Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1865-01-27

The following resolution has been offered in
the Senate ordered TO be printed, and laid up
on the table for the present.
Resolved, by the Senate and House OF Rep-
resenta,ives in Congress assembled, That no
negotiations, terms Of settlement, or concession
or compromise be entered into, proposed. yield
ed or made with the rebels, directly or ndi-
rectly, until they have manifested their implic-
it and unconditional submission TO the author
tiles Of the government; and, further that,
however much peace may he desired, the pres
ent war must be waged with all the resources
and energy of the government until said sub.
mi sion shall be secured and the supremacy OF
the constitution and the laws established over
the entire territory Of the United States as here
toore claimed.
The title of this resolution is ga resolution
declaring the sense OF Congress upon the sub
ject of negotiation"
The resolution in relation to retaliation upon
rebel prisoners for cruel treatment to Union
prisoners, was taken up.
Mr.. Sumner of Mass, offered the following
ms a substitute for the resolution before the
Senate -
Resolved That retaliation is harsh always,
even in the simplest cases, and is permissible
only when in the first pl,ce it may reasonably
be expected to effect its Object and when, in
the second place, il is consistent with the usa-
pes of civilized society; and that, in the alb
sence of these essential conditions, il is useless
and barbarous. having no other end than VEN
peance. which is forbidden alike to nations and
10 mon.
Resolved. That the treatment of our officers
and soldiers in retel prisons is cruel savage and
heart-rendng beyond all precedent that it is
shocking to The moral sense, an ofIense against
human nature itself. adds no small guilt to the
great crime of rebellion, and constitutes an ex-
annie from which history will turn with sorrow
and disgust
Resolved. That any attempted imitation of
rebel barbarism in the treatment of prisoners
would he plainly unavoidable on account of
It's inconsistency with the prevailing sentiments
of humanity among us; that it would be inju-
rous at home, for il would harbarize the whole
community; that it would be utterly useless,
for it could not cffrc, the cruel authors OF the
reyalttnv conduct which we seek to overcome ;
that it would be immoral because it proceed
cd from vengeance alone that it could have
no other result than to degrade the national
character and national name and to bring down
upon our country the Reproduction of history,
and that being thus mpracticdble, useless, i'm
moral and degrading il must he rejected as a
measure OF retaliation, precisely as Tue UdfOar-
ism OF roasting and eating prisoners is always
rejected by civilized nations.
Resolved, That the United States, filed with
grief and the deepest sympathy for her cherish
cd citizens who. as officers and soldiers, have
heroine victims of heayen-defying outrages,
borehv lerlore their solemn determination to
mn, an end to this great inianity bv putting an
End tc the rebellion of which il is the natural
frn;, and that IN secure this humane and
righ,e,us consummalion they pledge anew the
hes, cneryies and all the resources of the whole
neo,le and thrv call unon all to bear witness
Thai in this necessary warfare with barbarisn
they renounce all vengeance and every evil ex.
ample and plont themselves firmly on the sa
cred landmarks of Christian civilization, under
the pro,pc,ion of that God who is present will
everv nrisoner and enables heroic souls to suf.
fer for their country.
Mr.. Sumner smoke in advocacy of the above
resolutions. quoting from Gen. Washington