The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1864-02-12

Mr.. CaAxLkR modified his resolution so as TO instruct
the select committee 10 inquire into the matter; and
passed.
Mr.. FIELD, OF LOUISIANA.
a.. MT. SMITH Iepl e KY, offered resolution directing
me pay Of 81 500 TO Mr. A. p Field as payment ID
full up to the time Congress rejected his claim to seat
Is member from louisiana. After debate Il was adopt
sd-yeas 96, nays 90.
ENROLMENT BILL
The House went into Committee Of the Whole on the
Oil amendatory or the Enrolment bill.
The pending amendment was that OF Mr. Stevens that
All able bodied male persons OF African descent, between
me years Of twenty and foryve whether citizens or
cording TO the provisions OF the act 10 which this bill Is
supplement- and form part Of the natona forces and
when slave Is drafted and mustered into the service
his shall certificate thereof for $780, aud
the drafted shall be Tree; provided the slaves OF
loyal men only shall be paid for.
Mr. DAVIS, trep) OF Nd made the suggestion that the
$500 feature be omitted IN the above, TO which Mr.
Stevens assented
Mr. DAVIS Of Nd offered the following amend men to
the above amendment
The Of War shall spPon In each
swsrd just compeasation esesedas three nsnarsd
O!as to each loyal q any slave who may % %
commuation money when the master frees the slave.
Mr. DAVIS said no moved this amendment. not because
he believed compensation due the master Of the
slave but because In Maryland President aud Secre
tary Of War; execution Of the law OF 1862 organ.
ana had nc 70 appoint commissioners tho purpose
Of estimating the value and awarding reasonable compen
shat the ought e take slave. for military
because they owed such ssrviceto the govern
Woue.
NJ. ANDERSON. (rsp) Of KY, thought the amendment
did not 60 enough. In his district the people werc
differently situated from those 10 any other large
1sDs anS
reason why his district had not filled its quota Waen
thousand men, Now the slaves Of rebels ss that
district shall be taken will have TO be had the
poor young %snsns loyal % those who
q putting The slaves q ali rebels and q their sympa
shizers N the but was opposed 70 thus appropra
tho question being taken the amendment OF Mr. Davis
Maryland, voting in the Affirmative and Mr.. Harrs OF
thas 6tetes 10 the negative.
about or service We mac no
mont took Thorn both persons and proDerty. Slaves
were considered b. the constitution and had been
garded n that light from the adoption OF the constitu
Gion 70 the present day. II slaves taken property
compensation must DO made. The black man having
pensation % the master and freedom the slave Form
erty he thought the white men sufficient TO put
ali IN
-. ,., Pa .s%s.tsa sSsi " ala q. Civ:
% ~s
husband and father without compensation. Re did NOT
Gee that the relation between the slavehoder and the
slave sacred than that between father and son.
wife and husband. child and parent Slaves per.
soma they were never named in the constitution
70 ps ssy
OF loyal owners and whose masters shall their
Volunteering :l IN the service
we're entitled to compensation for their slaves But to
his astonshment he found that his colleagues Messrs
Wiling 70 depreciats the rights and property
OF sIavehnlders. and in favor Of turning these
looked more for use. from The two sen,emen
from resnsylvania lessIs Stevens and Kellcy) than
donio tha rio tn anil fnr
slave II the government chose to take slave az all
they could take him only as property for which they
TO employing negro troops because Is would bring degra
dalton upon the country we claiming to number twenty
men and now was demanaed that the dag our coun
try should be entrusted 70 the hands Of slaves This
Mr. KAssos, (rep1 Of Iowa. in reply. denied that his
side Of the House proposed any injustice BY the provisions
Of this bill Az TO the gentomans remark about en-
trusting the flag TO the hands OF black men he mr. Kas
soa called attention to the fact that in the
war was considered no degradation, and the pension
names Of white men The statutes Of the state Of viz.
GINA up 20 this time showed that the slaves
should BE- sruancpssed for honorable Conduct The
state Of Rhode Island authorized The enlistment Of black
men q slaves i was no new thing bu: was called for
thing 70 which representatives from tho slave States
NJ BALDWIN, trep.) Of Mass, moved to strike from
tho amendment the words, "ths owner Of any slave"
and 70 substitute the words person 70 whom the col
terest now 10 controversv should have superior nrvi
ieaes. He knew thew had been accustomed 10 give
ssverv reriistv ovsr othar smhiecss and had osraS
hls smeodment w,shine n maze ina bending nronosi
sou conform ~ near = poesble Ia ths or the
redessj CON titutiou
re- MALLORY fopp of Ky appealed 20 the gentlemen
an the Other aide 10 know Why thew maneted SO much
soliciiudc Tor tie slaves or Kentucky Maryland and Del
aware IL. he SAID we allow you 70 put free ne.
groes Ia the army, and 20 which he had NO ob;ec-
fou what business IL il OF yours to saw we shall
enlist our slaves why not leave Kentucky to
say who shall Hr up it's quotaP n you have
IN viow the abolition OF slavery or the Dc.
noraiization OF the institution then you viii adopt
tho proposition Of the gentleman from Pennsylvania He
invoked the committee IL they had NOT deter.
mined 10 pursue 4 RECKLESS course mot 70 adopt IT,
mr.. Baidwin's amendment was agreed TO-
Mr. DroosAII (rep \ Of pa offered provso that this
section sbaii NOT anpv 10 anv II
The repre- eatatiyc Of the same ehal expressly ash that
Tho slaves OF his district be exempt from the drat LET
ring n fall more heavily on the vhite man Re msrev
offered tie for the benefit OF the reutlemen
who are opposcd TO the original prouostion He
memo going q Z substitute for him.