Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1862-01-17

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}. apiece, and finally turned over to the gov
l eminent at $22 90 apiece. The Committee c
the House are trying to prevent this las
payment.
!, The resolution was adopted yeas 81
D nays 8. s-''s7'
T Nays-Messrsa Browning, Cowan an,
Harris. .sgts I'm. q 81.
| HousE.-The House resumed the consider
alton, from thursday, Of the bill to abolish
the ranking privilege. t9.. q
Mr.. Porter expressed the hope that Con
} gress would distinguish itself by reforming
abuses and making the recipient Ply postag,
: on documents instead of its being dons by thu
public at large.
| Several other gentlemen expressed thei,
views on the subject. a
WASHINGTON. Jan. Is.
SENATE.-Mr Wilson, from the Mill ary
Committee, reported back the bill to increas.
the clerical force of the War Department and
bureaus. az ~
Mr. Grimes moved to amend so as to ada
four clerks to the Navy Department. This
was agreed to and the bill passed
! Mr. Sumner presented petition from the
Farmers Club Of Concord, Mass, stating
that the country is flooded with unreliable
seeds and asking that duty be placed on
seeds. -s'..-
On motion Of Mr. Lane, of Kansas, the Joint
resolution to promote the efficiency of the
| troops serving in Kansas was taken up.
| Mr.. Salisbury said that the New York
Tribune, in calling attention to t is resolu-
ten, said that it would occur to the reader
that 1t meant something. Did it mean
policy dangerous to the country and which
ne believed was condemned by the President
IN his messages This joint resolc ton gives
to the commander in Kansas power given to
no other man. IL asks every free negro and
runaway slave md Indian to come and be
armed. If there was lin.eri-g h,pe for
the Unicn in the heart of any man in the
South, the adoption of this Joint reso,u-
lion would extinguish all such hopes. 1t
might be said of the So: tn that they
employed negroes, but it was a curse
on the Southern Confedcracy and he
Salisbury neither wanted to learn morals
or p.tri, tism from it. Being in the old Fed
eral Union, for which every pusation of his
heart goes firth, he condemned this policy a.
destructive Of the last hope of the Union.
There would not be any Union men left in
the South If this policy was adopted. He
moved to insert in the resolution the word
white" before the word persons"
Mr.. Lane, of Kansas, said that the COM
mander in Kansas il Maj Gen Hunter, who
was as well known for his prudence az for
his gallantry. The bill, in case he is cut off
from communicating with the government, is
to give hun power to fiji up the army in the
country where he was The resolution does
not give him power to arm the slaves, or even
white men. When every white soldier was a
knight-errand and had for his esquire slave
from the rebels, then We would begin to sec
the beginning of the end. lie would put tn
slaves to work on the Notifications, but would
not put arms in their hands. The resolut on
provides Tor no other expense except subsist-
ence. o..
MIR Harlan said if the resolution was to
confer benefit on the colored people, he
could see why the S.nator from Delaware
should object to it; but he (IIarlan) could
not see why the colored people should not be
allowed to have their share Of the burdens,
neither did he agree that coiored men should
not be allowed to bear arms. He did not
think it could be offered as r ason for not
doing so that they were enemies of the coun-
try; there were four N lions Of men whose
loyalty could not be doubted, and vet all their
force ana energy is marsh lied against US by
the rebels. lie d d not see w nv w. should not
employ these four millions of men for the
Cove nment
Mr.. Lane, of Kansas. said he had not in
tended by the re- olution to commit the Gov
eminent to the policy Of arin;ng the slaves
but If he La"e) had command Of the army,
while he would not commit the Government
20 any policy he would say to the SLAVE, 81
have no arms, but if you can find arms, get
them and will use you As soldier" TSup-
pressed applause in The gallery
. Mr.. Trumbull, from the Judiciary Com
ml'tee, to whom was referred the numerous
bills IN reference to the cnnfsc.t;on of rebel
property, &C., reported them Ill back with
one original bill as q substitute for the whole
- namely, to conliscate the property and free
the slaves of rebels.
The Kansas contested scat came up. Mr..
Stanton preceded to speak at length
HOUSE. MIR. Conway introduced Joint
resolution to promote efficiency Of troops
serving in the Department Of Kansas
Mr.. Lane introduced resoluti n, which
was adopted. instracting the Committee on
Military Affairs to inquire into the proprety
of establishing military pest at or near Ev,
ansville.
M. Corning, FROM the Committee on Ways
and Means, reported a join. resolution that in
order to pay the ordinary expenses of the
Government, and interest on the National
Loan, and have an ample siukng fund for its
ultimate liquidation, tax be imposed, which,
with the tariff on imports. will secure an an.
nual sum Of not less than Sl50.00U,t00. .: f.
Mr. Vallandnsham advocated the post
ponement Of the resolution Until Monday
week.
Messrs Horton, Bingham and Morrill, urged
its immediate passage.
The House refused to postpone the resolu-
ton by vote OF Sc against 1l3. The .reso
luton was then passed By a vote of 1873
against 5.