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ry of husbands from their wives, fathers from their children, and sons from their widowed and dependent mothers. It is not possible that a Christian people have any need of such a fabric of iniquity, and I call upon this House to unite in decreeing its abolition. Jan. 31st. In Committee of the Whole, the naval appropriation bill being under consideration, Mr. Greeley offered an amendment reducing the list of warrant officers. Rejected. He also spoke for abolishing the grog system. Feb. 1st. Mr. Greeley made a motion to the effect, that no officer of the navy should be promoted, as long as there were owners of the higher rank unemployed. Rejected. Feb 14th. Mr. Greeley submitted the following resolution. Resolved, That the Committee on the Judiciary be instructed to inquire whether there be anything in our laws or authoritative Judicial decisions which countenances the British doctrine of Once a subject always a subject, and to report what action of Congress, if any,