Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-12-21

q In the House of Representatives. on Mon
day last. the following propositions wsre offered
BY the members from this State:
INCREASING TIE PAY OF TIE Army.
On motion of Mr.. voorhees, (Opp.) the Com
mittee on Military Affairs was instructed 10 in
quire into the expediency of increasing the pay of
privates in the army TO twenty five dollars per
month, end adding TO the pay Of commissioned
and non commissioned officers and musicians
forty per cent.
NoRGASs RAID IN OHIO AND INDIANA.
On motion of Mr. Cravens (Oppo1 a resolu-
ton was adopted instructing the Commitfee on
Military Affairs 10 inquire into the expedency of
providing for the payment Of losses Of property
taken or destroyed during Morgan's raid into
Ohio and Indiana.
THE REBELLION AND RECONSTRUCTION.
Mr.. Holman l0ppOsition), offered the fol-
lowing
Resolved, That the doctrine recently announce
ed, that the States in which an armed Insured
ton has existed against the Federal government
have ceased to be States of the Union, and shall
be held, in the ultimate defeat of that insurrec-
ton, as Territories or subjugated provinces, and
/ governed as such by the absolute will Of Con-
gress or the Federal Executive, or restored to
the Union on conditions unknown 10 the Constr
tuition of the United States, ought to be rebuked
and condemned as manifestly unjust TO the loyal
citizens of those States, tending 10 pr0long the
war and confirm the reasonable theory of seces-
1 sion; and il carried into effect must greatly en-
danger the public liberty and the constitutional
power and rights Of ell the States by centraliz-
ing and consolidating the powers Of the govern
1 ment, State and national, in the Federal Execu-
tive.
Resolved That the only object of the war
ought TO be to subjugate the armed instruction
which, for the time being, suspended the proper
relations of certain States with the Federal Gov
ernment, and to re-eStablish the supremacy Of the
Constitution; and the loyal citizens OF those
Safes, and the masses of the people thereof sub
hitting to the authorities Of the Constitution,
ought not to be hindered from restoring the
proper relations of their respective States with
the Federal government, so far as the same is
dependent on the voluntary act of the people, by
any condition except unconditional submission to
the Constitution and laws of the United States.
In the language heretofore adopted BY Congress,
the war ought not to be waged on our part for
any purpose of conquest subjugston, or for the
purpose of overthroHing or interfering with the
rights established institutions of those States
but to defend and maintain the supremacy Of the
Constitution and 70 preserve the Union with all
the dignity, equality and rights Of the several
States unimpaired, and as soon as these objects
are accomplished the war ought to cease
Resotced, That all necessary and proper ap-
preparations of money ought to be promptly made
by this Congress for the support Of the military
and naval forces of the Government, and all
measures OF legislation necessary to increase and
promote. the efficiency of our army and navy,
and to maintain the public credit ought to be
adopted; that th ough vigorous prosecution Of
the war; peace on the basis of the Union of the
! States and the Supremacy Of the Constitution
may be most speedily obtained
These resolutions we're read and laid upon the
table by vote of 81 yeas IA nays.