Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1828-02-28
congressional.
FRIDAY, FEBRUAnY -.
IN SEN AVE

uehhcdiiop under the first article of the Treaty
OF Client, and for a distribution among such claim
ants, OF the sum paid aud 10 be paid by the Gov
ernnent oi Great BIitain, under a Convention be-
tween the l.. States aid His Britannia Maiesty
concluded at London. the l3tl, Nov 1926, pass
al on tho second day of March. 1927; which was
ordered to second reading.
The following resolution was subInittsd by Mr.
Woodbury.
ReSoIocd. That the Committee on Commerce
be instructed 10 inquire whether any, and if ANY,
what legislative measures ought to be adopted in
consequence OF the French Ordnance of the 9th
Feb. 1876, regulating trade with the lslauds of
Gaudaloupe and Martinique
On motion Of Mr.. Smith of South Carolina, il was
ordered that, when the Senate adjourn, it adjourn
until Monday next.
Mr.. Eaton then moved that The Senate adjourn
which was not agreed to-
Mr.. Harrison said, that he had voted against the
motion OF the gentleman from South Carolina To
hdlolin until Monday, designing, had hc not been
anticipated by the gentleman from Tennessee, 10
move TO adjourn the session of to-day. However
other gentlemen might DC disposed TO attend 20
business ola this day his mind was not prepared for
II while tie military were parading 10 welcome
| anu honor the day and the inan who had made it
worthy oil everlasting remembrance. He there
tore, moved that the Senate now adjourn
The question being put, the motion was lost
ID TO 90
The unfinished business Of yesterday then came
up IN Its order, being the bill to regulate proce
in the States admitted into the Union since the
year 1853; which was, on motion of Mr. McI,ane
| ordered TO lie on the table.
Mr.. Dckerson moved that the Senate adjourn !;
which was decided in the ailirmative-22 10 20
80 the Senate adjourned to Monday
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
| On motiohof Mr. u. 2. Barbour
The Committee of the Judiciary, to whom was
referred So much of the resolutions, contained in
the memorial oil the Legislature of the State of S
Carolina, presented TO the House OH the Iith of
January last, rs declares that acts of Congress.
passed exclusively for the promotion and encour-
l'aSement oil domestic manufactures, unconsti-
'unohal; was discharged from the further consid-
Grafton thereof, and the same were committed TO
the Committee of the Whole House on the State
of the Union.
MIR. Everett from the Joint Committee on the
library, reported joint resolution providing for
the distribution of certain public documents and
the removal of certain books from the library !;
which was read, and laid on the table
Inc ioiiowing resolution, offered By Mr.. Wilde
yesterday, and laid upon the table, was taken up
ior consideration, and gave rise to a short debate
" hesotccd, That the President of the u S. be
requested to inform this House. if il will not in his
opinion, be injurious to the public interest whe-
ther any, and what, measures have been taken tn
preserve inviolae that part of the Constitution of
the United States which declares that no new
State shall be formed or erected within the jurs-
dicton OF any other State, nor any State he form
ed by the junction of any two or more States
or parts OF States, without the consent of the egis
o' INC Hla.eS concerned, as well oil Con-
gress.'
MIR. Wilde stated tlc case 10 which his resulu-
ton referred. Il constitution of Government. the
WORK OF few whites aud half breeds, wa; reIort-
ed TO have been adopted by the Cherokee nation
OF Indians within the limits OF Georpia He ~.
DESTROYS of knowing how the General Government
viewed proceeding of this kind, and what mea-
sures II contemplated in respect to il when he
had obtaned this iniornation he should then ask
Oh Congress TO define and settle the unsettled and
anOD3tOYS - rs-it~l Ii ~
10 the Indian tribes whiting the u. States
Nh Storrs said that he had been somewhat at n
loss 10 know the precise bearing OF the resolution
when 1t was first offered, but it now appeared.
from The explanation Of the gentleman from Geor-
gia (Mr. Wilde,) to refer to some of the domestic
institutions OF the Indians within The State of
Georgia. Although he did not, for his own part
consider that tie regulations adopted by the In
uiaii' Tor The government OF their own tribes in
any sense constituted them States, within the
meaning Of the Constitution, yet he was not dis
posed 10 object TO the passage of the resolution i:
the House shall deem it at all necessary to adopt
1T. MIR >. said, that whether these institutions
were TO be viewed as paterna or political among
the Indians themselves he thought was mattel
OF very little moment. But if the President was to
be asked to inform the House of any measures a.
dopted by him on that subject, il was proper that
the House should also request him To coIninu-
nicate any information that he may have in rela-
ton TO it. For that purpose MIR. S. offered the fol-
lowing amendment, which he presumed the gen
tleman from Georgia would consent TO adopt as a
modification OF the original resolution
Mr. otorrs then moved 20 amend the resolution
oil Mr.. W by striking out the words "to inform
THIS House 1t will not in his opinion be injurious
TO the public interest," and TO insert
Communicate to this House any information in
the possession OF the Executive Department in re
latIon TO the formation or erection of auy new
State or Government within the Jurisdiction of any
other State, if the communication of the same will
not be, IN his opinion, injurious TO the public inter
est; and"
Mr.. Wilde consented to accept the amendment
OF MIR. StOrrs as a modification.
The Speaker laid before the House letter
from the Secretary Of War, accompanied by a re-
port OF the Chief Engineer, General aIacornb)
with areport OF the surveys in Kennebec river In
the State OF Maine, and of routes for contenuIa |
ted canals, connected with the waters of that ri
yer; which letter, and accompanying documents.
were REFERRED to the Committee on Roads and
Canals.
CUMBERLAND ROAD.
The following message, received Yesterday
from the President OF the Unit ed States was laid
be fore the House by the Speaker, and read:
TO the Senate and House Of REPRESENTATIVES, of |
the United Stdfes
WAsHiNGroN, 21st Feb. 1928
In transmitting TO Congress copies of commu-
nicatiOn received from the Governor of Pennsyl- |
vania with certain resolutions Of the Legislature
Of that Commonwealth, relating 20 the GUNNER
land Road, deem it my duty 10 recommend 10 the
consideration of Congress an adequate provision
for the permanent preservation and repair of that
great National work.
JOHN QUINCY ADAMS.
The communication and acc6np anying papers
were committed to the Committee Of the Whole
House to which Is committed the bill for the pre-
seryation and repair Of the Cumberland Road.
sArURDAx, Feb. %.
Mr.. Alexander from the Committee Of the Dis