Weekly national intelligencer., 1863-03-05
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.


mtee of conference the dagreeng amendments to the
bill for the appointment of additional major generals and
bripader generals The committee have compromised on
thirty msor generals and seventyhve brgadier generals
and oded the proyso that the officers to be appoint
ed under this act shall be selected from those conspicuous
for gallant or mertorious conduct in the line OF duty
Mr.. COX moved to lay the report on Tue taoe. Mega
tived-Yeas 80, nays 80
The report was then adopted.
THE INTERNAL REVENUE BILL
The House took up the report from the Committee Of
the Whole the bill containing amendments to the inter
nal tax bill
same not material differing from the original
separate vote taken amendment to increase
the tax readymade clothing from one to two per cen
tum aud the question was decided IN the negatve-sx
majority.
The House-by vote Of yeas 81, nays GS-refused to
strike the section relating to contracts Tor purchase or
sale of gold OF silver coin or bullion
The next section declaring all contracts loans, sales
o gold and silver coin not made in accordance with this
act wholly void retained the vote on striking 1t out
being Yeas 4S nays 20. The bill was passed.
GENERAL DEBATE
Mr. RIDDLE, of Ohio maintained that he who in any
degree mpar ibe strength OF the Executive mpars
the national streGgth He who sreng hen his to
that extent strengthens he nation, because you cannot
separate the person Of the EEecaye rom the Executive
Hence whatever detrscts from Sin mpars the strength
and vQor OF the army The President and the people must
stspd together If he will not with u.s. we must go with
him Hs spoke of the Presidents integrity pure and sim
pie az the rays of white light With capacity frmness,
and will TO execute bis duties, he has gwen himself to
learn the policy Of the from the war Itself The war
ia greater than the President and Congress together and
be TO the set Of men who oppose It Ihs s the peo
pies war and therefore every has an interest IN 1t
As TO the bill under consideration Ito indemnify the Pre-
sdent and thsrs for acts committed under suspension OF
the privileges the writ o habeas corpus wonder met
with opposition the other eide, "a they bad opposed oil
easures with view 10 tLe suppression oi the rebellion
Last niyht the same oppostoa instead Of resorng +.
argument commebced Of conduct to put those
the other side the test of physical endurance He did
tl, t.,fa trpCr Il .tNf fla
opposition but for himself ss belonged to party that
Furnished sympathzers with tTeason because Re.
publican cannt bs tAtor The opposition presses pur
precisely the eourse,
1t sad by gent the other eide that the peo
pie already pass condemnation upon the Repub-
cans-tbat they had visited them with sort Of political
mildew. There scarcely gentleman the other
aid but had reminded them that they already among
the orpartsd ard some % thcs, remarks from
who had come into the Democratic party with all the odor
f the charDehouse and the smell u the old corruptiuns
,p.n them lie (Mr RJDDLE) accounted for the
ss.es Of Democrats in the recent eechons by the fact
that the larger number Of men IN the RANKS Of the army
ar. Repu6caus. The Republicans would cheerfuy meet
their potical opponents before The people the great
national issues presented In the e0ose of his remarks
he reerr,d to the reelection OF r. Wade 10 the United
state. Senate (after the autumn elections in Ohio) as
env o the o epeated remark that the people had
ed condempanon upon the Republicans
Mr. VkLLANDIGHAM wnhed t. place on file col,
lection d evidence show ~ his propost on presented
in February 1861 had been grossly msrepresented 1t
was not Designed to divide the country INTO four natona-
tes but only Arrangement fo the severni Staes
in the electoral colleges aDd in the Senate o he United
States within the Union aud under the Constitution OF the
United States aud to the smaller States from the
possible aggressions of the larger
Mr.. BINGHAM (who had referred to this proposition
bis former remak) said he bad given the nterpreta-
ton the proposition which it's hraseoogy warranted
Mr. ALLEN Of Illinois, spoke Of the conscrptlon bill
as nsurpitO Of lndivdaal rights His State wants the
control of s miitia aud u ~ attempt be made to
interfere with the laws Sl Illinois, when il aas shown such
devotion to the Uaio its desire put down rebellion
trouble may come upon that sOB, which they do
He defepded the Democratic party from the charge Of
tbemselyes IL gentlemen determined to place Demo