| Show DOINGS BOINGS OF CONGRESS i f aln jan geb 1862 in the senate air nes kes nesmith ma presented anted the credentials of the hon benjamin 13 n stark who was appointed appo ined a senator to niti fitl the vacancy caused by the thu death of senator biker baker mr dir fessenen Fesse fessell nin nl n moved that the administer tion of the oath be suspended for the present and the credentials of mr stark together I 1 with gith certain papers wh ch he fessenden be d in his hands be referred to the judiciary Commit committie tte the papers were well attested b bj tuia tura ilia ilya y of the most moat respectable portions of sil all the ein habitants inhabitants of port and and state that mr stark is 13 understood to be an open and ir arwid wed secessionist that he be deafen aeten a the cause of 0 the south and had given utterance to statements at war with the Govern government men such buch as approving the ile attack on fort sumter and declaring that in case of war 4 ar he w ud sell his property properly and go south and fight for the rebels mr bright said there was teas no nol precedent to such a motion he never knew of a case where i a senat r had bad been refused the oath lie ile thong thought lit tit that the senator had bad better be a bevorn V orn ank and and then iet let the senate take cognizance of orthe the latter pr perly never had haq baser f falsehoods esell Asell been offered than th se in regard to which had been beets sent to the sen sea te he here re mr fessenden said it was true there was not a precedent but the state of the country was ivas without precedent and we had now to make precedents these papers in reference tk to lir mr sark S ark were well attested by his neighborhood and townsie town mr sunnier sumner said the case was unprecedented the thie senate is now examining the loyalty of certain members mr bayard said that there were men in the senate in 1812 that were opposed to the war with great britain and with w i the action government I 1 mr nii bright said that he be supposed he was refi referred to by the senator from massachusetts of ats dir nir mr air sumner at auy any an rate he lie was in the category gor he bright wab waa glad giad to hear the senate was examining and so far as he was concerned he was only sorry that tuey were so slow he was e anxious for a result etue toe tee credentials of mr stark and the papers presented r absented by mr fessenden sere vere ere laid oil the able table mr wilson presented ape a it n from citizens of a that john C fremont be appointed gi general also a petition in ie reference ference to gen mckinstry representing that he was confined in prison closely in vio ution of the rules of war in the house on the ath mr air roscoe conk ling rose to a question of privilege and called it at en ion to the fact that ou on the second day 0 o the session a resolution was adopted with ree derence ee rence to tte the battle cf B IN bluff the Iq resolution solution prop proposed sed no investigation in into t 0 any future transactions whatever it simply re the secretary of oe war to inform the ahouse whether hether any steps have been taken to ai certain ascertain who are responsible for the dasas affair at balls bluff the resolution evis ivis was handed to the adjutant general who submitted it to the commander in chief ile he conkling was unwilling to believe that the comman commin er in chief ha i read the reso resolution littion lecause b because he could coald not impute to him a design to tb trifle with A ith the house and return an evasive answer ansier athe the answer to the resolution did not inform the tufe alouse that steps had been taken to show to blame far the balls diva bluff bim disaster th response was evasive now this was a disregard of the privileges of the house which alch aught to receive receive and requires a prompt notice bulie unless we comsea conse it to a trampling on of odi rights we should watch with wilh jealous eye ye the right if cf wholesome inquiry the re related to a great national calamity 1 most atrocious mi gitary birder m arder ever committed in our his hla ory to the most humilia ting triumph of ibe bellion rebellion le ie a blunder blonder so pross gross grois that every man can see it and no cne nc luls luis jh as ever darel dare I 1 fo to deny or defend it besides t ite tire tite defeat and the large loss oss of arms and mun lions 0 war there was a sacrifice of nine J I 1 mldred ih undred midred iund nd thirty men it was to in inquire ir e iii hether whether the military authorities have ak aken e y avy any eps sepa epa what whatever everto to ascertain ascer asce rain ain aln who la Is responds eible bible for te the slaughter ot the sons of new york of massachusetts and of pennsylvania lib general S one who was at the time in com corm manda is i a member of the regular army col amand baker was a volunteer the respective fl le ads of these generals gene pene rals have raised a ques hon bon tion llon as to the merits of the case involving tb the y l of regulars and volunteers nir dir conk ing hig in lil the course of his remarks sald eald said eaid that tha the government is spending 2 2000 adoo 00 Taday aday with over six hundred thousand A Ern irn id 1 e nin enin n in the heid held whenever we have made ibaan advance we have lavo ben be n outnumbered and 11 defeated and yet the house ani ana nl the country ars are denied the of k ow V wkho ate are responsible jf if we cant have end inu inn ity tor for the past in the name of hamao ity mity le ler lei us have r security for the future letus I 1 us i know who is responsible for the di graceful disaster at bills baua bluff EMT mr Conklin conkling ff prot ceded graphically to describe the military 01 amov mants in connection with the battle of balls balis bluff and ltd its repulsive faatu es saying among in ong other things the scene was a hell of Y sire swe 1 I 1 j mr richardson whether this W wg aqua aque glon gion of privilege the speaker submitted the question to the ji hou sr w which d decided de that it was wag A fc A lengthy g tui iab d florl followed which was 1 I at in by many member after which ie that the whole subject be laid aid on the table agag disagreed 0 te to yeas 57 nays naya 77 mr r richardson offered air an an amendment dment to mr Con lings klings resolution that the secretary of war also report to the house if compatible with the public interest 11 who is responsible for the defeat at wilsons Wils Wil sons onys creek creel near Sn ringfield springfield and lexington which was aso disagreed to 49 against 81 mr Con klings resolution was adopted 79 against 64 jan fth in the senate mr chandle pr dented a petition for the exchange 0 of prisoners mr wilson from the military comm ee reported back the bill in regard to the p of butlers sut but lers with amendments w ilo iio ic was ordered to be printed mr hale offered a resolution that the naval navai al committee be instructed to inquire how bow the practice was preva pre ere vaile valie lle lie I 1 in the navy of making purchases through other than reco lecog nihed agents and if any such his been mak mad made e whether larger prices have beers beer pa d which which was agreed to mr hale also gave noice rolce that lie he should introduce a bill to punish frauds on the treasury sil all mr rp powell well weli introduced a bill biti to aboosh the franking privilege on motion ot of mr nir sherman the te bill to n crease the number ot of cadets cabets at west point was taken up the question was on the amendment that the cabets cadets be dismissed if deficient in their studies which was disagree d to mr air trumbull opposed the passage of the bill lie ile believed it was owing to west point officers that tint the war has languished as it has if west point was abolished military tactics would be taugh all over the country mr cark said that he should not vote for the bill now but he could not join in the tirade against wet met point treason ha haq hai been tau caught taught ht in the senate of the th united state states more than it has at the school at west point mr grimes said there never was a greater mistake in supposing that the west point nursery was treason the tha facts showed the reverse for twelve years jears the leaders of the rebellion had control of the army and the he government itself taught the rebellion the manner in which it conducted the army a affairs faai rs mr air lane said bald the greatest trouble was that we have haye n board to separate th stupid from those who have brains th greatest trouble we h ve ive is the stupidity of the army officers and heir want of common sense mr nir doolittle thought the b st bt reform that could be introduced was to see that promotions come up from ve te ranks of the army one 0 oba action he had to west point was is exclusiveness I 1 mr nesmith was glad to hear bear an argument for the sake of economy wella weila I 1 the gratifying spectacle of halt hait a million of men redy to make war on the rebels and another half mimon million waiting to steal something po he th hught it would be better to emulate the example of napoleon and elevate elevated the thieves on the treasury by the mr hale said there was an army ready to make war on the treasury and they had al ret rei reidy dymale maile mafle a brilliant campaign he jle haie hale said it with shame that many of the highest officers odthe of the government were not exempt fr in the ceniu e which ought to res on this army ife lie thought it would have to come to punishing the thiefs on the treasury by deth death we we must practice e eon mondoy doy hi lie nale nal hal haig would do anything to wake the government to the sense of the evil or oe the attacks on the treasury something must be ba done to purge the government of the thieves and tob det der berb bers s on tue toe treasury rv or else we shall ha have e a rebe lion in the north he declared that if the war was not against the rebels on the other side it should be against the blunde ers era on this side ile he callad on every man moan who thought he be had bad a count country rv to defend it against blows wo mao e deadly than those abose struck by the rebels the peril is at home among ourselves the discussion continued at some linth iirth in th when the S nate refused to pass the bill by yeas 12 nays 25 on the motion of dir mr air wilson the bill in relation lati iati onto to the arrest of persons who claim to be held to service or labor by of officers ficere of the army ar navy was vas taken up air saulsbury moved to postpone it indefinitely which was disagreed 1 to the bill provides that any officer detaining such persons be discharged from service on aa motion qa q mr carlisle the bill was postponed for the present in the houe hooe on the ath A message was received from the president communicating the papers in the trent aar affair ir A motion was made to refer them to the committee on foreign affairs mr din said bald saidi 1 I avail myself sir of this the earliest opportunity offered to express my utter and strong condemnation as one of the representatives of the people of the act of the adm ni tio tin n in burren surrendering derin up mabon magon and slidell Sl stid slid idill ell eli to the british britis government fo six weeks sir bir they were held in close custody as traitors in a fortress of the united states by order of the secretary ary of state and with the approval and a ap clause of the press of the public men of we the navy department of this house and of the people of the united states with a full knowledge ledga ledge of the manner and all the circumstances of their capture and yet in six days da a after the imperious and peremptory demaille demand of 0 great britain they were abjectly surrendered upon the sire rumor even of the approach ot a hostile fl fleet and thus for the first ti time pe mag MAV in our owr national history have haye we wie strutted insolently into a quarrel without right and then thin basely crept out of bf ii A without honor and aid thus for the first time has the american eagle been made to cower before the british lion sir a vassal or f and terror stricken press or servile and sycophantic poll poli iciano in this muse nause or out of or it may applaud the act and fawn and flatter and lick the hand band which has smitten mitten down our honor into the dust but the people now or hereafter will demand a terrible reckoning 0 for this most unmanly surrender A prolonged discussion follo followed weds in which some warm expressions were uttered mr nir stevens moved the previous question under the operation of which the documents were referred to the committee on foreign affairs Af Afi lairs airs |
