Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1862-01-01
A Curious -Discussten.

otraDge.a as u may aPttal, says Tic 4'S' tAS.-9
Crescent, there are actually some members Of the
Northern Congress who questonthe propriGty Of
certain acts done by. The LINCOLN Administration,
andshow disposition 10 discover whether such
acts were d91e By authority Of law or not. And
strange still, two Of the Senator's who haye thus
acted are those p9stleHt demago gdesy: TAJrLE. Of
Illinois. and Halls Of New Hampshire. re VT = 81.
In the Northern Senate, On the 10th, TEUSF}ULL
offered a resolution requesting tie Secretary of
State to nfol m heSenate whether any persons had
been arrested in the loyal States, and. if so, By
what authority" And he sustained his resolution
with speech, the reading Of which has caused
us to, retFsct cur former opinion That the whole
North was hapelessly insare. TRUNBULt, at least,
| whatever. his idiosyneraCps in other respects
showed good. sense in this, and went-sO far as to
declare that at seemed the essence Of deapOtismif
men could be. ARRESTED by tlegr4pI, without pow
erto replyor to have tTaI --ss 60
The utterance. Of such sentiment 80 Enusua!
and startling, produced of@urse great sensation.
TRUMBULL was Immediately tEken up by WILSON,
I Dixon, BRowzISG and Others and had severe les
son reedsto-him on the gcEdilou5 'impropriety of
his. behavior. Wilson Rai SORRY the resolution
had been introduced-asd8rei that file Governs
ment had been too Ienient instead of too severe
that the country had been eneitted by the acts Of
the President more than .bfthe deedsof the army
and thatfor his part he would not sickle about
the legality Of the thing, aace the turning Of the
deors of Fort Lafayette had aiLtnced ihnpmerable
| traitors in the loyal State , -
HAZE eans back at hin, s1l eustained TRUNBUtL
He wanted to know whefher It was trus Or not
tat :our fathers fought for Constitutional liberty
rpgulsted by law" H.rtquested to be informed
what sort of Governme It It WIS where such things
were done IS Rad been done. lie was anxious to
ascertain whether anybody hsi deceived any b2dy.
-hinted 1nystaEiously thar something Of the sort
had Been done, and that the peoEe were finding it
out.-Hs- talked about storm that might come,
the ffrst nlutepihga,of which were almost audible.
! Ordfn1rily abp8son Ehen he makea speech, On
this occasion lie spoke with saenntE and serious
ness Replying TO WILs2Nhe said e.. ... ~
flI-FYot. nay gain 4you victories on the sea you
may swees the 5edemy from the bEoad ocean and
all its arms and rivers until you can hoist as the
| Dutch Admiral did, a brooma at your masthead, to
indicate that you haye~swept tie ocean, and you
may crush every rebel who IS arT&Eed against you
and utterly break their, power and when you
| have done all thai, land when you nave estaOAshed
military power SuCQ as IL LiSfSL saw A-A
! naval power such as England never 8sPIred to
+ be- and If constitutional liberty shall be buried
amid the ashes Of the COgtagrGu0n III VI hlch you
Il have destroyed your foes, then you got DsF
rem victory, and in all your glory you nave
achieved everlasting shame. we snou!q WaLch
4 with jealous eye everything that looks like an en-
croachmeut upon this principle / Know mere are
those whe may question the wisdom and the pa
triotism Of the remarks have mGde, but care pot
for that | want to strengthen me arms OF lhls
Government, and lido not want to call them 10 &C
count beyond what feel it my imperative duty to
do, but want that vigilance and that order EhlcI
ia to be put forth to be stretched across the Foto-
mac South instead of North. The honoraDle6ena
tor frem Massachusetts, who ID al ule heau u LII
Military Committee, says he beileVes thaE tAese al
rests have done more to secure the nOeFLies lut
country than all the army have DONE Wen, sir,
shall not nnes+ion fiat it may be so but if w
can stand here two months from tO-d8y-and Go'
! knows whether we shall be N the la1a oI lne NV
ing or not-and the remark Of the Senator froa
Massachusetts, be as true then as II l9 now 70
will find army against you CJlnPG[eu " "!l ~
the army on the other side OF the F9LCIhAc IS
nothing: Idonlt believe that every body eonneete
with the a..i4is tration of this Government under
| stands the character Of the issue in which we
( engaged; but venture 70 predict, though am not
nr0nbet that this people who are pouring ont the
4 Hood ond. treasure with heartiness and willing
go ibot No other people on the face of Gods ear
nTo, AID if they shal find in the future that th
born bsen .trided with, and that imbeCiity and
d;sno.tion have stood In the place of courage
8 1argv and perseverance in ths serious vi
l orons energetic proseca Of this war, then the
eli he guo6a storm come upon your heads Gs hi
NV %-.5 hes never yet recorded. And it don'twan
q @ great degree OF faith to hear the distant rum
., him, nf that thunder storm which will oYerwhe
Of +bi9 A Administration and this party in power,
& Us do nots see the things that belong to the
: al ne ab5rt before they are hidden from The
- eyes. - =, - u" !. 81 -..
+ , Ant this ears, something! .Thdre may be go
- d.oI If meaning init tits likely that HALE fl
.aoa coming storm, AMI is getting ready to CT
an snehor WIND ward We conclude, from
tenor Of his remarks that he thinks the people v
o-anlook and forgive theqaconstitutiOnal acts 4
ussurpations Of t5e Administration; if the war
=. 1,.,sd yig0rorsly and the rebellion, putdov
~ 0.i,S.1z;sa there will be a row AS Hale h
= go go; onongStO see that the rebellion never
r. be put doTn be Is doubtless preparing for the
sII .,;yo and going. into the ranks of the ppo
- -. rortvto the Administration, knowing the
~; fion viii haveto bear.tha odiumo of fail
- s,b5na the South. We. do not suppose he cs
"a o more for the saRctty Of the Constitution ii