The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1862-01-24

| WIN an OrOor from DrIgduicr OtueraI u
send back fugitive slave. Thank God
that name has not been passed upon by thu
Senate get. he thought it was time we act.
ed up to our principles, and rebuke thest
men who disgrace humanity. In regard to
Marshal anon, we ought to say to the
President that he had insulted the Senate
and must be removed. o. y1"a4G- a.'
Mr.. Garlic said that the Senator could
not have heard what was said. He merely
gave expression to his own opinions that
the time should be devoted to measures
connected with the preservation of the
Union. --te '-' -
Mr.. Sherman of Ohio said he thought the
time had arrived for important action on
financial measures. ,e r,... n .4F
Mr.. Fessenden, of Maine, said there was
an erroneous impression in the country that
the Senate should act on these financial
measures Immediately, and pass tax bill.
These bills all take time and elaboration,
and the Senators could not act till the bill
comes from the House. He thought that
the Senate was not to be blamed because,
in the intermediate time, they attended to
other matters.
MIR. Sherman said there was an extended
financial business much broader than tax
bill. '.@
After further discussion vote was taken
on Powell's amendment to except the fugi
tive Slaves. Lost-nays 5, yeas 50. Yeas
--Messrs. Bayard, Kennedy, Pearce, Pow
ell and Salisbury.
Mr.. clark of New Hampshire offered an
amendment that no person be hereafter cen
fined in Jail without warrant from the
magistrate or court, or an order from one
house of Congress. Agreed to.
The bill was passed, yeas 81, nays -
Messrs. Carlisle, Kennedy, Powell and
Salisbury.
On motion of Mr.. Sumner, the bill for
the relief of the British ship Perthshire
was taken up and passed. Adjourned.
WASHINGTON, Jan. Is.
SENATE.--Mr. Wilson from Military
Committee reported back the bill to in
crease the clerical force of the War Depart
ment 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, Massachusetts,
stating that the country is flooded with nn>
reliable seeds, and asking that o duty be
placed on seeds.
On motion of Mr.. Lane of Kansas, the
joint resolution to promote the efficiency of
troops serving in Kansas, was taken up.
Mr.. Salisbury said that the New York
Tribune in calling attention to this resou-
tion, said that it would occur to the reader
that it meant something. Did it mean a
policy dangerous to the country and which
be believed was condemned by the President
in his message? This joint resolution gives
to the commander in Kansas power given to
no other man. 1t invites every free negroe,
runaway slave and Indian to come and be
armed if there was lingering hope for the
Union in the heart of any man in the South,
the adoption of this resolution would extin.
guish all such hope. 1t might be said of
South that they employ negroes, but it was
curse on the Southern Confederacy, and
be (Saulsbury) neither wanted to learn NOR
ais or patriotism from it. Being in the old
Federal Union, for which every aspiration
of his heart goes forth, he condemned this
policy as destructive of the last hope of the
Union. There would not be any Union
men left in the South if this policy was
adopted. He moved to insert in the reso.
luton the word white before the word per-
sons.
Mr.. Lane of Kansas said that the COM
mander in Kansas, is Maj. Gen. Hunter
who was as we'll known for his prudence as
for his gallantry. This bill, in case he is
cut off from communication from the Govr
ernment, is to give him power to fill up
the army in the country where he was. The
resolution does not give him power to arm
the slaves or even white men. When every
white soldier was Knight Errant and
had for his Esquire, slave from the rebels,
then we would begin to see the beginning OF
the end. He would put the slaves to work
on the Notifications, but would not put arms
in their hands. The resolution provides for
no other expense except subsistence.
Mr.. Harlan said that if the resolution
was to confer benefit on the colored peo-
pie, be could see why the Senator from
Delaware should object to it but he Har-
lan) could not see why the c0lored people
should not be allowed to bear their share
of the burdens. Neither did he agree
that colored men should not be allowed to
bear arms. He did not think it could be
offered as reason for not doing so, that
they were enemies OF the country. There
were 100000 men whose loyalty could
not be doubted, and yet all their force and
energy is marshalled against US by the reb
els He did not see why we should not
employ these four millions of men for the
Government.
Mr.. Lane, of Kansas, said he had not
intended by the resolution to commit the
Government to the policy of arm,ng the
slaves, but if he (Lane) had command of
! the army, while he would not commit the
Government to any policy, he would say to
the slave, I" have no arms, but if you can
| find arms get them, and will use you as a
! soldier" N@ja #"' "" ''a ~ ''
Suppressed applause in the gallery
Mr.. TrumbulI, from the Judiciary Cons
mittee, to whom was referred the numerous
bills in reference to the con6scation of the
property of rebels, &C., reported them all
back, with one original bill, as substitute
for the whole, namely, to coniscate the
property and free the slaves of rebels.