Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1836-05-24

is he an Administration man does he 60 ie whoie ny
with u.s. This statement could be pEovto oe'oe Go'i.
mittce of this House, if he was not iilslhiosneu y!
hphly respectable man. lie would allow no disSrel"n
TO the Dcpai nent be used for The purpose % Pe'P
tua,ing party power by corrupt means. ,;,r, h;s
Mr. Lane said the statement did not accora WIN ,':s
own observatinn Out of fifty weight postinasers Id ns
dis riot Of country only eighteen were Administrator
hr. Boon sud the contracts ought not to be given 10
the lowest bidder without provision that tue o'u"
should be proper person Ill.,,
A. u,wrs hnnci he said the amendment would pre-
vail During the investigation G.. the Post Office Dr.
uar,:cnt it was found that nj! the is!oruhes OF t''
Drp,rtmcu, ORIGINATED from the circumstance thh the
Department was not bound t" take Inc "me<' 0'oo''
After some remarks from Mr. hun!sIiah,
Mr.. Ashley spoke il favor OF the amenainent' a'u
n,,. som. statements Of his transactions Win the re
nar,mcn. in which the Department had ac'cd "'cfeiy
with regard to party motives .,a
Aiirra lcw words in reply from Mr. Boon, Inc ae"u
mcnt was agreed To. .
' Iprn,or Inc discussion on this subject, message
was announced !rol the Senate. and the Speaker &C.
sumcd the chair for the purpose OF receiving It;
The message that the Senate Insist on tne!r 'o
omruJmct to the bill! entitled All act authorizing 'e
President Of the United SUITES tn accept the services o
volunteers and 10 raise additional regiment OF uf"
couns or mounted ri!lemcn. which has Dcrn u'S1s'e
10 by this llcusc and ask conference on tle s""c
maIcr Of the d;saGrecng Of the two Houses Oh saiu
amendment =, ,-l
On mot;nn of Mr. Speght, the House, by general
cons, Mt topk up the subject for consideration;
Mr. Lewis moved that the House agree to The appoint
men, of committee of conference Oh It's part ,,
The motion agreed to- and IT MAS ordered lhat TIC
committee, Oh the part Of the House, consist Vi n'e
members ,,,
MIR. Everett moved to strike out Tie 10Th section.
which Provides that contract Siat! he mage WIN any
persons known have been concerned IN any c"Nion-
lion To prevent any person persons from atnga I'D
and also provides that any contractor SO Offending sail
be dismissed from the service of the Department,
After some debate, in which Mrssrs. Wise, BrIGgs,
Everett. f. Whtlesry, Adams, Williams Of Kentucky,
Wadwr, AIcComas, Graves, Briggs, Jndson, Garland,
Of Virginia. and Lane took part The question was take
and decided in the negative
Mr. Chambers moved To amend the 20t! section SO as
TO provide that postmasars, who shall neglect l" give
notice Of the dcnquenc'cs Of contractors, shall DC liable
to removal, ard to be ncd not exceeding one hundred
duars in the discretion Of tie lostmaster.Gencrai
which motion vas rejected.
On motion of MIR. Parker, the SD section was amend
cd by adding clause providing That person shall be
appointrd to tie Office of deputy postmaster, unless he
shall be resident in The town wirlc the Office Is To-
Gated.
Tie 35lh scction which provided that the contract
year shal! Oh the 1t OF July, &C was slrck-
out.
On motion of Mr.. Gillat the words L" and which
shall be accepted by the Postmaster General, applied
certain bonds be by Posastrrs 10 release pre-
vious surctcs, inserted alter Tic 9TH line OF the
Both section.
tee the Post Office and Post Roads, then real,
and offered amendments.
MIR. Shields moved ali amendment with view 10
prevent the circulation of inccnLiary papers pamphlets
prints &c through The mail, with The intent 10 excite
instruction among slaves.
Mr.. Shields said he wished 10 discuss the motion al
length, and The hour late: and would he IN.
possible get through the bill that evening, he moved
that the committee rise.
Tie question WIS taken, and decided in the negative,
ayes II, noes a..
Mr. Shields then waived his right to the ioor TO al.
low other amendments to be offered and considered up
understanding that he Should be entitled 10 Tie
floor upon another day.
The House then proceeded to consider other amend.
ments until o'clock, wlIrn the committee rose, and
the House adjourned.
IN SENATE-Friday. .Nny 20, 1856.
VOLUNTEERS.
Mr.. Calhoun, from the Committee Of Conference on
the difference OF the two Houses the Bill 10 authorize
the Pcsidcn! TO accept the services OF 10000 Volnn
tcers, and 10 raise regiment Ut mounted dragons, or
I!ilcrn for the dcrnce Of the West, reported that the
Committee Of Conference had nal been able TO agree
the difference Of The two Houses.
Mr.. Calhoun moved that the Senate again insist on
their amendment, and again order Tie appointment or
Committee OF Conference.
The BI itself was received from tic House, with
Message that the House insisted on their amendment
On motion of Mr.. King Of Alabama, the Bill To-
ken up, and brought under consideration.
There debate Of consider aGlc length involving
nice and very difficult constitutional considerations in
which hlessrs. Calhoun, King Of Alabama, Buchanan,
Preston, Webster, and Souliard, participated
Mr.. Calhnuns motion to insist on the Scnatcs amend
nent, and appoint another Committee CT Conference,
was carried without division.
The Senate proceeded to ballot for members on their
part Of the above committee, and heSsrs. Calhoun,
King Of Alabama, and Nicholas, were declared 10 be
elected.
On motion Of Sir. White the Senate held an exccu.
tive session. and then journcd
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
Mr. Lewis from tic Committee of Conference, ap-
pointed by the House 10 confer with the Senate conut:
lee the subject oil The disagreement, on the part OF
the House. to the amendment Of the Senate TO the bill
authorizing the President of The United States to accept
the service Of volunteers (Which amendment provides
tut the President with the advice and consent OF the
Senate shall commission the officers elected by the
voluncers) reported that the committee could not agree,
and that he instructed 10 move that the House insist
upon tiici: disagreement.
Mr. l.. stated that although he made the motion under
the instruction Of the committee, yet he hoped It would
not pre- vail, and that gentleman would move that
the House reccde from their disagreement.
After some discussion, Mr. Glascock moved that the
House reccde from their disagreement.
AT eleven Clock MIR. Conner called Tor the spcca!
order Of the day. viz. the bill for changing the organiza
ton Of the Post Office Department.
Mr. Miller moved that the rules be suspended for the
purpose Of proceeding the consideration Of the sub
ject and lhcreupon the yeas and nays were ordered
The motion was agreed to- yeas 1876, nays37
Mr. luscy spoke briefly III support OF the motion 10
recedc.
Mr. speght, believing, he said that the bill had been
sufficiently discusscd and that oug Int 10 pass without
delay, moved the previous question.
The Chair decided that tie previous question was the
motion 10 recede
The motion having been seconded, and the question
being Shall the main question be now putt:
Mr.. Patton called for the yeas and nays, he cons
de1cd, he said, That the Bill involved violation Of the
Constitution.
The question was taken Ivy yeas and nnys, and ded
ded in the aiiirlnaliye-yeas l2G, nays7.
The main question being then taken, it was decided
in the ncgatvr-yeas a, nays l23.
So Tie House refused to rsiedc
The motion to nsis! was then agreed to.
MIR. lie wis ed that the House ask another confer
ence the subject but withdrew the motion for the
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