. WILSON.' Well; Mr.Prestden t , the Sen ator did not find nie oPposing, it. He will not find me opposing it now: 'Why has he not renewed it here now withmit a resolution and without A speech that refiec4 on this, exercise of the power and authority or the Government to save the country? J will go with him' for his bill, I will go With him for any measure. of that kind; hut, sir, will vote forino resolution, I will indorse no speech that shall arraign the President of the Uni ted States, or the Setretary of State, for the exee else of this power, - wherever derived, that has strengthened the cause of our country, tended to repress rebellion;Snd to arrest men in complicity with the traitors of ottr country. • . Now, sir; this is my view; of the matter. I - do - not believe this power has been exercised wan tonly in any caseshatever. There may have been mistakes. Men may hitVe been arrested Who were willing to aid-traitors, but who found when they were arrested thatht was an easier thing to-take I the oath-of loyalty to the country than,it was to endure imprisonment, and they have been let out. I do not doubt 'the pohsibility,that some errors may Bove beensrnmle; but that anything through wantonness, or through a desire to cruelty, has I. been perpetrated by the ,President, or by the Sec retary of State, I ()Snot believe. On the contrary, I say here now that if is my opihion, and 1 b i e lieve tis the opinitin of the people of the country, that the executive department of this Govern ment has dealt too gently with men hostile to the country, that, there has been quire too much of ' what - the Sentithr from iOWII,I,Mr. Gnimtel calls - kindness of heart in this war, quite - too much. chatAty,hnd it is time that Sterner and more de- . termined action Should be 'had both in the civil_ and military power of the country. Mr. HALE. Mt. President, instead of feeling grief and mortification and regret at the introduc tion of this reiolution, I thank my friend from IllinOis for introdileing it. I think It eminently proper,eminently .appropriate; - . and 1 shall feel - mortified if the• day has come :when any act of your Executive may not be inquired into by his - sworn 'constitutional advisers, the Senate of the United States. If, in answering that resolution, if it, paises, the 'Secretary of State or the Presi dent shall deem it ftrooer to send' if to us under the seal of executive secrecy, I shall find no fault with that; but the . rtglit, the power, the propriety, nd the necessity 'o~. making this inquiry,to mind;eminently • - Sir, I:hare,been snlong in the minority, I have been so long in the'-habit of inquiring Into the doings of the Executive, and so long.m the habit df findin consider Able fault with them, that I nifty not%e sufficiently schooled in the new po sition in which I, stand as a political friend of the President, to ,treat; with that deference which seems to be .dentanded for him by some or friends everything' that lie does. -• Mr. - Preaident; I came into the Senate alone, Without: a pony; I may go out 'of it without a party; I certainly shall go Out of it, without a party, and stand here withoUt a party, if there lie a party here that shrinks from the exercise of what.Vdemn to be the constitutional_duty . and the, high prerogative of, this body, Of inquiring into the doings of every Department of this Govern ment, end' of inquiring of every officer. of the Government what he has doneond, further than that, why he has done it. But as this was a res olution of my friend from Illinois, I did not Choose to pin that amendment on his resolution,ai he did' not seem to want it. t had my reason for propos ingit, however. Mr. President, I maybe whittle tedious; I am not in the habit of malting long speeches, and do not mean tcrmake one now; but I may possibly talk longer than will be agreeable. Do-gentleinep know--yes, sir, they do know-L.-do they appre ciate what our history is? Do they know what gevelnith to this nation?. Po they know what it was that stimulated our revolutionary fathers, and 'embodied - them together in one band to proclaim the immortal truths of the Declaration of lnde . pendence ? Wats it to gainindepeittleneo ? No, sir;
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