The weekly sun. (New York [N.Y.]) 1851-1869, 1861-12-07
Of the United sta.es Of America :.

ipsurgett bodies now In arms against the Gov
errmt mt, has fot its object the suppression OF
such reb,ll,ou and the re-ts'ablishment Of the
riRhtf,l authority Of tue nc ionsl Constitution
and laws over the entire ext 3nt Of our common
country.
Seco,d-That While we disclaim all power /
under tho Constitution 20 interfere by ord /
nary legislation with tho Institutions Of tie /
several states yet the war ROW exiting must |
lie conducted according 10 tho usagoe aud rights |
Of military service. and that, during ira con 10
uance the recognized authority Of the maxim,
that the safety Of the state ia the highest law
subOrdinstes right Of property ard dominates
over civil relations.
= ThId-That therefore We do hereby declare
that in our judgment the Pre- sident Of the Uni
ted s atcs, as the Comma sder-n-chicf Of our
army, and the officers IN command unlcr him.
hav, The right 10 cmaucpate all poTs1ns held
a. slaves in any military district IN = state ot
iDeu rction against the National Government,
and that W. respectfully advise that suoh order
Of ,ma"cipa ton hc issued whenever the same
will avail 10 weaken the power Of The rebels in
anna, Or to strengthen tie military power oil
the loyal foucs.
M. Dunn Gnd moved to lay the resolution
on the table, but The motion was Dis reed to
~ yeas Sc Against 20. a. fllows:-
Mccsrs. Allln. Ancona, Blilry, of Pennsyl-
vania. Biddlc, Bhr, (Mo) Blair (Va) Barn
ham, Calvert, Campbell, Cobb, ConW v, Cor
ming Cox, Cra,cn, Dtlmo, DanlIp Duur,
Fouke, Hight, llnr,ling, Harrison, Holman,
Horton, Kellogg, Oll) Law, Llzolr, Loary,
lehu an, NJ Phersou, Maynard, MAY, NJ n1ic-,
Morris, Noble, Norton, Oicll, rcnilc'on,
Perry, Rice, MAR Richard.oi, Robinson,
Sheffield, Shiel Smith, Steele, (N. y Thomas,
Train, Trumllc, Upton. Yallindisham, VERGE,
Ward, White, Ohio Wodruh
Ndys- Aldncb Alley Arnold ASH Y, Bah
hit' Bsilcy, MAS; Baker, B,xte- gsam'u,
BINGHAM, Blair, (r-,u.2l Bl'ke' Bah,,nstop'
CLARK, Collax, Fiedcri,k A. Couki'np, Roscoe
DAVIS, Dawes, Dutll, Edgcrton, Eisaf''
win, Granger Gurlcy Hickman, Hooper,
Ioyejoy, NJ. Kcnr, Mitchell morrill,, on zine >
Noull, (Nt.O Patton, Phelps (CI.) Pike,
lomeloy, Porter, Potter, Rec, Maine y Rid
die, Rollins. O.. H.O Sergeant, Scdg sick
Shauks Sh,latsrrcr, Sherman, Sloan Spauld-
~, stevens Tcvhri'ge, Van Horn, Van Val.
Ecuiugh, Van WICK, Wall, Wallace walton,
On. y Wilton, (VLD WashUume, Wheeler,
W to1, Worcester.
The qucs on recurring on Mr.. Rliois resolu-
tiOn, Mr.. Roscoe A. Cuullng proposed an
amsudmcnt. which Mr.. Eliot accepted, 50 A. TO
make the rcsolu ion apply TO the slaves of dis
loyal ciliJcnp.
On motion Of Mr.. Stevens (Pa) the further
co sideraticn Of the rsOluiion was postponed
until tomorrow week, in order that 1t may he
Ci.cusscd, and amendments submitted. lie was
in lavOr Of the main features Of the propo iton,
but desired Modification.
Mr.. Campbell PENN gave notice that he
would call UP the following ON next Tuesday
| week
Rcsoir,d, That in leri .latins to meot the ex-
| igencics Of the present rebellion, Congress
| should cOnfscatr he property, sl,ycs Included,
| Of ah rchcls aTl project the property AMI
| rights under the COnstituti)n and laws Of all
| loyAl citizens.
Mr. Stevens P,nn) submitted the following
N.r f4tf a Ian
| Whereas Slavery has caused the present re-
| bcllion in the United s a'cG an /, whereas,
! there can be no sui ana permanent pace aud
union in this Republic 80 long as that in-tiu-
| ton exists within II; aud, whereas, slaves are
now used by the rebels as an Csscntial means If
| supporting and protracting the war; and, where
IA, by ne law Of nations it il ri GIT to lipcratc
, the slave Of an emmy 20 weaken his powers,
| therefore, be It resolved and enacted by tho n
! 0to aud House Of Representatives Of the United
states, in Congress assembled, that the Pfcsl
| dent he requested to declare fec SUCH aud to
| direct all our generals and nj era In conmInd,
| to order freedom To all slaves who shall leave
! their masters VI shall aid in qI.'ling the rebal.
! lion.
| Second. And be il further re solved, that the
| United States pledge the faith ot tho nation
| TO make full and far compens ion 10 all lpvdl
| citizens who are or shall remain active IN sup
| porting the Union for all Lass. they may sus-
tain by virtue Of this resolution.
". Fen on from the joint Committee. te.
por,,d that they Lad waited on the Posi- lent
| and he desired Them 10 state thai he would send
in his mCs,ase to the House tomorrow at II
O'Clock
MIR Stevens gave notice Of lis intent on OF
introducins bill 20 repeal certain Lave ,reItin.s
potts Of entry.
Mr.. Mcpherson, PENN Offered a resolution,
which lies over, setting forth the want OF a
more complete raihuIi AMI in,tructiug the
y. .st. IL a ~
the expc icncy Of ems ing an air line rail.
road from Gettysburg 10 Harrisburg Pa.
Roscoe +. COuklug n. l.,) submitted the
| following which was adopted
Resolred That the Secretary Of War he re-
questcd, il not Incompatible with the public in.
tcrest, TO report to Thu House whether any, and
| II any. what measures have been taken to ascer-
tain who Is Responsible Tor the disastrous move
mcut Of our troops at Balls Bluff
On motlor Of Mr.. MCPhersOn, II was re-
| solved that the Secretary OF War be requested
| to furnish to his House. oopiesol all contracts
| made 10y the QGrtermasteIs Department Tor
! feeding disabled horses during the winter, to
state tho terms Of these contracts; the names Of
\ the contractors and the number Of horses given
out, and whether these contracts were made
| upon public notice
! MIR. Odell (N. w submitted the following,
/ which was adopted -
| Whereas. Colonel Alfred NJ. Wood Of the
| Fourteenth Regiment. New York : ate Militia,
| who wos wounded and taken prisoner at the b-t-
| tie of Bull Run, has now, by the rebel authori-
| tics, been ordered to confinement in fslou's
prison, and by the same order is TO be treated as
a prisoner convicted Of an infamous crime,
| therefor
Resolred, That tho President of fhe TTnited
States I've respectfully requested to order John
| Siidell to the same character of prison and 10
the same treatment, until Colonel Wood shall
be treated as the United States have used pris.
oners taken in hattie. Adjourned.
Hous Of Repre- sentatiySsL
Mr.. MAYNARD presented the credentials Of Mr..
| Clemens, Representative elect from III 4 h dis
;!ict OF Tennessee. lilo briefly related the cir
, ;ums'ancrs under which the election was held
saving bat three II, 'mbers wero el.c'ei in East
Tennessee, men who deere Tor the National
| Constitution aud for the flag unu,r which they
bad lived, and under which they hal h9ped TO
die. lie spoke OF the difficulty attending iravcl,
which prevented them from reaching Washing
| ton TO attend the extra session.
| On motion the cteien ials were referred TO
| the Committee on Elections
The Presidents Message was received a fow
| minutes after noon, and read.
| On motion Of Mr.. Wlshhurne the message
| was referred To the Committee Of the Whole Oa
the Safe Of the Union, aud his motion for
| printing fifty thousand extra copies was referred
| 10 the Committee on Printing.
| Mr. Dunn OLd) offered the following:
| WhGtds Henry &, Burnett member Of
this House from Kentucky, is in open rebellion