he first
section. The House has inserted words limiting the operation of the
Freedmen's Bureau to those sections of country within which the writ
of _habeas corpus_ was suspended on the 1st day of February, 1866. As
the bill passed the Senate, it will be remembered that it extended to
refugees and freedmen in all parts of the United States, and the
President was authorized to divide the section of country containing
such refugees and freedmen into districts. The House amend that so as
to authorize the President to divide the section of country within
which the privilege of the writ of _habeas corpus_ was suspended on
the 1st day of February, 1866, containing such refugees and freedmen,
into districts. The writ of _habeas corpus_ on the 1st day of February
last was suspended in the late rebellious States, including Kentucky,
and in none other. The writ of _habeas corpus_ was restored by the
President's proclamation in Maryland, in Delaware, and in Missouri,
all of which have been slaveholding States.

"As the bill passed the Senate, it will be observed it only extended
to refugees and freedmen in the United States, wherever they might be,
and the President was authorized to divide the region of country
containing such refugees and freedmen, and it had no operation except
in States where there were refugees and freedmen. The House has
limited it so that it will not have operation in Maryland, or
Delaware, or Missouri, or any of the Northern States."

After Mr. Trumbull had stated the other and less important amendments
made by the House, the Senate proceeded to consider the amendments
proposed by the Judiciary Committee, the first of which was to strike
out the words "within which the privileges of the writ of _habeas
corpus_ was suspended on the 1st day of February, 1866."

Mr. Trumbull said: "I wish to say upon that point that the bill as it
passed the Senate can have no operation except in regions of country
where there are refugees and freedmen. It is confined to those
districts of country, and it could not have operation in most of the
loyal States. But it is desirable, as I am informed, and it was so
stated by one of the Senators from Maryland, that the operations of
this bill should be extended to Maryland. It may be necessary that it
should be extended to Missouri, and possibly to Delaware. I trust not;
but the authority to extend it there ought to exist, if there should
be occasion for it. The only objection I