Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1861-07-15
Saturday Nights Report.
CONGRESSIONAL.
WAsHNaTOE, July l3.
gENATH

WAsHNaToE, July l3
SENATE.
Hale introduced bill providing for an
Assistant Secretary Of the Navy. Referred.
johnson of Tenn, presented credentials of
Senators elect in Virginia, viz, W. B. Wiley
in place of Mason, and ]. s. Carlile in place
Of Hunter.
johnson said he looked upon II as iavor-
able omen--the return of Virginia to this
body.
Bayard protested against the admission OF
these gentlemen as Senators in place of SEN
ators whose time had not expired. be moved
to refer the credentials to the Committee on
Judiciary.
Saulsbu:y also objected to their admission,
and wanted the question referred.
Mr. Hale said it was recognizing true and
loyal men. There was no precedent because
the world never saw such state of things.
This was no time to stand on ceremony. 1t
was a question Of life or death to the Gov
ernnent The people were impatient now,
and he feared it would turn to Indignation if
the Senate hesitated. There could be no
compromise but the Constitution Of the
United States.
Mr.. Powell wished to enter his protest
against the admission Of these men. It
looked like overthrowing the Constitution
Mr.. Latham said be had supposed at first
that the western portion of Virginia had Sc
ceded. In that case he was prepared to or
pose it, He would not recognize in any
way this most damnable doctrine of seces-
sion that a government was ever afflicted
with. But this was not the case. Here was
the great State of Virginia, and the legisla-
ture was regularly elected, and the Senate
was bound to admit these gentlemen as Sen
ators from Virginia.
Mr.. Salisbury said that he wished 1t dis
tinctly understood that he had no sympathy
with the expelled Senators. BE believed
with the Senator from California that the
doctrine of secession was a most damnable
one, and ed to most destructive results.
The discussion was carried on by Mr.. john
son, of Tennessee, and Messrs. Salisbury
Bayard and Ten Egck to some leng'h.
Mr.. Powell asked for the yeas and nays.
Mr.. Ten Eyck said he was glad the Sena
tor from Kentucky, (Nr. Powell, had asked
Tor the yeas and nays. The Senator put him
| self forward as the champion of the Consti-
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lation Of it. BE Ten Eyck) did not think
neutrality was true to the Constitution. BE
who is not for US IS against US.
Mr.. Powell said Kentucky desires peace
and compromise. She does not wish to i'm
bue her hands in the blood OF her brothers
She has been and always will be ready to
Gght against foreign enemy. Her attitude
should be admired by all true Christian men
She wished to be peacemaker.
The motion was then disagreed to by yeas
8, nays 35. Yeas-Bight, BaJard, Polk,
Powell, and Salisbury. The new Virginia
Senators were then sworn in.
The loan bill was then taken up aud sew.
eral amendments from the CJmmittee on Fl
nance adopted. The bill was then laid over
temporarily.
The bill to increase the present military
establishment was then taken up.
Mr.. King offered an amendment that
within six months after the insurreetion be
suppressed, the army be restored to what il
was previous to the act of May, 1851
Agreed to.
Also, that the President cause officers and
privates to be discharged SO as to recruit the
army in accordance. The bill was reportei
to the Senate after executive session.
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