The dollar weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1862-1864, 1863-02-05

portant that our national finances should be
put on that sound basis which is alone con-
sistent with wise economy, and can alone
make the restored Union worth more than
it will cost.
KENTUCKY LEGIsLATURE.
In the SENATE, Jan. goth, bill was re-
ported to repeal an act requiring certain Of
ficers and teachers in this Commonwealth to
take an oath of office. Messrs Martin P.
Marshall. Bush, and Speed opposed the pas
sage of the bill, and Senator Grover advo-
Gated It. The bill was finally referred to the
Committee on Revised Statutes. i'oit'ae1
The bill to lay off the State into nine Con-
gressional Districts was discussed and recon-
mitted to the Apportionment Committee. y
In the House on the same day, Mr.. I'M
derwood reported bill to provide for the
pay ment of the claims against the State,
contracted under the State Guard law. Adj
iutant General to liquidate and settle said
claims, with the approval of the Governor,
and Auditor to draw warrant on the Treas
ury for the amount ai a''E a.--i1a eide v759
Mr.. Bush offered an amendment, max
ing it the duty of the Adjutsnt General to
report when, by whom, and from whom
taken, and in what county; adopted, and
| bill passed-yeas, SO; nays, o. ,i@ 'h
Mr.. Bush reported bill to appropriate
| $4,000 to pay nine months men one
months wages in advance. |-
! Mr.. Ward offered an amendment, provid
| ing that the Legislature of Kentucky does
not expect any of her soldiers, provided for
| by this BILL nor any that are now in the
! field, to aid in enforcing the unconstitutional
! proclamation of the President, of the 1st of
January, 1868, nor any proclamation that
he may issue, the enforcement of which
would make our soldiers commit an act
which would be felony by the laws of our
own State, but to fight for the sole object of
putting down the rebellion. at
Mr.. Wolfe moved to recommit the bill
and amendments: adopted.
Mr.. Underwood offered the following
resolution which was adopted, viz: -
| Whereas, the people of kentucky have
been greatly injured by the taking of their
property for military purposes by our vari-
Gus companies, regim ents, brigade. and di-
visions. And in many cases the individual
sufferer in stead of receiving just compensa-
ton has not been furnished even with a
proper receipt or certificate or account, show
| ing the kind aud quantity and value of the
property taken, or amount of damage done
And in many cases where the citizen has
been furnished with stated account show
ing the kind, quantity and value Of the
property taken, it has been certified in such
10 furnish proper voucher, that when pre-
sented for payment no money could be
drawn, in consequences of alleged informs ali
ties and objections of different kinds--there-
fore,
ResozUed, By the General Assembly of the
Commonwealth Of Kentucky, That our Sena-
tors in Congress be instructed, and our Rep
resentatives requested, to use their best eff
forts to secure the speedy payment of all the
Just claims of our citizens against the Ma
tional Government; and to that end they are
desired to have one or more commissioners
appointed, who are citizens of Kentucky,
with full authority to take proof and assess
the amount Of damages sustained by any
citizen, from the seizure and appropriation oil
his property to public use, and to sanction
the claims of our citizens where informal
) vouchers have been granted to them, so that
they may be paid without further delay.
In the House, on the same day, Mr.. I'm
derwood-M ;litary Afflrs-Reported the
bill to provide for paying one months pay
IN advance to nine months volunteers, with
the amendment proposed by Mr.. Ward, with
) the expression of opinion that said amend =
ment was unconstitutional and, therefore,
ought not to prevail. ..
The question was then taken Cd sustaining
the committee in thei: decision in regard to
Illo W odlu VIII
The yeas and nays were demanded there
on, and resulted as follows-yeas, SO; nays,
15-and the opinion of the committee was
sustained.
The question was then taken on the pas
sage of the bill, the Constitution requiring
the yeas aud nays thereon. and resulted as
follows-yeas, 67; nays, 16; and so the bill
passed.
John w. Finnell's Resolutions.
In the House of Representatives Mr.. in
nell offered the following resolutions, which
were ordered to be printed, and referred to
the committee on Federal Relations, viz:
The proclamation of the Pre- sident of
the United States, of September oath, 1862,
declaring martial law, suspending the writ
of hdbeas corpus throughout all the loyal
States, and that of Jauary 1, 1868, declar-
ing free all the slaves within certain of the
States of the Union, the people of which
are in rebellion against the Government of
the United States, we declare to be most
dangerous assumption of power, in conflict
with the fundamental law of the land, and
| utterly null and void. That the plea of
military necessity" urged by the President
| is specious and delusive neither excusing
nor palliatng violation of the Consttu-
tion-nor can it justify any assumption of
power not clearly warranted by that instru-
ment. We declare that the procamations
and other acts of the President, attempted
to be justified under the plea of military
necessity" have had, and can have, the eff
feet alone to unite more firmly and closely
the people of the rebelious States-to dis
tract the people of the loyal States, divide
Them into political parties, and lead them to
distrust the sincerity of the purpose of the
administration in the prosecution of the war
therefore.