Weekly national intelligencer., 1863-03-05

that be did not recognise the Senator from Delaware he
would withdraw the motion to correct the journal.
Mr. TRUMBULL said after what had boen ssid, be had
no objection to vote, but The bill is already signed
Mr. POMEROY explained that he did put the vote In
the negative and the Senator from Ohio heard it in the
cloak He meant to all courtesy in accordance
with the rules Of the Senate
FOREIGN MEDIATION
Mr.. SUMNER called up the concurrent resolutions
the subject Of mediation and Intervention.
Mr. POWELL said he could not vote for these resou-
tons he should be any mediation rendered
10 kind manner to bring about peace. The mediation
offered by the Emperor Of France pacific and friendly
He would receive any friendly mediation. s
Mr.. SALISBURY said he should express opinion
the subject of mediation but he thought there no
cessity Of advertising to the world that Congress would
regard what may be friendly mediation unfrendly The
President has not asked for any advice this He
would restore the Union with slavery 10 every State where
it had existed II mediation would do this would hail
Mr.. CARLILE thought it of doubtful expsdency to pass
these resolutions He thought these matters had better
be left to the Secretary of State.
Mr. SUMNER said he authorized to state that the
resolutions met the approval Of the Secretary and OF the
Cabinet.
Mr.. CARLILE feared the passage of the resolutions
would bring about Intervention France had been friendly
to from the first, and he would do nothing offensive
The resolutions were adopted:
YEaS-Messrs Anthony, Arnold Chandler Clark Cola,
mer Davis, Dixon, Doolte Feesenden, Foot, Foster
Grimes, Harding Harlan, Harris Henderson Hicks, How
ard Howe King Lane of Indiana Morrill, Nesmith Pome
| and Wilson Of Massachusetts
NAYS-Messrs Garlic, Latham, Powell Salisbury, and
Mr.. TRUMBULL moved to take up the bill to provide
for the election Of members of Congress in Tennessee and
Louisiana.
Mersrs. CARLILE and POWELL called for the yeas
and nays. The motion was agreed to-yeas 25 nays T.
bill received from the House to regulate the pro-
ceedngs of the Clerk of the House in preparing for
ganzauon Of the House. Passed
Also, bill to facilitate the collection Of in Ell
Paso. Texas, and New Mexico. Passed.
Mr. DAVIS moved to postpone the pending bill and take
the bill to examine claims for damages done by Union
troops, and demanded the yeas and nays.
Mr.. TRUMBULL hoped the Senator was not going to
resort to dilatoIy motions.
Mr. DAVIS said he meant to defeat the pending bill by
every means in his power.
The motion was disagreed to-yeas H. nays 25
Mr.. SHERMAN moved to take up bill from the
House to which there could be objection, the Sena-
tor from Kentucky said he would oppose the pending bill
| by every in his power
Mr. TRUMBULL said it was this kind of feeling which
prevented from crushing out the rebellion, because
somebody said it could not be done If the Senator from
Ohio disposed to surrender the legislation of the country
to the threat of the Senator Kentucky let him
and let the Senator from Kentucky take the responsibility
| Of opposing legislation by fdctious opposition He
not going to yield to the threat of any single who
chose stand in the way of egslaton and the Senate
could afterwards take to prevent any single man
standing in the way of the will Of the people and ega-
tion due to the nation.
After further discussion, Mr.. SHERMAN withdrew the
motion.
Mr. DAVIS moved to lay the pending bill on the table,
and asked the yeas and nays Reected-yeas TO- nays
Mr.. POWELL moved postpone the bill till to NOR
and asked the yeas and nays. Rejected-yeas 8,
nays 81.
Mr.. SALISBURY moved to postpone the bill till five
minutes before twelve and asked the yeas and nays Re-
jected-yeas 8, nays 90.
Mr. CARLILE moved to postpone the bill and take up
bill for the relief of j. G. Kennedy and asked the yeas
and nays
Mr. TRUMBULL appealed to Senators not to give the
yeas and nays to those who making ciou oppo
ston lets aud let the country who the half
dozen conspirators who seeking to defeat the egsa
ton of the country.
Mr. CARLILE did not know what right the S .nator
had to imputs acous opposition to Others when he
urging obnoxious with pertinacity never
equalled The Senator had right to mpute motives to
those who sincere in their opposition as he was in
favor of the bill and he had right call Senators
spiraors here.
Mr.. DAVIS said these motions were part of we'll
known and practsed parliamentary law and the must
either be not socere very not to know that Sen
ators wouli resort to this sort OF opposition.
Mr.. HOWE thought the motion Of the Senator from
Virginia better be adopted it mertorous bill and
from Kentucky, (Mr DAvIs) He CMr HowE) proposed
stump the State of Kentucky against him year. and
he didn't believe he could be elected again He
necessity of following the example Of the negro preacher
said the Lord directed him to jump through stone
wall, he was bound to jump at it at any rate
Mr. COWAN offered a resolution rendering the hanks
Of the Senate TO the President for the ability and impair
Adopted
Mr. TRUMBULL said the Senator from Wisconsin had
made very winning appeal to lay aside great public
measure for private b and he might have yielded bat
for of hose about him. hard hearted than he,
who told him not to yield.
Mr. HOWE said he willing to admit that the Sena-
tor from Illinois ruined by his associations.
Mr. BAYARD at some length repeed the charge of
being consprators and said the bill itself piracy
against the Constitution.
Mr. DOOLIrTLE said he would like to have the last
few moments Of this session spent in something beside
elimination and imination. He would look the
past and look at the many important acts Of this
png Congress- at the vast preparations have made for
and the financial adopted and at this
ment, while we engaged in gigantic war, ships
are going across the laden with food for starving
thousands All these and the recent flashed the
wires show that to crush out this rebellion and
that this nation to stand before the world greater and
powerful and more glorious than ever, and beyond
what has entered into the minds of to conceive 1t
with sentiments like these he would have this Con-
gress expire to show the unaterabe purpose of the Ame
rcan people to crush this wicked rebellion Let
show to the world the traitors at home to the who
talk of intervention that have just begun to fight and