, 1862-12-10

L KENTUCKY NHGGEe B5uEy.
TER COME TO GEHEF.
"ashington's M{l} Eo{4 Not Stolen and
RADICAL RESOLUTIONS BE 11R. CONWAY.
WESTERN MEDICAL EXAlTrNERS
APPOINTED.

Especial Dispatch to the Chicago Tribunal
| NAsuISGToS, December ., 1898 D. m,
| Maj. Gen. Wool is in town relieved from
duty In Baltimore By the arrival Of Mai. Gen
Schcnck, and is ready for an assignment to an,
more active service which the goyernmen
may have for him. Schenck entered upou Iii
new duties this morning.
Lleut Col. Eiussey Of Cincinnati, Of tht
Board Of Army Medical Inspectors, starts thu
last OF this week for Newbern and ui1tor
Iead, on medical inspection tour
Mcclellan is in town to gire his evidence il
the Porter and Mcdowell caEes. No speci,]
| attention is paid TO him.
The statement that the original manuscript
Of Washington's will had been stolen from,
Fai1fax Court House and sold to Il museum in
Great Britain. is authoritatiyely contradicted
in statement from citizen Of Fairfax pub.
lished here in the morning papers.
| q series of very radical resolutions will be
| introduced tomorrow hy Conway Of Kansas.
| setting forth that the restoration Of the Union
rs it was is Il calamity to be most earnestly
| avoided; that the rebel States have so far ef:
fected revolution as to have lost their char
acter rs States Of the Union; that the war
should be prosecut ed to effect the subjugation
OF their territory, and that the territory should
then be governed rs the Northwestern Terri
tory was under the ordinance Of l7s7;
thai there is great reason to doubt
whether the rebellion can be suppressed un-
til another President is elected, and that,
therefore, unless few months should bring
fnfr11ftlfn 4riu ,,,1, f,
ought to cease. The resolutions will have
few but earnest supporters, and will not fail
10 produce q sensation.
The following Western medical examiners
Tor the Pension Bureau were appointed to-
day Tor Illinois: A. s. Hudson of Sterling,
Ja.o. s. Hostctter Of Mount Carroll, Thos 4.
Paine Of Galcua, Elias c. DcPercy Of Free
port, Fleming H. Paine Of Marshall, T. s.
i4erlning ofSpringGeld, Jno. S. B. Bushnell Of
Rockville, Indiana; Thos. R. Austin of New
Albany, Crlcl II. Peak Of Fort Howard.
Especial Dispatch to the Chicago Trib1,neJ
WASHINGTON, Dec. o. 1861
The Senate devoted tie whole Of to-day to
tGe subject Of arbitrary arrests The debate
developed 4 decided feeling OH the part Of
prominent Republicans against the mode in
which the power Of :rrcsting has often been
exercised. Nessrs- TrumbulI and Sherman
both expressed this sentiment.
The following is q synopsis of Mr.. Shcr-
mans speech, wlsic1, gives fair idea Of what
Is destined to he of so much political impor-
lance this session. Mr.. Sherman said TIC
feared that thc Senate in its hatred Of traitors,
was about to commit al injustice. This was
Il resolution Of inquiry. TIC Senators from
Delaware desire 10 ascertain why two Of their
constituents are dctaincd in military prison.
They assert that these citizens are loval, aud
are denied boil and hearing Of The accusation
1T trial.
They wish to ask the Secretary Of War the
cause Of this detention. Shall we refuse this
inquiry: II is The Constitutional duty Of the
President to give Congress information of The
slate Of The country. We call for this daily,
We and those VIC represent lave right to
know all the acts ofthc Executive, that affect
any OF our people. 1t is in this way only, that
the people can know the action Of the Execu-
tive and the reasons for it. Shall we, the
friends OF the President, refuse this infor1aa-
iion upon question Of affecting the right Of
personal liberty9 If the facts Justify the ar
rests the facts can do no harm. If thcv do
not wc should not veil them with sccresy.
These arrests have deeply affected public
minds In his opinion, the President had n
r1sht to make the arrests. The Constitution
provides that the writ Of haoas corpus nav
be suspended i'll cases Of rebellion or ;uya
sion.
Gentlemen differ as to whether this is q 1er
islative or executive power. IL believed it
Was legislative power and stated at some
length his reason. This dispute was no longer
materlel. Tic President exercised tic power
and Congress lad by legislation sanctioned his
acts. Both Congress and President agree in
susl'enaing the writ, and the President must
determine the particular cases. It is a dan
gerous and alarming power. Every free 1,eo-
pie is jealous Of it.
Public safety endangered by rebellion or
invasion alone justitics it. Every case of its
exercise should he SO clear that every loyal
Nun would feel that tie man should be mr.
rested. Hc believed that when the flcts of
these arrests were known nearly all would be
justified. Those who defend the President
should know the facts. He justified thc
Maryland arrests as demanded By the clear
est necessity. The other cases and some Of
those III Ohio were not demanded by public
safety They were traitors and fanatics whose
arrest had injured the administration and
made political martyrs Of dema-
gogues. The chief complaint was
that those men were arrested for reasonable
practices, and get were discharged without
trial or punishment. Tproper7y a,xsttd, they
rfre not properly discharged. No effort had
heen made to punish them By the Courts.
The snhject WAS ofsuch vital interest that Con-
gress should at once regulate these arrests,
and prescribe some mode Of trial and punish
mcnt. While preserving the Republic they
must maintain personal liberty. They could
not afford to make triling arrests without
prompt trial. Sympathy would be expected
for the accused, and thus the people would be
divided and enbittered, when the united
strength Of ali the loyal people was needed
against the enemy. If they dealt frankly, he
did not fear but that the President would be
sustained in making such arrests and impris-
onments as were really demanded by public
safety.
A meeting Of the mdiana delegation was
held tonight to consider what steps should
be taken, if any, to urge the claim Of Indiana
to the suceessorship to Smith in the Interior
Department.
The House debated the admission Of Vest
ern Virginia to-day from II to s clock. Con-
way ofKansas led off in compact logical argu-
mcnt from an ultra radical standpoint against
such admission. Schuyler Colfax made one
Of his harpiest efforts in response, covering
the whole ground in the briefest possible
space, and delightlng the Western Virginia
leaders, who declared it by far the best pre-
sentation of their case yet given to the public.
Mr.. Critteuden opposed the admission
warmly, and Horace Maynard more warmly
favored it. The question will be decided to-
morrow, and even lending opponents ac-
knowledge that West Virginia will..be admitted
by a handsome majority.
Campbell of The Wheeling IaeNigence1, and
other Western Virginia loyalists, are here urg-
ing their cause. According to present theo-
ries, the State Government now in operation
ut Wheeling, is the Government Of the whole
State Of Virginia. When the new State is ad-
naitted, the old Government Of course belongs
only to the eastern part Of the State. The
President has been promised, therefore, thst
on the admission of the new State, the CAPITAL
Of the old State shall be removed to Elexau.