Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1863-02-28

cal attendance for this class of people for
the ensuing year. This, however, Is, if |
am not mistaken, the first Appropriation
made by law for the support OF thgse peo-
pie. Ihsy have heretofore been main
tanned without appropriation. 1t was
claimed by the gentlemen from New York
aud others that they were not charge
upon the Government; that they paid Tor
their support by their labor. Why then is
this appropriation of 5000 made and
let me ask, hit cost the Government that
sum for medicines and medical attendance
what will be the cost of the construction
OF barracks, the furnishing OF clothing and
Substance for them! Why, sir, these peo
PIE are even buried by Government under
takers.
Mr. OLlN rose.
Mr.. WHITE, Of Ohio, No, sir, do
not yield to the gentleman Courtesy is
al exchangeable commodity, and | owe
the gentleman none.
lie characterized my remarks the other
day as "iuSs and lus.ian, aud used other
language not proper to be used here un
less some prov Norauon is offered. | have
heeu quiet observer oil the procce iugs
OF the ilou-e for nearly two years, and
have scen no man on the floor who has
Clip ayel more "luss and lustian" than the
gentlrmLu from New York. have seen
hlm day alter day and hour alter hour
weltGlng up aud down the aisles, upon
almost every measure presented TO the
! House ior It's consideration. ! take to my.
self none OF that lecture which he the
other day assumed to the House in refer.
ence to the propreties OF legislation and
eglsiator,; when he said great many
| gentleman here were wont 10 occupy the
tine aud attention OF the House in order
to get themselves into the Globe | have
no ambIti OF that kind, aud the remark
does not oppy to me, because | believe
tAs is the second time | have claimed the
attention OF lhls House since | have been
\ uirmbcr it, now nearly two years.
seek 10 perso Iai controversy with
any man, bat | trust in God shall never
hrink from one when it is thrust upon
| ne. l am the representative Of proud
and iuteli geut constituency, aud their
| pride IL, s,nse Of honor shall never be
lusultcd in my person while | have the
honor OF II position upon the floor of this
House. Aud even II the contest shall be
not oae OF words only, but, in the polite
and classic language oil the gentleman from
Pennsylvania, Mr., STEVENS it should
DC one of ptch!orks, | trust shall not,
is the geulcman is said to have d)ne
upon one occasion, shrink from it by max
iug my ext out Of a back window
Bat to return to my subject. This is
all DEPRESSION, aud the reporters may,
if they please, put it in brackets. We
have thus whole programme now laid
down 10 US upon paper, and the great
question is how it is to be consunmated.
fhrre are now about a million white men
IN the land and naval service, and you
now propose to arm and equip all indel-
ulte number OF negroes, ANA THESE are the
means by which you propose to cousu,
mate your grand scheme of abolition
throughout the United States. This bill
proposed, Il, it WIS originally presented,
to arm oAo hundred and GLty regiments
o! negroes.
Now it has been modified so as to make
the number unlimited, and the only lim.
tatlon as to the class OF persons who are
to be enlisted is confined to persons of
African decent; they may be either free or
slave and enlisted IN eltheI free or slave loyal
or disIoyaI >tatcs or they may be the slaves
ul lOyat or disloyai masters, and upon en-
tcr:n5 the service they are to become free.
The bill as amended is more odious than
1t was " hrn it was first pres nted, because
H. L., a
dfed aud ltty regiments, while now it is
uu!ial.ted Il, to nu nber, and slaves aS well
as free men may be Gu is.ed, Such is the
Interpretation wnjch every gentleman OH
the other side Of the House, who has
spoken upon the Su' jcct has put upon it,
This bill, as now presented, proposes to
ciothc the President Of the United States
with power TO arm all the negroes in the
Uajtrd states, free and slave, aud set them
upon the population OF the seeded States
The laAs providing for the enlistment of
Waite men limit the number, and the pc
r,ud OF enlistment to three years while
the number Of negroes to be enlisted is un
limited, aud their term of enlistment is for
five years. The term of enlistment olole
ha OF The Army viii he out iu one year,
aud the other half in little over two years.
GIntlemen on the other side admit that
+ cru,iug is at an eud, and that draft
IS impossible; that the people would not
submit to it, Aud | believe that such is
the TACT ; under the present policy of the
Admiulstrl ion, recruiting, whether by
draft or volunteer enlistment, is at an end.
What is the rusuIt, sir, in little more
than two Yeas, il these facts be true You
will have nothing but your negro regi
ments in the field; and if nothing else
woult produce this result the passage Of
this This bill will.
Now, sir have some figures upon this
SUBJECT What will be the effect of this
measures if consummated There are in
the seeded States 5 447 ,220 white popu-
laliou, aud 1904 ,223 black popuatlon
making au excess of ouly l,722 007 of
white population over the black. The