The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1862-01-07
LTNooLN CoNGRFss.

Mr. Vallandgham introduced bill to enforce
the writ of habeas corpus and secure the liberty
of the citizen.
Mr. Moorehead. of Pa offered resolution that
the Committee on the Judiciary be instructed to
report bill, that any person or persons engaged
in the present rebellion against the Government of
the United States shall not hold Office in any of
the States; passed
Sumner presented the memorial of citizens Of
Boston, stating that the freedom of the press had
been abridged, and asking relief
Mr. Watts, of New Mexico, introduced bill to
provide for a temporary Government for the Ter
ritory of Arizona. Referred
The House resumed the consideration Of Mr.
Wilson's resolution, that the Military Committee
be instructed to report bill enactng an addition
al article of war, for the government of the army,
prohibiting any officer from using the forces un-
der his command in returning fugitive slaves.
Mr. Noell moved to lay the resolution on the
table, upon which the yeas and nays were ordered
Yeas 33-nays So.
The resolution was then passed.
Mr. Vandover, of Ohio, offered the following re-
solution:
Resolved, That the Committee on the Judiciary
be instructed to inquire into the legality and
pediency of establishing Territorial Government
within the limits of the disloyal States and dis
tricts, and to report by bill or otherwise.
The President signed the bill recently passed
by Congress to retire from active service all Of
fcers above sixty-two years of age, or who have
been forty years in service. II is now law
Senator Hale, of New Hampshire, made pow
erful war speech in the Senate, the 9th in
slant, protesting against the United States humi-
iating itself before the naughty insolence of Eng
land, by giving up Mason and Slidell
The Senate has been debating the right of the
President to order arrests by telegraph without
warrant, charge or trial, and Mr. Trumbull of HI
inois said, at seemed the very essence of despo-
tism if men could be arrested by telegraph, with
out power to reply. or to have trial" Wilson
of Massachusetts replied, that "the President had
done more in this way to save the country than
had the whole military force to this hour" Hale
said, "lf the people now pouring out their blood
and treasure find they have been trifed with, and
that imbeclity has stood in the place of courage
in q vigorous prosecution of the war, then there
will be such storm come upon their heads as his
tory has never recorded, and with no great degree
of faith might eUen hear the runlbIings Of
the coming storn.2 "Ift the time ever arrives in
the history of this country when constitutional
liberty, regulated by law, cannot exist, let the
tion die-let it perish and its memory DE blotted
from among the nations Of the earth" "The hon.
Orable Senator from Massachusetts, who is at the
head of the Military Committee, says he believes
that these arrests have done more to secure the
Liberties of the country than all the army have
done. Well, sir, shall not question that; it may
be so if we can stand here two months from to-
day-and God knows whether we shall be in tho
land of the living or not-and the remark of TIE
Senator from Massachusetts be as true then as it
is now, you will find an army against you compar-
ed to which the army on the other side of the Po-
tomac is as nothing"
The plain meaning of which is, that if tbs Aa.
minstration do not have decided victory to boast
of within two months, the people will revenge
themselves on the administration. That was Ipok-
en- on the 10Th December Look out Therefore
for an uprising on the 10th Feb'y.