Mr. WADE. I am very sorry to see that my friendfrom Kansas is so much exercised this morning. I do not know wh his nerves should be so shocked and shaken y anything that I have said or done. Icertainly have sai nothing in opposition to the project of reconstructing the States, that he has now laid before us, Ibeheve, for the 1st time. When it was read, I thought it read very well, and I am not at all sure that I should not be Willing to accept it. I want time to consider it. I do not know really whntisinit. Iwill not makeany pledges, that I will accept it, but he attacks me very i violently; as Lord Halesa s, “he leaps before have said nothing, certainly, in opposition to his proposition; really I do not now what it is entirely, but I thought it sounded very well on just hearing it loosely and now, sir, it is said I made an attack on the POTUS As a Senator upon this floor, I care no more about the opinions of the POTUS than I do about those of any respectable senator upon this floor or any Senator on this floor. Who is your resident, that every man must bow to his opinion? Why, sir, we all know him; he is no stranger to this body. We have measured him; we ine w his height, his depth, his length, his breadth, his capacity, and all about im. Do you set him up as a aragon and declare here on the floor of this Senate that you are going to make us all bow down before him? Is that the idea? You [to Mr. LANE of Kansas] are going to be his apologist and defender in whatever he may propose to do! Is that the understanding of the Senfrom Kansas? I do not believe that his constituents will be quite satisfied with so broad a declaration, that he is to wear any mans collar and follow him wherever he may 0. Did Iuse harsh language toward the resident esterdny? All that I said I stand by today an forever. What was the question upon which I made those observations and what has been the opinion of the President heretofore; what has been his action since? Here are 3 inillionpeople, our friends, friends to the? Government, who generously came forward in its difficulty and helped us throu bout the war, sacrificed their blood and their ives to maintain the issue on our side, and who were faithful beyond all men that were ever faithful before, to us during the whole of the difficulty, everywhere assisting our brave soldiers in the field, laying down their lives to maintain our principles, and ministering in every way to the misfortunes of our brave men whenever they fell into the hands of those worse than savageswith whom we were warring; and now these men are laboring, are under one of the most frightful despotisms that ever settled down upon the heads of mankind. 3 million people are exposed to the outrages, the insolence, the murder of those worse than savages, their former masters, murdered as we hear every day, oppressed everywhere, their rights taken away, t ieir manhood trampled under out; and Congress, under the Constitution of the U.S., endeavors to extend to them somelittle protection, and how are we met here? Every attempt of your Moses has been to trample them down worse, and to throw every obstruction in the way of any relief that could be hproposed by Congress.