New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-03-04

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MP COLLAMER offered en- an.ndmsns .ayt n,i .
tx of per cent on al ships. teaE,"s ,eat,er
hosis and all other vessels or w"'e M
| tu,lL Agreed to.--Yeas, 80; Mayo, -.
IN, Cn~n,icT OF THE WAR CuMHi I'll
| D. c,,,oo,t . resolution wac adopieh granting 'sS
cnry,,oe on The Conduct Of the War leave 10 hod
..sS;ons "a dav. after Congress adleurns.
Mr. HENDERSON lOn MO, mOvea 10 s,si -"
50 lie laid il was an unjust and onerous tax
'" tbe rsople Of bis State. REJECTED. Yeas, 10
ny s IayNTHONY offered an amendment, that on
,y or manufactured cotton, the growth or produce
- conn.ries beyond the Cape Of Good Hope, when
mrc,ted from this side OF the Cape, shall pay no
.,ente. A.tv than is imposed on the same article
vhen imported directly from the places beyond the
Care. Adopted.
1ben the bill wac reported to the Senate.
MI pow ELI. insis;ed Oh 6 separate vote on each
amendment. 4.
The amendment increasing the tax on custom tai
Ion miliuers and shoemakers' work to per cent
Us, not concurred in the tax remains per CENT
The bill passed.
THE INTERPRETATION BILL.
Mr.. TRUMBULL called up the report OF the
Committee Of Conference on the Indenin'ie"''o"
At 10, o'clock Mr.. WALL addressed she Senate
81 length lie considered this bill as tne Ios. "a"
geTOue 10 the nDertet u tuO INNf.>.
Sonscrption bill, it would give the President
more tLau dictatoIial powers and would
,oen the iron doors Of the Bastiles OF the
country to immured innocent men. is was
Inc embodiment of peslllent beresy That the
mower of snspenjng the writ of babeas corpus VA
ss,ted in the Executive. The last hope OF liberty
would be gone if tbs bill was passed, and all the
old LANDMARKS of the Constitution disappear. Dur
Ips The last two years every right OF the citizens Lao
been violated. Men were imprisoned without
tr,al nd 1pCareerQt6d
months. Every constitutional outpost was driven
In. AND every personal guaranty OF the citizen
Brushed away; and all this by a Government pro-
feseing TO be fighting for the Union, Consultation,
and the enforcement of the laws, and this conduct
WIS applauded by lawyers and diyines and contract
hunting rene gade Democrats lie himself had been
within the Grasp Of this arbitrary power-impr!soned
without cause and released, and TO this day he had
never been able to learn any cause; II remembered
what shudder went over the civilized world when
King Bomba Imprisoned few young men IN The
Dungeons Of Naples, and though the dungeons
were filled, the vengeance OF an out
RACED PEOPLE rose 10 vlndlcate their rgh's.
cad today Naples was redeemed and the Bourbon
sooner or later, 10 overtebe the oppressor. lue
Nemesis Of retribution, with flaming sword, fol-
lowed swiftly after tie tyrsnt. The bill proposed
70 shelter the President and bis subordna'es from
the consequences Of their unlawful acts, and
70 legalize illegality. lie referred 20 the his
tory Of tho hs6eas corpus in England, aud TO
debates on the subject in this country, and
claimed that the night, 70 suspend toe
writ was exclusively legislative, and was
never granted or intended TO be granted 70 the Ex-
ecutive. He replied at some length to a speech
made by Mr. Field in favor Of the exercise OF this
power by the Executive whose arguments, he said,
were the same as those made by Charles L. OF In
Gland i'll favor Of his divine rlghtto suspend the
wit. and quoted at considerable length from the
debates IN the English Parliament at that time.
When one contrasied the sentiments OF the men OIL
that revolutionary era with tie thoughtess ndiier'
spce and wretched subservience Of men who pro-
fessed 10 be statesmen and patriots now, he might
well stand aghast at the fearful degeneracy Of the
hues. Ii was libel on tbo wisdom and patro;i
Of our fathers to suppose tL.t tie Executive Lad any
such power as 10 suspend this WIZ.
Al l. o'clock Mr.. SALISBURY moved TO ad'
iouTn Reiected-Yeas, 5; Nays 81.
Mr. POWELL moved to lay the DILL On the table,
and asked for the Yeas and Nays.
Tie Senate refused to order the Yeas and Nays,
And the motion Yves rejected.
Mr.. POWELL then moved that tho bill be inde-
Mr.KiCHARDSON demanded the Yeas and Nays.
Not ordered. On motion it was rejected.
Mr.. POWELL commenced speaking against the
bill.
Mr.. DOOLlTTLE rep, Wis., asked if the Sen
s,or admitted there was any power 10 suspend the
wit Of hsbess corpus at any time.
Mr. POWELL said be did not admit that
Mr. D0OLIlTLE asked il there was rebellion
now in tie country.
Mr. POWELL said there was q very formidable
one.
Mr. DOOLITTLE asked il 1. wac endangering
the public safety.
Mr. POWELL thought it was, and that the &C.
ton Of the Senator party also endangered the pub
be safety.
teiye Of rebellion more likely TO endanger the
public safety ana 10 require suspension of tue witt
Mr.. POWELL said certainly lie could. lie
thought there were two wars going on; one at the
South against the Government, aud one at the North
against the Constitution.
Wr. DOOLITTLE asked what rebellion ever CON.
pared with this
Sir. TRUMBULL Rep, H. called the Senator
from Wisconsin 10 order, as he was addressing the
Senator from Kentucky, and not the Chair.
Mr. POWELL continued.
AtI2:4O Mr. RICHARDSON moved 10 adjourn.
Reiected-Yeas s. Nays 80.
Mr POWELL resumed, contending at length that
the bill was unconstitutional, and Itself admitted
thar the President had violated the Constitution.
Mr. COWAN said 1t was the duty OF the citizen
10 obey the law, as expressed by the constitutional
authorities We were now al war; And If the war
was 30 declared by the proper authority, the nation
should be unanimous in its prosecution and nobody
should oppose the war. In Tune IKE tnls' we
pose the faults Of the Executive, be will
ling 70 throw The mantle Of charity over Lis
errors. Our duty, in his judgment, was to make
war and keep our people hopeful and united III the
contest, that heart may fail III the struggle. He
had some respect for men who were attempting TO
overthrow this Government for their unanlInity.
liz could not conceive the Rebel Senate, with the
fate Of the nation in their hands, occupying their
ume at haltpast 10 the morning with tiIlibuster-
Ing.
Mr. WALL said thf was not legislation against
Rebels but against our own people at the North.
Mr.. COWAN regretted the state Of things made
u Necessary. lie thought IL time like lhia we
.,nnlH ad nj 70 ee.d. &C dia.