Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1861-1862, 1861-12-23
Lineoin,s Congress.

At last accounts 1.-THE 10th the Lincoln Senate were
discussing the right Of the President and bis Secretaries
to order the arrest and imprisonment of obnoxious per-
s1ns by Telegraph without warrant, charge or trial.
The manner in which the subject was handled showed
that while these Yankee guardians of the sovereign rights
Of States and people sensible that such exercise
OF power made their government an unm,gated despot
m they we're yet sufficiently solcitous for their
personal safety to abstain from denounong deserv
ei. Among those who spoke with most emphasis was
rrumbul Of Illinois who said lie seemed the very es.
s,ncs of dsspotism If men could be arrested by tee
glph without power to reply, or to have trial" The
tucuent cordwainer who occupies the seat of Daniel
Webster thought that the President had done more In
tbs way to save the country than had the whole military
rec to this hour" But Hale didn't to think the
untry cared to be saved in that way and went to
give expression to thoughts that mus, have given the
tysants of the White House a sudden sense Of
weakness about the knees. "If." said be, "the
people now pouring out their blood aud treasure find
they have been triA,d with, and that imbecity has
stood in the place Of courage in vigorous prosecu.
tim Of the war, then there viii be such storm
,me upon their heads as history has never recorded
Iad With no great degree of faith nigh. moo
ever arrives in the history Of this country when consti
tusoua liberty, regulated by law, cannot exist let tie
nation de-let perish and its memory b, blotted from
nong the nations Of the EARTH" "The honorable Sena.
to- from Massachusetts, who Is at the head Of the Military
Committee says be believes that these have done
moro to the liberties Of the country than all the
army have done. WELL sir shall not question that; it
my be so; but live stand here two months from
today-and God knows whether shall be In the land
of the living uiot-and the remark of the Senator
from Massachusetts, be true then is now you will
fad an army against you compared to which the army on
the Their side Of the Potomac Is as nothing"
After general expression of opinion but by none
hers as boldly by Hale the matter referred to
the Judiciary committee.
10 the House. on the same day. after Mr.. Conway, Of
Kansas and mr. Fouke of Illinois, had appropriately
pronounced each other sceundrel because the former
sisted that the battle Of Belmont Yankee defeat
bill was taken up to provide additional force for the
daisDes of Kentucky Low joy opposed it because he
thought from the showing of the Secretary of War; they
bad soldiers enough. Mr.. wickliGs replied that Love.
10y was at Bull might have seen that there were
no soldiers enough. L,vejoy said Bull Run was lost
not for lack Of men, bat because the officers we're drunk
As the bill passed. and the debate, ia addit
to explaining the character and objects of the force to
be raised salient aud suggestive generally we append
tie substance Of Il;
NJ wicklie of Kentucky said: Kentucky has furnish
ed a quota OF "a 900 men. He repeated what be said
the other day namely That before he introduced The
bill be mentonei the subject to the Secretary of War
and also consulted the President Who together with his
Cabinet, he was informed approved of the measure
As to Mr. Lovoys opposition, he knew that gentleman
you'll vots against anything but what related to negroes
10 the course of his remarks Mr.. Wicklfs said that
whenever army shall move % take possession of Co.
umbus we will require every soldier that be brought
io the field to retGke the place and march on Tonnes
see.
The volunteers will not be required to serve In Ken
tucky Alone but to fight wherever an enemy can be
found; and they will doit He Mr.. Wiekliffe) entered
his protest against making regular army out Of there
than six hun6rsd thousand volunteers. The deei
sive battle in this campaign must be fought in Ken
tricky, and when fought he wanted the highways pro-
tected.
Mr. Stevens, Of Pennsylvania, opposed the bill 1t
neither estimated called for by any department
Of the government. TIE must be carried on 10 the
most economical manner 30 that the country will not
become alarmed and be compelled. TO abandon L. We
must practice economy aud restrain the expenditures
within proper limits according 10 the estimates sent
rs zee shall hdDe to ask IA deficiency bi after
having made ths appropriation of hrss hundred and
ghtssH millions iast Jay, appropriation of from
Que HUNDRED and sxy TO too hundred and fourteen mil
lions more TO meet the deficiency IF the last fiscal year
Then will be asked to raise four hundred aud thr.e,
millions Of dollars for the mex. year. making nscsssary
g be appropriated By his Congress hln SIR hun
drs1 millions of dollars without the addition of sim
els dollar more than Is estimated for. Now what does
tbs bill proposeI We have already army of more
than six hundred and sixty thousand men, and am told
that eighty thousand Of them under the command Of
General Buell. within the department Of Kentucky. If |
til, Is no. enough It would be very remarkable thing
more men could be spared from the SIX hundred
md sixty thousand now In the field.