New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-02-02
NEW YORK DAILY TRIBUNE, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 2 1863

Ip.rcsiys Newspaper reports Of Csngs.onsl pro-
ceedngs that there has considerable discussion on inc
subject OF reanirins military commanders to rece7. negroes
'esAing protection In their camps aud to employ men "a
able labor connected with the military service ~ may DC
Wen enough Tor the fact to be known that an hsgoe
OF the Potouao N tie PeoinuA have been protected
to work perform Ing Offices whh Otherwise would
nave asveved np9n oar .sde ihe supply OF these opera
tvss has thps ~ been .Gf.c.ent for cgf 4ots -
Mr. PENDLEION dem, Ohio said the bill and
pending amendments all had 90, ees, VIZ, the en-
IIoyMent OF negro soldiers. The Dill, aB lnfOuNeu
ny MT. stevens, was entitled TO Inc most respect,
because IL WAS open and direct The eiortsto enroll
SUCH tioops bad proved ftilnres-witness hit9h
Head and recently Kansas. The advocates OF lhe
bill had failed 10 Tell them now such negro soldiers
wete 10 be used, whether in conjunction Win the
whites, or as an independent army. What was to be
done with these negroes when they returned IRON
service Were they TO be restored TO poiltlcnl anu
social degradation, elevated to the rights and
pliyileges Of the whitesi The answer would come
after the negroes returned. The to the ar
my and The depreciation Of the currency were OWING
10 the fact tht the impression prevailed that tht
Administration and the Republican party were tired
Of maintaining the Union it was ana the Consl'
tuition as It IL" IL the influence mere which pro-
duced thee disastrous results.
hr. DAWES (kep.. Massl wished to know how
it was thai army of 23o, 900 men were hanging on
the Virginia shore, under the genteman's 1gvoslte
General, and failed 10 make an attack on Quaker
guns, and again did not move until comm andei by
the President.
Mr.. PENDLETON, IN the course Of his reply,
said 1t was better to stop than 1t was TO cross the
kappallanLock under another commander. a ieel-
lDg was gaining ground in ,he North Vest that tho
people had been tricked into the service by appeals
their patriotism, under the preteDse that the OBJ
ject was protect the Constitution and the Union,
when II was for the abolition OF Slavery. Unless
this impre- sion was arrested il would become uni
ysrsal and when it took hold Of the public mind II
would be impossible TO gel another man or dollar TO
carry on tie war. He was opposed TO the bill III
any iorm because il would produce q revolution IN
every slaveholdins Border State. dsbant tho white
ARMIES and render reunion impossible. lie could
not vote for it, because he bad sworn 10 support the
Constitution, which this bill struck down.
Mr.. DAVIS rep, Pal said one thing would have
10 he settled beOre a compromise cOaid be patched
up viz. We must sGbjugate the South, OF. the South
would subjugate us. With this spirit he entered
into the war 50 had the country. II the Rebels
subjugted u.s. let them enjoy their success. for they
would deserve Il. We had drawn the sword, how
ever, and said they should not. If man subJugated
him TO his rule, lie deserved to BIO slave II he SUBJ
mtted, II would be in the hope that his children
would draw the sword and light the battle out. lie
hated every man who Vas "a enemy 10 his country,
and expected his hate III return. lie wanted iaIT
play. Il black man by his eide climbed the
parts and seized the sword OF Rebel officer, cap
| lured Rebel ilag before he did, the honor should
belong to hin. We were towards II we did not ac-
cord this. II black mau could tear down tho
HeUel DLlllcF hlu lluCo bFtI ITO lhplSOl VI
mond the STAN aud Stripes, he would give him honor
over any General who had made the attempt and
failed. H. had been SAID the African was inferior
TO tue white man, why not encourage him 10 im-
proyement ior a higher destiny be DAVIS bad
been under black oiicer OF ships crew, and the
latter was one OF tho brayeet. Side by sido with
the African he passed through dangers, when white
men shrunk ana turued pale with fear. the biack
man toI a lsudabo example OF bravery 10 his CON-
pauions. Bravery Was part u a man nature With
cut regard to color or race.
Mr. ULIN Rep, n. " said il this bill had been
quietly Submitted 10 tie Committee on Military
Ahalrs, he lie Lad suggested, for examination and
report il would not have provoked the least division
or excitement, those 0isorderly and disgraceIuI
proceedings, which every man in the House except,
perhaps, two or three, would have avoided. HE
Till d,d LOT before the Houss III legitimate
way, but in the manner II gentlemen coming here,
with their pockels iull OF resolutions, debrous OF
eeinS their names ia prlnt and getting up contest
A.. iilc an toe east wind. lie referred TO the acts
already existing 10 snow That the President had
plsnGTy power 10 enlist persons Of African descent
ln tho ARMY and navy, and cheer them 0s lie saw
proper, and lac Asaed the gentleman TO reflect how
little occasion there Tor this debate, tie exhibit
ton OF feeling and the scenes wi ich had recently
disaraced this House. lie briefly reviewed the
peudinQ amendments remarkng that the very fact
OF receiving suoh perrons into the servico, as already
uroyidsd carried with IL the necessary protection.
Ii was Idle and luderous, Therefore 10 say that the
bill changed the existing laws. He did not think
that the mere employment Of Africans should be
seized upon for the assertion that II would create
disahection In the North that It would De IN ad.
mission that the whites were Inadequate TO the sup
prcssiou Of the rebellion. They ought 10 avail
themselves of a means TO accomplish tho great pur'
pose.
MIR. MAYNARD (Un., Tenn said Il was now
more than two wears the secession Of South Car
olins--years II gloom 10 the country and horrible
darkness to the South. lie remembered the remark
ma 10 20 him by Member Of Congress in March,
1861 that Secession was nothing but the effect OF
rnonstrous system Of lying. Much OF The falsehood
should be imputed to the ignorance Of the leaders,
and, among other things, they talked Of Northern
men as race of cowaTdr believing that one Southern
man was equal 20 five Yankees. The South would
be redeemed and diseuthi llled. from tue desposm
which now overshadowed them and resume lie place
under the old nlg But woe be TO them who had
betrayed the people by their baseness and corrup
ton Their power in the Union had passed away
forever, and better men would succeed 10 their
places The oiigarchy was insolent and ineiiably
bgse and in the social circle their rule was execra-
bic and their tyranny absolute. After glancing at
the facts connected with the commencement OF the
Rebellion, he said Southern tyrants swayed their
power with the bayonets Of eolders, who would turn
them against their masters il they could. The Rebel
leaders were warning for empire ana the establish
H. ent of tyranny over white men. They knew that
II the Constitution was maintained they would be
driven into ObPcurty aud disgrace and hence they
soorned the idea of living under our Government,
They would descend lower than ever plunmet
sounded with their guilty sympathizers enging TO
their skirts. There was q large Union element IN
the South, which would develop itself when 1t was
found that the Cove 'nment able 70 afford them
| protection Union were now obliged TO submit 10
a despoiic power from which they could not escape
La view of all the circumstances in the ques-
tion no showed the necessity OF concert OF action on
our part the sooner TO store obedience to the Con-
sututon by the suppression Of the Rebellion. lie
preented AN array Of facts for the encouragement OF
The cause Of the Union.