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? OKNEKAL APPROPRIATION BILL.
Mr. BRIGHT moved to amend the bill ty inserting?
" For ? inarms hospital at bvansville, Indian*, g10 000 "
Mr. DAWSON moved to adjourn?remarking lhat pat
of 6'J senatore but 3s were present, and propositions re
J"?d *wra now taken up and adopted.
Mr. EWING, (in his seat.) Lot senators come in, if
tbey want to vote.
'I be question being taken, upon division resulted avea
M, noee ttt.
So tbe notion to adjourn waa not agreed to
Tbeqewtoajeeweed upon the amendment offered by
Mr. BRIGH r. 1 hope there will be no objection to
that amendment. 1 prom is* to nay but a very few words
to eiidain iL This bill appropriates about eight millions
of dollars, and tbe word ?? Indiana" does not occur in it
1 km sorry that a sens* of duty compela me to intro
duce her name at all. Hut there is a aecoiasity for the
erection of a building at that point, which compels me to
ask for this appropriation. I can give reasons lor tbe ap
propriation, but senators seem to prefer voting, and I will
give way.
Mr. FOOTE moved a similar appropriation for Vicks
burg, Missmsippi.
Mr. HAMLIN. 1 think tbe amendment oflered by the
senator from Mississippi ia a very good argument against
ibe whole ; lor a great many other towns may come in
with equal piopriety. I have stated tbe leasona in com
mittee why we should not adopt such amendments, and I
bone we shall not do it now.
Mr. A1CH1SON. 1 here seems to he a good deal of
irritation since the adoption of the amendment of the aen
stor from Ohio. Now, sir, 1 do not beiieve this govern
ment baa ever appropriated 000 witliiu tbe limits of
tbe Slate ol Missouri. I am very certain it has not. if we
except the grant of lauds
Mr. FOOTE I cull the senator to order.
Mr. ATCHISON. I was just oa tbe point of reaching
Vickslurg. [Laughter.]
Mr. FOOl ? 1 called Ibe senator to order because it
is not iu order to debate an amendment already disposed
of, upon anothor amendment wholly distinct.
The PRESIDENT. Tbe Chair cannot rule tbe senator
out ol order.
Mr. ATCHISON resumed. Now,Mr. President, there
never has been, wiuhu my recollection, an acre of land
granted to the Slate of Missouri at her instance or re
quest It is true that Sou,(too acres have been granted ;
but it was done again*, her remonstrance and the votes ot
ber meuibeis, both in the Sonata and in the House of
Representatives. It is strange to me, sir, under this state
ol things, that the Senate should not be ready and wil
ling lo vote them, when the opportunity was offered, such
an amount ol money as is asked by tfee people of Mis
souri in a case like this. While voting to other States,
gentlemen are unwilling, alihougb Missouri has never
icceived #50,000, to make a small appropriation for ber,
which wul not cost more than #10,000.
Mr. FOOTE. 1 thought the Chair had ruled thia out
of order.
Mr. ATCHISON. I am through.
Mr. DAVlS, of Mississippi. Mr. President?
Mr. DICKINSON. I rise torn point of order.
Mr. DAViS, of Mississippi. 1 intend to be in order,
and to discuss tbe amendment offered by my colleague
aad that oflered by the senator from Indiana. If my col
league witbdrawa it, i will renew it.
Mr. FOOTE. 1 was willing to withdraw it for the ac
commodaUon ot my frieoii, with ttns understanding thai
it was to be mo vet; immediately afterwards.
Mr. DAVls, of Mississippi. Mr. President, I am not
disposed to load down tins appropriation bill by every
pro|>osition which the interests ot some particalar portion of
the country may require. I have generally voted against
such propositions. 1 voted against the proposition for
a marine hospital at St. Louis and Cincinnati, which 1
believe could not now be carried with a full Senate As
tbe Senate now stards, tbe proposition has been carried,
and soother proposition is now made for another marine
hospital. Now, air. from New Orleans to Louisville or
bt. Louis tliere is not a point whore a marine hospital is
so much required as at Vicksburg; and if you will con
suit the expenditures made by private charity all along
the rive*, you will find my position sustained. We hsve
a large hospital at Vicksburg, and we receive large num
bers of indigent boatmen annually, and support them by
the charity of the city and country ; and this government
has never refunded one dollar of the amount wo have
paid out for that purpose, ft so happens that commis
sioners oent to examine suitable locations for hospitals
arrived at Vickaburg under circumstances which were
fortaitous, and unfavorable to the accomplishment of
this object?that is to say, they were not very kindly re
omved by the mayor; so they reported in favor of Napo
leon above, and Batches below. Now. if all the boat
men of both places who are employed in Oatboaiing,
raiting, and steam boating, were concentrated together,
tb?j would not amount lo one-half the number thrown
?shore annually at Vickaburg.
This place, too, is becoming a place of important com
merce. As the railroa* which arrives at that point |*no
tiates further and farther into the interior, its commerce
will increase, and tbe number of boatmen thus thrown
upon the charily ot the country will also incresse. This,
jberelore. is not an amendment made at random ; it is sot
loosely thrown in.. If upon this bill appropriations are
Jo be made for the erection of new buildinga not provided"
lor by law at aay point, that place ia ouo which imperi
ously demands it. *
, Mr. HAMLIN. I insist that this is a loosa mode of
legislation. We bear nothing from the Treasury Depart
ment, through which all tbea*d?bursein< nts to sailors go.
vve have voted down the amendment ottered, I think, by
the senator from Louisiana. I have already stated that
U?e Committee oa Commerce have a large number of me
morials before them, au4 if this ainendmeut is adopted,
others should be also. 1 do not mean lo deny a single
"oro the senator fiom Mississippi has stated. It may be
?at this point is more convenient and mote desirable
than tbe one movsd by ths senator from Indiana ; but if
wo auopt this system?if wo take a simple memorial
without investigation, and withdftt recommendation, in
violation ot the general system?it neceesmily produces
contusion.
Mr BRIGHT. If we in tbe weotern valley have to
waii for tbe Committee on Commerce to act before wo
get fcn appropriation for such objects as this, I apprehend
? will fc a good while beloro we got what we want. 1
v* h# sonic experience on this head. Tbe amend
meat that 1 have offered I have not thrown in hastily I
have u.atuied it well. 1 here io no point on the Ohio
* mmn,;e hospital would render mote useful
S? I . ,h"- h '* w * I*0"" w"'n U" Wabash ami
cJ,n*1 terminates, connecting the waters of the Ohio
My?weol?ke. ll 10 located in a town containing
apapalaboa of tl,tAK) Inhabitants, where nine oat ol ii*i>
aro'maijm^cs om'fiu'?'10W *"*** tt?wn ,h? ,)bl? There
"> a tutorial to .lie House,
going to show mat there are l'j,oou inhabitants of this
cbaradar reoiding in that v:cm.ty. During the war with
Mexico, when our aoldieis were returning, nearlv half
ibe housoa wore omptialically hospitals y
i^ir. I have not presoed ihis matter upon the attention of
?be N-nate lor the last two cessions. lot the reason that 1
kup)<med some plan like that ol tbe ser.ator trom Maine
would prevail. But there baa been nogeneial measure of
It brought loiward ; and boace I have felt it my
amy to ask. in ail oericaeneo*, tor this appropriation ft
11 be only one 1 have asked for in this bill.
I an. soiry my friend from Mississippi presses bio
amendment in connexion will) mine, tell leol it my
"V ,hal ? good reaoon for I bo adoption of
* M**n*"t- 1 know ol no point on the Mississippi
? iTST ,OT ^ location ot a marine hospital than Ibe
I ires U !n Ih!!T* . lt"ow tljat (ha public bavo shared
tayly ta t^s haspital :,t that point-supported ?t the ei
f? hT to a it! im tkuT "* 1 think it would bo
I2sii? a^ hi."'? <M,lt 0< ,b* senstor from - Mis
BBiASu^sr-1
nao.hQM'ital now at Padnca. an., a?0,her at Louitvill..
! ondorwund, is to oe hetweon the two plsees
l??Zrn'"ni0? ^ '? ""?? toweeK^
ttru. Thk "lo h* 0,1 ,h? npposita side of tbe
M wel1 be {ow* ?n
m*r''y 'Of the benefit of a State, but ki SaJuJjSTi"
mlisving i hose who ennsgod in commerce an.l navigation
?1S w" ^ * fonadauoa in this way. what limitation
-TV?"""! On Malar day laa my friend
Irom Indiana kid d??wn the pioposition in regard to an
pmpiiations conectly, and like a statesman. \v here th? ie
MT lP* ,h# ?pproprialion. Ibe senator said,
wt it he made; whenever there was an estimate made
and sent by a department for a particular object, let it be
made; and then, whenever there wm a concurren' reao- j
lution by the House of Representatives and the Senate,
let it be made. Now, what are we doing f We are lay
ing the foundation for appropriations without an estimate
or report, or even without a resolution. And this w mere
ly the beginning. My friend from Indiana opposes even
the extension of this building, upon the ground that
?200 ooo for ita enlargement would sroount to milliona;
and he wanted to know the character of the improve
ment. aad have the amount of the appropriation with
the estimates all prepared. And now, when you propose
to erect an hospital on the other side of the river, you call
for an appropriation without an estimate, without a report,
without ? auggeat'on, save from his influentw* voice
Mr. President?! repeat, we are afloat withoot any limita
tion ; and if we abandon the old principle upon which
appropriations have been heretofore made in this govern
meiit, we will never have an end of them u> the civil and
diplomatic bill. . .
It ia said by the gentleman from Indiana that he dsn
asked for uo other appropriation. I admire his modesty.
Neither has the State I repiesent asked for one; and why j
Because its peculiar locality does not demand so much I
am a* willing to do as much as any man for appropriations
necessary to carry on commerce in this country, and to
extend couvemenciea' and comfort to those engaged in it;
but I want to do it upon some principle, so that I may
comprehend what I am about to do. Why, sir, what will
be the result of the action of thia Congress ? The appro
priations will amount to nearly ?50,000,000?perhaps
more: and the cry will be that the administration now in
power baa squandered the public money. But then the
people will tie told that the administration is in a minori
ty, and all this appropriation will be properly chargeable
iihouu .o
k"S|T wrWsofc.'kVt"* the on* to which my Wend
from New York belongs. He has shown his sagacity
very clearly here in attempting to cut down this appro
priatioD* because he Iuiowb where the responsibility
rests. It shall not be said that the estimates of the de
partments call for these appropriations. Not so. You
disregard the estimates: you go beyond them, and mage
appropriations merely for State conveniences.
Mr. BRIGHT, "There is nothing inconsistent in my
present and past position in connexion with this bill. 1
did resist at the commencement every proposition that I
did not regitrd as germane to the bill. I resisted up to
the point wuere amendment alter amendment was in
u raited upon tbe bill, which I considered nothing like aa
germane as the present one. Alter the amendments of
the character we have bad to-day have been passed, I
apprehend there is no impropriety whatever m my of
fering an amendment to appropriate only f 10IW0 for the
object named. If the Senate had adhered to the theory I
laid down, 1 jhoulif not have offered this proposition ,
I.ut I have waited until the last moment before 1 ottered it;
and seeing tbe precedents established of erecting a cus
tom-house at Cincinnati and St. Louts, and a post office
at each place?alter seeing all these various amendments
adopted, I felt it my duty to offer this. I b?ve ??ught an
opportunity to offer it, and I do it in good faith. ,l*ere
isno necessity that there should be an estimate in order
to test the value of this amendment?none at all. i
know the fact to exist, that there is a great public neces
sity for a marine hospital at tbii point, and I have demon
strated it by showing the size of the place and the amount
of travel. Kentucky has two hospitals, and Indiana
none It is unnatural that the citizen of Indiana,
ling home, should land two hundred and ftfty miles below
his proper landiu?-point, or go two hundred miles from
home toget into Kentucky inoider to get to an hospital.
Now, sir, we are entitled to a building at this wiint.
have named $10,000. That is not enough, to be sure,
but I ask it in aid of the ellorls made by the cW??ns of
the place. I hope my friend from Georgia will not re
IS DICKINSON. I hope there will be a disposition
on all sides to take a vote upon this amendment without
'UTh"qduesUon being taken on the amendment of Mr.
FooTB. it was agreed to?ayes ?8, noes not counted.
Mr SHltLDS. I move to amend the amendment by
inserting Cairo, Illinois. We have no town there yet,
but we will have one some day or other. [Laughter!}
The amendment was withdrawn.
Mr HAMLIN. I have a single remark to make. 1
think fiom Maine to Rhode Island there is not a single
hospital. We have a vast number of seamen. and we
have not a single hospital in New Hampehire, I know.
And now, without an estimate, except the estimate^of my
i,lend from Indiana, without an investigation of a com
mittee, without a recommendation pf a
uw>n his own baie deliberation, it is proposed to add to
thiis bill, in violation of the general .ln
priation for an hospital. Now, if ^at shall be jn accoiJ
ance with the good sense of the Senate, I have not
DAVIS? of ^Massachusetts. J wish merely to
slate, in justice to ourselves, that there is an hospital in
Al*?.arhusetts, built by sailors out of their own f?fc- j
Mr. BlliGHT asktd the >eas and nays upon the amend
ment. and they were ordered. . , ...
The question being taken on the amendment ?if the
senator from Indiana as amended, it was adopted-yeas
34, nays IS?M follows:
VKAH?Messrs. Badxer, Bell, 'Benton, Brffcht, Cbase,
OUrks Coulter, Davis oi Missiasippi, Dodge *>t {"**?
tl Fuote, U.B.IUC, Owln, llWMUNk Jones,
K'n, nLmI/iUU, Sebastian, Soule, lUerwoed.
W5M?S" AShuS' Baldwin, Bsrrien. Davis of
Mnuai'huteiu Dawwn, Dickinson, Ewing, Hale, Hamlm,
l^JiTios, Prati, 'newant, Stai.U* Smith, ttpraaaoe, Wales,
Wtiillirop, and Yule#?W.
Mr. SOULE. I deem it my duty now to rWSj apropo
sitiou which 1 made in committee to amend the bill !by
ai'propriatiug the sum of *l5.00u for a marine hospital a
Striveuort. I beg to urge the considerations which I
j afrt-adv urgea for ibis object, and which, I have no
dnubt, will induce senators to alfow the amenoment to
Mr' FE.LCH*?I dSSre'to offer an amendment, to come
in alter the last one which was adopted:
- For a marine hospital at DstroM, Michigan. CBMMO."
I wish to say one word in regard to this, before the
vote is taken. Tbe chief objection to the proposition
made by the senator from Indiana, which hns just been I
UdoiteX seems to have been that a proper
wit made and no facta presented to the Senate. I n. ,
amendment^rhich I now odrr is not jo ??se
lection : on the contrsry, it is an sppropristim rtcom
???wlnl bv the Treasury Department, and has also re
ceived the favorable action of the Committee ?? Com
merce in tbe House of Representatives, who havsjim
ported a bill containing precisely the
irkiion for the object which this amendment proposes
U in. i B.,i,rehend. can be more important for such an
i? ^ ?ili. t and upon a thorough eiaimnation and
fuKu^n o ^ thM"w the rase, which haveiteen,of
ffialhf reported by the department, it is vrry evident thst
this placT^equiies a provision of this kind as much as
liny other point on tbe lakes or elsewhere.
The amendment was rfjrttw.
CITY WATCH*!*.
Mr PRATT I move an amendment to the hill, to
i:' e k43 Thai section to which the amend
come in after line m^ii ( *j,o00 to pay
ment .s sppl.eable amoprrnte. ?
tn? auxiliary * ?i?ecifv ths manner in which
EfSXTi1?
ment is as follows: m
, - To<ia?ti mernW o< U.e auxllisry *??rd. #80 per mom
! Mr DICKINSON. Does that increase the app.opna
1 tion !
Mr FRATT. It doea not. .
Mr DICKINSON. Does it not propose tojmy them
per month, whereas they ara now paid pe.r diem
Mr. PRATT. The lower grade of them nowget one
dollar a mailt; and if a watchman is siek be getsinotmnf .
so thst their jiay is very inaile^uate. Now, tne?>
men perform very anlnous dunes ; and thoughit pr P
to increase and remle^more u iform their pay. the amou
of the appropriation is not increased.
Mr DICKINSON. 1 suppose the resnlt will he this:
There plates are already very much sought sfter, annii
tbe comiiensatlon is increased there will fie a still greyer
rush upon the authorities for them. Now, if you msxe
his Changs, men will get the plse.es ann alio*-somebody
elM to filf them. 1 suspect we had better keep them in
11,1 Alr.dDA"vis. of Mississippi, moved to adjourn.
| The question being taken on the motion to adjourn, It
was not agreed to
Mr PRATT. There is a manifest propriety m ihis
?mendme.,t being made. You have no gn?***<*
re, who is not paid St I*1*" *" ?,,rh M thr ? 1X1 ";n- r,,ey
we* uui'td to sit up all night, and 'be amount I propose
Tal^w them is iSf) per mor,<V I can ,ee no propr.ety
in making such exirs.ird.nary spprov-natums in othe e
partmeau of the government, paying oilier officers so lib
eially, while tbeee gtiardlxia of our properly and our
I ?"IE** are ^ *? ?""?'I ? pit(anc?. y ? ??r
J he amendment waa rejected.
MILKAUC OF HCMATOaa.
I rise lo renew the motion which 1
oflared is eotuniittrs, which I hope will uow receive the
unanimous approbation of .hi. bjy l wu ^envoled
tr& J&rsAt r ****2 ???*
p3??&^EJP'-iA'atsriSs
Mr. SMITH siskfed for ibo veu and navi niv\n ?Ka
qus.uon J which were not orde$ * ^
aJeadK?.". ? ",g tak.e" 00 ,be amendment, it wu
agieeu to?aye# -Jl, noea 18.
UMATOK raOM MKW MKX1C0.
Mr. DAIVSON. 1 will nojur renew my amendment in
give mileage to the senator from New Mexico?an amount
not exceeding ^C.uoo-?and I wiah to make one or two oh
m< rations. 1 he public inoi.eya are all going and aoing
JZ i?1' 4* ' ?*'*! thi* gentleman came hare
y*'}\ ?Wilr,1oti? imrpoMa. believing him tell eu
u i .! hoiiof and dignity of a station oil thia floor
He haa been disappointed. but it waa no fault of bia own
iiak y P*0*"1? he represented. Strange
ill hi' J** 1,0 "*ent from that Oisiaat country
till he came here in the capacity of senator elect. We
all know he ta not entitled to a seat here. But be also
StaTefnU? i f *?*!BrDraen?to communicate the
*^!e ?nd "jnu'Hon of that diatant territory or province;
m?ieaant" ih. corn'f* hcre. ?ft?r travelling six weeks, to
repieaent the condition of that people to this govern
e*miVnfV ,7J Xa*iihe ,be compensated to the
extent of a aingle dollar. There has not been an appro
J?? for ,ha' country yet made, except to pay offi
c met'in^1g?there. Yet you give a man who
c me uere 111 a public ve-eel from Turkey Slu.ooo. ami
Con"88 10 ret"ew"lt ">e condition of
his mileage ihl? h i?Uf ""T* evt'u a conil*"1?i*tion for
tilfJZi ?FSh* helonga to him according to tbeconsti
M? niCKIN^AV } 'W y.U1 ** "'lowed.
H .nfil_i vl- y * 'hmk this question is fully un
Ja^we iLh,:r?voleil r??i,once by ,he >eas ?n(i
uais. we debated it. and alao a great many matters that
had no connexion with it, and leading to an angry dis
""?'hnNow 1 ,bink 1 may beg of this body to reco*
sooii as r ifT. We M utwn> and tr> to ?li*Poee of it as
ha^beeii renp'waH l/f **' ? "??">> lhat ?*??? motion
nas ueen renewed. It does aeem to me that allowing
SiWth?0M?rt T?.Kdp? ?ne ?f lhe mo#l "traordinary acts
# Congress of the United States that I
can conceive of. Sir, a (lortion ol a people in a Terri
tory of the United Slates have taken to themselves a
right that we have denied them?the right of constituting
?n t h *ov?rume.nt- We have denied that right to them,
and ha?e given them a government of a territorial form
FuKT,? Vn,U#t vi?'a'e. every conviction of my
judgment if 1 recognise the right ol that neonle to send I
senator here, when I am upheld in my denial of that right
by the Congress of the United States. Upon what prin
ciple are we to recognise this man Not as one entitled
to take a seat in the Senate of the United States: yet as
one who is to be compensated as a senator Have we
the right thus to dispose of the public money I I rev ret
very much that this proposition ha, been mie ^FhU
n^!i * 8 of ?eltf?overiiment has been car
ried to a sufficient extent. We are now, in my judgment
carrying it beyond any limits which can be recognised
ihs'nn?i?iP?!,C.'P '* dedLuced 'rom the constitution of
mV DA VVSOV Vf"4t "l'8 moy?a w'" not Pr?r?il.
UAVVhON- 1 extremely aorry lo give my col
wiL.nCin IT *ny occaa'on- But 'here isju?t as much
o .?vPi jr ^ak"* *" appropriation to pay this man as
if/2 gentleman who comes from a foieign nation for
the purpose of becoming acquainted with our institu
' 1see difference 111 gentlemen cominj from
* f'r o f our .own country?3,000 or 3,000 miles off?
hitf?iiti:,0rt.he/',urpON!onear"in? 'he condition of
.iii rt,SJ? K0*?""0?"'. <>om which they ex
f*C' "'?r government to emanate, and on* from anv
other jwrtion of the world. No\|, air, here is ? senator
|T Ihif?hl5* 7 ln the doub,? Capacity of representative
to this body and an axent to this government. I aaree
with my colleague that he i? not entitled to a seat m?on
this floor; butTdo not, for that reason, see that ho is
entitled to nothing on the part of this government Whv
,he constituted agent ol the govern'
nleaL. v.T J,e,lco~?. aelf made government, if you
please. \ et he came here to represent a portion of
Z'rple 1^? are *? from us. It la our bounden
duty to | ay-hia expenaes, for he ii the representative of
a |ieople who are dependent u|>on this government Mv
course upon this tubject is well known?that 1 would
deny to'bat country the right to come m here as a State
Bat, because 1 am not disposal lo let her exercise *ovl
jnirtrr P?Wef' Do1 W|I,1D* ? refuse her aa act of
Mr. BUSK. " The senator elect" is the expression
Now there is no senator elect. I hope the honorable
senator will wnlidtaw this inotioo.
lco*?,r- " The senator elect from NawMex
ico. Is the 8en*te prepared lo recogutae thia individual
"? f ?*n.alor ?'???to recognise the State of New Mexico,
and make an appropriation for hia mileage I Now air
^1- ??- ba* m" ?"'y S'ven me pain, but I fear lie'
wdl give pain to our constituent by urging this amend
ment. Iam perfectly- Haiisiisd that it may be indifferent
to nuny gentlemen, but not U> all. ?"u?neiii
Nr, there is no kind of be(we#n t)ii? mu anii
tk ?' ,be TB,*"h envoy who was seut lieis.
J he allowance that was made to In si was made from
considerationa ol notional policy, from constdsratious
connected with the foreign commerce of this country.
But upon what principle are we going to make thia al
lowance to this Individual f If you require information
Irom an agent, deicribe him as an ap-eiil and make him a
proper eoiapanaatiou. I tiust the Senate of the United
***** will so ur respect lUeif, its owndiguity, as not to
recognise an agent, an elected senator of the inhakitanis
ol.m Territory of the United States, as an individual
elect ** eD 10 n,l'**8* '? hia character as senator
Mr. HOUSTON. I am reluctant lo occupy the lime of
the Senate, because I am lolly aware of its importance
But aa other gentlemen have disregarded it, I will nixin
this oc. anion ?va,l myself of my privtl??e to make a few
remarks. I am astonished that the honorable aen?tor
ir<im (Georgia who prasenta this aine.Mlmeal should ac
now ledge himself so very deficient with regard to ia
telligence from New Mexico He saya that that Slate?
that would-be Stale?is not represemed here. He cer
tainlv must have forgotten that we have one of the most
asaiduons represenutivea front there, a delegate to the
other lloaae?Hugh N Smith?who ia authorized and
able to reprwent the interesU of that inlant iwple ol
Santa Ke. And, again, thia is the Arst ind.viditai Stale
that we have seen represented by a aingle aeuator Bui I
presume if Washington eily had not been his reaidenre
and hta hrme, he wonld not have been here at all The
controversy that there is between (Lionel Munroe and
the self-created and the aelf constituted authontiea of
that country was very well calculated, I should suppose, to
have nelerred any man, who had not the inducement of
returning 10 hi* home, from attempting to leave there
with ihe expectation of recompense, for utility to
that section of the country, ft is known that the contro
versy arose between the authority recognised by the
government of the United States and ihe authority be
himself created: that he denounced their proceedings,
iT-.' L'o. aly.M "P" "arj aad this would be
senator te the offsjinng of their mutual discord. He
wm?*here, nnd is said to be equaUv lioneat in hia claim
^hy, ?ir, I cannot
race the slightest analogy between them The senatora
from California were regularly conatituted; they crew
2|J! h? ot the times, which did not per
Uren nn^ ^ H, frmd*,K>n* ot government, from its
Inception!? the Bute government. Still they come here
artome Mnction, Rome authority: the roica of the
? 1 j r? c<ML?,,'on ?egwlatnte sent them
andibey have been reoogniaedasaenaioraii|>on thia
J it'? no difficuiiies conflicting with Ihe
States of this Union, with regard to their admiaaion on
this floor. I cannot conceive why we had not aa well
Ki?e compensation to my other itidividuii that comes
cTr'J,? ^ ,b" Ck"! ,hl,^ ??"? I'om Utah, the
*">wh?"> ??*e. who ought, indeed,
to be entitled to the snrae favor aa this senator elect, ii
.1- ?w?.r 'J'Vk *2L ' no p*,r*on* represent, while
-h,!l %uJhiS V ,n aupportirg Ihe
ihl!Vt2Sli r""DO, ,or ro",or
Mr. DAWSON. I wiah to make one or two observa
lions. In relation ?o the controversy between New Mex
te? ,ltl?OWi my positv?n I do not
considei'this thing as at all interfering with the rights of
I ris<. They fotroe<i s State lOTernmmt, and came here
with honest purpoaea | but they ha<l to return. The
question eomea up. if we will deny to this individual what
we exteaded to every wher person who same here as he
did, merely because the peo|ile who sent him here were
wrong in their suppoeition of their right lo come here
Now, I etoted thia morning tint the ^'fb K"
elected her senators, an! sent thsni bsie, w d by
came and attended una eesaion of Ck>ngre*?. But U
senators were Mnt back, and thau ?JJNJJJ
on account of a boundary difliculiy. I bitoiTO.Tfcfy. .k.
elected before their constitution waa acce^"*' audthe
oiKtlion cane up when I wu in the oiher Hpum> w ?
whether they, being elected before the State was
ized by the approbation of their 00*TSf^l,jS? not au
of the United Slated, were senators. TbjwNMjM
thorixed to take tbeir seats; but Congress
and )iatd them their mileage and their p*r dum duriugth^
tension of Congreas. Upon that principle alow have I
uroiKwed this motion?not that the tenator elect w UJt
hie neat here; but he came here under a unsapiwe
^Mr RUSK. Will the senator allow me to ask him a
question I Thia ia an enactment,* P**"* J*" b"1'
in favor of the "senator elect" from New Mexico
Mr DAWSON. Well, we will change the language then.
Everybody knowa the object in view, and it isnael*e o
aland upon words. It is a queation of J"""** *}
and can create no sensation or fetJtai. H *M"Wk?^
this country canuot comprehend the ddkrence between a
person thus*presenting himself and. "?*}?'?
mistaken. I will modify my amendment eo as to bava it
read aa follows:
"To Robert H. Welghtmsn, who claimed ^
elect (run New Mexico, and who appeared here for the
purpose of taliliiK ? ??t'? tho Senato of the Ui?ll?d Stalss,
lur bit uilteHite, not (ncctilinn #2,000.
Mr. FOOTE I do not rise for the purpose of discus
sing this matter at lanre, although I leel very much in
clined to do so. But I wish to make one remark. U ?
a very hard case for some of us here to alt hare from
morning till night, starving all the ?"?*; w>?'? "Jj
?enators go and get their dinners, and then come back
jiere and make speeches at us in our famish?il Mnditton_
[Laughter.] If this is to go on, I must move that^e
adjourn, for really I cannot suffer much longer. [Renew
^Mr^Usi. I will move that the Senate adjourn; and
on that motion 1 will ask the yeas and nays.
Several Senators. Oh, no; oh, no; do not ask
RUSK. Well, I will not call for the yeas and
nays; but 1 will move that we now adjourn. We are
H^oul voting upon an amendment which is throwing a
firebrand into the country.
The question being taken upon the motion to adjourn,
" Mr DODGe! of Iowa. I thank the honorable aenator
from Georgia for offering the amendment that hehas
Coming from the section of country that he doe*, iit
evinces a spirit of compromise trdly grateful. 1 am one
of those who believe that this State government for
New Mexico was all a humbug. I voted against the
proposition of the aenator from New York [MrSewAau]
allthe time. 1 did nol think they had a right or ought
to be admitted. But, sir, this gentleman came here in
good faith, elected by this people, 3/KiO mile* distant. I he
President of the United States and a large portion of the
country had taken ground# that they ought to come into
the Union. They formed a Slate government ; and this
gentleman traversed the desert at the risk of his life, and
rame near being token by the Indians. He Mmehere
in good faith, and I trust that he will be paid. The ques
tion of dignity w involved. The House, 1 think, paid
the delegate from Utah. Mr. Babbit, and I think that the
same compensation ought to be given here. 1 am sorry
that my illustrious friend here, and my illustrious friend
there, should trouble themselves about this resolution?
this little, miserable per dietn and mileage account.
Mr DICKINSON. I must beg my friends to recollect
the busiuess we are upon. We have disposed of this
matter an far as New Mexico is concerned by giving iier
a territorial government. It is well known that I am
opposed to this thing, and shall vote against it. I think
we "hall consult our own comlort and tlie public inter
est by disposing of this in a very brief manner.
Mr. RUSK. So far as I am concerned, 1 regret that
this amendment has been twice thrust upon us. I am the
last man in the world who woald begrudge to this indi
vidual his allowance of mileage and his per diem. But
ihis auction of New Mexico and Texas W'been left to
our consideration in Texas to accept or to reject; and j et a
question arises here, pending the question of her accept
ance of the terms offered by this government, which is
calculated to irritate her in the extreme.
Mr DAWSON. I think that if the senator will look
into the amendment a* it now stands, he will not see so
much objection to it. It now reads :
"Who appeared here aud claimed a seat ia the Senate
Df the United State*," Sco
Mr. RUSK. But be comes here to void the claim of
Tt'"e quealion being stated on the amendment of the
Miiutor from Georgia, .
Mr. DAWSON asked for the yeas and nays; which
were ordered. . ., , . .
The question being taken, it was decided in the nega
tive?yeas 19, nays20? as follows;
YEAS?Messrs. Baldwin, Bell, Benton, Chase, Davis of I
Mas*acUu?e<ts, Dawson, Dayton, Dodge of Iowa, baring,
Uraeae, lisle, llamlin, S.'wartl, Mulili, Spiuanoe, Umlsr
wo<4. Wale., Walker, aud Wiullirop?19
NaYs-Mchis B?Jgor, Bsrrien, Bright. Davis, of Mis
liaaippi. Dickinson, l)own?, F'l.-h, Poote, Mousum. Hun-er,
Jones, Mnrton, Norrl., Pratt, Ko.k, Sebasllan, 8oul4, Stur
geon, Wliitconib, ami Yule*?)W
The amendments to the bill were then ordered to be
?ngro*wd, and the bill was read a third time, and
ptSScd.
?tui>u EXBCVT1VK SESSIONS.
Mr. HALK asked leave to lay the following resolution
on the table:
"R'tolpfd That on Tuesday next, at 4o*olock In the after
noon, and ?n each dar ihereifter dnrin* the session, the
?euate will take a rsees* I'll 7 o clock, for the pur
pose el going Into the consideration of executive boslne-s.
iiutil ibe ?.u?inese on llie executive sakrvlsr bo disposed
i?|." *
Mr HAMLIN moved that the Senate procsed to the
sonaueratian of executive businesr
On motion by Mr BRIGHT, shortly after 8 o'clock,
and altar a *?at?i<>n of moVe than ten hours.
The Senate adjourned. I
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 34, 1850.
MCMuaiAM.
Mr CLAV presented a petition from the journeymen
printers of Washington, setting forth the evils and inju
re i of tho contract h> s!em of executing the public mint
ing. and praying that that system may 6? dispensed with
^In presenting the petition, Mr. C. said : 1 wish to pre
Ktil a petition which has been put in my hands,
tinned, I uodersisnd, by all the practical printers in thr
-jiy of Washington, in every ollce, and without regard
[o political predilections or preferences The object oi
;he petition is to prevail upon Congress to dispense with
ht contract s>stem in the priming for Congress 1 Bey
?tate thai it oiwrates disadvantageous!)' to the pu?>lic and
ilsoto the petitioners, who appear to be a very respecta
ble class of people, to whom we are much indebted for
Ihe information they contribute to give us through their
respective papera. The) say that it one rates detninentally
Iwtn to the employers and the employed, and that they
think some other sjstem ought to >e adopted , mat thuw
who contract do not receive anytmng likr remunerating
oriees, and ure ut'i ^ly onahle to give liberal wages to
ihose whom they .-mploy. 1 mean to express no opiu
nn, per^mally, on the system of (foing the pnblic print
ing by c?n'ract. The subject ia always one of great dif
dculty under any ami every |prm. Mv own private opin
ion ia that it would be better to estabhah a governmen
limiting office, and put it under suitable management,
uk that the petition !e referred to the Committee oil
Printing, and that it be printed
The memorial was then referred to the Committee on
' 111'/"SHIELDS presented the memorial of John FCal
Ian and others, citirens of Washington, pra)ing the in
corporation of a company for the transportation of mar
-handizs; which was referred to the Committee for the
District of Columbia.
0CKAN rrBAMBas.
The PRESIDENT frs Itmfor* laid before the Senate
k communication Irom the Poatmaater General, in reply
to a reaolution of the Senate of lbs aath of August, calling
lor information in respect to the eeyeral lines of ocean
steamers in the mail service of the United States oa lbs
following particular points:
? 1 Whaiher esch line has fnHllted tho contract antera*
In'o with the Utii'ert S?aUS ; an.l If nm, in what iloea the
Jrli'i'in?M.<-v oonsiat 1 . .
?? t H. w manv shipa are to lbs aervioe In eaob line, and
liow many does l-soboootraol rsquiie 1
? How much monny lias l?en p?i<i lo eat'h line, lin
ear whatliws, unci at wtuit lime>, and liow much lainains
4 ^Wtml Is tha aggregate tf pos'age which
been derived in ?ha gevernmatil from each llnw, an<t wua
Is the annual amount derived from each.
" S Have Ibe mails been regularly and safely transpor ed
and delivered, according lo the requirements of the Ikw end
the in?tructi(Hi* of the department f
aaroaTs raox committees.
Mr. ATCHISON, from tbe Committee on Indian Af
rtinu to whom had been referred the memorial of C. H.
Hitchcock, made a report thereon; which waa ordered to
be printed.
Mr. NORRIS, from the Committee of Claims, to
whom had been referred a resolution authorizing the
employment of a clerk by that committee, and bio con
tinuance during the recess, rejiorted the name back with
an umendment.
of Io^*' fr?m the Committee af Claim*,
the rill#*? re/lrred,',h,? W1 frorn the House for
r . Ifii .1 Ch"r,?8 Abren/eldt and John P. H. Vogbt,
ml?lDne(lwt|[ without amendment. "
m [jl ? ,?e Committee on the Judiciary,
'"-hom had beer, referred the memorial of Tbomaa
^ h?ny' ?l^rted ? "bl11 to au(horize Thomas Gimalty
to bold certain real estate."
the r,.Mnitt'd :i,Thl", "ir' '* Hn wh" hae been in
*bout and Within the lust two
J T I "fit* ot ""?"?'<>? to become a citi
; ? ' He P??^oned to be allowed to
tnnemlukk ?n the c,ty of Washington. so a- to be
transmissible either by descent or by will. Tin's bill is
to grant him that privilege. I hope it will pass, as it is
to U* *nd ,bere C4" ** no kir^ of objection
whnU b,i' J'aJ ,hen ??a"i(,<!?4 ** in committee of the
w.rted in ,hi' ?2 a,"eBdm?nt being made, the bill was re
Efh'?J '' *"* "* ?"8r?"d
kJ ?' Dt M,ci"VIU.E AMD SON.
ri^lL . 'i {rom ,ha Committee on Revolutionary
Claime, reported a joint resolution for the relief of the
iSSdtZw^r** ?' J?h" de Neufvi"e * Son and
a?ked the Senate to pass upon it at once, h was a claim
ol a merchant of Amsterdam, examined and admitted at
ll^n lordeiavedPar,me,,t' ^ pa>ment ?' wlilch 1,aJ
F,bre Jri?rviNT' The ?0,''?n '? not debatable,
the reaolu^iiu?' i , 8UWP?8e the fact may be stated that
?i-iJSi SS^SJUr upon a4Certained at ,he
, I RESIUKNT. This is the second resolution upon
mh,u bce" introduced. P
Mr. vOOl E. That was simply a resolution of in
quiry : this resolution is based upon the report of the de
^L?mel)!un? o'l?wer 10 tb** resolution.
rJSZ'.r The original resolution lo which the
fhePRL?sSrr,1Nt,on of inq""y
of imjuir? ' Wrj 11 w<u 001 a resolution
M'- CHASE. It was originally a joint resolution; but,
on the motion of the senator from Iowa, [Mr. Dodge,] a
resolution was substituted authorizing the Secretary of
the rreaaury to examine and adju?t the account. The
Secretary of the Treasury lies examined it, and it is upon
the report of ihe *.ret Comptroller. Mr. Whutlesey, that
inihnr*0' "J? 1 ; The question is simply upon
The PRE silos'v P*y tk a,nouI,,twhi6'??? due.
.. nn.i i r? The resolution can only have iu
second reading by unanimous consent.
Mr. DICKINSON. I wish to know if the claim is a
sum ^ '0M'wLy '' ?tkou,a limited to a certain
Uo?w^etiERVVOOD 1 ?bj*Ct' UnJeM 8?rae
tinl^? V^IDENT. Tl,e c00*1 deration of the resolu
M mnTt V """not.'berefore, be debated.
Mr. tXJOTE. 1 understand that an explanation is de
w 9!.t ' e,de of the chamber.
Mr. CLAY. Is this business diseased of f
The PRESIDENT, it it disposed of.
of thF0?' K I do not understand that it If disposed
insist upon our righta. ?we*, t anoiuu noi
Mr* May ?ni Yo"f bfr* y?*r r%hu
be?o.22hY;j ?i T?'d oh??tio*u ***"?? ?n
Mr. CLAY. Then. air. I object.
bubaMuently, on motion by Mr. CHASE, the Senate
**12 w,m",,t!ee of ?*>? whole, lo tbe considera
&1te,",itoT?fiS*" 10 "e ?<
nnMh CH^iSE nBOV,ed to *mend the resolution by sirikinr
out the worda ui italic and inserting those in brackets:
l ' J'"" 'b.? S^crelary of tbe Treatury be, and be It he^e
V <>J^In *l!d "dj?" 'be aceourti. of J?.hn
if. fv ? Jii ^on' mo,oh?"'? "of Amalrrdein, wnh the
Mnr?" tk* r,nU' r^nLek and
aajiulmtnt to Ccmgiru a* mon mi prmcticahlt, [r>?y any l>stl
n. '?.h 5"*rn lo,"|dj0 ^ doe to aeid ttnn to the i.r.t
?fi V. R. epuU?4 to receive the mune il Pn-vidtd,
J11?'** amouol lo be paid sbail no* exceed bie turn ol
ciKbt tboutand teven bundrvd and tlity-aeven dollar* nnd
m the*?.1! l'.r r r*'Iere.'(i^rom ,ho W,t d*X 01 MtfX. ,7^?.
to the lit day of July, 1832, at the rale of Ave per centum
per annum, deducting all paymeou heretofore nudo "
n.r^SrH^SE i 1 wiU.?*y a very few worda in expla
nation of tbia claim. A few dava ago the Committee on
Revoluaonarv Claims reporied tbe joint resolution now
1'!^ 10 V n' (rom Iowa [Mr
UojwaJ moved lo lay that joint reaolution on (lie tahle,
and (tubatiiuled a resolution couched in the Nine terms,
directing the Secretary oi tbeTreaaury to examine ?nd
adjust this account. The Secretary of the Treaty "n
puisuju'i.e of tl.et resotuiiou, refefred tne claim to the
First Comptroller of the Treasury. Mr. Whittlesey, who
did examine and adjuat it, ami baa submitted a lu'l re
'?"f ,?? ^ [#P?rt "l lh"1 he fl"d* R of
is,787 uo Jue; but he thinks that the rate of iuiewt should
not exceed five per cent., and that theie haa been a m.v
meut of 93.UU0, which he tkiuka ought to be credited
This resolution is ro trained as to allow lite payment of
Zed'Tv the r JUVlyM,1U0-, T Iheamoant
Ut^thi ' Jf^uctl|'H any payment made,
at the raU of Ave per cent, lor a limited time, as recorn
mended in the Comptroller'a report The claim is a revo
u^^Lfe a ??5,lhe wy.few which remaindd
unadjusted when RoUrt Morris reareJ from the office of
- ''b** prosecuted with all the dili
gence that thi circumstances would allow. The orinnal
claimants were merchuiU in Amsterdam, who rendered
i *?fw,c* 10 the American government during the
war of the revolution, and auaUined aome leases which
the resolution is intended to compensate. Tbe bead of
the Arm came to this country with a view to adjust their I
,T?^".^i the government, not long after tlie treaty
of 17S3. and, atter some unsuccessful attempts to effei t a
Mttlemeiit, died t7?6 His son and partner JaVne in 1
?wne. and died in the Penaeylvaa* hospital, alter tiftoen
or 1* ! i11 ""f1 lb,B "?n' J'*"1 >0 I*" '
or 1818, leaving one dau<hter, who now aiu-lieH to the
JMtice and humanity of Congress. The claim lias never
been, settled It baa been retired to the ?ope7?l
| ,or ?**minalion and adjustment, and now ccmex be
Th! U.' *?n,c by ? 'eP?t of tbe First Comptroller
The resolution now submitted is so framed as to allow
the amount sanctioned by that re
port, but admits of further examination aud reduction of
rrie*i,l*nCe "ball be found to r^aiuTt
the Seiu^> Inb . I W to occupy the aUention of
tlie ."senate long, but I can aeaure honorable senators that
tZilJ ?w y. ,"Ve"."?'Ue<1 'b's matter months ano. ami
as< ertainad that the claim is unquestionably an euuitahle
lJ"M MjnSi'rSSS
slittSin^d hv^,?? th" "f'n'nC The claim is
whir hi in ,? J? J oftb*ni??t prominent men in tbe Stale
(1? W..K P*P fePr?*nt. and high testimonials fnm.
hi ?Si?m* w,'? *???? familiar with
?a wMatrankatHoii The resolution, as has heeti stated,
i.rVu! t*i * report from the Treasury Department, af
^ ^ h<wk" of ?h?t Department
l vt jWiMWt thai the claim is an equitable one, ami I
?"T" ? h,? ??ubt that those interested have suffered
most seniivsly from the long delay on the psH of Congress
in doing them tastiea.
Mr. DAVIS, of Mieiiiwippi. Like my colle^tue, I
shall not make aepeecb on this subject. I have looked |
into the case, and examined the papers, and am convinced
tnie is a just claim, and one of very high merit, .from the 1
manner in which ft originated. I hope the amount found
due on the Hooks of the Treasury, which has never been
adjusted, will now be settled.
The amendment was then agreed to, and the resolution
was reported to the Senate and ordered to be engrossed
for a third reading.
KVKNIHO EXECUTIVE * WW TOM
The following resolution, submitted yesterday hy Mr.
IUlx, was taken up for consideration:
Tu'*!tV ?? * o'clock tn the after
W'm ^lt^,.!,. . y during the te?lon, the
If * '"f*M 7 <^0look, for (be p.,r,K?e
th/b itn.e? onR ?r rxeootive bu.lM.M, u.itll
'I ?n ,h* executlye calendar be dtefmed oi 1
...._r; ^A''? *> modified the reeolution as trt make the
recese irom lour to six o'clock, and to commence to-day.
TO oca WMOil*""
Tfc? UM or ?o w? hs ??
of Ik. Xtadpoo.. u. r*? ??
uimmi NkMkw w, '**"'. *?.rnT.
?B ?k4ck?utw^i4ky .. ^-.taeS by eaieeivee ta ???
Tbe COUWTUY Mil a ruikM ulw-My ?w'.'1* ?*""
,^. e/Guafluw, ee4 wal-weakly dwti^ U>? i
utu ? }??
MnSlu us rivs DAILY
?.u. mitum.v ?ubacrlbwa, wilfc fitoeavluM*i at r??? t
?ihnrthn. wuh 01V sacloaee, Will be eatiHe* tu dm caff ? |ka
>^rtTr u *ey Airaish HwtMiMn **? gvSSto.
Mr. DICKINSON suggested to ft* the time of edjoutn
merit at It o'clock, p . ,.
Mr HALF declined to accept the modification
Tlie resolution was then agreed to.
KXTRA COMPRMSATIOII.
The following resolution, submitted yesterday by Mr
Bentin, waa taken up for consideration, and reaa m tnira
time, and passed:
llfilvtd, That tbore be aiUwixt and paid to Jaoob Ded ?
Cm. the uum extia uowpeusaiioa lUal wa? p?w to Use is
,f?(i a> ibe last wsnou ol Congress) and ibai toerebe
paid to Hemy Dodsuu, mi utu? laborer, tlie sum ol ufly
dollars
BAHON DB BASTaOF UBANT.
Mr. DOWNS moved to lake up the bill for the ssttle
meiit of classes of private land claims within the limit* of
theBaroa de Bastrop grant, and for allowing pre emp
lions to certain actual settlers in the eveut of the final ad
judication of the title of the aaid de Bastrop in law of
the United States.
And the question being taken.it was decided in the
negative.
FASH AGE OF KNOROS8KD BILLS.
The following bills, heretofore ordered to be eogrosaed,
were taken up, read a third time, and pasSM s
A bill to authorize Thomas Gimalty to hold ccrtain
A joint resolution in relation to the accounts of John
De Neulville & Son.
INDIAN A?PH0raiATI0N BILL.
Mr. PEARCK asked and obtained leave atlbia time to
report, from tlie Committee on Finance, the bill from tha
House of Representatives making appropriations for the
current and contingent expensesot toe Indian department,
and for fulfilling treaty stipulations with tha various
tribes, for the year ending June 30, 1851, with certain
amendments; which were ordered to be printed.
naval appropriation bill.
The bill from the House No. MA, being the ut making
appropriations for the naval service for the year ending
30th June, 1851, was read a first and second time by ita
title, and referred to the Committee on Finance.
MEXICAN INDEMNITY.
Mr. DICKINSON. Mr. President. I ***
terday morning that 1 would ask to-day that ittm IMl pro
viding for the payment of the Mexican indemnity should
be taken up. The appropriation is specially aeked for by
the administration. It was not put in the civil and diplo
matic appropriation bill with the other appropriations be
cause a rule of the House prevented that course from be
ing pursued. But it has been pa?sed by the House as a
separate bill, and I alk that it be now taken up.
Mr. HALE. Mr. President, I hope it not If taken
wo 1 understand the money will not be due till tile 1st
of June next, and there Is an intervening session of Con
cress, at which this matter can be provided for And,
beaidee that, we have enough other bills which ought to
be acted upon at this sesaion, without anticipating the
wanta of the government several months.
Mr DICKINSON. Mr. President, it is true that the
money would not be paid now. The object is to give the
administration the benefit of such Premium aa beyean
get on the money. It ought to be appropriated now
This money is to be used during the fiscal yey, and for
that reason it is perfectly right to appropriate U now^ t
ia to fulfil an lniportmt foreign treaty. I know there is
a scuffle going oil out-of-doors about it, and I want to
have no hand In it I wish to give the y lmin.st^tlon the
money, ami let them dispose of it in the
can, and let them have the responsibility Tl^ admitu
(ration have specially communicated with the UmmWM
on Finance, askingthattheappropr^tionmaybe mad^
I hope, therefore, that the bill will be taken up, and the
ap^ropr^ion ^ule.^ prfBident> [ hope the apprtytia
tion will be made. I concur in the suggestions made by
the senator from New York. The money ia payable in
the city of Mexico on the 3wh of May next, f thmte: an<f
if the appropriation is made now, the Secretary of the
Treasury wifl be able to make his arrangement foMhe
payment of this money in the city of Mexico at that time
The administration can then make tbmr own wH^e:
ments in a manner which will secure the interests of the
^Mr^H ALE, (in hia seat.) And secure the interests of
^Th^Sfnate accordingly proceeded to the consideration
of the bill to provide for carrying w?o execution, m fur
ther uari, the 13th article of the treaty with Mexico, ?>n
eluded at Guadalupe Hidalgo on the 3d February, JS?.
Mr DICKINSON, f hardly think it is necessary tooc
cupy the time of the Senate in going into any ex^aatoon
of this matter, for I believe that senators pretty well un
derstand it. The bill simply afpnfriatee this
of the inonev to be paid to Mexico under the trem* of
I Guadalupe Hidalgo; it puts it into theharjdaoffta Ex^
ecuiive. in order ihat the stipulations of t^trMfrmy
b? complied with. It is the appropriate buaioees ?f the
Executive to do this, and to do it in the moat
manner. 1 am bound in theory w beheve hat thefiesi
dent of the United States, though a political oppoo^at,
will do his duly in the premises; andU^ M?fi?nt
confidence ia b?a laiegnty aa a
discharge this duty; and I will not, therefore, legislate it
""I hav-e"heard a great ileal out of doors touching this
matter ? but with the conflicting claims of competitor# we
hi^e nothing to do here. I have heard of contracU hav
ing lieen made by the government u? relaimnjothe pay
ment of this insulmenl,and I know
ili?re are more than one. If any contracts have Been
made by the government, they must carry theinout^bat,
whether contracts have been made or ncM' '"J *
ment. and whether goo.1 or bad, and w hetbereoaajMing
or not, it is the business of the Executive to SM that M is
paid, and that lbs credit gnd interest of the govwsmsst is
pmsrlv cared for in the metier. I am *U*hujr acSu^ ed
with ell the?.e quesUons of ctmlrecU an l *^7
have been talked of out of doote; but I d<> w**wn j
i proper to Uoable the Senate wiA toem; f?, U(H? ??"?
consideration, I do not see what we have t<T? with
it legislatively. Let thoee -kO Mt
pro^se to confute, apply to the fifWsmW^aa^JO-*
here and endeevor to have as shape
new to a scramble for what mOi?uaJs oakia| ow
can make out of this etfroprision. ^'1 wehave to do is
to aiiprounate the money, and let the kjmcutive payu.il
i he does it improvidently or improperly, he wul he
"Tr pratt | have heaol nothing out of doors ia re
i latioa to ibie subj^t; but I find on my .leak thia mora
ia? the ma.noriaj of the pertiei who claim
contract to which the senator from New York has ~l
verted. It is the memorial ol laaao B. Maiks. a artixen
of Ijouisiana:
- Washinoton, Sept. 1#, MM
?? To the Senate and Hon?e of H^?*wailve?ol the Uni
t?d s*aws ol America, In Congress assemble*.
"The memorts! of 1?a*c ?? a elt^^^'?"
>na, ,e.p?cir?l y reprvsenis. lhal ?'??>"? b^"
th? Msxteae <o?ert.n?tU, b.-.n* u iMer l^ n.c?..M^ (|)
r >wine money ai eaorbttaal iau?s of latere**,
1 iiuiphie ibe payuaeei of two remaining laeweae
ISSffiTSy
: iiinney at ibe city NtW York ? ^ whe,h?r ibe
wroie y> an e*eoi in Wa?l?lnjit 'n w a ^ a fetr pM.
H?irermiieot ol ibe Unred ? i(.(1,| ?'?vernineai | ibal
nitnm, scnept the ?lrsfts of tbe M wM ^ h|^
be is liformodthr.. ms ss1 ? hs^ Ooree??Jt
Ml premlam of eacbaoge on iu?kina ibe pay
Ht^S. u r^' ?f n?l!;iTbe ?ove?n,aan. if
menu ui??J?r tbe u?"'{ rt .j UiatolTer, preferred to
|tl? Unitpdata??>,di?y i(, ,n|ni.ter In Msxloo.
Hyjg the last in'tslm !h0^t<hest premium
,h?-I-h ht. rtfafte ^ t ^
?1?Mr m* m^shei ?" ?he Is.s admintsjraUoa foiir
. premium for aoo^ptlng tha drafts of ibe
<" lot Ibe payment of the mowey in
^ doe, wubabaiemeatof taierast
r?rai*u!li?rcasu, ?im1 it agreed I bat ?uoh en oier <*>
| i 0r (i,e Aeaioan government woeld be sooepicd,
M.X' approHiVM .,, for at tbl?r>.lon of Con.'-'*,
to .. imI.I" tlie Kovernmentoi the United ,c0,'u.
r??v atcnKje* utif4 lhtr??bf itVI to the Uuiied .-nM
ir>H inler^t. which, isythsr withl.^."thU anSr
ssMWls to nearly one naiUien ot dollars- VI(iroh u>
? ii'fiitiag, your memorialistrepal,?d. '?rlJf'rK,1-#meoi with
ike oil vol Mexico, end oo'wl^'d "'^'utorii^d, as ihe
lite S??sirea government* whereby r u0|lod Sutuis four
"gent ol that go-erumeul, u> allow t ? for accepting
? ml a t.Klf per oent |ir""1'"?Bmesufe* tor the payment
the drafts ot the Mexicanj<<? 4 ? Uio rata of tlx
ol ibe eeonAy la the United ??' %y,?.ai In advai^ of
per neni. per annum merest j? , Row B. E.
nnney beeomio* due. " _Jle(oraent in ihe Untied States,
aiid M. I*. of the ' ? wov?(?mani to reoeive sn?l
is authorised bril-s ||rl(Jar Birm(Hieme?t, and duly ao
[dbVihsreol ^^'^IraleTslwws, that, being advised by
Sn^thst ii rth' bo advisable to
hie ??r"u.r^0.,inent laiifled by the M-xioan Congress, a
been convened lor lhat,purpose, and
(p^eial s?"1?' . ,rve> ,h, a?seat ti. ami rattftca
y*yj?*S,s eiranasmsnl hr the Iteaiaan wiU
Mdaiy oertlflad to ibe govemm.-ntof the Ua&ffP*^' "
1 1I1* ttr?i "f next month, IOolobar ) . . lh
'? 1, will be seen that this atrangei.ienl ProP?^Jrt^J
?nrsr inteat of it." Unitwl States shall |>V '^he MrXi >ari
Blnittsr ta the?Jnited Sute.? duly aa.borlsed lowclve