, 1862-12-27

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Gen. Woodbury's testimony is that be told |
Gen. Hallecl1 the pontoons could not reach !
Fredericksburg in time, and urged him to DC
lay the march Of the army five days, so tint |
the two movements might be simultaneous.
paid little or no attention to it, tends, in the
estimation Of many, to throw the responsible
ty Of the dasco upon the General III -Chlef |
It appears also concluslyc1y that the time nee
essary to get the pontoon train down there,
did not enter into the original calculation OF
either Burnside or Halleck- /
The important opinion Of Attorney General |
Bates On the question whether colored per
sons can be citizens Of the United States,
written in reply to an official inquiry Of Sec
the schooner E1izabeth and Margaret by the
revenue cutter, because commanded BY col
ored man, covers tWenty-seven pages, and
argues The question will signal ability from
the beginning Of our national history to the
g1e5ent tine oveTtnrnIng completely the Pr Dred
ing office, as that privilege is not essential
TO citizenship, so the deprivation Of it by
law is not a deprivation Of citizenship, no
more so in case Of a negro than i'll the case Of
.. white woman or child; also, that, so far as
the Constitution is concerned,it is naked
assumption to say colored persons are incl
pab1e Of being citizens of the United STATES,
because the Constitution contains not one
word on the subject. The exclusion. if it ex-
lists at all must rest upon some fundamental
inconsistent with citizenship that the
two cannot exist in the same per-
son. On the contrary there is not, and
never has been, nation in Christendon1
which does not regard such an idea with in
creda1ity, if not disgust There can be noth-
from rendering true allegiance to his native
country, and demanding protection from that
country where true allegiance and protection
constitute the sum total Of the duties and
rights Of natural born citizens Of the United
States. As to tile alleged degradation Of the
right Of citizenship, based on that, applies
equally to degraded individuals Of tie white
race, and concludes as follows: And now upon
the whole matter, I give it as my opinion that
the free man Of color mentioned in your let
ter, if born in the United States, is a citizen
Of the United States, and if otherwise quail
flied, is competent, according to the acts Of
Congress to be master Of a vessel engaged in
the coasting trade
The Senate select committee appointed TO
lIfESktEAlG tAE VI ltiluSp0Ita lUI
Banks expedition, will sit during the holi-
| days.
The new years Proclamation Of Freedom
! will be Issued without fail, and the President
| is now considering its terms. He also de-
! clares that he has determined to garrison the
| Southern rivers with the black soldiers
| The Western Virginia Admission Bill was
[ presented to the President on Monday. He
| has called for the written opinion Of the mem
hers ofhis Cabinet.
! A question has been raised as to whether a
recess dnringt the holidays be an adjournment
! within the meaning Of that clause Of the Con
stitution, which provides that 2 bill shall be-
| come a law if Congress, by adjournment pre-
rent its return within ten days Of presenta-
! lion.
The Cabinet revolution seems well turned
! TACK The President declines to accept the
designations Of either Mr.. Chase OF Mr.. Sew.
ard. Those gentlemen have resumed the
Charge Of their departments, and everything
reverts to the old condition Of things.
The President said this morning that he
couldn't have it go to the country that there
were two parties in the Cabinet, and therefore
| he wouldn't let either Mr. Seward or Mr.
Chase retire! As if the innocent countr,
couldn't find it out without his telling then
| Of it Furthermore the good President pro
tested that there were no parties IN tlt
| Cabinet
"What is this exclaimed Senator thi:
morning to the President III hear thu
Chase has resigned too. That will nevc
ae ws e9Rt mTs Rss MIN e% en- The azuFy
rpondcd the President, II have made up m.
mind ttat one shall not go out without both
and you gentlemen may as well understand
that at oncc." The logic Of which is, in tn
Presidential mind, that notwithstanding th
denial Of partyis1n in the Cabinet, 11cssrs
Chase and Seward are the recognized leader
Of Two parties. the ono preaching conciliatiol
and delay, the other, terrible energy in th
prosecntinn Of the war even unto the end
and that, if he disp1eases theconseryati1es b,
sending Mr.. Seward away, be must preserV
the eqailibrium Of his tight-ropc pe1forn,anc
by offending the radicals and sending Nj
Unless the Senators evince more dcterni
: nation than they have yet displayed, there tn
lieved that the Cabinet can stick togetherrer
long, after what has happened, but honorabl
members will now be very dfgnifed and dt
! 1lberate in retiring. Meantime, Thu Senator
who were "willing to go farthcr," unless th
l President would give the country a unite
, prove their promises hy their works. If the
back down, as there is every Indication the
will do, the affi;ir will have termination nor
$ farcieal than they had intended. The mou1
o tain will hare labored prodigiously withou
= bringing forth even mouse:
WAsH1Nezos, Dec. 26.-The Secretary I
b the Treasury, in compliance with the re4uel
Of the Committee of Ways and Means, bf
+ sent them bill embodying his views.
~ The first sections Of the bill give aaltllorii
; to raise $500, ,ooo, COZ for the service Of Il
> current year, and 5000, eco 900 for the servie
:. Of the next fiscal year, and to raise the sun
in any Of the modes heretofore sanctioned h
this Congress, as the public ezigencies M
= require.
The bill includes the issue Of per cen
| 1~1 Ir r lie no,.43 ar J..>-
bearing less rates Of interest, and also Il
$ issue Of small notes bearing interest and leg
= lender uotes bearing no interest. The Seer
d taTy expresses I, strong desire to have Il
limits as to the modes Of the provisions N
the amounts to bc provided in each define
Is as precisely as possible by Congress.
T, The remaining sections Of the hill autho
oc ize the formation Of banking associations
= issue notes furnished by tic United State
Il alike in form and secured alike BY Units
r States bonds, but payable On demand pria
ID ri1y By the Issuing Associations.
The bill in its nain features is the same
- that introduced By Representative Hoop
4 during the last session. The Secretary e
,e presses his profound sense Of the importan
ar Of this 1Beaeure to the negotiation of loans
- - the collection Of the interior revenue, and t
r security Of the people against the evils Of
enormous and frrcdcemahle paper money G
r. | culat1on.
! Hon. VIM. Whitney Of Boston has been
~ tAIned by tie government Us sOlicitorfor 81
cial consultation by the War Department.
cs Gen. Slge1 III his oss-eSamination, hayil
10 desired to give some explanations Of his pl
~ vious Testimony, Gen. Mcdowell ohjecte
OF and the court went into secret session. Up
re~opening, the court decided that Sig
cc might make corrections Of what he had
49, ready said, but that other. explanations mt
y be deferred Until the close Of the cross~exa
II, luation.
he He returned negative answer to the +
lowing questions
Whether he knew the strength Of Rie&e
he division, which had been assigned in the e
Of cral order which he {SigeI admitted to b:
rn, assigned to the duty Of overtal1ng Longstr
~ ut or near Thoroughfare Gars
La Whether he knew that the Rhode ISIS
cavalry had been sent up from New Balt1mc
on on the west side Of Bull Run ridge, to att:
~ the encmy's flank while he should be mar
ny ing through Thoroughfare Gap9
Whether he knew that besides Ricketts,
of vision, two brigades Of cavalry, under Ge
Bayard and Buford. had been sent to aid in
movement.
G" Being asked whether he thought the II,
OF 1900 men, of Which this expedition un
ate Ricketts, consisted, we're sufficient to hold
! onarnv 1er1ia7 II Eut-if