The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1862-07-11

my was semitic TN. Peninruia there sbous.
have besp s-shl6sskt foshort,ai,sed to do.
iend The Capitol. Hs Bird the aesislsnce
of nine Major GenssAls, tnksu bsfbre the
Committee on the Conduct Of the War,
in which sAsy ssid Il 49, stsolately nee
essary to retain force hare for the de.
fence of Washington Gen. Richardson
10 his sworn statement, said it, would re.
quiro 10000 men, and corps Of sc, DOC
men u step the movements OF the enemy
shove and below the city Gen, franklin
thought tAA. tnla 30, 1000 to 81 900 men
wouio be necessary Others said so. 600
to 10000 men must be left here for the
proper defence Of the place. When Gen.
Mcclellan went To- For. Monroe it was
found he had mt left = Aoaiury regiment
here except ths 10Th. and thar he had not
left solitary gun on wheels for the de-
fence OF tho Capitol. Had this gone on
the enemy would have taken the Capitol
before the month Of April.
Trumbull said We had always acted in
the defensive, We we're for putting down
tbs rebellion, bnt has the Gsncrsl
whom the Senator has such unbonnded
cenhdence IN even ma de m attack. 3ls
this rebellion to be put down By the Dig
giDg OF treDches, and acting on The de-
fensive. The fact is taking out the 10y.
81 slaves, there are only about eight mil
lion people in all the States new in rsbel-
lion. The rebels could not raise AZ large
IN army % the State of New York, and
they have TO watch tho. slave population.
Let the Onion army stop caiching slaves.
lie 'was not going 70 express any opinion
this morning, but the country well knows
whcthera digging trenches year is the
way to put down the rebellion, and then
when attacked leaving their trenches, and
doing less ,6e hitting outside of them He
believed E;hs perpe sserc'ready 10; make
any sacrifice to put down the rebellion,
and TIC tatidvssi they would DO IN.
NJ PAWS 100 vasin tayorsoi the rssQ.
supPort AnkN llaa. Tea Ascelan al
submitted bis. plan for conducting the
but the Secretary Of War had
Dyerrullcd it, showing hostility to Gen.
"a F
Mr.. MORRILL, a.ksd If the Senator { IM |
yisl stated what be knew or was on mere
Davis said what he had
stated, he understood to be so, and if
the ScuaEe wuuid rive him committe
he thought lie could prove it. - =
Mr.. Chan said Gen. McCieilaas
plan as submitted was to leave the enemy
at Manassas aud the Potomac river.
and the, whole army was. to DO, ship
ped off by the way of Annapolis
This plan was overruled by the President
and Secretary of War. The facts ought
to beSststed fairly !" ds's Z aa@ = =
Mr. Wilson, Of Mass, enid the Senator
from Kentucky Davis had made state
ments which ought rot to 20 TO the ooun-
try. He Wilson, would, without hesi-
.atian and qualification, say that the
Senator rom Kentucky ( DAVIS was ut |
.erly mistaken. lie Wilson, did not be-
ievc that the Secretary Of War was en-
gagged in any intrigue against Mcclellan.
His Wilson'S position as Chxirman o.,
Affairs gave him an advantage
for tndmg out If such was the case, and
that Was The first tirpe that he had ever
heard OF it, There had been considerable
difference IN regard to the plans Of takingj
It was understood that there
we're three plans. One was Gen. Rose
;rans to 60 BY the Valley Of The Shenan-
loah to Richmond, and he believed that
he Secretary Of War approved of this
plan. Another was togo down to Rich
nond BY way Of the Rappahannock. The
bird plan was to 60 to Richmond by way
i the Peninsula, which was the plan Of
Sen. Mcclellan.
Mr.. Chandlars resolution was then
'assed-yeas 80, nays 4.
NAYs--Asssrs. Anthony. Foster, Lane
{ Kansas, McDougal, Salisbury aud
Wright. "A
On motion yof Mr.. Wilson, of Mase.,
he bill Of the act of the 18th. calling out
be militia, MAS taken up, the question
'eing on the amendment authorizing the
resident 70 receive negroes into the U.
J. service to work on trenches.
! Mr.. Collamer said that he should vote
gainst the bill AZ it stood on the
round that it provided for an unlimit-
I'd CONSUMPTION. This country decided
a the war Of the Revolution Of 1912, that
would not fOlpv she system 81 Eufo-
pan countries, but the bill empowers
be President 70 draft men in such num- /
srs and for such . length Of time as he
leases, which In fact is lust such q con-
cripeson. But he yColianef1 believed