CONGRESS, U. S. 



333 



Whereas, in the opinion of this House, the Federal 

 Goveruraent is invested by the Constitution of the 

 United States with all necessary power and author- 

 ity to suppress any resistance, whether armed or un- 

 armed, to the rightful power and jurisdiction of the 

 United States ; therefore, 



JJe i That in this national emergency 



Congress will forego all feeling of mere passion, ex- 

 cept that which loyalty dictates, all resentment except 

 such as is due to treason ; and that this war of nation- 

 al self-defence against armed rebels, insurrectionary 

 traitors, and sympathizing abettors, should be waged 

 on our part until such rebels and traitors are con- 

 quered into lore for the Union, and made obedient to 

 the Constitution and laws of the United States, and 

 take the oath of allegiance to the country, and of 

 submission to the emancipation proclamation, and 

 the proclamation of December 8, 186-3; and when 

 those objects are accomplished, the leading rebels 

 and chief traitors should be hung, and the war 

 cease. 



On the 18th, Mr. Smith, of Kentucky, offered 

 the following : 



Whereas a most desperate, wicked, and bloody re- 

 bellion exists within the jurisdiction of the United 

 States, and the safety and security of personal and 

 national liberty depend upon its absolute and utter 

 extinction; therefore, 



Jtesolced, That it is the political, civil, moral, and 

 sacred duty of the people to meet it, fight it, crush 

 it, and forever destroy it, thereby establishing perfect 

 and unalterable liberty. 



It was adopted by the following vote : 



YEAS Messrs. Alley, Allison, Ames, Arnold, Ash- 

 ley, Bailey, Augustus" C. Baldwin, John D. Baldwin, 

 Baxter, Elaine, Francis P. Blair, Jacob B. Blair, 

 Boutwell, Boyd, Brandegee, Broomall, James S. 

 Brown, William G. Brown, Ambrose W. Clark, Free- 

 man Clarke, Cole, Cravens, Creswell, Dawes, Dem- 

 ing, Dixon, Donnelly, Driggs, Eckley, Eldridge, 

 Ehot, English, Farnsworth, Fenton, Frank, Ganson, 

 Garfield, Gooch, Grmnell, Griswpld, Hale, Harding, 

 Higby, Holman, Hooper, Hotchkiss, Asahel W. Hub- 

 bard, Hutchins, Jenckes, Julian, Kasson, Kelley, 

 Francis W. Kellogg, Orlando Kellotrg, Kernan, Loan, 

 Longyear, Lovejoy, Marvin, McBrfcTe, McClurg, Mc- 

 Indoe, Middleton," Samuel F. Miller, Moorhead, Mor- 

 rill, Daniel Morris, Amos Mvers, Leonard Myers, 

 Nelson, Odell, Charles O'Neill, "Orth, Patterson, Pike, 

 Pomerov, Price, Radford, William H. Randall, Alex- 

 ander ll. Rice, John H. Rice, Rogers, Edward H. 

 Rollins, James S. Rollins, Schenck, Scofield, Shan- 

 non, Smith, Smithers, Spalding, Stebbins, Stevens, 

 Strouse, Stuart, Sweat, Thayer, Thomas, Tracv, 

 Upson, Tan Valkenbursh, VVadsworth, Elihu B. 

 "\\ashburne, William B. ^Washburn, Webster, Wha- 

 ley, Wheeler, Williams, Wilder, Wilson, Windom, 

 Winfield, and Woodbridge 112. 



NATS Messrs. James C. Allen, Ancona, Dennison, 

 Benjamin G. Harris, Long, Marcv, McDowell, Wil- 

 liam H. Miller, Morrison, John O'Neill, Pendleton, 

 Robinson, Stiles, Voorhees, Chilton A. White, and 

 Fernando Wood 16. 



On the same day, Mr. Harding, of Kentucky 

 offered the following resolution : 



R&olced, That the maintenance inviolate of the 

 rights of the States, and especially the right of each 

 State to order and -control its own domestic institu- 

 tions, according to its own judgment exclusively, is 

 essential to that balance of power upon which" the 

 perfection and endurance of our political fabric de- 

 pends. 



It was referred to the Committee on the Re- 

 bellious States by the following vote : 



TEAS Messrs. Alley, Allison, Ames, Arnold, Ash- 

 ley, John D. Baldwin, Baxter, Beaman, Elaine, Ja- 



cob B. Blair, Boutwell, Boyd, Broomall, Ambrose W. 

 Clark, Freeman Clarke, Clay, Cole, Creswell, Thorn- 

 as T. Davis, Dawes, Deming, Dixon, Donnelly, Driggs, 

 Eckley, Eliot, Farnsworth, Fenton, Frank, GarfieTd, 

 Gooch, Grinnell, Higby, Hotchkiss, Asahel W. Hub- 

 bard, Hulburd, Jenckes, Julian, Kasson, Kelley, Or 

 lando Kellogg, Loan, Longyear, Lovejoy, Marvin, 

 McBride, McClurg, Mclndoe, Samuel F. Miller, Moor- 

 head, Merrill, Daniel Morris, Amos Myers, Leonard 

 Myers, Charles O'Neill, Orth, Patterson, Perham, 

 Pike, Pomerov, Price, Alexander H. Rice, John H. 

 Rice, Edward H. Rollins, Schenck, Scofield, Shan- 

 non, Smithers, Spalding, Stevens, Thayer, Thomas, 

 Upson, Van Valkenburcrh, Elihu B. Washburne, Wil- 

 liam B. Washburn, Webster, Whalev, Williams, 

 Wilder, Wilson, Windom, and Woodbridge 83. 



NATS Messrs. James C. Allen, William J. Allen, 

 Ancona, Augustus C. Baldwin, Francis P. Blair, 

 Brooks, James S. Brown, William G. Brown, Chan- 

 ler, Cox, Cravens, Dawson, Dennison, Eden, Edger- 

 ton, Eldridge, English, Finck, Ganson, Grider, Gris- 

 wold. Hale, Hall, Warding, Harrington, Benjamin G. 

 Harris, Herrick, Holman, Hutchins, William John- 

 son, Kernan, Kins, Knapp, Le Blond, Long, Marcy, 

 McAllister, McDowell, McKinney, Middleton, William 

 II. Miller, James R. Morris, Morrison, Neison, Noble, 

 John O'Neill, Pendleton, Radford, William H. Ran- 

 dall, Robinson, James S. Rollins, Ross, Scott, Smith, 

 John B. Steele, Stiles, Strouse, Stuart, Sweat, Tracy, 

 Toorhees, Wadsworth, Wheeler, Chilton A. White, 

 Joseph W. White, Winfield, Fernando Wood, and 

 Teaman 68. 



Mr. Schenck, of Ohio, on February 29th, 

 offered the following resolutions : 



Buofad, That the present war which this Govern- 

 ment is carrying on against armed insurrectionists 

 and others, banded together under the name of 

 " Southern Confederacy," was brought on bv a 

 wicked and wholly unjustifiable rebellion, and" all 

 those engaged in or aiding or encouraging it arc 

 public enemies, and should oe treated as such. 



That this rebellion shall be effectuaJy 

 put down, and that, to prevent the recurrence of 

 such rebellions in future, the causes which led to this 

 one must be permanently removed. 



That in this struggle which is going on 

 for the saving of our country and free Government, 

 there is no middle ground on which any good citizen 

 or true patriot can stand ; neutrality, or indifference, 

 or any thing short of a hearty support of the Gov- 

 ernment, being a crime where the question is be- 

 tween loyalty and treason. 



The first resolution was agreed to, and the 

 second and third unanimously. 



On the 17th of Decembe'r, Mr. Smith, of 

 Kentucky, offered the following resolutions : 



Resolved, That as our country, and the very exist- 

 ence of the best Government ever instituted by man, 

 are imperilled by the most causeless and wicked re- 

 bellion that the world has seen, and believing, as we 

 do, that the only hope of saving this country and 

 preserving this Government is by the power of the 

 sword, we are for the most vigorous prosecution of 

 the war until the Constitution and laws shall be en- 

 forced and obeyed in all parts of the United States : 

 and to that end we oppose any armistice, or inter- 

 vention, or mediation, or proposition for peace, from 

 any quarter, so long as there shall be found a rebel 

 in arms against the Government ; and we ignore \.^. 

 party names, lines, and issues, and recognize but 

 two parties in this warpatriots and traitors. 



JR&olted, That we hold it to be the duty of Con- 

 gress to pass all necessary bills to supply men and 

 money, and the duty of the people to render everv 

 aid in their power to the constituted authorities of 

 the Government in the crushing out of the rebellion, 

 and in bringing the leaders thereof to condign pun- 

 ishment. 



