Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1862-12-13
s..ssss \; y.ss s.,sS:::: on '''

d.
Monday, Dscembsr 3, THADDruS srEvEHs' OF
Pennsyl ylvsnia. introduced Into the House OF
R Representatives bill to indemnify the Pfesi'
dent and other persons for suspending the writ
Of hsbsas corpus, and eots done In pursuance
thereof The bill was read three several
times and under the operation Of the previous
question, passed by the House on the same day
It is Of course now pending in the Senate.
The bill recites that since the 9TH oi March'
1861, the United Statea have been in an insur-
rectionary and rebslIious conditions that the
public safety has required the suspension OF tne
privilege of the writ Of habsGs corpus; that
during that time the privilege Of said writ has
been several times suspended by the President;
and that several arrests and imprisonments
have taken place under and In consequences
thereof, and that there Ia not entire unanmity OF
opinion as to which branch of the Government
possesses the constitutional power 10 declare
sucii Suspension. Il therefore enac's 'na' all
such suspensions, arrests, and imprisonments,
/ BY whomsoever made or caused to be made
under the authority Of the President shall be
confirmed and made valid, and It indempifes
and discharges 10 respect thereof the President,
Seer etaries and heads of Departments, and all
persons who have been concerned In making
sueh arrests, or In doing or adviOing any such
acts, and makes void all Indictments, informa-
tions, actions, suits, prosecutions, and proceed
ings whatsoever, commenced or to be COM
menced against the President, or any Of the
peroons aforesaid, In relation to the acts and
matters aforesaid, or any of them.
The second section invests the President,
during the existence Of this rebellion, With au-
thority to declare the suspension of the privi'
lege of the writ of habeas corpus, atsuch times
and in such places and with regard to such per-
sons as, in his judgment, the public safety may
require.
The vote on the passage Of the bill through
the House was as follows:
YEAs-Messrs. Aldrich, Alley, Arnold, Ash
ley, Babbitt, Baker, Baxter, Bingham, Blair,
IVA. ) Blair, (Penn y Blake, Bfown, (Va.,) Buff
Rppton, Burnham, Campbell, Casey, Chamber
lain. Ciark. Colfax, F. A. ConkliDg, R. Conk'
ling, Cutler, Davis, Delsno, Puell, pu1n' Ed
gerton, Edwards. Eliot, Ely, Fenton. s. c. Fes-
senden, T. A. D. Fessenden, Franchot, Frank
Gurley, Hale, Harrison, Hickman, Hooper, Hor-
ton, Hutchins, Julian, Kelley, Kellogg, (Mioh y
Kellogg, ILL., Lansing. Loomis, Loveioy, Low,
McNiehs, Mco.head, Morrill,, lMe., J Morril,
(vt. ,)Nixon, Noel ,Olin, Patson. Pike, Pomeroy,
Porter. Potter, Rice, (Msas.,) Rice, lMe,? Rid
die, Rollins. IN H. Sergeant, sedgWic5, Sc
gar, Shauks, Shellabarger, Sherman. Sloan'
SpauldiDg, Stevens. Strstton, Train, Trimoie,
Tfowbridge, Van Horn, Van vaikenberg, Wal
ker, Wall, Wallace, Washburne, Wheeler,
White, (Ind,) Wilson, Windom, and "Orcs'-
ter-90.
NAYs-Messrs. Allen, (Ill.,) Ancons, Bailey,
(Psun.,) Clements, Cobb, Conway, Coz, Cra-
vens, Crisfsld, Chtteuden, Dunlap, Englsh,
Fouke, Goodwin, Granger, Grider, Harding,
Holman, johnson, Knapp, Law, LsSesI. Mallory,
Menzies, Morris, Noble, Norton, Pendleson,
Price, Richardson, Robblnson, (lll.9 Sheffield,
Shiel, Smith, Steele, IN. W Steele, (N.J ,
Stiles, Thomas, (Msss.,) vallandigham, Voor-
hees, White. (ohio,) Wickliffe, Woodruff,
Wright and Yeaman-45.