The national Republican., 1862-05-26
HOUSE oxriss sEstAzlvEs.

MT. WlCkLIHEe, te ~, rose 10 .
privileged queslfVA. {4aid ke had reduced
70 writing, and ~ssd II 10 The Clerks
ThespEAKER sad be mus. s,a.s what ths
M. WIcKLlFyE ..d .h,rs ;.I,u, i nov : pending
ID tbis DISTRICT = most tpsintuA -eonaict, whi.S
may result In the sheddisg ofs blood; cenHcl
between the civil Ind military Authorities.
The SPEAKER. II 10 not privileged ques.
iio1. i2lSH.l on NUV i q
So the matter droppsd,-A IcLIg0p
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Mr.. WALTON, Of Vermont, submitted On
Alnri dment 10 AZ amendment 10 ,hsIshspS Of .
spbstiiNts for The substitats caared 81 NJ.
Morrill,, Of Vermont for Hoast bill No 47H,
.eto ffAe from servltnde The slAves Of rsSsls
engaged ln 'abetiing Tie existing rebellion
agsinst The Government Of he United States" !"
\ Mr. KELLOGG, u Illinois, b. Ing ieutitisd
V the noor, raid that IRE pssssge 81 4 cunds
cation bill would b. 10 'cOnaonsncs 1ish W.
Consultation. 7No goverDusnA can exist Witk-
'.: Z, gar roxssr; 4 w;shous 'nsl povsf would
W. s..s powss % % r.,,s .r,,.. I1 and d.ol,r.
var; andths object Of this 10 70 protsCt our
Government anA defend ourselves against pub.
10 ent ID es ''N 30 soH't ~" 'E a-H
The power ~ copascate property rssb 10
Gong a, IA hs hoped Il ! ssaid Ss sssrcissd.
b. qnstsa es.horitiss inissppsst q b Pssl-
don from theNIswr cenneutaifss q Justices
ttoty and Kent; proving thsfight Of conasci
3On DfsAnIenemy's o property. These reb 10 are
by The laws Of nations public enemies; the re-
bellipn has asstmed such gigantic proportions
hat army meets army, and " is a,cfyil ear.
And I'll the ruled VI such . var must bs snp!led
70 them; they are IN rehsliioa aeainat q, and
puss bear all ne pun's'msnss ,that tbs itws
inaict. .. ry "" ''h' ~ ~. H'r
Var does +xst. and all tl,s incidents ef, wsr
s,llOw In this care a. In other cases We snnd
esgS Of truce 10 and rrcrivo Them from The
Suemy; We exchange prisoners wrh them; but
fbey irset oar prisoueis like savagcs treat pris-
8neu taken b. them 'ir 'rrl ~ ,'rirlfn' Ian
BE ia ths guilty should bs puniahsd sud
tbelR pRDerty oon6soAtsd; they who have lad
ne esatSsrn portion ofthls country Into rebel
tiop,' and committed murderous sots lagxiast
ths citissnp pf the Goyefnment tAat has pro-
totAd Aeh, should Ne puniahed 70 ths exten'
Sf The law. ni ysi fif pr'ub rrfI5i'a ,id 10 u 81.
You csnuot sacrifice the country by punish
Ing tho mssses. bu. history shows that 10 all re
bsllisoe = leaders cd sSe punished.
hr. RlNG, oi lcty, rpos RDDg
positi connscsti01 1RanancipaI
He clan Jed that we all rebels deaidk a
higher GovernmAnt-the, whole human race 10
In rebellion against higher and boiler Cow
ernmsnt Y We mast fsrWive our euefniss. The
cspsslef Iihe rebellion, wss the combining Of
had men North ard South, 70 fresk up The
GovesnmaDt. The masses Of The South Ss2riuV
i was Wss for The abolition Of slavery, we're
driven into rebes!iOp, and 10 einAncipAis the
plaveA would never bring them back, Asibs
lieved the pas age Of these acts OF coo6soa--
lion would divide and weaken TIM North, and
unite the South, The real danger 70 be feared
isin this House, azS not outside Of H. ...4 d.,
Mr.. TRAIN, Of Massachusetts,, favored q dia
CriminAte act Of conascation; be was opposed
10 the Wholesale punishnsats provided for 10
the bill undera eonsidsrsuOn. II 70 not judi.
cious 70 sssot lsws inakipg no. distinct iea., ., in
these matters, neither would itbs expedient or
|just. He thought the sc,diers of The Union
should sstus this rebellion, He alluded to ths
oowsrlios Of the Union men 10 Vir ylnla, ,fwhen
Mr.. BROWN. Of Virginia, spoke In their de-
fenos, tsu1 did not Usat sths userd SstH1o1toe"
sIpllsdito tAs UsAop msAG Wsaen x6gi5iA,
an honorable s5GsRHqn 1h thslS ,hAhrlf should
g. Richmond which pssssl rths srdipkSs AN
|seces.ion, saAistpusAlstslH dQsal home AID
Icslled . conyeotlan seee4iNeleVp Virginia.
Mi 0eAIN replied hat be never ssw such