Show DOINGS af CONGRESS 4 5 S march sd in the senate mr dilme presented the credentials of the hon non joseph A wright appointed senator benator from indiana in place of bright expelled who appeared and took the oath mr wilkinson presented a petition from citizens of new york asking congress to reduce to a territory south carolina georgia and florida mr chandler from the committee of commerce reported a bill requiring the oath of allegiance to be taken by captains of vessels sailing to foreign ports which was waa taken up and passed mr fessenden made a report from the conference commatee comm itee ltee on tbt bill for the better of the tha cavalry and for forty regiments only and tor for the discharging of ali ail all over oven that thab number mr nesmith thought it best to reduce the cavalry as much as possible they were a most useless branch of rhe the service A large number of them were gere armed with prod sticks with red rags raps on the end in the giuse on the aj mr dawes from the committee on elections mada a report on the petition of S ferguson fenguson beach asking to be admitted to a beat seat as a representative from the seventh congressional district of virginia it was passed by resolution M beach was wab not entitled to a seat subject laid over oyer mr stevens from the c on ways abdi arid means reported a bill providing internal revenue for the support of th government govern mert and to pay the interest on the public debt referred to the committee of the whole on the state of the union and made the ien ten ier one week weak tuesday ten thoua add dional copies coples were ordered to be printed tor for the use ol 01 members mr holman offered a resolution that in the the judgment of the house honse the unfortunate civil war in which the united states had been forced by the tho oe the southern bouthern secessionists to destroy the union should nt b prosecuted tor for any other pur pose than the ion lon of the authority it the constitution and the welfare of the anoe people of the united states who are permanently involved in the preservation of our pre fi ent form of government without modification or change r mr ti lay it on the table tabie carried 60 against 58 M aldach offered a resolution directing the committee on judiciary to report back the bill for the confiscation of all ali property of rebels lebeis their alders and for the liberation of thir th ir slaves and enjoining on all ali military commanders the seizure of all ali enc ene inies property made subject to capture by said bald bill mr cox introduced the following joint resolutions in relation to maritime whereas international law cannot acquire any considerable extension except by the collective work of the nations cither assembled in congress by delegates or by the combined negotiation or the principal nations and whereat the events connected with the trent affair have given rise to the discussion of maritime rights by the principal powers of the world all ali interested in the authoritative settlement ani and in atiat discussion the friendly offices of the emperor of france were tendered to the united states for the of ad j sting the questions involved on a clear and liberal basis looking to the amelioration of neutrals upon the sea therefore There foie be it resolved by the tha senite and house of representatives of the united states in congress assembled 1 that thai the national legislature acknowledges the fhe friendly intentions and enlightened views of the emperor ot the french in said bald interposition 2 that it favors the mosi most liberal propositions with respect to marl mari ime rights and the abolition ot such usages as restrict the liberty of neutrals and multiply the causes of dissensions in the world believing that humanity and justice demand that thai the calamities incident to war should be strictly limited to the belligerents themselves and ts those who voluntarily take tako part with them but that neutrals abstaining in good faith falth from buch such complicity ought to be left to pursue their ordinary trade with either elther belligerent 3 that the present time 13 propitious for the resumption of negotiations to secure these objects and eap cap bially tor the concurrence of thed natio nain the belligerent articles of the declaration of the congress or paris paria of the lath 0 april 1833 1853 wi h the amendment pro prot i posed by mr marcy viz 1 Private ering is and remains abolished provide that the private property of the subjects or cl eizens of a belligerent on the high seas beas shall bi exempted flom seizure lic ilc armed ve the other belligerent except it be contraband 2 the neutal neftal dlag flag covers enemies goods with the exception of contraband of war 3 neutra good with the exception of contraband of war are nov not liable to capture under the etl eti alag flag 4 blockades in order to be binding masi mast ie effective the tha people of the united states enter tain the hope that the great maritime powers of france and england relinquishing their present objections growing ont out of their ill lii advised recognition of our insurgent states as wili wiil consent to the propositions oaths pans oon con arence as the united states have constantly inet ed and as mn marcy proposed to the government of fance on the aith day of july 1856 1836 with ex aasi agelin aGel cn c them lhea that thab the tho private p op erty not contraband of citizens and subjects of nations in collision should be exempted atom tion equally in warfare waged on theland an un warfare waged upon the beas seas which are tha the common highways of the nations 5 that the efforts ot the ite secretary marcy and the present secretary of slate to bave have the maxims in grafted a hiked biked ples pies of international law were eminently wise and just sanctioned by our trad tiona tlona policy and conducive to the welfare of th r public and to the highest interacts Int erects of peace ani civilization 0 that for the accomplishment of this result it would be both courteous and wise for our government to consider the proposal of the eminent publicist of france M haute female fora congress of the maritime powers which by unit eg in one body the scattered forces of all ali neutrals may max secure to each the respect and security cannot obtain while remaining isolated and that thus they may be enabled to maintain as a 1 asting element of the law of nations that maritime equilibrium so long iong sought by the united states slates of america and so important to the freedom of commerce and the repose of the world on mo ion lon of mr cox the ns were 0 dered to be printed march ath in th senate mr davis presented a petition from the c eizens of bo ten asking congress to drop the negro question and attend to the business of the country on motion of mr davis the bill tor ton the safekeeping safe keeping and maintenance of united states p issuers was taken up and p ased on motion of mr collamer the bill authorizing the commission for the p of the atlantic fisheries fihe ries rles was taken up aid ald passed the bill authorizes the president to appoint a commissioner to meet with the british and french 1 ners to take measures for tho the preservation of the hish bish ries rles the bill was passed mr resumed his speech lie lle itom story and ana writena 33 that there should beno confiscation oe rny any private property mr cobau sald said that he agreed with wilh the senator from california mcdougall estfall we stand by the constitution or shall we open wide the held of revolution and go back to the doctrines of feu lal lai ages and introduce feuds which centuries cannot quiet that is what this bill propos s lie lle contended that tha passage of such a bill blit will make the whole southern beope our enemies and further the bill wab was directly in conflict with wilh the constitution ution for the preservation of which alone the war wan was waged the billia unnecessary impolitic and totally useless the bili bill was I 1 unconstitutional because the provides that n bill of attainder shall be passed and no person punished for crime without regular proceeding in courts thia this bill is in act a bill of attainder congress bas has no power to pass it the bill makes no distinct i n between those forced into the rebellion nd the willing traitor thousands f southern people have haye been duped into the rebellion by being told that the north wre all ali if ever thre was a foul slander it was wab the allegation made by the slave holders of the south and their allies at the north that the sole bole object of the republican was the abolition ef clavery rl avery tuat slander blander enabled tie tte traitors date the rebellion he protected against that section of the bill for fr ei g the slaves as an entire departure from the principles of the constitution and especially impolitic at this ame bebau e we are in war we ought not noi to make mahe a law which waa unconstitutional before he hoped the bill would not that congress would attend to the measures necessary to secure in the great struggle in which we are engaged in the Ho hohein Heon the ath the pennsylvania contested election case cabe was laan ip V e pending resolution being atiat john kline is not but that john P verree the sitting member is entitled to a seat as the member from the third congre dional si onal district which was adopted by a vote of loa to 13 mr campbell Cam jbell the tha select committee the pacific railroad and telegraph bill which was referred to be printed the resolution reported some tirre ago from the committee on government contracts was taken ap mr shanka madd mald a leachy speech in favor oi gen fremont alleging that a combination of contractors and treasury plunderers bad had been arrayed march beb beh in the senate mr sumar introduced trod a bill to provide for carrying mails of the tho states to foreign ports mr latham baid said that for the last rew few to the pacific coast has almost been entirely interrupted in consequence of the ibe unprecedented floods the overland mail mall could not run commerce w as much injured in consee ence the line of ships plying from new Y rk to panama had bad decided they croul not carry the mails malls nor government dispatches this was an outrage on the government add and the mercial commercial om community this very company received ten millions from th gov gos eram nt but they tale taie the opportunity to force a mail mall contract from the government ern ment such vessels ought not nov to be allowed to clear from our ports or be allowed the pro action of our flag if they refused to amford afford any ace to the cott cort ane bill was referred mr daxon akred a johnl resolution author linthe tnie equit labe tabe those wh oare under penalty for tor bailin ta ilin by the day fixed in referred to the naval navai commatee Com mUtee On motion of mr grimen grimes the bilt bill to ato 4 vide for the codification aud revision of ubie ulie laws of the district of columbia was wag taken up and passel bissel pis pas sel sei the bill to define the pay and emolument of certain officers of the army was taken up and several beveral unimportant amendments adopted al opted on the amendment relative to chaplains for hos petals a discussion ensue 1 mr wilson ald aid there were hut but a few hospital chaplains and army chaplains were limited one to eich elch regiment he did nol noi believe WP had over hive five h indred thousand men in the field though the pay roaster r por s seven seyen hundred and forty regiments regiments were authorized in a vely loose manner even a clerk in the war D who now occupies a foreign position was authorized to raise regiments mr nesmith thought we had bad better reduce the number of chaplains as a financial meas ur we were paying for chaplains naw now one million fifty four thousand eight hund ed dol doi larb laib afier after further discussion the pay of all ali chaplains was fixed at one thousand tuo two hundred dollars per year the bill was then postponed in the honse on the ath mr crittenden from the committee on foreign affairs reported a bill making rn appropriation of sixty thousand three hundred and nifty fifty three dollars the pr portion of the united states as damages and compensation to the K ng of hanover for the sacrifices in his abolition of the stadt duo in accordance w th the terms of the treaty which was passed the house bouse took look up the senates jot joi nt reso lution appropriating eight thousand dollars for removing the army bakeries from the capitol building the resolution was tabled by a vote sote of 70 to 42 mr duall from the committee on revola j pensions reported a bill for the dis continuance ot the khe ui oe i officers and soldiers of the revolution which wass waft pa sed mr edwards frodi the committee on public expenditure retorted a joint resolution which was passed the secretary of war to cause ail all goods furnished as army supplies now how on hand and unsuitable for use to be sold for the benent bedenb of the united states in he senate mr harris presented a pe in favor of condemns contemns the rank of major general on gen john E wool on motion of mr sherman the bill in reli tion to thep the p ay iy of in maars of congress was taken up an amendment was adopted making the mileage of members twenty cents a ml e mr hale haie from be naval navai committee reported a joint resolution ng the thanks of congress to goldsborough his hla officers and selmen seamen for their gallant conduct at roanoke island Isla nl which was adopted in the house on the ath the speaker laid before the house a message from president lincoln suggesting the passage of a joint resolution for fon operation cooperation co with any stat for the abolition of slavery with pecuniary compensation the president proposes this as an initiative step predicting important practical results on motion of mr stevans ahe bill was referred to the of the who e on the bbate of the union the house went into committee of the whole oa the tho bill to regulate the franzig privilege mr perry spoke in n to extreme antislavery anti slavery mea this nas was a time for the exhibition of patriotism and defence of the union uhlon he wab was at a loss to see bee how bow it was necessary to set the slaves in the suppression of the rebellion this was not a war for the de truc tion of the south but hut for the of respect everywhere to the authority of the government behind the dark cloud of the rebellion the sky of the union was clear and bright and the stars of all ali the states stales were sparkling in all ali their beauty soon it woud be thit the dark cloud would pass pasi away and one by one the stars would reappear in a 1 their glory llory and the people mould would thank god they eie ere all ali there |