Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1862-12-18

amend the act TO provide for the collection o.
internal revenue, approved July Let, l66@, wal
taken up, and after some debate passed.
The bill to provide for the discharge OF Stat,
prisoners, and allow Judges Of United Statei
Courts to take ba or recognizances TO secure
their trial, was taken up.
Mr.. Powell moved TO strike out the third Sec
tion, which gives the President power to sus'
pend the writ OF habeas corpus.
On motion of Mr.. Lane OF Indiana, the bill
was postponed until Monday.
HousE.--Mr. Bingham introduced q bill
amendatory TO the confsoation acts 80 that In
all cases pending or which may hereafter arise
wherein any ship, vessel, or any other property,
may be condemned, the court rendering judg-
ment shall, before making award, first provide
for the payments Of any bona ide claims filed
by any loyal citizen or friendly foreigner, whore
proof Of such claim can bo established. Refer.
red to the committee on Judiciary.
The House then passed Senate joint resolu'
tion instructing the committee on Conduct Of
the War TO report thereon with all convenient
speed.
Mr.. Stevens, from the ceLlmittee of Ways
and Means, reported bill making appropria.
tions for invalid and other pensions. Its con-
sideration was postponed till Monday next.
Mr.. Stevens also reported bill TO supply de.
ficiency in appropriations for 1863; which was
made the special order for Tuesday next
The House then went into committee of the
Whole on the Presidents message.
Mr.. Noel of Missouri argued that the present
organized Democratic party did not render un-
qualified support to the war, but was continually
throwing obstacles in the way Of Its prosecu.
ton. He undertook to say that It was delu-
sion to think that this war might have been
prevented by the adoption Of the Crittenden
compromise. II was true that some OF the
promise, but the history of subsequent events
shows that If ten or twelve votes had been nee
essary to defeat that measure, they could have
been procured. He would 20 further, and say
that there was nothing in the Crittenden COM
promise that would have prevented the rebel
lion. The enemies of the Administration held
out the idea that the war was not for the res
toration of peace, but for the abolition Of
slavery; but this was untrue, although such
might be the result. They assert that the Ad-
minlstration tramples on the Constitution, and
all the rights and privileges under that instru-
ment are to be swept by the board, and that
| the Union Ia to be contended for without the
Constitution. He had witnessed some of these
80 called violations of the Constitution. When
the war broke out, the enemies of the country
were not confined to rebel States, but were
scattered oil over the land. Never was con-
spiracy 80 well concocted.
Notwithstanding the opinion of Judges Taney
aud Story as to the Presidents being guilty Of
O violation OF the Constitution in suspendng
the privileges of the writ Of habeas corpus, he
justified President Lincoln In doing so. Il was
his duty to use all means to suppress the rebel.
lion. Confiscation OF rebel property Ia another
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men of the border States who have been tram
pied in the dust take it as unklhd that the
enemies Of the war expend their eympathies
only upon the wives and children of men en-
gagged In the rebellion. The border States wish
to see retaliation visited on the rebels for their
crimes.
Again, the enemies Of this war exhibit fright.
full pictures of the financial condition of the
country; but those who got up rebellion are
responsible for every drop Of blood, every dol
lar Of extraordinary expenditure and for oil
irregularities committed. Mr.. Noel proceeded
to contrast the course Of the anti-war party OF
1879 with that of the present day, Insisting
that the parallel was perfect. 10 this connec.
ti0n he quoted the position OF the Federalists
of Massachusetts, at that time.
Mr.. Thomas OF Massachusetts, interruptlnR,
said: If the gentleman from Missouri desired
in any way to give character to the class of men
whom both of them ondemned-namely, the
peace DemocrRts-he could not have pursued a
more effectual course, for the old Federallsts OF
New England were the most honest party that
ever lived beneath tho throne Of God.
| Mr.. Noel, resuming, said he started with the
proposition that the present organized Demo
cratic party was inconsistent. When slaverJ
comes in as an element of rebel strength, and
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