Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1865-02-10
CUNsEDaRiTa Stairs CU.vSSnESS.
20 GONGRESS-2o SESuiUL,t
MoEDlY, FkB 6. 1865.
SENtTE

| stORDAAt Nd ". LOW.
SENATE.
This Senate was called to order at tTolys
o'olook, Vice President STEPHENS in The Chair
Mf. Mixw.LL, Of Fla, presented th7 fol-
lowing resolution, whioh was agreed to:
Resolved. That tho President be respect,
fully requested to transmit to tho Senate, II
not in compatible With the public interests, a
copy of tho correspondence, if any, be:Weon
| commissioners recently sent by him to that
| government, and also q copy of the report
made by them Of thex proceedings and ss-
ton.
Ms. aRAHAx, of N. O., offered the followin
which was agreed to: a.f.~s
Resolved, That the Committee on Naval
Affairs be directed 10 inquire into sho e4pe.
d;enoy Of transferring the marine corps, or 80
| much thereof as may not b. required for
urgent duty in thu: branch Of service, TO the
army for such length Of tims as tho condition
OF tho public ssrTice may .squir,.
Mr.. DaowN, from tho Commitjou on Naval
Affairs, reported back joint resolution of
thanks to Captain Raphael Ssmmes, o! tho
Alabama and tho officers Rod lpsn unccr Eid
commaId. whioh was unanimously passed.
Mr.. ORhHAA presented tho memorial ot A.
q. Williums, which was appropriately rc-
feirsd.
Mr.. HAYNES, 0: Toan., of=red certain
| amendments to the "bil to regulate Shu pey
Of certain Iflicsrs and empiU7ees oi the 60. =
ernment," which ToTo read Eni referred.
TUE MORO Bib.
The uhtalshat busiacse, bainI la rsation
to Reconsider tho vote by wii1h wud IL seted
tho second smoudmsnt cf the nGuss sn the
! bill providing fer the empioymons'ot free ~.
groeB and slaves 10 wo.k upon iortiAc.'ions,
was taken up. MIR. OAKLAND, Of Ark, baim. .
entitled 70 the Hoor.
Mr. Sxunrs, of La., announcsd thai Mr.
| GARLAnD was obtained u: his room by seIsre
! indispositi0p.
Mr.. GRAHAM, Of N. o., n,cv.d te pohtpcns
the further consideration Of ihe bill until to-
| morrow.
| Mr.. SPARROW, OF La, said tea. iho bill Wss
one Of great Importance, SID. III lis cjini0f,,
! should be passhd at once. lilo .h0;isa ;hs bill
| would not bs postponed.
Mr. uaYa1s asked the ATTENTION tf The Son
ate for few moIusnts. The Pfssij.nt. in
bio rooent mesbags, had causa for ~. COZ ne
grces for tho purpose, isdicas:d il lhiS bin.
He. therefore, thought that naoIb1s quite
sufficient; If not, moro woIlG.hage boon arket
for. lie was opposed to giving suoh uni:aait.c:
| dieor.,ion 20 tho Executive es wss proposed ~
this elnendulsnt, and he should therefore y1se
against Yeoossidering. Ii 10000 only warn
| necessary, why ororntep tho ruark and thus
diminish tho number tnsaeej 10 agricultural
pursuits
Senators had seemed 10 cClisides tho 4u.Gal
men. the entering wedge to tie errloJ mani;
! of negroes as pIliicrs. lie dill not cou,.to,
it susceptible of tha. construction.
lie was opposed TO the employmsnt Of re,
gross "A soldiers, unless it h.oaue nsusa.arY :
| 10 arm them 10 achiese orr indeTendcnco. Il
| necessary to whip tnck tho NartAsrn h1rda
| sent against III, then he would Tot, 50 crul
aoy number. Ali further parlsyu about peace,
| in his opinion, Tero useless. Reconstruction
| now was but another nsms for sbclitioni'm.
| The Institution Of slavery could only be main
tanned by tho achievement of tbs indapes-'
douoe Of those Confederate States. 10 achieve
| that independence h, would y1sS to arm the
negroes.
In regard to the svil, which have overtEken
| us, he thought the President was mainly
responsible. At all events, such was th. ooii>
| timent of the peopls CT Tennessee, and, is one
Of tho representatives. Cf that S,Gts, be desired
to inform the Ohief Magistrate Of that fac, -
lle would not engage in thrtcensure which
had been directed agsins! 'Gsaersl Bragg bJ
| Senator's. lie did not believe that Gsn. BaSg
was responsible for tho mauy defeats sustained
| BY the Western Army and the hrmy OF Ten
nessee. There was u power behina Genera!
! Bragg that controlled him. Ue a.riboted the
loss Of Tennessee to Executive b.unders.--
| Twenty thousand msn wero taken from thH
army Of Tennessee, in spite of tho protest Of
General Johnston, snd rept to ths roller ci
Vicksburg. Vickblurg was not saved, but
| Tennessee va, lost. General Johnston rooom
| mended the relief of Viuksburg by tbs troops
west of tho Mississippi. Again. after tho
Lastls of Chickam sugs, tbs President sent
| L5ngstrtet off on wild goose CHASE to KNOX
yille with over IA 600 mer, leaving Bragg to
bs ewept back from Missionary Ridge by the
overwhelming iocce, of Grant. Again, ae ro'
| moved GeoersI Johusscn In tie midst OF bat
tie, for it was one Dalto from Dalton t.
| Atlanta end then sxeoastd .he grand hantine
! oanapsign into Tenusssee. mhiun resulted Ia
tho achievement Of tho ealami!ioas victory oil
! F,.nkiin, which took tbs !ifs, the sp'is ard
tho fsht Gu. of tts. Army Of Tonness.s, ned
| in the fares Of the battle If Nashville, Tor It
was nothing bu. ii fkros, aud had left the AMY
but shadow.
Radical reform, wers nEcassary, ohnags
! should bs made, ehd at ouso. Tta Pro,!iart
should come forward and unite With ;ha Ono
gress in an Effort 10 restore public contdeu -.
Gsn. Johnston should 10 reiastated iDnedi.
utely Tke crm7 should bs increased hy ,hs
! addition Of overY oonsctlps officer and guard
| in the .ConfcdorscY. Lie wanted 10 sea- .Ssh4sa
ubiquitous indiviaunls who wers sosstsrs3
| throughon. the oouotry. doing nothing bns d.
yauring tha raiicns 0f brave soldiers, ssnt TO
the front, with musket5 in thoir huIds
Whils Grant, as he says, holds us by the
| throat and Sherman is moving upon our line,
| of communications, We must not dsiaJ our
preparstions for the ne1t toampaigo. Wo must
act es onoe. Lie was willing 60 sts1d b. tas
President if be ware true to hio,aaH and tbs
country. Congress had bs.r he.e threa n1A.lis.
and what had i: deue2 Mnst Of It's tiGs kst
boon consumed in tic discussion OF luiilo quca
tioos. lie vas glad t3 bs able TO Gag saa: he.
himsslf, stood acquitted cf this waste OF tho
public time. lilo had felt it due 10 himself
and tho State which no in part represented,
that hs should ray thus muob, and be hoped
no had said il 10 q proper spiri. As regarded
tho question Immediately bafOrc t.o SOnaie,
be would still vote against the House amehi.
msnt
Mr.. SrnnEs alluded ID tho fso: tia. instead
of Senators addressing themselves t., ,he ques-
ton Immediately under clusideratioA, t.eJ
had reviewed tho military situation, lnd had
taken ocousion to says great deaf In regs1d
to tho restoration of Gen johnston. Lie had
a. high respect for Gen. Johnston as In'ss
Senators, but he did not 500 that his rcs;ora
tion to command would accomplish any tre'
msnious effect. He had yet 10 !osrn that
that distinguished othosr had fought sing,o
pitched battle. Ha did not bsiievc that his re-
stora.;on would cause tn. d.ssttera, strag
plsrs and sbsense.s without lsa7o to rally
around his standard, az had boon olaimsd BY
Senator'S. The facts in tho caao did not 81
shov. and 10 substsntiat;oa Of this be calico
tho attention Of Senators to ;.ye'al lostoss
ami reports Of Gen. Johnston *hile mar A.
lanta, b. reviewed in bti.f tho csmpsiSn,
from Dalton to Atlanta, showing thss G:neral
Johrsson had lost 22, 600 msn from sll CAUSES
along tbs retreat. lie quoted from dsnersl
Johnston's report and dispatches thSt the
Prosite At did right to rem'Va him. Hc saen
animadvsrtod upoa the manner 10 which