, 1862-01-22

Speeches Of Senators Grimes and WiLson--C1n- |
dition Of TIC Jail-LssoIent and G1s!asZfl Be- t
1esxer B,ar.,2 q Marshal 1o0'0"-7Ds"and for his
WASHINGTON, January II, 1859.
The question before the Senate was com.
munlcation from Ward E. Lamon, Marshal Of |
the District, justifying bis ukase forbidding |
Senators and Representatives to visit his slave
pen, called the jail Of Washington.
Senator GRIMES spoke as follows: The |
communication from La1non) does not con-
tain the truth as It vas stated to me personally
at the jail yesterday. asked for admission,
pcremptorg order had been made that no
one should be admitted unless by order Of
this foreign satrap, brought here from Bloom
ington, illinois, and fastened upon the 5000
people Of this District. I asked him if the
order excluded Senators and Representatives.
He said il did! asked him il II excluded the
Chairman Of the Senate Committee Of the
District? and if he knew me2 He replied that
it made no difference; he knew me-
but his orders were pcrcmptory, and
that should not enter. ! found that the peo~
pies reprcpresentatiyes we're not permitted
to visit 4 public Institution that is here under
their exclusive jurisdiction, and snbject to
their legislation and supervision. They are
told to stand back By this impertinent under
strapper, imported here from tic West by the
AASNAt4sSs
But first word in regard to the bill before
tue senate, beiofe expose further tue charae~
ter and conduct OF this Marshal. The simple
purpose Of the bill is to make general Jail
delivery OF oil persons confined IN jail at the
commencement Of term of Court, against
| whom 10 indictment shall be found; second,
TO prevent the jail WHICH was built by Govern
| ment, maintained at Government expense and
| nnler Government control, from being CON
verted into slave pen and used as place Of
A.
suspected Of not owning himself. Senator
| Grimes then proceeded to describe the filthy
| aud beastly condition in which Lamon kept
| this black hole Of Calcntta, crowding 2lS hu-
man beings, white and black, male and fe-
| male, into space not sufficient to contain
| decently over 20 persons The whole atmos-
| ple1e IS damp and Ictid. There are 10 proper
| facilities for cooking, or washing, no drains
or water closets, or other Indispensable attach
naents to such Z place
| from tic cruel and iisgraceful laws Of tilc Dis
| trict, which reward and incite the arrest of
| every colored man who can be found, upou
the charge of being a runaway slave, The
fees paid to constables and Justices Of the
peace furnish sufficient i1iduccment to low
minded wretchcs of pro-slaycry sentiments to
embark in the mean and wicked business, and
the fees and board bills paid to the Marshal
and lis ja1lor are sufficient inducement to
them to retain all alleged fupitiyes rs 1onn as
| FQsslb!G. Iupl0it9 u III l0e pOItom OF LHts
oaSguSS.lnS' M npA95lent n business. ~
,n5e ~ f1s ma srno ~, tS ~ ~ ~ a.
L.. 49,, T ant - mtn ~ ~ H. - ~ ~
| Luz ocsn hept1 Ietnags ine 2euate 1tselt ~
some"eat 10 p!a1ne !ot II, tor trace q great
mahy o. me eNAs eSlstang 1he1e, and me 1aal-
person as lie Nfarsha1 IT tx D;strict If a.
lumbla wl1o M was made such by the advice and
eonsehI VI t1ls pooy: -,
Inc PRESIDENT OF the United States saw fit,
n1@i.. Ia NE $rt $N
to this District from the State Of Hi
nDls. Mr.. Ward a. I,nn,Dn. and ia a1,noirt hin
tie arsbai It j. not for me me to > say Why one one
- - ~ 80 5,.aS ~ " ny LIZ
LIZ "a9 ~ sSaeetea 1oI taaa responslolc po-
brought here from abroad who had no interest
! in the District; who had no community OF
feeling or sympathy with the people Of the
Tith t1a dntioa ~ tna nos;t5n1, 3r5 1;t1 IN
nar,o 49, e a uastss - us 4} .na Wv tag
areia naa q Aoas otser o5 s ss dRs dees IN
the ial. < humane ne and nd Christian G man l nicht 1T
mahe It Bethesda t N NJ hamon MOI has paid
make M orcr nrnh;hitn fhe @ an,iss;on s nv = - i
o. All persons 1or the purpose OF Inspection o.
otherwise, including members Of Congress
and the Committees on the District Of Co{uu1.
biz q the two Houses, withonta a special per
sTHAL1NG a REGIMENT.
In order that the Senate NAV more t1,oronp1,
1v know fhis Mr. J,amon 7 vii read thc Fl
lowin. extract from tie 1s1,ort of a .e5cct M
recently made and published BY order Of thai
uody:
"Durine the sittinss Of the committee in st
Louis they learned TINT the thirty ninth regiment
Of Illinois volunteers, better known perhaps at
t the Yates Rbalanx' had been ordered to oe re
sms6df 5fG Il BeRe ss sc & s. do' 4bs VI VI
) Inent had been mustered into the service at Chf
J c:ago and was ordered West from Chicago to ioi1
J | General Fremont at St. Louis, at an EXPENSE q
: from six to eeyen thousand dollars, Al con
; | nccted with the contract for the trans
portation Of the regiment your committee
ton 10 its transfer IRON St. Louis to tue East
| when at the sanae time it was understood thu
sg%sn5s gog FSp r. , E*s s wsst
the Assistant Adiutant General on the stat o
Ioue cnnt @ arSep th he IN s
the eame gentleman who held the office Of unitct
f2a tas xbon r.
onel Esfon, Military secreta1y Of General Fremont
l stating that the General wished him (McKeeYer
s to order The a9th Iinois regiment ia Droceri /,
i Virginia to join Gen. Lamon' ) brigade H. La
GencrnI1 tnId Cant MeEeerer fhat he had fnTr Teo
inoents n hs hrss,air and FIAT hc 1r.s to reca;rr
Commission Of BFissiier General: that is mias;o
IN mig ft1er r1o1fr TIta
+ mont for The rrmoyS Of tia rerimenf zine Which NJ
G Eeeycr understood him to say h5d bern nromise
Il some lime before bF The Pras;dent mt The 5no1gi1
Hr,non 5sRssisl% Specs %Rsa.Es 4Fas5 Een1 ~.
l. e. - ,n e IT,. IaN ~ ac Ie3
+ r,h eo+, r,;,e; 1en+,, n.y., r ~, i91
i; ns 37tn t, nnhuas 1--WE ei t1uel LEN.
1 itv uGt5 - LIZ tt.4 ~ Ss1:s
Gsnstal, Laon IN o!!sauI ~ nGsIean tlf1nL En-
l. Inc 1esl;en. WI. Psocseo 20 tAspots 4aar
j. lanu, .aAtnE e!1ef uass CouhEo 3Et ta.tons.
If ~ ofuef oi Ma1ot Sene5ai f1emont,
!, EaAScEa AchEEFEE,
: Ass1stant Adlutant General: a.
i omc1al aD9uTAN19E1sE s OfFicE. Dec 3, lb6
...,.tt HEoRsE y: AuGeGLEs.1
Assastant ao]alant General.
" ne cosI ol me transportation q thls reslmel
~ IRON o. t941s 70 ~ uiansPort, tePs: 3ichceFs
. ta1a. #ouid be somewhere about Harry Noutd1
. dGta9F ana that ne Knew no OBJECT TO oe accom-
l. pl1shed bE the transfer, except 10 give Gepef'
u L9mo4 an aodltlenat reslmenLto NJ nP als Of Pm
d age. In ans"eF to lne Ihqatfl9s o. 1he coEamltte
r. the secretary OF war states that faeTe - no a.
datHcf12fhg dhy fq7'H3dndeF o. q department
send troops 70 other departm@ents @ Wathont npcct
orders rom the Secretary Of Nar q the tommal
e der1n.cnlsi, anq that; Consequently, me remos;
+ Of the thirtE-ninth Illinois regiment was nsd
- states that bis department 1s not informed Of th
military or other REASONS that existed for the tran
% Ter OF the eaid regiment zs Aforesaid" {See Lc
D. terE Of the Secretary Of = st, Appendix II
"Edward q. Castle, who at this time had charG
Of the railroad transportation in tho Western d
partment stateE th6t on Saturday evening, the est
Of Of October, Mr.. Lamon introduced to him Rs