Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1866-02-08

eighteen hundred and sixty-one, that th
le war was for the Union. To maintail
p the Government and suppress the rebel
p lion wss Whist he snd his command ha'
z fought for.
m conclusion he said that an attemp
yvsz being made in the House 70 dissolv'
the Union that the Republican partl
might survive.
uouse -.. vAsHISevoN, Fob.
The Senate bIll enlsrging the powers o
! the Fraedmen's IS Bureau Was considered
! to-day.
Mr. Marshall, fIlHuois, spoke agsiur
Z the bin, arguing thSt there was no powel
/ in the Constitution 10 establish thC
. bureau.
: Mr. SpslGing introduced bill, which
= r7zs referred 10 The Committee on Com
nerCe, providing for the repair and in.
prcvemenJ OF the hBrb0rs Of Cleveland
and Fairp0rt, on Lake Erie.
The bill reported by Mr.. Stevens from
the Committee on Appropriations,
making appropriations for Legislative,
Executive and Judicial Departments Of
J the Government for the year ending
? June n,ir-ieth. eighteen hundred and
siEty-sevsn, was made the special order
for Monday.
The House passed the bill providing
that persons ia the naval service Of the
United States who have lost one foot OF
one hand in the line Of duty, shall be al
lowed the same pensions as are allowed
/ oY law % persons in the military service
who have suffered q similar loss, and,
also, tIsr the provisions Of Section fifth,
Of the Pension Law Of July fourth, eigh-
teen hundred and sIxty-f0ur, shall apply
10 persons in naval service. The term
military, in the former law, was con-
strued not 70 include persons in the naval
! service. The design of this bill IS 10
/ equalizs the Pension Law.
I On the bill 10 enlarge the powers Of
the Freedmen's Bureau, Mr. Marshall,
Of Illinois, said il was difficult TO conceive
of a more important measure than that
I now pending. lis pr0tessed object was
. 20 look after the race which has been re-
/ leased from bondage, and this involved
I the expenditure Of untold millions of
/ dollars. He denied that the Federal Gov
4 ernment can become common almOner Of
! the people, and also denied that Con-
/ gress could put their hands into the pocly-
cts OF the poor 'aad industrious laborer
and take part of their hard earnings 10
distribute money among those who may
need il. He denied that the Federal
+ Government was established for any such
Z purpose; and further that there was no
authority as q warrant in the COnstitu-
ton for such an extraordinary measure.
A willing and shject majority were
submitting 20 a dictatorship, which has
been established over every department
He stated at length his objections 10 the
bill. There was no right or authority
for the War Department establishing in z
States q system of Government apart !
from that which should be applicable to |
the entire people alike. BY what war Z
rant in the Constitution could officers of 4
bureaus act as Judges, sustained by mill I
tary power and 60 into the states, enter I
the markets, and buy up lands for the 1
purpose OF settling thereon freedmen, /
and protect and maintaining them, he 4
supposed, until they became a self sus-
tanning Institution.
Mr Hubbard, Of Connecticut, and Mr.. /
1IOulton, Of Illinois, supported the bill. /
Mr. Kelly, Of Pennsylvania, said tha,
q distinguished General Of Alabama.
called on him and showed him uewspa-
pers containing the proceedings Of a
Court. sentencing black men and women
To death for larceny, OF Imprisonment for
ninety years Tor that 0ffense. The
editor OF the paper justified the verdict
saying that the plantation and not the
city was the proper place for negroes.
Nr. Rousseau, Of Kentucky, asked the
name Of that distin guished General.
Nr. Kelly replied, Gen. Spencer, who
as Colonel, raised The FIRST regiment Of
loyal Alabaui8ns.
Mr.. Rousseau said that this was the
6rst time he had heard of General
Spencer
3dr. Kelly replied that was quite posi-
bic. and yet General Spencer might be a
.srinEsisneG General. for al tils inteiii-
E5nce Of the world does not reach the
central part Of Kentucky.
LII. Rousseau sid be was IN Middle
tennessee two years, and would not say
thai Spencer was not there, but denied
that Spencer was a distinguished Cen
eral, OF anything else.
Mr.. Kelly remarked that he would
take the word Of Gen. Sherman as
against that OF the gentleman from Ken
lucky. He knew Spencer served with
sherman, and he thought be was on his
staff. be repeated THAI they hung black
ueu and women in Alabama, or impTis-
s0ued them uinety-niBe years, for lar
cenv, but no such pUnishnentwas net=G
20 white rebels who steal black mems
horses.
Mr.. 1IoUit0n resumed his remarks in
favor OF the OIL, and said: mo ReFub-
dCan Government can or ought 70 exist
while four million Of people are de-
prived Of their rights
Mr.. Ritter, Of Kentucky, spoke against .
the bill Of Air. Kelly, in explanation Of {
what be had said at previous stage Of
the proceedings. de read an extract
from the Tuscaloosa O5SerUsT, Of Deceul-
Der last, showing that number Of freed
men and women, who We're convicted,
were sent 70 the penitentiaTy for various
terms for larceny, while 2 man, who /
stole a horse was sentenced 70 be hanged. !
The editor added that unless the negroes
reform, there would be a necessity for a {
penltenu8ry in every county. The ne
u0es ought 70 be kept from c0ngregahng
in the towns. The true place for them I
yFas the plantation. Separated from the \
they cannot obtain subsis-
tence, and hence 10 becomes necCssaryf0r ]
them TO steal 10 satisfy the wants Of MS /
ture.
Afr. Roussesu said he did not Justify /
any wrongs, but rose 60 discuss the oil {
under consideration. he was opposed 10 .
IL, not from personal spirit but because
II this oppressive measure should be
passed % would lead 70 the injury Of those
Il claimed % project. He was not Re
out had acted with the Union
party and he was sorry 70 say that
Union and the Republican party We're
not always The same. During The last
our years be had voted with the Repub-
lean party 70 suppress rebellion, and had
given Il hearty, honest support. The
object Of the war WIS, at the outset, de-
:lsred 10 be % suppress The rebellion,
iefeud the Constitution, and to restore
All the States 70 the dignity and rights
hey enjoyed before the contest began.
He believed that the Republican party
would save the Union, because they ex-
Jressed the viii Of the people. There
we're no armed rebels 10 make war, and
hould they, with such standing armies !
s they could always obtain, talk about
Far with the unarmed men and women
4 the South? This bill was an absolute
IlsgHace, not only Ia bis Judgment but =
a That u those who would suffer by It. y
7ske care, he said, Of the negroes. he
would stand by those who would do 50,
lUt do lot place such power Into the a
lanGs Of bad men who would BE- sent 5
MO the South. The whole thing was o
without warrant, and washed away the Ii
snd laws Of Kentucky.
He then remarked that there was q q
sreecmen's IS Bureau ia Alabama but 10
'ould not prevent the banging which
,lr. Kelly referred 20. So far Is he un- y
leFsJ0Od the Ereedmen's Bureau IN Ken h
.uckyf &C. by It's indiscretion, harrassed .
ayai men. Let Us do right ourselves, 2
before -e demand it from others. There -
Tas 20 reason whatever for the Illegal
ana unconstitutional legislation pro-
posed After all The sacrifices Of Union 2
len % put down the war, they had been !,
-olo 1y tle gentiensB from Penneylva-
1ls Atr S'aveua and by the gentleman
rom Ohio Mr.. Shellabargerl, and other -.
extreme men, that the Southern States II
are out Of the Union, and hat the Com b,
stiiulion must be amended. 10 keen the Cd
party in power. el
with him Rousseau Northern and
secessionists are the same. he
aeld a position nom which he could not
= driven which Is that every citizen of 2
he United States holds paramount ale
lance 70 the General Government, and &
hat such allegiance, when given, ent-
Ied every such citizen 70 al the protee-
iop which could be Afforded. The war
vas. he repeated, for The Union, and this
1urposs was declared By Congress di- =
-ecflv after the battle ef Bull Run. But
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