The national Republican., 1862-01-24
THIRTY-SEvENTH CONGRESS 3
SECOND SESSION.
In SENATE

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% THURSDAY, jan Is, 1854 Il
The Woe PRESIDENT submitted . commu.
uication from the Secretary Of Ne Interior,
relative 70 the clstm Of ": n. Noe,es. late 50.
wagon rod; which was referred 10 the Con.
mittee on Military A6airs.
MEMORIALS, ETC.
The Following were submitted and referred
From cttxens OF PennsylvAnia, Jews, asking
the appointment Of Jsw!sh army ohaplsins.
From Camp Dousias. Illinois. praying the ap.
pointmens of hem@pAthio surgeons N the
Ffoa oitissss Of New York, urging the use Of
AL efforts, both Of bond and free, for crush ing
Joint resolution Of the Legislature Of Miohi.
urging the considering, BY Congress, Of the
case Of Colonel Wilcox, held as 4 hostage for
From citizens Of Boston, demonstrating
against inpairing the efficiency Of the coast
From settlers on the school sections of Indi.
An lands 10 Kansas, for the enactment of u
law to enable them 10 enter such lands.
From New York merchants, asking Congress,
in laws increasing duties on imports, either tc
or exempt from It's provisions goods 10 bond
and on shipbOard.
BILLS INTRODUCED.
Mr.. HARLAN introduced bill 10 incorporate
the Union ltailroxd, and authorizing the con-
struction of street railroads In Washington and
Mr.. WILSON gave notice that he would In.
troduce \ bill for the more effectual suppres.
sion of the slave trade.
REPORTS Or COMMITTEES.
Mr.. COLLAMER. from the Committee on the
Post Once and Post Roads, reported y bill for
the roDXir OF the pOet office And custom hous se
In Phiadephia.
He ALSO from the same committee, reported
bill to xuthOrize the Postmaster General r.
establish branch Offices in cities, with An
MARSHAL or THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.
On motion Of Mr.. BALE, bis resolution intro
duced on the 18th instant, declarins the refusal
OF Marshal Ward II. LamOn tO admit members
Of the Senate TO the county Jail Of Washington
To- be breach Of privilege of members, was
taken up and passed, without discussion.
DEfENcEs or WASHINGTON
The bill apprOpriating &l50.OOO for CUmplat
ing the fOrtihcations near Washington Was taken
up, and amended TO fx the punishment o,
death. on conviction by n Court.mariial. upon
the offence Of lurking In camps as spies, and
acting AZ such, and upon that of forcing safe
guard in any State or Territory, with further
amendment doing away with 4 provision, pre-.
viously adopted, which would prevent expend
iiure on new work End thus impair the value
EXPULSION or A SENATOR.
Mr.. DAVIS continued, from yesterday, his
speech In the case of the Senator from Indiana
He asked. had 4 men Der Of the Continental
Congress written such 4 letter to Benedict Ar.
mold, could that body have purified itself OK
Yet Jefferson Davis WAS infinitely more atraitOr
at the time of writing that letter than Benedict
Arnold. The member from Indiana has dslb
sra!sly chosen his position. has refused all aid
A.
recily asserts that no more than the leopard
can change his spots can he change his delib
erately formed opinions. Then the purity OF
the Senate demands his immediate expulsion.
He hero referred TO the introduction of the
slavery question by the Senator from Massa.
yoke the patriOtism Of the Revolution, call up
the images Of Washington and the msmuries OF
his godlke compeers, banish all sOrdid motives
M faction, and rise to the purer atmosphere
that distract the couosels Of Union mon now
sleep, and sleep until this a,rocious conspiracy
shall have been annihilated.
He reviewed the question Of emancipation
by the war power, introduced into the speech
oi the Senator from Massachusetts,, and con
lroverted the position that natural law nj once
prevailed oyor all municipal and constitutional
statutes when military force took possession
Of It.
He Oontended that there WAS no power Ia
habess corpus, except Congress. In England
the king could do because he was the war
making power. Nor did martial law swoeu
away All other law. The Constitution, under
the weight of war, like the saplng pressed Il
the earth. springs upward again and stands
moved. The system Of c0nhscation was anon
alous and monstrOus; forfeiture under due pro
cess was very different thing from connscs
ton. He would forfeit all of tho property Of
rebels possible, for The indemnfcauon Of limo
cent loyalists.
He referred to Texas annexation, TO the sac.
rince of General Lyon, TO the sleek condition o.
the slaves of Kentucky, and to the good bsha
vior Of the Indiana troops in that State, ant
took occasion TO say that his slaves were no
that he had not seen slave whipped for twenty
years. He paid particular attention to the
| abolitiOnists, Garrison and Greeley and Beeoho
and Cheever, and their ooadjutors. who wer'
very, and sometimes bounded Lincoln, "as hon
est and pure = man as ever lived" He de
neunced them with the most expressive cpl
thets, and proposed, II he had the power, I,
hang them with the secesh In pairs! Al th,
end Of two hours IN thirty minutes the mem
ber took his seat, and
| Mr.. HARLAN rose tn object TO tho intrOduc
ton of the slavery discussion, upon which In,
gentleman had been dwelling for an hour. q,
(Dav,s) had referred 10 the arming Of slaves II
i
why slaves should not be used, IA we'll as chill
dren, to put down the rebellion. IL the Sena
tors own slaves were perfectly contented Nh,
thoroughly Christianized, AZ the Senator init
mated, there wan no risk in putting arms il
their hands for the defence Of kentucky. Wer,
his slaves we'll housed? So were his horses
We're they we'll fedy 30 were his cattle. Blu
did he afford them facilities for the culture an,
development OF their inteilects and souls, whicl
we're destined to live on 4 parallel with his own
He closed his remarks, and the Senate wen
| into executive session.
| Adjourned.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Tho SPEAKER laid before the House com.
munication from the Secretary Of the Treasu
| ~, in relation to the contingent fund of ths
Treasury Department. Laid on the table, ans
| ordered to be printed.
Mr.. STEVENS, Of Pennsylvania, from the
Committee Of Ways and Means, reported 4 bill
for appropriations for naval expenses. Refer.
| red 10 the Committee Of the Whole.
Mr.. ELLIOTT, of ssachusetts from tbs