Daily national Republican., 1863-03-04
THE LAST HOURS OF THE THIRTY -sEv.
ENTH CONGRESS.
FAREWELL SPEECH OF sPEAIkEl


The Senate met again at 10 O'Clock.
Mr.. WILSON, OF Massachusetts, from the
Military Committee, reported back the bill to
construct q canal from the Mississippi river to
Lake Michigan.
Mr.. GRIMES called up the bill for the pub
lie instruction Of youth In primary schools In
the District Of Columbia.
Mr.. TRUMBULL moved to take up the bill
to provide for the election Of members Of Con-
gress In Tennessee and Louisiana.
Messrs. CARLILE and POWELL called for
the yeas and nays.
The motion was agreed to--yeas "a, nays II.
Mr.. FESSENDEN, from the COMMITTEES Of
conference on the miscellaneous appropriation
bill, made a report which was concurred In.
A bill was received from the House, to reha
late the proceedings Of the clerk Of the HOUSE
in preparing for an organization Of tho HOUSE.
Also, bill to facilitate the collection OF reve-
nue. In FL Paso, Texas, and New Mexico. Both
passed.
Mr.. DAVIS moved to postpone the pending
bill, and take up 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 dllatory motions.
Mr. DAVIS said he meant 10 defeat the pend
| ing bill by every means In his power.
The motion was disagreed to-yeas IL, nays
25.
Mr.. SHERMAN moved to take up a bill from
the House, to which there could be no objection,
as the Senator from Kentucky said no would
oppose the pending bill by every means in his
power.
Mr.. TRUMBULL said 1t was this kind OF
feeling which prevented us FROM crushing Tut
the rebellion, bscause somebody said 1t could
not be done. II the Senate: from Ohio Is dis
posed to surrender the legislation Of the coun-
tryto the threat of the Senator from Kentucky,
let him do so; and let the Senator from Ken
lucky take the responsibility Of opposing legis-
laton by factiOus opposition. He was not 60
ing TO yield TO the threat of any single man
who choose to stand In the way Of legislation;
aRd the Senate could afterwaTd take means "a
prevent any single man from standing in the
way OF the will Of the people and Liquidation
due TO the nation
Amer further discussion, Mr.. SHERMAN
withdrew the motion.
Mr.. DAVIS moved to lay the pending bill on
the table, and asked the yeas and nays. Re
| jected-yeas 10, nays 20.
Mr.. POWELL moved 10 postpone the bill till
| tomorrow, and asked the yeas and nays. Re
| jected-yeas 8, nays 81.
Mr.. SALISBURY moved to postpone the bill
till five minutes before ~, and asked the yeal
and nays. Rejected-yeas 8, nays 30.
! Mr.. CARLILE moved to postpone the bill
aud take up a bill for the relief OF J. C. Kenne
/ dy, and asked the yeas and nays.
! Mr.. TRUMBULL appealed 10 Senators not u
| give the yeas and nays TO those who were max
| Ing factious opposition let US see and 10
the country see who are the half dozen conSpi
rators who are seeking to defeat the Legislation
| OF the country.
Mr.. CARLiLE did not know what right tn
Senator had to impute factloUs opposition +,
others when he was urging an obnoxious meas
ure with a pertinacity never equalled. Tn
Senator had no right to impute motives to thos
who were as sincere in their opposition as h
was In favor Of the bill, and he had NJ right Il
call Senators conspiratOrB here.
Mr.. DAVIS said these motions were part o
well known and practiced parliamentary law
and the man must either be not sincere or yer
green, not to know that Senators would resor
10 this sort Of opposition.
Mr.. HOWE thought the motion Of the senA
tor from Virginia better be adopted 1t was
meritorlous bill, and he thought they had mad
the point against the Senator from Kentuck
(Mr. Davis) he (Howe) proposed to stump tn
State Of Kentucky against him next year, an
he didn't believe he could be reelected again
He saw no necessity Of following the eXampl
of the negro preacher, who said II the LOr
directed him to jump through a stOneWall, h
was bound to jump at II at any rate.
Mr.. CoWAN offered a resolution tenderin
the thanks of the Senate to the President for th
ability and impartiality with which he had pre-
sided over It's deliberations. Adopted.
Mr.. TRUMBULL said the Senator from VII
consln had made a very winning appeal to la
a great public measure for private bllli and b
might have yielded but for some Of those abou
him, more hard-hearted than he, who told hiI
not 10 yield. r"..'
Mr.. HOWE ssld he was willing 10 admit thI
the Senator from IllnoiS was ruined by his sSSS
Citations.
i Mr. BAYARD, at some length, repealed VI