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than the rebels of the revolted States, because they used their endeavors to turn the State over to the rebels. Mr. Wickliffe, of Kentucky, desired to know if the gentleman said that the Government had the right to enlist slaves in the army. Mr. Riddle replied that the gentleman might call them slaves, but he (Riddle) did not. They as men could be enlisted. He was one of those who believed that there was a force now at work which would strike out slavery. Mr. Sheffield, of Rhode Island, said he was somewhat surprised to hear the views expressed by the gentlemen who has just spoken, (Mr. Riddle,) also those expressed the other day by the chairman of the Committee of ways and Means, when he announced that extraordinary doctrine that this House had the power to pass enactments for the emancipation of the slaves that are held under the laws of all the States of this Union. He would put down this rebellion by fighting it down. He would move on the army, and as the army mov