The Senate amended it as follows: Provided, That not more than twenty-five per cent. of the male slaves between the ages of eighteen and forty-five in any State shall be called for under the provisions of this act. It was then passed and sent to the House, where the amendment was approved by the following vote: in declaring that the central Government had no power over the institution of slavery, and that freedom would be no boon to the negro. He now believed, as he had formerly said in discussion on the same subject, that arming and emancipating the slaves was an abandonment of this contest-an abandonment of the grounds upon which it had been undertaken. If this is so who is to answer for the hundreds of thousands of men who had been slain in the war? Who was to answer for them before the bar of Heaven? Not these who had entered into the contest upon principle and adhered to the principle, but those who had abandoned the principle. Not for all the gold in CaliCol-fornia would he have put his name to such a measure as this unless obliged to do it by instructions. As long as he was free to vote from his own convictions nothing could have extorted it from him. YEAS-Messrs. Anderson, Barksdale, Batson, Baylor, Blandford, Bradley, H. W. Bruce, Carroll, Clark, Clopton, Conrad, Darden, De Jarnette, Dickinson, Dupre, Elliott, Ewing, Funsten, Gaither, Goode, Gray, Hanley, Johnston, Keeble, Lyon, Machen, Marshall, McMullen, Menees, Miller, Moore, Murray, Perkins, Read, Russell, Simpson, Snead, Staples, Triplett, and Villere-40, NAYS-Messrs. Atkins, Baldwin, Chambers, yar, Cruikshank, Fuller, Gholson, Gilmer, Hartridge, Hatcher, Herbert, Holliday, J. M. Leach, J. T. Leach, Logan, McCallum, Ramsay, Rogers, Sexton, J. M. Smith, Smith of North Carolina, Turner, Wickham, Wilkes, Witherspoon, Mr. Speaker-26. When the bill was on its passage in the Senate, after the instructions of the Virginia Legislature, Mr. Hunter of Virginia said: When we left the old Government we had thought we had gotten rid forever of the slavery agitation; that we were entering into a new Confederacy of homogeneous States where the agitation of the slavery question, which had become intolerable under the old Union, was to have no place. But to his surprise he finds that this Government assumes the power to arm the slaves, which involves also the power of emancipation. To the agitation of this question, the assumption of this power, he dated the origin of the gloom which now overspreads our people. They knew that if our liberties were to be achieved it was to be done by the hearts and the hands of free men. It also injured us abroad. It was regarded as a confession of despair and an abandonment of the ground upon which we had seceded from the old Union. We had insisted that Congress had no right to interfere with slavery, and upon the coming into power of the party who, it was known, would assume and exercise that power, we seceded. We had also then contended that whenever the two races were thrown together, one must be master and the other slave, and we vindicated ourselves against the accusations of Abolitionists by asserting that slavery was the best and happiest condition of the negro. Now what does this proposition admit? The right of the central Government to put the slaves into the militia, and to emancipate at least so many as shall be placed in the military service. It is a clear claim of the central Government to emancipate the slaves. If we are right in passing this measure we were wrong in denying to the old Government the right to interfere with the institution of slavery and to emancipate slaves. Besides, if we offer slaves their freedom as a boon we confess that we were insincere, were hypocritical, in asserting that slavery was the best state for negroes themselves. He had been sincere the Mr. Hunter then argued the necessity of freeing the negroes if they were made soldiers. There was something in the human heart and head that tells us it must be so; when they come out scarred from this conflict they must be free. If we could make them soldiers, the condition of the soldier being socially equal to any other in society, we could make them officers, perhaps, to command white men. Some future ambitious President might use the slaves to seize the liberties of the country, and put the white men under his feet. The Government had no power under the Constitution to arm and emancipate the slaves, and the Constitution granted no such great powers by implication. Mr. Hunter then showed from statistics that no considerable body of negro troops could be raised in the States over which the Government had control without stripping the country of the labor absolutely necessary to produce food. He thought there was a much better chance of getting the large number of deserters back to the army than of getting the slaves into it. The negro abhorred the profession of a soldier. The commandant of conscripts, with authority to impress twenty thousand slaves, had, between last September and the present time, been able to get but four thousand; and of these, thirty-five hundred had been obtained in Virginia and North Carolina, and five hundred from Alabama. If he, armed with all the powers of impressment, could not get them as laborers, how will we be able to get them as soldiers? Unless they volunteer they will go to the Yankees; if we depend upon their volunteering we can't get them, and those we do get will desert to the enemy, who can offer them a better price than we can. The enemy can offer them liberty, clothing, and even farms at our expense. Negroes now were deterred from going to the enemy only by the fear of being put into the army. If we put them in they would all go over. In conclusion, he considered that the measure, when reviewed as to its expediency, was worse than as a question of principle. CONGRESS, UNITED STATES.-The first session of the 38th Congress* commenced on the 7th of December, 1863. In the Senate the Vice-President took the chair. Objections were made to the administration of the oath to the Senators from West Virginia by Mr. Garrett Davis, of Kentucky, on the ground that West Virginia was not a State of the United States. A motion to administer the oath was carried-yeas, 36; nays, 5. Before the result was announced, Mr. Hale, of New Hampshire, objected to the vote of Mr. Wilson, of Missouri, on the ground that he had been appointed a Senator by the Governor of Missouri, subsequent to which appointment the Legislature of the State had assembled and adjourned without electing a Senator. "The Mr. Henderson, of Missouri, said: General Assembly of my State, elected in November, 1862, met in December, 1862, and adjourned in March, 1863, to a future day, the second Tuesday in November, 1863. The Gen The following is a list of the members of Congress : SENATE. California-John Conness, James A. McDougall West Virginia-Peter G. Van Winkle, Waitman T. Willey. Wisconsin-James R. Doolittle, Timothy O. Howe. California-Thomas B. Shannon, William Higby, Cornelius Cole. Connecticut-Henry C. Deming, James E. English, Augustus Brandagee, John H. Hubbard. Delaware-Nathaniel B. Smithers. Illinois-Isaac N. Arnold, John F. Farnsworth, Elihu B. Washburne, Charles M. Harris, Owen Lovejoy, Jesse O. Norton, John P. Eden, John T. Stuart, Lewis W. Ross, Anthony L. Knapp, James C. Robinson, William R. Morrison, William J. Allen, James C. Allen. Indiana-John Law, James A. Cravens, Henry W. Harrington, William S. Holman, George W. Julian, Ebenezer Dumont, Daniel W. Voorhees, Godlove S. Orth, Schuyler Colfax, Joseph K. Edgerton, James F. McDowell. Iowa-James F. Wilson, Hiram Price, William B. Allison, J. B. Grinnell, John A. Kasson, A. W. Hubbard. Kansas-A. Carter Wilder. Kentucky-Lucien Anderson, George H. Yeaman, Henry Grider, Aaron Harding, Robert Mallory, Green Clay Smith, Brutus J. Clay, William H. Randall, William H. Wadsworth. Maine-Lorenzo D. M. Sweat, Sidney Perham, James G. Blaine, John H. Rice, Frederick A. Pike. Maryland-John A. J. Cresswell, Edwin H. Webster, Henry Winter Davis, Francis Thomas, Benjamin G. Harris. Massachusetts-Thomas D. Ellot, Oakes Ames, Alexander H. Rice, Samuel Hooper, John B. Alley, Daniel W. Gooch, eral Assembly, before the adjournment in March, 1863, called a joint session for the purpose of electing Senators, which joint session was to meet on the Thursday succeeding the second Tuesday in November of 1863. On the 13th day of November last the General Assembly elected Mr. Brown in the place of my colleague." The question was considered on the next day, and Mr. Wilson was declared not to be entitled to a seat. In the House Mr. Colfax, of Indiana, was elected Speaker by 101 votes, and Edward McPherson was elected clerk by 102 votes. The vote for Speaker was as follows: Whole number of votes cast, 181; necessary to a choice, 91; of which Mr. Colfax received... Mr. Dawson.. Mr. Mallory. Mr. Blair, of Missouri,. .101 42 12 10 8 6 2 George S. Boutwell, John D. Baldwin, William B. Washburn, Henry L. Dawes. Michigan-Fernando C. Beaman, Charles Upson, John W. Longyear, Francis W. Kellogg, Augustus C. Baldwin, John F. Driggs. Minnesota-William Windom, Ignatius Donnelly. Missouri-Francis P. Blair, jr., Henry T. Blow, John G. Scott, Joseph W. McClurg, Samuel H. Boyd, Austin A. King, Benjamin F. Loan, William A. Hall, James S. Rollins. New Hampshire-Daniel Marcy, Edward H. Rollins, James W. Patterson. New Jersey-John F. Starr, George Middleton, William G. Steele, Andrew J. Rogers, Nehemiah Perry. New York-Henry G. Stebbins, Martin Kalbfleisch, Moses F. Odell, Benjamin Wood, Fernando Wood, Elijah Ward, John W. Chanler, James Brooks, Anson Herrick, William Radford, Charles H. Winfield, Homer A. Nelson, John B. Steele, John V. L. Pruyn, John A. Griswold, Orlando Kellogg, Calvin T. Hulburd, James M. Marvin, Samuel F. Miller, Ambrose W. Clark, Francis Kernan, De Witt C. Littlejohn, Thomas T. Davis, Theodore M. Pomeroy, Daniel Morris, Giles W. Hotchkiss, Robert B. Van Valkenburg, Freeman Clark, Augustus Frank, John B. Ganson, Reuben E. Fenton. Ohio-George H. Pendleton, Alexander Long, Robert C. Schenck, J. F. McKinney, Frank C. LeBlond, Chilton A. White, Samuel S. Cox, William Johnson, Warren P. Noble, James M. Ashley, Wells A. Hutchins, William E. Finck, John O'Neill, George Bliss, James R. Morris, Joseph W. White, Ephraim R. Eckley, Rufus P. Spaulding, James A. Garfield. Oregon-John R. McBride. Pennsylvania-Samuel J. Randall, Charles O'Neill, Leonard Myers, William D. Kelley, M. Russell Thayer, John D. Stiles, John M. Broomall, Sydenham E. Ancona, Thaddeus Stevens, Myer Strause, Philip Johnson, Charles Dennison, Henry M. Tracy, William H. Miller, Joseph Baily, Alexander H. Coffroth, Archibald McAllister, James T. Hale, Glenni W. Scofield, Amos Myers, John L. Dawson, James K. Moorhead, Thomas Williams, Jesse Lazear. Rhode Island-Thomas A. Jenckes, Nathan F. Dixon. Vermont-Frederick E. Woodbridge, Justin S. Morrill, Portus Baxter. Virginia-Joseph E. Segar, Lucius H. Chandler, Benjamin M. Kitchen. West Virginia-Jacob B. Blair, William G. Brown, Killian V. Whaley. Cobb, Charles A. Eldridge, Ezra Wheeler, Walter D. Wisconsin-James S. Brown, Ithamar C. Sloan, Amasa McIndoe. Delegates from Territories. Arizona- The following is the vote in detail : For Mr. Colfax-Messrs. Alley, Allison, Ames, Anderson, Arnold, Ashley, John D. Baldwin, Baxter, Beaman, William G. Brown, Blaine, Jacob B. Blair, Blow, Boutwell, Boyd, Brandegee, Broomall, Ambrose W. Clark, Freeman Clarke, Clay, Cobb, Cole, Creswell, Henry Winter Davis, Thomas T. Davis, Dawes, Deming, Dixon, Donnelly, Driggs, Dumont, Eckley, Eliot, Farnsworth, Fenton, Frank, Garfield, Gooch, Grinnell, Hale, Higby, Hooper, Hotchkiss, Asahel W. Hubbard, John H. Hubbard, Hulburd, Jenckes, Julian, Kasson, Kelley, Francis W. Kellogg, Orlando Kellogg, Littlejohn, Loan, Longyear, Lovejoy, Marvin, McBride, McClurg, McIndoe, Samuel F. Miller, Moorhead, Morrill, Daniel F. Morris, Amos Myers, Leonard Myers, Norton, Charles O'Neill, Orth, Patterson, Perham, Pike, Pomeroy, Price, William H. Randall, Alexander H. Rice, John H. Rice, Edward H. Rollins, Schenck, Scofield, Shannon, Sloan, Smith, Smithers, Spaulding, Starr, Stevens, Thayer, Thomas, Tracy, Upson, Van Valkenburgh, Elihu B. Washburne, William B. Washburn, Webster, Whaley, Williams, Wilder, Wilson, Windom, and Woodbridge. For Mr. Cox-Messrs. James C. Allen, William J. Allen, Augustus C. Baldwin, Bliss, James S. Brown, Cravens, Dawson, Eden, Edgerton, Eldridge, English, Finck, Harrington, Charles M. Harris, Herrick, Holman, Hutchins, William Johnson, Kalbfleisch, Knapp, Law, Le Blond, Long, Marcy, McDowell, McKinney, Middleton, James R. Morris, Morrison, Noble, John O'Neill, Pendleton, Perry, Robinson, Rogers, Ross, William G. Steele, Sweat, Voorhees, Wheeler, Chilton A. White, and Joseph W. White. For Mr. Dawson-Messrs. Ancona, Baily, Coffroth, Cox, Dennison, Philip Johnson, Lazear, McAllister, William H. Miller, Samuel J. Randall, Stiles, and Strouse. For Mr. Mallory-Messrs. Brooks, Grider, Harding, Benjamin G. Harris, King, James S. Rollins, Stuart, Wadsworth, Ward, and Yeaman. For Mr. Stebbins-Messrs. Ganson, Griswold, Kernan, Nelson, Odell, Pruyn, John B. Steele and Winfield. For Mr. King-Messrs. Chanler, Hall, Mallory, Radford, Scott, and Fernando Wood. For Mr. Blair, of Missouri-Messrs. Cottman and Field. For Mr. Stiles-Mr. Benjamin Wood. In the House, on the 15th, Mr. Stevens, of Pennsylvania, reported a series of resolutions referring portions of the President's message to the various committees, one of which was as follows: Resolved, That so much of the President's message as is contained in the proclamation, and as refers to the constitution and treatment of the rebellious States, be referred to a special committee of nine, &c. Mr. Davis, of Maryland, offered the following as a substitute: That so much of the President's message as relates to the duty of the United States to guaranty a republican form of government to the States in which the governments recognized by the United States have been abrogated or overthrown, be referred to a select committee of nine, to be named by the Speaker; which shall report the bills necessary and proper for carring into execution the foregoing guarantee. He said:"The language of the resolution reported by the Committee of Ways and Means is very general, and perhaps does not point precisely to the object the gentleman who drew it had in his own mind. It would cover the whole subject of the war. So much, I think it says in substance, of the President's message as relates to the condition and treatment of the rebel States, shall be referred to a select committee. What does not relate to the condition and treatment of the rebel States? It includes the conduct of the war: the treatment of the people not in arms in the rebellious districts, and the policy the military governors shall pursue; it includes, in a word, the whole treatment of the States which are the theatre of the rebellion. "I take it that that was not what the Committee of Ways and Means contemplated. I presume they intended to point to what, in the very inaccurate phraseology of the day, is known as the question of reconstruction. "Now, as I think there has been no destruction of the Union, no breaking up of the Government, I carefully avoid the use of any such word. The fact, as well as the constitutional view of the condition of affairs in the States enveloped by the rebellion, is that a force has overthrown, or the people, in a moment of madness, have abrogated the governments which existed in those States, under the Constitution, and were recognized by the United States prior to the breaking out of the rebellion. "The Government of the United States is engaged in two operations. One is the suppression of armed resistance to the supreme authority of the United States, and which is endeavoring to suppress that opposition by arms. Another-a very delicate and perhaps as high a duty-is to see, when armed resistance shall be removed, that governments shall be restored in those States republican in their form." Mr. Brooks, of New York, said:-"As I understand the gentleman from Maryland-so far as I do understand him-I am much more disposed to follow the lead of the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Stevens), who introduced the original resolution, rather than the lead of the gentleman from Maryland. I think his formula is a better one. In this particular condition of the House, I am opposed to the construction of a special committee. But if land shall be persisted in, I should be disposed the proposition of the gentleman from Maryto add that this committee be instructed to in quire also whether republican governments have not been abrogated and overturned north of the Potomac as well as south of the Potomac since this revolution began." Mr. Lovejoy, of Illinois, followed, saying:"Now, Mr. Speaker, I do not know that this is the point to take our departure one way or the other; still, so far as I have heard the debate, I shall follow the lead of the gentleman from Maryland (Mr. Davis), unless I take it myself. At any rate, I shall follow the principles indicated by his resolution, and the remarks with which he has accompanied it. I do not believe, strictly speaking, that there are any rebel States; I know that there are States which rebels have taken possession of and overthrown the legitimate governments for the time being; and I hold, with the gentleman from Maryland, as I understood him, that those governments still remain; and that as soon as we can get possession of them we will breathe into them the spirit of republican life -a free soul once again. I am for the Constitution as it is and the Union as it was. Yes, I am for the Constitution as it is, and not as it has been falsely interpreted, and for the Union as it was before it was taken possession of by slaveholding tyrants." The amendment was adopted-yeas, 91; nays, 80. In the Senate, on Dec. 16th, Mr. Wilson, of Massachusetts, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported the joint resolution of the House relative to Gen. Grant. It directed that the thanks of Congress be presented to MajorGen. Ulysses S. Grant, and through him to the officers and soldiers who have fought under his command during this rebellion, for their gallantry and good conduct in the battles in which they have been engaged; and requested the President of the United States to cause a gold medal to be struck, with suitable emblems, devices, and inscriptions, to be presented to Major-Gen. Grant. When the medal shall have been struck, the President is to cause a copy of the joint resolution to be engrossed on parchment, and to transmit it, together with the medal, to Major-Gen. Grant, to be presented to him in the name of the people of the United States of America. It passed immediately. In the House, on May 23d, Mr. Grinnell, of Iowa, offered the following resolution, which was laid over: Resolved, That the President be requested to communicate to this House whether by any order of the Government, or by any officer thereof, the World and Journal of Commerce, newspapers in the city of New York, were suspended from being published; and if so, that said order be communicated to this House, and the proceedings in the execution of that order. On the same day, Mr. Pruyn, of New York, asked leave to introduce the following resolution: Resolved, That the conduct of the executive authority of the Government in recently closing the offices and suppressing the publication of the World and Journal of Commerce, newspapers in the city of New York, under circumstances which have been placed before the public, was an act unwarranted in itself, dangerous to the cause of the Union, in violation of the Constitution, and subversive of the principles of civil liberty, and as such is hereby censured by this House. It was objected to. Subsequently Mr. Pruyn moved to suspend the rules in order to introduce the resolution, which was refused by the following vote: YEAS-Messrs. James C. Allen, Augustus C. Baldwin, Bliss, Brooks, James S. Brown, Chanler, Coffroth, Cox, Dawson, Dennison, Eden, Edgerton, Eldridge, Finck, Grider, Harding, Charles M. Harris, NAYS-Messrs. Alley, Ames, Arnold, John D. Baldwin, Baxter, Beaman, Jacob B. Blair, Blow, Boutwell, Boyd, Broomall, William G. Brown, Ambrose W. Clark, Freeman Clarke, Cobb, Cole, Creswell, ing, Dixon, Donnelly, Driggs, Eckley, Eliot, FarnsHenry Winter Davis, Thomas T. Davis, Dawes, Demworth, Garfield, Gooch, Grinnell, Higby, Hooper, Hotchkiss, Asahel W. Hubbard, Ingersoll, Jenckes, Julian, Kelley, Francis W. Kellogg, Loan, LongMoorhead, Morrill, Amos Myers, Leonard Myers, year, Marvin, McBride, McClurg, Samuel F. Miller, Charles O'Neill, Orth, Patterson, Perham, Pike, Pomeroy, Price, William H. Randall, John H. Rice, Edward H. Rollins, Schenck, Scofield, Shannon, Sloan, Smith, Smithers, Spalding, Stevens, Thayer, Washburn, Webster, Whaley, Williams, Wilder, Thomas, Upson, Elihu B. Washburne, William B. Wilson, Windom, and Woodbridge-79. On the same day, Mr. Arnold, of Illinois, offered the following: instructed to inquire and report what, if any, addiResolved, That the Committee on the Judiciary be tional legislation may be necessary to punish the forgery and publication of official documents, and what legislation is necessary to punish those who through the press or otherwise give information, aid, or comfort to the rebels. It was adopted. In the Senate, on May 26th, Mr. Powell offered the following resolution: Resolved, That the conduct of the executive authority of the Government, in recently closing the offices and suppressing the publication of the World and Journal of Commerce, newspapers in the city of New York, under circumstances which have been placed before the public, was an act unwarranted in itself, dangerous to the cause of the Union, in violation of the Constitution, and subversive of the principles of civil liberty, and as such is hereby censured by the Senate. It was laid over. of Indiana, offered the following resolutions, In the House, on Dec. 17th, Mr. Harrington, and demanded the previous question on their adoption: Whereas the Constitution of the United States (article 1, section 9) provides, "The privilege of the writ of habeas corpus shall not be suspended, unless when in cases of rebellion or invasion the public safety may require it;" and whereas such provision is contained in the portion of the Constitution defining legislative powers, and not in the provisions defining executive power; and whereas the Constitution (article four of the Amendment) further provides: "The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, &c.; confer upon the President of the United States the and whereas the 37th Congress did, by act, claim to power, at his will and pleasure, to suspend the privileges of the writ of Habeas Corpus throughout the United States without limitations or conditions; and whereas the President of the United States, by proclamation, has assumed to suspend such privileges of the citizens in the loyal States; and whereas the people of such States have been subjected to arbitrary arrests without process of law, and to unrea sonable search and seizures, and have been denied the right to a speedy trial and investigation, and have languished in prisons at the arbitrary pleasure of the chief Executive and his military subordinates: Now, therefore 1. Resolved, That no power is delegated by the Constitution of the United States, either to the legislative or executive power, to suspend the privileges of the writ of habeas corpus in any state loyal to the Constitution and Government not invaded, and in which the civil and judicial powers are in full operation. 2. Resolved, That Congress has no power under the Constitution to delegate to the President of the United States the authority to suspend the privilege of the writ of habeas corpus, and imprison at his pleasure, without process of law or trial, the citizens of the loyal States. 3. Resolved, That the assumption of the right by the Executive of the United States to deprive the citizens of such loyal States of the benefits of the writ of habeas corpus, and to imprison them at his pleasure, without process of law, is unworthy the progress of the age, is consistent only with a despotic power unlimited by constitutional obligations, and is wholly subversive of the elementary principles of freedom upon which the Government of the United States and of the several States is based. 4. Resolved, That the Judiciary Committee be instructed to prepare and report a bill to this House, protecting the rights of the citizens in the loyal States, in strict accordance with the foregoing provisions of the Constitution of the United States. They were rejected by the following vote: YEAS-Messrs. James C. Allen, William J. Allen, Ancona, Augustus C. Baldwin, Bliss, Brooks, James S. Brown, Chanler, Coffroth, Cox, Cravens, Dawson, Dennison, Eden, Edgerton, Eldridge, English, Finck, Ganson, Grider, Hall, Harding, Harrington, Benjamin G. Harris, Herrick, Holman, William Johnson, Kernan, King, Knapp, Law. Le Blond, Long, Mallory, Marcy, McAllister, McDowell, McKinney, Middleton, William H. Miller, James R. Morris, Morrison, Nelson, Noble, Odell, John O'Neill, Pendleton, Perry, Radford, Samuel J. Randall, Robinson, Rogers, Ross, Scott, John B. Steele, William G. Steele, Stiles, Strouse, Sweat, Voorhees, Wadsworth, Ward, Wheeler, Chilton A. White, Joseph W. White, Winfield, and Fernando Wood-67. NAYS-Messrs. Alley, Allison, Ames, Arnold, Ashley, John D. Baldwin, Beaman, Blaine, Blow, Boutwell, Brandegee, Broomall, William G. Brown, Ambrose W. Clark, Freeman Clarke, Clay, Cobb, Cole, Creswell, Henry Winter Davis, Thomas T. Davis, Dawes, Dixon, Donnelly, Briggs, Dumont, Eckley, Eliot, Farnsworth, Fenton, Frank, Garfield, Gooch, Grinnell, Hale, Higby, Hooper, Hotchkiss, Asahel W. Hubbard, John H. Hubbard, Hulburd, Jenckes, Julian, Kasson, Kelley, Francis W. Kellogg, Orlando Kellogg, Loan, Longyear, Lovejoy, Marvin, McBride, McClurg, McIndoe, Samuel F. Miller, Moorhead, Morrill, Daniel Morris, Amos Myers, Leonard Myers, Norton, Charles O'Neill, Orth, Perham, Pike, Pomeroy, Price, William H. Randall, Alexander H. Rice, John H. Rice, Edward H. Rollins, Schenck, Schofield, Shannon, Sloan, Smith, Smithers, Spaulding, Stevens, Thayer, Tracy, Van Valkenburgh, Elihu B. Washburne, William B. Washburn, Whaley, Williams, Wilder, Wilson, Windom, and Woodbridge90. On Feb. 29th, Mr. Pendleton, of Ohio, offered the following resolution, and moved the previous question: Resolved (as the sense of this House), That the military arrest, without civil warrant, and trial by military commission, without jury, of Clement L. Vallandigham, a citizen of Ohio, not in the land or naval forces of the United States, or the militia in ac tive service, by order of Major-Gen. Burnside, and his subsequent banishment by order of the President, executed by military force, were acts of mere arbitrary power, in palpable violation of the Constitution and laws of the United States. It was rejected by the following vote: YEAS-Messrs. James C. Allen, Ancona, Augustus C. Baldwin, Brooks, Chanler, Coffroth, Cox, Dawson, Dennison, Eden, Eldridge, Finck, Ganson, Harding, Harrington, Herrick, Holman, Hutchins, Kernan, Knapp, Law, Long, Marcy, McDowell, McKinney, William H. Miller, Morrison, Nelson, Noble, John O'Neill, Pendleton, Radford, Samuel J. Randall, Rogers, Ross, Scott, Stebbins, John B. Steele, William G. Steele, Stiles, Strouse, Stuart, Sweat, Voorhees, Wadsworth, Chilton A. White, and Winfield-47. NAYS-Messrs. Alley, Allison, Anderson, Arnold, Bailey, John D. Baldwin, Baxter, Francis P. Blair, Blow, Boutwell, Boyd, Brandegee, Ambrose W. Clark, Freeman Clarke, Clay, Cobb, Cole, Creswell, Henry Winter Davis, Dawes, Deming, Dixon, Donnelly, Driggs, Dumont, Eliot, Farnsworth, Frank, Grinnell, Hale, Higby, Hooper, Hotchkiss, Asahel W. Hubbard, John H. Hubbard, Jenckes, Julian, Kelley, Francis W. Kellogg, Orlando Kellogg, Loan, Marvin, McBride, McClurg, Moorhead, Morrill, Daniel Morris, Amos Myers, Leonard Myers, Norton, Charles O'Neill, Patterson, Perham, Pomeroy, Price, William H. Randall, John H. Rice, Schenck, Scofield, Shannon, Sloan, Smithers, Starr, Stevens, Thayer, Thomas, Upson, Van Valkenburgh, Elihu B. Washburne, William B. Washburn, Whaley, Williams, Wilder, Wilson, Windom, and Woodbridge -76. On March 21st, Mr. Eldridge, of Wisconsin, offered the following resolution: Resolved, That the President of the United States be respectfully requested, and that the Secretary of State and the Secretary of War be directed to report and furnish to this House the names of all persons, if any there are, arrested and held in prison or confinement in any prison, fort, or other place whatsoever, for political offences, or any other alleged offence against the Government or authority of the knowledge of them, or either of them, respectively, United States, by the order, command, consent, or and who have not been charged, tried, or convicted before any civil or criminal (not military) court of the land; together with the charge against such person, or cause for such arrest and imprisonment, if place where they are severally kept or confined. there be any; and the name of the prison, fort, or Also, whether any person or persons, for any alleged like offence, have been banished or sent from the United States, or from the States not in rebellion to the rebellious States, and the names, times, alleged offence, and cause thereof: and whether with or without trial; and if tried, before what court. It came up on April 4th, when Mr. Rollins, of New Hampshire, moved to lay it upon the table, which was ordered by the following vote: YEAS-Messrs. Alley, Allison, Ames, Anderson, Arnold, Ashley, John D. Baldwin, Baxter, Beman, Blaine, Blow, Boyd, Broomall, William G. Brown, Ambrose W. Clark, Freeman Clarke, Cobb, Cole, Thomas T. Davis, Dixon, Driggs, Eckley, Eliot, Frank, Grinnell, Hale, Higby, Hooper, Hotchkiss, Asahel W. Hubbard, Jenckes, Julian, Francis W. Kellogg, Longyear, McBride, McClurg, Samuel F. Miller, Moorhead, Morrill, Amos Myers, Leonard Myers, Norton, Charles O'Neill, Orth, Patterson, Perham, Pike, Price, Alexander H. Rice, Edward H. Rollins, Shannon, Spalding, Stevens, Thayer, Tracy, Upson, Van Valkenburgh, Elihu B. Washburne, |