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38th Congress - Special Session Cong. Globe 1553 (1863)

handle is hein.congrec/conglob0076 and id is 1 raw text is: THE CONGRESSIONAL GLOBE. THE OFFTCIL PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRE SS, PUBLISHED BY JOHN 0. RIVES, WASHINGTON, D. C. Sprcet. SEsSION, 38TH CONGnESS. MONDAY, MARCH 16, 1863. \Ew SERIEs ..... No. 98. and cherish therightsofmanlind. Theboom of is to be longorshort, therecanbenodoubtofthe Better one war, though it cost countless lives cannon on the plains of Lexington shook a con- final dawn ofaglorious day; forsuh is the phys- and untold treasure, than a dismembered Union, tinenl,and borean obscurentilitiacn lonel from the ical georaphy ofthe continent thatbetween the with its endless border conflicts and final anarchy hliad's of Mount Vernon to the highest pinnacle gulf and the lakes there can be but one nation- and ruin. If the people between thegulfand the of earthly glory, to stand forever on that proud ality. No matter what changes may bewrought lakes cannot live together in peace as one nation, p,-desudl, peerhcssamongmen, whileitcalledStark in its socialorganization, its territorial limits will they certainly cannot as two. This war, then, fiom his granite hills, Putnam from his plow, and continue the same. The traditions of the past must, in tie nature of things, be prosecuted till Greene from his blaceksmith's forge, to immortal and the hopes of the future have crystallized in the lastarmed rebel issubdued and theflagof our fame. the American heart the fixed resolve of one fathers is respected on every foot of American The iron hail beating on the walls of Sumter Union, one country, and one destiny from ocean soil. again shakes a continent, and tile genius of his- to oeean. No human powercanclhangethatdes- 'Gentlemen, invoking on you and our common tory in recording the names of chose born not to tiny, any more than it can stay the tide of the country the blessings of divine Providence, and die. The country's martyrs in this hour of its father of waters as it rolls from the mountains to wishing you each and all a long and happy life, trial will live forever. Their tombs will be the I the sea. not in the unmeaning compliment of the day, but hearts of the great and god of all time; their I Freedoms battle, once begun, in sincerity and truth, I declare the House of monuments the granite hills or a nation rejoicng Bequeathed troi bleeding sire to son, Representatives of the Thirty-Seventh Congress il fccecdom. Whether the night of our adversity Though baffled oft, Is everwon.3 adjourned sie die. SENATE-SPECIAL SESSION. SPECIAL SESSION. IN SENATE. WcDNEsDAY, Jl1are-s 4, 1863. The Secretary (Joht.N W. FORNEY, Esq.) called the Svnate to order, and read the following proc- lamation of the President of the United States: By the .Pesident of the UVnlet States of Acmerica. A niOOLAIIATION. WVhereas objects of intere.st to tire United States require that till Senate should be canvelled at twelve o'cloe on tie 4th oflarcet next, to receiveand act upon such cota- antaications as itay be made to It on the part ofthe Exec- a live:+ Non, tin'refore, 1, AnlanArss L.COLIT, President ofthe United Statec, Iave consldered it to be my duty to issue till, ray proclianation, declaring tiatan extrardinaryoeca- .lo rcquires the Senate or we United States to convene for tlir Imn-aeltoa of binilnes at tile Capitol, in tre city of Wa-IIlngi on the-It, day ofareli next, at twelve c'click ats luea oi that day, faWiih all who lshai at tiittite be entithd to act as mmmbers of that body are hereby required to n fO:c notice. Given ualer my hndand the seal oftthe United States. nt Vatihnogton, theO.Sth da vorFebrarvunt theyear [fr v.] ofour Lord lted3, and of te Independence Of the Unlitedl Ste ofAlacrica tite eigtly.seveath. ABIRIACAM LINVOLN. By ttie Prc'ident. W IIAV t -1 It. S wAnn., Se retary of Sta e. Of the Senators whose terms didi not expire on the 3d of March, 1863, there were present: From the State of- aint-Hon. Wiliam Pitt Fessenden. .Meto 1lampshire-Hon. Daniel Clerk. J'eriot-thoi. Jacob Collamer. i'ssacehustls-onu. Henry Wilson. Rhod.ec Ltand-lon. I-lenry B. Anthony. Coattectieut-H'on. Lt Fayette S. Foster. Xew Vor-1-Ho. Ira Harris. A\ewJesy-lh n. John C. Ten Eyck. Pcisylania-Hon. Edgar Cowan. Delawaie---mt. Willard Saulsbury. .taryland-l-ion. Thomas H. Hicks. Virgitia--lou. John S. Carlile. Kentickir-Ilon. Garret Davis and Hon. Laz- airus V. Powell. Xissour-Hon. Robert Wilson. Olio-Hon. John Sherman. Iidiaa--Ion. Henry S. Lane. lhittes-Hon. William A. Richardson and 1-Ion. Lyann Trumbull. Oliiegan-Itt. Jacob M. Howard. JYiscots'lt-Ion. Timotlhy 0. Howe. Iotca-Huin.Jam:s W.Grimesand Hon. James Harltn. • Miaesota--on. Morton S. Wilkinson. w.sas-Hut. Ja'.ies H. Lane and Hon. Samuel C. Pomeroy. Califobria-Hon. James A. McDougall. 98 Oregon-Hon. Benjamin F. Harding and Hon. James W. Nesmith. Mr. FESSENDEN. Mr. Secretary, in con- formity with usage, I offer the following resolu- tion: Resolved, That the oath of office be administered to Hon. SOLOXrON FOOT as Senator elect front the State nfVermomnt by lo. Lt. FAVrErE S. POSTER; and that tie be, and Is hereby chosen President pro tmpore of the Senate. The Secretary put the question on'the resolu- tion; and it was adopted tem. con. Mr. FOSTER thereupon administered to Mr. FooT the usual oath to support the Constitution of the United States; and Mr. Poor took the chair as President pro tempers. The PRESIDENTpro tempere. Senators elect and Senators whose term commences under a re- election at this time will receive the oath of office in the order in which their names will be called by the Secretary. The Secretary called the names of those Sena- tors whose credentials lad been heretofore pre- sented, as follows: Hon. James A. Bayard, of Delaware. Hon. Lemuel J. Bowden, of Virginia. Hon. Charles R. Buckalew, of Pennsylvania. Hon. Zaechariah Chandler, of Michigan. Hon. James Dixon, of Connecticut. Hon. James R. Doolittle, of Wisconsin. Hnn. Thomas A. Hendricks, of Indiana. Hon. Reverdy Johnson, of Maryland. Hon. Edwin D. Morgan, of New York. Hon. Lot M. Morrill, of Maine. Hon. Alexander Ramsey, of Minnesota. ion. William Sprague, of Rhode Island. Hon. Charles Sumner, of Massachusetts. Hon. Benjamin F. Wade, of Ohio. As their names were called, Mr. BOWDEN, Mr. BDcUIcLrw, Mr. CiHANDLER, Mr. DixoN, Mr. DOOLITTLE, Mr. JonHsom, Mr. MiORGAN, Mr. MOtRILL, Mr. SUItNER, and Mr. WADn advanced to the desk singly, and the President pro tempore administered to each the usual oath to support the Constitution of the United States, and he took lils seat in the Senate. Messrs. BAYARD, HEsmNacers, RAsSEY, and SPRAGUE were not present. Mr. TEN EYCK presented the credentials of Hon. WILLIAM WtoIrG, elected by the Legisla- ture of New Jersey a Senator from that State for the term of six years, commencing this day. The credentials were read; the usual oath to support the Constitution or the United States was admin- istered to Mr. Wasrer, and he took his seat in the Senate. iOu motion of Mr. WILSON, of Massachu- setts, it was Or, lered, That a committee of three be uppolated to wait upon time President of the United States and inort him that time Senate hs asesimbled in pursuanee of the call of thie Presidentoftheo ti aitiimo, and a quorum beingpres- ent, time Senate Is ready to receive saly eoinualtcatlio tie may be pleased to make; and that the President pro ter- pore appoint the said committee. The PRESIDENT pro tempore appointed Mr. WIsON of Massachusetts, Mr. Nowe, and Mr. NE IsttTH, the committee. Mr. TRUMBULL. I desire to call the atten- tion of the Presidentof tie Senate and of theSet- ate itself to an act of Congress approved on the 2d of July, 1862, which declares: T'Ihlat hereafter every person elected or appointed to any office of honmoror profit under the Goverlnment of the Uni- tedStates, either lit thecivil, military, ornaval department of the public service, excepting the President of tile Ut- sed State.-, shall, before entering upos time duties of such office, and belore being entilled to aIi of the salaryorother emoluments thercel, take and subscribe time following oatIr Or affirmatiOll1 Then follows the oath or affirmation, which I will read: t, A B, do solemnlyswear (or affirm) that) Itave sever voluntarily borne arias against tie United States slnce I have beeni a citizen thereo; that I have voluntarily given no aid, countenance, counsel, or cneoeraselntllL to persons engacd i, arsed hostility thereto; that I have neither tought, nor accepted, nor attempted to exerebe tiie fia- tions of atty office whatever under av nauthorty or pre- tended authority il, hntility to the Umited States; that I hiave not yielded a voluntarysupport to nay lreiendei gov- erment, autltority, power,ior constitution within time Uni- ted States,. tistil or inmical thereto. And t do furtier swear (or i nfirn) that to tile bet of anlnnwledge and abil- fly C will support and defend the Coostitulio of the Uii- ted States against all enemies. foreign and domestic; tiat I will bear tnle fiitth and allegiance to tie Same; that I take thil obligation freely, without any mlental recervation or purpose of evasioe ; and that I will welt and frithfully dis, cll;rg tie duties of the officeon which lamu about to titer. So helii me God. 4Which oath, so takcen and sinedu, shall be preserved amng tite fils Of tile court, Hoause of Congres, or depart- nitnit to which the said office mray appertain. As a matter of practice, I apprehend that the appropriate way of doing this would be for the Secretary to drawup this oath, and let it be sub- scribed and sworn to by each Senator elected after the passage of the act. Of course it applies to those only, for the language is hereafter every person elected or appointed. I do notknow that any motion in regard to it is necessary further than calling time attention of the Presiding Officer and of tile Senate to the law. If a motion be re- garded as necessary, I make the motion that the ecretary be directed to prepare the oath, and pre- sent it to each Senator who has been elected since the passage of the act. Tire PRESIDENT pro tempera. The Chair presumes it is sufficient to call tile attention of enators to that duty, and that that duty will be performed as required by law.

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