New-York daily tribune., 1863-03-02
xxxyKsih CoNGr.Ess-Third Session.
SENATE. .wAsu,xcros, Feb. %, lsG3.

II itlff, itlNIitA JflNi ff'lio' - '''~ NA"N"
OF C,Dg c. 10 Commander knggolj.
BRIBERY FOR RELEASE or PRISONERS AND
VKOPl ETY.
Mr. GRIMES offered resolution instructlrg the
Secret ry Of tie Navy TO report to tie SeDae
" bother any cfcer oi he Government had hb' rattd
prsoners cGpurd by any naval cihcer OF ihe United
States ara restored any captured property, on pay
mgnt ~ him, or 10 them, Of any money &C o'ter
y,luaile copsioeraion; aud II So, under wbat cir
cerres nces ap0 what GnlrOiiy Su,h reese hsd been
made; and hat he report thereupOn 10 the : nate
Y sth .r in bis itOu any ec'iOn is proper Leces
sary 0 medy this prcccediug. Adopted.
r. LI,F POR SUFFERERS FROM INDIANS.
NJ. HARLAN (Rrp., Iowa) introduced bill sup-
Iltm ntaiy 10 an act for 3 relief OF persons for
damaces su-t iued by bands of Sioax luGians.
The III extends the 'elief given 20 the ciiz- Of
liionssla 10 those Of | WA aud Dakota. Passed.
BQUNTIEs AND ARREARS OF SOLDIERS PAY
Mr. HARRIS rep, N. N.Y) presented a resolntlou
from the Senate oi tn, State Of New YoIk relative
to the bounGes and arrears Of pay 10 the families o
soldiers.
PAY FOG ARMiNG SOLDIERS IN REBEL STAIts'
Mr. WILSON (Rel., Msss) in reduced oi'. 10
pay for srnlng loyal citizen uoops ORR n1eo ~ ',"!
f,ats CT Stat =, tie inhabitants OF w.leh nave Oee"'
OF may hereafter lie, IN rebellion against u7'
COLORADO.
Mr.. LANE rep. kan.l called up the p'Ii ~ 10 en'
able the peol l. of Colorado TO iorrn otae UoGeIn
ID eut and Constitution preparatory 10 oei"S aun''
ted ae a Siae.
Auer debate the bill was postponed.
TIE MILITIA ENRol1ING BILL
Mr.. WILSON Pep.. Mass) called up the bill to
enroll aud all out the na'lonai forces >,
Mr. rBAYARD ID NJ, Dell Iroceeded 70 SAFE bis
o. ie ti ns e. the ill, act not within the power
coIfdyd by ne Constitution 70 congress Auu Il !
were il not ONLY was IIexpedIent, but Cancerons
10 the liberties Of the people. IL Was I'll 10 h'
Low ,be Pesi mt to enIoll into the regular army ev
cry 4bleboiied man in tie counIy. 1t was oii 70
incr-ase the regular srmy at The Glstfelion OF Ie
President. Ho moved 10 postpone the bill indeh-
pliely. ,, :.
Air. TURPIE Dem. H. said he should vote to
postpoue not b. cause lie ~onlt decrease nv one Jo'
tLetower 10 put do Sn the hebeilon, bu' because
he hought this legislation unnecessary ana uhcoh'
Mir. HOWARD Rer., Mich asked If the Senator
xas will To allow States perhRI not loyal, tS
refuse to IN uish msO.
Mr. TURplE ea!d the inconvenience was SIMPLY
the lack OF pOwfr. lie Was not willing TO give Il
tbe National Executive the power 10 violate he
Consilutiop, or to take any step not conelpatec
by those who formed the Government. IDe bil
gave the President power TO raise armies, WHICH
power was coDGded 10 Congress.
Mr.. HOWARD asked how Congress could raist
armies witholl agents. Would the Senator have 9
recruit Office opened in these halls by Congress
Mr. TOkPlE-rbere would be few recruits il
they d. Mr.. Turpie further contenoed thai The
hill would take away sll the power of the states
and make the President dictator, if be chose TO
eYcise that power. There was no provision III Ii,
bill 10 limit the quota OF any dis:Ict and he ebsrgeC
thst the bill wOulC be used for political purposes
aud 10 secure pollia victories and avenge political
defeats lie laid we bad had all sorts OF bills to put
down the reb lion. Bot tie Senstor from Msssa-
cbosetts Mr. Wilson, lad taken the most iogeUions
and unique mode or putting DOWN the rebellion by
boast ns Of his own loyalty and lmpe4ehing that o.
Others.
Mir. WILSON rep, Mass said be mad no reply
70 mike 10 the personal alluslons Of the Senator
from Indiana. II, did not know what he might
have been bai be lived i'll former DAYS. But he knew
that now be was no traitoT-uo syiplathlZer with
treason; aud bis associates were not those who la
bored day and night 70 assail every man that was
enplotlng the country. lie thought the Senator
had not The night to speak for the soldier az re-
gard d tn bi |. The soldiers were every day ex-
pressing their delight at tue measure lhe Senator
elo sssalled Masachusetts for failure 10 respond
70 the calls for troops. Massachusetts had furnished
27O2 more men than were called for, aud yet that
Senator came here and repeated The slang N the
Copperbeads Of his state, VINO spent their venom
ct the brave old Commonwealth. But that Senator
conid not reach Massachus by bis assaults.
Mr.. TURPIE Dem, Ild.l said he had right 70
speak for the soldier, EDd no would speak for the
Western volunteers who hated Secessionists aud
hated Yankees just as much. The Senator had said
that nc could not reach Massachusetts,. God forbid
he ever should reach her OF set loot Oh her soil
The benalO from Massachusetts, by hls speeches,
war making the Rebel believe that there was a
he was doing tue dirty work Of the scayenger for
NE Rebels.
MI McDOUGAL Dem, Cal said the evil Of
our times was that we were governed too much by
particular and not by g neral laws, and tie SeustOr
From Iudi.. Lad inGulged himself much as to par
tienlars induIg fault with details 10 times ike
tuis We should te governed by general principles,
and give such power 10 the Government Az would
give il ain aud force iu is action.
Mr.. CAKLILE Dem, Vs.) spoke at length
49, In her
tbe .vernment, taking away power from tbe
States ana giving lt TO The President. Today
hsc d rebellion stronger than when II first
mepced. To-day we had DIVIDED North and
uuiied Sout--troaSht about by Congress and The
Executive lie sorry 10 see the party in power,
In prosecuting this war, attempting 10 carry out
p,r,y Gosnas, and interfering with the institutions
Of ,h4 Sat
Mr. SHERMAN REP, Ohio, from the Committee
Of Conference ON tue Ways and Means bill, male q
report the amendment coDcei ming the tax
banks which was c1ncufied III. The .pOri provides
fOi Of one PEI cout Oh ali circulation below the
scals proposed by the House, and Two per cent on
all above aud lou ia OF one per cent On deposs.
Mr.. SUMNER, from the Committee on / oreign
Relations, 10 whom re.erred certain cOrrespou-
dence concerning foreign mediation, reported, with
the unanimous approval Of the Committee, concur
rent resolutions concerning foreign mediation or
illervenhon during the present Rebellion.
Mr.. CAkLlLE concluded his remarks. Referring
70 many oi The bills passed by Congress he said
they evidently tended toward oespolism. Hs asked
tlat the people should not be alarmed when they
saw In b ieGdiDg paper ofthe party 10 power such
egram as he saw in The NEw-YOKK TRIBUNE
about The Connecticut Copperheads, saying thst
There was a limit " the i0rbearance OF the Admin
is'rs'ion." he warned the Administration that
there was limit TO the forteai aDoe of the people
Ana he was astoniShed when he saw III Gen. Burn
nde stestmony before the War Committee that he
ea.u eoneethihg hsattack Oh Fredericksburg, that
"A Last