The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1861-07-20
THIgTg. SEVENTH CtNGRESS,uSPEClAL SESSION
SENATE

.,, ~ introduce bill for the construction of one
'nr more armors for ships and floating batteries.
Referred. A., c.,. ~ District of
=, r,,bis reported back bill regulating tue
S,,a.is of the District of Columbia. Lard over.
q" - D,ynS from The Committee on Contingent
- -,sas reported bill repeating the act OF March
EN- co I'D substituted the following: " That the !
TO- 80 Arms be authorized to I'LL all vacan-
cF'se A. y. ,nas.enrers of the Senate that may oc-
chr by death resignation or olne;mlse S;st;n
Gu, ~ ,ruo>Y from the Committee on PRINTING, |
-, ,as referred the resolution q printing |
oHo comics of the proceedings OF the senate on he
D wv If the announcement of the death oil Sen
- n uglas reported the same with an amend
ment ana OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES 49, 49,
Az r CLARKE. from the Committee on Finance, re-
rorted back a referred bill, in re aton to the
amount due =. A. Douglas, with the amenoment
that $3.50 be substituted for Sl,e5i
Mr. AxTHoSY asked to know why the reduction
was made. =,
agreed 70 deduct the amount OF mileage.
The bill, as amended, was passed.
MIR WILSON, from the Commute on Military
Affairs reported back the letter of the Commits
soner of Indian Affairs, and requested that the
document be referred to Committee on lnolah
Affairs So ordered.
Also, House bill for the relief of the soldiers,
officers and musicians engaged in the sege OF Fort
Sumter. Passed.
Also, House bill Sc, to allow the soldiers letters
70 h. mailed free of expense to them. Passed
Mr. WILSON asked the consideration OF bill en-
titled an act for the relief of Ohio and other vol
uhteers
Mr. HARRIS wished TO know whether the volun-
teprs from a the States interested were included
in this bill.
Mr. WILSON replied that they were.
The bill passed.
Mr. WILSON cffered a Joint resolution in relation
TO paymasers in the army founded upon statements
furnished bv the Paymaster General. Referred to
the Committee on the Judiciary.
Mr. GRIMES submitted the following resolution:
That the Presd mt Of the United States be requested to
communicate Senate f not incompa with pub
lie ineres Of the quasi armisce he refers
to in his message the 4th by OF which the
commander of the fgete Sabine refused to transfer
troops Fort Picknns in obedience to his orders by
whom ard when such armis,ice was made and wiz.
action the Government has taken in view OF aforesaid
disObedenCe.
Mr.. RICE. from Committee on Military Affairs
reported back i'll thorizing the Secretary Of
War imburse the New York 7lst regimen
volunteers for expenses incurred in employing
regimental band, with an amendment. Laid on the
table.
Mr. FEssEYDsN from the Committee FiDanc
reported back bill making additional apPropria-
tons for the Legislative, Executive and judicial
expenses of the Government for the year ending
80 h June, 1862, which amended and approved.
Mr.. LANE, OF Kansas gave notice that on to-mor-
row or some subsequent day he would introduce a
bill recognizing the services and right of receipt of
payment by the Frontier and Clay Guards of the
lis riot OF Columbia.
reported bill with recommendation that it pass,
entitled act making appropriations for civil pur-
poses for the cal year ending June 80, 1862, and
providing for the payment of arrearages for the
year ending June 80. 1861.
After being amended BY the Senate in several
particulars, the bill was passed.
MIR. WADE moved that the House of Representa-
tives be requested to return the bill for the relic
OF the Ohio and other volunteers. Agreed to.
Th- hour for the special order, Senate resolution
No. l, endorsing all the acts of the President, hav
g arrived,
Mr. BAYAnD took the floor, and said that durinp
the month OF March last, when States haG
already withdrawn, he took occasion to express hi:
views of the question which agitated the country
at that time, and indicated the which, in
bis opinion ought to be adopted; that the only
alternative to acknowledge the revolution, or
be Involved in horrible civil war; and subsequ
events had shown that he had been correct in his
opinion.
He said that no power had been conferred by the
Constitution to cOerce State, and the ATTEMPT to
do so a violation of contract He believed
that the withdrawal of those States did subverr
the power Of the Government, and the acknowledg
ment Of the withdrawal was the only way to avert
the civil He INDUCED in the hope of concili-
alton as the only means to restore the secede ed
States, and believed that coercion would inevita-
bly, drive other States out, as was subsequently
shown. In the States of Virginia, North Carolina,
Arkansas and Tennessee there large mai
ties in favor of sustaining the Government until
the President had issued his proclamation for
to withdraw.
He said he was as deeply attached to the Union
as any man, and ii any sacrifice on his part, OF
property, CO. ld restore the Union the sacrifice
would be cheerlulIy made; and that his children
would have in his opinion prouder recollection
than that their father had made such sacrifice for
the end intended to be accomplished The cry is,
unconditional submission, and evidenced int en-
ton il the States should be conquered to reduce
them to provinces by the exercise of a power un-
constltntional-a dominant military power
ln lI1G Massachusetts first embarked in the war,
which was treated by the English according to its
supposed magnitude. Gen Gage issued his p-o-
clamation to the citizens of Massachusetts, offer
ing general amnesty to all except John an cock
aud Samuel Adams. Dot n re~"l~.nn by the peo
pie OF large section OF the country cannot be east
ly suppressed, and in the present one where me-
bv war can never restore the Union | am, said
Mr.. Bayard, almost, may say, alone in oppos-
ton to the Administration, but will be found
to cavil about regular legislative proceedings,
knowing that whatever result, | am not re-
spOnsibe. | shall await the change that must tax e
place in public sentiment, which will surely take
place sober secOnd-thought.
As regards two of the acts of the President, in
particular-the right of blockade and that of the
suspension of the writ of hobens corpus-they in
vo!ve the rights and liberties of all citizens OF this
or future ages. Ii by your acts you acknowledge
war, by suspendng commerce by legitimate
blockade, then, war exists. | do not deny your
right to blockade enemy's ports but in refusin @
to acknowledge the seeded States as belligerents
N'~N'N-SNA'N''SA'"'i'y
dent
In relation to the writ of haJeas corpus. deny
that in the States not seeded States here the
courts opeD that, there being no pressing
emergency, the writ could lawfully be suspended;
that military law can ever in this country super
sede civil law. If Congress deems it at any time
necessary to suspend civil law, why not do it openly
and above-hoard? BY not doing So You commit an
acti N which YOU will forever regret You involve
the liberty of future generations, by assigning the
President an unlimited power, which he NAV at all
times use at bis own will, by the terms of the pre-
cedent.
No King of England for the last 200 wears has
attempted to suspend the Liberty Bill OF Great Br
tain, yet the President of the United States has
not only assumed this power, but chosen to dele
gate it to a sub rdinate military officer in gross
violation of the Constitution OF the country
Said Mr.. Bayard, when you have passed the re-
solution now before u.s. there will longer be any
free institutions in America; this will bay cess ad
to be land of liberty.
The United States Attorney General has in his
letter defended this act of the President by virtue
OF his Executive power. If the President has
sworn to execute the laws be is to accent the indi
cial Interpretation of the laws, and not his indiyid-
ual opinion.
What right had the President to make Fort Me-
Henry or any other fort Bastle? Louis the XIV.
OF france chose to commit to the French dungeons
Individuals on suspicion, and kept them confined at
will-sometimeS they were even left to be for
gotten. " o
In this instance there may be no dungeons in
ehry, out the INVASION OF the rights of the
citizen Is greater because he has a guarantee of
rights by our Constitution. The restraint unon his
ioerty Is as great as that imposed by the French
ueSpot; ana these men, too, are confined without
suspicion or charge being asserted If YOU cannot
execute your laws without suspension of civil au-
tnority, then do you inaugurate unqualified des-
pOtism. wv
IL your army is to be maintained, as it certainly
must, should you be able to subjugate the South
tnen another great danger arises. 1t is easier to
organize than to disband an army and when one
person at will controls such force, he is apt to be-
come Dictator. | am for pe8ce-for Cancellation
py general convention or otherwise; but would not
De wiling to accept any compromise that would
degrade the Government OF the United States. If
me south oner terms that are just, reject them.
Know iull well the deter alton of the Senate
and think 1T useless to protest against any acts of
legislation which might come before this BODY:
out deem 1t nv duty to my conscience, nv con.
stituents and the country, that | lift nv voice
tiOnal.
Al the close of Mr.. Bayards remarks
-, MT. LATHAM moved the subject be laid over I'M
I'll one O'Clock to morrow when it will be made the
special o. der. Agreed to.
MT FEs.ESDEN moved to go into Executive ses-
sion, which was agreed to.
Upon the re-opening of the doors the following
message was received from the President of the
United States:
10 the Senate and House of Represen 'atires:-
AS the United States have in common with Great Bri-
IAN and France deep interest in the preserv alton and
development the fisheries adjacent the Northeastern
coast and islands of this continent it proper that
we should concert with the Governments of coun
es such measures be conducive to those impor
."t o'J-cts with this view, transmit to Congress a
y OF the correspondence between the Secretary Of State
M he british Minister here in which the proposes
w oehaf OF his Government the amendment of Joint
in orda p mob