The national Republican., 1861-12-12


slavery, the irreconcllsble foe Of our country.
the vampire Of Its Industry, the murderer NJ
the dead Senator. should be visited with our
righteous indignation,
Mr. LATHAM spoke feelingly In eulogy OF
his friend. referring 10 his remark, Z" shall
never come out Of this struggle alive" He
also said, IL have been charged by my speeches
with having much to do with causing this re-
bslliou. 4 only hope by my aots TO have more
to do with putting II down.
The resolution Of Mr.. Nesmith was unani-
mously passed. and the Senate adjourned
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Mr.. BERNHETsEI., Of Utah, offered the fol.
lowing resolution which passed
hcsolred, That the Committee on Indian Af
fairs be requested to enquire into the e.pedi'
istrators Of the estate of the late Almon W.
Babbitt, Secretary Of the Territory of Utah,
and tbstsa committee report by Bill or other.
wise,
Mr.. MCKNIGHT. Of Pa, offered resolution
requesting the Committee on Foreign Affairs
to report joint resolution requesting the
President to cause 10 bs prepared treaty
between this Government aud the Governments
of Hayti aud Liberia Passed,
Mr.. BINGHAM. Of Ohio, introduced bill
tu contiscate the slaves aud property of per.
sons in arms against the United States. Re.
terred.
Mr.. DUNN, of Indiana, offered resolution,
which passed, in reference to the DESTROYING of
the property of T. d. Waters. Of Mo-, W the
I MON troops,
Mr. BtAlR, Of No., offered a reolutiou that
Congress express their appreciation of The
noble conduct of Major General Lyon, also to
the officers and men Tor their victory at Spring
E..lt ll,yt Ss.rt 4
on the banners Of each regiment. And fur
ther that the President cause these orders to
belread to each regiment Of the army. Passed.
Mr.. BLAIR thought that sich resolution
was but just to that gellant oftcer.
Mr.. BLAIR of Mo-, introduced bill 10
punish treason. Referred.
Mr.. SARGENT, Of California, introduced q
bill authorizing the President In conjunction
with the State Of California, t, run line of
boundary between said States Referred.
On motion of Mr.. LOVEJOY, the considera-
In reference to General Hslleck prohibiting
fugitive slaves from coming within bis lines,
was taken up. .... ,.r..
Mr.. LOVEJOY called ior the previous ques.
ton, but withdrew II In order to allow Mr.
Stevens. of Pennsylvania, to submit few re.
marks.
Mr.. STEVENS advocated the passage Of the
resolution. He said be believed the sis, s,ement
10 exclude slaves from our lines, and return
them to their masters, was concurred In by
General Mcclellan while In Western Virginia;
afterwards by the proclamation Of Major Gen.
eral when he marched to the eastarn shore
Of Virginia. Also. that the same order has been
made here regarding the army of the Potomac
The issuing OF the order for General Fremont's
successor was more for the purpose Of hunting
him down.
He thought that all such cases as returning
them to their masters was disgrace to the
military profession of the army; and that the
commanding generals In such cases deserve
to have the ePaulettes taken from their shoul.
ders.
Father, forgive them, they know not what
they do"
Mr.. LovEJOY, Of Illinois, would much pre-.
fer that some one else should discuss these
questions, that would not be fanatical or one.
ideaism. His conviction was that all these or.
ders were Issued by the generals commanding.
and not by the authority Of the President. Why
the President did not remove them or cashier
them, as he would do, he did not know. II
was u concurrent testimony Of every general
iu the field with VIII m he had conversed, that
these slaves never came into their camps rs
spies. He recollected that, while in company
with Gene al Mcdowell on the morning Of the
battle at Bull Run, that he, the General was
very careful in questioning every slave be met
| In reference TO the position of the enemy and
| the topography of the country and In no In
stance did they deceive the General. He con
sidered them the best scouts we had.
Mr.. BLAIR, Of Missouri, thought that the
| gentleman (Mr. Stevens) had done Major Cen
eral Haleck great injustice. He had con-
versed With General Hslleck In reference to
this order, as he (Mr. Blsir) had also misappre.
hended the order; aud Gen. H. told him that
| whatever was done under the color OF this
order was not intended by him, as slaves
were 10 the habit Of coming from Cairo iuto
the camps, for the purpose Of selling goods to
the soldiers, and going back to the enemywith
all the Information they could obtain for the
use of the enemy.
Mr.. FOUKE, of Illinois, said that the order
ssued by General Halleck was q wise and
salutary one, He said, let the House pass this
resolution, and the volunteer forces Of his State
would cease. The whole army there would
stand by Gen. Halleck. lie would now suy
that slaves d c,me from Cairo into the camps
and furnish information to the enemy. These
facts he knew.
If his colleague (Mr. Lovejoy) would pay
less attention to the negroes, and more to the
country, they would get along better. Zap
plause in the galleries.
Mr.. KELLOGG, Of Illinois, said he had
watched the action Of the Admlnistrat ton
closely, and road we'll the message Of the Pres
ident to this House, and be saw nothing upon
which to base such a proclamation as that of
Gen Halleck.
Mr. JULIAN wan, ed to know If the President
had the power to modify such orders
Mr.. LOVEJOY, Of Illinois, thought he had.
Mr.. JULIAN then proposed to leave the
| matter with the President,
Mr.. VALLANDIGHAM moved to lay the
resolution on the table, and demanded the
yeas and nays.
The resolution was tabled, by the following
vote-yeas 7s. nays 81.
Mr. WEBSTER, of Maryland, introduced a
bill for the relief of J 2. Moore. Referred,
Mr. COLFAX, of Indiana, gave notice that
the Committee on the Post Once aud Post
Roads had prepared bill abolshing the frank
ing privilege.
The SPEAKER appointed the following gen
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