The New York herald., 1862-09-21
THE MANIFESTO OF GENERAL LEE,
&C., Sc, &cs
THE AGGRESSIVE POLICY.
Important Debate in the Rebel Congress.
Ilrnm N. ki. .lmnni Exani I


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Important Debate in the Rebel Congress
From the Rchmond Examiner, sept l3.
In he rsoe' liose q Representatives the 18th Sep
tember, Nj. Hilton " Florida, from the Committee On
Military Anairs t. whom referred the message Of ht
President communicating the dispatches from nera
yes crdiy N roa,i,n 10 the movement OF armies
acr IS The po'om2c reported the following substitute os
Resovd That the thanks of Congress o The country
Rocr a.s eneny ae sn are nsis"y coy srd to General
their late tan victories eliminating N the SIGMA feca
81 The sobned forces Of he enemy in tie cod great bat
Resolved Thai Congress has with pro 'onnd sasac
S@ sh NV and eGsnE Of s % msan Sa q , o G
movement reposes with entire confidence the distn
ms ircop to evs nadrr favor Of TIC Great Ruler Of na
vance aaaras into the srrioy e he enemy ''
Resolved 7 A. the pr, sidrn he rca, communi
cate The foregoing resolutions General Lee officers
and men Under his command
NJ HnroN advocated the immediate passage OF the
resolutions
Mr. LYONS OF. moved amend the second resolu
resolution by striking out all after the words, distn-
gscd skill Of nj inserting in lien thereof, " the
N ndi gefer atd The valor of his troons 10 relieve
oppresc maryland and under flvcr the Great Ruler
OF nations, achieve new trum hs the enemy He
ap roved the movements 81 our arnlcs thus lar, aad
thought resalni Of thanks enineat'y proper bu if it
wore passed with the words proposed to be cken
would DC an invitation from Congress 70 advance
the enemy's country and that repansb lity which
he. fr oHc. wts MT prenared TO assume
MIR. Mffs, nf 5 nh Carolina. somewhat sirnrsed
T. hear scni,ncY, indicating hcsitatun frum the gentle
man wh1 had rst iaken his seat. The throughGu
the cstntry had Hn'red ior onward movement ant
wherever lii ic,9c assembled hid always h,ad The
saee sentiment oynresse th,t We we're rsung mis-
trken policy wati7g for the enemy advance aut
tha. a-iies should advance aud pnck victory ,inon
the cneiny's soil After we ha, commenced this aesrrs
s,ve ioicy, afnes were across the bo dors W
ar told By tie a'leG4an FROM Virginia ;hal oaght
hesitate
Bic Lyoxs .al Tie gsutlcman had mistaken his posi-
han lie stated ralry that he approved OF Gen Lees
eissing the .pt9mac an threatening Maryland but
~ raini, VIA hs present Information, be was con
struned y stp--ae could no take the responsible ty of
a.vising N atvaIc3 into Pennsylvania.
Mr. Lgs still differed with the gentleman from vr-
ghs WAGt he meant ~ IN Ga9rsSire 10 carry
fe iotr mt re s,eh.s country ard is ,ons hat t'e
soac srtf They had been carefully and deliberately
weighed IN the committee and they expressive cf
the unanimous sentiment Of the gentlemen who composed
u VITA Ie r. re ofntsd ras an 1o9resSice While
The enomy had verrun OR territory and reduced
people - condition Of bondage without parallel 10 the
history of warfare hesitate 10 reaiae upon
th7ms Ho cod not believe in any such sentiment The
resiulian II his opinion, could not BIO construed
destruction - generals but, when have their
su.ance that they viii bear standards onward, and
viii relieve oppressed Maryland, shall hesitate be-
cause forsooth. hey may be able carry the
pian2 The resolutions were intended 10 encourage
Prcsdeut our generals ana our armies He wished
branch Of government understand that this Congress
DOES not think the war has been hitherto waged upon
m do best ca'cla TO bring oa speedy close. He
vas opposed - toDgress assuming the conduct Of the
but lie boped the people would understand that
DO propose 70 | wsgs an 'Gsn.iyc war'are
heart of tn. North.
language OF well known gentemano,ce Jackson halt u
cur Jreset army aai ne co.d drirs ne chol 600 coo Ct
Tie North fors aiD Mr.. VI. closed by enforcing the
OPINION that the time 10 strike whe armies were
flushed with Success ard while they veteran troops
accustomed 10 the roar Of battle
Mr. CONRAD, Of 10 sianA was in favor OF tho amend
mcnt. He viewed the resolutions an instruction
armies. and thought President and generals better
qualified than Congress 10 conduct the il
war a cJnlnest, but war for Independence everybody
agreed in that, md hence there difference il
opinion the policy OF the war. The mole conduct
ing ought be elt alone TO the Executive without in
tccrcnce from congress or elsewhere He believed that
the conduct &c tie up moment had been Just
what II oLehi 70 have been.
M. AyrR. d Sorth Carolina, in favor OF the ag
grcssive po.cy. He would say 70 The Executive, we dc
sire that the enemy country shall ~ invaded ans
leave TO hn to Judge Of IL eSrediency He would hav
Our armies
Go with banner, brand and bow,
as oeman meets his mortal foe
lie would gss 10 sroak for all; but far as hi
constituents were concerned he knew this 70 be the pre-
waiting scn.imeLt
Mr. Foor. moved the previous question which wa
sustained
Mr.. Goopx, or Virginia, demanded the yeas and nay
on The motion 70 strike out aud insert.
Tho roll was then called, and Mr.. Lyons amsndmep
defeated by the following vote
iEA-Messfs. ArrIngion, Ashe, Atkins, Barksdale, Be
cock Rrdgcrs Conrad Conrow. Crrin, Curry Davidson
Tupre farrpw, Garland. Gentry Hanly, Johnson Jones
K s,on s.aiti. 81 Ala smith Of = C. swan viereaS
NAYs-Messrs Aver. Ba,son, Boil. Bonhsm. Boteer
Boycc, Brecknrieye, v. Bruce, E " Bruce, Cham
bliss, Chri-nan, Capp, Clark Ciopton Collier. Cook
Crockett, Iargan, uav.s, Dawkns, lie Jarast;e Elliott
Ewing, fooie, Foster, freeman, Gardenheir 6aTtrell
Goode, Graham, Gray, Harris, Hartrdgc, Hcskc Her
bert, Hilton, Hodge, Hocomb Holt, Keran u y. g, Ken
mar, Lander lyon, Iarshall Menees Mics Moore, Nun
ncryun, Perkins iTeson, Pngh Russell, Sexton strck
land Tbbs Trippc, Vest, welch Wilcox Wright OF Ca
Tie substitute &C the committee was then agreed %
anil The question recurring upon the passage Of the
lltiprs,
ing the special order Of business
On motion " hr. FooTg the special order was post
ponad with view to complete the action of the House
The question being upon the passage Of the resolutions
Mr SMITH oi Alabama, addressed the House in opposition
20 sht scevIdo ~ srr.s, being unwilling to commi
olaiseH y ~ asties Ne i~ty lie did not believe u
advancing into tie cncnly's country. We had not bee
invited INTO aary,nd, ard was question Of time, an
yet 70 be cr.cd, What reception we would meet witt
upon the soil Il Maryland We bad been driven from III
soil Of Kentucky after havrs been invited ,hi,her VI
had 10 fight Kentucans steel 10 Steel and knee TO knee
and this had promoted oar Gifatsrn The gentleman
rom south ~, ,lnl hsd ~ s,si ", he people ha,
forced al unwnrg administration 70 depart 10
Icy, and that tr Uscfn.ct ~ TIE CLlederate sate
msy be opposed 10 assiessi,e poiey Gould il be pos
sbIe that the President o. the Confederate states VII
known ~ BE 80 IN military affairs, vel as
wise civilian, should be driven into undue haste an
made % change his whole policy aud % yicd q popaa
cl NOR
lat speaker IL relation 70 ths, state, showing that III
enomes to- south there we're not natives. Tie trt
sons n koutusky had shcd their blood freely man
vel fought Holis behalf or the colieleracy. whs
the lime comes that arms can De placed 10 the hands
hrf peo,le Keulucky vii Ito her duty. he~ son. W
be found yIng dead pom the field With their feet to u
Mr. FoorE, ~ Tennessee. answered the positions a
sninel by tha gentleman fgoin Alabama (Nir Smith) al
favored The ptssAge ~ tho resolutions towards the
Cusiln II h remarks, he sad il was known Official
that nrtny had crossed INTO Mar land and
Va n Nay y liars shurg. lie hoped rot Two days woo
elsgse before tue nan would be Cnsumm3ted. He w3u
Mt say 4 was for the purpose u conluest-t might
Tor tue purpose u destroying railroad communication
for scms other object not proper n mention The Gc
~ fLttles he believed was with u.s. aad ho had perm
cnnhicnce th the acting out " The present aggics
policy wouli give us The most complete th
could be fcsircd.
Mr.. BlsnspaiK, or Mississippi iook ihe ground IN
Congress- had ~ shi " pronounce nn tho policy ~ u