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The Daily Dispatch: February 22, 1864., [Electronic resource]

Debate in the Yankee Congress. In looking over the debates of the Yankee Congress for the past two weeks we find some matters which are amusing to the people of the Confederacy: Mr. Carlile on "the State of the Union"--Virginia in his debasement. Mr. Carlile, (Va.) said that in these unhappy times, when good men were rendered odious and had men popular, when great men are made little and little men great, he who would serve his country best must be above personal consideration. HeMr. Carlile, (Va.) said that in these unhappy times, when good men were rendered odious and had men popular, when great men are made little and little men great, he who would serve his country best must be above personal consideration. He paid a glowing tribute to the State of Virginia, and said, that, even in her debasement, the challenged our admiration for the gallantry of her sons on many an honorable field. He did not believe there would be an early cessation of hostilities, nor did he believe that the starvation on which the rebels for three years have subsisted was likely to result in an early death. (Laughter.) The Union could never be restored by the mere exercise of the coercive powers of the Federal Government

olored Volunteers. He believed it was as great an outrage as it would be to eject the Senator from his seat here. Without meaning any personal disrespect, Mr. Wilson said he believed the largest quantity of information, in and out of this Senate, was from the New York papers, and his attention was called to this subject fromace.--The people would never adopt that sentiment. He was glad that the Senator from Massachusetts had now plainly presented the issue before the country. Mr. Wilson said he had no desire to force equality on the Senator from Indiana. What he wanted was to let every man assume the station God intended him to attain. Theland, Harris, Howard, Howe, Lane, (Ind.,) Lane, (Kansas,) Morgan, Morrill, Pomeroy, Ramsey, Sherman, Sprague, Sumner, Ten Eyck, Trumbull, Wade, Wilkinson, Willey, Wilson--34. Nays.--Messrs. Buckalew, Davis, Harding, Hendricks, Nesmith. Powell, Richardson, Riddle, Saulsbury, Van Winkle--12. The loyal member from Kentucky

Government to put down a rebellion against its authority, or was it a war of the Northern States against the Southern? If the former, then we draw all our powers from the Constitution. If the latter, it is a war by the States against the Constitution, leaving the States responsible alone to the judgment of the civilized world, for the manner in which the war has been conducted. Mr. Carille denied that any legislative powers were derived from the laws of war, and quoted the views of John Quincy Adams in support of his opinion. The whole scope and plan of the powers of the Government was to operate on individuals and not on States. We had no power under the Constitution to coerce a State. To say that Congress had the power to legislate and inaugurate war measures would be to say that the men who formed the Constitution were ignorant. Our Government itself was the creature of civil war, and was established on the great principle that there would be a Government among States o

ty on the Senator from Indiana. What he wanted was to let every man assume the station God intended him to attain. The yeas and nays were ordered, and resulted as follows: Yeas.--Messrs. Anthony, Brown, Chandler, Clark, Collamer, Conness, Cowan, Dixon, Fessenden, Foot, Foster, Grimes, Hale, Harland, Harris, Howard, Howe, Lane, (Ind.,) Lane, (Kansas,) Morgan, Morrill, Pomeroy, Ramsey, Sherman, Sprague, Sumner, Ten Eyck, Trumbull, Wade, Wilkinson, Willey, Wilson--34. Nays.--Messrs. Buckalew, Davis, Harding, Hendricks, Nesmith. Powell, Richardson, Riddle, Saulsbury, Van Winkle--12. The loyal member from Kentucky would like a few slaves to be Spared. Mr. Stevens offered an amendment to the Conscription bill, that persons of African descent, between 20 and 45 years of age, whether citizens of the United States or not, shall be enrolled and form part of the national forces, and when a slave shall be drafted and mustered into the service, the master shall receive a cer

never adopt that sentiment. He was glad that the Senator from Massachusetts had now plainly presented the issue before the country. Mr. Wilson said he had no desire to force equality on the Senator from Indiana. What he wanted was to let every man assume the station God intended him to attain. The yeas and nays were ordered, and resulted as follows: Yeas.--Messrs. Anthony, Brown, Chandler, Clark, Collamer, Conness, Cowan, Dixon, Fessenden, Foot, Foster, Grimes, Hale, Harland, Harris, Howard, Howe, Lane, (Ind.,) Lane, (Kansas,) Morgan, Morrill, Pomeroy, Ramsey, Sherman, Sprague, Sumner, Ten Eyck, Trumbull, Wade, Wilkinson, Willey, Wilson--34. Nays.--Messrs. Buckalew, Davis, Harding, Hendricks, Nesmith. Powell, Richardson, Riddle, Saulsbury, Van Winkle--12. The loyal member from Kentucky would like a few slaves to be Spared. Mr. Stevens offered an amendment to the Conscription bill, that persons of African descent, between 20 and 45 years of age, whether cit

re provided for the colored people, and this case occurred because the negro declined to ride with persons of his own color, and wished to force himself with white men. Mr. Grimes did not think there were any cars running now for the accommodation of colored people. Mr. Hendricks knew differently, for he had entered one, and was glad to get out the best way he could. Mr. Grimes did not think it a disgrace to ride with these colored people. Mr. Sumner read the letter of Dr. Augusta, Surgeon of the Seventh Colored Volunteers. He believed it was as great an outrage as it would be to eject the Senator from his seat here. Without meaning any personal disrespect, Mr. Wilson said he believed the largest quantity of information, in and out of this Senate, was from the New York papers, and his attention was called to this subject from them. This was not the only place where the reform was needed. He had information of an outrage perpetrated on a mail railroad, where

arding, Hendricks, Nesmith. Powell, Richardson, Riddle, Saulsbury, Van Winkle--12. The loyal member from Kentucky would like a few slaves to be Spared. Mr. Stevens offered an amendment to the Conscription bill, that persons of African descent, between 20 and 45 years of age, whether citizens of the United States or not, sh, and when a slave shall be drafted and mustered into the service, the master shall receive a certificate for $300, and the drafted man shall be free. This Mr. Stevens said would give compensation to masters in the loyal border States. Mr. Clay (Ky.) hoped that Mr. Stevens would withdraw his amendment. A good feeling wasMr. Stevens would withdraw his amendment. A good feeling was now prevailing in his State, and the adoption of this proposition would retard the progress of the Union feeling. He did not object to taking rebel property, but that of loyal men ought not to be interfered with. Mr. Boutwell (Mass.) said the laws of all the States recognize slaves as persons and not as property, and the exi

soll had not been made the scene of war, in exerting every power possible to put down the rebellion, but he could not consent to the exercise of powers clearly not within the scope of Congress and the Federal Government under the Constitution. We should use force against force, and not resort to acts which would repel the love of the honest citizen of the South who had never gone willingly into the rebellion. We should not perpetrate acts like that recently perpetrated by that bad man, Butler, on the James river, where he sent his transports and seized the gram and pork of a widow, and then announced the enterprise as "a great Union victory." The people of the South were our kindred — bone of our bone and flesh of our flesh — and many of them are now compelled, on account of our present inability to crush the rebel authority, to acknowledge it as a de facto Government. He had always maintained that the mere exercise of the coercive powers of the Government never would restor