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TmIRTY-sEvENrn CONGRESS-.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 81.


WASHINGTON, Feb. 81.
SENATE.
Mr. HARRIS presented petition of a large
number of citizens of New York city, for
submarine telegraph from fort Monroe to Gal
weston. The bill to amend the act to equalize
the grade of line officers in the navy was
passed. Mr.. LANE of Kansas introduced
bill to grant the right of way through the
military reserves in Kansas.
Mr. NELSON introduced a bill to incorpor-
ate the national academy of sciences. After
discussion by Messrs. Foster and Fessenden
and others, the bill passed; yeas %, nays IL.
Mr. FBssESDEN presented the credentials
of Hon. Lot NJ. Morrill,, reelected United
States senator from the state of Maine for six
years from the 4th of March next.
Mr.. POWELL offered a resolution that
committee of three be appointed to investi-
gate the facts in reference to the arrest, i'm
prisonment, and release of ID. A. Mahoney,
j. II. Miller, and Andrew Duff; laid over.
Mr.. POWELL also gave notice that he should
at an early day offer resolution fer COM
mittee to investigate the conduct of Gen. Gill
bert in discharging convention in Kentucky.
Mr.. SHERMAN offered a resolution that
10000 extra copies be printed of the bill to
provide for national currency; referred to
the committee on printing.
MI w lLSON Vi N1ISSdcnuSeIlS, introduced
bill to promote the health, comfort and eff
cheney of the army; referred to the committee
on military affairs.
Mr.. LANE OF Kansas, called up the bill to
grant lands to Kansas for the construction
of railroads and telegraphs; passed.
The bill for the discharge of state prisoners
was then taken up, the question being on the
amendment of Mr.. Carlisle, offered as a sub
stitute for the substitute prepared by Mr..
Trumbull and Mr.. POWELL spoke at some
length in favor of Mr.. Carlisle's amendment.
After further debate, Mr.. WILSON of Massa-
chusetts, said when this war commenced he
made the resolution to do what he could to put
down the rebellion, and to do it without any
party feeling; but it was hard to hear such
speeches when senator rose and passed eulo-
gisms upon a body of men who had put forth
an address that the loyal heart of America
wouldpronounce treason. Mr.. WILSON want
ed the resolutions to go upon the record to
show the coming generations that the men
who penned and signed, and who res ponded
to their call, and the men who applauded that
address were traitors to the Union and to the
country. applause in the galleries. The
Chair said if any such demonstrations were
repeated the galleries would be coSed.) Mr.
WILSON desired this paper to go upon the
record arraigning the administration because
brave men from the north were defending
the country on the soil of Kentucky,
had taken for their support a little straw or
hay, corn or wheat. The address called upon
the representatives of Kentucky to oppose
giving men or money to carry on the war
The eulOgum of the senator from Kentucky
should go on record, and let the country de-
eide whether the address and the eulogium
are worthy of a loyal senator. 1t is strange
for men to use day after day in denouncing
the president, but without word of rebuke
for treason, lie thought the men who de-
nounced the administration would blush with
shame when they thought Of the men whose
councils they had followed so many years
Every bullet fred in this war at loyal men had
been fired by democrats Every man who
filled bloody grave, every widow that had
been made, every orphan, every flag torn and
rlddled, all these had been done by democrats,
and they had been nearly two years trying to
overturn the government. We had for the
last few months been panied by all this talk of
sympathy with trea son. We had secesh meet
ings of knights of the Golden Circle, and
conventions, and resolutions of legislatures,
and the other day they had convention in
Hartford, in which one of the chiefs of
the democratic party said that if an U. S.
marshal attempted to arrest him he would
''kill him, damn him." and he told his audi
ence that elf any of these infamous whelps
attempted to arrest them to kill them" He ap-
pretended that men who wanted to leave New
England out in the cold did not want
to leave these men out, for they sympathized
too strongly with them.
Mr.. TURPIE said they only talked about
leaving New England out in the cold to allow
Massachusetts, to have the benefit of draft.
Mr.. WILSON said, New England needed no
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in her defense. We hear every day the pres
ident denounced as a tyrant; but the history
of these times would show that there never
was an administration so kind and humane to
traitors, and to men who sympathized with
traitors. 1t was in every sense of the word,
untrue and wicked, and such would be the
judgment of the country, and of the christian
and civilized world who had witnessed this
kindness towards those men whose hands were
dripping with blood. He had wished for one
hour of Andrew Jackson. Instead of being
tyrant and usurper, the president had dealt
too leniently with this atrocious rebellion. All
these assaults would fall blameless against the
president Brave men in the field were turn
ing back to strike at those who were sympa-
thizng with the rebels who were trying to
shoot them down in 'front.' and these men were
covering before the rising patriotism of the
people. The president was denounced for
making arrests. He (Mr. Wilson, admitted
that there might have been mistakes, but the
people of the country would be surprised when
they saw the evidence against many who had not
been arrested for treason, and sympathy for
traitors. There were traitors all over this
country, both north and SOUTH He had no
hate against those men who were in rebellion.
He only wanted to see justice done them and
If justice was done to many of them in this
world, they would soon be out of it. He had
nothing to say against loyal democrats-men
who were true to the country and nation.
The president had attempted to carry ON the
war without any party feeling, and a majority
OF the generals appointed had been men who
dld not vote for Mr.. Lincoln. Mr. Wilson
commended that the president had the right to
suspend the writ of habeas corpus and make
arrests, when the life of the country was at
stake. lie believed it was his duty to issue
an emancipation proclamation, and to put
down rebellion by striking at its cause and
support,-at that institution which had raised
two crops for rebellion. He was in favor of
using any means to crush the rebellion, and
he would use slaves for all military purposes.
The government might take our sons, and
brothers. and neighbors to fight, and to be
placed in the front of battle to be killed by
the rebels. But no! it must not touch the