Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-03-21

proposition Of the gentleman from Mississippi was he
might say monsrous There was no warrant in all his
tory for government 20 assume the right 10 punish puo
cent men ali he would protest against tbs adoption OF
any -ucn me asure.
3ir Brown c0ntendzd that the puni.bra-, srlr7sd 10
was simple forfeiture and did involve the creation
of crime. part of his DBonCsitiou Iooked "a the
punishment, according 20 the established law OF DER
jury When person failed to give true statement 70
the assessor. This the only ausou in II f what
might be termed crime But he had never supposed that
f man did thing which confcted with the interests
Of bis country he might be made To answer fr n
The Constitution, 10 true. conveyed no direct
authority for it. The Constitution gave no direct
authority for the issue OF treasury notes Il mat
ter of incident Here he proposed punishment incident
siv. As incident we had the power to wsgs war
and, if could establish that proposition could
establish tile other We had already recognized tha de
srJe1on Of property the burning Of houses the emitting
Of forests Incidentally and why could prohibition
Go raise cotton be gnized too
lie wished it distinctly understood and hoped history
would do him the justice 90 state should he Be worthy
Of the smallest place upon the tablets Of the future, that
he today announced iJ his firm conviction that The
two great defensive operations which should now BE- re
sorted to first % burn an the cotton that we have
second, 70 raise no more until we had formed marke
fOrit IL absurd 70 that England would build
up The East India cotton cultivation That experiment
a h0msly phrase had long since played out NOW
n this hour of trt il the time 10 put the question home
to both England and France and say 20 them, We viii
longer labor foryou England and France yOu have
stood back and taken the word Of him (Sewa ID who
promised you he ould plunge into our country, rob and
steal from US our property aad send it to your
Sir semmes had long since abandon d the idea tha
cotton is king We had thought thar nations would
violate the laws Of nations upon the basis Of necessity
This belief had proven invalid He thought that the
course Eurtnd and France would pursue would not be
based upon the necessity for supply Of cotton but they
would De governed by general national interests We
abandon tie Of all foreign legislation in regard
TO our affairs Sooner tban England would employ her
operatives at the expense Of with the United States
-he would convert herself into great eeem1syuary in
situtOu for the purpose Of providing for them by charity
The people be thought should be enlightened upon
these thug-they should have idea Of the proba
5e duration of the war so that they might make pru
dent provision for il They should know thar, although
every effort would De made against IT, the enemy might
hold possession of Kentucky Tennessee and large p0r
ton Of Virginia, whence most OF our supplies Of pro-
visions woud otherwise come and that il would there
fore be prudent for them aad beneficial for the country
TO restrict the cultivation or cotton and devote large
portion Of their ne and asd to the production of the
more essential supplies BY this means they would avoid
becoming the slaves of capital which extraordinary
accumulation Of cotton would bring about
Mr. Hunter opposed both propositions on the ground
that the prohibition proposed would but build up the
English East India cotton interest aud length transfer
altogether the power Of king cotton to her throne
It was our interest to prevent this and could only DO
II by pursuing the even tenor Of our way, holding our
heads up, wit the hrm determination to defend our
property and repel the invader
Mr. Wigfd and Mr.. Hl briefly spoke against the bill
after which the question taken the original reso-
luton, aud it rejected by the following vote
leas-Messrs Clement c. Clay John B. CLARK, George
DAVIS Nul. i. Dsrtch Gustayus a. Henry Charles ID
mi eheil Edw Sparrow, Il J. Semmes-6.
Nays-B0bt W. Barnwsl, las P Barker Langdon c.
"a. X 4,
son W s Oldham. Jas Phelan, r s Y. Peyton, VIM
Ballard Preston, Lewis T. Wgfall-lI.
H7ase-Mr Pugh, of ALBANIA, in reduced bill au-
thorzng the President to increase Dis personal staff
Referred TO the committee itarv affairs
Dir Chiffon said That there vacancy in the com
mite post offices and posi- roas and he asked that
Sir. AtSins Of Tennessee be added 10 the committee
BIZ Davis, OF 1ls-issipp offered Joint resolution
Rs0rca by IKE COEgreSs Of tts COufsderas States Of
AHle-l-g, Thai the thanks Of his Congress due the
officers Of regiments and compsuss and the privstes for
auI1N Nl Efo~Fn
disregard Of dath and life contempt Of danger and
they are entitled to our honor and confidence
Messrs. Bonham and F0ote opposed the resolution On
IRe ground OF ITS reflection on ;he officers high in com
On motion Of Mr. Smith the resolution was referred to
the special committee Of i've on military Investigations
Mr. Davis offered q resolution that the military cam
mtee De instructed inquire into the expedieney of
appropratng i've hundred thousand dollars for the r
port OF IN families Of our prisoners and for their per
Mr. Sexton introduced BIN entitled An act TO amend
an act entitled an act supplementary to act author
Zlng the ISSUE OF treasury notes and providing
tax for their redempt0n approved August 18th 1861
Referred to the committee Of ways and means
Mr. Conrad. from the committee on naval affairs re-
ported back the bill, which It had under CONSIDERATION
rovding for the buiding Of a navy aud for the pur-
chase Of rms appropEatug one hundred millions of
dollars for the The committee asked be aiis
charged rom the consideration Of the BILL and recon
mended that it do nos psss Laid on the table
he committee lss asked 20 be discharged from the
ufiAer consideration of the resolution Of inquiry in ref
erence 20 the cost OF construction OF ten small screw
steamers Lsil ou the table
MILITARY EXEMPTs.
The bill reported from the military committee, is
as follows.
As ACT declaring what persons shall be exempt from
militia duty.
SECTION l. The Congress Qf tte COafsas States Of
arsertca 90 enact That the following persons shall be
exempt from militia dirty to-wit The Vice President Of
the Couielrraie States the heads Of the different de
ptmeuis with their assistants and the regular clerks
belonging Go the same the judges and marshals Of the
Confederate STATES and the clerks Of the courts thereof
members OF both Houses of Congress and their respective
officers the public printer; custom-house officers with
hi necessary clerks all persons actually employed in
the conveyance Of the mail licensed pilots al marin
era actually employed in the Of any citizen
or merchant within the Confederate States and all per
sons VINO now are, or may hereafter be- exempted by
the laws of the respective States
The bill being read by section for amendmept-
Ar- Niles moved TO amend the second line after the
word persons, aud none others Agreed to-
ar smith, Of Virginia. moved to strike out in the
portion Of che section reading the heads of the dr-
eut departments with their assistants the additional
clae, and the guar clerks belonging 10 the same
and insert hesis Of departments aud chief clerks
Mr Mics said iryoud disar.ange and disorganize the
Whole system Of the departments
Mr. Sh said te secretaries could appoint clerks over
forty tive years OF age
The amendment was lost
vi Miles moved 10 amend by inserting 'the district
Mr. Lyons OF Virginia moved to add Commissioners
ana receivers under the sequestrauon act "
greed TO.
The amendment of SIR Lyons was adopted as amended
81 Conrad, of L0ui lana. novel 20 amend by striking
out postnl~ters Of any city town ysth not less than
hree thousand inhabitants with the necessary clerks
duty
The yeas and nays called on the passage Of this
Inenducut, and resulted 3firuativev as follows.
leEsAessrs. Arlington. Bars s.ise Batson Bruce Of
hy-, Coau0lissi Copton, Conrad COnrosv Curry. Oar
gan. Davidson. Davis Dav.ins D-isrn-tte Tlrore
Ewing, Fooie Gariiuheir. Garland Hanly He steil
Hilton, jenkins, Johnson Ksnner Lewis Machsn Mar
SHALL Nleu-es, Moore. Munneryuu PuCh Rasyls Sexton
smith Of Va, swan Filiere, Wright Of Ga.. Wright Of
TeKas-4l.
Nags-3Iessrs- AsHe Aisius Baldwin. Bell Boeock
bonham, B0trer, Burnett, Chiffon Chrisman. Clapp
Crockett Elliott, FarrcWi Gather. GarnetL GartreH
e,oode Heoert Hoeom6e. Lyon If Alabama, Lyons Of
Nlrslua Mclean, Mclae Miles, Perkins Preston, Roys
ton, Russell Singleton, Smith Of Alabama Smith OF
N9rth Carolina Staples Strickland, Tuppe, Welch,
WHcox-3
lir Sexton moved 70 reconsider the vote bv which the
amendment was adopted Not agreed to-
Mr. Heiskel moved % amend by inserting and all
PersOas engaged in the manufacture Of iron lead con-
per or zinc SO long they setuay engaged and no
longer This amendment not agreed to
Mr.. Chiffon moved to exempt all ministers IF the eos
pei who had charge Of churches Lost
Dir. Chiffon moved 70 add an additional section
That the Secretary Of War be empowered to detaeh
rom The military service persl 10 the seve-
a railroads, the telegraph operators and super eneus
lf lines Persons engaged In the manufacture Of arms
"a tpeier and munitions Of war, So long they shall be
actually employed
bir Holt moved To amend by ling the employees Of
state governmental.
Mr. Joues would amend by adding manufacturers Of
ron and salt
Mr. tawls said tbst iron was one Of those things Of
which we are now Ia the greatest want ana the manu-
aetarers and workers that article should be exempt
whether engaged on privase or government work.
Pending ihe discussion Of this amendment the House Z
ID motion Of 9ir Moore, OF Kentucky. adjourned. 4