Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1863-02-19
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slavery therefrom, twenty million dollars
in bonds, with interest at five per cent.
per annum, payable thirty years after
date SC.
Mr.. Norton made the point that the bill
made an appropriation, and therefore must
be referred in accordance with q former
decision connected with the Pacific Rail-
road
The Speaker ruled the point was well
taken and the bill must go to the Com
mittee Of the Whole.
Mr.. White, Of Indiana, moved that the
subject be re-committed to the Select Com
mittee on Emancipation. Agreed to, 81
to 5.
House passed the Senate bill for the pur-
pose Of removing doubts as to the meaning
of former law. 1t authorizes the Presi-
dent, when two kinds of punishment are
imposed by a Court pecunisry and i'm
prisonment, to remit one or the other /;
when the imprisonment is remitted, the
fine shall be collected as a judgment Of
debt, in the common forms Of law.
The House proceeded to consider the
Senate's substitute for bill indemdifying
the President and other persons for the
suspension of habeas corpus and for other
acts committed in pursuance thereof.
Mr.. VOorhies spoke against the measure.
BE referred to the magma charta, the bill
of rights, the bill corpus, &C., tracing the
contest for free principle in England, for
six hundred years, and in this convention,
condemning the seizure and imprisonment
of men for declaring what they thought
this law should be, or attempting TO avail
themselves of the right secured by the
Constitution, and all this by the will of
one man only at Washington.
Mr.. Dlay. delegate from Nebraska, pro-
ceeded to examine into the difficulty.
There were men who were continually cry
ing out against the Administration, and
when was there ever revolution when it
was not necessary to resort to arrest. The
Constitution warranted the suspension of
the writ of habeas corpus when the public
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the House and in the country continually
finding fault with the Administration on
the conduct Of the war, they were always
dissatisfied. But what did they give in
lieu of the measures which had been
adopted to deal with sympathizers and
abettors Of rebellion2
They spoke Of compromise when they
knew there could be none. The great
fault Of the administration was that it had
not arrested enough, nor punished them
severely. (Applsuse in the galleries y
There were hundreds Of thousands Of men
in the North sympathizing with the rebel
lion, and they should be punished. ZAP
plause.)
Mr.. Vallandigham gave notice thatifthe
disturbance was repeated he should de-
mand the enforcement of the rules, al
though he knew this to b farce.
Mr.. Noell, rising to question Of order,
said Mr.. Vallsndigham's remarks were in
contempt Of this House.
Mr.. Yallandigham replied that his point
was not we'll taken as his allusion was not
to the House.
Mr. Daily, resuming, said farce had
been going on for the last year. There was
party crying out against the Govern
ment while protesting that they were in
favor of the Union. They we're all the
time saying that the expression of the
country in the recent election was in favor
of peace. But in this such pretenders
count not without their host. The dispo-
sition among the people was to give no
quarter 10 the rebels.
You could not tell what such partizans
favored; but you knew they were opposed
to the administration. Those who were
continually crying out against the wsr
and the administration, were trying to
turn matters in favor Of the South.
Mr.. Julian discussed political af-
fairs, saying the Democrats were the cause
. L ,.I kn nawaonrntu q frnrn
JEFF. Davis down were in rebellion to-day.
EVENING SESSION.
Ir. JuuHu UUuLInueu, saying a wise war
policy was not enough. Proelamations of
freedom of themselves would accomplish
little. What was needed was instant, de-
cisive action, seourging faithless men
from power and sweeping out Of the way
all obstacles. The Government should
arm the colored men of the Free States as
well as the slaves in the South, and there
by give effect to the Proclamation Of Free
dom. It should deal with rebels as having
| no rights under the Constitution or by the
laws Of war but to die.
Mr.. May argued against the bill. He
said that the people Of Baltimore, whom he
represented, cast their contempt and def
ance on those who oppressed them. Free
suffrage there had been overthrown by the
military power and therefore he was forced
to remain here as their representative
rather than consent TO be succeeded by
some minion Of arbitrary power.
He referred to the arrests in that State
and characterized them as acts Of tYran-
ny, and cruelimprisonments stimulated by
the caprieious acts Of military tyranny.
No free speech was allowed il Maryland
excepting by a sWsggering miDion of the
executive power. When the Minister and
pro- Consul from Ohio and Illinois should
be drawn from the State, then the people
would resume their Constitutional rights
Mr.. Leary said his colleague was elected
as a Union man, but if any one had any
doubts heretofore, this speech Of his
would satisfy them as to where he stood
Mr.. Leary said there never was tint
when suffrages and the press were so free
and liberty more universal in Maryland
than now.
+ The majority Of Marylanders were So
arrayed in solid column in the Union, ant
\ in due time would prove it locked.
Mr.. Leary defended the Administration
war policy. His remsrks were applaudet
throughout.
| Mr.. Thomas, Of Maryland, said that {
more false assertion that Maryland wa
under the heel Of tyranny was never ut
tared. BE referred to the fact that thI