The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1862-08-01
Delivered in the Senste, July Is. 1862.

DeHVere0 IN Tue Oenates July -, 1907.
After a few preliminary remarks. the
Hon. Senator commenced as follows:
We have passed bill on tbs subject OF
confiscatioa Which gives the President pow.
er to employ negroes to work at his discre.
ton. I belivs he had the power without
that bill, and viii take this occasion. to
Fssy to my friend from New York Mr.. Hsr-
ss that 20 ,ss q, ;s the exercise OF that pow
er Is Concerned uy our generafs. IVY sss<~.
instion is not of the character he gives to u.
in the letter from Gen. McClellan. have
. letter before me, written in the South.
from gentleman that l have known for
many years. and purpose now to read On
ex rsct from II in relation to General Hal.
leck's order No. 8. Ny friend writes %
follows:
'Halleck's order No. 3 has killed At lo.ss
ten thousand of your western soldiers. Y ON
can see them in every Oar and on the corners
Of every street. Al Hamburg. four mile.
about Pittsburg Landing. there were two
thousand sevsn hundred sick soldiers. and
six hundred had been taken away the day
before We were there. saw detachmeuts
of our troops making roads in the hot sun: I
saw the boats being unloaded BY them; and,
IN tact, young men, noble men who had
sprung 10 arms To save the country, were
performing labor which was enough To
break down the constitution OF The strono.
est; aud did not zee . single black man Sf
work at any OF the landings on the Tenuesse
or Cumberland rivers; but did see two
fellows biacking the boots of rebel prisoners
on board the steamer Uncle Sam al P,t,s.
burg Landing"
This is the authority of q gentleman can
vonch for a. a msn Of responsibility. He
seat me another fact. He inclosed to me \
list OF four undred and ssventy sick msn
who were then on board one steamer. moss
OF whom we're from my own State snd Ohio
and ont of the whole lis, bat three were
wounded in battle. They were ali afflicted
with the diseases of that country. % shown
from thelist II the wounded. only refer 70
this to show the fact that will 90 - far a.
any man in prosecuting this war 10 upholdinp
the generals in the field, in sustaining aoy
proposition that may be necessary, 70 en-
ploy these men. not only to work snd labor.
but to do whatever else may b. necessary.
with the vast means God has given US. 10
save the lie of the Republic. Bot. sir, I
wish here 10 protest against bringing this
subject again before the Senate day after
day. When is hes been once passed upon.
tuiuA VIC oUkus " Oc bS$iS000 " q nave
solemnly passed bill giving this power 70
the President; and if he will not exercise
the power. do not know what more We
,an do than to enact new srticle OF va.
This, however. is not the direct subject to
: hich desire 70 call the attention Of the
Senate.
Ny 6rst proposition on the subject Of this
,ill is this: h.ve believed from the con-
Of this war. and am moro con-
irmed 10 that belief every day ~ il pro-
zSesses, that We have not relied enough up-
"a the patriotism Of this sounfsy. Had the
lrafting OF this bill fallen upon me, should
,ave Incorporated within il no such provis-
on for bounty. ssI find herein propo ei 70
'ios and twelve month's maa- / vosld nos :
neourags the SeaAss in offering ths large,
loesal bountiss thsy asS now gisin9
hroagheas Nov Kngiana. asA slss1here.
o isdsee the Enlistment Of oea. asa
have desired - ses dissse prepoa;sios
ro0 the Gsaseh 0oysenases prsssstsd TO
hs patriotic people Of The vssisss SaaAss of
~ couatry at this psnlous Gns - osr
oPss add institutioos. that wosld 70 %,
nd arouse tbs deep; earnest heass Of svssy
aan wi,hio them Pstriotiso and Rspse.
sity arc the proadsss ss1sibsoss q this
,rsat people. Gil aeeon sAa0 eaeppesly,