The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1865-12-27

new section is inserted proscribing'a pen
atty Of $4,000 and imprisonment not ex,
ceediIg one year, for wilfplly rejecting
or refusing I'd receive the vote Of any per.
son entitled to that right. 'f
Mr.. WILSON called up the Senate
bill to maintain the freedom Of the In
habitants in the States declared IN insur-
rection and rebellion by the proclamation
of the President Of July LIST, 1862. It
abolished all laws, statutes, acts, .ordi-
%nances, rules and regulations which make
inequalities to the rights and i%mmunities
on account of distinctions, or difference
OF rule, races or descent.
Mr.. SUMNER-when | think Of what
occurred in this chamber yesterday, when
l call to mind the attempt to white. wash
the unhappy condition Of the rebel States
and at this time throw the mantle of Of.
fetal oblivion over the sivkpning and
heart rending outrages, where human
rights are sacrificed, and barbarisn re.
ceive q new letter of license, | feel rs if
ought to speak Of nothing else to-day
Sir, l stood here long ago, in the days Of
Kansas when a small community was sur.
rendered to the Vaccinations of slave
masters, and now l stand here, also,
while an immense region with millions of
population, surrendered to the machiua.
lions OF slave-masters. 1t belongs to Con-
gress to arrest the fatal fury, Congress
must learn to be brave and to be iusr.
But l am not willing to be diverted from
the precise question cefore the Senate,
although | shall naturally and logically
be led to pass in review the condition Of
the rebel States.
The CHAIR suggested that the ques.
ton before the Senate was the motion TO
refer the bill to the judiciary Committee,
and on this motion a discussion Of tho
merits Of the bill was not in order.
Mr.. TRUMBULL suggested that Mr..
Sumner be permitted to proceed, and no
objection was made.
Mr.. SUMNER continued his remarks
on the bill before the enate. All must
agree, he said, that it was an excellent
measure. 1t undertakes natbiug more
than the assurance of equality before the
law which it is resumed it essential to
forward and maintain the proclamation of
emancipation. They read that the slaves
shall from time benceforth be free, and
the Executive with the military and
naval authorities, snail mrlain them in
their freedom. There is your pledge
which has gone before the world. il
goes wherever the limits of your republic
extends, and it is as sacred as your ma.
tiohal life. Wherever that flag floats, as
long as this Ecpublic endures, that pledge
is sacrcdly to be observed. How shall we
see that that pledge is to be observed 7
Is it to be committed to the States? No,
sir. The preservation Of. that pledge
must be by the National Goverenmant.
which made it, which gave freedom, and
solamnly promised to maintain that free
dom. Mr. Sumner read q number of ex.
tracts from the Southern correspondence
Of the Boston Advertiser and other n,
pcrs, and frcn private letters received BY
him from reliable parties in the South, to
show the dis!oyal sentiment Of the South.
eren people, and the cruelty with which
freedmen are being treated in the late re.
bellious States In conclusion, he coosd
u 'on the Senate TO pass this bill, or any
other bill calculated to secure justice for
the freedmen.
Mr. SALISBURY wished to make
one remark. There seemed to BE- an an.
frehension in some quarters thot the Dem.
ocratie party was again to come to pow.
and come TO power through the present
Executive. There was already an oppo.
sltion party sprung from the ranks of the
Republicans He would say to the Presi.
dent he ought to stand firm by his policy,
and if he continued in that policy two
millions Of fsithful men in the North
would support him, although they did
not vote for him, and would welcome the
contest whenever it came.
Mr.. UOWAN was unwilling to let Mr..
Summers speech 90 to the country with
a protest. The extracts read by him,
private letters, we're not impartial
nor unprejudiccd. The cases referred to
were exceptional. Where one man out
Of a thousand was cruel to negroes, it was
published, but there was nothing said
about nine hundred and ninety nine
who treated the negroes properly.
Mr.. Cowan alluded to Mr.. SINNERS
charge of vhitc-washing used against the
President, and defended the President
rom it. He read extracts from the mes.
sage of yesterday, and expressed his be.
lief in its firmness and truth. Further
consideration of the bill was postponed
until to morrow.
Mr.. TRUMBULL from the Commit.
OF Conference on the subject of ad.
ournment, made a report in favor of ad.
burning from Thursday the 2lst inst, to
the 9Th proximo. The report was
greed to, and the Senate adjourned.
HOUSE.
Mr.. STEVENS, of Pennsylvania, in.
reduced a bill to pay pcutions and dam
ges to Union property by rebels out of
oniscated property. Referred to the
on the Whole.
Mr.. LAWRENCE, of Ohio submitted
resolution which was laid on the table to
e printed, affirming that Jefferson Davis
hould be tried and punished for treason, F,
nd also because of those starved prison. {
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