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constitutional, and consequently they did not
need ratification. At some future day, IL q
discussion on this resolution was indulged in,
he would answer the arguments advanced by
the Senator from Kentucky, (Mr. Breckinridge,)
10 which he arraigns the President as an usur.
per Of power.
Mr.. POLK asked the Senator il he did not
vote against the postponement. of the resolu.
ton on the first day Of its introduction?
Mr.. MORRILL, said he had no distinct recol.
lection. Very likely he did.
Mr.. POLK said marvellous change had
come over some Of the Senators. He liked to
see consistency In all things.
Mr.. MORRILL, retorted by saying, he would
take care, on his part, Of his consistency. He
contended that the measures used by the Pres.
ident we're within the constitutional scope of
the Federal Executive; and in using this au
thority the Executive had not trampled the
Constitution under foot.
Mr.. BRECKENRIDGE said he did not know
how Senators could maintain the constitution.
ality Of the acts of the President, when, in his
message TO the Senate, he acknowledged that
a part of his doings were not strictly legal.
He supposed that If Mr.. Morrill, could find le.
gality in the Constitution for the usurpation of
power by the Executive, the President would
be glad of it. He thought the Senate would,
in some manneS endeavor to avoid this bill.
The Senate agreed to take up the resolution ;
yeas 20, nays IL.
Mr.. DOOLITTLE moved that the resolution
be referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Mr.. WILSON said he did not like to resist
this motion, but confessed he was somewhat
surprised. Day after day this question has
been laid aside at the instigation Of Senators.
It is q plain and simple proposition; 1t is as
clear as sunlight, and he thought it was as
simple as anything could be to the comprehen.
sion Of the Senator from Wisconsin, Mr.. boo
little. He urged an immediate consideration.
Mr.. DOOLTTTLE said the resolution has
never been referred to any committee.
Mr.. WILSON. "Ithss been referred to the
Committee on Military Affairs"
Mr.. DOOLITTLE thought that the Commit
tee on the Judiciary was the most proper com.
mittee to which the resolution could be referred.
The Senate refused to commit the resolution
to the Committee on the Judiciary by vote Of
yeas II, nays %.
Mr.. SHERMAN agreed with some portions
of the resolution, but he did not think all Of the
acts Of the President we're in strict observance
Of the laws of the Constitution, and therefore
should vote against it.
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luton on the assumption that the acts of the
President were not legal. His approval and
admiration of those measures were not in exact
mathematical proportion to the extent that the
acts of the President were in violation of exist
ing laws. He contended that this war did not
commence with the idea of securing indepen.
dence, but With an idea of subyerting the in.
dependence of the whole country. The rebel.
lion spread beyond seven States. What could
the President do, except what he did3 He
referred somewhat at length to various acts
committed by rebellious States, and to the con.
duct of the former Administration in not sup.
pressing this rebellion in its bud.
Mr.. THOMSON approved Of all the acts Of
the President, except in authorizing general
to suspend writ Of habeas corpus. On this
ground he should vote against the RESOLUTION.
A report Of the committee of conference on
the dissgreeing vote Of both Houses upon the
tariff bill, in which the Senate is to recede from
its Engagements to the House amendments.
The committee further reported Q substitute
for the amendments, in which the ten per cent
additional duty is stricken out, and duty is
raised on spirituous liquors. The income tax
is placed at three per cent.
nMr. TRUMBULL asked to make privileged
mo ton, and he moved to reconsider the vote
by which the nstQnal loan bill was passed.
Mr.. BRECKENRIDGE rose to make per.
sonal explanation. In the course of the debate
yesterday between the Senator from Oregon
and himself, that Senator asked, "What would
have been thought if, in another capitol, in
another Republic, in yet more martial age,
Senator as grave, not more eloquent or digni.
6ed than the Senator from Kentucky, yet with
the Roman purple flying over his shoulders,
had risen in his place, surrounded by all the
illustrations Of. f.Roman glory, and declared that
advancing Hannibal was just, and that Car.
thage ought to be dealt with ip terms of
peace ?"
He was under the impression that the audible
voice who told that Senator he would have
been hurled from the Tarpeisn rock" came
from person whom he did not suspect, and in
looking over the report of the Globe this morn.
ing, he discovered his mistake, the audible
voice coming from the Senator from Maine,
(Mr. Fessenden.) He desired to say that he
had no unkind feelings toward that Senator,
and did not intend to say anything unkind in
any way.
The Senate refused to reconsider the vote by
which the national loan bill was passed-yeas
l6, nays "a.
The report of the committee of conference
""o os"iu '"nen uP @uu aeteeu W, yeas o.,
nays 8.
House joint resolution, expressing the sym.
pathy of Congress for the bereaved families and
friends Of the soldiers who have fallen in the
defence of their country, was taken up and
passed.
Mr.. FESsENDEN reported back, from the
Committee on Finance, bill making an addi
tional appropriation for the support of the
naval service for the year 1862.
The bill appropriates $390,000, $50, 900 Of
which is to be appropriated for the purchase Of
patent f,r the manufacture Of signal lights.
Mr.. SHERMAN moved that the appropria.
ton for night signals be stricken out. Lost.
Mr.. GRIMES moved to make the sum for
the purpose named $4,000 instead of $40, 900.