Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1861-07-24

power 10 resist the evil Tenderness Of the me aud be
thar ked Gen Banks for the sound discretion With which
he had exercised that power 10 the veinage of Baltimore
He denounced, in the strpnges terms, the morderou,
outrage Of the 10Th Of April when the patriotic and m
armed citizens of Massachusetts hssehfg TO The Dc
fence Of the Capital bad ben basely assassin ited and
charged that Marshal Kane, instead Of seekng 10 Nin
back the mad populace 70 their proper allegiance had
BY his dispatch to Bradley johnson, which Mr.. Tho
read stirred up TO their very depth their evil pas
sons The police commissioners knowing of tbi, act o.
Mr.. Kane, had nevertheless retained him in Office, and
were responsible for the quences They bad been
proved incompetent by the occurrence Of the l9h 10
preserve the city, and il needed stronger baud keep
Baltimore from civil II General Banks had
stepped the bounds Of constitutional Law he thought
the end woQld justify the excess and would say to him.
60 on wt good work until you shall receive the
iaudstion OF III true men,
Mr.. May appealed to Mr. Tbomss, since he had i'm.
peached the fidelity of Marshal Ksoe 10 permit the
reading of that ti,ers report. which vas, he said,
complete vindcation of bis conduct that day.
tz-ks. f6omEs said he vas aware that Marshal Kane
aud his Police Commissioners had written many apollo
gec etters and reports but that Marshal Kane could
apologize until doomstay without altering his opinion Of
| the fitness Of that gentleman for bis position. / r
hr. Nay again asked that Bsshsl Kane's report
should be read, and said that gentleman bad time and
again r!sked bis life that day to protect the hasss
chusetts soldiers, and pronounced bin fthful aud
honest au officer as the country could produce. Dsrs
i've laughter .... l.-
Mr.. Thomas replied that he would not mpugn the
tives of any one but respecting the feet Of MAJ
shall Kanes actions there existed vide ference OF
opinion, and that difference not very favorable 10
Mr. Kane He commended that the p, lice Commissioners
by retaining Mr.. Kane in oi:e, equally guilty
the latter He held that Governor Hicks expressed
the true sentiments Ct the people, and that the Legia
ture 10 fact ddoya to the people Of the State and
to the General Government; particularly specifying
copfrmatory Of the latter nt their passage Of al
act to restore the arms collected BY the Governor.
At the conclusion of Mr.. Thomas speech, Mr. stevens
moved 10 take up the naval appropriation bill which
was done and the bill passed.
On motion Of Mr. Stevens the House resolved itself
toto Committee of the Whole, With Mr. Campbell, Of
Pa, in the chair.
Mr.. Stevens then called up the tariff BILL originally
reported aud which he off,red substitute for the
bill as amended yesterday. The committee we're deter.
mined he ssd to present the naked question, whether
not this House wasposed TO consider the min meet
ing the necessities Of the government.
Numerous amendments to tire bill then proposed
and rejected, among :hem proposition to levy tax Of
ten per cent. the pay of members Of Congress The
proposition reduce the duty coffee wa' uegaved
ayes 6S; uays III when the bill itself put upon its
FINAL passage, and adopted.
The House, after the reception and references Of
oral bills. adjourned at five o'clock.