The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1865-01-13

operate uniformly without any rlSnt OF
reservation or exception in any particular
case.
lie expressed ignorance of any com
plant against this Government in any
matter of exchanging prisoners, and
pledged himself for the removal of any
cause of complaint upon representation
being made. He suggested the propriety
of releasing upon parole any surplus OF
prisoners remaining on hand after the
exchanges had exhausted either party"
THE FIGHT ON THE SLAVERY ABOLITION
BILL IN THE YANKEE HOUSE. !
The bill for the abolition of slavery in
the " United States" it is now thought
by Washington correspondents, will pass.
In the Senate, Monday, a bill passed
Qwenty-seyen to ten) liberating the wives
and children of negroes in the Yankee
army. In the House, a debate took
place on the abolition bill, of which we
copy portion:
Mr.. Odell (New York; said-If the
people shall endorse this proposed
amendment, it will give to four millions
of human beings now held in bondage
the blessings of freedom. It's influence
will not only be felt for good now and
hereafter, but both the white and the
black races will participate in it's bless
ings. 1t will be beneficial to the non
Shareholders Of the North, V no will no
longer struggle with and be degraded by
contact with slave labor. They vii! share
in the blessings enjoyed by the honest
working men of the North. Let the evil
of slavery be removed by constitutional
amendment. Let it be done effectual;y
and legally so as to command the respect
of the country and Of the civilized world
We of the Democratic party have stood
by the South in all their troubles. and
have yielded our prcjulices to them in
our national conventions only to sub
nit to new demands to extend
their system Of slavery. The South
did not regard this as an evil to be tom
porarily endured but to be continued
throughout all time But l, in common
with the North, have always believed
slavery to@be wrong, and an evil which
ought to be abolished. With this con.
yiction of right, when my name is called
shall vote in favor of the resolution
The South have absolved the North from
all obligations to support it's chief corner
stone-slavery. The rebel leaders are
placing negroes in the field for our de-
and have declared their willing
ness to abolish slavery in order to receive
the recognition of foreign powers. 1t
were better, therefore, for US to break
down the physical forces used in the
rebellion. Slavery had lifted it's HYDRA
head above the country. The time has
come whenwe, as party, ought to unloose
ourselves from its influence We should |
turn our backs on the dark past, and Our
eyes on the bright future.
Mr. Ward said twas not his intention
20 discuss the wrongs which had inaucu
'ated the rebellion; that it was enough
or him to know that sacrilccous at
empt had been made to break I'D the
Slsest government that human wisdom
,Uer devised; to feel that it was his duty
o join in the effort to chastse the perre.
rators of the crime. If the hcrcsy Of
were to be recognized as a
anon of political faith, there would be
n end to all government. lie then pro-
eeded to show if pure patriotism ard
he maintenance of the supremacy of
he Constitution had been the rule of
ction with both branches Of the Govern
aent, the war would have been ended
ong before this. He regretted that no
enerous and conciliatory spirit had y
cen evinced toward the misguided
eople of the seeded States, but that /.
IL our legislation on the subicc. had
cen characterized by a spirit of win.
ictiveness and oppression unworthy of
Christian nation. He was opposed to
ne re-admission into the Union, with the
gifts OF slave property, of any State
hlch our triumphant armies had SUD- t
cted, but he was not willing to prolong ,
le war longer than was necessary to
feet its legitimate object. After de-
ouncing the policy of certain leeisla-
RS, who acted throughout that the e
eople would only be made to do right c
Y deceiving them, and dwelling at /,
myth upon the reasons which compelled !
IN to vote against the proposed amend |
ent Of the Constitution, he concluded t
stating that if the war should be I
rought to close within reasonable t
me, this great republic, with it's i'm. c
ense resources, would spring into new t
e, and, under the blessed reign Of U
ace, would ultimately shake off it's t
ndens to repose Of aueen-like, among t
e nations of the earth. v
Mr.. Mallory (Kentucky) said es,tlemen
'sht say what they choose about this t
u. / resolution hui M o,,o I>a..1l - N