The national Republican., 1862-04-25
THIRTY.sEvENTH CONGRESS
"a SECOND SESSION. E
In SENATE.

In SENATE
THURSDAY, April "a, 1861.
ThePRE6lDENT, pro te,n, snbml'''d re-
port from The Secretary Of War, In a1cHd ,ncs
With law requiring report TO the S,'oalr If
all contracts made by the War Dep uImcnt
Referred 10 the Committee On Military Ad,irs
MEMORIALS, 40.
The following memorials were submitted and
appropriately referred:
By Mr.. GRIMES. From cl,izons Of Iowa.
praying for reduction Of the proposed duty
By Mr.. POMEROY. From citizens Of Ksn.
sas, demonstrating against The tax Of 81 per
barrel on beer.
By NJ. WILNOT: From citizens Of Phila
delpbia, 10 favor Of q general bankrupt law.
BY Mr.. SUMNER: From citizens Of Msssa
chusetts, praying for emancipation. .r
REsoLuTIoN SUBMITTED.
Mr.. LANE, Of Kansas, submitted the follow
Ing:
Resofocd, That the Committee on Indian Ar.
fairs be instructed 10 inquire into the expedien.
cy Of authorizing the Secretary Of the Interior
10 postpone the sale Of the lsuds OF the Sac
and Fox and Kansas tribes Of Indians In Kan.
sas, and 10 revoke all arrangements for the
erection OF buildings for said tribes heretof)re
entered into, 10 be paid out Of the proceeds OF
the sale Of public lands.
STATE ARRESTS IN KENTUCKY.
Mr.. POWELL asked that his resolution rela
tive 10 ne arrest and detention 10 prisons Of
citizens Of Kentucky by the Secretary Of State.
be taken up. He wishfd simply 10 ask that
the tyrants, the usurpers, who have taken thes'
men without warrant Of law and immured then,
In forts and prisons might give the names Of
pCh persons, and the causes Of their arrest.
Mr.. SUMNER objected 10 taking II up. Th,
| spirit Of the Senator's remarks proved conclu-
| sively that the subject should not be consider
ed. The Senate would not now assume 10 try
| those prisoners, or charge the officers Of STATE
| with being tyrauts and iisurpers.
Nc. POWELL replied that the Senator liom
Massachusetts, eternally prating OF human lib.
srty, seemed to care nothing for any liberty
but that Of the black man.
The special order coming up, II was not taken
up.
iNDErENDEN,'E OF HAYrI AND LIBERIA
Mr. DAVIS, upon the pendir 4 order, the pas
appoint diplomatic representatives 10 the Re-
publics Of Hayu and. Liberia, respectively
offered an amendment, as a substitute, provid-
ing for consuls u those Republics empowered
10 enter into commercial treaties wi h them
He objected 10 receiving ministers from thost
nationalities, who could demand n reco snlioi
of social equality with other diplomats at re-
ceptions and on all court occasions, and Il
private and social life. He drew a picture o
"a great, big black fellow" and the airs b,
might assume on such occasions, and related ,
similar incident at the Cour: Of Napoleon, wher,
one Of our ministers, 10 reply to querry o
what he thought Of the black smb Is ador, :"
| think, clothes and oil, he Is worth $1,000"
Mr.. SUMNER said he yesterday made no ap
peal for those Republics. on account Of color
or the fact that their people had once beer
slaves. 1t was the Senator from X .ntucky VIII,
Introduced the subject of slaves and slavery
de assured that Senator that such diplomats
il like representatives he had seen from Hayti
las they would be,) %ouli he too refined u
trust themselves In any society where thei
presence was not desired. they never wOul,
trouble the Senator from Kentucky.
The subject was postponed till 70 morrow.
coNrIscATroN.
| Mr.. COLLAMEK took tn. hDor at O'Clock
pn the coufscation BILL He held that repub
can institutions were on trial. II the G - :eru
mcnt could not be upheld without q resort
the stroug measures Of despo,ic Government
the system WAS failure. lie denied the rigt
Of CSngrcs, to assume th, war power, deemiu
Il an urpatiOn equally with The action Of III
Bri'ish Parliament in the case Of Cromwell. II
hid not believe that legislation would put q
md to the war. He pictured graphically th
,ttsmpt 10 occupy conliscated houses aud land
in communities where oil were traitnra II
explained the provisions of his own bill, whic
Furnishes oil guilty Of treason, after tho passag
Of the bill, with death or imprisonment for nc
less than five years, and a Il 10 Of ten thousan
dollars; after a trial, the person so puuishe
not To ba eligible 10 Uflico under the Uaitc
States.
M. KING offered 10 am,nd an amendmeu
/ III A., 10 hal liz
against the Government.
Lost-yeas 7, nays 81.
The pending amendment OF Mr.. Sherman wa
'ben adopted; yeas 20, nays II, as follows:
YEAS-An,hony, browning, Chandler, Clark
Cowan, Dixon, DAVIS, Doonttle, Fsssender
Foot, Foster, Grimes, Hale. Henderson. How
ard, Howe, Lane, lTnd. } Nosmith, Sherman
simmons, sumner, Ten Eyck, Thomson, Wiley
Wilson. (Mass.,l and wright-2G. >.
Pumeroy, salisbury, Stark, Trumbull, Wade
Wilkinson, and Wilson, (Mo.,)-ll.
The bill was then postponed ill to morro'
It O'Clock.
Mr. SUMNER again called up the bill consit
red 10 the m,rniog hour.
The amendment Of Mr.. Davis was lcst-yes
Is, nays 50.
!, The bill was then passed yeas 80, nays !
" follows:
YEAS-Messrs. Anthony, Browning, Chan,
Ter, Clark, Collamer, Cowan, Dixon, Doolitt
Fsssenden, Foot. Foster. Grimes, Hale. Hende
son, Howard, Howe, King, Lane Of lndianl
Line of Kansas, Latham, MsDougall, Morri
, prmeroy, Sherman, Simmons Sumner. Te
Eyck, Trumbull. Wade, Wilkinson, Wilson
MassAchust tts and Wright-32.
NAiS-Messrs. Btyard, Carlile, Davis, PO,
ell, salisbury, Stark, and Thompson-7.
On M ,,ion Of Mr.. SUMNER, the Scnat. wei
into executive session.
Adjourned.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
ADVANCES PROM NEW YORK.
Mr.. FENTON, of Now York, introduced
! bili to settle the accounts ol the State OF Ne
York for advances made 10 the United Stat
turing the last war with Great Britain, and 4
other purposes.
Referred TO the Committee on Claims.
INDIAN AFFAIRS.
Mr.. ALDRlCII, trou the Committee on j
! iian Affairs, reported the following bills, whit
we're referred to the Committee oi the Who
| IN tho state oil the Union:
A bill providiag payment Tor depreciation
;, committed by the whites upon the Sac and FL
! Indians, in the Territory Of Kansas.
Also, q bill authorizing the making Of tire
y ties with the Iudans in the T.rriLory of Uta
with view 10 the purchase Of their hands.
NEW COSPIsCATIoN pIII