New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-07-07

Mr.. WICKLIFFE IN, Ky.l moved to recon
te ne y2le sy Y6he o 2H saG u Ho
ments was ordered 10 be printed.
Mr. WICKLIFFE addressed tie House Oh tie
subject. Gen. Hunter, be sad, instead OF Organizing
aud paradug negroes, ought 10 rave prepared his
troops to prevent their retreat from James leland
Il was miserable policy to muster runaway neHices
into The service Ii twenty millions Of freemen are
not able TO suppress "A rebellion OF ak millions or
white men, let tAls acknowledgment at once be
made.
The recommendation TO the Border Slave S'aie1 10
omnucipae tLclrnegTOes and the slSn 10 pass Con-
crfion bills. have not scared the SOptn One
hundred and niuety-siX tl0Hslnd more troops t0an
tle law prescr.5es have been enlisted. ilo insisted
that the number fh ui &c limited. and the military
arm restrained from going beyond the statute. lie
wished, however, that we had more troops duly
lauthor7ed, 20 Ice placed where they ougl. 20 be-.
The Secretary Of War ought 10 have removed Gen.
Hunter for HE saucy and impudent letter, and re-
moved him for having undertaken TO enlist negro
soldiers without sanction Of law.
MI WICkLIFFE eaiG that to-day he received an
ANONYMOUS letter from some scourdrei, inclosiug
COPY OF Hunters letter. telling him 10 "read this
aud smoke II in your pipe" lie wanted bis brother
members 20 take q Whit. II was The duty o. every
! Head Of Department 70 rebuke subordinate wAo
with reference 10 any legitimate inquiry, takes occ-
sion to indulge in unjust and lrsultng criticism.
This WAS the ground OF hs complaint, he having in
trodnced the resolution to which Hunters letter was
a reply. The negroes were naturally afraid OF guns
give them John Brown pixies ana bowie knives l.
YOU intend 20 carry On war OF murder ana deNasa-
lion in the South lie had intended 10 bring one Of
John Browns pikes here, thinhingtho House ight
nopt II as TT instrument FOL South Carolina blacks
Mr. MCKNIGHT rep. Pal regretted that Dir.
Wickliio Lad Just agiated the negro question, be-
leying it was at this critical juncurc injurious 10
the public interests.
| Mr. MALLORY TN, XVI said that no man con-
Genned more severely than he dd the letter OF Gen.
Hunter ana the system irauguratcd by that General
in urnliug uCprOee II was an outrage on humanity.
lie shrunk from il. Tie House ought TO be forever
ashamed of Is conduct the othcr day, when Hunters
letter Was read. The demonstration on the part OF
G. ltaiH members approal bed 10 buhoonery, ana was
disgrao,ful 20 tie American Congress.
| Mersrs. RIDDLE tPa.) and COLFAX ind
called the gentleman 10 order.
| The SPEAKER reminded Mr.. Mallory that he
WAS trHnfcending the rules.
| Mr. MALLORY asked pardon. lie diieyed from
his colleague (Wckliie 10 the Secretary OF War.
/ lie had I'LL abiding confidence ~ that oihcer, ana
| that the conduct Of Gen. Hunter would be repudi-
ated for the following reasons: Two or three weeks
ago he had business with the Secretary. When he
was about leaving the Department the Secretary
called him back aud folding over the date and sig,
nature of letter, showed him that ar officer had
asked authority to raise regiment OF blacks. me
Secretary inquired what answer ought 10 be gwen,
to which he (halloryl replied: !" II you VIII allow
me 10 dictate en answer, womb Bay emphah''iil
mol" The Secretary rejoiued that be had not only
done that, but bad ordered the officers arrest lie
therefore repeated 20 many gentlemen that the
charges that the Secretary Of War sanctioned the
recruiting OF blacks were false.
MIR, KELLOGG lkep., ln)-Was the ar
rest for making that suggestion
Mr.. MALLORI-That was the impression re-
ceived. Ii there wero other reasons they were not
stated.
Mr.. RICHARDSON (Rep., n.y. inquired
whether, in Dir. Malorys Judgment, the Secretary,
TO be consistent, Ought not 10 dismiss Hunter.
| Dir. MALLORY would wait ill the Secretary had
time to consider The question.
Mr.. STEVENS (i,ep., Pa remarked that he
agreed with Mr.. Wicklifie in finding fault with the
conduct Of the war. There were many things winch
did not meet his appreciation. lie did not approve
OF setting Generals in sympathy with shareholders
at the head Of armies aud OF their conduct under
express orders, in pursuing and returning the fug
tives of traitors lie could consent to that por
tion of the conduct of the which set our army
to watch over the property of Rebel soldiers rather
than allow it to be occupied by our own troops
while the sick and wounded are placed in swamps
filed with nasma, weakening, and thus uniting
them tO meet the enemy.
Mr. KELLOGG ulLl-Does the gentleman make