, 1863-01-22

WAsHSo1oS, Jan. II, 1867
SENATE.
aIr. TEN ETCK Of N. J.. presented thc
credentials Of Hon. Jas. ". Wall, elected
Senator from New Jersey.
Mr. WILSON Of Mass, presented the ere,
from Massachusetts for six years.
Mr. ANTHONY, from the COMMITTEES on
Printing, reported q resolution to provide tor ]
printing the eighth census. adopted.
The bi1lfo the reorganization Of the Conft
ct OF G%s a %ooa afsn Is ?ss@ah he ss
On the table was rejected BY yeas Is: nays ~;
The question then required on Mr. GRIMES
motion to insert bis substitute repeating the
original act establishing the Court Of Cinims.
Mr. HALE Of N. T., contended that Il this
bill passed, It. would open the way for thon.
sands of. claims. xHe-- proposed If he could
get the Opportunity, to offer an amendment
That no money should be dfawn from the
| until ali the debts arising from the war were
settled. This law. will open the doors Of the
! Treasury 10 vast horde Of contractors aud
private claimants Who seem to have the Idea
| the Treasury IL their private property, and
law opening the Treasury is like Law on tho
Medes and Persians- meyer to he repealed:
The discussion continued at length by
Messrs, SHERMAN, BAYARD, DooLfTTIE
and TRUMBULL.
Slr. WILSON sald, in reply to d remark Of
the SENIOR FROM New Hampshire, that Con
payment of soldiers, and he wanted the conn@
l. trY. md army to understand that Congress
hid given the Secretary Of the Treasury
power to sell the bonds Of the government.
be paid every two months, yetth bonds were
The government had asked for no special
| LEGISLATION, and protested to be preparing .
way to- pay the army, yet the army Was nor
paid, and great many complaints arc being
On tue goth of December the House Of Rep
1esentati,es passed 3 resolution tor the
) prompt payment Of the army and nary, and
the Finance Committee of the Senate amend: a1t
cd It, making an appropriation OF MY
millions Of dollars, and the House apPropi'
the public press Of tho country, and he was
: sorry to slr, from the executive branch o.
i the government the idea has gone forth thai
Congress has not provided the means to pa.
= the army, and bus not done its duty.
0 There never was IN honr when the gov
4 crnmcnt did not hare full authority from
= Congress to provide the means to pay th'
= army. He (Wilson) did not choose to tax
the responsibility for the non.payment OF ~
soldiers, and he disowned it for the senat
d and Honse. We were obliged, last snmme
~ ard autumn, to raise large body Of troops
- and agreed to pay SIS bounty, and expedition
were sent away and had to paid in advance
# + The rule required that the soldiers should D
, paid every thwo months, and the goyernmen
- professed to be providing the means TO pa
Yet tic payments for September and oct'
., | her vera not made. Tic supposed the lart
:. drafts on the treasury had exhausted II
s- funds. The treasury lad sent no request Il
H. cjaj scheme which would take months to car
~, into execution. But Congress, without wal
IL inr* for AMY official request, prompt
oa passed IN act to provide for the payment
I1g The soldiers, The trouble bad arisen min
10 from thc peculiar OF Ine p5s Ss
hs dent found it necessary to call out 3GO o0o III
ed }:troops, giving large sums iii bounty, ii
large expeditions were sent to q distance, n
m. these men had to be paid. The trouble seem
- to be that those we're not paid hrst WHO
els MIR" Mr. Hale l1 Of N. Il. offered an amename'
that no money shall be paid out OF tho ire
-, urv under n Judgment Of the Court OF Gialtl
' nntn after tlcaPpropThtion shall oe est!ma. 1t.
the MI: FOSTER Of Ct. moved to strike ont
~. provision for two additional Judges. Agrt
oat to-ycus Fl, nays II. The bill then passed
Il vote Of :a,3 against 1j
lity HOUSE.
Tho Ironse Yesterday passed 4 reso1ut
i,eclaring Mr., Vandever was not entitled to
4''t seat owing to his having accepted 4 mllis
Mr. MAYNARD had raised APPOINT that s.
rms action on the part Of the House being IN
character ofnn expulsion which required I'm
we'd the constitution rote Of two thirds: -
orts The SPEAKER overru1cd the point, II
:hor Sl,ich decision Mr.. Maynard appealed.
Mr.. cox to-day moved to lay the appeal
ths ta95e AETfsaS meTea S9
vote by which the resolution was passed.
.,,af vote was then reconsidered By 20 agatnst
,teel ! s,.orst ,ncnshers: the resolution was .
) are pened to the third Of March nest-'o as'
,orl. ,nan,,ncn1s anv "a The Military Academy
cing and then went into Committee OF the W
for general debate. .
n at Ut. HARDING Of Ky: said the Preside I1
nh;1e emancipation, proclamation haa unMeo
opie South, rs he had predicted, as one man,
paralyzed the efforts Of loyal men so
obile leave little hope Of tic restoration Of
nov, Union.
slsn' he spoke OF arbitrary arrests, and said
nsuls man in the Executive department, VINO U:
= the subferfuge Of military necessity, desery
:; en be calleda tyraut. isHe had no hope q rel
mol under the present radical policy. Ihe u
: and cratic party Of the North and South II
,orta. crush ont both Aholitionlsts and secession
backs resolutions heretofore adopted by the Fl
Idard. that the present deplorab1e condition 0
other country was canse4 " tne nlaaol:s.1 Fsnr,
=. lucky voted; but nov. the same gent!
If the declared it ,sns brought about By Abol
ncnt), ists He tWilson) accepted theaeeiasa. r.
80 willie he repudiatcd the sentiment
II Is speech.
operly The Committee rose and the Hon:
from | 1ourued.