Whereas Edward Stanly, assuming to act under a letter from the Secretary of War, calling him Military Governor of North Carolina, a post unknown to the Constitution and laws of the Union, has undertaken, by virtue of such military authority, to surrender fugitive slaves, contrary to the intent and meaning of an Act of Congress recently adopted; also to banish an American citizen, in violation of personal rights secured by the Constitution; and also to close and suppress schools maintained by the charity of good men for the education of colored children, in defiance of every principle of morals and religion, and to the discredit of our national character: Therefore,-- 1. _Resolved_, That the President of the United States be requested to cancel the letter of the Secretary of War under which Edward Stanly now assumes to act. 2. _Resolved_, That any such letter, assuming to create any person Military Governor of a State, is without sanction in the Constitution and laws, and that its effect is to subordinate the civil to the military authority, contrary to the spirit of our institutions, and in derogation of the powers of Congress, which, where a State Government falls into the hands of traitors, can be the only legitimate authority, except martial law. Mr. Carlile, of West Virginia, objected to the consideration of the resolutions, and they were postponed. These resolutions presented again the question of the Power of Congress over the Rebel States, first opened by the resolutions of February 11, 1862.[76] AIR-LINE RAILROAD BETWEEN WASHINGTON AND NEW YORK. RESOLUTION IN THE SENATE, JUNE 9, 1862. RESOLVED, That the Committee on Post-Offices and Post-Roads be directed to consider the expediency of providing for an air-line railroad between Washington and New York, which shall carry the mails of the United States, and be free from all local impediments. This resolution was objected to, and so was postponed; but its immediate object was accomplished. The existing roads were stimulated, and the attention of the country was called to the idea of better communication between the two capitals of politics and commerce. A French paper spoke of the proposed road as “_atmospheric_.” The resolution was renewed at the next session of Congress, December 5, 1862, when it was agreed to. ABOLITION AND PROHIBITION OF SLAVERY IN WEST VIRGINIA. REMARKS IN THE SENATE, ON THE BILL FOR THE ADMISSION OF WEST VIRGINIA AS A STATE, JUNE 26, JULY 1 AND 14, 1862. The facts essential to the comprehension of this case appear in the debate. MR. PRESIDENT,--The question is on the admission of West Virginia into the Union as a new State, and the following is one of the conditions, namely: “That from and after the fourth day of July, 1863, the children of all slaves born within the limits of said State shall be free.” Here is a condition which you undertake to impose. This is clear.