Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1862-01-16
CONGRESSIONAL
WAsH1soTON, Jan. Is.

ponement Of the resolution until Monday
week. Messrs Horton, Bingham and Nor
rill urged its immediate passage. a
The House refused to postpone the resolu.
ton by vote of 80 against 113. The re-
solution was then passed by vote Of lss
against 5. 5.z.ltraEr
On motion Of Mr. YallandighAm, the
Committee on Ways and Means was instruct
ed to arrange to prevent boarding coin and
bullion, and to inquire into the expediency
Of reViving the acts authorizing the currency
of foreign coin and making them legal ten
der, and whether suy law regulating the
value of domestic or foreign coin is neces-
sary.
A bill was passed prohibiting the Chinese
coolie trade BY Americans.
The House considered the Forii6e5tion bill.
Wadsworth replied to Bingham's argu-
ment that Congress, under the Constitution,
has power to smancipate slaves. Adjourned.
SENATE.
Mr.. Wilson, fromthe Military Committee,
reported back the bill to increase the cleri-
cal force of the war department and bureaus
Mr.. Grimes moved to amend so as to add
four clerks to the Navy Department. This
was agreed to and the bill passed.
Mr. Sumner presented a petition from the
farmers Club of Concord, Mass, stating
that the country is flooded with unreliable
seeds, and asking thai g duty be placed on
seeds.
On motion of Mr.. Lane, Of Kansas, the
joint resolution to promote the efficiency of
the troops serving in Kansas was taken NJ
Mr.. Saulsbury said that ths New York
Tribune In calling attention to this resolu-
ton said that it would occur to the reader
that it meant something. Did it mean
policy dangerous to the country and which
he believed was condemned By the President
in his messas52 This joint resolution
gives to the commander IN Kansas power
given to no other man. It invites every
tree negro and runaway slave, and Indian
20 come and be armed. If there WIS ling
ering hope for the Union in the heart Of
any man in the South, the adoption of this
Joint resolution would sxtinguish all such
hope. Itmight be said Of the South, that
they employed negroes, but it was curse on
the Southern Conisderacy, and he (Sauls-
bury neither wanted to learn cmoials OF
patriotism from II. Being In The old Feder-
al Union. for which every aspiration Of his
heart goes forth, he condemns this policy as
destructive of the last hope Of the Union =
There would not bssny Union men left al
the South if this policy was adopted. He
moved to insert in the resolution the word
HEhite" before the word npersons.S
Mr.. Lane, Of Kansas, said that the com
mander In Kansas is Maj. Gen. Hunter, who
was as we'll known for his prudence Is for
his gallantry. This bill, in case be is cut of
from communicating with the Government,
g to give him power to fill up the army in
the~couutry where be was. The resolution
does not give him PoEes 70 sEta the slaves,
or even white men. When every white soldier
was a knight errant and had for his esquire
slave from the rebels, then We would be.
gin to see the beginning of the end. He
would put the slaves to work 90 the forti6-
cations, but would not put arms in their
hands The resolution provides for no other
expense expect subsistence.
Mr.. Harlan said if the resolution was to
confer benefit on the coloFed people, be
could sea why ths Senator from Delaware
should object to it. but be (HarlsnJ eeuld
notsee why the colored people should not be
allowed to bear their share Of the burdens
Neither did he agree that oolored men should
not be allowed to bear arms. he did not
think it could be offered as reason Ecz not
doing 50 that they were enemies Of the
country. There were four millions Of men
whose loyalty could not 70 doubted, and yet
all their force and energy is marshalled
against Us by the rebels. he did not see
why we should not employ these four mil
lions Of men for the Government.
Mr.. Lane of Kansas, said be had not in
tended by the resolution to commit the Gov
ernment to the policy of arming the slaves,
but if he (Lane) had command of the army,
while he would not commit tie GoVernment
to any policy, he would say to the slaves
"I have no arms, but if you can find arms,
get them, and l will use you as 3 soldier
Suppressed applause in the gslleFy).
Mr.. TTumbRll, fomthe Judiciary Commit
tee, to whom was referred the numerous bills
in reisrencs 70 the eon6scation Of the prop
erty of rebels, &c, reported them all back,
with one original bill as 6 substitute for the
whole, namely, to eOn6scste the properly
and free the slaves of rebels.
The Kansas contested seat came up. Mr..
Stanton proceeded 10 speak 81 length,
Mr.. Stanton said before he accepted the
oehOuoIsnlp run tAs 0OIeEuOf OI hahbae,
be; telegraphed TO the Secretary Of War to
know il Lane had been appointed Brigadier
General and bad accepted, and received
reply that Gen. Lane had been appointed
and had accepted,
Mr.. Harlan thought the President had no
authority to make the appointment at that
time. There was no such Office.
Mr.. CoWan took the same ground.
A communication was received from the
Secretary Of the Navy In answer to a reaolu.
ton relative to the employment ofGeOrgs o
D. Morgan, and referred.
Adjourned.