The New York herald., 1862-03-20
TIN RTY.sEvENTH CON0REss.
FIRST SESSION.
Senate.

THl RTY.SEvENTH CONORESS.
FIRST SESSION.
senate. t
WASHINGTON, March 10. 1881
AuMurAroS or SLAVES
Mr. wnxor IRE. ~ Of Pa, presented several petitions
In favor OF the smA ncipation Of the slaves
srAru uxroKTAnoSs ARHs.
Mr.. KING, (rsp.) a Y, offered joint rssoIutios
authorizing the import alton Of ordered bv State
free of duty.
Mr.. FrssEspEs, (rsp )>of Me said there was bill 90
The bill was laid over.
TIE SOLDIERS o. TuD WESTERN DEPARTMENT..
On motion of Mr. HEsDERA ON, (Union) OF Mo-, the bin
to secure pay bounty and pA nsions actually in
service in the Department west was taken up and
passed.
Mr. MORRILL, rsp.) OF Me-, in troducsd bill to provide
for the public defence. and ~ accept loans from the
several States for the puTposs sr s, So,srre0' sss
Mr. HARLAN sp) OF Iowa preA ented resolutions from
the Iowa Legislature relating to the sickness smosg ths
Iowa troops. N
Mr. HALE (rep.) OF N H., from ttD Naval COMMITTEES,
Navy to place officers the retired list In active
PASSAGE or ms ARMY ooRrs BILL.
On motion OF Mr. WILSON, (rep) Of MASS, the bin sos
the organization Of army corps, &C., was taken up
Mr. GRM, (rep) of iowa, said he was tired Of oppos-
corps was not new thing. citizen OF his State was
now at the head of an army corps in the West but
request for splendid staff came from him. He wes
winning victories, and will win more These requests
the arisccratc portion Of the army who con-
quer the enemy by outcanping them He hoped 70 God
the day would come when the army would move
away from the capital so its influence would not be fss
here On all Legislation.
the commander had no staff and the bill proposes to give
them eight men, IL was necessary that We have an In
speotor General Adutant General Chief Of Artillery no.
He thought opposition to this bill was entirely without
Mr. CowAs, Crop ofP. said there was NO doubt -
to bs done every morning ws were treated TO new
DISH He wanted to know, we passed this bill, whether
the army would then be organzedf
Mr. WILSON said the bill for stan had been hanging
along between the two Houses some tms and this bill
up for the first time.
the bill hit was to be hnality but he wanted 70 know
where tho end was.
which now thing, and It was necessary 70 bring In
many bills and no thought best to keep the di6rsnt
departments of the army separate
Of the bill simply to increase the pay OF sta officers,
and no thought there necessity for its passage
The bill passed-yeas 20, nays9
The following are the
NAYs-Messrs Grimes Hale, Harlan Henderson, Lane sf
Kansas Powell Sherman, TrumbuE. Wright.
Mr.. Hows, (repl Of Wis. asked to BE- excused from
the select committee on Senator Starks case. be was
excused
The bill for the abolition Of slavery In tho District q
Columbia was taken up.
Mr. DooLnr1x proceeded to speak in favor Of tho bin
e s OF y
civil and religious Freedom and social and political eQua
y under proper circumstances He contended that the
not the question Of slavery. 1t was question
of race He quoted from JelorsOn In favor Of
sond pos i've At 0sser IN Il. zone ns
Caucasian will always dominate. and In
the tropics the Oolo.ed race was dominant; Nature
obeyed He claimed that in the tropics the black
were entirely capable Of taking Of themselves,
quoted statistics in regard 70 the French wost India
colonies, showing that since emancipation the colonies
had improved in commercial civil and religious life. He
also referred to the condition Of the black race In Hay
as conclusive proof that the c00red capable q
maintaining civilization and FREQ government. on The
mercia intercourse Hayt stands twenty 1rs in exports
and twenty fourth in imports. Our trade with Hayti
was more than with Russia or Mexico. He con.
tended further, that the repugnance IN this
country to living side BY side with the black
race was not, as claimed by some, nero prejudice,
laws OF the different States, showing this feeling He
said there three solutions 10 the negro questions
ore that Of Messrs Toombs and Davis that slavery was
great blessing and ought TO be extended everywhere,
and Africa reopened to the slave trade and possession
taken Of all tropical America. This tho gigantic
the whole negro population be set free whore they are,
side BY side with their masters, and en-
titled TO all tho privileges and rights which lead
Brown The third solution that Of Thomas Jefferson,
which gives universal liberty to man universally, but
keeps tho two races separate This solution In
cordsnce with the law which the Almighty stamped
the universe He eonended that every pledge Of the
republican party In 1860 against interfering with
slavery the States and there could not cmancpate
slaves But they thought II their duty 70 encou age
emigration to Hayti and Liberia and otherl places.
and that they should look at the Of the whole Anne
rcsn continent and direct legislation for the good Of all
races md all mankind.
Mr PoMERoY (rep) Of Kansas, said as general thing,
pers IL had constitutional objection 10 negroes These
objections vanish when they are slaves When Slaves
they smell as sweet the balm Of thousand flowers.
but when free they have bad odor He was In favor
OF this bill, but he necessity for payment for
slaves, for he thought that slavery did not
exist in tho District by any law. Maryland
laws have been established here but at that time here
was no law in Maryland making slavery perpetual and
| certainly Congress did not make q law establishing
slavery Tho condition OF the Treasury would not admit
of the payment OF million dollars TO buy slaves, 70
which the master has claim. But II the Senate in
sisted on the payment he thought the money would not
20 To the men who had this amount Of unpaid labor.
There were some slaves here who labored for their
tiers forty years. Wold tho Senate turn them out 70
die and then pay the maslcrsS
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