Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1862-12-12
rHIRTY-sEvsNrH CONGRESS-.
Third Session.

mobbIb' mug EOm0fOy hnu uOWufu present.
ed petitions In favor Of general bankrupt act
Mr.. Browning introduced bill to amend the
&C! establishing the territorial government OF
Utah aud to facilitate the administration of JUS
tice In said territory. Referred 10 Judiciary
committee. A message was received from the
President recommending O vote Of thanks to
Lieut.; Geo. W. Morris, for the determined
valor and heroism he displayed In defense of
the sloop -of-war Cumberland against the. rebel
iron clad Merrimao; also, recommending vote
OF thsnks to Lieut.. Geo. l., Worden, for the
skil and gallantry exhibited by him In the bat
tie between the Monitor aud rebsl steamer Mer-
rimac Referred to Naval committee
A communication was also received from the
President answering @ resolution of the Sen.
ate calling for information and evidence rela.
tive to the Indian barbsrities in Minnesota.
Ordered to be printed,
The resolution relative TO arbitrary arrests
of certain citizens of Delaware was taken up.
Mr.. Morrill, oontended that the res Ilution as
1t now stood was not mere resolution of In.
quiry, but charge against the Government
and an indictment against the President, aud
he (MorrilD should vote for no such resolution.
He claimed that In this state of war and re-
bellion, with the land full OF traitors aud spies,
the Commander in-Chief has the right to ar
rest such men. No one, not even the Senator
from Delaware (Ssulsbury), has claimed that
these men were loyal. There had been many
arrests made, and the proper presumption is
that the President has been arrestlng guilty
mon, and simply doing his duty. He (Lin-
coln) ought to do 1t. II will not do to pre-
tend that whole State and all its people are
loyal, 1t is known that the State of Kentucky
has been but nest Of traitors Three out OF
every four Of the sble-bodied men of Kentucky
have gone to rebeldom, and nobody is left
there but old women. Yet the Senator from
Kentucky (PowelD asks for COMMUNICATION for
these men That Senator (Powell) had de-
nounced the Government from the beginning,
the same as his colleague, who followed the
logical result Of his reasoning, and had gone
into the rebel army. But not single word
does that Senator (PoWelD say against the
rebels, and he rejoices, over the recent
elections, and says the lion.hearted Democracy
are rebnking this Administration. Well, every
rebel throughout rebeldom rejoicea In the same
way. Il Is supposed there will be peace party
In the North, that will force, this Government
into an inglorious peace; and that patty encoaF-
aged JEFF. Davis, and other countries in their
scheme of intervention. There ought to be
some proof that these men we're loyal, "a,
VAEs NAOLTCi CUutOuueu tuGE6 WHD-HU REOuuO
for complaint that men we're arrested on suspi
cion. Men were always arrested on suspicion
of crime. -" 'i5.--- A&J- .lElelF
MI. Wright moved to amend the resolution
30 as to make the call upon the President in
stead Of upon the Secretary of War.
Mr.. Wright said he knew no man was per-
mitted to live In the South who had any sym.
pathy with the North. He Would like to see
some Of the spirit that was shown by Stonewall
Jackson. When he found forty seven of his
men skedaddling from the battle, he marched
them In front OF the regiment and had every
man of them shot Instead Of this, We have
proposition for conventions, etc. He (Wright)
would stand by the Government and the PreeI-
dent. He would have the power OF the Gov.
ernment felt by every traitor North and South,
Mr. Bayard argued at come length to show
the affairs Of the State Of Kentucky had moth.
ing whatever to do with the State Of Delaware
and that true loyalty to the country did not i'm.
ply loyalty to any single individual. If this ID
free country, the people In IL certainly have Q
right to inquire into the acts OF the President
Mr.. Powell said he had said the President
had violated the Constitution, and he was ready
to prove 1t. He defed the Senator from Maine
or any Senator on this aooss to compare th,
llsts on this question. He denied that thre,
out of four Of the people of the State of Ken
tucky were 10 the rebel army. Three-fourthi
of the people Of that State ere not In arms a
all, and he believed that there were more mer
In the Union than rebel army. He Powell,
wanted to indulge In no personalities with AMI
Senator here, as there was way to settle per
sonal matters elsewhere, and he wanted Sena,
toFs to meet his arguments fairly. ~
He did not believe this Union could
ever be restored by,,force of arms. Therefore
be had opposed the war, and should continue q
oppose IL. He was In favor of the convention
proposed by bis colleague (Davis). He should
also vote for an aSmistice, while that conven
| tion should continue to be in session. He con
| tended that President Lincoln had violated thS
Constitution In enlarging the regular army, II
auspending the writ OF habeas corpus, In arrest
Ing citizens, In interfering with the freedom Of
the press, and In his recent proclamation
Mr.. Fessenden was willilg to admit some
things had been done apparently without law
The cry that the country was 10 danger comel
always from papers sympathizing with the re
bellion. Many things may be and must b,
done In timee like these, which ord;nsril!
could not be allowed. Does anybody doubt thl
patriotism Of the President Of the Unites
States2 Does any one pretend that he has no
done what he thought was best to suppress thi
rebellion and preserve the country, or that b,
has willfully violated the rights Of any cili
zen2 5 5 g-Nstl. ..s.,-
HousE.--Mr Roscoe Conkling asked leave h
report bill TO establish O uniform system o
bankruptcy, and deaired q day should be essign
ed for Its consideration. hza sne,E
The Speaker reminded the gentleman tina
| the select committee on that subject had expirel