The national Republican., 1862-01-22
THIRTY.SEvENTH CONGRESS
4- SECOND SESSION.
IN SENATE.
TUESDAY, January 81, 1862.

The following nsnorisl were presented:
From citi.ens Of hichigas, for , naval depot
From he same State, for certain .'ll..ry
From citizens Of Illinois, asking immediate |
action on the. slavery question 81 tending 70
peace.
From the Connecticut Academy of Arts and
Sciences, smbodying resolution urging upon
Congress The oonuauancs Of the Coast Survey.
From the Mayor and City Council Of San.
dusky City, for naval depot at Ssndasky
Bay. re-. ........ ...f
MuHr or SUFFRAGE TO FOREIGN SOLDIERS.
On motion Of Mr.. BROWNING, . resolution
was agreed 70, proposing the amendment Of the
naturalization laws 70 give the right Of citizen
ship 10 unnaturalized eoldiers now In the q.
s. service.
BILLS INTRODUCED.
Mr.. GRIMES introduced q bill for a railway
| along Pennsylvanis avenue and other streets
70 Georgetown.
Mr. TRUNBULL introduced q bill regulat.
ing the compensation Of District Attorneys.
Mr.. FESSENDEN introduced bill TO au.
thOrize the examination Of parties 10 suits in
the Courts Of the United States
| JAPANESE PRESENTS.
Mr.. SUMNER, from the Committee on For
eign Relations. reported joint resolution AL.
L tuOllLhlk CVltotu OuCclb VI klio navy W hCOtPs
presents from the Japanese Government.
/ After remarks from Messrs. HALE and SUN
NER, the resolution was agreed to,
pErENCEs Or WASHINGTON.
On motion Of Mr.. WILSON, The bill for com.
pleiipg the defsuccs about Washington was
taken up, and amended by providing that no
money should be expended on work yet to be
performed.
To The reported amendment striking out The
tfth section, providing for the discharge Of mi.
! uors enlisting without The consent Of par, Dts,
! Mt. POWELL submitted an amendment,
striking out the words, " and the oath to be
taken BY recruits shall be conclusive as 70 the
. age" regarding II as an Indictment 10 disObe
VI Nj. CLARK feared enlistment under excite
T ment, or iutcxicatioD, when there could be nc
I remedy.
3 Mr.. TRUMBULL followed In q similar
strain.
Messrs. NESMITH, WILSON, and others, op
posed the amendment Of Mr.. Powell.
. II amendment of Mr. Powell was lost; ant
IS the original amendment was agreed to.
Mr.. WILSON proposed q further amendment
for the punishment Of spies; which was brief!
!. discussed, and its further consideration post
II poned.
q ExPUIAION or A SENATOR.
Mr.. SUMNER, In opposing The report OF tn
committee, said the expulsion OF q Senator wa
's serious business, next 10 The ioaiction Of cap
If ital punishmeot itself, but such duty must b
q met with heroism when The evidence demanded
= II. Others had been expelled for treason VIII
o wsre absent. In this case, the member wa
= prcsent In the Senate
Il His sitting here may be referred 10 conscio,,
1. innocence Il may be referred 10 audaciou
= guilt. A Catiline had gone into The Senate
y and q patriot bad dared TO point out the tra
- - tor. Benedict Arnold had appeared in legii
% lstive aseembly 10 Philadelphia the appsa,
,e ance Of the Senator was neither an evidence q
=, guilt nor Innocence. A Senator may be sub
U ject to expulsion without deserving death, uid
" ~ the report Of John Quincy Adams, In The Cas-
~ 70 Of John Smith, In 1908. Secession had cCm
n menced in South Csrolina, . State always ma
~ with treason. On the election of Abraham
:, Lincoln, others followed In her footsteps. u
!. the LIST of January, Charleston was . camp
. and batteries threatened the United State
Y forts. Early In January, forts, arsenals. an,
- munitions, In Georgia, Alabama, sad Louis
= ana, were seized, and the Star Of the Wei
" was fired into. On the 9Th OF February, th
~ Confederate Congress adopted Constitution
\, and Jefferson Davis was elected President, an
:. ~ soon Cabinet was organized. With him tb
=, civil, but It's military head, % much the chic
" Of this rebellion a. Satan, himself seated anon
. bis peers, was the chief Of the rebellion in th
:. spheres Of Heaven. II was at this time ths
= Mr.. Bright March ~ addressed the arch ira
. tor az, !" Ny dear SIR" concluding WITH yer
!. truly yours" He had notoriously sympsthize
= with those principal conspirstors, JED. Dav
~ ! and John Slidell had voted aud acted wit
y them.
d. 2, He quoted authorities 10 show that arme
." resistance Of law was levying war In the inter
l nf thu etafuka A tklo 0van n H. avi
token Of respect and an indication Of goo
" will. He bright besides conferred on him
~ title denied to our President-(" His Exec
I'M lency ")-and recognized the rebel COME,
"a eracy as the Confederate States." The iii
Du loyalty that crops out In the address CONT
IN forth blown In the letter itself. 10 It's gel
nd eral character, certainly In its special impor
~ 1t comes within the constitutional descriptio
Of black treason. Its object 10 to introduce
10 few muskets or few cannon, compared vii
m. the comprehensive guilt Of sending 10 q reb
nj chiet whose flag was flying at Montgomery,
great Improvement in frearms9 An America
ne citizen, going forth on an errand Of treason,
nd announced by an American Senator as a ge
ed tleman, reliable In every respect-relisble Il
ho the purposes Of treason. That such lett,
w should be subscribed "vcry truly yours"
en- appropriate, and shows conclusively that u
4 that reasonable letter was arrested witho
accomplishing his treason the agent is II
prisoned, and Senators are debating on u
os right Of the principal to bis seat In the Scnat
'u The other letter (that 10 Mr.. Fitch) eau on
We be considered as marking either the hsrdihot
at OK guilt or the stolidity OF indifference. Agai
ot he\comes into the Senate, and declares he b
y, done nothing that he would not do again. tt
Vi Is ddpe without blush, betraylng an enronte
by and ! recklessness OF personal character
nd whichNhe Senate should not have listened. T
rebellion was armed from head TO foot, and
battle array, when that letter was written.
ION was curt and brief; but treason sometimes stal
-. In stste-sometimes walks In humble disgui
ess lie read letter written by Benedict Arnold
the Washington, extolliug his own patriotism o.
be rectitude. The professions Of Benedict Arnc
ne, are similar to those Of the Senator on this flo
"'' Further parallel was drawn between this Ct