The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1863-02-19
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CRESS IONAL.
XXXyIIth COngress---First Session.
WASHINGTON, February Is.

w CDI 10.
SENATE.-The Secretary presented a
communication from the Vice-President,
stating that he should be absent the re-
mainder of the session.
On motion of Fessenden, Solomon
Foote was chosen President pro tenn.
Lane, of Indiana, called up the bill
changing the time of holding the U. s:
Courts in Indiana Passed.
Wilson, from the Militery Committee,
asked to be discharged from the further
consideration of the bill to amend the
act for the collection of taxes in insur-
rectionary districts.
Harlan called up the bill to establish
the guage of the Pacific Railroad and
its branches, fixing the guage at four
feet eight and half inches. 1t was dis
cussed at some length by Latham, Pome-
roy, Grimes, McDougal, and others.
King moved to amend so as to make
the guage eight feet Rejected.
Bill passed-26 to 9.
Chandler called up the bill donating
lands to Michigan and Wisconsin for
military roads.
Harris called up the bill organizing
the Courts of the District of Columbia.
The subject was not concluded when the
Senate went into executive session, and
afterwards adjourned.
HoUsE.-Voorhees spoke against the
measure. He referred to the Magma
Charta, the Bill of Rights, the Habeas
Corpus, &c, tracing the contest for free
principles in England for six hundred
years, and in this connection condemned
the seizure and Imprisonment of men for
declaring what the law should be, or at
tempting to avail themselves of the
rights secured to them by the Constitu-
ton, and all this by the viii of one man
only at Washington.
Daily, Delegate from Nebraska, pro-
ceeded to examine into the difficulty
There were men who were continually
crying out against the Administration
When was there a revolution when it
was not necessary to resort to arrests?
The Constitution warranted the suspen-
sion of the writ of Habeas Corpus when
the public safety required it.
There was party in the House and in
the country continually finding fault
with the Administration and the conduct
of the war They were always dissatis-
fed, but what did they give in lieu of the
measures that had been adopted to deal
with sympathizers and abettors of the
rebellion? They spoke of compromise
when they know there could be none.
The great fault of the Administration
was that they had not arrested enough or
punished them severely enough Gap
plause in the galleries.
There were hundreds of thousands of
men in the North in sympathy with the
rebellion, and they should be punished
(Applause.)
Vallandingham gave notice that if the
disturbance wac repeated he should de-
mand an enforcement of the rules,
although he knew this to be farce
Noel rising to question of order, said
that Vallandigham S remarks were in
contempt this House.
Vallandigbam replied that the point
was not well taken, as his allusion was
not to the House.
Daily resuming said, farce had been
going on for the last year.
There was party crying out against
the Government while protesting that
that they were in favor of the Union.
They were all the time saying the ex-
preston of the country in the recent
elections was in favor of peace, but such
pretenders counted without their host.
The disposition among the people was
to give 10 quarter to rebels
He could not tell what such partisans
favored, but he knew they were opposed
to the Administration
Those who were continually crying
out against the war and the administra-
ton were trying to turn matters in favor
| of the South.
Julian discussed political affairs, say
ing the Democrats were the cause Of the
rebellion, and all the Democrats from
JEFF. Davis down, were in rebellion to-
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