The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1863-01-24
Axxvu ooNeRRec3D SESSION.

AXXVu CON6W6UD-0W ODOOAVNs
WsHmsror, Jan. 9l.-HouE.-The House
yesterday passed resolution declaring that
Wmlvandever Of Iowa d not entitled TO his
seat, owing to bis having accepted military
commission $50
Mr.. MAYNARD had rails a a.poiut that such
action on the part of the House being 10 the
character Of An expulsion required under the
Constitution vote Of two.thirds
The Speaker over uled che point, from which
decision NJ. Maynard appealed. yaa
Ar. COX to-day moved 70 lay the appeal on
the table-agreed to. % aepinst Sc.
Mr. WAsHBURNE moved to reconsider the
vote by which the resolulion was passed. aE
The vote Was then recopsidsred BY 10 against
"a.
After long arguments, pro ard con, from sew
efal members, the resolution wls postponed to
the I'd Of March nexs BY 20 q sinst IS.
The House concurred in all the small amend
ments to the Military Academy bill, and then
went into Committee Of the Whole for general
debate. sea 4Nee 81
Mr.. HARDING of Kentucky said the Presi.
dents emancipation proclamation had united
the South az he had predicted as one man,
paralyzed the efforts Of loyal men go as to leave
little hope of the restoration Of the Union
He spoke of the arbitrary arrests, and said any
man in the Executive Department who usurped
power under the miserable and detestable sub
tesfuge Of military necessity, deserved to be
called tyrant. He had no hope of reunion IN.
party OF the North and South would crush out
both abolitionists and secessionists, and snatch
the Government from ruin.
Mr.. WILSON read the Crittenden resolutions
heretofore adopted by the House that the pre-.
sent deplorable condition of the country was
caused by the Disunionists Of the South. For
this the gentleman from Kentucky voted, but
the same gentleman declared it was brought
about by the Abolitionists. He (Wilson) &C
cepted the declarations a. expressed by the
gentleman under his oath while he repudiated
the sentiment Of the speech. -
| The Committee rose and the House adjourned.
WAsHMaTok, Jan. 2l.-SENAss.-Hr. TEN
EYCK presented the credentials of Hon. Jas.
w. Wall, elected Senator from New jersey.
| Mr.. WILSON presented the credentials OF
Hon. Charles Sumner, reelected Senator for Six
years. 5.sa -. --t e. ...ss
Mr.. ANTHONY, from the Committee on
Printing, reported resolution to provide for
printing the 9Th Census. Ha+@
The bill for the reorganization Of the Court Of
motion Of Mr.. FOSTER to lay the bill on the
table, rejected, yeas 1s nays 20. The question
then required on Mr.. GRIMES INTRODUCTION
to insert his substitute respecting the original
act establishing the Court Of Claims. Rejected
IL to %.
Mr.. HALE contended that if this dill passed
it would open way for thousands Of claimsI-
He proposed to get the opportunity 70 offer an
amendment that no money shall be drawn or
judgments from the Court, until all the debts
arising from the war are paid. This law viii
open the doors of the Treasury to vast horde
OF contractors and private claimants, who seen
to lave the idea that the Treasury 10 their pri-
vate property, and q law opening the Treasury
is like q law of the Modes and Persians, never
to be repealed. aa4 fs
The discussion was continued at length BY
Aessrs. Sherman, Bayard, Doolittle and Trum
bull.
Mr.. WILSON said, in reply to remark from
was in no way responsible for the non psymen,
of soldiers, and he wanted the country and
army to understand that this Congress had given
the Secretary power to sell bonds Of the Gov
ernment, aud had passed q law that the soldiers
should be paid every two months; yet the bonds
were not sold, for some cause. The Government
had asked for no special legislation, and pro-
fessed to be paving way to pay the army; yet
the army was not paid and great many COM
plants have been made.
| On the goth of December the House If Repre-
sentatives passed resolution for the payment OF
the army and navy, and the Finance Committee Of
the Senate amended it,makipgan appropriation of
500, OO0, 900, and the House appropriated 500,
100000. And now from the public pres Of the
country, and he was sorry to say from tie exec.
utive branches Of the Government the
idea had gone forth that Congress has Mt pro-
LID la ~ <kn
done its duty. There never was an hur when
the Government did not have full authority
from Congress to provide means to pay the
army. T
i Re, Mr.. WILSON, did not choose b take
the responsibility for the non-paymenI of the
soldiers, and disayowed it for the .Senite and
House. We were obliged last summer nd au-
tumn to raise q large body of troop, and
agreed to pay 2b dollars bounty, and expeditions
were sent away aud had to be paid in alvance.
The resolution requires that our soldiers should
be paid every two months, and the Government
professed to be providing the money 10 Jay the
army, yet the payments for September md Oc-
| tober are not made. 4-
He supposed the large drafts on the Treasury
! had exhausted the funds The Secretary had
sent no request for additional means, bit had
sent great financial scheme which would
| take montnS 70 carry INTO execution, Du COn
gress, without waiting for any official rquest,
promptly passed an Act to provide for tiD pay.
ment OF the soldiera The trouble hadarisen
mainly from the peculiar circumstances Of the
war.
After the adjournment Of Congress the Pre-
sident found it necessary to call out $4,000
new troops, giving large sums in bountiet, and
large expeditions we're sent. The trouble seem
I'd to be that those were not paid first VITO bad
waited the longest.
Mr.. HALE offered an amendme mt that 10 mo
ney should be paid out of the Treasury under
judgment OF the Court of Claims, until after
the appropriation shall be estimated By the
Secretary Of the Treasury. Adopted
| Mr. FOSTER moved to strike out the provi
sion for two additional judges. Agreed to
yeas 81 nays II. The bill then passed by a
vote Of 20 to Is.
wAsHlNGros, 22-HoUsE Mr.. STEVENS
reported bill providing for the appointment OF
| deputy Register Of the Treasury, with salary
| of 81, 500 per annum, and extending for two
years from date. The bill was amended by
| making the salary of the deputy 81, 600 per an