Daily national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1862-1866, 1862-12-09


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under II, Ibaye carefully copied the bill from
the precedents laid down by the Eu0lIsb Par
lament, the last of which was passed but five
wears ago. The only additions made are those
demanded by the circtmstsnces of tbls conn.
try. If as the Attorney General saws. the
Presit1eut had the power. then thls bin confers
no new mower and can do no harm. IN the
President had not the power, IL is but proper
he sbould receive Il. that he sbouId be indem-
nifled for exercising power In the extremity
of peril, when traitors were to be found in eve
nv household and township, in the North as
well as In the South. now demand the pre-
yious ion n onestion, 'A" ~ Wv y" p''
The yeas and nays were taken, and the bill
passed--yeas 90; nays as.
Mr., yALLANDIGHAM move To amend the
title of the bill, but was ruled out of order by
the Speaker.
On motion of Mr.. CLARK, 10000 copies of
the annual report of the Secretary Of the Treas
ury were ordered to be printed.
Mr.. wICKLIFFE moved that the Committee
of Ways and Means he instructed to inquire
into the expediency of amending the direct tax
and excise law, so as to repeal the section
which requires the manufacturer of spirits.
beer, and porter to make certain returns OF
materials, &c. -
Mr.. STEVENS, from the Committee of Ways
and Means, reported bill empowering collec-
tors, assistants, and overseers to administer
oaths, &c. The subject was postponed.
Mr.. HICKMAN introduced bill for the sup
preston of rebellion and insurrection, and for
other purposes Referred to the Committee on
Military Affairs.
Mr. BROWN. of Virginia. desired TO present
petition of 5000 persons Of Western Virginia,
asking for the admission of Western Virginia
as a State into the Union.
Mr. BLAIR. of Virginia. said he had n SINH
lar petition signed by $500 citizens.
Mr.. STEVENS, from the Committee of Ways
and Means, reported a bill providing revenue
for the support of the Government. Recon-
mitted.
Mr.. WRIGHT submitted a resolution, in ef-
feet, that the rebellion In the seeded States
against the Government, the laws and the Union
was deliberatelywaged without reasonable cause.
the compact being perpetual, and no State hay,
ing the constitutional power forcibly to secede.
That il is the duty of the Government to nut
down the rebellion in the shortest period of
time and in the most effectual way.
Mr.. LOvEJOY moved to Law the resolution
on the table, but the question was negatiyed,
yeas AZ, nays 90.
The consideration of the resolution was post
poned until tomorrow week.
Mr.. MCKNIGHT moved that the Committee
of Ways and Means be instructed TO inuuire
into the expediency of repeating that section of
the excise law imposing tax on advertisements.
Referred TO the Committee of Ways and Means.
Mr.. MORRIS moved that the Committee of
WAYS and Means be instructed to INQUIRE into
the expediency of adding clause 10 thetax hin
Imposing tax of ten cents upon ali resolutions
offered in this House-each resolution TO have
a ten cent stamp attached thereto. daughter.
| Mr.. WICKLiFFF introduced n bill for the
relief of citizens of Kentucky and Others. whose
slave property had been stolen, reduced and ab-
stracted by the soldiers of the United States
army. Referred to the Committee on the Ju-
dietary.
Mr.. MFNZIFS introduced n hin to provide
| for the payment of claims against the Govern.
menl of the United States. arising and resulting
| from the naval and military operations In Ken.
4 ttucky. since the lst of February. 1851, Re.
! ferred to Committee ON Claims,
Mr., STEVENS presented a series of resolu.
tlons referring the various branches of the Presi
dents message and ACCOMMODATING documents.
TO appropriate standing committees.
ON motion of Mr.. STEVENS the House went
into Committee of the Whole on the State of the
Union (Mr. Dawes In the chair,
Mr., RICHARDSON proceeded 10 review and
discuss the Presidents message. which he
termed one of the most remarkable public doc.
uments ever submitted 10 Congress- Every
page of IL, he said, was devoted to the negro
while not a word was said about the bravery
the chiyalry and good conduct of the soldier
| in the field No word expressed no mention
made of tbe manned. the sick and The wounded
no sympathy expressed for the widows and or.
phans; no word about the progress of the war
which could have been avoided by honorabl,
compromise II the President and his friends
had desired so TO do The whole sum and sub
stance of the message amounted lust to this
Stake care of the negro" Ay, fight, mortgage
the white man and his children for ever, all foi
the benefit of the darkey. That was the snm
and substance of the message. While tber,
was no word of hope for the white man. ocean,
of blood and countless millions of treasure wer,
not enough for the negro. The people haf
looked in vain to the message.
The President, In his message. calls upon n,
TO compromise for the benefit of the negro
He trusted in God that the people of this coun
try would soon compromise to save the Consti
tuition and restore the Union. and compromis,
with white people-not with black, The peo
pie are sick of this eternal call to leeislate fo
the benefit of the negro. Then the President,
proclamation of the 22d September was aston
ishing and most extraordinary. and drove from
his support all who hoped to save tie Union
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