Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1863-03-24
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Senator RIchaFdsOn On ttsal
e7i ConscrlpS10n BIIf. 81 = -
During TIE peudsnsy Of ths sopsctiption
billrip the United States, Senate. ,Sep,,o,
Richardson ex bessed ihs. following views
concerning the measure: '-s11Esai ssss'a 3
"But, Mr., President, / have been Ia drawn Az,
on to this episode by the discussion. from
the main points in this bill, to which +
wish 70, return. Sir, repeat again. di,.
auise Gil this as you NAV. epdeaya, ~
throw around il whatever yerbiaee yor'
VIII, this Is an attempt by Congress 20 eop.
fer upon the President unlimited now.,
to place the entire mifitia Of the connt,,
at bis cOmrnapda By this bin you NAV
draft q man, and before you muster him n
the service, you make him subject 10 fbe
rules and articles Of war you can inv hin
at the head Of q drum court martial and
shoot him for disobedience Of orders. when
be may not know that he is in the service
at all. You place no limitation on tE,e pov.
er Of the President Of United States. Sir.
l would not confer this power on any man
10 America. know DO man in whom j
would place sufficient confidence TO rsnoae
the power that is claimed for the Pre.i.
Mr.. President. when I look a. TIE meas:
ures that are proposed here, when 4 50
the interest that is felt in tbs sa,,;or -
country from which l come. i cannot "a.
bear saying to the Senate of the IIn;..d
States, and to the country. IN Won ,,sss M
bill you bad under cohsider ation he oth.,
day, to appropriate money 10 bnreh.ss
slaves, and the bill to bring into Won, -.
mics side BY side with our While faoe. an
inferior race, the negro, I fear Won v;u
plunge the country into civil war. -
you 70 consider; i ash you TO reflect.
will not discuss the question: az to whether
this feeling. go dee? and fearful, il riebt
or wrong. I know Il e1fsts and a. jee;s.
lators it is our duty to treat Of facts a
they are. iza-el g., go led .'iss's -
Il is our duty to remember that o mn
fellow Citizens have passions which nav
dethTone reason, and sometimes On nae -
to act preeipitstely and hastily, God mo-.
do not wish to augment this feeling. ~.
ready exci'ed enough. y Ea''sl -
lhaVe right to call upon che A American
Senate TO fotbear before passing aots nd
may involve us.in further troubIe. IN az.
aster, and il may be, IN civil war. When.
ever you have called on that section Of thn
country for vSlGnteers, you have cot ther1.
Whenever you have asked for them. thev
have come. If, il. other. sections of NJ.
country. they have not come as promntlv
as they have from that, is there nolbine
less than to give absciute, extreme. an.
gerOus powsr'o the President %. fl pp-
fesr-I repeat til fear that If Won
horny these things through during Ills
Cspgress, feeling that your power viii soon
Dc gomez you viii take adIsntsee. Of
your present majority, against the popular
VIII, TO pa-s measures that win be Yery
distasteiui TO your people, yon win pIanee
them into difficulty with this eoyerument-
There is no man here or .elsexhe,s ybo
will deplore it more than / shall. bas
exist. --yS- - z1i7l - = f-@f's
i might set myssf up asa yistim a IA
sacrificed by the popular win, but eonld
accomplish no good. know that oentIs.
men elsewhere, think THAI am aiVery ex-
IRENE man 10 many of my views. Sir, thew
regard me at home as a laggard, as behind
public opinion, rot ready to resist these
aggreesions OF power in violation of tia
constitution, which are sought to be ixed
I5PpoB the people I may be a littIs aIoI
I u desire to be little slow.
viii not willingly, ifI can avoid IA
help-to plunge The c1uutry into suy vorrs
condition than il is in now. God knovs
cir, We have troubles enough on our
Ms6y things that you bAys done A..
very distastefulto our peoti t.- The proo..
lamations issued by the President bsys
fired the hearts with desire 10 resist these
sggressIons upon the Constitution of ihe
| United States. --''i-- - y "a 80
Sir our people care nothing abont slave
~, but tell you what they do care sbout.
The gentleman from Kansas has been
pleased ID say that he is not Of those who
worship the negro. Nor am /, Our, PEG.
pie 10 1913, by maj Jrity Of thousands.
! placed in their CONSTITUTIONS a nro6.hitior
/ on the immigration of nsefoesl ia our Sac.
In 1862 by vote Of over g bundred fbou:
sand majority when we amended the con-
stitutioo, We placed provision more ssrfo.
gent there again; and / viii say 10 the
1 gentleman from Kansas that our entire
army, with scarcely an exception. voted 10
Ilace that provision in the constitution.
Very few voted against il, titaer at bona
| or the army Bot there were Iess votes
against 1t IN the army, in proportion, than
there were &C LONE The msiofitv -
somewhere about one hundred n 6ssand
and do not know but that II was more.
do not undertake to state the exact figures.
| Sir, cur people are determiped that Ia
c'nstitutieI sbaIl not be oSefffden' and W.
lated o.. Islss uysl ira7ss = s4sa 81
Ynn,. sir. have sought through yuzfr
Secretary Of Whr,ayOuf President and Stsl
sdmiaIstFsiio0 of the government o. violafe
that clause in our. State oonethutjos. 3e@
has excited great deal of indigestion and
a greet deal of bad feeling in The asisds OF =
our people. very much fear che eouse- .
queBces when you tell them that esch one
OF them ls.liable to the order God com
mand OF Lineoln; that be csn bring them
into the army any day he pleakeS, ard
have them befors court maftial bSfoF6s
they are mastered into the service when !
you tell thenlthey must be taxSd for Se.
groes aud 70 bring ilse0. into sbs State. >
when you tell them that that inferor race
whom they Eill not permits b live Ia thSff
midst are ID be soldiers on terms u souali.
tY by their side, and hereafter When tbv .
war is QFer.thsy are 60 stand 60 their Olnsls /.
eveEwhese; for :.ssnms, IL Sou make q
sssliieF OF a negro, yUu.Uiil confer euoOo q
him the right Of citizenship ane sths right
to Eota. r,'e s. . b. r.,s -f 81 -rl7s So - i.
No man need tell me, hereior elsewhere.
that be rs willing to make q soldier Of tho
negro and not make a citizen of him. L q
will not discuss that suhjeos Fofthet po1.
am only stating some Of the reasons aad
the cause OF The ,excitement amoBg. our
people. DOW deem it my daty 10 Essist,
with nhateEer power 1 bsps,l he passage 3
OF this bill and the other bilIs to 1biph 4
have referred. 4 fear their Ehsssgs wiIIs
lead 70 Consequences that all OF us Eoul6
greatly deplore. -rrt-l ars --- -.