New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-04-22
xxxvIHI,h CONGRESS-. First scssisn
SENATE. WASHINGTON. April q. 1864.
FOREIGN COASTlSG TRADE.

CT Commerce. reported ayoraoy OH Tue VIZ W regullto
the foreign c0ang trade on the northwestern frontier
RELIEF TO PosTMAsTERs.
Mr.. CoLLAMER (Un Vi from the Committee on
G for the relief Of posmssters Rho have been robbed
by the Confederate forces or guerrilas, and It was
passed.
Mr. CoLLAMER, from the same Committee also re-
ported vorably on tie HoGsoV il 10 establish money
order system and the bin to speedy transmits
sion OF the mails He also introduced bill pertaining
10 ranked matter which referred 10 the Commit
tee on POst-Ofices and Post.Rcads.
REPORTS OF ARMY OpEaATI0Na
On motion Of Mr. WILSON (Up, Mass the Senate
Joint resolution to provide for the printing OF official re.
ports of the operations of the armies " the United
States passed. 1t directs the secretary Of War To
transmit to the Supernendcntof Public PRINTING copies
of all tcia reports and Of all kilograms aud dispatches
not heretofore published by order OF elmer House Of
Congress relating to the movements. engagements or
operations generally Of the armies O tue unted Suites
which, in his judgment the public interest my hot re-
qure 10 be kept secret. commencing with the 1Ist day
/ of December, 1860. NJ
Commerce asked to Be discharged is flu her
sderatou Of the bill which extends tRfsTict Courts
the Jurisdiction over matters scksu4ct or tort
arising upon steamboats, or other vess hich is now
possessed over going vessels HeYasked reference
Of the oil to the judiciary Committed 1t was so re-
fercd. -
| ASSAY OFFICES. p
! Mr. HOWE Un. Wis., called up hss%ip 10 establish
an Assay Office at Carson City in Nevada aud ut Dad.
las City Oregon, and addressed the Senate at some
length In defense of Mr.. Pollock the Superintendent Of
the Philadelphia Mint, who had written letter IN OPP
oregon for ests5sainy 81. at pciy instead
spoken in sharp ridcue Of tie Suerintendents views
After some repy by Mr. NEsMrTH Dem., Oregon.
the amendment for Dldnch MIMI was duopeu, anu
the bill laid aslde
TIE REPEAL OF THE FUGITIVE SLAVE LAW.
The Senate then to the consideration oil the
bill to repeal the Fugitive Save law
Mr. VAS WISKLE (Un., W. Va) said the remarks he
would make though not particularly applicable TO the
bill under consideration would not De iLapiroplate:
Tie burden Of the war in contributions Of men and
money had been borne by the States VI the North yet
they had escaped the ruin and devastation to which the
Border States had been subjected In the States near
the seat OF loyalty o the Union had meaning
which did not attach To it elsewhere He did not de-
pecate the sterling patriotism Of the North bu, vdi
Gated that OF the Border States BY proving that large
majority Of their inhabitants had remained constant
under the most trying circumstances. For himself he
would not concede ot title 70 those who were
in arms against us. But the day woud come In the
pleasure Of Providence when every right minded man
would desire ~ take by the hand in al cordiality and
affection those who had repented Of the evil they souge
TO do Us. He condemned the class In tie Northern and
Border States who. while protesting horror OF seces
sion and love for the Union constantly denounced those
who are carrying the war; WGs just iferrors hal
been committed To accuse the Administration OF nnwor.
thy motives The Government might deserve reDuke;
but need the rebuke he anglyl He then proceeded TO
prove that West Virginia cgay and conStitutonay
Of the United States and ground Ia
ken by Mr. Davis this subject. Coming rom MN. tbs
attack was peculiarly nnknd. as that state Lad less
right than any other 10 he over particular on that score
Kentucky had been erected within the jurisdiction o.
virginia and before she obtained the consent of Nr.
gnia She had in defiance Of her authority. assembled
y Legislature and organized sn army with Il view Of
the elder sister, who had herself snuhbed the old lady.
and resisting the maternal Establishments had insisted
upon setting up housekeeping for herself should be tart
upon the younger for following ct moderate distance
ia herf
order to establish the c0nsitlonaity OF the cree
tion of the State of West Virginia within the ju'
risdiction Of Virginia OF the United States,
was whether the Legislature which gave its consent to
such erection the true Legislature OF virginia us
quoted Article " of the Constitution which accord.
ing to Mr. Madison permitted new state 70 be erected
thin the Jurisdiction of another state; and his inter
probation confirmed by the fact that vermont,
kentucky and Maine, each previously within the Jurs
dction another STATE have at different periods been
admitted into the Union IL is unqueSunable that the
legislative body at Wheeling gave the consent required
by the Consultation for the formation OF the new state,
and that that body had been TecoBed as Tue true Leg
slature OF Virginia by the Executive OF the United
States and By Congress He recounted the elrcgm'
stances that justified the reorganization II the Virgins
State Government aud detailed the history OF the Sc.
ssion movements which rendered 1t necessary III
was said that the Legislature which gave the consent 70
the erection Of West Virginia did not represent ma
rity OF the counties OF the mother state. Counties
were component integers OF state as the States
were OF the Union. In every State they were diverse
cosni.s r.rolsd measure Is mot 10 say that naiorty
oftae voters approved oft. But would any one con
tend that under circumstances such as those in which
the loyal people of West Virginia were placed at the
time thar they should wait until they certain that
their number was equal to majority of the whole
people for could not minority resist apprehension,
and provide new guards for future security. This wm
resisting, not creating u revolution. tie commended
that the loyal people Of Virginia only resumed the Ad
minstratlon Of tile Government which had been In
sidously wrenehed from their control. The was ne
asurpation Of the rights Of others for should they have
Frustrated themselves in the dust and licked the feet
OF their oppressors us!ing such humiliation by the
plea that they maintaining their allegiance u he
State The loyal men Of Virginia fully Justified them.
selves in the eyes Of mankind, and best maintained
their allegiance when they adopted the only course BY
which their State could be saved TO the Union
What might have been the consequence II the
men OF West Virginia had succambed ~ tie Richmond
ogarchy. She had sent more than twenty thousand.
men "a aid the Union cause II these men bad &C.
poused the other sde the Confederate army rejoicing
In their additional strength would have occupied the
Valley Of the Ohio, including Western Penns{VsniA
long before the first battle OF Bull Run The adherence
Of these sturdy nountancers to the Union has doubt
less Disconnected many wellad Rebel plan IT an ina
portant crisis the troubles of the country MI an
Wrinkle said that he believed the amendment " the
Constitution abolishing Slavery would meet the ap
prova of the people OF West Virginia, u.s. ID nus op
ion the great majority OF his constituents would at any
time since 1882 have voted for gradual ensnclpstl0F
by the Government II 1t had been presented TO them
isolated question in legal and constitutional way
Willie this the he was opposed 10 me pressing
upon the people the repeal Of the Fugitive Slave Law
and the elevation Of the negro to the level oil ehensr
against the decision OF the courts and the iiece Oh e
Government from its foundation Persons OF the negro
race were uDgues,ionably not counted among We the
people" who established the Constitution OF the United
States nor were they that time permitted 10 exercise
the rights and privileges of citizenship any state nor
could they obtain passports 10 foreign countries. Tie
deemed that they could be made citizens by the act OF
Congress by the clause in the Declaration Of lnde
as our sres certainly did not intend TO say that an IN.
naturaliyed Frenchnian sciournng in England should
enioy the same political rights native born was
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