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sidered, 281 ; let the military arm strike that blow more 

 effective for peace and freedom than armies or vic- 

 tories can be, 281 ; whether right or wrong the majority 

 of the soldiers are opposed to this anti-slavery agitation, 

 281; worst kind of folly and wickedness to retain 

 slavery, 231 ; does not the President stand pledged 

 before the country and the world to the conservative 

 policy? 282; further debate, 2S3 ; resolution referred, 

 283. 



Resolution of inquiry relative to arrests, 2S3 ; what 

 arrests is it proposed to consider, 284 ; the right thing 

 done at the right time, 284; the Constitution confers 

 all the power that is necessary to enable the Govern- 

 ment to crush secession, 284 ; it is assumed that these 

 persons are traitors, but who is to decide that? 284; 

 what becomes of constitutional liberty ? 284 ; let this 

 thing be regulated by law, 285 ; the resolution carries 

 an implied censure upon the Government, 285; the 

 resolution eminently proper, 2S5; some investigation 

 of these arrests should be made, 286 ; are we fighting 

 for the Constitution? 23G; when these arrests were 

 made the loyal people of the country felt that they had 

 a Government, 286 ; if this is not the proper mode to 

 make arrests, then bring in a bill to regulate it, 286 ; 

 who seeks to make it a censure on the administration? 

 286 ; no necessity to trample on the Constitution in 

 order to maintain it, 287; the man who stops to inquire 

 whether there is a law, when the house is burning, is 

 unfit for a great place, 287 : inappropriate time to adopt 

 the resolution, 287 ; referred to tho Judiciary Commit- 

 tee, 288. 



Bill to raise a volunteer force in Kentucky considered, 

 288 ; more soldiers now than can be used, 283 ; reasons 

 for the bill, 288 ; economy forbids it, 288 ; what does the 

 bill propose? 289; if you change the object of the war 

 you paralyze the army. 2S9 ; not a war for the emanci- 

 pation of slaves, 289 ; what evidence that more soldiers 

 are needed, 290 ; importance of the bill, 290 ; peculiar 

 situation of Kentucky, 290 ; force of Kentucky in the 

 field, 290 ; best reason in the world for believing there 

 are not men enough, 291 ; those who refuse to vote 

 troops, derelict, 291. 



Resolution that none but persons of superior com- 

 petency should be appointed generals considered, 291 ; 

 not half the brigadiers needed, 292: enough general 

 officers now, 292; the question of expense should be 

 considered, 292 ; thousands of volunteers unfit for duty, 

 293. 



Resolution relative to using the soldiers to surrender 

 fugitives considered, 293. 



Inquiry relative to passports for California considered, 

 294 , letter of Secretary Seward, 294. 



Resolution relative to the cause of the war considered, 

 295; no just cause of war at the South, 295; what was 

 the primary inciting cause? 295, dissatisfaction with 

 the principles and operation of democratic government, 

 295 ; white laborers at the South, 295 , views of South- 

 ern men, 296, 29T. 



Resolution calling for a copy of the proclamation of 

 Gen. Phelps considered, 298 ; desirable to know author- 

 itatively and positively that it is not an act of the Gov- 

 ernment, 298 ; an offset to the proclamation of Sherman 

 and orders of Halleck, 298 ; resolutions offered in the 

 House, 299. 



Resolution relative to disloyalty of persons in the 

 employ of the Government considered, 299 ; correspon- 

 dence with the secretaries, 299 ; their replies, 299. 



Resolution to inquire into the loyalty of the Senator 

 from Oregon before administering the oath, 300; under- 

 stood to be an open and avowed supporter of secession, 



300; no precedent for such a motion, 300; the times are 

 those when we are compelled to make precedents, 301 ; 

 it belongs. to IJie Senate to make a precedent, 801 ; this 

 is not a new state of things, 801 ; right and duty of the 

 Senate to make the investigation, 301 ; what are the 

 facts? 301; he has a right to be sworn in, 302; is not 

 loyalty a qualification under the Constitution, 302 ; the 

 case of Philip Barton Key in 1808, 302 ; the question of 

 loyalty too indeterminate and rests upon opinion, 302 ; 

 different views of loyalty, 302 ; would you admit a felon ? 

 803 ; with credentials yes, 303 ; credentials referred, 

 303. 



Inquiry relative to Ball's Bluff, 803; object of the 

 resolution, 304 ; the question is will the House inter- 

 fere in tho conduct of the war? 304; the Constitution 

 provides that the military shall be subject to the civil 

 power, 304 ; the nation has failed rightly to interpret the 

 providences of God, 305; when we cast this accursed 

 slavery overboard God will give us success, 805 ; if the 

 institution of slavery ever stands in the way of constitu- 

 tional liberty the people of Kentucky will wipe it out, 

 806; further debate, 307. 



Resolution for a tax considered, 807 ; for twenty-six 

 years the question of slavery has been debated in this 

 House, 308 ; prepare for the great question of finance, 

 SOS; the war power of the Government under no limita- 

 tion, 308; the essential destruction of lives and property 

 justifiable, right, and proper, 308; Government invested 

 with the right of self-defence and self-preservation, 808; 

 such the rights, what are tho duties of tho Government . 

 809 ; the most needed of all was an act to liberate the 

 slaves, 809 ; have the constitutional power, 809 ; BO 

 boundaries to the power of Congress ? 309 ; not one dol- 

 lar, nor one man to be voted under such an interpreta- 

 tion of the Constitution, 310; Congress can provide for 

 the common defence only in the manner that the Con- 

 stitution points out, 310; if we are successful without an 

 interference with slavery, we return from victory like 

 the Thracian horse, bearing his master on his back, 311 ; 

 if abolitionism rules, this will be a war of extermination 

 and death all over tho country, 811 ; the first summons 

 from the Government read, 812 ; what did the President 

 mean by alleging there should be no interference with 

 property of any kind, 312; to judge from the debates it 

 would appear that the President had no support from 

 the party that elected him, 312 ; universal emancipation 

 must be proclaimed to all, 313; when the Constitution is 

 defied and set aside, it grants to the President and Con- 

 gress a supplemental power increasing and varying 

 according to the Increasing and varying necessities of 

 the nation, 313; if no other means were left to save the 

 Government we have power under the Constitution and 

 according to its express provision to declare a dictator, 

 313; the war power is our special property, 314; how it 

 should be used,-314 ; 'declare the oppressed to go free, 314. 



Better attend to providing the means and the men for 

 putting down these enemies, 314 ; the conduct of a war 

 is specially confined to the executive department, 315 ; 

 what are the motives and ends of the Committee on the 

 War, 315; the commander-in-chief has been before the 

 committee, 315; they intend to usurp the prerogatives 

 of the executive, 316 ; the largest latitude is given to the 

 President, Secretaries of "War and Navy in the conduct 

 of the war, 316; is it intended to force the administra- 

 tion into a John Brown raid, 317. 



Issue of treasury notes considered, 317; necessary to 

 carry on the war, 317 ; legal tender, 317 ; a novel propo- 

 sition, 318; impair the obligations of every contract, 318; 

 Congress has not power to do it, 318 ; the financial plan 

 of the Government, 318 ; not one sound precedent for a 



