New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-03-13
The siavs.Arnsisg Qucs'ien-Jnseres'inE
Debate ia the Confederate Senate-Thc
bill ut last Passed.

We extract from the proceedings Of the Sen
a,o ON Tuesday. March I:
forces II the Confederate States. better known the
Negro Soldier bill, was taken up nndread. The follow
ing IL the bill:
BILL TO incresfe tie military forces OF 'he 'oI'eoefae
"T2> Coag,e, If he Costsderats States Of america DO
ION maintain the rish,s possession Of the Confederate
ther independence ard preserve th.r insu
s .cccp, from tho Of slaves the services Of uch
number Of abebodird negro men a he nay ds'n cIIede'
for end during the war 20 perform military service in what
sYo Tint the General Chf be authorized TO organize
the said slave, into eSmPsn,e' es'aion'' nsh" ss
War may prescribe and be commanded by such ehce %
src That, whic employed IN The service the said troops
,ha receive the .sme raon' clothing and compensation 90
ere allowed 70 ohe, troops IN s ZANE esen 81 h ~. sc, &
President shall not BE- able 10 raise sufficient number Of
troops to pc'ss the ~M I've sna T o hs conc s
cderae States then b. /. hereby authorized 10 call on each
state. Whenever he thinks etpedienl Tor her quota Of
under eins laws many thereof e' the IRE may
deem necessary 70 be fa,ed IRON such ea'e' OF ,hc popus
tie. thereof riay dciernire
thonf. n change 81 the relation OF the said slaves"
Mr. Hunter sid that as be had been instructed by the
Virginia Legislature to vote against his conviction II
proper that he should give public expression to his
opinions. Since bis first appearance IN pubic lie he
had recognized the right u the Legislature To instruct
md upon that body he desired to place the rcsponst
bty OF the should IL become law. Until this
morning lie had abandoned The idea OF publicly express
Inc his Vows but his ends had suggested that Justice
To himself required that he should do He would ne.
cssary have 10 ~ over much the sam. ground as when
kindred measure was recently under discussion In BE.
cret session.
Wb.p we left the old Government he had thought we
had en nd forever Of the Slavery agitation; tba,
woro entering into Confcderaoy OF homogeneous
here The agitation Of the Slavery ion which
had become intocIatle under the old Union, was TO
have place. But 10 his surprise lbs finds that tLis
Government assumes the power TO arm tho slaves,
which involves also the power OF emancipation 10 tue
agitation OF this question: the assumption Of this power
he dated the origin Of The gloom which
people. They know that II our liberties were 10 be
achieved 10 be done by the hearts and the hands
Of free men. IL also Injured us abroad 1t was re.
gardcd IA confession ~ despair and abandonment
Of the ground upon which We had seeded from the old
Union.
We had insisted That Congress had no right TO inter
fro with Slavery, and upon tho coming into power Of
the party who il was known would assume and exercise
that power We seeded We had also then contended
that whenever the two thrown together
be master md the other slave and indicated
ourselves against the accusations OF tho abotonsts by
asserting that Slavery was the best ard happicst con
dtion of the negro. Now what docs this propoeition
admit The right OF tho central Government to put
the slaves into the militia and TO emancipate nc least
SO many shall be placed In the military service. IL
IL clear claim Of tho central Government to enamel
pate the slaves.
III we nre right IN passing this measure We were
wrong in denying to the old Governments the right to
interfere with the institution OF Slavery aud to
pate slaves Besides, II offer slaves their freedom
as n boon We confess that We were insincere. were
hypocr,ical In asserting that Slavery wns the best
state for the negroes Themselves He had been sincere
in declaring that the central Government had power
over the institution Of slavery. and that freedom would
be no boon 10 the negro.
lie now believed. us he had formerly said IN discus.
sion on the same subject that arming and cmapcipatng
the slaves was abandonlnent OF this contestant
abandonment Of the grounds upon which il had been
undertaken II tits IS so who IL 20 answer for The
hnndrcd Of thousand Of who had been slain In the
war; Who was 10 answer for them before the bar Of
enyenf Not those Who had entered into the contest
urorrincipio and adhered to the principle but those
who had epsndoned the principle Not FOR all the gold