The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1861-02-27
THlRTY.SlNTH CONGRESS.-SECOND SESSION

! DIXON presented petitions in favor of the Border
States proposition.-A Joint resolution to repeal
the resolution in favor of George Fisher taken
up and passed. The Oregon War Debt bill was
taken up, and on motion of Mr.. Lane Committee
of Conference was appointed on the amendment of
| the House.-The bill for the organization of the
| Territory of Colorado was taken up.-Mr.
GREEN moved that the Senate in the
! amendments of the House-Mr. DOUGLAS op-
posed the amendments of the House. The House
amendments were agreed to-ayes 26, nays Is
| Mr. SEWARD presented the credentials of Hon.
Ira Harris, Senator elect from the 4th of March
next, from the State OF New York.--Mr. LATH-
AM then moved that the Senate agree to the House
amendments the Post Route bill, in regard to the
overland mail; agreed to, and the bill is therefore
passed.--Mr. GWIN introduced a supplemental
Post Route bill, which was laid over to be printed.
| The Army Appropriation bill was then taken
up, and the Senate proceeded to consider the
amendments of the Committee on Finance. An
amendment for arsenal in Texas was stricken
out, the ground that Texas had taken possession
of the arsenal.--Mr. BAKER, from the
| Committee on Public Lands introduced
new section appropriating S5O,0OO for the protec
ton OF emigrants on the overland route to be ex-
| pended under the direction of the Secretary of
| War.-Mr. PEARCE, of Maryland, took ground
| that the amendment not in order and that the
! Committee on Public Lands were not charged with
| the consideration of the subject.-Mr MASON
| said the amendment was against the rules of the
| Senate and the Constitution. They had no more
| right to appropriate money to protect travel
lers to California and Oregon, than they
|
during what was called the present "artifcial
| crisis "-Mr. BAKER said the Senator from Vr-
gnia had constitutional objections for everything
! proposed. Don Quxotte not ferocious
| in fighting against windmils. He thought if the
Senator's views prevailed it ight soOr be necessary
| to have protection in going to Chareston.-Mr.
MASON replied that upon questions of propriety,
| the Senator from Oregon had been educated in a
different school from himself. If the Const-
tuition was to be derided whenever it
l oil cd IN rnplH
government Of irresponsible powers. Those who
went to Charleston would ask protection from
this Government-n0ne.-The amendment
| agreed to by yeas "a, nays 17.-Mr. JOHNSON,
of Arkansas, offered amendment to give every
Senator, who had not received them, copies of the
Congressional debates from 1888 to l659.-The
amendment was lost and after passing the BILL the
Senate adjourned.
House OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
Mr.. KELLOGG, of Illinois, rose to present the
petition of two hundred and twenty-six voters of
Illinois, praying the adoption Of the peace propo
sition heretofore submitted by himself.-Mr
EDGERTON objected.-Mr. KELLOGG was sur
prised that any one should be unwilling to admit an
expression of the people while we being hurried
n;o the calamity of civil war, and the disruption of
| the government is hreatened-Mr. EDGERT0N
| replied that the gentleman could present the petit
tions under the ruies.-Mr. DAVIS, of Indiana,
presented petition from that State, signed by men
OF all parties in favor othe Critenden propositions
| The SPEAKER presented the proceedings and
resolutions of the Pennsylvania Democratic Conven-
| ton; laid on the tabe.-The House took up the
Volunteer bill-Mr. HOWARD, of Michigan, re-
sumed his remarks in favor of it, arguing that it
merely gave construction to laws already in ex-
istence. 1t was the duty of Congress to put into
the hands of the President the means for the per-
| fOrmance of his duty, and point out the mode in
which he should do it. They could not be released
from this obligation. He repeated that the Presi-
dent should have the power to execute the Consti-
tuition in all its parts. The highest duty of the
| government, which dates anterior to all con.
StltutCuS. is
| Mr.. PRYOR said it was the purpose of
the dominant party, plainly manifest and openly
avowed, to drive through the bill by the pres
sure of an irresistible rule. As this was fore
gone conclusion, he hoped it would pass at once, to
| the eCd that the people of Virginia and of the
| South may be aroused to the perils that menace
their destruction. He defanty challenged them
to assume the attitude of hostility corresponding to
their bloody designs. He knew that the Republi
can party resolved never to recognize the inde-
pendence of the seeded States, nor surrender
control over the captured forts In Short they are
resolved to permit the South no other alternative
but submission subjugation. In the event of
the South declining to capitulate coercion by
arms is their purpose and policy. Who so bold as
to deny this assertion? He desired to proclaim to
the country the policy of the dominant party and
incoming administration to carry slaughter ard
sword into the bosom of the people
of the South, rather than tolerate
the existence of a Southern Confederacy-
The object is to chastise and subdue
the seeded States. BY this bill the President may
carry on against them vigorous hostility. fact,
1T was measure of fraternal and civil war clearly
against the letter and spirit of the Constitutional
Mr.. CURTIS, ofIowa, addressed the House in favor
OF the BILL 1t was but use of forces which were
already armed and equipped, instead of drafting
new companies of militia.-Mr. SIMMS, of Ken
tucky, said the bill was one of murder, for while
the right of trial by jury this bill gives authority to
the President to order his myrmidons to shoot
down whoever he may consider rebel, wherever
he may find him, and without judge or jury
rsoA l.,
MED that this bill was one of coercion.-
Mr.. BURNETT asked whether the purpose of
Republicans under this bill was to reinforce the
forts in seeding States, now held by the Federal
Government and to recapture the forts already
taken, unless they shall be surrendered ?-Mr.
CURTIS replied that his purpose was to support
the Constitution as 1t is until some power vest
ed in him to do otherwse.-Mr. BURNETT de-
sired to know if it the purpose of the party to
reinforce the forts and recapure the property taken
by seeding States.--Mr. CURTIS was not going
to give his opinion in open session, what should
be spoken OF only in secret session. if it was for
hostile purposes-Mr. SIMMS in his seat-"Mur-
der."-Mr. CURTIS replied that "murder" came
from the other side of the House. The acts of
assassns were not from the Republicans. The mur-
derous axe against the government welded
by persons skulkng in executive chambers,
and in the Senate of the United States-striking
at their own mother, their mother country. He
denied that the States out of the Union
they were still children of the same common coun-
try.--Mr. BURNETT was compelled to agree
with the gentleman from Virginia in regarding
the passage of this bill as foregone conclusions;
and he had doubt that it the purpose of the
dominant party the floor of the House to pass this
bill, law of such moment to the country, under
the call of the previous question: and before it
had been printed. He now declared the bill to be a
declaration of war against the seeding States.
| The bill never had a similar precedent 1t gives
| the President unlimited power to call out three
millions of men, and muster them into the service
of the United States. Congress would shortly
| adjourn, and if the President saw fit to abuse his
| power, there was no power to prevent him or to
restrain him.-After the close of the remarks of
Mr.. Burnett, Mr.. CORWIN moved to postpone the
| further consideration of the bill until Thursday
next, at one O'clock. This agreed to-yeas
| 100, nays 74.-Mr. GROW asked that the re-
mainder of this day be given to territorial bust
ness, and asked that the special order which now
took precedence, viz, the report of the Committee
ofThrty-Three, be postponed till to morrow at one
o'clock-Mr. BINGHAM moved to postpone till
Saturday next.-Mr. HICKMAN moved to post
SICKLES called Mr.. Hickman to order.-Mr.
! HICKMAN would not be called to order
| by words from such mouth. Great confusion
| prevailed, and cries of "Order" from all parts of
the House. Mr.. C0CHRANE moved the galle-
ries be cleared; not that they were behaving badly,
| but he ashamed that they should be witness to
such proceedings.-Mr.Mc McKEAN desired to know
if there was no Sergeant t-at-Arms-0rder having
seen restored, the vote was taken the motion to
postpone till Monday at IL O'Clock; lost-yeas sc,
nays 1872. The motion to postpone till Saturday
was lost-yeas sc, nays 149; as was that of Mr..
Grow, to postpone the special order until to-mor-
row. Yeas 70, nays ll2.--Mr C0RWIN then
enGeavered to get his substitute for the report of
the Committee of Thirty.thr before the House,
which allows no amendment concerning slavery
to be made to the Constitution, except by
vote of all the States.-Great confusion
ensued, and interposition of points of order.-
Mr.. CORW1N moved to postpone the first series
of resolutions reported by the committee, in order
to get up the joint resolutions proposing amend
ments to the Constitution. The extreme Repub
licans objected to this out of order, and the
greatest confusion prevailed, fifty members being
on their feet at once, and raising points of order
&c.-Mr. HICKMAN moved that the House ad-
journ, and the yeas and nays being ordered, the
motion negatived by yeas GA (all Republicans),
nays Ito, as follows
| YEAs-Messrs. Alley. Ashley, Beale, Bingham, Blair,
Blake, Bocock, Burlington, Burngame, Burnham, Car
ter, Case Coburn, Covode Cox, Craige, Davis of ndi
De Jernette, Delano, Duell. Edgeron Edwards Ell
lot, Ely, Farnsworth Fenton Ferry, Garnet Graham,
Grow, Hickman, Hindman, Hutchins, Irvine Kigore,
Leach, of Michigan Leake, Lee, Loomis Loveoy, Mars
ton, McKeen Morse Perry Potter Pryor, Edwin r. Re
nolds John H. Reynolds, Royce, Sedwck, Somers, Ste
Train, Waldron, Walton, Washburne, of Wisconsin
Washburn, of Illinois, Wells, Wilson, Window, Wood
: ruf-64
f NAYs-Messrs Adams of Mass, Adams of Ky Adrain,
Anderson of KY, Avery, Babbt, Barr Barrett, Boteler
Bouligny, 3rabson Branch, Brayton, Briggs, Bristow
Brown, Burch, Burnett, Butterfied, Campbell Carey
Clark of New York, Clark of Missouri Clark B. Cochrane
John Cochrane Coax, Conkling Corwin, Craig, Curtis
Davis of Nd, Dawes Dunn Edmundson. English Flo
renee, Fouke, Frank Gimer, Gurley Hale Hall. Ham
ton, Harris of Nd, Harris Of Va Haskin, Haon, Hell
mick, Hoard, Holman Howard of Ohio. Howard of Mch
gan, Hughes, Humphrey, Junkn, Kellogg of Michigan
: Kellogg of Illinois, Kenyon, Kinger, Logan, Long
necker Mallory, Martin of Ohio, Martin of Virginia
Maynard, McClernand, Mcknight, Mcpherson, Mson