Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1835-03-12

one whole week after the Senate had sent
them, and on that day, at half past eight
o'clock in the evening, they returned The
bill to the Senate, having agreed 10 some
of the Senate's amendments. disagreed 70
others, and agreed 10 others, again, with
amendments Of their oto's. The loss oil the
whole bill was finally caused by one OF
these last amendments and. therefore,
we have taken pains to collect the facts,
precisely as they appear ON the journals
and in the proceedings.
One Of the amendments. proposed by the
Senate, was the addition Of the following
| sections:
"Sec. -. find be IL further enacted, That
| the sum of seventy five thousand dollars
be, and the same is hereby appropriated,
| toward the repair OF the Notifications on
| Castle Island in the harbor Of Boston, &C
cording to the plan submitted by the board
of Engineers, Oh the thirteenth day OF
March, eighteen hundred and thirty four
the same TO be paid out of any money 10
the Treasury not otherwise appropriated
"Sec. -. .4ad be IT, further enacted, That
the sum Of one hundred thousand dollars
be, and the same is hereby appropriated,
out Of any money in the Treasury not
otherwise appropriated, to be applied or
expended under the direction Of the Score
tary of War, in improving the defenees
within the State of Maryland.
"Sec. ~. And be IL further enacted, That
the Secretary of War be. and he Is here
by authorized. to purchase six acres Of
land adjoining Fort McHenry, near BAL
timore. being the same rented from the
heirs Of the late Philip Swartzauce, and
now occupied for military purposes and
that he cause the same TO be paid for from
the funds appropriated for the service oil
the Quarter masters Department"
To this The house agreed. aiding the
| following as an amendment, viz.
".and be IL SC That the sum of Three
Millions Of Dollars be and the same Is
hereby appropriated out Of any money in
the Treasury not Otherwise appropriated.
TO he expended, in whole or in part. under
the direction Of the President of the Unit
ed States, for the military and naval ser
vice, including Notifications and ordnance
and Increase OF the Navy: Provided, such
expenditures shall be necessary for the de
fence of the country prior TO the next
meeting of Congress"
| When this came 10 the Senate, the
above extraordinary section was opposed
as comforting on the President unlimited
military power. IL was said, he had asked
for no such power.--the War Department
had recommended no such appropria
tion---it had never been suggested. any
where, until this late moment. Ii was
urged that the section itself was altogeth
er indelensible, inasmuch as it proposed
to give a vast sum into the hands of the
President ,oithout any specific object, leav
ing il TO him TO use II as he might please
He might levy troops-he might raise an
army he might send forth the navy--he
might, in short. dispose of the money just
as he should see fit 1t was averred, on
the other side, that the President would
certainly do no harm with the money-he
would use the power to good ends, SC. );
and to this it was replied. again, that suck
power had never been trusted to any
President; that it was not 10 be thought
of. without giving up all notion Of the au-
thorlty of Congress over the expenditure
of public money. and indeed all its con
troll over the question Of Peace and War
The Senate disagreed TO this vote for the
three millions of dollars; and here are the
yeas and nays on the motion to disagree
to il:
YEAS Messrs. Bell, Bibb. Calhoun.
Clay, Clayton, Ewing. Frelnghuyseu,
Goldsboroush. Hendricks, Kent, Knight,
Leigh. Manguin. Moore, Naudaln, Pom
dexter. Porter, Prentiss, Preston. Robbins
Silsbee, Smith, Southland. Swift. Tomlinson
Tyler, Waggaman, Webster. White-29.
NAYS,-Messrs Benton. Black. Brown
Buchanan, Cuthbert, Grundy. Hill. Kane,
King Of Alabama, King of Georgia, Linn
Mexican, Morris, Robinson. Rugges,
Shepley, Tallmadge. Upton, Wrisht-l9
The bill went back TO the House. The
House nlsistrd on its amendment, and
again returned the bill to the Senate. The
Senate voted to adhere TO its disagreement;
and here are the yeas and nays on that
vote:
! YEAS-nlessrs. Bell, Bib. Calhoun,
Clay, Clayton. Ewing, Frelnghuysen.
Goldsbogough. Hendricks, Kent, Knight,
Leigh, Mangum, Moore, Naudan, Pom
dexter, Porter, Preniiss. Preston. Robbins
Silsbee. Smith, Southland. Swift. Tomlinson
Tyler, Waggaman. Webster, White--e9
! NAYS-Messrs Benton. Brown, Buch
anan, Cuthbert, Grundy, Hill, Kane, King
of Alabama, King Of Georgia. Linn. Nc
Kcan, Ruggles, Robinson. Shepley, Tall
madge, Upton, Wright-l7.
The House, upon this, asked a confer
ence with the Senate, which was immedi
ately agreed TO. and Committees were APP
pointed, on both sides The two Commit
tees met, without delay, and agreed, as
we understood. very soon. to report to
their respective Houses, that the amend
ment of the House should be struck out,
or given up. and the following appropria
ton inserted in its place:
GAS an additional appropriation for arm
ing the Notifications OF the United States,
three hundred thousand dollars.
"As an additional appropriation for the
repairs and equipment OF the ships of war
of the United States, five hundred thou
sand dollars"