The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-02-22

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A.. MON DAYs MORNING
DebaAs n tho Y1nfps Congrcss.
10 iooking svss he 1sl6Gss1f tAe Yankee Co
sfes foSSAs psss two wse)s - 81 sone s.asss
which ase aalssias y - Sss1s II shs Cossede
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VIRGINIA N m p6oAssnm4.
nr. CasltIe, (va.) said IL IN these unhanu
umss, whsn COED mea wegs pondesed odiosls a..
pad lnea popular. when gssef nen are made JfisI
49, Ileue men Ueat, he who vouid serve his eour
ty oess maa - above ss014lcOasiAeratioa n
said, thai, even In her debaeneat, she challenge
oar admisatiOn fnr The rn51om1sv 0f her cons o
many an honorable heid. 6s ~ not believe ther
would be an early ceAatt0a ef hostiiities, nor di
TOT three yean have suhslste1 Nas likely To resu
In IN early death. (Langh1ef.l
The Uat0n could never De sestosed by the meY
exercise Of the coeveivs poveyeof the Federal Go
naiase and ehaEaeeer n IT, snuGsle nnst Be 81
lied de1nitely. Was this - ene5else Of the con
ssiniloaal power Of the Coyesbment to put dow
seecilion against its aaiheEiy, q WAS IL war q
foruei, then we draw al oaeS powers from the Con
stitution. Il the isltar, ls b Uar BY the State
seeinst the Constitution, eavng the States respon
sibie alone to the judEseat Of tc civilized world
ducted. Nj. Csrille dealed dat any Legislative
powers were derived ffoM she laws Of war, an.
quoted the views Of John Qniney Adams In sup
port Of MS opinion.
Government was u q fate on iridisiduals and no
ON States. We had no power under the Oonstitu
tion to c0eFce Stale. TO say thar Conereas hss
the power t0 legislsfe and inaugurate war measure
would De to say thAt the men Who formed the Con
stitutton were ignorant. Our Government ifselfva
the creature Of civil war, and was establlsbed OF
the great principle that there would be Govern
ment among States Of different gee graphical l0ca
ton and separate domestic Institutions for com
mon purpdses.
If the power proposed here was exerted II wonl6
be declaration that, after seventy years of trial
the principle c0ntended for In the war of the reyO
tuition was failure, and we were now In 1864 con
tending for hOmOgenify of interests.
We had just "a much and no mora right unde,
the Constitution TO say to one Of the States that
slavery should not be tOler ated in its borders a. we
had to say that the Catholic religion should not be
tolerated. We 60 outside of the Coustf, uuon "a
seek power for legislative action and here we &C
knowledge that the experiment Of free Govern men,
Is failure. He denied that the rebels were bel
iigerents unless they became SO by the acts Of our
war authorities.
In our legislative capacity he would never con-
sent TO acknowldge them az such. He thought We
could ,and had the undoubted right t. secure
the service Of slaves without emancipating them.
The power Of the States had never been doubted
to emancipate slaves, but he denied the existence
of the power for their emancipation In the States
by an act of the Federal Government. Such a
power had never been invoked. He would 70 as
far as the members from the loyal States, whose
soil had not been made the scene Of war; In exert
ing every power possible 10 put down the rebellion,
but he could not consent to the exercise of powers
clearly not within the scope of Congress and the
Federal Government under the Constitution.
We should use force against force, and not resort
to acts which would repel the love Of the honest
citizen of the South who had never gone willingly
into the rebellion. We should not perpetrate acts
like that recently perpetrated by that bad man,
Butler, on the James river, where he sent his trans
ports and seized the grain and pork Of a widow
and then announced the enterprise Ga great
Union victory The people Of the South were
our kindred-bone OF our bone and flesh of our
fesh-and many of them a'e now compelled, on
account Of our present inability TO crush the rebel
authority, to acknowledge It as de fdcto Govern
mcnt
He had always maintained that the mere exer-
else Of the cOercive powers Of the Government
never would restore the Union. We should never
lnaugurate measures which would render death
preferable to the Union. We should distinguish
between those in arms and those who are willing
and anxious for connection with us. He would
not, in his legislative capacity, interfere with
slavery I'm the States, but as military commander
he would use the negro as he would horse or a
wagon abandoned by the enemy. We would be
obliged TO conquer our own prejudices before we
could conquer the South.
war OF conquest was always interminable, and
the position Of the seeded States rendered the
Union desirable 10 them AZ to Us. We have for
three years reserted TO the cOercfve powers Of the
Government. Why not change our policy a little,
and leave all these irritating subjects to the military
departments, where they properly belong.
TUE oman AND BROTHER" MUST EIDE IN THE CARs.
Nr. Sumner (Mass.) introduced resolution d.
Iecting the Committee on the District of Columbia
to inquire into the expsdiency OF a law granting
equality Of privileges to cOiOred people on the rail-
roads Of the District. He called attention 10 the
subject for the reason that au trage recently
committed in this District upon an officer with the
rank of Major OF the United States service. This
officer had been recently elected from one of those
street cars by the conductor. because he was a
black man. He thought we had better break up all
railroads II we would not have them carried on
without such outrages, which did more to injure
our cause abroad and at home than defeat In bat
tie.
Mr. Hendricks Qnd.) said, If he expressed any
opinion he would say the outrage was the other
way. Separate cars were provided for the cOl0red
people: and this case occurred because the negro
deciiRed to ride with persons of his Color and
wished To force himself with white men.
Mr.. Grimes did not thint there were any cara
running now for the accommodation Of colOred peO-
pie.
IL
tered one, and was glad TO get out the best way he
could.
Mr.. Grimes did not think it disgrace to ride
with these colored people.
Mr. sumner read the letter Of DR.. Augusta, Sur
geon of the Seventh Colored Volunteers. He be
ieved il was great an outrage az It would be TO
eject the Senator from his seat here.
Without meaning any personal dtsrespect, MT.
Wilson said he believed the largest quantity of In
formation, in and out of this Senate was from the
New York papers, and his attention was called 10
this subject from them. This was not the only
place where the reform was needed. He had In
orinati0n of an Outrage perpetrated on mail rail-
road, where two cOlOred men were elected from an
empty car, and forced into cattle car.
This was q part of the malignant system Of
slavery, but the country was being rapidly abQli-
tiOnixed and civilized
Mr.. Hendricks believed, from the expressions
he had heard 70 day, that social well as political
equality was to be forced upon the white race
The people would never adopt that sentiment. He
was glad that the Senator from Massachusetts had
now plainly presented the issue before the country
Mr.. Wilson said he had Ea desire 10 force
equality on the Senator from Indiana. Whit he
wanted was 10 let every man assume the station
God intended him to attain.
The yeas and nays were ordered, and resulted as
follows:
Yeas-Messrs Anthony, Brown, Chandler, CLARK,
Collamer, Conness, Cowan, Dixon, FessendeR,
Foot, Foster, Grimes, Hale, hariand, Harris, How
ard, Howe, Lane, Ind, y Lane, lKansas, Mofsan,
Morrill,, POmerOy, Ramsey, Sherman, Apfague,
Sumner, Ten Eyck, Trumbull, Wade, WiIkinSon,
Wiley, Wiis0n--34.
Nays.-Messss. Buckaiew, Davis, Harding, Hen
dricks, Nesmith. Powell, Richardson, Riddle,
Saaisbury, Van Winkie-l2.
9Hs LOYAL MEABgR PROM Ksnruaky WOULD Llx1 A
sEW SLAVES 10 BIZ SPARED.
NJ Stevens offered an amendment to the Con-
scription bill that persous Of African desceat, be-
tween 20 and As years Of age, whether cii-
ixens Of the United States n0t, shall be enrolled
and form pars Of the natioaAi forces, and Whea .
slave shall be drafted and mustered Into The ser
vice, the master shall receive certi6cAle for 40
and The drafted man shall be free.