New York Times, The (Newspaper) - February 5, 1868, New York, New York VOL 5106 WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 5 1868 PRICE POUR WAR DEPARTMENT Vra Grant's of the Office off He Is Directed by the President to Dis- regard Secretary Correspondence with Mr son on the Subject Aa of the Hatter Ordered Dispatch to the Tuesday Feb t The moot decided of tho day in fact fhe moat decided the of the developed in the to-day by tho reception of tho between tbe President and Gen foreshadow eft In those dispatches Tho of been furnished with copies of the eame by Goo aa it re- lated BO to tho War Office and ho was therefore prepared to answer tbe Home tion of yesterday without delay Bmt few members were awaro of iho nature of the correspondence and ita effect on the House was decidedly fresh and entertaining The Democrats were completely nonplussed at ita character and were alternately delighted and chagrined as they listened to the President's ter and thon to masterly rejoinder The reading of Goo letter was several interrupted by involuntary applause and the whole was to with the moat earnest attention At Iho close tbe enthusiasm of tome members broke out in propositions for votes of thanks Ac bat the matter was quietly referred to the Reconstruction Committee As to tbo origin of this correspondence it is proper to state that so far as GOD GRANT ia concerned ho was forced into it by the re- peated attacks on his character aa a man and a inspired by the President and through bia partisan organs was no other way for Gen GHAUT to vindicate himself except by com- pelling tbo President to pnt in writing over hia own signature the bo was so free to make through others This done Qen could moot them and refute them It is noticeable that tho President waa alow to comply with Gen request to reduce lua orders to writing but haying gone so far Mr JOHHSON could not woll do leas than to com- ply even with a bad grace It is reported to-night that the President will reply to Gen GRANT'S hut letter and that he win reiterate supported by the signatures of those of the Cabinet ho quotes what be has heretofore on tho subject bat it will not alter the caae The President stands con- in the minds of all unprejudiced people of having in Cabinet meeting on the 14th of Jannary purposely and deliberately made bold unblushing and totally false statement of what had previously curred between himself and Gen GHAUT for the express purpose of prejudicing tho minda of those of hia Cabinet thon a ment the audacity of which so surprised Oon GHAUT himself that ho hesitated to believe that Hr waa really sincere in ita ance and which in the charity of hia heart he refrained from then denouncing aa it deserved because he waa surprised at its cool and waa totally unprepared to believe that the President would seriously maintain it Tbe following hi the correspondence in full Fab a 1848 an ID inner to the of BOOM of of Iho I herewith me dence between him and the President relating to the Secretary of War and which bt to be all tha deuce he had with the President since the Hth of August lut r the action of the Senats cm hit alleged tor my suspension from tbe office of Secretary of Wsr I resumed tbe duties of lost office u required by and have continued to dis- charge them any personal or written with the President No orders teen issued trom Department in the of fee President my and I have re- calved DO orders from Tbe correspondence eent aU tta known to be on the re- ferred to In the of the House of I have tbe honor to be Blr with Teat reaped font obedient EDWIN H BTANTON Secretary of War Bon Speaker of tbe BOOM o successors aa tbe oM Commissioners refuted lo enve up However I contended tbat ao resource waa left bnt lo appeal to Uie Find thai the dent waa desirous ot keeping Mr ont of office whether sustained tn tbe or not I stated I bad not looked particularly into tbe Tenure ot Office bnt tbat what I baa staled was a general principle and 11 I should change my mind In I bia particular caee I would inform him of the fact Subsequently on my reading the Tenure ot I found Uut I could not without violation ol the lew refuse to vacate office ot Secretary of War the moment Mr STAXTON was reinstated by the Senate even the President ordered me to re- lain It which he never aid Ibis view subject and learning on Saturday iba thai the Senate bad np tbe subject ot Mr suspension alter some conversation with and some members ot my staff in I steied tnat the law left me no discretion as to my action Hr be and that I Intended to Inform the President I went to the President for tbe purpose of making this decision known and did so maae it known In this I the promise made in onr last preceding conversation on tae ject Tbe Instead ot my view of the requirements of tbe Tenure o contended tout he bid Mr under authority given by iho Constitution and that the asms authority old not preclude him from reporting as an set ol courtesy bis reasons or the to tbe Benate Tbat having boen pointed under tbe authority given bp the lion and not any set of Congrats I conld not De governed by tbe act I stated that the law wie binding on me constitutional or not until aet aside by tbe proper An bour or more waa consumed reiterating his views on this subject until gelling late tbe President said be would see me strain I ala not scree to call again on day nor at any other definite lime nor was I sent for by the President until Iba following Tuesday From the 11 lu to the Cabinet meeting on tne 14th inet a doubt never entered my mind about tbe President's tully understanding my position If tbe to concur In the of Mr my powers as Secretary of War ad interim would cease and Mr lo resume at once tbe of hie office would under tbe law be Indisputable end I acted accordingly With Ur STANTON 1 hsd no communication direct or Indirect on hia ing hie I knew It bad been ed to ibe President to send In tbe name of Oov Cox of for Secretary ot Wsr and thus save all proportion tbat I sincerely hoped be would favorably Oen seeing the at my particular to urge this on the insL On Tuesday the day Mr Ibe office ot the Secretary ot War Gen wbo bad carried my official letter announcing Ibat With Hr reinstatement by ibe benate I bsd ceased to be Secretary of Wsr ed ana who saw tho President and read tbe communication brought back to me trom the a be to me day st tbe Cabinet meeting alter I hsd make the tact I wss not longer Secretary ot Wsr ad interim At after opening it I were a ber of hie Cabinet wben reminded of toe notification already given bim tbat I was no longer War ad tbe gave a version of the conversation to already On this statement It was thet In bolb conversations I had agreed to bold on lo tbe office of Secretary ol Wet until displaced by tbe Courle or resign ao as to the President where be would have been bsd I never accepted Ibe office Alter bearing iho President through I stated onr ss given In bis laller 1 will add that my conversation before the Cabinet embraced other matter uot pertinent here and is left out I In admitted tbe ness of the President's statement of our tion to Ibe evident contradiction my statement geve I said to our first tion on the subject the President might haw under- stood me the way be aaij namely tbat I bad wed to resign if I did not ream tbe I made no promise I have thu to be very respectfully obedient 8 General without having me of your aay that in your com- you claim that you did me of thus fulfilled tbe promise made Certain approved ABUT or TUB 1 D a Jan 20 J of Uu Slain On instant I requested yon In writing the Instructions which yon bid ly given me verbally not to obey my order trom Bon E IS Secretary of War I know that H fame To this written request X received a message that baa taft doubt In my mind of four To prevent any possible therefore 1 renew tha you will five me written instructions and until they mn received wUJ action on your verbal I am compelled to aak these in writing In affecting my personal honor circulated tba for the laal fortnight purporting to come from the of either tha privately In bu oi In Cabinet meeting la Written ad- nuU of no la view of tha referred to u will be wen to atala the in Borne tune after I the of Secretary the nt tbe Mr would tun to m tbe Banale not conour la hia lo obtain ot bu omoe My reply waa In that Mr would to to to him tbe grenade I bad taken la tba OBM of UM Follee In that case I did nor of Oov to re- to or THK I Jin M Sit I have tbe honor very lo re- Have In writing tbe order which the dent gave me verbally on Sunday the inat to tbe of Bon R M aa of War until I knew from tbe eell tbat ibey were bla I have tbe honor to be very your obedient Signed 0 8 Tbe following la tbe on the above note Aa requeued Oen la In writing not to obey any from Ibe War Department lo be by tbo direction ot tbe order U known Dy tbe General commanding tbe of tbe United to have been tbe JAM AMTI OT Jan Bit United I bave tbe honor to acknowledge Ibe return of my note of tbe inet with your thereon that I am not lo obey any order from tbe War Department to be by direction of tbe such order le by me to bave been by tbe and in reply thereto to aay tbat I am Informed by the of War that he baa not received from tbe Ex- any order or limiting or ing hie authority to orders to the army aa baa heretofore been hte practice under tha lawa and tome of tbe Department While hia authority lo tbe War Department la not countermanded It will be evidence to me thai any rom the War Department by direction of tbe are red Executive I bave tbe honor o be very your Signed TJ 8 GRANT General TUX REPLY Jan 31 I havo received communication of tha luat renewing of tbe that I repeat In a written form my verbal Inatrnctlona of tbe met Tbat yon obey no order from tbe Hon M Secretary of War you bave Uon that It waa by the Uon In with which I compiled on tbe mat you take to lude lo recent In to tbe connected with the vacation by ot tbe office of of War ad interim and with the view of correcting tbe which you term and give at your own recoil action of tbe facta the of tba President from whom yon bare received and accepted the ment yon yielded Ibe ot Wer to tbe As stated In your communication acme time after von bad lammed the of Secretary of War ad we tbe conrie Ibat be in tbe event of the currence of tha Senate In tbe ol Mr TOH 1 that Interview it tbe War Department My eole object In then Ing tbe to your attention waa to definitely wbai would be own action anch an attempt be made for all to tbe Viar Department That object waa accomplished for the Interview terminated the undemanding that If upon reflection yon not lo become a party to the or conclude that It would bo your duty to surrender Ibe Department lo Mr upon action In hia tavor by the Senate yon were to return tbe to me prior to a by Ike Senate in order that If I lo do 10 I might eome one to succeed yon II muat havo been ent to yon that bad not thle been reached It waa my to relieve yon from tbe further discharge of u Secretary of War ad snd to appoint some other person In Other the subject ensued all of them having on my part the ssme object and leading to the same conclusion sa tbe first It le not sary however to refer to any ot them excepting thai of Saturday the IneL mentioned in your com sa U wse then known Ibat tbe Senate aid proceeded in the csse of Hr I was to learn your Afters ed Interview during which tbe provisions of the Tenure ol Office were fully discussed yon that as it bsd been agreed in our first cooler yon would either return tbe office to my in tone to enable me to appoint a successor baton final action by the Benate upon air or would remain M Ite kead awaiting a of tbe question by Judicial It wsa then understood that would ha a further conference on Monday by which time I supposed you would be prepared to inform me of your decision Ton failed however to mini tba and on notified ma in writing the receipt ot your official notification ol tbe of tbe Senate in the cue of air and aame time informed me that according to tbe relating to tae tenure of certain civil your functions aa ol Wsx ad ceased from the moment of receipt of notice Tun thus in the subject Tbe uot that a promise existed is evidence of an of the kind I have mentioned Ton hsd found in our first conference tbat tbe President wee desirous of Mr ont of office whether In tbe not You knew what bad Induced to asl bom ou a promise Ton also anew tbat in case your views of duty did hoi accord hia own convictions it wss hie purpose to fill vour by another even Ignoring tbe of a positive understanding between ns The conclusions were plainly trom our various conversations It h cerlain however tbat even under circum- yon did not offer to return tbe place to my hnt according to own yourself tn a position where could I anticipated your action I would been com- to of yon as I waa compelled to ask of In tbe War Department s letter of or elae lo resort to the more Dle Expedient of suspending you by Ihs appointment Ae'eteteoVU your letter the nomination of Oov Cox for tbe office of Secretary ol War waa suggested lo me This appointment as Mr TOH's successor wss urged in name and it was said tnat his selection would save further Sent Id not think that iu the selection of a Cabinet officer I be trammelled by end con- siderations I wsa prepared toUke the lly of deciding the tn accordance with my Ideas of constitutional duty and haTtag determined upon a course which I deemed right end proper waa anxious to learn tbe steps yen take should the possession of the War Department be demanded by Mr Had your been in Ity the understanding between us I do not be- lieve tbat tbe embarrassment would at- Its present proportions or that tbe ability 61 ite would have been so arest I know witn a view to an early nation ot Stele affaire so detrimental to tbe public In- you offered both on Monday tbe tnat and on tbe succeeding Sunday locall upon Mr BTANTON snd urge upon him that the good of tbe required bta resignation I confess I considered proposal aa s sort of reparation for tbe failure on your part lo act m accordance witb en understanding more than once repeated which I thought had received full assent and under you could have returned to me the office which I bsd conferred upon yon thus yourself tram embarrassment snd leaving ibe responsibility where it properly belonged the President lor Ibe faithful execution ot tbe law I bave not yet been by you whether sa twice proposed by yourself yon bad called Mr TOS and maae an effort to induce him voluntarily to resign trom the War Department Ton conclude your communication with s ence to onr conversation st the meeting of Ibe net held on Tuesday tbe lath ult In accounts of what occurred yon sey tbe dent bid given bis version oi onr previous sations yon elated them substantially ea given in your letter and that yon tn wise admitted the correctness of hie statement of them to eof ten the evident contradiction my statement gave I alluding to our first communication on tbe the might bave understood me in way be said via that I bad promised to re- sign if I did not the reinstatement Imade no such promise My recollection of then transpired le tbe reverse of narration In the ence of tbe Cabinet I ask yon first If In a tion took place alter yeur ap men t as of War you did not agree cither to remain at tbe bead of tbe Wet De- and abide say Judicial proceedings that might follow tbe by the Benate in Mr suspension or yon wish not to become Involved In such a controversy to put me in the same position respect to the office aa I occupied previous to appointment by ing it w me in time lo pale action by tbe This yon Second I then asked yon if at the conference on tbe proceeding Saturday I bad not to avoid misunderstanding requested yon lo you intended lo do and further If lu reply to thai Inquiry yon had not referred to my former tion tbat Irom them I understood your tion and that your would be consistent with tbe understanding that bad been reached T To these slso replied in tho affirmative Third I next asked if at Ibe conclusion of our Interview on Saturday it was not understood that ws were lo have another conference on Monday before final action by tbs Benate on tbe case of Mr 1 Ton replied that such was the understanding bnt that you did not suppose tbe Senate would act so soon tbat on yon had been engaged in a conference wilb Oen and won occupied with many little matters and asked II Oen tud not ceiled on tbat day vancy Gen visit to me on Monday bsd with tbe for yon were to have called I am at a lose to perceive as be certainly did oct m- lorm me whether yon had determined to retain ot tbe office afford me an opportunity to successor in advance or any attempted reinstatement of Mr account of pasted between aa at the Cabinet meeting on the 14th inet widely differs trom that contained in your It ebowe instead ot having as given lu the which baa made reply necessary yon admitted Ibat my recital oi them was entirely Sincerely anxious however to be correct In my statements I bave read narration of what occurred on Ibe Hlb last to the members ot tbe Cabinet wbo were then present They without exception agree In ite It is only necessary lo add that on day morning the yon called on mo In company witb Altar soms preliminary conversation yon remarked in In Ibe ot date did you much injustice I replied that I bad not read the of tbat morning Ton first told me that it waa your Intention to urge Mr STAWTON to resign bis office Alter yon bad drawn I carefully read tbe article of which you bad spoken and Ita statement ot tbe between us waa substantially correct On 17th I caused It Ic be read lo lour of the five members ot the Cabinet wbo were present at onr conference on the and they concurred In the general accuracy of Its statements respecting onr conversation that occasion In reply to communication I bave deemed it proper in order to prevent further ing to make ibis of facts Very respectfully ANDREW JOHNSON General U 6 United Armies OEN ABUT or Tun I D C Feb J To of ike United I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt ot your communication of nit in answer to mine of tha ult After a careful reading and comparison of it with tbe article in the of the nil tbe article over tbe initials 3 B B in tbe New-York World oi the nlr purporting to be based upon statement and tbat ot the members of tbe Cabinet therein named I find It only to be bus a reiteration only more In detail ot tbe many and roes contained in these articles sad which my statement of set forth In my letter of the ult tended to correct and bore I reassert the correctness of my statements In tbat letter anything in yours in reply to it lo the contrary notwithstanding I confess my surprise tbat tbe Cabinet officers re- ferred to should so greatly misapprehend tbe facto In the matter of admissions alleged to have been made by me at tbe Cabinet meeting on tbe as to suffer names to be made tbe the chaws In the newspaper article to or agree to the accuracy aa yen affirm they do of account of occurred at meeting You know that we parted on Saturday the ult without any promise on my part either expressed or Implied to tbe effect that I would hold on to the office ot Secretary of War ad interim against the action of the Benate or declining to do so myself would it to yon before action was bad or that I would aee you again at any fixed time on tbe subject The performance of the promises alleged lo hi re been made by me would have In- rea stance of the law and an with tbe history ot my connection with the ot Mr From onr conversation and my written protect ot Aug 1.1897 against tba removal or Mr yon muat tbat my greatest objection to bis removal waa the fear tbat some one would pointed tn hia wbo would by opposition lo the taws relating to the restoration of the Southern to proper which materially my action Previous to this time I bsd no doubt that the law ot 1803 wss in my action afuller examination of tbe law a question a my whether it la or Is net repealed This being the I could not no ir resignation the same danger I apprehended from his removal might follow The course you would have It understood 1 weed to purree wss In of Jaw snd Uut orders from you while the course I did pursue snd which I never doubted you tully understood wss In accordance will law and not In disobedience to suy orders of my superior And now Mr President wben my honor aa a soldier sod Integrity as s man have been ao violently assailed pardon me for saving that I can bnt regard this matter from ning to end aa an attempt lo Involve me In tbe resistance of law for yon to assume the In order line to destroy my character before the try I am In a measure confirmed in tals conclusion by your recant orders directing me to disobey orders irom the Secretary ol War my en- and your subordinate having ble authority With assurance Mr that nothing less than a of my personal and character could bave minced correspondence on mv parr I bate Ibe honor to be very respect lull j Your obedient fj S General the army to tbe performance of ibe especially imposed open If by trie laws and that It an I that I accepted the appointment of ol War od I one wbo as tba statement ana assumptions tn your was sought U was to avoid tits dsntw as well as to relieve you trom the personal m which Mr would yon that I anted the appointment ot Oov Cox believing was agreeable to you and also to aned tbat tt waa the good of the On alt iba I stated to you that I thought Mr would tot did not I woald hup to do so witb logo on Ua I baa an alone with Mr which led ma to the that any advise to him of IMS kind woold be and so I advise Mr flr to j understood from turn In n conversation en tbe subject immediately after his was his opinion thai tbe sut of Act X U CONGRESS SECOND SESSION Tuesday Feb i Tne Chair laid before tho Senate a cation from tbe Secretary of War relative to tbe con- of the laws of Maryland in regard lo the apprenticeship system Referred to tbe Com- on the Judiciary Messrs and presented tbe pa of some of In ward to the rights ot American citizens abroad Referred to the Committee on Foreign Mr presented tbe petition of citizens of Colorado asking admission aa a State Referred Mr presented the report of a Special Committee of the Mississippi Convention on the Ject of the destitution in that State Deterred to the Committee on Appropriations TO The ot Mr providing for tbe protection of parties making as partis i or witnesses wsa taken nn aua passed TBE VOtraTH DISTRICT On motion of Mr tbe vote by which waa tbe requesting the President to communicate any instructions given to Gens Para and on taking command of tbe Fourth tary District under the act of the snd votes in the Cabinet on the eame was reconsidered Mr moved to strike ont the but Mr asked Hr It calling for sucb wae not unusual T Ur replied that tt was nol entirely thai U wss not a privileged question Tbe amendment was agreed to and the resolution adopted OF DILI Tbe Senate then look np on motion of Mr SON of the regulating the ure of certain offices Tbe question ww on Mr motion lo except tbe special agents ot the State Department Mr presented a letter from Secretary of State on tbe giving ot two agents tbe number employed since March I 1801 and selling forth ibe necessity ci continuing the system air Strain bad been employed ing the last two years In Britain snd Canada to defend persone charged with Foment tbe ei pease being defrayed out of thie During tbe wsr bsd been employed among them Mr lo look alter aud prevent the issue of rebel rams trom British ports In London and elsewhere dispatch agents bsd been detailed to open dispatch bags end dispatches to their destination whose names he read He argued tbat tbe be confined lo homa of the ment without depriving It of agente had been tound useful to tbe country Messrs Pennsylvania eon of opposed the amendment tbe tetter to s of 110.000 presented by of these agente ana contested by the Secretary of State Mr bad supposed tbat tbe expense of persons charged with crimes In foreign wsa Incurred by their friends If It wss tbe of the State Department to do It it wss a pernicious practice Tha morning hour having tbe further consideration of tbe subject waa postponed until 3 o'clock BITO Mr s resolution tbe tary of Wsr ior so estimate of tbe of re- moving certain reefs in ths East Biver which was adopted KAVAL Mr Introduced a Joint resolution lor the promotion ol certain 011 tbe to Rear on the retired liat was re- ferred to tbe on Naval Affaire THE DEBATE The Senate then look np the special order iho Bnp and proceeded lo address the Senate in favor of it Ue tbat the popular clamor In regard lo the con ol tbe Reconstruction acte of Congreai proved no more than did the aame sort of clamor against tbe acte adopted lor tbe of tbe rebellion It but a continuation ot Ihei h tbe ssme men against the reinforcement of For Homier In the powo lo suppress rebellion Ibe Constitution thense Of means Tha Southern Stales had formed independent of the Constitution and la open to the United States as independent of ths United BUtes as France le ot the Empire o Great The purpose of tba General Govern mant in carrying en tbe wsr was to overthrow those and replace them with others in bar mony with tba Constitution Both objects were proper and both objects would be accomplished wban the purpose of ins Reconstruction aole filled Tbe rebel went mlo tlie wsr tought and were defeated ss States snd aa were prostrate in the bands of their with no claims on the Government for clemency and his friends had objected to coercion they were Statee and the same men were now opposing reconstruction on tbe same ground Be replied to the on Congress for ite denis ot the constitutional of those saying tbe sending of an army to the South to make war waa sa absolute denial of any constitutional in them to protest Ue reau tbe resolution of July 1 1864 declaring tbat sucb States were incapable o tbe functions ss anch lu the union Nearly all the vo ed in tavor of tnat Uon including Messrs and rights bad st that time r he would aak the Senator from Indians Mr Ucn He quoted Irom Mr spiech as bis explanation in regard to bis vote on the Winter Davis aod amendments thereto Hr explained wben Mr WILLIAMS ted another in which snd voted for the resolution ot Fee 8 1868 excluding those States from participation In tbe elec torsi votes lor Vice-President If those States then baa no right w such representation constitutional bsd they I It Ibey baj for felled Ibat right In consequence ol rebellion bad they not forfeited other rights under the MOD T Tbe Republican Party slood tae same of tbe Constitution which those Senators took Hr said the act In question was a de- one and be bad voted for it so aa to pre- serve order in Congress believing tbat in their condition toe electoral votes of those ought not to be counted so is to influence the result of thei Presidential election Hr said that resolution contained a die recognition of tba isot thai BUtes were not entitled to representation in Congress and asked wben they bad since obtained that right Mr said ths resolution did unqualified absence of that right tbat under tae circumstances they could not exercise II Hr WILLIAMS said be waa not witb tone Influencing Senators la voting upon legal eon of the Constitution ol toe united Steles He proceeded to ask whether tbe Supreme Court hsd tbe right to deny tbs Congress to declare States la insurrection declaration baa never been withdrawn by Congress except in tha ease ol Tennessee Their legal sums was then unchanged and Congress had tbe right to keep tt ae until in im opinion it could be safely done condition might arise now aa to make it Just aa to continue tbe war as when led bis armies He quoted again from tbe Supreme Court definition el although and asked rights they had at tbe tune they were so By the law of nations no limitation tbe power of the conqueror over the conquered belligerent save tl of clemency Neither tn nor pre- tended to dsay Ibe right ot conquerors to terms and claimed constitutional rights of tbe war it became necessary to re- nUce disloyal with loyal All the of the acquiesced hi a declaration that no eml governments then existed IB those States Congress new occupied precisely Tbe Senator trom Indiana end the recent in policy tad bad committed therefore to Uiae Be Mr WILLIAM thun took up of tne right to restore those and essed whether right U at well aa In North Carolina to form a constitution snd If not T Because tad constitutional rights snd North Carolina bad none Let It be remembered that tbe Democratic and its AJax in ibs Senate bad claimed tbe right of to lorm bond teds of md denied right ut Congress to any me For purpose was a to II not to bo to lie It tUe people's action in adopting a institution precluded Commas from ita propriety then Dish if ber people formed a polygamy muat be ad- mitted aa a State under It He quoted n and eald that what Mr read ana called opinion of only one Judge wss a deliberate decision of eight Judges pronounced Judge TANIT tba derision et at lo whether a State baa a republican form rf is binding every other department of lie Government He the Senator trom like every good Democrat n tbe policy and claiming that It waa for him to recognize the ot a republican farm of government was Inconsistent with the President's assumption that tbe tions called by him were for ibe purpose oi forming Mate Governments Congress could em- ploy tbe military power of tbe Government is one of tbe of executing the lawa The law authorizing the raising of troops to put down rebellion recited aa one of lie objects tne of republican forma of government in the rebellions Steles He guaranty of a debt secured Its payment If required by Ibe guarantor Congress must If tbe people of a Stele tailed to provide it government republican In form He Judge decision that military power waa not a form of and Congress bad a rigbt to replace U and Irom the It u for Con- gress to pronounce upon the lact He closed by ar- guing that tt was expedient ss well ss Just for Con- gress to settle tba question At 3 o'clock Mr of Maine obtained tbe floor wben on his motion further consideration was postponed until to-morrow at 1 o'clock THE OF NLL The lo regulate the tenure of certain again taken up Mr the necessity for his amendment Mr Mr thought matters batween menls be conducted on the asms principle as affairs between honest men snd that secret agents were not necessary There was more reason lor s secret service In the Department snd tho Treasury Department hut he It ought them both evil and hurtful snd condemned this or upon ibe people become s spy upon the ot people be characterized aa disgusting Mr inch large money could not be safely Intrusted to one man in s million In the trUt bsd been to one yer lo another snd to a reporter He read and commented upon the Hat of nemes ol spec lal scents contained In a letter Irom tbe Secretary of the Treasury saying tbe clergymen employed belonged to the Church of England and not a was among them Mr Hr a 1 Mr la that Mr is tt Methodist Mr THATCH Inquired church Mr belonged w Mr had never found ont who bs wss If the Secretary of hid not hsd the funds We would not have bad Mr amendment waa lost After further debate Mr moved to strike ont twenty ee Ibs number of special mall and Insert twenty-five saying that was necessary business of the Department A number of special were required on Ibe mall the Atlantic aa Ins mails for end elsewhere were np 011 board tho steamers The amendment was adopted Mr had that tbo would without opposition that the Benate wss iu ol retrenching the expenses which bad grown ao during tbe war bnt be hsd found that on Uist point he hid been He alluded lo the uni- versal removals from office to make way for the friends and si Id If the spoils were lo belong to tne victors let them be placed in tho bauds of the party had brought thia Administration Into power Let the President send them men enough for confirmation and take snch aa be Mr moved to amend by In tion second an exception ol those embraced in tion first and local route of tbe De- snd such as may be tf appointed by the Comptroller ct the Currency for iba elimination of banks Considerable discussion ensued In regard w tbe construction of the amendment during Mr the opinion that such power waa dangerous Instancing ibe caae ot a National Bank with a cabal against eome of lie where be said tbe agent would very likely be in favor of one or iho other He referred to a Postmaster rejected by the Benate wbo was after- ward appointed oy toe as a special agent in that very office There waa cure for atale of things except s radical cure Mr pointed ont several cases In great Inconvenience would to the of Departments without authority to miko then temporary appointments He feared gentlemen might go too isr In limiting this power rely somewhat upon character ol in office enable thorn to do their well He deprecated any legislation on the subject of spoils they bad one ur enough In that direction Mr disclaimed any such He had merely said if there arc to be spoils let go into Ibe hands of Ibe victors and not those of me man wbo was opposing them Mr slur again urging bla opinions Ibai the Committee tak and re- it so es lo give it more direction Mr thought It to draft a to meal tbe views oi all Senators The wss Ibat it met requirements too directly for eome Senators He proceeded to the and the system recently adopted governing appointments for political reasons He had refused to recommend a man ia bis Slate on of hts character and yet that man wie appointed He in- the case ot A B SLOAN Aim three re- by the Senate ol his ter but who bad been appointed Special Agent ol the Treasury Department to go to Texas end waa now engineering in Ibe Convention laws So it wss all over the mrn rejected by the Senate were traveling about aa special agents to smell out men in office wno support Cou gress with a view to their removal lo tbe Nary yard at a Special Agent bad been ap pointed whoso only duty wee 10 apy out and secure tba of good and true men Mr be hsd bean reminded when Hr wss ot the stand the Senator bad on the of the removal 01 M at Ibe ol Mr who had been sent to smell ont the political opinions of foreign Mia Uiers Mr said bid told him laat tbat when tbe President banded letlor ha had no idea who that wss and knew nothing him end thai since then he had lean ouo man who he had him He Mr had bis that man really had seen him slid thought it was possibly some other person He believed Ibe State ment bad been Imposed snd they bsd no relation this person Mr made s remark to Mr lo a low lone understood by the reporter to ibe Motley natter having been considered in secret session and impropriety of Mr to It Mr thanked tbe Senator for the reminder but had referred to the statements of the papers He proceeded to say tbe of Stele having acted tin the report nl Mr in forcing Mr to resign be conld not himself he did not know him He considered tbe route as traveling about the country in the Interest ot my policy and thought they should be subject lo confirmation by tbe Senate and referred to an instance where a bank agent was sent to examine the condition of a Western bank a circulation col above which conld have been done in one day bnt he ten dare proclaiming to the world Ibat the distress of tbe country was caused by ths legislation Hr wsa in favor of cutting off ill special agente Tbe would eoon ascertain what officers were necessary and a law could be passed ing such and defining tbe duties Mr moved to recommit tbe to the Committee for further consideration Mr referring to the political aspects the question had taken said he did not Believe one- tenth of the employes of the Treasury supported the President's policy Be had been dla by the removal of the only appointee recom mended by bim wbo had boen a Lieutenant-Colonel of an Indiana regiment a young man and hia successor a supporter of Congress bad been a clerk Be denounced tbo idea of ing a Retrenchment BUI for partisan purposes Mr with the but reminded him that aa tali system ot removals had sprung np tbe contest for tbe Presidency com- the candidates not to be aggrieved 11 they did suffer in that way He would make a report tomorrow it the waa recommitted Tba motion to waa carried Tbe Senau then on of Mr at 4 o'clock adjourned OT AMD Mr Introduced a to make BL George and Booia Bay ports erf delivery Referred to tbe Committee on Commerce Mr from the Committee on tions reported a to regulate tha custody and ei of Ordered to be printed and recommitted Mr offered a resolution Instructing the Committee on to inquire into the Inlet on the soy coast rom the Atlanta lu a tho of th Bay below the month of tbe Elver Adopted Mr Introduced a fer the of he Oregon claims arising ont of tbe Indian war ot Referred to the Committee on Claims Mr presented a resolution of the coln Encampment of Ibe Grand Array of the Ic Department of Ohio for the release of Col rat ana JAMBS SMITH from British prisons to the Commutes on Foreign Affairs Mr a resolution reciting that sa armed organization known ee the are cum muting brutal outrages sad murders on white snd colored Unionists In the Counties of Giles and Montgomery in Tennessee and hat great terror and uncertainly prevail and the Committee ou Affaire to into such sau the best means for heir immediate suppression Mr offered a resolution declaring as the sense of the House tbat it la to attempt by treaty to regulate on Imports or wise to interfere with the therefrom ss by statute to tne Committee oo Ways and Means Hr Loom leave to offer a to lax United bonds two per cent bnt was made Mr Locum lo offer a resolution looking a the of the Weal Point the colleges In tbe different States hnt Mr HOLMAM objected EIGHTS OF CITIZENS Tbe House proceeded to Ibe consideration In tbe morning of the reported from ILO Com on Foreign Affaire concerning tba rights of American citizens in foreign Mr BAILET apoke In of Ibe general of Ibe and in of Its details and suggested a declaratory Joint resolution Ibat ill Slatea citizens when lu foreign Steles ire entitled to sad shall receive from Government adequate tion of and property Mr a substitute for di- claring it to be the rule of public law a citizen of any country not a trom Justice has au Indefeasible right to expatriate himself snd lo absolve bu lo country of his birth every naturalized American citizen la to alt tUe protection at home and abroad which tho Government can afford to any citizen end whenever a citizen ol tbe United Statee shall be deprived ot or despoiled ol property In auy foreign country br tbo act of Government of ho not being held lor trial not convicted of crime the lawe of country tor acte uone therein bla release or reparation for be by tbe and If on In grounds all diplomatic and commercial Intercourse between country and the United Slatee thereupon cease President to communicate all Ibe facts lo Mr hts substitute aa given m yesterday's inga Mr In view ot the great tance cl the end of tbe ol dis- cussing it In the morning bour that ibe should hold aa evening fur Mr JODD objected Mr toen give his In o SB reported Irani tbe Committee on Foreign Af aud tbo opinion that the proposed by Mr bad less defects He ar- gued that the In Its of the but wben trie policy of Congress bid been once declared the and might ot the bo pledged 10 its en- forcement Mr JODD explained bis reason for objecting to tho evening session waa that he deemed lion of sufficient Importance to the tion of all and bis experience nil been that evening sessions were generally more debating lie declared It lo be tho duty ot Congress tn fix before It adjourned tbe policy of tne Executive on the subjects ol rights lo American liens abroad and to eao that tbat pulley was Congress make s declaration ol Ibe of aud to maintain them Mr proceeded to tbo end to allow ila aud that the neither the assertion of nor for toe redress cl the wrong He quoted diametrically opposite oi opinion on thi of liability to military and ot tho liability of naturalized returning to native country trom Mr sad Mr wben ibey were Secretaries bl Siete and to which of them uid the reler lo in the allusion to the of public law having been hereto asserted by the oi the United The hour hiving before Mr bad concluded bla remarks the want over till tho mom Ing hour to-morrow BELIEF FOB Tim The Sonata bUI for the temporary relief of tbe poor of tbe District ot Columbia was tekan from ibe Speaker's table slid to the Committee on the of Columbia or The House then proceeded to the of the reported by Mr from tnc Committee on Public Lands declaring forfeited to the States certain lands granted to aid In Ibo tion of in Alabama ami Florida Mr addressed the House In to lit oared tbat it snd alt kindred sprang from and revenge by tbe war It retted on of or wss not lor tbu in- teruel or policy ol bad no dalion In policy It bad no tendency lu effect pacification ur to bring about tbe avowed objecte of itic war bul it wis to rekindle the fires of war and perpetual e iho malignity and hatred unit bitter en- gendered by war UP objects were to break the moral and material ot tlw white nee snd to subject tbat race to tbe dominion ot tbe rican Everything was being done iu ing to build up to aud nothing lo asperity or lo restore amity or Tbe wia further opposed by ind Mr KELLET In lo a maJe by Mr which hi supposed reflected ou the City ol Philadelphia said that lie Mr KELLET represented tbat as tae beat tbe world gave of wages for honest In no ty ou ur ou tbe other side of the Atlantic were so many roole I hat were their ova It wae of that city tbat in laboring owned bouse a Mr supports J the not from any feeling of or of hostility to tbe people ol the by It but because tbe Isade In were actually forfeited by Uie lapse of the grains and because a large number of men had tually on lands supposing ibel they were now open 10 on the Homes ead law could not got a title and would be lost He wae therefore bonad to consider as tne railroad corporations that were lor of particularly ea in caae of aomc ot those no stroke ot work had yet been uone tn tbe way ot building s railroad He replied to tbe remarks ot hie colleague air ana challenged him to ahew bow the people ol Ibe bad punished tor crime ol re hellion in favor of ibo amendment ex trom he operation of ihs me and Alabama Railroad Company Mr i tua ssked Mr to loyalty of the of that remarking that It appeared Irom tbe report of tho Select Committee on Southern at toe recent election of directors five of the were certified to be loyal eix of doubtful loyally snd tour admitted rebels tb a reasons lor selecting rebels be- Ina that were no more loyal stockholders that conld be elected Mr replied that thit waa not correct end be mentioned tne of loyal officiate of that Company Mr asked whether It was not s fact that the only Interest the stockholders in roads had was slier the mortgages be satisfied tend whether mortgages were not held by living in the North ana wbo were to tbe Mr replied that list was undoubtedly Mr spoke lu of the end Mr got tbe floor wben tbe metier want over temporarily BOOK Mr FUJI asked id report from tbs Committee on Military r Joint lu reference to ths Rock Island bridge which be said bad been agreed upon between tbs War Department and the Railroad Company the Hock Island sad Pacific Company Mr objected Mr e luge number of petitions from Ibe State of New-York repeal of tbe law on manufactures snd ot uries Referred to the Committee on Ware and Means Mr TAX Hoax presented s petition for tions to improve tha harbor it Niagara County New-York Referred to tbe Committee on Commerce Mr ot offered a resolution directing tbe oi the to inform tba Hoase whether the Union Pacific Railroad Company and tbe other companies tamed In the act of July 1 IMS bid complied with tbe section of that sot snd made the reports thereby required and if so to furnish copies of them Adopted The presented Executive aa From the Secretary of Wsr witb s statement of ibe contracts and M nude by ibs Ordnance Department and for Department From me Secretary oi tbe with copy of instructions Issued by to tbe Tax of Month Carolina 1C 1803 OEM AND HIE In reference lo Ihs Secretary of War is lor hy tbe of Mr of lows moved that Ibe be to the Mr Surras of ment it be referred to tbe Committee on H Ur accepted Ibe amendment and for the reading of the correspondence Tbe waa road and was listened lo with unusual and Tbe reading of tbe concluded Mr ot lovra to reler iba to tbg Committee on end tbat it be printed and on bat be more Ibe pre- vious question Mr liked tbo ll In order In view of ind course of Gan In the whole lo s vote of lo The Speaker gild U wae not in r Pending tbe demand for roie to mike s Tbe waa not lu imlcr Mr said be wished lo appeal to ibe trum Iowa to add to big Com- on Reconstruction be Instructed to dence on the subject Tbe reminded Sir that wben Ibe question wss toe ot tbe House muni be taken on It Ur ibai it was a matter of ordinary courtesy on tbe part or to allow a member to appeal to a party making a motion Tbe Speaker air whether he would withdrew tbe demand for tbe previous question Ur be declined to withdraw Inc de- mand Mr well then let the country understand the fact Tbe previous question wie seconded tion to OOV OF ALABAMA On motion ol Mr ut the 10 remove political from EAT L of Alabama WAS taken from ike table snd referred tu tm Mr offered s resolution the Committee on Public to Into ilit of giving to the Erie Extension Canal Company public lands to enable Company to tbe cinal by making a ship canal from tbe Ohio to the liar bo r of Erlo on Lake Erie which wia adopted LANDS The the consideration of the to forfeit the railroad lauds ol Ur yielded to a motion to adjourn Mr of If the were not of be would move to-morrow to It Tho motion to adjourn wie negatived Mr Ibe In ibe interest of the of the country Mr JOLIAN the debate to ill the liy tbe of the He yielded to Mr of wuo a title 10 abow tbat there waa not trough public land In tho of Alabama Louisiana Arkansas end Florida to to Ibe In It I lilt in Alabama and were mile no homes and that if ill tba lands subject lo homestead entry could be would 130.337 Tbe lands which tine would open 10 In those Siales would bo acree as 400 scree were needed for and but hah ol tbo landa conld De cultivated Icr Mr JULIAN returned floor and continued hie m of the Ue cloned b ing tbo ou tlie pending motion wai to reconsider tbo vote by which the was recommitted to the Committee ou Ur m to lav tbe motion to elder on the table Negatived 63 nays 80 The previous question waa seconded The vote HIS theu the came lor Uie Oral formally tbe Mr moved to amend bv from tho of the too aud Company JJr PILI moved lo by excepting the bama and 1 tall pud Mr desired to offer an amendment ing tbc of tbo lo all nies grants bad become by limitation Mr to allow to tit to out ot the Ibe it 6 o'clock aoj MEXICO and Imprisonment of Foreign Merchants at bt in Election From Onr Own Correspondent TUM Friday 24 1847 Laic advices from Mexico state tbat able bin in sequence ol the of a number ol foreign chanU Tbe bp tbe In pur lusne we of Ilia liv the or Han Lu o lit vis and I two of that we Ibri not twu man la but nonie otter Engliah all French and whom E MARTIN Leu aud is a and a Tlie of this whole petty war on the commerce of Sin Lu a we in s ul On tbe of December laat the State a the of Interior throughout Sin Lull to mike provision or for income derived from the Legislature made a new revenue law by tbe law which waa approved by dor JOAN on the nit the capital tied In was to pay e tax of two per cent On Uie lit oi this month thn law ms published On it miny of the merchants begin to place their ness in Tbe amount upon tbe merchants of tbe State ire Of tins mm Han in called upon for The ol are The of amall only saya the Of MI The Governor finding would be but few merchants lo col- lect tax from lime It due or tbs time law issued a decree on I lit lib luet 10 r the of a loin by On tbo Ibero were seized an amount end assortment of to the merchants aud advertised to nold on tho ot insi by MEADE tbe public to paj apportionment could bin imprisonment by payment oj a fine of I preferred however to contest procedure Tne de- tno outrage as and and tending to rum the whole commercial interests of tnat State Liquidation ibe eirc will tint aave them pay ever or be the deposition ul Idem A Note of Cor- rection x To lAe of ST Feb 4 Your reporter in bia brief notice of toy on but Sunday evening rue in many which obliges me to ask of yon to be II ud enough to correct Ha stales I waa bnt a few in Ireland Now I wis nearly two months He aays again thit I stayed but e few boon in some of Ibe principal places Now I stopped In most ol the and several In Dublin and Cork In bla report I saw snakes in Inland be omitted to give mv explanation that was the Royal Constabulary ot the mountain dew offered to travelers going through tbe Qap ot I said It was much ter in many In thla City which wss nothing better then kerosene oil end spirits of He said I acknowledged that I had drink of both Such worda never fell from my lips He that I How do you like that boyet I never dreds of my who wore present will bear mn out tn ibis They feel annoyed and I Itel wronged Will you In goodness oblige them slid do me tlie Justice of Inserting this correction slid I shall feel in every respect deeply U you THOMAS J MOON BY Pastor ot tit From Ibo u mi IT Oen In from As Certain at are lating raporte that tba Union Party ol Its delegates to the tional will cut Ita vow for Cuss for President Those baiter acquainted with ment ot tbe Union people oi Ken tacky need no M- ss to ths man of their w lead ns safely to peace and harmony In nations affairs Kentucky in all her loyal bean U a null lor Every County Convention thus tar baa in ma Ualon Oon van lion will unanimously the Onion Delegation will give en bit kcu vote in Iba Chicago Convention for the hero nl As of the lurest ed he his to conservator by tin i IN SPA PERI
