Mr. HOWE. I certainly did not mean to misquote the Senfrom Maryland; I prefer his own language. Then he was the man who took a leading part in the perpetration of that crime. While they are oing honor in this way to these men whom the Senfrom Maryland and myself agree in characterizing as criminals, have we any reason to suppose that they have learned reall to regard that conduct even as a blunder? They think it an honor, they think it a credit, they think it a glory, and by all these demonstrations they are trying to teach us that it is a glory; and while they are so carefulto shower these honorsupon all those who have died in that cause what are we doing? Sir, I saw not long since a statement in the papers which I cannot help but credit, that an application was made to one of the officers in this Government, on the part of the cadets in the Military Academy at WestPoint, for mer mission to inscribe upon the guns there, which had been captured from the rebels, the names of the fields on which they had been captured, and that permission was refused for a very amiable motive, I have no sort of doubt. The argument was, that as these gentlemen were coming back, we must leave nowhere any mementoes that could taunt them with, what? With the fact that there had been a difference, that there had been a war, that they had been criminals. I recollect of hearing that statement read from the papers one morning at a table where were sittin 2 crip led soldiers, each one of whom hadIost part O a hand; and I recollect very distinctly, and shall recollect a great while, the manner with which one of them said to the other, “Well, my friend, it is time for you and me to go and bury ourselves; if, we remain here on the earth these crip led hands of ours will forever be a reproac to these returning brothers that are coming back. " We cannot allow the fact that the people of the U.S. captured agun from their enemies to be inscribed on the gun for fear those ene mies will have their feelings hurtl and when it is an gested here that cadets shall not be educate at this school of ours from districts which have no Representatives in the other House, objection is made to that. We object to it in the face and eyes of the fact that not withstanding the law requires every one of those cadets to be nominated by the member from the district, these appointments are being made constantly from the districts where there is no Representative to make the nomination. When it is proposed to correct that, we strike it out. We say it is too small a matter for the Senate, and we strike it out. Now, here is a proposition to prohibit the appointment of an individual to receive the advanfiges of that school who has beenin this traitorous service, and it is proposed that we shall discriminate anew; that we shall not adopt that in those broad terms, but that we shall raise another question, whether his service was voluntary or involuntary, a question which we cannot try, which we cannot determine. As I said in the outset, if we were determinin the question whether we would hang one of these men, I would stop and cavil on the question whether his crime was the result of choice or the result of force; but when we are determining only as to what class of young men shall be educated at the expense of the U.S and for the military service of the U.S., I think we shall run no risk of doing Wrong to anybody if we say we will take those pupils from the class who have heretofore been loyal and true to the Government. he guestion being taken by yeas&nays, resulte ycas8, buys 33; ABSENT So the amendment to the amendment was rejected.