Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-03-28
Night Dispatches.
CONGRESSIONAL.
WASHINGTON, March DC.

AsHING1ON, Marcn 20
SENATE-Mr. Sumner presented several pc
ttiOnS in favor of the emancipation of slaves
Mr. Hale offered a resolution asking the Sec
rotary of the Interior to transmit to the Senate
all the correspondence in relation to the bark Au
gusta. Adopted
Mr. Harlan also offered a resolution that the
committee on naval affairs be instructed to in
quire whether there was any laxity on the part of
the officers of the bieckadng squadron on the
coast, especially at Charleston and whether there
was any foundation for the statement of the Brit
ish Consul at that post that armed trooped ships
of the Confederate States have been allowed to
20 in and out of the port of Charleston and no
attempt made to stop them. Adopted.
The joint resolution giving pecuniary aid TO
the States in case they should emancipate their
81 aves was taken up.
Mr. Henderson said he felt disposed to vote for
the resolution. There was a strong objection to
it in the Border States, and they believed that
this was an attempt to abolish slavery in those
States, and then in the other States He was
sure there was no such intention on the part of
the President, and he thought there such
intention on the part of the members of the Sen
ate. Although the subject of slavery the
cause of the rebellion, yet there were other in
terests in tie State of Missouri The people in
that State (MissouriD were deeply interested in
having the Mississippi river kept open to its
slavery question. He had also opposed the bill
for the abolition of slavery in the District of Co.
lumbia, not because he considered it unconsttu-
tlonal, but because IL inexpedent to bring
the subject up for discussion
The South had been annually frightened by
some story of an Abolition monster. Yet if Con
gress should abolish the petty amount of slavery
in the District of Columbia, he did not believe
his State would secede, but lie hoped that if Sen
ators determined to do this thing they would be
quick, for the great State of Delaware, getting
peep behind the curtain and discovering the awful
plot to emancipate the few slaves she his already
nearly free. might go South for her constitution.
al rights where certainly her constitutional rights
will be preserved in full force.
The Senators from Kentucky are getting ex-
cited and the Senators from Virginia and Mary
land are getting suspicious of something dreadful
to happen
He had been opposed to the bill for the cultiva-
ton of the cotton lands, though he supposed it
hlrmess. for the reason that IL might have bad
effect upon the border States Yet if the state
ment is true that slavery should be the corner
stone of the Government he willing to fight
to the last with the North against any such Gov
eminent Nothing would tempt him to raise his
hand against the Government. All the revolu-
ton be wanted was the balot-box. He did not
think there were fifty thousand slaves left in
Missouri large numbers of them had been ia
ken South. The people in that State had lost
property equal in value to the whole amount of
her slaves at the commencement of the war.
He regarded the Presidents message not as
threat but a prophecy which he felt would be
fulfilled everywhere ii the continued.
He was perfectly willing that the proposition
should 60 TO the people of his State. and the
matter be left entirely to the States.
Ninety-sx DAYS of the war expenses would
have paid for all the slaves in Missouri, Ken
lucky, Delaware, Maryland and the District of
Columbia. and the expenses Of the war for two
years will pay for all the slaves in the country.
Mr.. Pearce from the Committee on Finance re-
ported bill to allow arms ordered by States to
aid the suppression of the rebellion, come free of
duty.
On motion of Mr.. Fessendeu the naval appro-
priation bill then taken up.
A long discussion ensued on the completion OF
Stevens's battery. No action taken on il.
The Senate went into executive session.
Adjourned.
HOUSE-The House in Committee Of the
Whole on the State of the Union, resumed con-
sideration of the tax bill.
Mr. Sheffield offered an amendment that upon
all sales of goods, wares, merchandise. and other
property and estates which shall be used for con
sumption or investment. including all exchanges
of property excluding jobbers middlemen,
tax of one per cent on The amount of such
sales.
rarily Withdrawn
Further debate followed.
An amendment was adopted taxing candles of