New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-03-15
FIRST SESSION.
SENATE. ..WAsHrsoroy, March "a, ls6i.

rhe Secretary Of the Navy to mike eq'.i'aue
arrangements with contractors for steam nssnleI{,
vs. tho have failed TO perform their conir"c7' "'" "
remit the penalties. Pissed. -, .,,..r,
Mr.. WILSON rep, Mass, from the mln'ary
Committee. reported Joint refolu,ioh ,b
the President to assign the command OF troops ~ ~,
same field or division, without regard 70 senio ~
n also given the President power 10 dismiss any ON
COZ rom the service il he seee BIT without court
Mr. SHERMAN Rep, Ohio objected to the lat
ter portion. a, giving the President too nleh power
Mr. McDOUGALL Dem, Call also oolec'eo'
The resolution was laid over.
Al Hale introduced bill to authorize the
buildinr Of a steam iron-clad ram and steam gun
boats; nlao to complete Steven battery.
The bill appropristes sl,0o0,QOo Tor the ra,li
sl3 600 600 for the gunbostf and s'Oo,ooo ior 'ne
COMPLETION Of Stevens battery.
Tie bill was referred. .n..
Mr. HARRIS Rep, N.Y. introduced bill 10 COLI
fscate the property Of Rebele. Referred. AN
On motion Of AZ. HARLAN tReP., Iowa. the oiil
"a nntborze the settlement Of claims for certain aas
cold by TIE United States III the state oil Lous'iA
was taken up and passed.
SEVERAL private bills were then passed.
Tie Ease Of Mr.. Powell was taken up aud MY
Powell rose 70 speak in his own defense.
Mr.. POWELL Secession, Ky.D said that he hoped
70 treat the subject dspassionately and CONSIDERABLY.
He thought his colleague DAVIS had 9een ln'iei
n.r.nnol and ungracious. Courtesy might have leo
HE colleague to notify him tPowelll that he DAVIS
was going TO make a complaint. The resolutions LOT
his iPowells 81 expulsion i, appear were Drawn up
in bis colleagues handwriting, although 'hcy were
presented by the Senator from mlnneso,s. ne
ipowelp gave notice to his colleague that u dnty
ever called him to make any charges against hlh
IDavisI. he POWELL would notify bin OF me i"et,
and do IL in his own proper person. his ooiiesgIe
had said that he POWELL attended trcasonsole
meeting in the County Of Owen, snd that ne row
ali knew that Humphrey Marshall was organizing
l.
pow, III Ind not been in the County OF owen sihee
,eSe and he had no knowledes that Humphrey MAT
shall was doing what bis colleague charged, ihuee"
no had letter from Marshall, IN winch nc oehies
any such thing II be,tPowell was popular n .ns
becan,e he Poweln bad always acted with strict w.
t.ortv. He denied that be had advocated neutrality
with any intention TO deceive the people: lie hsu
acted honestly. He simply meant to Keep hentucky
in the position of psacemaksr i1r Tue sane ., ,h
resolutions adopted At the meeting at Louisville nj
which Mr. Davis wss one OF the Committee on kes-
olutions and at which be advocated the Crittenaeh
oompronise and the amendment OF the Constitnlon'
or else tina, those States who did not ADOPT .ho COM
prouiae should form n separate Confederation, ana
yet his colleague says that lie has always been an
Unconditional Union man. He tPowellJ was then IN
the Senate urging honorable compromise rs means
81 securing peace to the country but never limiting
even AT a contingency which should separate the
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meetings in Kentucky whore resolutions were passed
10 show that the Union men OF that State favored
neutrality and the Governors refusal to raise troops
for the war and opposed coercicD. Certainly there
Was nothing worse in this than anything hs
Colleague lad charged against him Pow
elD Mr.. Powell then read 'everal resoln.
tons pas,ed BY tho Kentucky Legislature in favor OF
neutrality aud opposing coercion. From all these
facts he coutended that he POWELL had faithfully
followed the wishes Of the people OF kentucky, and
] xrhi hts AM
gzes. and vet now he is 10 be driven from the
senate by hi. colleague. Was there ever such in
Justice done to public man lie tPowelD stood
with and represented Lie beloved State rs long rs /.
adhered 10 neutrality, and when It changed IT'S
nolicv he acauiesced IN il. There was Provisional
Goyernment formed in Kentucky, but ho POWELL
remained here true ~ the old Government, and loyal
TO the Constitution and he still intended 10 remain
true Notwithstanding this attack upon him by hia
colleague he deied him Davis) to ind one sentence
breathing anything like disoyalty TO the Union.
lie CPowell had desired TO preserve the Union.
lIe might have erred in tho meaus'which he thouyl II
best TOR the preservation OF tho Unon, but If 50 Vie
had erred honestly. But he Davis SAYS
that my purposes, If not acts, were dsloyal.
lie Powell thought that nobody but Almighty God
had the righ, TO look into mans heart AID his
purposes and man has not the power 70 search into
Inc heart of brother ana condemn hin for what lie
p,oposes TO do II the Great Jehovah should decide
10 appon, a yiccgerent on earth TO look INTO the
hearts aud purposes of men, he Poweil thought that
lie would select more amiable man than his col
league. one who was not 70 nasty TO judge, quick
10 condemn, and naturally 70 cross. lie l'owelll
thought il "A strange doctrine that man should Ice
expeed from the Senate for merSabstract opinions.
Mr. Powell then referred 10 his votes III the war oI
1872 with Great Britain, and in the war with Mex
ico Where are the persons who voted against the
war measures in our WAR with Mexico His col
league Davis, and Mr.. Foole, and Mr.. King We're
then IN tho House Of representative, and they voted
against the Loan bill, thus showing that honorable
gentlemen could at times vote against war' meas
ures without mourning censure or the charge OF dis
loyalty.
Mr. DAVIS Un., XVI replied TO Mr.. Powell, de-
Tending tie Union men OF Kentucky ard his own
course and contending that the of Mr.. Powell
especially since the battle OF Bull Run, had been IN
state OF passive hostility to the Government
Mr.. HALL rep, n. H. introduced hill author
ling tie President to transfer the moneys appropri-
ated in the summer, for guaboats Referred.
Mr.. WILSON tRep., Mass introduced a bill TO
provide for the organization of army corps and TO
organize safis for corps and divisions. Referred.
Mr.. WILLIAMSON rep, MINI said, as he had
presented Il resolution, he would Say few words
When the resolution was presented TO him. he looked
II over, and concluded that loyal man could pre-
aloe over meeting that passed resolutions ike those
in the charge against Mr.. Powell. But the dl',
cnssion had taken curious turn aud he had iS'eheu
with attention 10 the remarks OF Senator roweh,
from which il appears that the whole people ~ Que
time adv ocated the doctrine of neutrality anu per
haps the Senator might have been hctua'eu NY inc
same feelings rs those which actuaed many VINO are
now Union men; aud he lWilkinson) had now little
feeling about II one way or the other.
Mr.. TRUMBULL (Kep., Ill said the COMMITTEE
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