Mr. SUMNER. I will come to that. The Senator reminds me that it was by the very terms of the act in aid of the State; and now allow me to call the attention of the Senator to what he will remember perfectly well in the early history of our country, that the bounds of the jurisdiction of the Federal and State governments were then unsettled. Take, for instance, one of the atest cases in our history. that of the fa itive slave bill which was passed in 1793. T a Senator well remembers that the seizure of fugitive slaves was intrusted under that act to State officials, and also to certain U.S. otficials; but the jurisdiction was recognized as concurrent. It was only at a late day when the relations between the State and Federal jurisdiction were better comprehended that the Supreme Court decided that that jurisdiction couldp not be confided to the State authorities. Now, I submit that you will find in this stat ute of 1799 relating to uarantine ajumble or a confusion not unlike that which on will find in the fugitive slave act of 1793; that is, a recognition of a concurrentjurisdiction in the State and Federal governments over this question. This measure which is now before the Senate would follow out, I take it, the general principle or reasoning of later years and assure the jurisdiction to the Federal power, or, as I always like to call it, the national rather than the federal power. It would secure itto the national power, and to my mind it properly belon s to the national power, and noingenuity of the Senfrom hiaine, my excellent friend, can satisfy me that it ought not to be intrusted to the national power. ltis essentially a national object, and can be performed effectively and thoroughly only througyh the national arm. If you intrust it to the different local authorities, you will have as many systems as you have States or communities, and you cannot bring your policy to bear with that unity which it ought to have in dealing with so deadly a foe. You should be able to carry into this matter something“ of the combination and directness of war.At the same time I beg to say, as l have heretofore said, thatI do not recognize thisiii any respect as a militnr measure; I treat it absolutely as a commercia measure; I de rive it from a commercial power, and by the amendment which I have introduced I would place it under the direction of the SecyTreasury.