Weekly national intelligencer., 1864-03-31

BY yeas and but the Speaker ruled that he was too
late IN making the motion He then called the yeas and
nays upon the motion to go into Committee the Whole
on the amendatory national bank bl which motion was
agreed to--yeas 81, nays AZ
The House having resolved itself ino Committee Of the
Mr.. HOOPER offered amendment providing that
banks with capital Of not less than fifty thousand dollars
shall with the approval Of the Secretary Of the Treasury
be organized IN place the population Of which not
exceed ak thousand persons
Mr. BROOKS objected to giving the Secretary Of the
Treasury power to say whether such banks should be
ablshed or not. 1t ext aordnary discretionary
power which ought not to be conferred 1t dam
gerous experiment. HttFE3
Mr.. PRUYN briefly controverted remark made tho
other day by Mr. HOOPER that the State bsnks had out
lived their day. and said that OF alleged four thonsand
millions Of public debt atleast hundred millions had
been needesy incurred owing to the of the Sec
retary of the Treasury. eEr
quorum vong on the amendment there was a call
OF the House the proceedings relating to which occupied
the remainder of the dsy's sitting. ta
i The House adjourned at five o'clock
SATURDAY, MARCH 26, 1868
The House, on assembling, immediately went into Com
mttee Of the Whole, allow of the contiuuston Of the
discussion on the Presidents message
Mr.. MOORHEAD held that the rebellion is not new
thing in american history. II commenced in 1888
against existing law but the Last outb occurred at
the time when harmony existed throughout the country
and was altogether unjustfable, admitted by
OF the prominent leaders the REBEL Themselves
1t Was premedated, Infamous and wicked attempt to
destroy the Union and free government, and establish
despotsm the ruins with the aid of European intrigue
The man who i1 loyal State, sympathxes with it, would
in revolutionary times be called traitor and by depre-
eating the power OF the Government TO destroy the re-
belon would be an Arnold and betray / is country. He
reoced in the progress of arms and anticipated the
day when the false friends of the Uuion will be consigned
to deserved inamy He said that the President of the
United States bad discharged his duties wi scrupulols
regard to public and private rights and has violated
his sacred Obligations; and Tor these and other reasons
the people demand his reelection. Procamations Of
emancipation not alone sufficient We should resort
to eg on to make the destruction Of slavery complete
and to that end there should be amendment of the
Constitution He spoke of financial success as the
wonder of the world and said that country Will be-
the favored spot of all the earth and the asylum Of
the oppressed of every nation where merit and honest
labor will receive their full reward.
Mr. HERRICK arraigned the Administration for an in
tsntion to prooDg the with vie of prooneiug its
power. Ii its objsct had been alton of the Union
this could have been secured long ago and failing do
so, it guilty OF moral treason He said that
to be expected from the baotbox than from the army
and that the Democracy favor Of ending the
as soon possible, compatibls with honor.
Mr. ECKLEY reviewed the inception aud progress Of
it, and he alluded TO the great OF the country as
sufficient t. prosecute it to successful concu-ioa.
Mr. HARRINGTON arragned the Administration with
having violated their faith to the detrmen and oppression
OF generous and confding people.
Mr. HARDING charged the Administration with vio-
ating it's pledges and furnishing evidence Of their
ds0yay and then proceeded to vindicats the institution
of slavery and to show that right existed the Pres
dent to disturb it. IS
The commtee rose and at halfpast four o'clock the
House adjourned.