Mr. KELLEY. Idecline to beinterruted just now. I remember; MIL, to have been here the day after the President issued his proclamation, and to have seen one of the volunteer companies of the District, ordered out for temporary defense, marched on a dreary, wet morning to the front of the war Dept, and I saw Colonel Thomas propose to swear these members in. The company numbered 80; and when the colonel proposed the oath that would bind them to fight for and not against the Union all excepting 37 step edout; and those proved to be nort iern men, temporarily residing inllCthaerliSfln is trict.” He must take other calls than the 1st, under which so many northern men were entrapped, if he would settle the question he raised. Let him see how it was. under later calls. I remember another scene. After long persuasion, the Administration consented to permit the colm ct} man to attest his manhood upon the field u battle. Iwcntto. Masons Inland 0n the 2nd or 3rd day after the announcement of that determination, and found nearly a regiment of colored men swarming there without officers save Colonel (now General) William Birney and a 2nd lieutenant. They were poor and 11190 rant, but clustered in grou, those who“ " tellectual eyes slavery had on}piitauW through the instrumentality of pamphlets and newspapers, sometimes torn fragments, beginning to see day dawn, hi the labors of their more, fortunate associates, who were acting as teach ers. From these shreds and patches of paperthey were beginning to prepare themselves to perform the civic duties of American citizens, while preparing to go forth and lay down their lives, if need be, in maintaining American republican institutions. In the comparisen of these 2 scenes, you. have a capital indication of the relative patriotism of the 2 races in the capital of our country. I know the district from which my colleague comes, and how blind its devotion to the organization called the Democratic party is, but I ask him whether he dare go through that district reclaiming that he re. rds a “white rayback)" who fought against the country as a better citizen and more eutitled to its protection than a negro who fought for it? on give to the poor, ignorant, drunken, squalid rebel who has returned the right to vote. Why will you not give it to the intelligent, sober, taxpaying househelding negro?