The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1861-12-07

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d which VA formed s. ~ couvension 81 ~ 81
gates assembled a Great Salt City. Utah
+ 1areh last, accomranied BY . imemosiai asiiu
!, Congress to Adpit that Territory into the Unio
States. S''e'''
:. SEnArr The Vice President called the Be-,
j ats to erdss About forty members we're pr
sent M
OF motion Of Mr.. Hale. IL o'clock "a. s..
! for daily sessions.
On motion Of Mr.. Grimes, . message vas o.
dered to be sent to the House that quorum q
inc Senate vas present, and vas ready % prt
coed to business !.
An informal reccss was then taker.
Inc Senate concurred in the resolution Of th
house Tor the appointments of the Joint Com
mittee 70 wait on the Presid ent.
The Senate appointed As the Committe
Aessrs Hale, Trumbull and Latham.
Mr.. Tfumbull, Of Illinois, gave notice that b.
would Introduce bill to m0rrow, to confiscat,
tne property Of Rebels, and give freedom 4
persons in Slave States
M. Wilkinson, of MIMI, gave notice of bill
to abolish the distinction between the Regular
and Volunteer force
The committee appointed to wait upon The
President, reported he would communicate BIZ
message to Congress tomorrow at noon.
Adjourned
| WASHINGTON, Dec 3.-HoUsR-Mr. Maynard
| presented the credentials Of Mr.. Clemens, Rep.
resentative elect from the 4th district of Ten
nessee. He briefly related the circumstances
| under which the election was held, saying that
three members were elected in East Tennessee,
men who declare for the National Constitution,
and for the flag under which they had lived, and
under which they had hoped to die.
On motion, the credentials were referred to
the Committee on Elections
~ motion of Mr.. Washburne the Presidents
Mgsssse va. a. erred to the Committee of the
Whole on TIE state u Union and his motion
for printing fifty thousand eHs anu a; ns .ss re-.
ferred to the Committee on Printing
Mr.. Dunn offered the following:
WHEREAS, Henry G. Burnett, . member OF
this House from kentucky, is in open rebellion
against the Government of the United States;
therefore,
Resolved, That the said Henry Q. Burnett be
and is hereby expelled from the House and that
the Governor of Kentucky be notified of his
expulsion
Resolved, That the Sergcant.at.Arms be di.
rectcd not to pay Mr.. Burnett's salary which
has accrued since the close Of the extra Session.
Mr.. Wicklife said he had intended to prepare
and submit q proposition something like an
obituary notice of his colleague Qaughter).-
The latter was not, as the resolution asserted, in
armed rebellion, but heads provisional Gov
eminent in Kentucky. A revolutionary conven-
ton, not satisfied with the treatment of this
Government to maintain the Union, nor satisfied
with the course of his own State, he, Burnett,
has assumed the important duty OF organizing
another Government for the better protection
of the lives, property and liberty Of the people
of Kentucky, and in this undertaking employed
Simon Buckner, who is not only somewhat as.
simulated in name, but in the deeds of Simon
Guetterez, who once headed the Indians in Ken
lucky. Three times had the gallant people Of
Kentucky declared by overwhelming majorities
she would not leave the United States to run
after strange Gods, or for the so-callcd Southern
Republic, notwithstanding her repeated declar-
atoms for the Union, and in violation of the
well known sentiment Of Kentucky, they had
been told the object of the Convention and of
the so called Southern Confederacy was to re-
deem them from despotism, and to protect their
| rights, aud We were deceived. We were told BY
the Executive OF this SO called Southern Con-
| federacy it was intended to respect the condi-
ton OF Kentucky, which it was pretended would
not be done by the Government of the United
| States. s
The Union men of Kentucky never did deny
the right Of the federal government to occupy
its soil for the exercise of the purposes implied
| by the Constitution of Kentucky.-diJ acknowl
edge her obligations and expressed her inten
ton to fulfill them. The proclamation Of the
| Governor of Kentucky deceived the people, but
the Legislature denounced him. Two n,essen
| gers Of peace were sent to the executive of the
| U. S. and one to the President OF the Southern
government to know what they intended to be
| done with Kentucky. TIE former said it intend.
ed to maintain the laws and constitution of the
| United States. That this was believed to be the
| will Of the people OF Kentucky. The latter de-
| cared he intended to respect the neutrality oil
| Kentucky as understood by the secession party
| of the State.
| The Southern President did not tell them he
had malured plan to assail at the different
| points, nor did he tell them there was on the
| statute book Of the Southern Government n law
providing money and means not to sustain Ky
against oppression, but to carry her into the Sou
them COME ieracy against the majority OF two
thirds of the entire State The provisional gov
| ernor Of Ky, was sent to see government al
Richmond. meanwhile Burnett ia at the head oil
the new order of affairs in the discharge Of hi:
duty, and an armed force has been gathered
composed OF ronng. desperate, reckless men,
commanded 10y Buckner. In conclusion, Mr.
Wicklife said, with the blessing of God, pre-
diet that by 25th of Dec. no rebel foot will be
found on the soil Of Ky. Applause
The resolution for the expulsion Of Burnett
was adopted. Adjourned.
SENATE Tho Presidents Message and accom-
panyiBg documents were ordered printed.
MIR. Grimes offered bill rendering the thanks
OF Congress to Com. Dupont aud those under BIZ.
| command, Tor tie recent victory at Port Royal
Laid aside until the formation of the Standing
Committee.
On motion Of Mr. Foster it was resolved .ha,
the Vice President appoint two members to fill
vacancies in the Board of Regents of the Smith.
sonian Institute caused by the death of Senator
Douglas and expulsion of James NJ. Mason.
Adjourned.
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