Baltimore daily commercial. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1865-1867, 1866-01-10
The whitewaslir,g Resolutions Again.
SENATE

agree" to- 1t authorizes the Se, re{arr- of ta+e ia
| make such regulations as he may deem necessary.
MI 1i"rriii, from the Committee On the District Of
Columbia. reported iaVOrabiy the bill! TO incorporate
| the Potomac Navigation Company.
Mr.: Henderson presented a memorial from the
| Merchants Exchange Of st. Louis, concerning the
navigation Of the Mississippi river
RENEWAL OF THE 81 AVE TRADE
MT. Sumner offered 4 resolution Of inquiry r. the
effect that persons declared free by the proclamation
81 emancipation, and the amendment OF the Cons-
tjt,"n are now being TRANSPORTED is slaves to Cuba
and Brazil, and ins!rting the committee on the III
ilciaiy to ascert n whether any further e@islatoT
IS necessary TO prevent the rev.gI Of the slave trade
on our southern coast. Nj. >unnc- reHd b? :cttr-
rom Alabama, stating that men dressed in Y8pEee
soldier clothes were travelling O, or In, roiJnt-y mi
employing negro men and women under lrctcnce of
making turrcntlne, and when they arrived on the
coast sending them of. Federal officers were also
Mr.. Joauson-Who wrote the letter?
MI S';niiier.-l au net at liberty 10 state. ] will,
aiso read letter from the District Judge OF Florida
oHChoTatihg the former letter. Mr., Sumner stated
that he had atsJ received verbal communications to
10 me same effect from ne States of Texas ouisa ana
Mr.. Davis thought Il altogether probable that the
Yankees would reopen The slave trade If they could
make mOncy by it They rad been en- .ged in thar
kind OF bus ness before Il wanted to sec his rad
suppressed, ana hoped the motion would Prevail
1t was agreed to.
WEST VIRGINIA.
Mr. wade moved 70 take up the bill, giving the
consent Of Congress fol the annexation Of the Coun-
Iles OF Jefferson and Berkeley to the State of West
The bill was read, and on motion of Mr.. Johnson
postponed until to morrow.
THE REGULAR ARMY.
Mr.. Wilson gave notice that tomorrow he wouId
call dp the bill to fix the number of in the regu
lar army.
The Senate then went into Executive Session, and
after spending some time therein, adjourned.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
~, MILITARY AND POSTAL Z. r. Committee.
The Speaker announced the following select com
nlttee on the National, Military and Postal Railway
between Washington ard New York -Ihndden4
stevens. q Pennsylvania; Jas. A. Garfield. Of o 10;
ThpmDS pf a
OF Connecticut, John f. Starr of New jersey; Josiah
York.
THE ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD.
Mr.. Nasheurne OF Illinois, rose to a personal ex-
PLANTATION, and sent to tho Clerks desk an extract
rom printed letter, purpoTti2g 70 be written by
j. d. Baldwin member Of this House, from Massa-
chUSettS 1t vas read and effect asserts that in
recon bill which passed the House to Regulate
undeclared purpose reiievo the Illinois Central
Hailroad from certain obligations to he Tnited
reported tnat oil from the Committee Commerce.
lie would ask the GeDtcman from Massachusetts, il
ne wr9Je mat letter 70 Ills p4pcr-ihe Norcest"r NJ
MI Basdwid-i did. certainly write that letter.
Mr. NaShburGc said that the gentleman should
Ipake suin graye reflections or charges upon mem
neTs OF thls douse III his seat here, and not III the
Columns OF newspaper. MT. W. proceeded to ex-
plain the origin of the bill which had pas ed the
touse 70 regulate commerce between the several
states. II was the same that reported from the
Military Comnttoe at the last session, and ior which
the gentleman from Massachusetts had voted.
Mr. Demng, Of Connecticut, said that il was
mistake that the bill came from the Military Com
mlttGe ~ @ & 81 The lat session Il vas oered sub
Mr Wilson Of iowa aaowff af44 t444b 4bdEF tFs M Military Com
had offered the amendment substitute at the last
session which had lately passed the House sepa-
rate bill.
Mr Washbune said there was no doubt that the
pill referred 10 was thGsane as that which passed the
House the 18th OF May, 1861. and Mr.. Baldwin bad
gentleman from Iowa, Nr. Wilson and from Ohio.
(Mr. Garfield 20 state if it he real, but undo
clared purpose to conceal traud-tO relieve by that
bill the Illinois Central Railroad from its obligations
TO the Government.
Mr. Garfield explained that the bill was the same
rs that passed at the last session in the nature of
attempt to conceal fraud or relieve by the bill any
railroad COMPANY from It's obligations to this Gov
ernment. lie wcGld say that the document read nj
the dcsk-the letter from the Worcester Sag-was
great outrage on those who introduced and voted for
that bill.
Mr, Wilson, of Iowa. also declared that he knew
of 30 real bat undeclared purpose in The hill
relieve the Illinois Central Railroad from any obi
cations to the Government by the reason of the do
nation % public lands to it.
Mr.. asnbu?ne sad that II the gentleman from
Massachusetts meant him. in declaring thar some one
had furnished the press false account Of the bill
lately passed the assertion was false and insolcnt and
the gentlemen had better settle with MS colleague II
the Senate, who was the champion OF this bill in
that body. He would now ask tina. gentleman (Mr
BALDWIN, If he voted to release the Illinois Central
Railroad IN May 1864, when he voted for this same
b-at time when he " ashburne,l was strugEiinr =
to put down these raiIrOHd lEOnppOleS? The Com
mtiee on Commerce who reported the bill alluded to,
mad no special road IN view.
Mr.. baldwin. Of Mass. said that in writing that let
rer he had desire to impicate the gentleman from
Illinois, tMr. NasnhUrne). lis name had hee. men
toned merely incidentally in correcting in his paper
certain telegraphic reports sent from Washington.
lie certainly eAoGorated the gentleman from al in
tention to conceal fraud. As he understood the
bill, ne did believe It eieased the Illinois Central
Railroad from its OhiigatiOn contained by ITS land
grant for by this legislation such ,aud grants have
heeu nullIted IN nine States. lie claimed that the
haste to force this bill prevented him trcm stating his
views, now presented, al that time.
Mr.. Baker, Of Illinois, sad he voted for that bill
Snt he wodd say now that il was improper 20 rush
bills through the House under tbe rule of the rrey-
CTS question, without DciuG carefully guarded.
Mr.. Boutwell,. Of Mass. ed that the House send
70 the Senate for the bill passed by the House TO
Regulate Commerce between the StatGs.' which was
agreed to.
Mr.. Washburne expressed himself as satisfied with
3lr Badwin'S explanation
RECONSTRUCTION RESOLUTIONS.
Mr. 6rcomali, Of Pennsylvania, offered the follow
ing resolutions, which were referred to the select
ResoI7ed J. That the termination Of the recent
civil has left the inhabitants of the territory re
claimed from the late uSurpatlOn in the condition
of Il conquered people, and without political rights
p That as legitimate consequence the relation of
master and slave among them Is destroyed and that
IT is not within the province Of civil law to
vive it.
g. That the future political condition of these Teo-
pie must be fixed by the supreme power of the CON
Querer and that the effect of amnesty prOcamations
and pardOns is to relieve individuals from punish
ment Tor crime, not TO confer upon them pOlti al
rights:
/. That it is not the interest Of the Government
that these people shall in their present unor-
ganZed condition longer than is necessary for their
own good and the good of the country.
>. That Congress should confer upon them the
nece sary power to form their own State Govern
ments and local Institutions, but that this cannot be
done until the rights OF those among them, of what
ever caste or color, who remained always true TO
their allegiance, are etectualy protected and guar
anteed.
g. That it is the paramount duty of the Government
10 guard the interests Of all within the conquered
territory Who rendered willing aid comfort o
the public enemy; agd il this cannot otherwise be
done, Congress should organize State governments
composed OF these aicne ana forever exclude from
all Political power the active and willing participants
in the late usurretiOn.
THE wHITE-wAsHING RESOLUTIONS AGAIN.
Mr.. Voorhees, of Ind, referring TO tho resolution
introduced by him few days denied the charge
that be ATTEMPTED 70 screen the President. 1t
part OF MS intentions TO step between the Republ
party and the public good he did not cOEet their
rich offices aud fat contracts The minority had lived
and could live without these adjunct- The Presi-
dent had been assaied in both ends of this capitol!
by the veterans of the Republican party if every
line sf his message breathed infection and DEATH
All through the Summer and rail, murmurs OF dis
content and mutterlngs had been heard against the
Presidents plan of restoration, and when his col
league, the Speaker of this body, TO this city
herapparent OF the position he fills, from that
serenade speech, the forerunner of the Select CON-
mittee, it would seem as if the President had adj
vanced nothing.
The question of restoration has been placed in the
hands Of political board of trade We are asked to
unrYe 70 pieces ali the President has DONE to ignore
| all that has tax en- lace since last April lie would
stand by the physician, who is making the cure and
not that vile and fatal empiricism. which first PRO
nounces the patient dead and then commences to
give him medicine He did not sdpport the Presi-
dent in his aspirations for Office is in no sense hi:
paltizan, but no man in the tide of time. had ever
entered upon public Office under such appalling cir
cumstances Viewing the fell and malignant spirits
of darkness which brooded over the country he had
had his hours of absolute despair that ere long we
| would embrace the smouldering ashes of the once
| bright fires of American freedom.
| lie had his fears of Andrew johnson, knowing the
personal injuries he had received but after his utter
| ances that the American Union was not destroyed
he could not fail to support him. Mr. V. proceeded
to reply to the arguments of Mr.. Stevens. lie said
that there was not a community i'll the whole vast
Southern region, able to say nay to the oppressive
measures that were sought to be enforced upon them
The principle actuating the dominant party seems tc
be that it is better TO rob corpse than pick the
pockets of the living. There is no law of nations
which justiteS Government in inficting such wrons
| and oppression. Much patriotic eloquence and bit
ter tears haYe been shed upon the woes OF POLAND
and Ireland, but with how much more justice would
the maledictions of the Christian world assail US
| should we attempt to blot out by force of arms,
people of our own blood and kindred