Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1864-01-18
CONGRESSIONAL.
xxxYIIIth Congress---First Session.
WASHINGTON, Jan. lC

sons are drafted.
Givens opposed Clark's amendment
He did not think it should be left to th,
Secretary of War to furnish back substi
tutes to free the quotas of the States
unless such substitutes were citizens o
the States in question.
Fessenden supported Clark's amend
ment as a measure of justice to th,
States.
Harlan did not think the negro was
sufficient substitute for a drafted whit
man, as he was inferior in intellect.
Davis considered that it was unjust t,
call out the laboring classes of the loya
States of the South as substitutes for tn,
laboring men of the Motif. -
Harlan said as the white men of Ken
lucky had refused, the colored men 0
the State should fllup the quota of tina
State. He could see no reason for ex
empting colored men in that or othe
States which have not filed up theit
quotas.
Morgan.prcsehted a petition from citi
zens of New York, demonstrating against
the release of unnaturalized citizens
from the draft.
The enrolment bill being under con
sideration, Fessenden said that his opin
ion of yesterday, that, the payment O
Communication money did not relieve
State from the draft, and that the con
struction that was put upon it by tht
Secretary of War, was correct. HI
thought it impossible that the commute
ton clause, in any other way than tina
the procuring of substitutes, or payment
of communication money. exem pied the
States from the draft.
Clark offered an amendment providing
that the Communication money shall be
applied by the War Department for OBJ
tanning substitutes from the district.
from which the drafted persons hail, t.
fill the quota of that State.
Grimes did not desire. that colorec
men should be enlisted to fill up the
quota of State He would like the
word linen" to be construed "white
men," The colored men were enlisted
by the General Government, and colorec
men, unless citizens of State, would
not take the place of. white men.
Harlan thought that this was a ta1
upon the money Of the country, not OF
the intellect.
The people of Louisiana, Tennessee
and Kentucky owe allegiance to the
country as well as those from Maine anc
Massachusetts, who never had believed
that colored soldiers could be employed
with the same results as white men, and
the colored man should not be accepted
as a substitute for his superior.
Davis said that a large proportion Of
the labor CT Kentucky was performed
by slaves, yet the Secretary of Wi
would sooner enlist a slave than white
man in the border States, and was strip.
ping the State of its laboring class, to
serve as substitutes for Northerm labor
ing men, who were kept at home. The
Government is about establishing a DO
licy in regard TO slaves, which he believ
ed Wilson had urged upon them for foul
months past.
Grimes thought the negroes should
be put under the protection of the Gov,
eminent His amendment was intended
to stimulate enlistment of negroes, sc
that there would be no occasion for an
other call upon the States. -
Grimes amendment was rejected by
% to II.
Doolittle offered an amendment pro.
viding that veteran troops re-enlistine
shall be credited to the quota of the dis
trict in which they originally volunteer
ed. The amendment was adopted by q
to II.
Another amendment was -adopted, that
communication money paid by the persons
drafted shall be applied to the procure
ment of substitutes in the Congressional
District where the draft takes place, and
colored troops be credited to the State
where they were enlisted.
Trumbull offered an amendment re-
questing that the President call out and
equip hundred thousand men for one
hundred days, with the single object OF
driving out the rebel army from Virginia,
and releasing the Union prisoners at and
around Richmond. r,t-~,-s.
Wilson wanted to know what hun
dred thousand militia would be against
Lees veterans. They would be of nc
account whatever There would be Wig
orous campaigns for this single object
We could raise 100000 men for the in
creased number proposed by the Senator
from Massachusetts. He had no feal
that those new troops would be stampe
ded. -.l...,--s ~
Foster said that the feeling among bis
constituents were intense in favor of the
object contemplated by this amendment
The people of Illinois would also be wilG
with enthusiasm in many sections of the
State, if the amendment was adopted
He did not think, however, it was proper
to incorporate this into the present bill
Mr. Smith moved to insert three year.
instead of one hundred days. Motion
adopted. Senate adjourned.