The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-02-21
HOUSE OF REPRESENT ATIyES.

THURSDAY, Feb. 70, 1892.
House met at J.: o'clock prayer by kev
JAS. DrsoAE.
.fter the reading " the Jourr al OF yester.
day, Mess AHISaroz, OF North Garolina
and HoLo NEE Of Virginia appsared'ald took
the "a h.
Mr.. Boyoz, OF 8. O., present ted the annexed
resolu ion, which WAS referred 70 the Com
mt,iee on Rules;
RESOLVED, That IN addition to the usual
standing committees, committee be ap
poin ted to Do entitled q Com mittee on PUBLIC
l,efance 10 whom shali be referred the fol
10 wing subjects: Tho procuring OF arms
smmuntiion, and munitions OF war, the in :
war.
MIR. CcRRIE of Tenn , presertad a memo
RI ! OF c.tlz ms Of Tipton county, Tenn. with
referenc TO the suspension OF tho Sunday
mGil. Laid upon The bic without reading,
Mr. FooTs, of Tenn submitted the follow
ing RESOLUTION, aud moved it's adoption:
RssoIesd, That whatever propriety there
may have been IN me original adoption Of
what II known as the dejensiee policy IN con-
acc lon wish the prusecuth'n Of to-, PENDING
war for 8on thern Independence, recent event t.
have already demonstrated the expediency
o; abandoning that policy hepceforth and
forever and that Il will he the duty OF the
government Of he Confederate States to i'm
par. all possible activity to our military
forces Everywhere, and to assail the forces Of
tho enemy wherever they are to be topnd
whether nrOa the land or Water, with Il vie "
20 obt iniHg tho most ample Indemnity for
the paSt, and tbs most complete security for
the future.
Mr. J.sKtNs of Va, said that the ree0lu
ton nd bpt'er be re erred 10 some appro.
pri to committee, and opposed Its imms.
d,ste adopton-might DO construed into q
r. Il scticn upon those on whom the coIduc,
OF the W. 0evolved.
Hr. Fooss was of ths opinion that the re.
SOLUTION was just such Us the exigsncies OF
y -
laugu GO which could not bs mistaken. He
IA, rot axpec ted oprost lon from apy mem
Der Of thu HOuss wnen be submit ted tbii
rropus ton. ii ais claimed Any in ton &c
II C urcn the President of the onfeceratt
Sites. an III a high ccmpiims n to the
ability ell ergy, End patriotism OF that func
.oaary, and was proceeding Mt some lang y
70 dis lam any ia'ention, III pr sentirg Toe
% opos,tton, o FIR any ftcttous oppCsi ion
TO the Administrator, when
Mr. tURkY ask d II the gcLtlemSn from
Tennessee " ouId yiaid the Il or for INC men
I, the report Of The COMMITTEE en- Rnles
The report was sent TO the desk, Dat Wlthou!
reading " Withdrawn.
Mr. FoorE res umed, nd stated that prom
ineat CT, of the State OF Mississippi. Il
warm De snnnl and political friend CT The
President had drclar,d that thu Presid. u
h d authorize him TO say, that SO far as the
IN VEN n Is OF our armies IN the d-ld Were
concerned, n libarai discretion al been l-f,
10 our x oerieEc ID Generals, ard the resp u .
sib lity Of the defensive policy pursued did
OF rest with the .Xecunve. Ia sub.
mittinx thus PROPOSE ian he WAS actu
aied by higher and NOR patrio ~ consider.
a,ions thar oVp sition TO the Administrator
He wanted rns 1T c OF this war ~ bs Eel bv
tus .nsrl ,, and 81 IN OF its disasters brought
home to II II doors Ne wanted our viCto-
r,ous hess 70 &c IN r. halisd upOa their own
SOL n Il they might Do N de TO pay the 81.
peusss OF the war be wantaA to SEQ their
proud iiies, Philadelphia, New York. Gin
md III III
LAID iu the dus'-oUt ~ ade 10 feel. &c SC uie Of
our own CT hes were now feeling, some Of the
Gisass rous cOnse4 Uencrso OF this uhhOly cru =
snde upon our rights and our liberties H.
wished IL understood that the la,e reverses,
dis ssiraus rs they were, had not INNER ed
tn. public heart that our courage was not
only rot exhausted, but tnvigoratsd. He
CAV. 1t as his jadl meut that II our army,
within eight or Ten days after the battle OF
Manassas, had crossed into Maryland, and
rsscu ed ,hs cities Of Baltimore and Annapo-
| lis, the ueopls OF that gAil'nt State would
have stormsd the forts. or starved out the
| he thought that Cur army In Kentucky
should never have remained at Bowling
| Green; 1t ought TO have pushed on 10 Louis
yil.e w hteh could b ave cen held, Aad thus
pre- to- tion would have been given to thirty
| thousand men, who would have rallied tc
| our stand ard. Our own inactivity had en-.
! couraged the advance Of the enemy. and had
GIVEN them every opportunity for prepare.
! ton. Hs revi, we'd thu course pursued by on,
a,ntes, AID cola men ted with some severity
upon tue conduct OF the IDS OF the Nayy
4 ind War departments.
Mr. J8sKiVs SAID, IN. same reasons which
e"idsa ham Ia or Eng OPP POSITION TO shs reese
luton would influence him Ia continuing to
oppose IL. He iate' dsa 70 b brief. and asked
toe incalgeace OF tie House, whilst he at.
tenn ted u reply "a TIE remarks NJ the gen.
u man ir"m fspnssss~ lie aid that ia
aaOpt The et-nsive policy 70 ON msndsd by
the re al lon OF Mr. Foots, We must doubie
Cur armies, and put arms In tbs hanas Of our
soldierA.
NJ. Fooss replied ~ isns'h, stating hat be