Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1864-01-09
CONGRESSIONAL.
xxxyIIIrH coNGREss.-FIRsr SESSION

SENATE.-After our report closed yesterday
The Presiding Officer laid before the Senate
the report of Richard s. Coke, Esq, or the
subject OF digest of the laws of the district of
Columbia. 1t was referred, to the Commit
on the District Of Columbia
Mr. Wilson introduced the following pream-
bic and resolution which lies over.
Whereas The Hon. Garret Davis, a Senator
from the State of Kentucky. did on the fifth
day OF January, A. ID. 1864, introduce into the
Senate of the United States a series of rasolu
tons, in which. among other things, it is de-
clared that 'sthe people of the North ought TO
revolt against the war leaders and take this
MATER into their own hands," thereby mean
ing 10 mclte the people of the L United States to
revolt ag anst the PresiGenI of tae United Stat as
and those in authority w no support him in the
prose cution Of the war 10 preserve protect and
defend the Constitution and the Union, q nd 10
take the prosecution Of the war into their owa
hands, therefore
Be 1t resoIred That the said Garrett Davis
has by the introdu ction of the rescu ions afora
said, been guilty of ad dvising the people OF the
United States to reasonable iusurrectionary
and rehellons acton against the Goyern ment
OF the United States, and OF gross violation of
the privileges Of the Senate, for which he is
here by expelled
MIR. Wilson said lie offered the resolution on
his own responsibility. He had resolved that,
when efforts were made here to organize re-.
bei!ion, tending to a dissolution OF the Union
or II reasonable appeals ware made in his
prs Sc: ce, to offer such a resolution The words
OF the senator were not offered in debate but
were embodied in a series of resolutions an
pealirg TO the people TO revolt. If this were
aGheied 20 civil war in the country must fol-
low. Stripped OF verbiage that was the pur-
pose.
nv. Davis replied that the resolution of the
honorable Senator from Massachusetts pre.
sented a garbled version OF his language 1t
was not contaIned d in his resolution. The infer
ence which the Senator drew was not author.
lied by the language. The Senator h imseif had
admitted that, when his State was in rebellion
against the United States, he sympathized with
the rebellion in the Burns case "Let the
aalie1 ;-ue Vince; my withers are unwrung"
When the Senator spoke of treason against the
Government he spoke from the recesses OF his
own heart The resolution he (Mr. Davis)
would abide by, and he denied that it author
zed the Interpretation the Senator from Mas.
sachusetts had endeayored to deduce from it,
The Senator from Massachusetts was an advo.
cate of the exercise of the military power in
ele ctions to destroy their freedom and carry
results by the bayonet. Now, his resolution
meant this: the people should rise at the polls
and take the power OF the Government, which
properly belonged to them, into their own
hands, and that the people should repudiate
their leaders. He gave them this advice here,
honorable Senator! 1t he recollected right he
was with the Burns insurrection in Massachu-
setts. ...-
After some further remarks by Massrs. Davis
and Wilson, the Senate proceeded to the con-
sideration of the bill amendatory Of the enroll
ment act; when
MIR. Summer offered an amendment, which
contained three elements: First that no person
shall be allowed to furnish a substitute, but
that this shall be done by the Government:
Second, the communication Of three hundred dol.
lars shall be fixed by law, so as not to vary in
the discretion of the Secretary OF War; Third,
every drafted man shall pay $500 ; ant il he
have an income over $500 pro rata, according
to income ; over 5000 and not over $4,000, ten
per cent over g., 600 and not over S., 600 twenty
per cent; and over 5000, thirty per cent. He
explained the object Of the amendment, which
was to equalize the burden of the draft.
After the reading of the amendment, debate
ensued, in which Messrs. Sumner, Clarke,
Pomeroy, Collamer, Lane, Wilson and Cowan
took part.
Without taking any question, the Senate went
into an executive session, and soon afterward
adjourned till Monday.