The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-03-09
NGRESSIONA


tho fnllnvtpu Joint resolution nv MORGAN .
WSnno"s 20 ,lanIarad In ,bo foHrtesntb
amendment of the Constitution that all per-
sons born or naturaliZed IN the onlted States
and subject TO the the jurisdiction thereon,
are citizens of the United States and OF the
State wherein they reside, and that n" State
shall make or enforce any law which shall
abridge the privileges or immunities OF citl-
zens OF the United States nor shall any State
deprive any person OF life, liberty or properly
without due process OF law, nor dehy TO any
person wltnln IT'S jurisdiction equal projection
of law
RESOLVED, That Indians born H. the United
States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof,
are persons within the meaning OF the Con-
stltutlon ana such persons are ciilZehS OF me
United states ana OF the STATE wherein tley
reside and are subject to the jurisdiction OF
the government OF the United ~tateS.
Morgan wanted the resolution p'aceu on
the calendar so that the relations hetWeen the
government and those tribes might he deter
mined. Finally 1t was referred to the luulci-
airy committee.
Davis, from the Appropriation committee,
reported the House JOINT resolution TO amend
the act appropratlng Tor sundrV civil expenses
the House OIL making all aadlt'onal appFo-
prIatlon OF $l3o.oOo Tor certain lhaiah tribes
for The current hscal year. laSseu.
Alter the morning hour Logan resumed ms
speech on the fl'Z-J"fh forter Dill.
W.sur&cTox March 4-On the Fi,z-Ioln
Porter hiIl Ino,n nrnrpuIed to revl,w the
evidence presented before the cour, martial
bv which Porter was tried, to sr,pport lis
assertion that IT, nroynd the CHARGE that Porter
disobevcl orders in the face of the enemy,
When PORTER co. Pope's order to start at one
o'clock that nioht. and be at Bristo, al day
LIGHT. il was moi his Iuty to inquire as to the
natnre Of The nirht. but to immediately issue
oders to his aliutaut general to We ready to
start at one o'clock at liuht. Instead of this
1t is evidenced that he said to those standing
by when he read the dispatcll. sThere's Il
chance for A short nap" and after wards he
consulted his OH ers. not as to how the order
could he carried out. but as to how it could
; a. M. Two hours makes a great d. fference
in The march of an army. Drake Dekay,
who brought the order. told General Porter
that the road was good, though there were a
good MANY wagons in the way as far as Cat
let's. but General Porter said "WelI. we
will start at ) o'clock. Get ready" The
excuses for this are that it was dark. and ;,at
wagons INSTRUCTED the road. General Myers
swore on trial that the wagons dld not oesn
10 move uhlll naSllSlt' anu tllat 'ie roai was
III eNcelielt cohul.ioh. let lorteI "'u MOI
attempt to learn The conuilloh OF tie ROAD
except by senu'iis Two aioeS 10 rope 10 aeh
MN 10 clear the way. Logan saluI Inc wagons
IN the ROAD We're no impeachment 10 tllose lliaI
want 10 hSht. ii ne Ma "ah'eu 10 iishI ne
would have burned the wagons. Logan did
not claim TO De Il Sreat coihniahaei, oot he
had marched men through woods III darkest
nights, and SO could anybody VINO 1iu not
want an excuse to shlrk. Another OF Iofers
excuses was that the aftl!iely coulo Hot De GOT
along Inc ROAD Out aIlllery was not essen
tai. Inc infantry colld al least naVe oe"h
got through Inc evidence showed tliat loi-
ter did not read or explain The order TO ms
officers, SO That they did not know That an
engagement had taken place, or thai there
was urgent necessity lor the presence OF
troops at Bristol by uayllght' Porter con-
Guided to call a council OF war, sald Logan,
every night and II they never night they never
march Ill " dark night. Logan concluded at
length saylr-: IN sou name, what Is an
army tor but to I-ht' "A man VINO ana not
know the Use OF 200 men does not know the
use OF an army. lie discussed lhe celeorated
McDo"eil "lueI dtu 4uore" eAtc'.sI'eiS
rom tes''ii1"S, h,5"' u" "''' w
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WASHINGT0N, March 3.-Ihe Fltz John
Porter bill was resumed, and Logan dis
cussed the two points whether there was a
battle at Groveton on August Goth, 1862, and
there was any force in front of Porter
OIL that day. lie declared that from G,OOO to
5000 men were killed and wounded on the
10Th of August, and not more than two pieces
Il a small forces cavalry faced for-
Ter. Logan believed lie had stated the case
and proved Porter's dlsloyalty to his
officers in command had led to the disaster OF
he 10th and the defeat 3Oth, i'll which he lost
10000 men and forty large guns. He quoted
testimony to prove that Porter said to the
court martial stenographer "Well | was not
loyal to Pope; there's no denying that" Also
that Mcclellan had written three days after
he battle, to Porter: For my sake, and the
country's sake. be faithful 10 Pope Logan
who lad fruaht MS onenly and