Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1863-01-07
LAST NIGHTS DISPATCHES.
4XXVIIth Congregs-2nd Session.
HOUSE,.
WAsulM0roN, Jan. G.

aid Missouri in the adjustment of sIaverv
therein and provides for the issue of SlOO'.
100000 in thirty year bonds, payable to
!oyal owners, the Government DledpiDp
ltselt to the deportation and colonization
of the freed men. ''0D
Mr.. Vallandighan'objected to the cousid-
Grafton OF the bill for reasons stated but the
speaker oVerruled the objection. He made
MS decision in accordance with that here.
bill.
Mr.. Clemens, of Tenn, was not aware
that the bill would be reported aud as a
member of the Special Committee on eman-
clPat1ou he objected to it. He said it was
prepared to appropriate $3.50, OoO, 900 to
aid In the abolition of slavery in Kentucky.
aissouti, Tennessee and Delaware. This
was on national basis, whereas this biIl
was of q sectional character, referring as il
did to only oReAEState.
Mr.. WycElffe0f Ky, had seen it7slated
in public PTints 4hRt some time safIsr.tbe
issue oil the proelapation Information had
been reGeisetiE bythe President fronnsintel.
Ilgeut W1qle senleds Union men which no.
tilted him great and powerful change
ma! nau u. tsnsE4Fqe in Kentucky in favor Of
this mts5fabtgAb eIhton scheme, a..
He EeltTiteto4bettis duty and privilege IN
state on this floor in the face OF Heaven. IN
the presence of Congress and in the hear.
Ing OF the nation, that there was not one
man In two hundred in Kentucky who was
In favor of the proclamation. He said this
again and again, whether it be by fraud
purchase or otherwise
Mr.. Noel said the people of Missouri had
said that they would abolish slavery.
In reply to AIR. Clements he remarked
that the people of Tennessee had no State
Government, hence he could not act upon
and accept such proposition. 1t was ex-
pectlug too much to hang all the other
border slave States upon one bill. Com
mence the work with Missouri and when
tue proper time shall come the benefits
might be extended to other States.
Mr.. Holeman moved to lay the bill on
the table, Disagreed to by 62 against ~
Mr.. Elliott moved an amendment exclu-
ding from the benefit of the act all those
who may wilfulIy refuse to take the ontb of
allegiance. Adopted-75 to 20.
AIR. Colfax, from the Committee on the
Post Office. reported u bill authorizing the
postmaster General to add to the list of
mailable articles, and explained that arti-
Giles not now mailable to be sent to the SOL
dters in the army By their friends at home
on book postage rates. Passed.
The House then adjourned.
SENATE.
Mr.. Ten Eyck presented a petition in ia
Vor of a uniform bankrupt law.
Mr. Wilson from the Committee on Mil
itary Affairs, reported back the bill to sus.
pend Temporarily, the act to prevent and
punish frauds on the part of officers en-.
trusted with the making of contracts for
the government, and moved that the bill
be put on its passage.
Mr. Powell hoped the bill wonld not
pass. There was very curious history
ABOUT thls oil. 1t was passed at the extra
session and then suspended because some
of the heads of the Bureaus were opposed
to it. PtO'eu
He moved to refer it to the Committee
on the Judiciary. After considerable dis
cussion, the subject vas postponed,
Mr. wilson reported back to the House the
JOINT resolution for the payment of soldiers
and sailors, with an amendment authoriz.
ing the Secretary of the Treasury to issue
$4,000, 900 demand notes, in addition IN
the amount authorized by the act of 1857,
MIR. Fessenden moved to refer the resolu-
ton to the Committee on Finance.
Mr.. Wilson had no objection, but thought
1t was high time our soldiers were Maid
Many of them had been waiting for months.
and some of them had gone into the moor
mouse and their families were pau 1ers, be-
cause they had not been paid as promptly
as they should have been. MANY have de-,
serted through solicitude for their families
He thought the Government ought to fur.
nish means to pay these men immediately.
The bill was referred to the COMMITTEES
on Finance
Ga motion of Mr.. Wright, the bill con-
corning the discharge of State prisoners
was taken up.
Mr. Wright addressed the Senate at length.
He said he should not vote for the amend
ment of the Senator from Kentucky INT.
Davis,) to strike out the section nutbori-
zIng the President to suspend the writ OF
hG6eds corpus.
1t was at that time necessary to make ar
rests. He quoted from letters of Jefferson.
also from speeches of Douglas in support
of his assertion.
The gentleman from KY. (Mr. Powelll
and others loudly declared they were loyal
to the constitution. 1t was only a few
mouths ago, few Democrats issued call |
for party organization and from this had |
arisen many of the troubles which now
perplexed the community. Ia times like
these every good aud true man should ask |
how he could best serve the country and |
not stop to Inquire what some abolitionists
have done.
The gentleman from KY, (Mr. Powell,)
had rejOieed over the recent elections but |
these elections had been brought about by |
means not calculated TO produce much ioy. |
twas byldiscouraging enIistments, by ma |
king charges against the Government, by |
opposing taxation for the expenses of the |
war, By impressing the great West With the |
importance of the Valley of the Missis. |
sippi; and these men Wanted long and |
loud their loyalty to the Government, but
none of them like the gentleman from Ky,
has said he was opposed to coercion.
He argued in favor of au iron will and
nerve and determined policy on tho part
of the executive to crush out the rebellion |
by every possible means. He would take
the property ofthe rebels eVerywhere.-l
He wanted to see the Mississippi river
opened by the brave BOYS md the snnnliea