New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-12-13

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battle-ground OF TINS ar The people of that State
hoped SCOT 70 see ae day when the invaders ieot
would be expele from that territory which is now
invaded PROP srty has been ruthlessy destroyed or
carried OIL, n'ones,eads have been made desolate,
bridges bu- Jed &C.. aud it ia 10 protect the State
while the army is marched elsewhere that the vol
unteer 10 .rco 10 required
Mr.. lOVEJOY inquired: Why is it that the reg
ularly- mustered forces cannot accomplish there OBJ
jects,1
Mr.. wICKLIFFE replied that they wanted the
volunteer force to protect the State from inrosds on
TIE border as well as 9, any time TO render and to
the Union army.
Mr.. LOVEJOY wished to know whether it was
important TO act on the bill to-day.
Mr.. WICKLlFFE replied that he had received
from the Military Board of Kentucky urgent APP
plcation to call on the War Department and ask for
Just such a corps as the bill provides. lie had
brought the subject to the attention OF the President
and Secretary OF War, and it bad met not only with
their approval, but that of all the Cabinet.
Mr.. MAYNARD spoke of recent so]ourn ~
! the part of Kentucky 70 much ravaged aud laid
waste by the rebel troops, and would allnde az
future time TO the distressing condition OF affairs IN
Eastern Tennessee which he had alone the honor 10
represent. His people, he said, had been lett nm
protected by the Government notwithstanding their
firm devotion TO the Union. lie held 1t 10 be au'y
not only to protect loyal men in Tennessee ana hen'
lucky but in South Carolina and everywhere, as
much SO as in Pennsylvania and the adjoining STATES
rart of the South and should be promptly suppressed
We have expended millions the borders TO protect
the whites against savages ana certainly we snouiu
be prompt TO protect all loyal men against the rebels
The further consideration Vi the pih WIS 'heh
POSTPONED until Monday.
The House proceeded TO the consideration OF the
special order, namely:
| The various propositions involving the question OF
emancpsting the persons held as slaves by Rebels.
Mr.. ELIOT Mass proceeded TO explain and en-
force his resolution declaring that the war has Tor
s object the suppression of the rebellion, and the re-
establishment Of the rghtful authority Of the Ma
ional Constitution and the laws over the entire eh
tent of our common country, and advising that mill
tarv orders for the emancipation of the slaves be
used whenever the same fhall avail 10 weaken me
power of the Rebels in arms, or In sustaining the
military of the LOYAL forces. Slavery, ne argued,
was al the root of the rebellion and therefore Is an
outlaw. There was no doubt loyal men should be
protected because il should be understood that the
men who stand up for the right, should be held close
TO our hearts. This war had been called an anti
Slavery war; il was such thing. Though Slavery
caused il. and though by it Slavery may be over
Thrown or removed nevertheless, the object OF the
war il to recover the rghtul authority OF the Gov
eminent, and to put down treason. lie SPOKE
of the desertion Of the country around about FVit
ROYAL aud ia reply TO his own question, What ought
to be done said: Let our military commanders
organize Bureau of Agriculture-let the black
hands gather the white stape-let the shaekles fail
off the limbs thus employed. Ills resolutions, he
III.
Let us first do the work put upon us, and after that
the way will be opened TO AS our army advances
the establishment of the former order OF things
would be apparent. Already Post-Onice has been
put in operation at Port Royal the schoohouse
and church would follow; and even IN the Palmetto
State the banner Of our common country VIII wave
over the land Of the Free Treason will be cup
pressed, the rebellion overcome, and the rightful
authority of the laws and Constitution maintained.
Ia the course Of his remarks, he said Simon Cameron
| Rod dana utnra Iva raj.
higher among men and the lovers Of freedom and as
an opposer Of rebellion and treason than during all
his previous long career in public life. Toward the
conclusion Of his lengthy argument, he sald II was
time there was definite policy on tins subject oil
conscion and lie further conteLded that as Slavery
was at the Of this treason it should be eradi
Gated and quoted authorities to show that by the
law of nations it competent and night to pursue
the course which bis resolutions indicate.
| Mr.. STEELE Opp, n. w. said The gentle
man from Massachusetts asserted, in broad terms,
that Slavery was the cause Of this war. Now,
deny that Slavery is the eause OF the war, and
sert that the unnecessary agitation OF the Slavery
question is the true cause OF this war propose to
test the gentleman argument by the Message OF the
/ President, from which he Eliot bimeef has read
quotation. suppose that tie question Of loyalty is
not to be settled now by those VINO are opposed 10
the agitation of Slavery and those who are In favor
OF it, but by showing who s ready TO stand by the
Government in the hour Of it, need. That, suppOse,
the part Of the gentleman to undertake TO tear open
those sores and introduce upon the floor Of the most
sponsibe legislative body the world ever saw p0lti-
cal discussion do not suppose that we shall agree
on all the questions to be dicussed here, but hope,
ne verthele may discuss all important questions
in spirit of berality, and with desire 10 do equal
justice to those who oppose our WE'VE, as well as
to those who coincide IN them. The gentleman from
Massachusetts read sentence from the Presidents
recent Message TO tie two Houses of Congress, and
desire to continue the same sentence, left unfinished
by him. He should have adced: I'VE must not be
in haste In determining that those radical extreme
measures, which may reach the loyal as well as the
disloya', are Indispensable" Now, Sir, while
subscribe to the sentiment that the Union must be
preserved, and hence all indispensable means must
be employed, / am ready 10 go as far any gentle
man on the other side OF the House in support OF
that sentiment. i ready TO stand by 1t to the
| last drop Of my blood and TO my last breath. l
trust that all who here surround NE have quite
as loyal hearts as those who sit on the other
side Of the House. i apprehend that the gen.
tleman from Massachusetts will not be able 10 find
in the Presidents Message any other sentence that
remotest implication can be construed 10 mean that
the President desires any legislation at all upon this
subject but rather that 1t may be construed that the
President deprecates the idea Of any legislation upon
this vexed question at this time. Now, that is the
only sentence in the Message by which the President
could be supposed by any implication TO intimate TO
this House that he desires any legislation whatever
upon this subject. II cannot be expected that we Of
this House can enter into the private councils Of the
President or the actual Commander-in Chief Of the
army. They know, 10 doubt, what they are doing
with the vast army now in the field. We do
not; and il we did, then j say, for letting
us know it, the President ought to be placed in
the same place that others have been placed
who have been denied the writ of habeas
corpus. Is the House willing to take the RESPONSE
billy of increasing the difficulties Of the President
aud lie GeneTal-In-C Chief beyond measure, throwing