Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1864-10-13

stated in the Senate that the aggregate number Of
troops actually furnished to the Government by
the people, if measured by the term of three years
service, then footed up one million and eight hun
dred thousand men That is, the Government,
under its several calls, had then received num-
Der Of men representing force of 100000
troops enlisted for three years. Since that time
additional force Of 100000 men has been called
into the field.
In summing up the results Of the war during
the two years in which it had been subject to their
supervision, the Congressional Committee on the
Conduct of the War were careful to afix the blame
Of its ineffective prosecution on the Executive.
They did SO in the following form, which We ex-
tract from their report: .s.. ..iE a..
"The Administration called by the people to ts head
Of the Government in this the most critical period Of the
nations history promptly and fully supported
than that of any other Gopernnent Of tohich history has
presvsd any record The call OF the President for money
,ic he had deemed necessary had been denied Congress
and the people had most noby and generously supported
and sustained what their representatives had promised in
their name The Congress- fresh from their cons
tuens had agan met aud there could be doubt that
they had before acted would they continue to act 1t
needs but to refer to the history of the Congress just
closed,
tire ,Oih s fullest poroer placing at his disposal all the
resources of and money which this nation possessed
to prove that your committee judged rightly that Congress
needed no prompting rom hen % 40 ts entire duty NOT
sary to put down the rebellion, but upon those hoss duty
aas . rigAy appfy those means and ths agents THEY
5MPLoYE3 for at purpose, rs..s s ne eas any, ai
tations hare been so long disappointed"
And these reproaches Of the Presidents own
political friends were fully authorized by the Ian
guags he had held in his message to Congress on
the 4th of July, 1861, when in view of the spon-
taneous enthusiasm Of the people in their offers Of
men and money he wrote, "the people will save
their Cove rnment, hs Gouernmea, itse1 aoiH
do its part only 'ndi6srently aOelz.", usa
Early in the month of December, 1862, when the
last Congress met in the closing session of the term
and only few weeks after Gen. Mcclellan had
been removed from his commahd Mr.. Morrill,, Of
Vermont, political adherent Of the President,
offered the following resolution for adoption by the
House of Representatives:
ResoIped That at no time since the of
the existing rebellion hare The forces and material, in tie
hands Of The Ereeutioe Department the Government been
ample and abundant for The speedy and triumphant ter
sination of the the present moment aud it is the
duty Of ali loyal American cr sns regardless of minor
differences Of opinion and especially the duty of every
officer and soldier the field well the duty Of every
department of the Governmentthe Legislative branch
cluded--as unit to cordially and unitedly strike down
the assassns and forever who have consped to
destroy Constitution, our nationality and that pros
pery and freedom Of which we usty proud at home
and abroad and which stand pledged to pepetuate
forever"
The question being taken on the passage of this
resolution, declaring that at no time since the
commencement of the existing rebellion had the
forces and materials an the hands Of The Erecatiue
Department of the Government been so ample AND
ABUNDANT FOR THE SPEEDY AND TRIUMPHANT
termination of the oar" az at that date, the reso-
luton was adopted by the following vote, tho
of Republican members being recorded in Roman,
and the names of Opposition members in Italic
characters:
YEAs-Messrs Aldrch Arnold, Ashley Bsbbitt Bailey,
Baker Baxter, Beaman, Bingham, Blake, VIM g. Brown,
Burlington, Chamberlain Clark, Clements Co6o Colfax,
Frederick A. Conkling, Roscoe Conkng Corning, Cor,
Craoens Cutler, Davis, Dawes, Deann, DUell Dunlap,
Dunn, Edgerton Eliot Ely, Fenon Samuel O. Fessenden,
Thomas A. D. Fessendeo Fisher Franchot Frank Goocb,
Goodwin Granger, Grider, Gurey, Hsle Hail. Harrison,
Hickman, Holman, Hooper Horton, Hutchns Julian Kel-
ley Francis w. Kellogg, VIM Kellogg, Leary, LOOMS,
Lovejoy Low, Mcpherson, Maynard, Mitchell Moorhead,
Perry, Pike Pomeroy, Porter, ice, John H. Roe Rid.
dle II. Rollins, Sargent, Sedgwick, Segar shanks,
Sheffield Shelabarger Smith, Spading, John D. Steele W.
g. Seeie Stevens Stratton Bepjsmin f. Thomas Francis
Thomas, Train, Trowbridge Van Horn Van Vakenburgh,
Van Wyck. Walker, Wallace, Whaley, Wilson, Window,
Woodruff, Worcester, Wright-105.
NAY-Mr. YIN. j. AHen-I
So it will be seen that in the Judgment Of both
the supporters and the opponents of the Admins
tration in the House of Representatives, the
&c forces and materials in the hands of the Execu-
tive Department of the Government in Decem-
Der, 1862, "were amFie and abundant for he
speedy and triumphant termination Of the aOdr. "
Will any one who voted foEpthat resolution now
have the face to urge the American people to con-
tinue the present Administration in power2 For
if what the members of the House of Representa-
tives then declared be true, the Administration j,
convicted Of gross delinquency incapacity in
pending and applying the "forces and mate
rials" pronounced in December, 1862, to be "ample
and abundant for the speedy and triumphant ter
mination of the war While if any who voted
in support Of this declaration should now ask us
to excupate the Administration on the ground that
they were probably mistaken when they voted for
the resolution what evidence have they show that
they are not equally mistaken in the opinion they
cherish to-day with regard to the capacity of the Ad
mnistraton to end the war at auy time seeing that