The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1861-07-17

irr alh. The true theory Of our Government is
@ .na' IL rests upon the wi of the whole peoples and
uiiS Oil merely unfetters the hand Ol the Execu-
tiEc' ana the will of the millions.
Mr.. BINGHAM demanded the previous question
ana unaer IFS operation the bill was passed
Mr. BLAIR, from the Committee on Military Af-
'a'rs, reported back Senate bill authorizing the
employment OF volunteers to aid in defending the
Government of the United States nronosing as :.
substitute therefor House bill No 2s. Amended
and adopted.
The House bill authorizing national loan was
returned ir"m the Senate with amendments, which
were adopted ~
Mr.. WRIGHT, of Pennsylvania, introduced bill
aautnoLlzlog the Secretary of the Treasury issue
blIs OF exchange to the amount of S!CO 600 OOO in
lieu OF national loan Referred
n ni't hxing the date OF the loss Of the sloop-of
war Levant, aud providing for the relief of the
orphans, or widows or families OF the officers and
men OF said sl0"p, was adopted
Mr - -, of Maine, offered resolution call
ing upon the Secretary of the Navy for correspop-
d&nce ana intnr nation relative to the destruction
pI % ehe M pnec vessels and other Government proper
| " at the Norfolk navy-yard. Adopted
Mr. ALLEN, of Ohio, introduced a bill to increase
the number of cadets a. West Point Referred
! Mr. "AsHBURNE. of Illinois, introduced bill fix
+ ing the compensation. &C. of the officers of the
! Revenue Marine. Referred
Mr.. EDWARDS, of New Hampshire offered reso-
! luton of thanks to Major General Geo B. McCleI
Ian and the officers under his command for the bril-
iahI victories achieved over the rebels in Western
Virginia. Adopted.
On motion of Mr.. BLAIR the House resolved it.
sell INTO Committee of the Whole on the State of
the Union-Mr. McClernand, of Illinois in tba
Chair. '' !" tue
The House bill to promote the efficiency of the
v"lunteer force of the United States was then taken
up.
Mr.. BURNETT, of Kentucky said he was we'll
aware nothing which he could utter here would af-
iect the cnurse of legislation already determined
upon; but duty to himself and his constituents de-
he nli Hauf har, l.
against the acts OF the Administrations
AT the assembling Of Congress in December last.
mere existed deep and widespread distrust of
'ne aesunr "i the country, and many patriotic
members OF both houses exerted themselves for the
restoration ot peace. To that end measures of
paclhcaton, nearly every of which emana,ed
from southern men, and from members of the De-
mocratlc party, but were persisteptIv rejected nv
the Republicans, were offered, and he now told the
members OF that party here, that history would
hod them responsible for the present condition of
aHairs; The only diSunionists per known to him
were the leaders OF the Republican party. They
mad done more to occasion this revolution than ali
the ultraists of the South who have lived during
the present generation.
Dir. CritteDden, with the prescience of pro
phet, predicted on the night of the 3rd of March
last that II the Thrtysxth Cong ess should adjourn
without adopting some measures of pacIicatiHn in
less than six months the country would be involved
IN revolution. Congress did adjourn without the
adoption OF anT compromise, and on the succeeding
oav MT. Lincoln ihaugurated a government whose
policy, it was announced to the country on the
wings OF lightning, meant peace
Mr. BURNETT reviewed at length and for tho rur
pose OF Vlndicating The truth Of history the Presi
dents statements of the causes which led to tho ra
so.uioh. lie heId that not only South Carolina
out the Southern COntederacy of seven States NAV
iiested from the first and until the Cnnp,is,;on.n
Oh tue latter had been repulsed from this capital q
constant desire Tor peace, and that even while the
administration was pretending to favor a policy of
peace, 1t was ndustriously preparing for war
Inc proclamation OF the President ,vhi G,ouz
settled all doubts Of the intentions of the Adnjns
traton, and all the measures which in nursnanca
OF taat warlike policy, have since been insugpra
ted, were, the speaker cont-nd-d equally in usur
patton OF powers not granted by the Co1stitution
ana IN plain violation of that instrument H. |
asked gentlemen on the other side where the Gov
eminent obtained the power to coerce a State when
that power had b. en- exp essIy asked for and sy
pressly denied IN the Convention which framed the
Constitution. He cited the acts of the President
and OF the Administration, in which npmbar nf
the dearest and most sacred constitutional riphts of
the citizens had been violated and said il was nov
ertheiess asked, and confidently expected that |
Congress would sanction all these usurpatnns and |
to oendorse their consequences, though they inyoIved
the destruction OF public property amounting tn |
millions of dollars, and bad saddled upon the conn
try already national debt amounting annually to |
upwards OF S7OOO0O,000. To these acts he w6uld |
never, as a repreS- -ntatve of the peonIa consan,
out here entered lis protest gainst them
Already, though but the threshold of this |
war, the material prosperity of the country has |
oeen prostrated: continue it for six months. and |
ruin would be inevitable and general. NOT o,i,, |
would the resources of the cnuntrv becoma ar
hausted, but starvation would stalk abroad throngb
the land. He predicted that in six months IA |
sleeping lion OF public opinion in the North will be
aroused, and the authors of this war held to |
strict accountability.
, Even should the North succeed in conquering the
South, they would still be compelled to Negotiate
the terms OF peace; in the name then of civilization
aud OF humanity, why wait to accomplish bv car
mage, and havoc and ruin, that which might bet
ter be accomplished peacefully?
press - Louis; to the arrest f cizn OF Tree
process of a"; and to the violation of the ripbt to
keep ana Dear rms, as so many successive steps to-
wares the military despotism which would be the in
evl'abe result if this war persisted in The at
tempt to suhjugate the South he pronounced fuiia
story does not record in which ten mill
hons OF peopt, Intelligent and reSolute have been
subdued. That the South was united no one who |
has visited that section lately doubt Some diff
ference OF opinion existed in Missouri in Western
virginia, ard to some extent in Eastern Tennessee;
but he had travelled as far South as Texas in |
April, and the unity, determination and enthusiasm
OF purpose he there witnessed could not be surpass
ed in the North
MIR. BURNETT then quoted from speeches of Wen |
ster to demonstrate the llegality of the Presidents
course, and from speech of John Quincy Adams
delivered in 1889, in which the Geld man eloquep,''
held that II the bonds OF sympathy uniting the two
sections should be broken a separation in neaca
would be the proper course to pursue in order tbt
"a more perfect Union" should be attained; and if
said Mr. B., 1t was 40 treason in Mr. Adams to Ia
vor separation under such circumstances then II
Gould not be treason in az humble represantative
OF Kentucky to advocate the same views
He Intended earnestly that the sole nu-noso Of
the war was for the suhjugation of the South, aud
quoted from the recent speech of Senator Baker in
support of that position. He also quoted from a
speech of Mr.. Crittenden just prior to his election
in which he said that he would not vote dollar ar
man Tor any other purpose than the defence of
the capital, and that, in of subiugation, Ken
wGGiu q
tude. By those views, Mr.. b. said he also took his
stand here.
MIR. HOLMAN, of Indiana briefly replied to the re-
marks of Mr.. Burnett. He was no champiop he
said, of the AdministratiD He opposed II in the
recent election, and did not now endorse its pecu-
liar political views, but this was for the ex-
stence of the nation, and he could not withhold his
support from II. True the Administra ton has ey-
ceeded its powers, but the man would act upiustlv
who should arraign Government before the bar Of
public opinion without re- esardng also the exigep-
cies under which it acted
Mr.. Lincoln had acted only in compliance with
popular opinion, and with the requirements of the
public safety, and it was a maxim older than the
Constitution that the public welfare must b. the SUI
preme law. Had Mr.. Lincoln surrendered Fort
Sumter and the Florida forts he would have been
driven from his seat by the wrath of the nation
MIR. HOLMAN denied that the war now being
wa2ed was one ut suoJugation. 1t was war un-
dertaken to vindicate the integrity of the Union
and for that purpose alone. Let it appear that this
war was to be waged against the institutions or
the rights of the South over the Constitution and
the grand army of patriots now in the field would
turn their weapons against their new foes or retire
from the field in despair.
The true Cause of this revolution was he contend
ed, the in emperate ambition of the Southern lead
ers. They had forced upon the country the arfi-
trament of the sword, and tn ISSUE sad and bitter
as it is, must and would he met. 1t was one which
involved not only questions of commercial suprem-
acy, but of national existence. The Northwest will
never yield their rights the outlets of the Mssis
sippi; their cry will be- "Milions for defence but
not one cent for tribute'' At the cnnclu Jon of
| Mr.. Homan's remarks the Comm rose " hen
| the bill was report, to the House and adopted
1t provides for the addition to the volunteer
forces, now authorized by law, of nine regiments
| of infantry, one Of cavalry and one OF artillery
whose term of enlistment shall be for the periods of
| three years from the 4h OF July, 1861, of those
made during the wears lS6l-'62; and for five wears
| from January, 1868, of thoee made in that YEAR
1t provides also for the discharge of said regiments
| at the end of the war.
Mr.. STEVENS, of PenIiSy ylvana, introduced bill
to regulate the duties on imports, which was made
| the special order of the day for tomorrow.
| This is the tariff bill OF Secretary Chase7
The House adjourned at 4 z O'clock.
| THE SGAMESE AMBASSADORS AGAlN-Siam is in
Paris! That is, in the person of certain represen-
tative from that ngdom-ambassadors and
! princes Siam appears, not mounted on the white
| phant hut sed in hot dras ap5