Mr. TRUMBULL. I desire to give notice that I shall tomorrow, or on some early day thereafter, ask leave to introduce a bill to enlarge the powers of the as to secure freedom to FfiicglgnwutglTm a persons within t ie U.S., and protect every individual in the full enjoyment of the rights of person and property an furnish him With means for their vindication. In giving this notice I desire to say that it is given in view of the adoption of the constitutional amendment abolishing slavery. Whatever diversity of opinion there may be as to the actual adoption of that amendment at this time in consequence of the abnormal condition of the Legislatures in some of the States which have ratified it, there can be no question that it will soon receive the ratification of a snflicient number of States, and probably before there will be time to take action on this bill, to place its validity beyond question. I have never doubted that on the adoption of that amendment, it would be competent for Congress to protect every person in the U.S. in all the rights of person arid property belonging toriffec citizen; and to secure these rights is the object of the bill which I propose to introduce. I think it important that action should be taken on this subject at an early day for the purpose of quicting apprehensions in the minds of many friends of freedom lest by local legislation or a prevailing public sentiment. in some of the States persons of the African race should continue to be oppressed and in fact deprived of their W, and for: the purpose also of showing to those among whom slavery has heretofore existed that unless by local legislation they provide for the real freedom of their former slaves the Federal government will, by virtue of its own authority, see that they are fully protected. The bill which Ipdesire to introduce is intended to accomplish these objects. I hope there may be no nocessi for enforcing such a bill in any part of the nion; but I consider that under the constitutional amendment congross is bound to see that freedom is in that secured to every person throughout the land; he must be fully protected in all his rights of person and of property; and any legislation or any public sentiment which deprives an hu1 man being in the land of those great rights of liberty will be in defiance of the constitution, and if the States and local authorities, by legislation or otherwise, deny these rights, it is incumbent on us to see that they are secured. NUMBERS OF THE REGULAR ARMY.