Litchfield enquirer., 1835-03-12

ed. The Afmy Appropria'io" Biil was SenI .V u tne Senate with no apPr"Prl"'on .9".T M"s ., ,Ia ,;me Point. This circumstance was nonceu' ~ "o "'..e' in the Senate, and it's atIenton c"i'eo io ", ms "
 iraordinary omission separate bill, however, con 'nnng the usual %. Sr Ss, suffered to sleep Up lO the last day for sending b'ils Irom one the other, t had passed The HOuse LOOK no steP of inc rule as to the time ef sending bills from House iO House, or in any other way ln th's Pfeuca"e"'I individuals of the House besought the Committee or the Senate to interfere, and, n some ertT0crGn0'y way help to pass the ordinary appropriation through Congress. The Senate, accordingly, attached ,ne ', whole Military Academy appropriation hil 10 the oI'' making provision for the Civil and Diplomatic Expe"-
 ures o( the in this form I passed into law and but for the adoption of this mode, there could have been appropriation at al.' and the scnoo' would have been broken @G we we n"y nuu; 'F E" penses went back the House, with amendments the occasion eagerly seized to add to the Sena'es a. mendmenis other amendments. respecting tot"l'y al- feren matters thus giving the bill tail as long as that of a comet. Thus the bill, pending in the H"use, making provision for the repairs oi the Capitol and Presidents House, improving the public grounds, pay ing the Presidents gardener, &c Ec. was tackled on to the bill, as being among ihe CIV" ana op''"""' expenses of the Government!
 This bilL however, and we rejoice at it, had the goodness to pass, with all ''e length O. 'rall, ana Representative the West Point Academy, tneretofe' was kept alive.
 No, so fortunate was the other of the two appropr'- alton bls to which have alluded above. HE IDENTIFICATION BILL IS TOTALLY LOST! Yes, 'n lhls very critical moment of affairs, not only has no new measure of defending the coentry been adopted, h4'
 the bill for the usual annual appropriation for Forum cations is totally losl We hardly credit ourselves when we write this paragraph. Yet such IS the iact; not a dollar is appropriated to forihcaiions and we doubt we t Ie not the bounden duty oi the Fres- ident to call the congress al the earliest day pos sble. Ceraimy-most certainy-such IS hs duty' h he has any reasonable apprehension whatever of hos' iliies with foreign nation.
 Nc chnr To history came
 from the House to the Senate, and all its rny's.ons were agreed to by the SenaIe's Committee Various additions were also mate to 1t by the Commlfee, ID pursuance of communications from the War Depart inens and reports from the Military Comml''ees "t the two Houses. Large sums were nided for the better delcncr of Baltimore. Philadelphia: Boston. Gc. ana an adio nal amount fnr Nrming all the Eri'ficailons When i, appeared that the Department had no far. iher measures recommend the Committee reported the bill, the Senate agreed 70 the anne ndmen,s. ant the bill was returned to the House, with the amend- men,s on Tuesdav the 24lh day of February.
 The House did not take "p the Senate's endnens till the fast day of the sessnn, one whole week alter the Senate had sent them and that day, af half past o'clock in the evening, they returned the bill 'o the Senate having agreed to some of the Se"ales a- mendmen,s disagreed to others; and agreed to others again. acih amendments o EheW Orn. The loss oi the whole bill was finally caused ny one ot these last a. amendments; and, therefore, we nave t"Een pa'ms 10 collect the facis precisely they appear on tue our- nnls and in the proceedings.
 was the addition [of three sections, one approprIang $75. .0O0 towards repairs in Boston h"rbor one tor $l0O0 0O0 towards the defences in Mary'and; ana one
 for the purpose of purchasing six acres o land near Fort McHenry, Md.
 To this the House agreed, addipg the following as an amendment, viz:
 "1nd be t. S,c., That the sum ofTHREE MILL IONS OF DOLLARS be and the same is hereby "p- propriated out of any money n the Treasury n"' o'- erwise appropriated, o be expended; m wno.e nf '" ed States for the military and naval service, ncluiRg Notifications nn ordnance. and increase ot the Navy: Provided, such expenditures shall he necessary Tor the defence of the country prior to the next meeting of Congresa'
 When this came to the Senate, the ahnve extraordi- nary section opposed, c"nierrng on the Pres'- dent unlimited military power It was sad he had ask ed ft,r such power-lhe War Department had re- commended nn such appropriateness had never been suggested, any where, until ,l,s late moment. U was urged that the section itself was altogether ndrtrns- hle, inasmuch h proprosed to give vast sum into the hands of the President. sctout any sprchc orc leaving it to him io it as hc might please. He might levy troops-he might raise army-he might aend forth the navy--he night in short, dispose of ,he money just he should see ft. It was averred, on the other side, that the President would certainly do no harm with the money-he would use the power to such power had been trusted o my President; ,hni it to he thought of, without giving "p all notion of the authority of Congress "ver ihe expend', ,ure of the public money. and indeed all it's control the question of Peace and War The Senate dis agreed to this vote for the three millions ct dollars and here the yeas and nays on the motion to dsa
 YEAs.-Messrs. Bell, Bihb, Calhoun, Clay, Clay. ton. Ewing, Freiinghnysen, Coldsborough, Hendr.cks Kepi, Knight, Leigh, Mangnm, Moore. Naudain, Poinexier, Porter Preniiss, Preston, Robbins, Sils bee. Smiih, Southard, Swift. Tomlinson Tyler. Wag. gamnn, .Welsier, Whte-29
 NAYS.-Siessrs. Benton, Black. Brown, Buchan- m. Cuihhert, Grundy, Hill. Kane, King Of Alabama, King of Georgia, Lion, McKean. M"rrs, K"hins"n, R"gges, Shepley, TaImadge, Tipton, Wrigh'-l9.
 The bill went hack io the House. The H"use in- sisted i,s n, and again returned the bill to greenemi; and here arc the yeas and nays on that vote: (Same as ihc preceding, except Black and Morris, who did not votc.l
 The House, upon this, asked q conference with the Senn,e, which was immediately agreed to, and Com- miitees appointed, both sides The two Com. mitees met, without delay, and agreed, we under. siood very soon, report their respective Houses that the amendment of the House should he struck out, givenup. and the following appropriation in. serted iM its place: 4l
 "As addition appropriation for arming the for ifcaons ofih United States, three hundred thou sand dollars. v
 "As an additional appropriation fnr the repairs and equipment ot the ships of war Of the United States, five hundred thousand toliafets'
 The SenRte'a Committee immetme!y reported to the Senate ihie happy agreement or the two COmmlt- tees on this important bill, and all seemed we'll But the bill in the hahhE of the House, (accorng t0 the usua in such cases, and the Senate wait ed to hear its decision. No communication coming o'clock, the Senate, fearing for the fate of this bill and desrous of pressing is great importance upon the attention ofthe House, sent them the following mes sage:
 e ssResolred, That message he sent tho Honora- be the House of Representatives respectfully to re-