The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1862-07-12
FIRST sKssIoN-s7TH OoNcRR..

~s"s pro Sem lat0 before the Senate q comm
nication from War Department., transmitsin
copies OF all instructions to the Generals in tn
army, IN pursuance to the act of Congress Q
rebels.
Mr.. WILSON, of Mass, from the Milit.r
COMMITTEE, reported back the House Joint res
olution authorizing the Secretary of War t
| furnish extra clothing to wounded and othe
Soldiers. Passed.
Mr.. DOOLITTLE, from the Indian Commit
zee, reported back the bill relative to the trus
PONDS extracted by the late Secretary Of tn
Interior. Passed.
| mr.. CHANDLER, from the Committee OF
commerce, reported a bill providing for the ap
Polntment Of surveyors, &c.
AR. McDOUGAL offered q resolution that the
rres'oent be required to have prepared full
report OF the foreign and domestic trade anG
commerce of California and Oregon and Wash
ington Territory, to be submitted at the mex,
session. Laid over.
| Nj. ANTHONY introduced bill to define
the number OF Brigadier and Major Generals in
the army. The bill provides for reduction in
tne number OF Brigadier and Major Generals
~ vas referred to the Military Committee.
| Mr. CHANDLER called up tie resolution
| gaming Tor all the orders issued by Gen. McClel
| ian, ms correspondence, the number of bis force
&C. de then modified the resolution 80 as to
| ieques! the President to furnish the information
not inconsistent with the public interest.
Mr.. WRIGHT said he had been mortified At
| ana regretted the tone of the Senator's (Chan.
dler's) speech. When he (Chandler) offered this
resolution it was not to his (Wrght's) taste, in
this hour of the country's trouble, to make any
charges against or throw any obstacles in the
way Of generals on the field
In the opinion Of the Senator (CHANDLER)
General Mcclellan must have committed an
atroclous crime worthy Of the severest penalties
OF the law. General Mcclellan has not been a
newspaper General, written up by correspon.
cents, but be has been most indiscreetly de.
nounced by them, yet he has never made any
replies. He Wright would not go back
TO the operations of General Mcclellan on
the Potomac, but would venture to say
that General McClellan's 10 days campaign
in front of Richmond, fighting an infuriated
enemy would arouse as much admiration among
the people of foreign countries as it has awak-
ened confidence and hope among our own peo-
pie. He (Wrigbt) was in favor of a strong
conhscation bill, but he would do nothing to
divide the true Union men of the country. This
was not the place to pass such resolutions as
this, sanctioned as they were by the speech of
the Senator from Michigan. Ii President Lin
coin can trust General Mcclellan and Secretary
Stanton, he (Wright) was willing to trust them.
He would stand by General Mcclellan who was
fighting the battles of the country.
Mr.. CHANDLER said the Senator from Ind,
(Wrgh) must have mistaken his (Chandler's)
remarks. The press of the country has been
hlled with denunciatiOns of the Secretary of
War, for what they SAID was a military crime on
bis part, for not sending reinforcements to Gen.
Mcclellan. 1t was intended that this assault on
the Secretary of War, should be deadly and
lead to bis removal. He denied that Secretary
Stanton was guilty of the crime, and he simply
called for the evidence in the case. 1t is plain
to every man in the land, that when the army
was sent off to the Peninsula, there should
have been force sufficient retained to defend
the Capital. He had the evidence of nine Ma.
jor Generals, taken before the Committee on
the conduct of the war, and they said it was ab-
solutely necessary to retain force here for the
defense Of Washington. Gen. Richardson in
his sworn statement said it would require 40
900 men and corps of 5000 men to stop the
movements OF the enemy above and between
the city.
Gan. Franklin thought that from $1,000 to
10000 men would be necessary and the others
said 10000 to rs, 600 men must be left here for
the proper defence Of the place. When Gen
Mcclellan went to Fort Monroe it was found
that be had not left solitary regiment here ex.
cept the 18th, and that he had not left solitary
Had this gone on the enemy would have taken
the Capital before the month of April.
But the President interposed and stopped it,
and kept q corps for the defense of the Capital.
Was it not proper that these people shou d
know what facts should 60 the country? Was
1t not right that the people should know what
the facts really are? The President and Secre.
tary Stanton sent every solitary man, every
musket, every sabre, and every bayonet to the
army of the Peninsula that could possibly be
spared from the defense of the Capital. Moth
ing was refused to that army that could by any
possibility be spared. Was it not fair that the
President should stop denouncing the man, Sec.
rotary Stanton, who was opposed to this divi.
sion of the army, but who was in favor of
marching the army straight into Richmond
Mr.. LANE, of Kansss, moved to postpone
the further consideration of the resolution until
December.
Mr.. TRUMBULL was in favor of the passage
Of the resolution, let the facts go to the people
of the country He was willing to trust all the
people With the facts.
Mr.. WILSON, of Massachusetts,, said he
wVoAN HVs WV OAA NY ePSS~A suos AAO Occu
made on the subject, but simply on the resolu.
ton calling for the facts which ought to 20 to
the people.
Mr.. COWAN thought suchI . resolution
should not have been introduced, but now that
the issue was made the resolution ought to be
passed that the facts might come forth.
Mr.. HENDERSON thought this resolution
was going to have the effect to make two parties
in the country. In regard to the operations of
the Generals in the field. if reinforcements are
sent to Mcclellan the rebel capital can be taken
in month Cease th en- these mschievous res
olutions which only tend to excite party feeling.
If any General is incompetent let the President
remove him at once, but he bad seen no incom.
potency in front of Richmond. We are always
apt to underrate the force of the rebels. We
must have more energy and larger force or We
shall never put down this rebellion. It is USE
less to close our eyes to the fact that the rebels
are as strong a. we are, and the people may az
we'll know the fact. The newspapers have been
saying for months that the rebel army is starving.
Is it possible that there is such Ignorance as
to suppose that with the climate and soil of the
South the rebels can be starved. 1t is perfectly
;d,o "a .<tonnt to conceal tho facta from, Tho