Mr. HENDERSON. It does protect the Yazoo land; but that is not a sugar growing country. The Senator knows that the Yazoo land is the best cotton growing country of the southern States; and I referred to the Yazoo country when I spoke of the country that produced 600,000 bales of cotton. That portion which we propose to protect south of the mouth of the Arkansas river is on the west side, and is exclusively a sugar growing country. I was goin on to state that there were 300 an 17,000 barrels of molasses grown there in 1800. I put. those barrels at 40 gallons each, making 12,680,000 gal lons of molasses, which, at a tax of 3 cents a gallon, would yield $380, 400. Thus the aggregate of taxes which we may collect next year in consequence of this small appropriation is $10, 800.400. I have merely made a fair calculation from the census figures of 1860. Senators can see whether we shall make nionc by it or not so far as the taxes are concerue. The Senfrom Illinois need not make so much disturbance about “rebels.” I am as much opposed to rebels as that Senator or any other Senator; but. I am heartily tired of this eternal calling out “rebels! rebelsl" whenl ever an appropriation that is at all distasteful to gentlemen is asked. I am not in favor of rebels. I will go as far as that Senator or any other Senator to protect every man in the southern States in iis equal rights against rebels. I am for equality before the law, and for establishin eternal justice in that country. I will go as ar as any man to protect the white and black; but what does the Senator mean by this talk against “ rebels?” Does he not know that there are perhaps 750,000 negroes entirely dependent upon this very country which we propose to reclaim, for their support? If you Will only throw up levees and enable the farmers of that country, rebel or not rebel, Union men or not Union men, to cultivate the land, to grow cotton, sugar, and molasses, next year you will not only collect nearly 11 millions of taxes, but you will give employment to 750,000 of these sufferin negroes that we are now feeding from the Treasury daily with rations. If I have the power to pay money from the Treasury in order to feed 51088negroes, in the name of Heaven have I not the power to vote a small appropriation to enable them to work and make their own living; and if I can appropriate $11,000,000 to feed the negroes in the southern States, why can I not appropriate amillion and a half in order to give thcin land to work and toil and make their own upon? living I voted for the bureau bill, and I di not doubt my constitutional power to vote for it, and I do not doubt my constitutional power to make this appropriation to save these men from starvation an misery and death. Mr. President, I have said enough. the appropriation will be made.