Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1865-01-09

/ Subsistence Department of the army, OF
the order of the Secretary of War
Mr.. Holman introduced preamble set
ting forth that the House, in December last
adopted resolution directing the Secreta
~ of War to furnish copies Of. the ordsl
issued in December, 1858, that recruits r
fill up old organizations should be mustered
out of the service with such reg9sents, and
also directing him 10 furnish a copy OfthG
letter addressed to Governor Andrews, and
asking the Secretary of War to say Wheth.
er the principle therein contained had been
applied to all soldiers mustered into the
army to fill up old regiments, and thai
whereas, the resolution has n6S Sbeen COM
piled with, therefore, s.
ResoyUea, That the Secretary of War be
directed to inform the House why the in
formation has not been furnished, and that
he be directed to furnish the same.
The resolution was adopted. /
Mr.. Morris, of Ohio, introduced a bill
authorizing express and other trsnsporta-
tion companies to sell unclaimed freight.
This was referred to the Committee for the
District of Columbia. |
Mr.. Grider introduced bill providin z
that the mothers of illegitimste. ehildren
who cfc-In tifB mil7gaFF Service, sOr fall in
battle, shall be entitled to receive arrear-
ages of pay and bounty, the same az other
mothers. The bill was referred to the
Committee on Military Affairs. .ts
On motion of Mr.. Wilson, q resolution
was adopted instructing the Committee on
the judiciary to inquire into the expedi-
ency Of reporting bill excluding the testi-
mOny of parties in interest in suits where
administrators, executors and guardians
are parties. 1-Is
Mr.. Grinnell introduced resolution in
structing the Committee on Military At
fairs to report at early day on the expedi-
ency of law to confscate SO much Of the
property of conscripts who have failed to
report for duty, as will secure soldiers in
their stead.
The House resumed the consideration of
the Senate resolution proposing an amend
ment to the Constitution 80 as to abolish
slavery throughout the United States.
Mr.. Bliss, of Ohio, spoke of the impolicy
and uneonstitutionaiity of amending the
Constitution in the manner designed.
Changes, he contended, could only be made
on the basis Of compromise. 7Subjugation
of the South, and-sWsy over it, could be
accomplished by no other means than by
army, and, in his opinion, we
could not afford the blood and treasure
which would be required for that purpose.
Mr.. Rogers, of New York, said there was
not power in the Government, by sn act of
to interfere with the domain of
any State to control slavery or any other
institution, the control of which was not
delegated to the general Government. The
institution of slavery, he repeated, belonged
to the State, and no combination of men
can, by legislative enactment, abolish it
therein.
Mr.. Davis, of New York, said that the
of Mr.. Rogers was, that civil
liberty consisted in the right of one people
to enslave another. So far from this being
true, Nature made all men free and enti-
tied to equal rights before the law, and on
this principle Government must stand, and
sooner or later it will be the recognized
principle throughout the world. Slavery
should find no apologist and defender
among those who represent the free States,
and slavery should die because it is incom-
patible with freedom, and has undertaken
to destroy our Government and subvert our
institutions He would ask the South 20
come back with free institutions, because
freedom only could make the Union per-
petual. ,.r.- - sta.
Mr.. Higbee, of California, in his speech,
said that the people, by a majority Of four
hundred thousand votes at the late Presi-
lential election, had endorsed the emanci-
patton policy. The Senate, at the last
session, passed a joint resolution3 now under
by more than s three-fourths
majority and, although YOte of two
birds was not obtained for it in the House,
here was q majority OF thirtBmore than
hose who voted against it. He alluded to
hese facts to show that the duty of Con-
yress was clear and well understood by the
nation.
Mr.. Ashley, of Ohio, gave notice that he
would, on Monday or Tuesdayyask q vote
IN the pending proposition.
The House then adjourned.l"