The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1862-07-08

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tive 10 the sncs OF the Army OF the Potomac Rich
ond and an tie correspondence between the said Gene
the order Of the 22d Of February to the advance
Manassas up May L; also tatement OF the
rca force Of the Army Of the Psto%sc, as shown by
and March, 1862; also the number Of troops General
Mcclellan took from Fortress Monroe f9 number at the
fortress and the ssns to hin up 70 june
!, 1862
ADMISSION or WESTERN VIRGINIA.
Mr.. WILLIE, Inion) q Va. moved 70 take up tAe bill
for the admission Of Western Virginia.
This was disagreed 10 by yeas II, nays 49,
| THE TREASURY NOTE
On motion OF Mr. FEssESDES committee Of conference
on the bill authorizing an additional issue Of Treasury
| Army opr1cERs PAY AND EMoLuxKSrs
S from the Of
msnts Of officers OF the army made report, which was
agreed TO-
rm sxAsupAnoN BILL.
On motion OF Mr. GsIArs Crop Of Iowa, the bill sup
Elementary 70 the act for the release OF held TO
service labor in the District Of Columbia, taken
THE Pension PASSED
On motion OF Mr. FosTER, (rep.l Of Conn., the General
Pension bill was taken up and passed
| SENATE QUORUM.
Mr. SHERMAN, (rep) OF Ohio, moved 70 take up the
solution relative TO quorum.
Notion lost.
| PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENTS voR REBEL srArEs
The Dill to provide provisional governments certain
eases, was taken up.
rsforsnc. 10 the legislative powers sonfsrrsa where
says there shall b. no nterferencs with the laws and
Of tho said States. but they shall remain
allegiance" BY striking out tho words claws and
and inserting the word constitution
against tho education Of slaves &C., which ought
not in any way 70 DO sanctioned or enforced by the
Mr.. Ten EYcx (rsp) Of N. j. could SEQ no necessity
for the passage Of tho bill at ALL 1t would only interfere
with the rights of States and recognize the doctrine OF
secession These States much States they ever
and this thing Of the government Of those States
should DO left to work itself out This bill would reduce
l these states Territories.
Mr. TRvMnuM, urep) Of III was in favor Of Mr.. Sum-
ners amendment after no had seen what tho laws
of these States and how tho yorscns sent there
undertake. to enforce them He in favor Of limiting
| the bill as not to enforce obnoxious laws
Mr. POWELL (opp.) of KY, denounced the bill as un.
reducing tho States to provinces leading
to dsunion BY destroying sovereign States and vioat
ing the constitutional provision which guarantees re-
| publican form Of government to every State.
ii, Mr. mAssg lrop1 Of n. x, claimed force for this
Certain States refused to be governed by the constu
ton and thus it becomes necessary to provide tempo
| allegiance
Mr.. CowAS rep) Of Pa said that the theory of this
the OF the loyal people the South
ern states The Of the Revolution had settled the
right make government the people Of North Ca
rolina The question is not whether these laws alb
all have to do is to restore them agreed upon by
the people OF that State. To do otherwise would TO
effects Of the OF the Revolution.
The discussion was further continued by Messrs CAR
Liz HARRIS and CowAN.
Mr. WILKINSON, (rsp) OF MIN, said he understood the
Senator from Pennsylvania hold that If all the in
habtans Of Southern State would be governed by
the United States, then could not force them re-
main but would tho Of tho United States DO
justified to allow people to set up hostile and
pendent government within her borders?
Mr.. CowAx said we had sclemny decided that we
could not make war OF conquest but only to
restore. There was constitutional authority 10
conquer, but that was simply question Of policy
Mr. DAVIS, lopp OF Y, said II was the duty Of the
here tic own limit md
laws but he thought that Congress- had not the power
| raR TREASURY NOTE BILL PASSED
| Mr.. FEssENDEF, by consent from the Committee OF
nee on the bill authorizing additional Treasury
notes. made report, which agreed to- The report
provides S35 900 900 small notes, aud reserva
| ton Of $50 900 000.
| Mr.. SUMNER modified his amendment 10 strike
| out tho word institutions leaving tho word laws
| Mr.. CARLIE, (Unon) OF Va, moved to postpone the
bill indefinitely He spoke at iength in favor
| pcstp moment
tended that tho duty OF tho government CO
| laws within all constitutional limits, and that tho
doctrines urged by the senators from Pennsylvania and
| Virginia were simply doctrines Of secession.
Nj. CowAN responded that the only way the Union
could be restored that every part should enjoy Its
| rights In any ot0er could not succeed. He
looked upon the scheme TO thrust emancipation down
the Threats Of the south In the light the at
tempt OF the South to thrust slavery the North He
| wanted to make friends with the South, and
make weapons against us Tho country was not
| favor OF the negro, but by against the
| rebellion and Kindness to loyal people. He be.
eved the system OF Legislation pursued hero brought
US to the condition ami masscd the enemy
against US Where is now the great arrnys And shall
90 fighting, as II tie abolition party fight
sng against the pro-s!avery partyS
| Mr CHANDLER, (rep) Of Mich, SAID the Senator from
Pennsylvania wanted to know where the army Was, or
| who placed them there. The Army OF the Potomac,
when 1t marched on Manassas numbered $50 OOO mon,
and the enemy less than $4,000. They marched Ma
nassas, and found thirtytwo wooden guns and eleven
hundred dead horses. That army could have marched
to Richmond in thirty days and not lost thousand men,
VSsna ant IN .s,vt
ton Now Orleans. But the Senator from Pennsy
wants to know who placed the army where il
| try declare that Il. N. stanton put them there;
| but Stanton had nothing to do with putting
This matter or crimnaty OF gross crmiiality,
which should consign the criminal to eternal deestaion
this crime and the press OF the country are demanding
the sacrifice OF tho clerk Stanton the Clerk
SSsy the orders o. tho President lie en- chsndle
the true criminal The crminaly rsduc SO TO
be between two persons The great crime consisted in
sacrificing and dividing this great Army Of the Potomac,
and the criminal ID either Abraham Lincoln George b.
Mcclellan There third at all. The criminal
but suffer the extreme penalty Of the Tho nation
has beon disgraced by this division OF The Army the
Potomac, and f. NJ Stanton always opposed 1t. II that
great army had commanded by the arch traitor
JEFF Davis there has not been q movement which he
would not have ordered since first December He
called the press and traitors Of tho to stop
denouncing moro clerk, and to dcnounce Abraham Lin
marshes OF the Chckahomny, where they died like
sheep, and whore the left wing was left TO
maintain q savage fight, whom . reinforcement
OF 90 900 men from tho right centre would have
the rebels back into Richmond defeateds Hc had
read the Detroit Free Press
blame Stanton, Wade, Chandler &c, 80. This, he
said, was paper which obliged TO show Union
ias by mob He claimed that Michigan soldiers had
been in every fight, yet notice had been taken Of
them by the Commander in Chief.
Mr. LANE, (rspl Of Kansas, thought this was no time
for elimination. The speech OF the Senator from Penn
syivana, and such meetings the lately
held in New York, do more to mass the emo
my than all the legislation OF Congress. Some
in the country had asked and prayed that loyal
black might be takon into the service. II II had
been he believed tho might have been closed in
ninety days. Fifty thousand were lost by Haleck
in the marshes before Conth by building iorthoations
&c, which might have been saved. He (Mr Lans)
willing stand by tina President and the Secretary Of
war whom he believed TO be the soul and bulwark OF
the nation, till this and then he would be