Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1863-01-13

luton that the PresIdent's emancipation proola
AEmed.
Mr. Cox moved to lay on the table. DIsa.
greed to-50 to IS. N
on the Judiciary.
Mr.. Aldrich offered the following:
nesoioed, That tho committee on Military
Affairs be instructed to inquire into the expe
dienccy and necessity Of giving bounty lands
one hundred and sixty acres to each soldier II
any old regiment; that said land be located or
any confiacated rebel plantation as soon as thu
rebellion is crushed.
Passed-66 against SO.
On motion Of Mr.. Wallace, the committee
on Judiciary was instructed to inquire what leg
islation, If any, is necessary to settle the dis
puted question Of rights to land of the Puget
Sound Agricultural Company.
Mr.. Dawes offered O resolution requesting the
President, If not incompatible with the public
Interest, to communicate to the House what
authority or instructions has been given to
General Dix In Virginia, and General Butler
In Louisiana, and Governor Stanley In North
Carolina, or any Of them. concerning the cleo.
tion Of Representatives TO this House In their
states respectively.
MP. Roscoe Conkling suggested that the In.
quiry include Governor Phelps of Arkansas,
and Governor Johnson of Tennessee.
Mr.. Dawes had no objection, other than that
no election cases from the two latter States
had come before the committee. The resolu.
tion was adopted. It
On motion of Mr.. F. A. Conkling, il was
hesolued, AS the sense OF this Houss, that
no creditors Of the Government are 90 merito-
rious AZ the soldiers Of the Union, and that no
more money should be paid to any civil officer
Of the Government until every arrearage due
to any regiment In service has been fully paid.
Mr.. Stevens introduced bill setting forth
that as the terms Of enlistment of soldiers will
soon expire, and as II is expedient to have SOL
diers whose constitutions peculiarly fit them for
Southern campaigns; therefore,
Be Il enacted, That the President Ia author
lied and required to raise, equip and organize
one hundred and fifty thousand persons Of color
of African descent, to serve Eve years as artIl.
lery, infantry and cavalry, to receive FIVE dol.
lars p4 month, the n0n.commissioned officers
ten dollars, together with rations, etc. one.
half to be set aeide for the use Of their fami.
lies; and in case they have no families, the
money to be retained for them until the expira
tlon of their service The commissioned off,
cers TO have the same pay as those in the regu.
lar army. Company officers may be either
white or black, and recruiting stations may be
established in the North or South.
Mr.. Cox of Ohio moved to lay the bill on the
table. Negatives-yeas 50 nays SO.
0n motion Of Mr.. Stevens, further consider
alton was postponed until Wednesday week.
Me-. May offered the following preamble and
resolution:
WHEREAS, Maryland has been proclaimed q
loyal State; and whereas, slaves escaping
therefrom into the District of Columbia, after
being remanded to jail to swait reclamation BY
heir owners, have been taken from the custo.
1y Of the marshal by the military authorities,
IN destruction Of their rights of property and
In violation Of the aolemnly guaranteed rights
Of the people Of Maryland; there ore,
Resolued, That the committe on Judiciary be
instructed to ascertain the facts and the law
concerning the same, and report the result of
their Investigations at an early day, and such
legislation as will put an end to these unlaw-
ful and unconstitutional proceedings.
Resolued, That copy of this preamble and res-
olution be transmitted to the President in order
that be may see that She Constitution and the
laws are executed 10 this District, which is uu-
der his personal observation and authority.
MIR. Fessenden moved to lay on the table.
Cafrleu-oo RBalnet "A.
On motion Of Mr.. Thomas of Nd, the select
on emancipation was instructed to-
inquire into the expediency Of making an ap-
propriation to aid Maryland in system Of
and colonization of persons OF
color nov In that State
On motion Of Mt. Brown Of Va the same
committee was similarly instructed In reference
% the bill to aid the State Of Western Virginia
In tha nj kfan Of -.
The House then went into committee OF tho
Whole on the bill to provide Ways and Means
for the support of the Government.
Mr.. Stevens offered hie substitute for the hill
Of the committee of Ways and Means es here
Lofore published. -
Mr.. SpauldiDg said In the course of bis
speech, that the Government now reouired me
hundred and fifty millions dollars before the
bill could be passed Into Law, and the notes
which 1t authorized engraved. Fifty millions
will be required within the next
twenty days. The whole amount Of gold and
silver In all the banks of the loyal States ana
not. on the lst Of January, exceed eighty seven
millions. Even If the Secretary of the Treas.
nry could procure every dollar OF this, II vonld
not be enough to pay fifty cents on the dollar of
The liabilities Of the Government. It vaa
therefore perfectly plain that, even this com.
small sum of ffty millions can
not be paid In coin. II was no fauIt of
aither the Secretary or Congress The coin
cannot be obtained; II was simply an i'm
possibility. There was no plan to get II.
According to the old maxim, II we could do as
We would, We should do as we can. The Seo.
retary has paid out two hundred and fiitv mil
lions legal tender notes. Although the Secre-
larry has authority to sell Eve hundred milliops
Of six per cent bonds, he has only sold twenty.
ave millions, leaving the remainder to be dis
posed Of at the market price, The reason Why
The bonds had not been sold, was because there
was redundancy of currency. -T-r
Our soldiers In the field should be paid.-
They cannot be expected 10 perform their duty
,heerfully while they know their fsmilIes are
almost starving for means Of living, Impera.
i've necessity require that payment to them
should be no longer delayed If the Secretary
,annot raise money on the bonds, other author.
ty should be given him to meet she liabilities
Dur perlls are two-fold, compared 10 those ofl
asst year.
He then examined into the financial oondi-
ion, showing that 81, III, ,000, 600 we're reuuir
q for the current services. He argued to |
how that the money required could not be OBJ. |
aimed by loan, and hence the necessity Of |
'assing the bill reported from the committee |
u Ways and Meana now under consideration.
rhe only hope of success In any fiprnclall
cheme was In military success.
After some further remarks, the committeel
lore and the House adjourned.