Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1861-02-20
"WEDNESDAY, February 90.

SENATE mir Timothy o. Howe Senator elect
from the State Of Wisconsin, appeared, and was
sworn In.
After passing several private bills, the Joint
resolution authorizing Com. Paulding TO receive
sword and grant OF land from the Republic Of
Nicaragua was passed.
MIR. Wade called up the bill providing for the
d scontnuance Of mail service In States where
1t Is liable to be interfered with.
Mr.. Douglas moved to lay 1t on the table; lost
Mr.. Green moved to amend by directing the
Secretary Of the Treasury to suspend the collection
OF the revenue in such states.
Mr. Douglas thought that the measure of Mr..
attempt to carry the mail by force
Mr.; Green having advocated his amendment,
Withdrew 1t.
Mr.. Hemphill, Of Texas, introduced substi-
sute provldlng for an interpostal treaty with the
seeded States
Mr.. Clingman thought that the seeded States
were az foreign as Great Britain. He was not
willing to continue postal service In such States:
but he did not recognize any Instruction in such
''insurrection.n
Mr.. Mason wished the Senate to consider this
subject well, ere they declared the sConfederated
States' In Instruction. The enforcement Of such
declaration had cost Great Britain seven wears of
long and bloody war. These States were another
country. w hen IL was determined to treat those
states as in Instruction let It be done not as an
addenda to Post Office bill, but as a deliberate
act-and then, God defend the right
The hour for The consideration Of the tariff hav-
ing arrived, the Senate took up that bill.
HoUsE-Mr. Dawes, Of Mass, presented the
report OF the select committee Of Ave TO which
was referred the Presidents message relative 10
the south Carolina commissioners and asked that
II be printed In the Globe so that mem bers ght
De able on the morrow to read It.
AFTER some discussion on that motion Mr. D.
Withdrew the report until Tomorrow that IL
mig INT then appear In the Globe with Mr. Branch's
objection to f.
Mr.. Spinner asked leave to introduce a bill for
the reduction Of salaries Of EN- ployees connected
with the House Of Representatives Objection
was made as being out Of order, and the bill was
not received.
The regular order Of business (Mr. stautop's
army BILLY was then taken up, and Mr.. Bocock,
OF va, proceeded to say that he considered IL a
declaration OF war, and desired to eater his solemn
protest against any such outrage. He did not be.
leve that Congress had any constitutional rig bt
70 authorize the President Of the United States TO
call out United States troops for the pnrpose NJ
suPpre:sing insurrection against the authority of
the Federal Government
He did not understand that the founders of the
Government ever had the least idea of vestinp the
Ilsso. NJ WIN such power-a power dictatorial
70 the hig degree. The bill had come into the
house sui, quietly and calmly; but IL was ?
bomb that would soon explode and rend the Union
Into fragments. IL il was passed and the Presi-
osnt vested with the power IL provided the hope
OF tne Republic was gone forever.
he had begun to despair Of ANYTHING being
done by Congress to preserve the peace Of the
country, and De was hesitatng as to what course
was best for the interests Of Virginia When the
Dill should be- investigated by the delegates in
convention In Richmond, that conventio on would
not be long in rendering its decision VIRGINIA
would not suffer herself to be subjected t5 an1
such oppression ~
he morning hour having expired Mr. VaIIan
dlgham proceeded TO address the House upon the
report OF the Committee Of Thirty-three