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THIRTY SEVENTH CONGRESS- SPECIAL SESSION.

the Senate to order he stated that he had received
a note from the Vice President in which he said he
would be absent for the rest of the session.
On motion of Mr.. PEARCE, Mr.. Foot was chosen
President pro fempore.
Mr.. GRIMES introduced bill for the construction
OF a passenger railroad from the Navy Yard to
GEORGETOWN. Referred to the Committee on the
District of Columbia.
Mr.. HALE moved that all prior orders be post
poned, and that the Senate proceed 20 the cOnsia-
Grafton of bill to authorz. the appointment of an
Assistant Secretary Of the Navy and fixing the sal
airy OF the same Agreed to.
Mr.. DooLITrLE offered amendment. to appoint
Assistant Secretary Of the Interior, whose salary
shall be So, 600 per year.
Mr.. HALE hoped the Senator from Wisconsin
would withdraw his amendment, he thought it
had no connection with his bill.
Mr.. DooLITTLE thought it highly necessary to ap-
point an Assistant Secretary of the Interior as the
Secretary had more work than he could with JUS
tice attend to. He said that there were appeals
enough from the Land and Pension Offices to occu-
py one person constantly in their adjudication
A vote being taken the amendment it was re-
ected, and the bill passed as originally repo ted.
Mr.. HALE moved to consider the bill for the bet
t'r org SaniZaton of the marine corps Agreed to.
The amendment proposed by the Committee on
Naval Affairs was read and approved, and the bill
passed.
Mr.. WILSON, from the Committee on Military
Affairs, reported back the committee amendments to
Senate bill No. 3, tor the better organization OF the
military establishment, which he moved to take up
and consider. Agreed to-
In the section of the bill relating to the Military
Academy at West Point (giving the House of Rep
resentatives the power of appointing the Cadets
from each State -
MIR. FEssENDEN moved to amend bv giving to the
Governor OF each State the appointing power.
The hour of o'clock having arrived, the
CHAIRMAN ordered the consideration of the resolu-
tiun Nc. l, which had been made the special order.
Bv general consent the consider alton of the reso-
luton was postponed until O'clock to morrow
when Mr.. Bayard, of Delaware, will speak.
The Senate then proceeded to the further con-
sderaton of the bill for the better organization of
the military estabshm Mt.
Mr. WILSON opposed the amendment of Mr.. Fes-
sender.
Mr.. ANTHONY read proposition that the appl-
cants all be duly examined and the selections be
made upon merit
The vote being taken on Mr.. Fessenden's amend
ment, 1t was rejected.
Mr.. BINGHAM thought the plan incorporated in
the bill impracticabe.
Mr.. GRIMES said that so far as the State of Hi
nois concerned the time of the elections in the
State and the time of making the appointments
to the Academy were so constituted that the plan
not feasible in that State.
Mr.. HARRIS proposed that the President make
the appointments. The proposition voted
down.
After considerable discussion pro and con- the
entire section stricken from the bill.
The other amendments offered debated,
and incorporated in the bill.
When in order, Mr.. POWELL, of Kentucky, moved
the following amendment: That part of the Ar
my Navy be used to subiugate OF hold as CON
quered provinces any sovereign State lately in the
United States, or in any way to interfere with Airi
slavery.
Mr.. LANE, of Kansas, said he would like to add
"eXcept to suppress rebellion and hang traitors"
Mr.. SHERMAN denied that the doctrine of exter-
minating slavery and overthrowing the Con
stitutnn was that of the Administration. He said
that the present war was not one of subjugati0n,
but merely intended to maintain the integrity of
h. He wa he'd he dmen
offered by the Honorable Senator from Kentucky.
Mr.. POWELL said he was glad to hear the c0nser-
vative sentiments of the Senator from Ohio. But
in his turn, he was astOnished that the amendment
should cause him any surprise. Senators had ad-
vocated the doctrines that the purpose OF the
to cxtingui-h slavery, that bill for that pur
pose bad been introduced, and that the Senator
from Oregon proposed to hold the seeded States,
sh uld they be taken, as provinces. If the war is
not for the purpose | state, why not say in the
law?
Mr.. Dixon said that in bis remarks the Senator
from Kentucky had probably alluded to remarks
which he Mr. Dixon had made. He had never
said that this intended to abolish slavery;
but that, should the war he resisted by the South,
and in the course of the progress of the war the
issue be presented whether we shall allow the
rule of the Government of slavery, then would
he be in favor OF crushing slavery and adhering to
the Government.
MIR. LANE, of Kansas, said the war was only at
tributable to the slave oigarchy Of the country;
the people of his State by this slave power An
attempt has been made by the slave power to de-
stroy the Union. They have brought the Issue
upon themselves, and should slavery perish il the
contest, will thank God for it.
The institution of slavery (sad Mr.. Lane) will
not survive the march of the Union army The
sSdbg army, fhey M VIII if theB da pot is ssts sts v
the road by which the army came in. He
alluded to the Missourians in the Kansas war, and
stated that free State men were tied to trees and
their fingers cut off and if they did not recant their
sentiments they ridded with bullets
1t is the amusement said he, OF the Shareholders
of Louisiana, Georgia, Missouri, and Alabama. to
stuff bailOtboxes 90 force their tavorte nstit tuti0n
upon us; it is their constant practice to commit
murder and tear from the head of the yet living
body the bloody scalp. The Government has form
erly used the army and trampled on the Constitu-
tiOn to force their accursed institution upon US.
Mr.. BRowNING said that he approved of the ac-
tion of the President in suspending the writ of
hobeaS corpus; that it done under the great law
OF seli-preservation; that although he was willing
to admit that there was written authority to
justify the President, yet had he not taken the
action he had, he would have been recreant to his
trust, and not met the necessity of the moment.
la referring to the amendment under considera-
tion, Mr. Browning said that should the issue
come, whether were to support the Gov erD-
ment or support slavery, he was for rendering all
aid to the Government.
Mr.. CARLILE (Va.) said that the rebellion was
not necessarily caused by slavery in the States, and
to against the domestic institutions of taa
South; and regretted to hear such remarks and
with such warmth delivered, as came from tue Sen
ator from Kansas (Mr Lane.)
Mr.. PoMERoY replied that the loyal citizens of the
Southern States should be willing to sacrifice their
property for the cause.
Mr. WILEY said it unconstitutional mea-
sure, and that if the war was to be sectional oue
IT could never succeed.
Mr.. WILSON rose to privileged question: and
presented the report of the committee of conference
on the bill for authorizing the employment of vol
unteers.
ment on which they disagreed the report was
cepted.
Mr.. SHERMAN read for information substitute
for Mr.. Poweil's amendment, that the military be
employed to preserve the Union and protect the
public property.
Mr.. POWELL called for the yeas and navs on his
amendment. They ordered.
Nays-Messrs. Breckenridge, Powell Polk johnson of
Missouri
Mr.. BRECKINRIDGE offered to amend the last
shall not be used subugate States erect there
in provinces, nor to remove slavery.
Yeas-Messrs. Bayard, Breckinrdge, Bright, Latham,
salisbury, Powell Polk, Johnson
Mr.. SUMNER introduced bill to punish conspiracy
and kindred offences against the United States.
Referred to Judiciary.
Mr.. Polk moved to adjourn.
Mr.. FEssENDEN called for the yeas and nays
Ordered.
The Senate refused to journ.
At the time our report closed, Mr. Salisbury
was speaking on the amendment OF Mr.. Powell.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVE ES
Mr.. WAsHBURNE, of Illinois. from the Committee
on Commerce, reported bill to remit fines and
penalties in certain cases. incurred bv of the
closing of the Southern ports and there c0nse-
quently being collectors there to give the proper
papers to vessels leaving those ports. The bill
passed.
Mr. SHEFFIELD, of Rhode Island, reported bill
supplementary to the act to protect commerce and
punish he crime of piracy. Referred.
Mr.. ELIOT, OF Massachusetts, offered resolution,
which passed. instructing the Committee on
Commerce inquire into the expediencv "f closing
by act of Congress, certain ports 10 the rebelliOus
States, with leave to report by bill otherwise.
Mr.. CoLFtX, of Indiana from the Committee on
the Post Office reported bill that all prepaid let
ters to soldiers addressed to them at the point
where they stationed may, whenever practical
BILE, be sent to any other point without further
charge. The bill was passed.
Mr.. PENDLEToN, of Ohio, from the Judiciary
Committee, reported bill for the relief Of the
Ohio volunteers. 1t provides for paying them
the time they arrived at the place of rendezvous,
instead of the time they were sworn in, which was
twelve days after. An amendment was made also
directing the War Department to pay th- militia
of other States similarly circumstanced The bill
was passed.
Mr.. HICKMAN of Pennsylvania, from the Com
mttee on the Judiciary, to whom Mr.. Potter's
resolution referred directing them to inuuire
as to whether Hon. Henry May, of Maryland, has
been, or is now holding criminal intercourse with
those in armed rebellion ainst the United States
etc., reported that the gentleman who moved the
resolution called before the committee, but
ad no evidence ten1ipg to prove Mr.. Mays guilt
in this particular, the resolution being preiicated
on newspaper articles only. The committee hav-
ing evidence to implicate the gentleman, recon-
mend that action in the is necessary on the
part of this House. The committee further ssy