Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-12-14
WASHINGTON News and Gossip.
WASHINGTON, December IL, 1861.
REPURLICAN CATTCUS.

WASHINGTON, December r. 1861.
r.E. REPUBLICAN CAUCUS.
In the adjourned Republican House caucus,
to. night, the attendance was large, and the
debate was upon Mr.. Bing ham's COnfscation
resolution.
Mr.. Edgerton of Ohio, urged its passage,
ard expressed bis disgust at the want of &C.
tion. We have been here two weeks, and
we debate resolution that should be a law.
Senator Chandler said the act, when passed
into law, would be idle if we could not co.
force it by arms.
Mr.. Sherman of New York took the ground
that we never could put down this rebellion
with the bullet that we must employ the
slaves to do it. He was for making allies of
the four millions of laborers who raise food
for the rebels. Speaking of the fidelity of
the slaves TO our army, he said he never
knew or heard of slave who was untaithful
to Us any where in the lines.
MIR. Pomeroy deprecated strife. He wanted
the Republican party maintained, aud said
we ought not to find fIult with the Admins
tratiop that we should blame ourselves;
that we had abandoned our own party; that
there was no longer a Republican party in
New York, Pennsylvania or Ohio. He was
in favor of standing by the Administration.
Mr.. Beaman, of Michigan, followed,
strongly supporting the resolution.
Messrs Julian and Dunn, OF Indiana, in the
same strain, closed the debate, which showed
unmistakably that the House will strike,
straight and sure, right at the heart of the
rebellion. t
THE PRESIDENTS POLICY TO PREVAIL.
All thought of overruling the policy of
President Lincoln in regard to the war is
now virtually abandoned. After full con-
sderation of all the reasons that have been
presented to induce him to modify his plans
to please the radicals the President has
firmly resolved to stand by bis original pur-
pose, to regard the Union as unbroken, to
restore the national laws over the seeded
States as rapidly as possible, and to protect
the lives and property of all citizens in the
seeded States who have not, with kuowl .
edge and consent, engaged in the rebellion
or given aid and comfort to the rebels.
This final decision OF the President was de-
clared tonight.
GREAT STRENGTH OF THE REBEL ARMY.
Information received by the Government
confirms our chief officers in their opinion
that the rebel army outnumb rs ours. Their
forces along the line of the Occoquan have
| been especially increased by Is, 900 fresh mon
just brought up from the South. This is
certainly suggestive.
THE STORY ABOUT FOREIGN MEDIATION.
Letters from Europe say that Dr. Russell,
| OF the LONDON 1ameS, writes that the Ad
ministration is becoming disposed to accept
some foreign mediation, with view to g
compromise with the South, on the basis Of
separation. 1t is difficult to conceive no "
MIR. Russell should have been deceived into
the adoption of such an idea. Neither the
Administration nor any one connected with
it would ever accept such mediation from
any quarter, or peace on any basis but thu
complete submission of the States in revol
to the authority of the United States.
THE PRESIDENT IN THE SENATE CHAMBER.
The President occupied seat beside Vice
President Hamlin, to day, during the delivery
Of the eulogies consequent on the death o
Senator BskeEa' The visits of the Presideu
to either house of Congress are of rare oc
currence, excepting on business during tht
last hours of the session, and this is the frs
instance of the kind, certaiply, within tn
past quarter of a century.
Expected ATTACK.
Last night the troops along the center 0
our lines slept on their arms. A dispatc
from General Mcclellan informed them a
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