American watchman and Delaware advertiser., 1827-01-05

| Ways and Means be directed 10 report bill to
this House, which shall make ample provision for
reiundng with lawful interest, to all persons who
NAV have suffered in pccnnisry penalties under the
said Law, Of July IA, 1898, commonly called the
Sedtlon Law, but entitled " An act in addition to
an act for the punishment Of certain crimes against
the United Sa,es" the amounts which they may
have paid to the respective Marshals of the Dis
lrct Courts empowered TO levy and receive the said
fines; and in case Of The DEATH or absence from
the United States, oi any Of the said parties, then
TO their legal representatives. to such person OF
persons may be duly authorized to receive the
same.
MIR. II. then gave notice that he would call up
the consideration OF this resolution on the Sd Mon
day OF the present month.
Mr.. Nc Lane, Chai man Of the Committee oil
Ways and Means, hoped that the gentleman would
SO modify his resolution give it different di
rec,'on. lie thought tha, the inquiry il presented
was not appropriate to the Committee OF Ways and
Means The subject turned entirely ON point o
legal Interpretation; on the question, whether
certain law was or was not Constitutional? Thi.
certainly was question for the consideration of tn,
Committee the Judiciary. and not the Commit
tee OF Ways and Means. Not every subject which
eventually involved appropriation Of money
came properly before the Committee of Ways ans
Means, but was to be referred according to ths
70 erect forthca,ion a, designated point. This
to be sure, would eventually call for an sppropria
iion Of money; but the question whether it wa
proper to erect the fnrtiGc aion TO be deci
ded by the Committee Military Affairs. TIL,
present re oution proposed question the refund
ing Of money eceived into the Treasury in 4 manne
said be unconstitutional The first question to b
settled was the unconsli,u'ionaty Of the law refer
red to- and This the COMMITTEE Of Ways and Mean
ha.~ a., hnl ss.h h.f.v
e; emhatrass or 10 impede the inquiry. but mere
ly desired it should be referred to the appropriat
com mtee.
Mr. HdmiH0n said, that, when the resolutio
should be called up, il. in the progress o the dis
cusson, the House should be OF opinion that it ougt
to 20 to the Committee OH the Judiciary, he shoul
certainly not object 10 the reference. The hon
able gentleman from Delaware was, however ,unde
misapp, ehension to the tenor and effect of th
re solution. 1t did not refer the question of const
tuionaliiy 10 The Committee of Ways and Near
but the appropriation merely. The other questo
must be decided by the solemn finding Of III
House. He renewed his motion to lay il on Ii
table; which was agreed to.
From The Nat. Mtellig,ncer, December 90.
accident prevented the full report Of Mr.. M
D!De's Remarks, on Wednesday upon Mr.. Uard
Resolution, which follows, from being introduce
IN The Dens.e, in its proper order:
Mr.. .NcDafe said he sorry the gentlems
, from N. York had accepted the modification II
thought the resolution as it now stood decided
c moe exceptonabe than i could be regarded as
was originally presented. He was perfectly wilin
for his own part, extend to the citizens OF all
States whatever mi. ht be their color, any and evel
, privilege to hioh such citizens entitled. Whct
S er any particular description OF persons are " cit
5 zens OF the Tnitsd States" might be question
but when the Representative OF State alleges,
This floor, that the liberty Of citizen Of that Sta
has been violated by the laws OF a District ov
which Congress holds exclusive jurisdiction, it
the undouoled and sacred RIGHT Of the person
ella ming to be citizen, to be heard through h
Representative. The proposed inquiry ought, ther
fore. 70 be instituted upon principles of the mo
= obvious Justice lot he wished it to be distinctly VI
eler.tocd, that while he should vindicatc with nrn
ness all the rights which he represented whenev
y or however they might be sssaed, he was for a
y codn every other member, in Its fullest cxter
the same constitutional privilege. For his own pal
= he viewed this as question not at all calculated
! excite the stnsbility OF the Representatives tro
, the slave holding States. They certainly do u
claim by any special preroga,ive to be the advocat
Of slavery wherever it may exist. On the contrar
y II il shall appear that the laws OF the District
Columbia have been made the instrument oil o
! preston, committed on a person claiming 20 be
n citizen Of New York-and he was free to decla
y his in,pre ssion that each State had right to dete
! nine Tor itself who should enjoy that privilege.
hen has an outrage been committed. which q
Representatives from the South and the North a
! qually bound to discountenance and it we wou
avoid he imputation Of giving our sanction to q
e obnoxious proceeding. the law by which it was a
&c ,horized, should be promptly repealed Who
N anticipating any ultimate questions TO which the i
qury might lead, he would conclude with the r
) MAJ k, that, if any privilege OF = citizen OF M
I'd York has been violated through The laws or tribune
III Of this District, this body is bound, by every pr
ID clple Of policy, justice. end humanity, TO afford