, 1865-12-22

Senator Summers Specci1-ReTenue
from Incomc-Thc Suffrage Question
-LouIe1nna Cialnls-InstructIon from
tho Secretary Of War to Gen. Canby-
The Tariff and II. Kcnuits-Rcc cccIpts
from Customs.
(spccla! Despatch to the Chicago Trfbunc.]
fThe following despatch should have appeared In
our iesue Of yesterday, but was delared In ttaps-
m1seion hy the storm.]
WAsu1S0roS, Dec 70.
The great speech Of the session thus far, was
made in tho Senate to-day by Iii. Sumner, to He-
cure freedmen the rights guaranteed 10 them By tbs
Constitution. Ite DRIFT w:.s TO chow thattbc cond
ton OF Affairs In The States lntely In rebellion
demands interference on the part Of the Gor-
erumeut, and docs not watTant the President
in the language he used in hiE message to The Sen
ate on Tuesday erenlng. Beginning with V1rE1n}a
md uamin: those States in order, hc brought to-
eether large mass OF testimony respecting mat
1c.s in each, embracing Official documents, reports
Of doinga in Conventions and legislatures, private
lettcrz znu newspaper correspondence Under The
urSE, Hls speecA occupied tWo hours In delivery.
md Wss listened 10 hy crowded calle17c'.
the occasion to exhort the President to tland firm
in Ills policy, and pledged him the mo1af support Of
two millions OF Ucmouuts in staics never In re-
'eee IT, cowun closed the debate With Characteristic
rpeech, in which he said Mr.. Summers arguments
rested wholly On ane-pded reports Of anonymous
1Ear had on the bill.
Ii can be stated TINT respectable minority, u
rot 1n.ior:tv. OF the members Of the Finance and
WaTt nrd Mfans Committees arc strongly in hyor
Of he repeaI ct The INCOME section Of TIC revenue
Inv. nnd NH advocate in lieu thereof the impos-
Gon Of iax On -aits, which ut one per cent. vii
uscduee -crcnue Of one hundred and twenty mil
hons per aunun Out Of receipts for sc1te. di,1'
nenat upon stock and other Justly taxahle ennolu-
r,cDts. al d similar rate OF one pcr cent,
WllI1 he epeciGc taxca upon sptr1tQoue, mnlt and
| sIpous liGuors, and upon tobacco In ifs vastoua
I for1nE. further additional sum may be realized,
rnuai 10 lie highest figure At wtfch our present
complex, unequal and vc4atious hyhten OF ta1atton
ff mi bv its aypcates. It can also be stalled thai
tht SecTetary OF the Tfea.ury and at least one o[
| The Revenue Commissioners favor the adoption ol
/ this tysten.
| inc resent letter OF Postmaster Bowen, OF this
! city, In which he assumed uncoltFoyettihc
crounds IN tsyor Of equal suffrage in the District
6[ Co!umb:a, yneete With violent opposition By q
larrc nu,uber Of The native residents Of WAshin.-
| ion' Nho are s1feuanaely cudcaYoting, with some
nrospecs Of spccefe, 10 hare him removed from his
nnrceent position,
| The StsTcta:v Of Wnr has instructed Gen C1nby,
Commanding tie post Of Loui>iana, not to enter.
Inin INV clafns or{ric,nc in that State upoc! The
| aecon5 md third Hcc1frnS OF The act Of Congress
IN restrict the iufEdictuu OF the Court OF Claims
| nnnroycd July iii. lSCl Tic following arc the
n1Fnia,ioue Which Eare bacn adopted by the De-
j. Captured Of abandoned property sold
| n. .thrfwise a1iCuatei1 by the United
| Sin,ts cnnnot be restored, nor eAn IN,
clajm for tLc scuis. services or damsgca Of eucs
! nropc,rY be considered for any pcaod anterior tc
itt reeD1ation r11c, The amnesty reoclaanasion, @