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Portland Daily Press.
XXXVIII ooNGREss---First Session.
SENATE.

NRSfiNpioN, JAN 10.
Mr.. Wade introduced joint resolution TO ar
range committee on the conduct of the war,
to consist OF three members from each house.
Passed
Mr.. Lane of Ky. offered bill prohibiting
the sale OF gold at higher prices than that paid
in the regular market of New York for y. s.
bonds, paying six per cent interest in gold
except for expotat on to pay debts.
On motion OF Mr.. Sumner of Mass, the re-
solution Of Mr.. Wilson to expel senator Davis
of Kentucky, from his seat in the senate was
taken up. Mr.. Wilson addressed the senate
at length. In the course of his remarks he
said that the senator from Kentucky should
remember that he was in the senate. and not
at Kentucky Barbecue" the senate was the
place for the language of Statesmen, not the
babling of fools.
Mr.. Wilson reported back from the Com
mittee on Military Affairs the bill authorizing
the appointment OF an Assistant Secretary OF
War.
Mr.. Buckalow offered resolution that 5000
copies OF Gen. McClean's report be printed
for the use of the Senate.
On motion OF Mr. Anthony, resolution
was adopted calling on the Military Commit
tee Of the Senate to inquire whether any OBJ
stacles have been thrown in the way Of egress
of colored men not subject to military duty
here, and IL SO, by whom and what authority
of law.
Mr.. Lanes bill was read twice and referred
to the Finance Committee and ordered TO be
printed.
Mr.. Sumner moved at ~ 1-2 to take Mr..
Wilson's resolutions up expelling Mr.. Davis
Adopted.
Mr.. Wilson said on the 9Th of January the
senator from Kentucky laid ON your table
series OF seventeen resolutions, and the SEN
ate, in compliance with his request, ordered
them to be printed. These resolutions were
placed on our desks, and they have been read
by senators who have the courage to impose
upon themselves task SO calculated to tax
their powers of endurance. Having a rea-
sonable degree of confidence in my own pow
ers OF endurance, entered on the task of
reading those resolutions aimed at the Presi-
dent and his Cabinet, the majority in these
chambers, s'the laws of Congress, the procla-
nation and orders of the Commander-in-chief
OF our army and navy, and of all who were
clothed with authority TO administer the Gov
ernment.' l CROPPED through this mass Of
vituperative accusation with mingled emotions
of mitigation and pity. In this passage OF
spleen and malice the Chief Magistrate, his
associates and supporters are accused, ar
raigned and condemned. The heroes of
Gettysburg, Vicksburg. Port Hudson, Chatta-
nooga, and fields made immortal by their en-
durance and valor: the heroes who rescued
Kentucky rescued even the hearth-stones of
that senator from rebel dissertation, are
branded as subsidized armes, and the men who
at Port Hudson, MiIliken's Bend and Wagner
fought with heroic valor are stigmatized as
negro agrandizers. III the Senate should pass
these resolutions, as the senator from Ken
lucky proposes 1t shall, can any men doubt
the senators voting for their passage would,
before God and their country, be guilty of in
citing or attempting to incite the people to
revolt against their duly chosen President and
the executive officers clothed with authority
under him. The Senate ought not, in my
Judgment, 10 tolerate for day or for an hour
in this chamber any man who dares thus to
betray the high trust of the people. Who
among us does not now regret that the Senate
Of the United States did not hurl headong
those rebel chiefs as the rebel angels were
hurled from the battlemcnts of heaven But
those disloyal leaders, these champions OF the
slave mongers, whose hearts we're swelling
with treason, never made In the Senate a prop
osition so unconstitutional and revolutionary
reasonable and wicked AS is this proposition
of the senator from Kentucky. How sublime
thing it would be In this crisis Of our coun-
try for the Senate OF the United States 10 cast
out one who has dared to tell loyal people
to revolt against their government and take
its powers into their own hands. Such an
act of patriotism would fire the loyal heart of
America. Silence the mutterings OF treason,
and nerve the arms of the heroes who are
battling and bleeding for the unity of the Re-
public.
Mr.. Doolittle thought II would be desirable
before coming to vote to hear the Senator
from Kentucky, after that he hoped the reso-
luton would be referred to committee.
Mr. Davis was ready on this or any other
occasion to submit to the Judgment of the
Senate.
Mr.. Davis had not anticipated this move
1t was spring upon the Senate to his surprise.
He had considered his resolutions well and
they had his definite approval. The jaundiced,
narrow mind OF the Senator from Massachu.
sets was wholly unprepared to interpret them
His heart and his mind totally disqualified him
for the task. He entered his solemn protest
against the Senator's version. He denied that
he said that the army had been subsidized by
the President and that the hero of our battle
fields were maligned. What he said was that
II the present Executive endorses the schemes
alluded to in his resolution, these leaders, in
the event Of the failure to reach their conclu-
sions to effect their nefarious and reasonable
objects, would throw themselves back Oh the
armed power OF the government against the
Lords Of the land He stood up for his reso-
luton and intended to abide its fate if the
Senate should expel him. He had a higher
mission as an American Senator. He would
60 home among the people of his lovely native
Kentucky and raise the cry of oppression,
tyranny, usurpation and revolution against the
faithless men who have charge of the govern
ment.
HOUSE.
Mr.. Wilson, of Iowa, from the Judiciary
committee, reported joint resolution amend
atory of the resolution OF July, 1862, to punish
rebellion, confiscate, &c. 1t provides that
forleitnres shall continue only during the life
time Of the offenders, in accordance with the
Constitution. The Presidents message OF
July, 1862, to be sufficient warning in all
cases now pending or hereafter to arise.
Mr.. Wilson explained that the resolution
simply submitted the section of the Constitu-
ton relative to forfeitures, and the courts TO
decide whether they shall be in future or only
for life.
Mr.. Herman, of New York, said he was
against amending the present laws, believing
that the forfeitures could be made only during
lifetime. The resolution was laid over.
The Pennsylvania claim bill was postponed
until information can be procured from the I'd
Auditors Office.
Mr.. Boutwell,, of Massachusetts,, from the
Judiciary committee, reported bill to enable
President Lincolns proclamation to be carried
into effect.
The House then went into a committee of
the whole on the Presidents annual message.
Mr.. Yeoman, of Kentucky, made a speech
explaining the object of his resolution hereto