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employment of blacks was carrying out the usage of all civilized nations. Nothing could be produced from history to show the contrary. The usage was to liberate the slaves and take them into service to defeat the enemy. During the Revolution, the black were used by Washington as soldiers in Rhode Island. Jackson did the same thing. Mr. Lovejoy, by permission of Mr. Stevens, occupied the floor for a short time, and read from the proclamations of Washington and Jackson in support of Mr. Steven's position, and to show the noble enthusiasm of the colored soldiers impelling to great deeds. Mr. Sedgwick (N. Y.) also read from a paper furnished him by the librarian of the State of New York, to the effect that Spain, Portugal, Brazil, Great Britain, Turkey, etc., had employed soldiers without regard to color, including blacks. Mr. Diven (N. Y.) regarded the muster of blacks into the service as highly important and desirable. He had been endeavoring for weeks past to introdu