New-York daily tribune., 1862-04-24
XXXVIITH CONGRESS.
FIRST SESSION.
SENATE. .wAsHlSoros, April %, 1862.

A. TRUUBULL (Rep., ILL., presented petition
ro,, W C. JeweU for defensive stand-stlii Poney
az Yorktown, etc., to secure reserve iofco %
NJ TRUMBULL, from the judiciary Committee,
ooor,ed resoluiicn in relation 20 the pay OF the
~ senators and Representatives from the state o.
Wunesoia VIII b Was passed.
W- BALE Ner., N. Ill., offered resolution that
o., Military Committee inquire whether any Genertl
N ,be arns before Yorktown lad exhibited himself
tsSnnt in face of tie enemy, aud If any measures
bee been taken for the tra and punishment OF such
officer. -, ,,, ,,-, .-......, A.. 81.
,uect ie referred TO the Committee on the Conduct
aJr IT, HALE Rep., n. H. referred to the state
,oent Of Sir. Morrill, in the House yesterday, end
Lid that he thought it high time that notice
sIonlJ he taken Of these things. If officers thus
Lad brave men 10 be slaughtered like beasts. no
nun suert is 'oo great fOr thsm
MIR FOSTER rep, Conn., said the Senate hadinot
taken high gouud enough. The Senate should never
have confirmed men known 10 he iniemlerate IL be-
comes rs TO weed our own garden tirrt anG correct
our own laxity aud he panied to say crininahly
President FOOT said that the General referred
20 had not been confirmed.
Wr- UAIEs id he knew that the Senate bad not
taken high gfound enough, but il officers were 80
drlrk they could not cit their hoIses lie thought
acme notice ou. ht to be taken Ot il.
Mr. WILSON Rep, Mass.l said lie supposed the
r,soluiion referred TO Gen. smith. lie (Nllsoni,
however X ew nothing OF the case. lie never pro-
posed the nane of any person who was iHiempera'e'
Toe resolution was then adopted.
Mr DAVIS lUn., Ky.) introduced an additional
osth fer grand and pets jurors III the United states
Courts.
Tno bill recognizing the independence Of Hsyti
and Liberia, and tue appointment vi diplOmanc
represeutatiou, wes takea up.
Mr.. SUMNER fR-p., Mass.) said thus for oui
Government, usually friendly 10 new Governments
had turned aside from these nations. lie thought II
was time 20 pat an end 10 II Is anomaly In Tue MS
tory Of this Government. Hatn was one OF the
most beautiful and fertile i,lahds IN the world III
hes o surface cf 80 go square mies--being about
the size Of Ireland. 1t EOlds commanding silua
tiop u the Gulf and tas maitsined Its independence
for nearly sixty Years. Liberia, stretching along
the coast If Africa is about the same IN size, am
seems hardly less favored III rich fertility than Hayt
but especially Hayti exe,s IN tie production Of cot
con, sugar, ana pIm Oil.
Tho argumeu. for treaties with such countries be
comes irreeis 'hls IN view OF tie dem6hdS OF com
mercs In iist Of eix'y countries with which We
have commercial TesiiOOs, Hayu stands %tn, anC
Liberia <9th. In exports, Hayt stands neat to Rus
STA, sad in the number oi trading vessels Hayi i
superior 10 Euesie. There thirteen countries II
the commercial st OF lees value than Hayti, where
diplomatic representatives., and eight couu
tries where we have representatives not Ia any com
mercisi list. The SendS1cb Islands have only
population Of 10000, while uavti hes 6)0 00e pop
ulation, ard her exports amount 10 $2,61j,o0J; ye
al tbs Sandwich IelAnis We have Commissioner
and tbTee C0nsul;.
H,y;i In tie hst year took more fsb, Cotton
ycods soAp, butter aud lard, than Cuba and Porte
Rio tooether and more than many otter countries
where We have a iull diplomatic representation II
suv olbor ,rguuen Is ntedec - fOsnd 10 tne con-
dtioa OF things IN the West iudia lslsnds and Mexico
iain l. attending to recover footh"ld ia The West
l10ia, by the rScouqles. OF Hayti. We must check
such ecteueB Of ambition and pTeeerve the balance
of pOyer among these isi2lds. Llpera aiso, though
not 20 important comwerciany, set mas strong de-
tiis,ic Tor recognition. BY recognizing tnest Two
nation ouly tardiy follow tie example OF ihe
principal nstoas OF tn world.
1ns bill was then postponed until to-norTow, ana
The CouGsceiOn i'll wa, aiken W.
Mr. DAVIS Tcsuued iis RENAL ks in opposition q
tLe bill. He s.Sd tlat hc And alIeady detG.Jsd the
Side q sOue lcng'h be qaesli0n, hut be consid-
cred that in te iuloItnce OF iis Cfects the bill had
49, yarEilel. a. c0uic.oed that Conpess had 10
ngit 70 Ilss such Til uider the pretended wsr
power.
II. quoted at cousider.hle length from the cop,ro-
vorsy between Wendell Phillips and Lysand-r
SpoGuer 70 snow that Phillips argued that slavery
Was legal aud constitutional. lie SAID the gre~'
PRINCIPLES wl ich unaerli the Constitution we're
lever more deory aud iorcibiy "a ca tnAh Dy
Iuiljns. But Phillips aud his followers went %
destruy the Constitution that they may destroy
Sauary. lie iUa,iti wac no advocate for slavery
IN the his'fsct. T. bis will could remove ell sisyes
Tomorrow theY should 70, or he would be giad u
inaugurale a ystem Of ,.rgfnal emancipation. But
Phillips Low changed his olir IONS boanse be tdnks
Lis marty is in power. aud may ce able 10 sital.
oOccfs by The interruptions orders Of the party, aud
be Davis thought Le relied very mucn on tie Sena-
tors from Maesdc! usetis iSumGeri aud AeW-ltd'nI-
shire tHalej. lie cuAteIiceG in regard 70 slavery
tb8t il aways existed und when the Savior OF man
kind came TO the eaTti nc Caue 10 siavebo!oinf
ocmuup. ;, and although tho Senator from New
Hampshire iIalc was Versed IL SripInre bt
(DayIs challenged hila 70 show any place WneIt
Christ condemned Slavery D. q cine.
Mr.. HALE lRcp, n. H. said he thought Of q
text which app.:ed 20 ils care: " 4hat SoH eOia
unra, ia all u,.n cvevywbere now % repent.
Mr. DAVIS feared he YVES tVo hardened sinner
He eoutinDeI ccDteudi;g that the Union eoed only
he restored in sDiiit ol cODceasi0n md compronis
lie Continued, thai SlVery would Continue forever
10 some form or other. God permitted It ~ exist
thus ia; vet th.re were iipi0us pcrsOLs "ho pre-
tend 70 know the VIII Of cod. and wtO say that lie
hss determined Oh the destruction Of slavery. IL
rbe party III power w-r not gong 10 Keen iti
pledge but gUiux TO ui.57 Oh the i.g..J a
States aud their d0estio concerns, then the war had
only begun. The CuOa men Cf tho south Woglo
uevsr submit, aud he ay0wcd 10 as their represent
tive.
Mr.. SUMNER moved 10 20 into Executive Ses
sion. Yeas ~; Nays iyiost.
Mtr. SHERMAN u,ep. Ouio.) offered an amend
men, 10 tic bill specifying p.rsOns TO "Lom the con
GscarOn would aiiiy: y rs0Ds VINO mty hereafter
bold Office in ANY way under the Rebel Government.
After further discues.Op, udi UrEed.