Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1864-12-20

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REPORTED FOR THE DAILY EMPIRE
XXXVlIIth Congress I'd Session
WASHINGTON, Dec. 10
HOUSE.

HOUSE.
Mr.. Davis of Mary land offered resolution
reported by him on Thursday, and Which
was then tabled declaring Congress hes the
constitutional right to an authoritative voice
in declaring and prescribing the foreign POI
Of the United States and that il is the duty Of
the Executive Department TO exercise that
voice &c
Mr.. Farnsworih oflllnois moved to lay it
on the table. Disagreed TO; nays 73 yeas 40.
The House adopted the first branch nf the
resolution as given above, by vote ot ls .
i8.
The second branch Of the resolution was
then read, which Is as follows:
Aud the propriety OF any declaration OF
/ foreign policy by Congress- is sufficiently
proved by the role which pronounces it, and
snch proposition while pending and undeter-
mined, is not ft topic Of diplomatic explain
alton with any foreign power
Nc Stevens reported from the Committee
of Ways aud Means bill substituting the
word Fe ruary in the 65th section OF the
Revenue uct Of 1864 and providrg that sn
addition to the duiy now imposed by law, all
spirits of domestic production held for sale
on January LIST, 1865 shall be subject to du.
~ of Fifty cents per gallon.
while the Committee approved Of allowing the
time, they merely reported the additional whis.
Ky tax in obedieRce,to the resolution of he
House, but which they desired to strike
out
Mr. Washburn, Of Illinois, briefly appealed
to the House to put on the additional whisky
tax This was agreed to by 65 aud 60. The
bill was then passed, with the tax stricken out,
and merely changing the time from July to
January.
| The bill to enable aliens who hava served
in the army or navy, 10 y.,O..e p.uzens, was
reported and read the first time,
Mo Grimes introduced bill to create the
rank OF Vice-Admiral in the navy
Mr. Dooliltle introduced a bill appropria
ting ten millions or as much as is necessary
| for the defense Of the lakes aud frontier.
Nc Doottle ask to have his resolution,
| asking the President TO expend ten millions
of dollars for the defense OF The hofder re
fsrred to the Committee on Naval Affairs.
Mr. Sumner suggested the Committee on
Foreign Relations
Mr. Sherman said the Committee on For.
eign Relations would be the best that could
be made. The Committee would report
speedily on the subject Of the general defense
OF the borders There was great deal OF
anxiety on the subject Of border defense, aud
he hoped it would be acted on promptly
| Mr. Howard, Il concur entirely the senti-
ments of the gentleman from 0bio IL hAs
partly bees observed by thai gentleman, tha,
there is great anxiety along, the frontier
We are hourly In danger of arepetition Of
these raids and outrnges, which have been 50
frequently committed on peaceful citizens OF
the border, think It is high time there
should be an expression of opinion on tue par
of the Congress OF the United States At least
by way OF remonslranee against these raids
and outrages TO which have referred. We
must, In order to keep peace along the boz.
der, show our power. The lion must show
his teeth on this side Of the border, and teach
these men who have been harboring these
rebel vipers in their bosoms, that even Cana.
da with It's pretended neutrality, cannot be
permitted to be place of refuge for such
charaeters; desire TO say this much on this
occasion When another occasion presents
itself, shall go more extendediy into the dis
cussion OF the subject
Mr.. Reverdy Johnson s,.id twas tmmate-
rialto what Committees the resolution Was
referred Either Of The Committees named
could consider the subject properly Ifthese
/
but that under the law Of nations the parties
could be arrested within the United States
or pursued into the adjoining territory II be-
lieved hat rghtio be settled as definitely as
any other question of international Law. 1t
was under that provision that General Dix is
sued an order authorizing bis officers to pursue
these men il then crossed the border. but be
Mr.. Jobnsop) saw by the papers, that the
President aud Secretary Of State, better in.
formed, be supposed - TO what should be the
course Of the home Government, had Ofdsqssd
General DIX to rescnd that part Of his IL
order. The country was good deal excited
by the release OF the st Albans raiders He
had no doubt that the Canada Judge had acted
honestly in the matter, believing that ne had
no Jurisdiction.
Hs was satisfied that his decision was err
roneous because he saw that the Colonial
Govern nent had pronounced il erroneous, aud
bad issued writs for the arrest of the raiders
That arrests could be MADE. was doubtful
No doubt the whole power of the Colonial
Government would be used to prevent such
raids in the future, Still il was proper Tor
the Senate TO take all proper precauiion to
prevent the repetition Of acts and to enable |
us to vindicats ourselves either within our
own limits or across our frontiers These !
raids could never be toler ted by The United
States, and never should be tolerated
Mr. Doolitte said that piratieal expeditions /
BY land, which might be organized and car /
ried out, IL things were permitted to go on as /
they had, on the Canadian fontier would be |
disastrous to the lives and property Of our
citizens. Bot any land expeditions that could |
be organized, we're as nothing compared with |
what might be the result should the rebels be |
able TO get hold OF vessels on The hays
. oupd Lake Huron, pui cannou on board oil
them,and ltbe engineering OF war TO destroy
our cities on the Lakes II would enable
them 10 lay Chicago in ashes, Is well as Nil