Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1864-01-22
Congress.
Washington, Jan. l6th, 1864.
SENATE.

Mr.. Morgan of n. Y. presented a pc
thion from the citizens Of New York re-
monstratipg against the relief Of unnat-
uralized citizens from the draft.
The enrolment bill being under con-
sideration, Mr.. Fessenden of Me. said
that bis opinion of yesterday that The
payment of the Communication money did
not relieve a state from the draft was
erroneous, and that the Snstruction put
upon it by the secretary'of war was cor
rect. He thought it impossible to con
strue the Communication clause in any other
way than that the procuration OF substi
lutes or the payment oil Communication
money exempted the states from the draft
Mr.. Clark of N. ii. offered an amend
ment providing that the Communication
money shall be applied by the war de-
partment for obtaining substitutes from
the state where the drafted persons be-
long, to fill the quota Of that state.
Mr.. Grimes of la. did not desire that
colored men should be enlisted to Gil upI
The quota of state. He should like toI
have the word "men" understood to mean
white men," The colored mon were
enlisted by the general government, and
colored men, unless they were citizens OF
a state, should not take the place of whit
men.
Mr.. Harlan of Ia. thought that TIL,
was tax upon the money Of the country
and not upon the intellect. The people
of Louisiana, Tennessee and Kentucky |
owe an allegiance to the country as well
as those from Maine ard Massachusetts,.
He never had believed that colored sol
ders could be employed with the same
results as white men. The coored man
should not be accepted as q substitute for
hs superior.
Mr.. Davis Of Ky. said that larg
proportion of the labor Of Kentucky wa,
performed by slaves, and yet the secre-
tary Of war would sooner enlist slave
Than a white man in the border states
thus stripping those states Of their labor
ing class to serve as substitutes for north
ern loborins men Who were kept at home.
Mr.. Wilson Of Mass. was glad that the
government was about establishing the
policy in regard to slaves which he had
urged upon them for four months past.
Mr.. johnson of Md. said that the PEG
pie Of Mary land did not believe that col
ored troops could do the duty Of white
men. lie then commented upon the act
of military officers in reference to the
recruiting Of slaves and the intef-rtnce
with the elections on the eastern shore
Of Mary land. If such proceedings had
not been instituted, he did not believ
hat the representative in the other house
Mr. Harris, would now bold his seat, a.
he owed it alone to military interference,
in the elections. He believed, from II,
representations of northern journals, that
there was as much disloyalty in the North
as in Maryland.
Mr.. Grimes wished the word "whito'
substituted in the bill.
AIr. Wilson did not want the word
white" to appear in the bill at all.
Mr.. Grimes thought that the negroe
should be put under the protection of tn,
national government. His amen1ment
was intended to stimulate the enlistment
of negroes SO that there would be no oc
casion for another call upon the states.
Mr.. Grimes amendment was rejected
% to IA.
On motion of Mr.. Doolittle of Wis
an amendment was passed providing tha
veteran troops, re-enlisting, shall be cred
tied to the quota of the district in which
they originally enlisted.
Another amendment was adopted pro.
viding that the Communication money pait
by persons drafted, shall be applied tc
The procuration of substitutes for the con
sressional district where the draft take
place also that colored troops shall BE-
credited to the state from which they
have enlisted.
Mr. Trumbul Of Ill. offered an amend
ment requesting the president to call out
and equip 100000 men for a hundred
days, with the single object of driving
out the rebel army from Virginia and re
leasing the Union prisoners at and around
Richmond.
Mr.. Wilson said that 100000 raw mil
tia would be of no account whatever
against Lees veteran army.
Mr.. Trumbull thought that, if we wo'd
say to the people that there would be
vigorous campaign for this single object
we could raise the 100000 men or even
an increased number. He had no feai Il