The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1862-02-06
Congressional Proceedings.
Xxxvu. CONGREss.-souats.
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Xxxvu. CONGREss--scuass.
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Warrington, FEB. 5.-Mr. Carlile (va) NOV
ei " take up the resolution he offered some time
since In regard 10 the finances OF the country. Tue
expenses Of the country at the rate u fity
millions Of dollars month. lie tCsrlupl had
hoped ere this n have had SEINE plan from the Sec
Rotary of the Treasury for tho relief of the finances
Of the country, but the only plan propD'cd by him
Is the issie OF paper currency. lie tCarlilel was
opposed TO any union Of the Government and the
bssks. He WIS ma willing that the Government
should lie dependant On the banks. 1.-THE Govern
ment depends on an irreleemable paper issue fnan-
ciA ruin must follow. lie advocated the passage Of
his resolution as ahordtng safe and sound basis
| for specie currency,
The resolution was referred TO tie COMMITTEES on
Finance.
M. Fessenden tMel from the Committee on FL
reported back the bill making appropriations
| for the support Of the Military Academy without
amendm emit and the hill sAs passed.
Mr.. Snmner tMus) oHrrel a resolution calling on
the Pr sident 10 furnish the Senate with the resent
correspondence relative u the presentation Of AM
| erican citizens NJ the Court u france1-Adopted.
Ga motion Of Mr.. Wilson tM,s the bill to de-
hne the pay and emoluments OF officers Of the army
was taken up, and the amendments Of the Military
Committee adopted
| Mr. Sherman tO1iuJ called for the reading Of the
ninth section, which reduces tho salary II officers
and vi persons employed In the army and navy ten
Ter cent. during the rebellion lie said II that WAS
all u reduction Congress willing n make he
| would acquissse. But this would preserve all the
inequalities Il the old system Of compensation, now
i
II this I'LL should 10 passed these inequalities would
b. fixed and the I'D system Of mileage kept in force.
| We should now take In hand general system Of
| reduction aud retrenchmelt in our expenses Tne
| estimates 'or the expenses of the next hscL year
| were Eve hundred and Atty nons u dollars, and
know that this will be increased 10y various bills
This IL FIVE times the currency Of the country, three
times more than the coin In the country, and more
than the expenses 81 Great Britain during the war
with Napoleon, The b u was laid Oyer ,os "a.
.-gbe,up should mol be Gll,i win s, IKE ~, THESE
| suspected Of dsluyAlty. ~" 'He 'esa'
M. harris IN. " said that the sen.,,r ,o,,,
IT, mn s 70 he expelled, and nothiry further neal
l oe sald !" control the action Of the Senate ~,
| some questions have been introduced No., bN
| ,hliely irrelevant. Some Senat. ~ seer, a. r..
orTed we character Of the Senator in tie partln
~ n'ira then alluded N the elaborate t,eecbe. 81
the senator nom Massachusetts fsur1rs,i az los VI
oe'"hihg proaecut ting attorney TLeae s,,oe ibas
sH E'1 10 him llarrt'l like heiping blow ON
'Jn 'oe' me Senator from Kentucky ID tyisl has
made something like dozen speeches In "a. 80 ,.
We pending subject, and he appeared /, b, lie
bad vi .IunSe Ia We prosecution. lie tDavi-J
evidence to imPeach manly testimony nn,
To HioHtoh was already settled and he tII,r-
tbcr e no' onose 70 discuss il any longer. But
suulect personal a. himself An attempt hal bse,
mas ny the Legislature IT his STATE 10 re-Anima,a
CORPSE legislative instructions were
- hnl'o,.is summation Of the well nigh fatal doc
time OF States Rights What would Re- de res,'i,
9i the discussion in the Legislature Of New Yor 10
ChAirg did not know, and 8, far as ,ba 80
there on the resolution instructiny lin, yyh 'Je
Sas concerned, II was not important that he sboui
Eho". Inc circumstances under which The /
attempt mad been made At his tUarrls1 re
susctation was extraordinary Nineteen Of liz cn-
leagues In the House, and bis personal and nil,
W friends bad solicited the Legislature OF New
ioik, IN order 20 save the state and perbsna ia
humble representative from diahonor l. ins,r,,c,
nun In regard n the vote he tHarrsl should gvs on
sn,s question He made no complaints az ainst his
ehe'sues Tor their course, aud could account fr IA |
IN no way but for the atmosphere which sllrrounds
'ne SENATE On question 81 political expeliency |
T national policy be tiiarrisl would listen ~ the
legislature but on question OF right and wrony |
ne tiisffir9 was only responsible n his opnscience
and 10 God. He would allow no man. nor h.dy ~ |
ulen, 70 intervene between him and his conscience
On AN executive or judicial question, a Legis. |
ianre has no right o. interfere or be heard. |
M. Foster Comm said that tie Senator ( ON
lhdisna had read two resolutions passed by a meet
ing In Indiana. lie tFosterl asked 10 have The |
''..r resolutions passed y that meeting
nv tosteI Then read the resulutions They de-
!. ore the state 70 which the country has been re- |
iueel ty Sctionalsm reaffrm the principles Of |
me D,mocratic party; declare that the present |
tate OF tue country Is due u the agitation Of the
'ANsfy question by fanatics, and h the sectional |
Platforms adopted by the Buffalo, Philadelphia and
chicago conventions declare that the Republictns |
SfSrnS nil Gi i, ni compromise, assumed
heir utter inability 10 carry the government in
Is diihculty The resolutions conclude by dsnounc- |
Nc the plan for the emancipation Of the slaves and
y d,nouncng the suspension OF the writ Of haJeds
oLpus
Nj. Blight sail that he had only read two O, m.
L
anei language which possibly would 10 deemed | :
nsiIe by some Senators, but laying as d. al that
e tBrighp could indcrse the resolutions in all their
Nj. Btyard tDel spoke in favor oS Mr.. Bright. \
nd referred T. the speeches which had besn made |
ere WIN something IKE partlzan feeling, and TO | =
he caucusses which bad been held in regard % This
sse. | r
Mr. Lame lind! said, at the FIRST Of the session he :
al told bis colleague tBrghp he should feel IL his
Lsne'9 duty N introduce a resolution of genert |
'quiry in regard n his tBrighi'9 course After. |
aTds, az caucus on another subject, his case was
= Ken oi hut there was no caucus in this case
MT Bright said, perhaps what he should say
al better have been said weeks ago. lie thanked -
ie judiciary Committee fer the favorable report |
me- had been made through one ~ their NUM- | y,
~ thr, Poitorl who had given way under unpre- AZ
dented pressure, The reasons might be satisf,c- NJ,
~ 10 that member, but he doubted whether they
ould be n eyen-handed Justice. His main Object A.
speaking was u place himself right on the maze | 81
history n he could succeed in that he would be mn,
,a ne WIS amazed at the party spirit exhi- TN
l'd against hhn aud the numerous accusations
ought against him. lie might with propriety lis
We asked fr counsel la, conscience having said an
a he had done, written, aud voted for nothing
consistent with his prerogatlye az an American |
nator he had not deemed that right, and | =
did not regret the not doing 80. lie
nuld not try h. shield himself from partizan | oU'
'ws, but challenged invest cation into all the acts o
his political liie lie had been honored by the | -
de OF Indiana thrice byia seat in the Senate Of tie
Senate, and had received the highest honor they tc
1 given, lie said this in answer 10 those who ser
pstloAed bis anteoedents, and sought to preju- reg
o Linn in the minds Of his countrymen. He re- | In
red them TO the letter he had written N Mr.. mil
ferson Davis, and 10 the character given him w ST
. Lincoln, who ! AL known him for many yoass. / Of
1 who always considered him worthy man. He | on
tended that that was a simple letter OF introduce
n, and It's address had no intention to recognise
right OF Mr.. Davis to any title 10 was only amore me
lrteay, and only followed the example OF others me
the floor Of the SenAte When ths letter was | pre-
itten, he did not believe there would be war. Az 70
there war he should not have given the let act
10 Dawn, II had been argued against hln that GA