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an - alb 46Se - rye' the peaceeftlie State: - .I read an sided for. While they were tit mail: teTenneti--
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account this !Mifflin!' of the mnrch of a rebel. cam- see troops ente red the Sta te, deimitattug the court's
pany at Bagdad, in the district of my colleague, tty everywhere, and cutting off all aupplies from
,who are dragging in the Union men of Shelby the families of theme!) iirthe Union tinny. Not
connty, Kentucky, to make them take an oath toI
witlistamling their unprotected condition,the pen.
support Davis's' government:.
_'A few men were pie in my section of. the State remained true in
'sent to take them; butthey werenatitrongenough, their loyalty; and, without instituting invidious
-and had to call for reinforcements. I suspect there comparisons, I may safely say that no part of the
is fightinent IJagdad nowltetween the rebel forces State has organized more troops and sent 'them
got up there oti the spur of the occasion'and the forth to preserve Kentuckyin.ber position in this
few. troops brought from Louisville., . ' Union, under the Constitution of the Republic. •
• The force now asked for is to be used as anaid At camp Wild Cat, with-the assistance of two
to the main body; and although it is to be enlisted or three Ohio regiments and onel Milan(' regithent,
for twelve mondittonly, thrideit is that Kentuc- we encountered 'General Zollicoffer with litsarmy
Bans Will not atop to say that their time is ex- Of seven thousand. The victory, on ourpart was
pired, and that they will go home. ' I will pledge omplete. The enemy:abandoned his encamp
tny honor to myfriend from Illinois that-he need `bent and fled froid the State.'
not be afraid of a negro instruction in the State 'No sooher win that done than General Thomas,
of Kentucky. 'We will take care of our servants the commanding Officer 'in that ,vicinity of Ken
there, if he will only just let them alone. lucky, believing that there was' no necessity for
Mr. STEVENS. I rise for the purpose of mat- retaining the forces longer.at, camp Wild Cat,'
ins the reason why I must vote against this bill. 'withdrew them for the purtiorie of strengthening
• It II estimated for by no Department of the Gov- the Union army in another portion of the State.
enurient." It iscalled for by no Department of the When the withdrawal had taken_ phted, howeVer,
Government. - I think that if this House mean the same forectrwhieh first/inputted upon our soil
thatthe ste,ahall be carried on to a successful suddenly returned and recommenced the work of
termination, it must be done in such an econom- devastaiion in our contitty;. And to such an ex;
ical manner as that the people shall not become tent have they carried the work that the families
alarmed, and that it shalt not have to be• isban- of Union men inthat portion of the State arc left
dotted before it isfinished. The only way to guard wholly'unprovided for the coming winter,
against that is to useeconomy, and to strain the Is there then ma necessity to protect Kentucky?'
• expenditures of the Government within all possi- She is a border .State. She is to be the battle , :
tile bounds, consistent with -carrying it on prop- field of the coming contest, Which may take place"
erly., . at any hour. She has been known in the past as
Now, sir, the House ought to know something "the dark and bloody ground,"zunl in the future,
about what if - will be called upon to appropriate, and-that not far distant, she is promised-to Rave
according to the estimates sent to us. Thetorn. that appellation renewed upon her soil. 'We want
mince of Ways and Meatus will have to.report a a force to defend that border-State in this warfare.
deficiency bill, even after Cotigress appropriating , When' your armies pais over her border, con-
0,318,000,M0 last July. We shall - have to appro- quoting, as they go, into Tennessee—and I believe
.priate frOm one hundred and sixty to two lium; they will be in Tennessee in the next ten days--
sired and fourteen million dollars more to make there will be left opportunity Tor.maniudieg par-
up the deficiencies for this fiscal year.. We shall ties to Invade Os and to devastate and destroyour
also ha ye to reporta billmaking eji appropriation' - property, unless some such Measure an this is
of $413,000,000 for nextyear. We will thus have tulopted. To protect that border, which will be
-to appropriatemore than six hundred million dol. left unprotected when-the army of the Union has
Tara, without the addition ota single dollar beyond left it, we demand 'onlythis pittance, that lien
what is estimated for. Now, sir, that in itself is tucky shall be permitted to raise this force herself.
alarming. I confess Ido noise° how, unless the It is to protect her own people. That much is due
expenses are greatly curtailed, this Government 'at least to Kentucky for her loyalty and, service
can •possibly go on over six Months. If we go to the Government, 1 '
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on incasing expenses, as we have been doing; -
And in this state of the'ease we ask buclittle:
and-as we proposato do by this bill, the finances; Kentucky is as true asany State in this Union;
not only of the Government but of the whole coun- and I believe that when you' propose to. vote
try must - give way, and the people will be involved against this bill, you ag,ain,spread as it were dew
in one general bankruptcy and ruin. . Ii natation over the border'. itlyi district has raised
Now what does this bill propose to do? We three regiments forthe Goyernment, and fractional
have already in the field an army of six- hialdted companies of a fourth regiinent, constituting one
thousand men. I am told that eighty i t seventh part of the force necessary to make upiCen
of these are in Kentucky constituting the, corn- tucky's quota of the five hundred thousand men
mend of General Buell. If that be not enough, .. votedf or this Nearby Congress. True it is that we
it is most remarkable that out of the six hundrt,d commenced eta lite hour, yet when I left home the
and sitty thoutand now in the field, enough eannet . consolidation of regiments throughout the State
-be spared to guard Kentucky. - I.: had been almost completed, We then had tWbrity
' I lad hoped that Kentucky was not in so muelt six thousand fOur hundred and sixty-two ghllant
danger. We had a rose-colored•view of the suite soldiers in the field in the cause of the Union—to
of affairs in Kentucky in the President's message. defend and protect Union people. She will with
- He informed us that Kentucky had made such alairity send forth the twenty thousand inen asked
• progress that she Was now able to take - rare 'of by this bill for home consumption - first, and then
• herself: We were told that Missouri was in the for the border contest. When we have driven the
same category, and would never more be over- secessionists from our limits, these twenty thou
run. We•were bald the sarnething in respect To- sand-then will follow the twenty-Six thousand
Matyland. But now it seems to be thought that already in thefield; to fight for the Union any
unless there is a continued military occupation of where their services may be needed. 'Will you
. Kentucky, when the Army of the country, lies deny us this poor pin/Meer 'We propose to raise
driven the enemy from the State, herown cid- this force ourselves, and not to ask for it to be sent
„ zens would not be sufficient to'guard her. Sirlif from anothe r
, portion of this country
. they be not sufficient, let her have as many more And let me tell you, Mr. Speaker, that Ken
teoops as she callator. In God's name, I would lucky is true and loyal to the Government and to
, not expose Kentucky to any danger. I had never the Union tinder anysircumstances. She cannot
supposed there was any such danger there as that be-driven out of this Union.
,She intends to re
suggested by the gentleman from Illinois, [MC. main true and loyal- She was the first State that
Lovr.soir.] flit if there be any danger t ahnt the joined the Union after the formaton of the' Con
troopathere are not sufficient to guard the State stitution, and she will be the last' to leave it.-We
after the enemy has been driven off, let the Gt- only ask the help of the Govermnent to protect us
niri
ernment order just as many re' as.Kentue ,y - in this emergency, and in orderto preserve our
*requires. I can well understand how, if the troops identity in thiS Union.
are withdrawn, there will be an immediate rising Mr. DIVEN. Mr. Speaker, I wish to-advert
of the rebels there. I have no doubt that if our briefly to the argument employed by the gentle-
Army were to be from Maryland; OM man from 'Pennsylvania [Mr. SievEiss] against
would be thrown into secession in a week. Lie this bill—that' is, in reference to the enormous
nothelieve anything aboutihe loyalty . oftheMary- - expenses that this country is incurring, and his
- land people. Ido not know how it is thatMidy- unwillingness to'add to that exnenscunder any
land has seven regiments in the service of the contingency. Sir; this country is advdneed too
United States and none in the rebel service; 'lido far in this war to recede. It will not do to make
not understand where the President gets his filets . ottleulations as to.whetherthe expenses now run
which he states in this respect. I believe he has ring against the Government can be endured for
been misled.' I believe he is laboring under, tt, two or three years.. The expenses that are rolling
hallucination' of mind upon this subject, aS fandris up daily and montly must be tenninated ? How
• thatotSamsonunder the manipulations of,Delatth. terminaied ? By withdrawing our troops, dis-
But, sir, as I said before, if they waht rriore banding our armies, and givingtip this struggle %
troops in Kentucky, let more be sent. I tinder- Who would Akita terminate this expense? No,
stand there are six hundred and sixty thousit r ad sir, that is not the way. There is but one determ
men under arms somewhere. I do not kdow ination as.to the manner inwhich this expense
where they are. Ido not see their 'footateps'?: I Shan be abridged. , lt is by going through with
'do not see their tracks. I know they are lying what' we have Undrtaken. Tins rebellion must
. about somewhere, where they, can be very Well be put down, and put down speedily, or it will
spared. They are doing nothing. Let there be wear out the resources of the country. In deeid
• sent into. Kentucky to guard the country there ing, therefore, whether I will vote for this addi
while nor troops are marching beyond that State. donut expense or not, I will be controlled- by the
But now we are asked that a novel kind of force fact whether thisrebellion will sooner be put down'
shall be raised of twenty thousand 'men. Wd tire by my giving than by my withholding my 'vote.
asked that the President shall exercise over them •Let it be made apparent that by this , additional
a power, which by the . Conatitittion is conferred force in Kentucky this rebellion can be subdued
. alone upon Congress, to impose rules and regu- one. 'month sooner than by withholding it, and it
lotions in regard tothe composition of that farce, can be shown that no better economyeati be em
that he may convert. these twenty thousand Oen ployed tharrby the expenditure,Of this money in
front infantry , to mounted rifles. Do gentlemen- Kentucky. Suppose it will be $.10,000,000 addi
know what those twenty thousand men wilheost tional 'expense, or f0,000,4i00, and that it willend
_the Goternmeut for a year.? If they are infantry, this rebellion one month sooner, why we-will then
they will cost $20,000,000; If they are moaned • save $30,100,000, for I believe; that the current
men, you.all know, who are familiar with thh op; expenditures of the Government are 330,000,000
erations of this Government, that a re,gimerit of a month. The question with use is, whether the
mounted men costs $1,5004100 a year. I aaKthis granting this further 'appropriiition to raise this
..-Ifouieif they are prepsred-'o add to the butdens increase of our Army will- hasten-one hour the
their constituents now haVe,upYr(them;and Which crushing out of this rebellion. It will notdo, sir,.
_ they must bear, twenty or dully - Million Others for,men to stop to Study their arithmetic in order.
a year more, unless there is some imperative to determine whether we caneildure this expense.
necessity for it? I cannot do is. Unless stfch a - forfive years: We must not 'continue this war
' necessity be shown; I cannot vote for this Val. for one year longer. II must he ended within the
Asl said before, there is no call by the Admin. next six months, and every effort that is neces
istratiod for these troops. I do not doubt ii_vhat sary for the country to putforth to end it speedily
- the gentlenian from Kentucky [Mr. WICLI,IITE] must be put forth.
says is true as to die statement made to hirn re- Mr. BINGHAM. Mr. Speaker, I. have no
• specting the views of the War Departmen4nd I desire to obstruct - the passage of the bill. I move,
am notblaming him for asking tune passage cif this however, in ,order to obviate one objection which
bill; but if the Department require these - tWenty has been urgid against this bill, to strike out the
thousand additional troops - let them send a fequi- word " - temporarily," in the tenth litiO Of the first
sition here shOwing there is a necessity for them, section. ' .- •-•-
and for adding twenty or thirty million dollars to ... The SPEAKER. The amendment is not now .
our annual expenses, and to the public bui - `dens, in order, except by unanimous consent. .1
and I shall reluctantly vote for it. But untifthen, Mr. BINGHAM. There will be no objection
although I have the highest respect for the 'gen- to it when I have made an explanation. ' ,
tleman from Kentucky, and for the Committee Objection wris made. . .
on Military Affairs, yet I cannot vote oneldollar The SPEAKER. The bill has been engrossed,
•_for another troop to be raised beyond thesii hun- and read the third time, and the question now is 1
dred and sixty thousand now in the field until the nn its.passage. ' '''
necessity is shown by some one further than it Mr. LOVEJOY. Mr. Speaker, although •I'
has yet been'shown. While lam reluctant to vote thought this bill objectionable when I first heard
against any_ bill which the gentleman- frotri.Ken; it, yet I hesitated to oppose it as it °centred tome
tueky desires, 1-canriot bring it within the dine of that it might look as though I was opposing it
duty, as I regard it, to vote for this bill. If lle will because -it happened to come from a slave Suite.
urge the Department and the Commander:ittiChief In regard to the remark of . the gentleman frOm !
to send troops-now in service into his Statell hope Kentucky, it- reminds me of Sterne, who called 1
they will gratify him, and I haye -an douht they the papal question his Cheshire cheese. .He said I
will gratify him. I have no doubt his reeontmend- that whenever he was hard up for the close of a
ations will hive that -.potency which they aught ,sermon, as he could always eke out a seant.din
to have. But for Heaven'a sake - do not let us go ner by Cheshire cheese and brown bread, so he
on piling mountains upon mountains of dilit and could always finish a sermon, by a fling at the
taxation, until the nation itself is finally destroyed Papists: When these gentlemen on the otherside
in the operations pf this war.- i • - are hard:pushed for an argum '-it, they-have a sneer
Mr.' DUNLA'. -I desire, in the few Words I •for the negro., [Laughter.] :But it has no terror
shall utter on the present occasion, to speak in for me. It has been tried once or twice this ses
behalf of Kentucky also. The, gentleman from Mon. It has been tried ever since I have been a
Illinois [Mr. Lovr...ms] took occasion to allude to member upon this floor; and I say to the gentle
- KentuCky's neutrality in a-manner whieh indi- men as the old Roman said: 4 4. Contempri Catilime
cated that that neutrality was not of a loyal char- gladios; non pertimescant thoi." I have feught
actor. I desireto nay to him, and to this -louse,,. this from the bottom'. I have, met these questions
that die Union men of Kentucky, who hays twice before the people, arid I thank God that I-am not
in the last summer voted, by a very large,inajor- particularly inumidated by any Representative of
ity . over all oppOntion in that State, in favor bf thelieeple. I come here with a larger majority
maintaining our position within the Unicrin never than,-nine tenths of the gentlemen representing I
entertained the idea of such a neutmlityas has slaveholdin,gdistricts have votes.' If' any gentle
been attributed to them outside of this Heinle and men expect me to vote to carry on this war in the
• upon this floor. The secessionists of Kentucky interest -of thirty thousand ,slaveholdera, as we
regarded .the neutrality of that State asl:of this hive administered the Government for more than
character; they denied even to the Government' a quarter of a century in the interest of three bun,
of the United States the right - to enter upon the dred th ousand, they are mistaken. I will carry
soil of the State with an armed force. They -de- on the war to
-put doWn rebellion, and slavery
dared that any such conduct would be a breach mnst.thke care of itself. •
of our nentrality- If the forces of the tio-calted Mr;'WICKLIFFE. But will you let us alone?
southern confederacy entered upon our,shil, that, -,- Mr.LOVEJOY. I assure thosegentlemedthat
too, would constitute a breach of neutrality in. he so long as they throw out 'these sneers against
estimation of the secession party of thatiState. anti-slavery they will_have sneer for sneer, a Ito-
The neutrality of the Union men of the State land' fof an Oliver. I hare never stood in awe of
never denied the r"'ht of the Government eif the 'the slave-whip, and I never,expect so tremble at
United States 10 E.-der upon the soilof Kentucky, it. It it pitiful to court a tin when one should
at any time, for the purpose of protecticin, carrer present an argument: 1 will say to the g,entleman
thepurpose of sustaining the Government'. When from Kentucky that I was at Bull Run, but I 'aid
the camp - within my own couity—cotim Dick' notrun. - '
Robinson—was organized, it was -organized by Mr . :WICKLIFFE. I did not charge theg,en ;
the forces of the General Government, di be sus- tleman with running, I 'only said lie was there.
tanned by the General Government for thepurpose Mr: LOVEJOY. . Yes, sir, I was there; and it
of maintaining Kentucky in the Union tia one of was not for the want of soldiers that 'Wc .did not
these States., 1., ' succeed, for our soldiers, fought well.. It was for
.
Mr. Speaker, lam attemptin g to represent thd the reason that some of our officers were.not corn
sixth congreasional distrietof hentucky,;h_distriet petent, and one of them was drunk, so that the
which constitutes one seventh the temtniyof the soldiers were not brought - into action.• • General
State, although the population is sparsein every Richardson made thisleharge; and what was the
portion of it. We border upon the CuMberland finding of the cOurt4narttal? The Snit finding
-Gap. At that point General Zolfieoffer '
with was; that General Richardson was justified in
seven .thousand Tennessee troops, entered upon tanking the charge or statement - tut to drunken=
the soil of Kentucky, devastating the country as ness; second, that they ?mind no 'evidence that
he passed, thro u gh tt; i. But before he hrid pained ,the offieer was drunk; and thirdly,. having nothrie
the Gap the citizens of,my district-bad sent forth to pursue the investigation. furthelr, they recom
to camp Dick Robinson a regiment Of Men, tear- mended'that the court-martial be indefinitely post-
ng thew families unprotected and but scantily pro: Ironed. . ' • -
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it ' , ale a 0- igT .• ,'•
itiste'!;ktit or arguntent which has not:been an'
swereil;'and dint is, that we have force enough
Withulit raising any additional force. We already
have soldiers enough to pface in Kentucky; and
to perform-the service contemplated
.in 'dila bill..
Thaistatement has not been controverted,. The
question then comes bock, why raise twenty thou
sand additional soldiers when you' do not need
there ?' The question has not been answered, and
it cannot lie answered, Perhaps - I dO not under-
Stand the provisions of this bill; but it soya," to
be Oniployed within the limits of Kentucky, in
repellinglnvasion, suppressing insurrection, and
guarding and protecutig the public.priverty." I
would like to ask the gentlemah front Kentucky
froni whom this insurrection in Kentucky is an
ticipated? What class of men in that State is it
expected will get up this insurrection?
Mr, WICKLIFFE.. \Shall lanover the
-gen
tleman now? .
Mr. LOVEJOY. Yes, sir:
Mr. WICKLIFFE: I expect that, the same
spirit...that has got up an insurrection everywhere.,
will still continue to do so in-Kentucky..Besides
that, we waut to keep out insucrocttonisti3 that
come from ether States. • - • .
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Mr. LOVEJOY. I ask the gentleman Whether
tiny such have invaded the State? - •
m r . IVICKLIFFE. I have already stated that
nine thousand men under one leader, and some
thing like three thousand under another, have:
already' invaded the :State. - In this statement I
exclude those now on the south side of the G teen
river. I stated that the same region of coup='
try oter which General Nelson drove Williams's
command, is said now to bo invaded by Virginia
troops and Kentucky-secessionists, united.
Mr. LOVEJOY. -Still it.seems to melba this
is simply a police force fOr Kentucky, for the lan
guage is, suppressing insurrection, and guarding
and protecting public property."; I suppose that
dOes not mean tigt ploperty of the United States,
nor the property ol‘he-State of Kentucky; but
the 'property individuids -all over the State.
Now we cannot undertake to place a soldier to
Suaril every item of property all over the United
lates. Thirty thousand men were recalled from
southwestern Missouri on-the very ground that
We could not-guard the property of every Union,
Man in Missouri; ainl that the services of those
soldiers were needed, for , fighting these content
plated battlei in Kentucky.
But -there is another objection to the bill, and
that is, that nt the discretion of the commander
this arce may be turned into mounted riflemen..
It can be transformed into that arm of the =Vice
which, as we all know, is the most' expensive,
and of which . we-have a superabundance @ready.
But I will not prolong this debate. • Whatever
gentlemen may suppose,'l have no feeling what
ever upon . this subject. lam ready to guard Old
protect every true loyal man; every man any
where who loves the-Union more than he loves
slavery. lam willing to extend to thein the pro
tection of all. the power of the United. States,
'whether in Kentucky, Missouri, or any other
Suite.. I am willing to Tote ,in good faith-all-the
men aq all the !honey needed• to,put down this
rebellion; but I ani not willing to voresAooo,ooo
to raise twenty thousand men who are not needed,
and when-we have even more men already than
we know what to',do*ith, and when we can take
teenty thousand fromihis city and place them in
;Kentucky without missing them. We all know
that the city is overflowing with soldiers. Let
'some of these men be,tmnsferred into Kentucky
or elsewhere. , • '
, • Mr. WRIGHT. This bill ha's received the
thorough attention and investigation of the Corn
'mittee on Military Affairs. fpt is no project of
law sent in 'at a hazard. It was introduced by the
gentleman from Kentucky, [Mr. WicatarrE,]
and referred to the Committee on Mili tat* Affairs.
'Now, while-I do not pretend to say that because
, a measure comes from the hands of a committee
it must necessarily pass,that fact certainly does
furnish to the House at least one reason Why we
ought to consider a bill thus presented... As this
bill was originally offered by the gentleman from
Kentucky, it did, as stated by the gentleman from
Illinois, partake in a great measure of the char
acter of a polide measure for the protection of the
State of Kentucky; . Mit because it did contain
those features, the Committee on Military Affairs
raised.objections,to it, and' they would not report
it to this:House unless.it had incorporated in it ti
provision by which that force might be used in
the regular service whenever the commanding
general of the force should think it expedientand
proper. Therefore the troops raised will partake
not only of the character of a police regulation for
the protection of the people of. Kentucky; but it
will also be auxiliary-to the Army of the United
States, and can be used as such. 'The gentle - man
Who originally.offered this bill to the trairie — litri.
cepted •t that modification. It wagearefully consid
ered, and the bill comes here'niu from a majority
of the committee; but by the unanimouti vote of
the cornmittee. And it conies here for what I
regard - As, the very best of reasons;. and that is,
that the Government shall not call upon-the bor
der State of Kentucky to furnish twenty-seven
thousand men to fill up the ranks of the, regular
Army, and take them out of the State, und•thus
deprive them at home of the power of protecting
th - miselves, from inroads made by internal and
evernal foes. Kentucky has behaved throughout
th% whole contest with great magnanimity as well
'as loyalty. She has not only furnished her full
quota- of men for the regular service, but I am
informed that her Legislature has also assumed
her quota of the public.money to beraised under
the tax law which passed during the, last session
of Congress. I ant so informed., and if riot correct
I wish to be set right. Having then furnished
her full quota of.men, and assumed to pay her full
share — ol - tHe: public burdens in the way - of taxa
tion, and there being a probability; as'the gentle
man.from Kentucky says, that her territory will
be the great batile-ground of this war, is there any
good, st.und• reason why She should not have the
privilege of ra,ising twenty thousand men of her
own people, from her Own borders, to meet the
great emergency which may arise during the prog
ress Of this war. •
It is true that the men raised under the pro':
visions of this bill. arc not to be calledinto thd
regular service unless:that service requires them;
but if the great battle which is to deterinine the
question 'whether the Government is to e..ist or
not, is to be fought in Kentucky or in the vicinity
oI Kentucky, 1 think- the time may come when
we shall be very glad 'to avail ourselves of this
force raised by Kentucky, and composed of the
kind and character of men that we learn it is to be,
the flower of the youth of the State. .KentuckY,
from her border position, unless she is fully and
thoroughly protected, may. be in the position that
Virginia occupies toddy in regard to.the General
Government, and I do not believe that there is a
loyal man within the sound .of my viiiice in this
Hall who would wish to see the sod of Kentucky
trampled upon and laid waste to the saute extent
that the soil of Virginia is t.oLday ;and while the
one has a claim to your consideration, the Other,
as to a portion of her territory at least,has but a
doubtful title to any such claim to- consideration.
Virginia has forfeited, by her bad faith to this
Government, that protection which, under other.
circumstances, she might, have had a right to de
mand. She'has followed her idols, and they have
led her'to unutterable ruin. . '
The bill does not provide, let me say, for the
raising of twenty thousand men, but for a number
not to exceed .twenty thousand. It may be ten
or fifteen thousand, orany number - short of twenty'
thousand, and that, as I understand it, is to'be left
to the discretion of the Legislature of Kentucky;
or, perhaps, of this Government. . •
IVow, Mr. SpeCker, Kentucky having assumed
she
,rinsition that she has assumed in this great
struggle-that engages all our. attention and enlists'
All our feelings, shall we deny'her this boon when
she offers to send her,own sons into the service%
The gentleman from Illinois [Me. LOvniovj says
that we are getting too many men mustered into
the service. .Sir, we may, perhaps,require, be
before'we are through with a, doubl the number
of men we have now; and when these men cati o,
be brought into the service by voluntary enlist
ment;
how much better it is than to resort to a
conscription or levy to bring-men into the field.
At one-period, for a whole month, the Executive of
Pennsylvania supposed that wo.would have to
resort to a draft in Pennsylvania in order to make
up our quota of troops. The times since then,:
have changed. The war has been carried vigor- ,
ously on ; upon the borders. It is true that our
army . of two hundred thousand encamped in the
vicinity of this city is holding the secession (limy.
here in check, andthe-enemy dare not leave their
position as long as McClellan's marshaled hosts
remain here. It is true that we have somewhat
changed (Mr plans, Wehave sent our fleetsupon
tho ocean. We have made conquests *upon the
Boast. We have made an effort to send our er
msiwint down the Missisiippi. These acts haye
given courage find hope to the country; and men
have rushed it the ranks, so that the day has
pantad in my opinion, when we shall have to
resort to a conscription or levy: In this view of
things, when you find an army, who. are willing I
to - come to your standard without any reso'rt*
law or to any expedient Cifthe.kind, tell me upon I
whatprinciple will you turmyourbacks upon that
army and say we have no service for you? Who
„ .
that Mir Army is too large?' -.-. - r'.- .' i
54r_. ~OVEJOY.:I would msk the•gentreman 1 •
is: if, he it favor of enlisting all the men 'tVho offer
their seriier , s - to the United States? '
Mr:WRIGHT. tarn'in faVor of making the
Army just•ielarge as will secure to a certainty'
the existeneeindlife of this Government, -
Mr. , LOVEJOYZ-„Hal -the. gentleman aster
taineil the number netemstrYfor that purpose? .•
Mr. WRIG HT. Nti,itir; I haVO not that Power,
norluts the gentleman frOm Illinois, nor has any
lotheer of the DepartMenti,narbati the President,
nor any other man or associatiOn, of men,;. - '
Mr. LOVEJOY. The questionstill Cornea back
whether, in the opinion of the gentleman, it is best
for the House to go !on and enlist without any
limit all . who' offer themselves, for that seems to
be the argument of the gentleman. If we do not
know hoW many we need, must we go on enlist
-1 in' an indefinite number?. . ' '
Mr. - WRIGHT: ;.No, sir; I do not propose
that the House shall be the general, but the gen
tleman from Illinois during- the very last week
proposed to substitute this House as the general
in command of the Army, and if he has forgotten
it, I will tell him how and 'wherein heproposed
it. He offered a resolution here 'rescinding one
of. the orders that had been made hyGeneral Hal
leek, and I suppose upon `the principle that he
understood the duties of the campaign better than
thecommanding general did himself; '
'Mi. LOVEJOY.: I think it very possible.
r. WRIGHT. Now, sir; Ido not propose. •
that the House shall be the general with regard -
to the maneuvers of the Army upon the field; but
I do propose that the Commons tere, - in their
places, shall furnish the ways and means and the
men to carry-on the war, That comes within our
province. We arc the judges as to what number
of men, and What amount of money is-required.
['take it that the members of this House, and of
the other branch of Congress,are the sole judges,
of that question. .
pr S in i c rif this E w ait r itf cP ea ri rs ill i k n 4 r e e t itt 9l r P d 9. t n o l i 6 ts gi rt n i a te
lTjou will confine yourself to the, proclamation
of Ali - rai= Lincoln; ssued on thd 19th of April
last, when 'he made his appeal to the people of
this country, saying that he wanted an artny_to
put down.numrectioranff ieleellietVnato,pro
tect,therights ofplerty_and the rights,guaran
tied by theqiiiiinnuttoqistllni.Stateg—if gentle
men wnfbui adhere to the princifiles , contained
in that. proclamation, there is no - danger with "re
gard to the result cif the war; with the number of,
troops we now hare in the field. - But if it be the
desire and the plan to change the object of the
war, i tel .... make ttlt, 'war for emaneipatityp, I can
tell those enlreixiiin7y7h - Olilirt , li:e: negro so closely ,
to their bosoms that they d ' '. the 11411.4 of
tb ,, v.ey_ life.,,and.jextetence .ot..t hr. mwernment,
itttlL Ido nOl-pretendo say whether the gen
tleman from Illinens be of that party or not. If
gentlemen will, confine themselves even to the
principles -of the 'message which the President
sent in at the opening of this session', we need
have no fear' with recd to the result; but,-as the
gcntlemanfrom limy ark [Mr. ST EEL El observed
the other day, Irapeat, if you change - thd object
and principle of the war, you paralyze the bravery
of the Army; yon present another question; you
present a'divided - North and a South united: Tluit
would be the aft* of such athange of poliey. , ..j;,t
is a war for - tlic supremacy of the Constitution
aralnwrottid- - the-honorrif *Malian:and - tint for
the -Malt Ifidicir(of itriyes. -- I :lielievti - thitrit is
tine sworn duty. of 'in Government to azeept all
the men who offer to_cotne to. our standard_for I
•thatptirpose, as these twenty thousand men seek
to_enlist under our standard in Kentucky, and tot,
make our ranks formidable. I believe that we
already, &Lye a well-disciplined Army. -
I have confidence in the commanding general i
who has been put at the head of this great Army'
of six hundred thousand men. I have great con
fidenco also in' the generls subordinate to him, I
But let the ranks be fills and let it be shown to
5 ( 6
the people of the South, o the men who are en-'
gaged in secession, that ur Army is, indeed;
"nn army with banners.” That Army, disci
plined as it is now being disciplined . ; can march
on to the accomplishment of its work, and there
ittno power that :can .prevent its • succesanaleres,
yoaun&onl , P la eliabiti:litidsay. 4 .htu
It itlinarchingfor the c. nci ation
_i_Ola_ves in ,
stead of tine protection Of tof - vernmentarul its
COnstitAtton, - This 'Army was called -into 'the
field to protect the Government, and when the
President issued his, roclamation, hoWnobly did
the response come up from all parts of the loyal
Suttee to that appeal? Six hundred thousand men
- in arms answered within a period of six months;
an Army has been brought into the field lar,, ,, er
than the great Napoleon ever commended, and as
- bravepauilng-.1. L.:111...4......1 that Aszrky. tuna
brought into the field, as the proclamation called
it into the' field, to-protect the Government, to put
down secession, and crush out the rebellion. Let
that issue be maintained; and I tell' ou that the
destiny of rebellion is sealed; it is.sealed:forever.
No, sir, hose whpwouldlormy
Ilifechange the4trineiplethe,....war...was
inaugurated, for it has assumed nowsuch formid-
- ableiliniiiistoni that we must call it a war. That
istiow its proper and legitimate naive. It is a
war, and one of vast dimensions; and in its-issue
is involved the cruise of freedom—of the pciWer of
man for Self-goVernment. The time for calling it
rebellion has gone by. The time ,for calling it
secession has gone by. It is war; and so we must
regard it. The dictates of humfinity require that
the Goibrnment shalt now
. adopt a system in' re-
gard to' the exchange of prisoners. •
- But I have deviated somewhat from the course
-which I intended to pursue when I rose to ad
dress the House in regard to the bill introduced
by my venerable friend from Kentucky, [Mr.
Wtextirrcl . But I have. one word more to say
to the House by way of anappeal. When the
whole Kentucky delegation—aced I believe every
district in the State is represented on this floor—
comes forward to press upon Congress the adop
tion of this measure, if you turn your back upon
them, you do: the great State theyrepresent a
[ ,grievous wrong. You turn your back upon your,
best friend—a - friend-that stood by you in the
darkest period of the rebellion. You do that which
prudence, justice, right, end- honor alike forbid.
Pass this bill.. It has received-the sanction of the.
Military Committee. - lthas the unanimous sup
portend recommendation of thoSe ,e , entlemen who
represent the State of Kentucky. That is another
I reason why it should pass. .1 entertain, the hope
that we will hearno moroobjectibns urged against
this bill on the ground. of expense or of expe
diency, ' Look it in the face as a..truly national
measure, for the benefit of a truly notional State.
Let us give Kentuaky what she wants in this par
ticular, what the Government does not pretend to
deny to her, and what I think the gdod sense and
generous feeling of this House .will freely grant
to her. The honorable and patriotic eourse of her
statesmen demands that this boon should be con
ceded. She is loyal, and ber.demand for the pro ,
tection of her; people is-imperative. It must not,
it shall not, Ile denied them [the voices of Carr-
TENDS); and WICIELIFFE have too often-resounded
in there halls, on the side:of the Union and the
Constitution to'faltUnheeded and ur6otieed now.
The people - of that gallant State have responded
nobly to the-demands.of the Government; they
Areentided alike to our consideration and our grat- -
itude, She is of us and with us; and for.one, I
lan ready and willing-to link the destiny of my
own native Keystone with the fortunes and chances.
of-Kentucky. If it be our destiny to fall-in the
great struggle for human liberty ond-republican
govermienk so be it. Where the 'loyal men, for
the Government and The Constitution are, there
it is my hope, to be, and With them may my lot
be cast. The bill is righfand just, and no candid,
considerate man should cast his vote against it.
I'' Mr.:HICKMAN. -There can be no difference
of opinion, I apprehend, with regard - to the rights „. 1
of Itiatucki in this-war. She is entitled-to tI.
same safeguards as any other State in the Fe.derit :
Union; but :she iiientitkd, to no, more. I know . '
of no asoh why the war should .be • conducted ,
on different Principles or in a different manner in
a border. State from those on which the war is
conducted-in any Other State. Her people may '.
beloyal. . They stand, then, ottan equality with
the loyal people of other portions of the anion.
They. may be in: danger. So are , the people of
other see:lions. lam not willing to accord to her
any immunities beyond those which shall be en
joyed by any other portion of the American peo
ple:. If they. are; loyal, they are no more so. -if
they are bound to sustain'the Federal compact,
no greater obligation refits on them than restat on
others. - :
- NOw, sir, my objection to this bill rests mainly
on .is single' ground, rind that .is that - bhe requires
a different military system and a different military ,
establishment from that which hail been consti
tuted by laW. The President of thh United Sthtes,
under his proclamations and messages, hes given
to us his adiice, aid we have'acted mainly to ac
cordance with the advice thus given. We have
raised volunteers to the amount recOmmended by
him for the period of three . years, or. during the
war. - KentUcky,not differing from other States,
las I' apprehend—for I do not conceive that it
makes any especial direrence whether the war
be waged within the border or within the,middle`
States—asks for-herself a system peculiar to hes'
. -... -
I Li- I;iziiod of yerir; and yo AA at, the
s;tote tonr, cowaitute a - portion Orthe Feuersl-
Artny ? nr of the, voloincer i Toreen. is also pro
vided in this,bili that dn.y shall not he retjuirgti
serve Outside the limiti Of the Siete, except tent
poritril)i. It is-not ditticu4 to conceive that under
the plan here proposed a'differeutSystem is to be
set - up:with:reference to,Ahe volunteers in . Aen
.top.ity from that.which pieVnils with` reference to
other volunteers. .'
An inquiry here winild be' very
,natural, as it •
strikes me it wouldhe entirely proper, why,shotild
Kentucky be separated from other portions of the
Union, and. have for - herself a different system?
Why - should she not. throw herself, is, the other •
Stints of the Union haVe thrown themselves; on
'the Federal Army for the defense; and protection
she needs? is there any reasottlor-tlait? Is
there any peculiarity in the condition of Kentucky
which should give to her that which should not
be given - to any other State in the Union? Might.'
not - Penitsylvania or'New York or. Maine ask for
themselves or for herself that volunteers should
be raised'for her people). and confined within her.
State limits, excepting that they might be called
out temporarily (or service beyondithe border?
Mr. WRIGHT: Will my colleague permit me
to ask hint a question? Does [he not think there
is more -necessity for having a forte for special
defenadin the State' f Kentucky than there is in
Pennsylvania; which is not a border State?
HICKMAT. -- , ram willing to admit that
there may be a necessity for a larger military force
to be stationed in Kentucky than there is for one
to be stationed, in Pennsylvania. - I But the inter
rogatory of my colleague does not! reach the
ob
jection which I make. I inquire of my colleague
whether there is a necessity, and if :so what, for
a military-system in Kentuckidifferent from - that
in Pennsylvania and every. other State? That
point lied not - been raised before, as I believe, or
at least it certainly has not been answered; and
unless my colleague can answer it, he does not
answer the objeCtion to, the '
Mr. WRIGHT. I think that-, with lug - col,-
leape's permission, I can answer it. [know that,
as a general rule, there should be a systein appli
cable to all parts of the country. But at the same
time the gentleman THUM, be.aware that it is a rule
that there are exceptions to all rules; and if ever
there was an exception to a rule; it is the case of
Kentucky to-day. A border State, she has an
enemy within her borders attenipting to destroy,
'not only her:own - government, but the Govern
ment which Ootects us all. Therefore I say to
my, colleague ; and say it in good raithohat there
is a- reason which operator( to-day with regard to
Kentucky which has not yet operated with regard
to any other State since the commencement of the
war. The same state of things 'may have existed
in Maryland, or 'may have existed in Missouri.
I think my colleague should be satisfied that, I hive
answered his question, and that there is force in
the answer. -
- .
Mr. HICKMAN. Mr. Speaker, if Kentucky,
by reason of her position, stands in greater peril .
than other States, that is an additional reason why
thii bill should not pass in its present shape, . If
she is in greater peril, there is pore reason why
her volunteers - should be raised for the longest
period of service. If we in the middle States, who
are not ins° much peril,have,on the recommenda
tion of the President of the United States, raised
our•volunteers for three years, or during the War,
tvltat reason is there—what possible reason can
my.colleigue urge—why Kentucky, standing on
the border; and threatened as she is, should only
raise her voltinteers for twelve months, and that
they should not be allowed to follow the enemy?
If.they "Protect her own firesides, she seems to:be
satisfied,' without allowing them to follow the
enemy and to'suppress the rebellion.
Mr. WRIGHT, With regard to Kentucky,
, she has already miffed more than her quota of men
for the regular -service, under : the .laws' of Con
gress.
Mr. HICKMAN. I implink whether it was
necessary in any case to raise v4tunteers for three
years or during the war? If it, was, and. if Ken
tucky:is in peril, I put the queStion again to my
colleague—which he !Minot answered—why it is!
not necessary to put these Volunteers on precisely
the 4anie footing as•.all other volunteers that have
been raised..? •
Mr.-WRIGHT.' [will answer that question.
When the bill was presented to the CoMmittee on
Military Affairs it provided that these troops
should not be called out of the State. We attach
an amendment, and the honorablegentleman iron
Kentucky assented to it, that, in the event of an
emergency, these troops might be called - out ri
the State. i Therefore they. are not regarded arr
police force to protect the property and citiien.
of Kentucky; but as a foice to be raised to filth
the battles-of ths.J.Tnion.
Mr. HICKMAN.. That is not in the bill.
Mr. WRIGHT,. .1 think the gentleman wit
'And that it is. -
. e
Mr. HICK-MAN. That-is not in. the bill. Th I
language of the bill is not that these troops ma+
be called out of -the State on an emergency; 'in
language is that they may he" temporarily with-,
drawn from that State. Now sir; that language'.
means nothing or it meads everything. What is
.",temporarily?" 'la it a week, a month, or slit '
months? By the terms of 'the bill these troops am 1
to be called out for only one year. Who,ther;
is CO construe what "temporarily" means? Is It'.
to be the commanding general.of the Army, or is
it to be the powers of Kentucky ? • . - I
Now, sir, 1. come back to the original objection;
with which I started; that there is no reason, as
I apprehend; that can be urgedhy any getitlem
if
whyvolunteers thus raised tit ,kentuckv shou l d
serve for a different term - from that fOr whh -
other volunteers — have been enlisted- - Does nbt
every gentleman see, that it will be the cause Of
great dissatisfaction to thegreet bulk of the Arnty
that the Kentucky -volunteers-are required to ser-e
for only twelve months, no matter how long the
war may continue, whereas northern menhAr i e
been enlisted for the war? - . - -
Br -
?hr
tint, sir, there arc other objections:. The gen-.
tleman from Illinois. (Mr. Iticitantismij Says he
,prefers to draw-men fresh from the workshdps
'and the field; that he has more relianceupon these
than on others who have been in the encampmets
for a long time. Then I have to say to that g ti
i
tleman that he ditTers most, essentially from w at
I supposed to be. the policy' f the CommanOr
in-Chief of our Army. If I understandanything
of the reason why this army, is held lime lon
the Potomac in perfect inactivity,-as regards he
conduct of the war, it is-because the men require
training in order to make them soldiers fit for Var.
But the - ~,e ntleman from Illinois 'has more co
dence in men fresh' from the field and from the . ,
workshop than those who have been in the encamp
meats.-- Well,,sir, suppose it to be a fact—ar d I
know but very, little upon the subject,' rely, in the
opinionl expreascimon the testimony which has
been given—that it requires time to make a sol
dief3and a, great detil-of time. Those men brotight
fresh from the field and Workshop in Kentuhky
forone year will have - been-but educated as soldiers
before theiritime will 'expire, and again Kent4ky
will be thrown back upon the reder volunteer
'forces for her defense. . • t ,
' My colleague (Mr. WatouTlhas resortedmot
to argument, - but. to a declaration which I had
hoped might 'have been avoided "upon this fibor.
It is to this amount: that if this Army Should at
any time be used, asl understood him, underlay
circumstances, to free negroes from slavery, fyou
will helve, demoralized the Army and, impetiled
'the safety of the country. I enter my prtitest
here against the truth or soundness of anyeh
declaration: h placing id placinegro-slaveryobov - the
tu
country. It is making the salvation Of ala ery '
superior to and more sacred thein the safety o r the
Constitution of the country. Sir; in my , judg
rtinent, that than is not'fit to conduct this !war,
eithei as chief Executive or ass member of the
;Cabinet or as Commander-in-Chief or as si bor
'..dinate officer, who does not place the safety qf the
: - :Constitution beyond and inive, immeasuMbly
' 'beyond and above, the safety of negro sla'ery_..
Whenever that sentiment 'shall predomina ' to
the United States, as uttered by my colle 9 . ie,
then 'American liberty will sleep forever. '4' ere
is but one Sentiment which .an American
. patriot
'can own; that fa, that the American Constudtkin,
the AmericanZnion, and. American institutions,
' are superior, and above everything else, whether
local institutions of a peculiar - character or the
safety of any local people; . -
Mr. BINGHAM. I was not aware tha this
' bill had received itk third'reading. and had, been
engrossed ; when I proposed to offer my aMeod
ment, nr I should not have attempted to offer it.
My object in proposino• *the amendment Was to
remove what, to my judgment, is really th 4 only
Valid objection that can. e urged,against thb pas
. sage of the-bill; mid I suggest it now as th 4 basis
of the remark's I propose to make. lain hi favor
of the passage of the bill 'when it shall have been.
amended. ,
. I propose, therefore, before I sitdown;t move
that the bill be recommitted to the Committee on
Military , Affairs, with instructiona to stri e out
the word " temporarily;tl in the tenth liner the
-first section.. - .
Mr. WICKLIFFE. I Orn ,entirely wall)* that
• that word shall be strieken out ,by Unanimous
:` consent:. • . • !
Mr. 13INGliAM. So I understood, thie gen
,
? _
o unitise on 'li. y . ti A ....
80, ; , ...._, , , •
h r.,111., Of Musiouri. ` 1;liops ii:itrik be
stn ken out.: • I - ,- -- • , - •
' ,r. 111 NG II AM. I 'ask', then, the unanimous
coo • cot of the House to ¢trike our tho word ,, tern
potiarily," in the tenth line of the firstsection.
hir: - LOVEJOY. --lobject. .'- • • ,
M r. BINGHABOrken, before - submit Li ng on y
Motion for_the . p_urPoso of placing the bill in a
shape where ilstui be amended, I propose to sub
mit. a fei rimarkit for Ithe. purpose of showing
"thatovitliptis word atricken.Out, the gentleman
owlllinbis in - the bill -condemns - his
ow 'Official conduct, in Julyiast , in voting for a
bit 'precisely similar in] its legal effect, after strife
inc.lllilcfhthhee gentleman iee will per- .
t o r n , t w th i e u lti re to FE w
mil me; I' ill move to reconsider the vote by
which-the bill was ordered to be engrossed and
rd a third time. '
th t t purpose:
r. - BINGHAM .
se I F run willing to yield for
e t
• . I , rAVIC . KLIFFE. I kthen submit the motion,
motion was agreed to; and the question
recurred, "Shall the bill be ordered ,to be en
grossed and read a third time?" '
LOVEJOY. IS it in order to move to
re,6mmit?
(The SPEAKER. It would be, but the gentle
man from Ohio has the floor.
Mr. WICKLIFFE: I now more to amend by
striking ouithe word "'temporarily," the tentb
Jibe of the first section.
. _ . .. . . ._ .
fltlr: BINGHAM. iplow, Mr. Speaker, I wish
to say, with rill•deference to the honorable chair-
Man of the Committee on the Judiciary, [Mr.
Ilicsmsx,l that, With! this word stricken out of
the bill, it in no respect differs in principle from
a)revious bill passed by' this House on the Pal
o last July, and which _received the assent both
o the gentleman front Pennsyl v ania and of my
f p
worthy friend from Illinois.-.• This bill is as well
g..?‘nirded as that was, touching the objects and pur
poses for. which these Wunteers may be called
into the field. That bill contains the same phrase
ology under which my friend from Illinois (Mr.
4orx.idirj thinks is lurking a power to strike at
the rights of the slave, The declared purpose . of
that bill and of this is, that the volunteers arc to
lie used "for suppressing insurrection, repelling
invasion; and protecting the public property."'
Thesewords are used in the same sense in each
6f the.bills. • 1
1 Mr. LOVEJOY: I wish to ask the gentleman
ivNether that bill referred to any particular State
scluotivelyi- - "
f . Mr..l3lNGth;lsl. I say there was nothing in
principle -different from this bill. That bill pro
sided for raising volrinteers'in all the States, and
herefore included gentucky. 'lt, authorized the'
resident of the United . States to accept and or
anize volunteers in . Kentucky.or any other State
or a period of twelve months—that is to say for
a period riot exceeding three years nor leo than
1 six months—for jhe purpose of suppressing in
isurrectiOn, repelling invasion, and protecting the
public property ,either in Kentucky or elsewhere.
I make this remark:as well in answer to the gen
tleman from Pennsylvania [Mr. Hickman] as to
the` gentleman from Illinois, [Mr. Loverov.l
ilicit; air, was the provision of the act of the ,tltl
I July, Which-received the votes ofthe se gentlemen.
This hill, now so much opposed, will be in per
fect accord with that, if the word "temporarily"
shall be stricken from it.
Mr. HICKMAN. My inquiry is this: whether
the gentleman knOws of any case where volun
teers have been miised for six months or a year?
Mr. BINGHAM. I have been informed that
there are such eases.
Mi. HICKMAN. Where?
•
Mr. BINGHAM. In Illinois.
Mr. BLAIR, oCi Missouri. It 114.,pantlatryan
from Ohio will permit me, I will say a word. I
believe that nearlyOvery , volunteer from the State
of New York is for two years only. I know that
theta 'are some from Indiana for one year only,
and some from Ohio, so that.this is not a uniform
bill, even if the gentlemith intended it to be so.
Mr. BINGHAM., Everybody can see, who
will look to -the a4t of. the 2:24 of July, that that
was the provision,of the bill:
Mr. HICKMAN. Then I su ppose if that is
the general understanding., that, inasmuch as the
volunteers from the.other States have been raised
for six - months and -a year; Pennsylvania will be
left to close the war, for she seems to be the only
one who ,has raised volunteers for-three years.
After the terms of service of the volunteers•from
the.other States have expired., then I presume
that the burden will devolve:upon Pennsylvania
to close this war.;
Mr:. SINGHAM.:- I do not know that the gen
tleman's remark is true that Pennsylvania is the
only State which: has raised vOlunteers for three
years. • ;
• Mr. HICKMAN. It seems so.
. . .. ..
Mr.BINGHAM. The gentleman says it seems
so. Even if it Geis°, it detracts nothing froni.my
.argliment. I understand from one of the• Repr
esentatives from New. York, who has-beeni kind
enough to suggetit the fact to me, that thirty:eight
of the regiments' fronithat State now In the ser
vice off the United- States were raised for. only a
period of two years.. ....,
' One other word. Ido not know that it has any-.
thing to do with the line of my argument; but in
asmuch as my - friend - from Pennsylvania seems
disposed, in the excitement of themoment, to give
to Pennsylvanicthe honor of closing this war for
the defense of the Union and the Constitution, be
cause her volunteers have been accepted for a_
terMof three years, I beg leave to . inform that
• gentleman that Ohio will share that-honor with
her, for the volunteers from Ohio are also for three
years. • . . -, .
But this is -the poina desire to make:. the pro
visions of this bill and theie - of the act of July 2.2,
1881, are precisely !la sonic in regard to twelve'
months' volunteers if the word "temporarily" be
stricken out: Strike out the word'"temporarily."
and then the bill stands thus: the•military-board
of Kentucky—they or anybody else have
beenaniployed hy the President under the act of
July 2.-,shall have power to raise and organize
volunteer reginients,"not exceeding twenty thou
. sand,' rank an& file 'to serve • for twelve months
' within the - limits Of Kentucky, or elsewhere,to
repel invasion supprees insurrection, and to guard
and protect the', public property. It is provided
that if at anytime it may be necessary, these
troops may be employed Out of the limits of Ken
lucky, against ,the enemies of said. State: or of the
.United States, at the discretion - of the.cornmand
ing general; and. it is provided further, that the
President shall - have power to Make such other
regulations and 'orders in regard to the organiza
tion arid the service Of these forces as he may deem
necessary for the interest of'the service. These
forces are to 4 raised notonly fur Kentucky, but
for the Union;; not,onlyfor the purpose of repel
1. ling, invasion Or suppressing insurrection within
1
i the State or Kentucky, but for the purpose of
repelling invasion and suppressing insurrection in
any other State or Territory of the United States.
i. I - submit, Mr. Speakerohat if the amendment
proposed be Made; as I trust it. will be by ‘ common
consent of the House, that the bill will then con
form to the Ptist.legislaiion 'of this House: The
bill being thus amended, what further objection
can be made to its passage?
Mr. I I OVEJOY. I wish to ask the gentleman
why it is necessary to raise this number of men,
when Na already •have. enough to perform the
service;' when we have ten thousand, at least,
waiting-in Ilhnois, and anxious to get into alight
somewhere ?-
MC. BINGHAM. I answer the gentleman froth
Illinois, in all frankness, that if i knew, as he
tissunies.to know, that a further increase of the
volunteer forte in Kentucky was'not necessary,
I would vote against this bill; Wiling, as I do;
that no legislation, of whatever kind, is justifiable..
in. this House except that which the public ex. i
igency and the public interest require; or, in other
wordsohat no legislation should be enacted here
which is not necessary to the public or private
interests of the people. I accept the gentleman's
suggestion as to the rule which ought to govern
my conduct. The difficulty is that Ido not know
that the.fac(is-as it is stated:-by the gentleman
from IllinoiS. On the contrary, I have the best
evidence that the force in the field is not sufficient
for the public interest, and therefore I am for the
proposed inerease. .. • . .:_
Mr. HICKMAN. I wish to know from the
gentleman from Ohio why there should not be a
• general provision by law increasing the Volun
teer force of the country without any special ref
erence to Kentucky, if it is not sufficient for, the
public. defense:. and why Kentucky should .be
separated-from the other States and made atipe:
cud case of? - If the volunteer force is not Suffi
cient; ought we not to provide for raising more
men and appropriating more money . without any
. special reference to Kentucky, leaving that to be
determined by the Comniander-in,Chiefi -
Mr. Ii,INGHAM: There area good-many rea
sons-which:ought to have occurred to the ..entle-
P •
man from .Pennaylvania in answer to -his own
question:, without devolvinF its answer upon mu.
One, amongst others, is this: as a matter of econ
omy;if it is necessary that these volunteers Should
be employdd in Kentucky, then they Should b
raiser( rather in Kentucky than in any other por
tion of the Union, because they will be at once at
4intlernitn inquiry. '
1 suppose that Kentucky volunteers will fight
itio faithfully, as bravely, and as successfully, itt
defense of the Unionjuitanyother Volunteers, and
that it is espciiolfrfit they should ho permitted to
fight against the invasion of - Kentucky.
As ram advised, Mr. Speaker, the services of
th ese additional twenty thousand troops are needed
in Kentucky, upod the line oroperations in that
State and in the State of Tennessee. s,
I will answer the gentleman atilt further, that
not only in point of economy but in another point
is this bill correct. Time's irmatfer of some im
portance here. I understand that our army in -
Kentucky is upon the advance. If that be so there
is no time to be lost. We are assured by the ven
erable gentleman front Kentucky that there are
men in that State anxious to sem the Union in
this contest; and who will promptly fill up the
enlistment provided for in this bill—men who are
ready to rush-into the conflict at once, and insure'
victory to our-standard in the-impending conflict,
i
if it be n the power of their good right arms-to in
sure it. Why Should they-not be permitted to
take part in the coming battle,? Why take rot- "
unteers from Maine to fight a' battle in Kentucky,
when the men of. Kentucky are ready to take the
field and fight that battle themselves?. -
Mr. LOVEJOY. I would like to know upon
what facts the gentleman states that we really
need more soldiers in the service of the United
States? And how much longer, if any, it would
take to March soldiers from - Illinois, already en-_
listed and organized, than . it would to enlist and
organize them in Kentucky?
Mr. BINGHAM. irnight give the gentleman
a multitude of facts upon which I Made the state- .
ment that more soldiers are needed in Kentucky.
miglt ask him' how hi comes by his facts that
we. have force enough - in tic field to conquer a
peace; and conquer itspeedily, and with the
least possible sacrifice of life.
Mr. LOVEJOY. I .
. Mr. BINGHAM. Ido not desire tolield the
floor to enable the gentleman-to answer his Own
questions. I,willanswer his questions putto Inc.
If the gentleman wants sonic authority, I will say
that we have the-report of the Adjutant General
of the United States, stating that the whole force
in Kentucky is not more than one third of what
the public exigencies require: We hive alio the
statement of the Representative' from Kentucky,
[Mr. Wicsiarre,] that the Secretory - of War
himself stated that thin additional force of twenty,
thousand is needed now in the service, in Ken- ,
tucky. Now, I do not know whether facts of—
that sort are sufficient for the gentleman; but their .
ate sufficient for me.
Mr. LOVEJOY. Do I understand the ;wide.;
man too say that we have the .statement of the, ,
Secretary of War that we need twenty thousand
additional troops?
'Mr. BINGHAM. Ido not know how the gen
tleman understood me, but I used plain words,
and words which the gentleman ought to: have'
understood the import of, if he had atfended
them. I said we hail itlrom the Representative
from Kentucky that the 'Secretary, of War de
'dares that this additional 'force in Kentuck ris
now needed.
Mr. LOVEJOY: I think the: gentleman is
mistaken.
Mr. WICKLIFFE: Will the gentleman front
Illinois allow me to indoctrinate him.once more?
I stated that before I received the communication
from the Legislature of Kentucky urging the or,
ganization of a force of this kind bythe General
Government; I had consulted the Secretary of
War upon the propriety of it, and explained to
him theTurposes, objects, and necessity of . the
corps.proved He appved of it, or else my ears de
ceived lite,theh went to the President of - the
United Stated ifairsubiraied - the - proposltion to
him, carrying with me a coy of the order made
for the benefit of Missouri. Ile took it under con
sideration, and told me he would consult his Cab
inet..He afterwards informed toe that he approVeli
the raising of the troopsi that he believed them
necessary. That 'is what I stated, and what I
have stated twice before. . ,
. .
Mr. BINGHAL4I. So I understoo4 the gen
tleman'.
Mr. LOVEJOY. I hope I shall have a little
consideration for my obtusenesi, and that the
.ezfileman from Kentucky, conscious of his supe
riority, wily not be too sharp upon me. I still
insist that thOre must be some mistake in relation
To the opinion of the Secretaryof War. Of course
the gentleman from Kentucky states it as he under
stands it.
. .
The SPEAKER. - Gentlemen will please con
fine their remarks to the subject under discussion. •
The Chair. thinks the opimort of the Secretary of
War is notlmrtinent to this bill. • .
Mr. LOVEJOY. It has something to do with
the state of, facts upon which it is pioposed to •
pass this bill. . .
.. . ,
The SPEAKER. The Chair thinks that udder
the rules this kind of discussion is not in order.
Mr. BINGHAM. I•have •but a word br two
more to say, and that is, that 'this interruption
has demonstrated the fact that with the word
"Wmporarify"stricken out of this bill, gentlemen
who have objected to the bill stand, in point of
fact, objecting to their own legitilation at the recent
session of Congress. And to Make that assertion .
good, I repeat that if under the' act of July 22. ~
1861; the number of volunteeni had not beenfict
unity enlisted; it would be competent this day for
the President of the United States, under the pro
visions of that act, to do the 'very thing for-the
'State of Kentucky which is contemplated by the
provisions of this bill:. So the gentleman is fully
and completely answered as to the question'Why
these troops should not be taken from Illinois
under the act of July, and before the enlistment..
authorized by it was filled? The 'President of the
United States . might, if he saw fit„have raised
'twenty or forty thousand men inthe State of Ken
tucky for the purpose of suppressing insurrection
and -repelling invasion there or anywhere else.'
throughout the Union. ,- - . '
I do not knoW that I a:Thin - lake clearer my
position in regard to this matter. I only•desire to
-add a word in-order to, complete my argument,
1 and that is, that inasmuch as the-enlistment of
.the five hundred thousand men nuthorized by the
terms of the act ofJUly is full, the President no -
longer has power to act underthat law, and hence .
the necessity for this additional legislation.
Mr. MAYNARD. This-bill is not entirely de
void ofinterest to My immediate constituents, and.
I feel very solicitous that it should pass; and it
seems to me that if we could divest
.it of extra
neous matter there would be but littledifficulty in
the minds of membererabout its passage. •I . 4mve
not attended sufficiently Close to the movement of
this debate to kn9w how the negro question. has
been introduced into it; but , l, cannot see howl!.
'properly has any connection with it. I suppose
there are very few gentlemen'—certairrly I hope .
there arc but few—upon either aide of the House
who do not concur .in the general sentiment that
the.,preservation of this Union and the perpetuity
of obr American nationality is an-object infinitely
more important for us to consider than either the
preservation of slavery or the abolition of slavery..
We are!told that this legiskitionis peculiarolint
it is abnordial. In answer to that it is sufficient
to state ,that the condition of Kentucky at this
time is. peculiar. Kentucky occupies a peculiar
.situation in connection with our public affairs.'
She's not only invaded by ; armies in large force
and 'great strength, but she has the elements of
disorder within her own limits.' She has, in por
none_ of the State, a large ntlmber of latent rebels
who.are very strong in theirayropathywith those
in active rebellion against the Government, and.
who 'are only waiting a fit opportunity to let their
sympathy break out in open insurrection. She
is surrounded by hostile forces .on•three sides,
who wish to make-her Union and loyal citizens
feet the force of their wrath - in consequence of the
attitude of loyalty they have •tissumed \ towards
the GoVernment. Hence she. is subject to inva
sion frcl.m those quarters.! 'Her railroads; her
bridges; and her other public property are in con
stant danger of being destroyed; and this not by
the regular movement of armiesand Jorge lindies
of men, but by giterilla L bands who dune in the
night and go in the night; 'who go in small nimi,
, bets -by stealth through thV by-ways of the coun
try. In order to defeat them you do not want
armies, but bands of men' equal in number and
firmness of purpose to their. You want men fa
miliar with the country.; 'who have that sort .of
local' knowledge which will enable them to meet
this inVadiwv or insurrectidnary force. It is mani
fest that such men must be drawn from the coun
try itself; and that their organisation should be in
the nature of a police force to preserVe order and
give protection to the prof le at home.
.Nowohe i Stateof Kentue.kyots has been re
peatedly 'said, has already furnished her quota of
troops for the armies of tle country. She has, if
I mistake not, a larger (nice in the field for the
War than the State of Massachusetts, with her
larger and entirely loyal Population; yet•her re- .
ni
sources, in the way of faisi troops, are not
exhausted. It does not follow that because she
has already furnished nearly thirty thousand
troops for . three years, as we have been told she
'has, She cannot furnish half as many more. It is.
SEE SUPPLEMENT.