The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1836-02-26

unwilling thai the Offering shOuldbe with
drawn. But II il Of lille importance.
The conferees did agree, and those NJ The
Senate reported. Jour. 49, In lieu II
The section for three millions. they pro-
posed.
AS IN additional appropriaiion. for
Grming fhe foriifoaiiOns 81 the United
States. three hundred thousand dollars"
AS an adilional appropriation for the
repair aud equipment Of the ships ol war
of the Uni,rd States, eve hundred thou-
sand dollars"
When this report vas made. the Sc
nate were prepared 70 approve IT, The
committee of which the Senator from
New York Vas one. had agreed 10 IL.
and il would have passed unanimously.
SIR. the whole Senate was ready 10 pass
il. There was 10 fault in that respect
on either side u this body. The eensare
must rest elsewhere
The Senator from New Hampshire
seems - find no Difference between thus
proposition and The seriion. except IN The
amount Has he looked a Them! The
one j. without specification. leaving the
whole expenditure. . d objects, 10 The
Executive. The Other defines the oh.
ircis Tor which the money - apprapTia
ted. Ii complies with ou Legislative Ia.
". constitutional and proper. Mr..
President. ought not this report 70 have
been satisfactory and to have passed! Il
provided Cor the very objects ahirh
were most important ~ case 81 difficulty
-onr Qualifications and navy: Ior ii,e nn-
Is objects that could have required anen-
tion hefnre il would have been the duty Of
iheExeeulive TO assemble Congress. and il
provided most amply Tor them. Observe
the amounts. There had been appTepri.
aied for srmlng The f,ril6calions, In the
army bill. 100000 dollars IN this bill.
by previous amendment ~ the Senate,
loo. 900 dollars rnnre: aud b. this CONFER
ence 300.0uO dallars. In all. 500. 900
dollars. for rmlng them in one veas.
Was IL not anple! Could more have
hren used faithfully and economically!
Not a dollar.
10 as to the Navy. The bill for ~
support contained approximations IN The
amount of more ,hsu 3.6s0. 200 dnllars,
in which were $4,000 dylls. for repairs
of vessels in ordinary. and the repairs and
wear and tear III vessels IN commission
Add Ia lals sun the half million prppos.
ed hy the conlertPs. and We have l.414,
900 dollars inr the repairs and equipment
Of vessels Of war. Was il rot ample for
that "hlec;. until Congress would meet.
or be- called together! | anu compelled
% believe that It was not the amount
which was insufficient II was the r..
striction imposed. II was a specific
appropriation. II was not left To the
discretion Of the Executive. and his
friends would not have il. They pre-
ferred losing the whole bill. to denying
this expression ofronhdence in the Chief.
Then. sir. let them answer lnr the Joss;
but let not them and the President un>
lusliGably charge the Senate with fall
ure OG duty. The Senate did its duty and
its whole duty To the country, faithfully.
Examine this bill as il stood after the
conference. II came to US with 430. 900
dollars. all tina, the President and depart.
mems asked. We added 42l 900 dollars.
apI k,, sL.. nnnEarauea mn ..,w.,I a.. Ill
100000 dollars--making in all 1860. 900
dollars. almost fur times the estimates of
the Executive. as much as could with
propriety he devoted to the object II
came with small specific aspiration
was increased in the House by seven
times the amount to BE- used al Executive
discretion. The moment that three times
the amount is agreed To BY the Senate,
but the Executive discretion denied. il is
refused, rejected. and the Senate asssiled.
. Iproceed. WHY was this agreement
Of the cOnferees not received by the
House: and the bill passed! The chair,
man Of the managers did not report the
agreement. The House did not agree to
it. They had the papers. aud the Senate
were thus compelled to see the destruc-
ton Of the bill, without the power TO
avoid it. They KEEP. the papers, and we
could take no vote upon it. But We did
not rest in silence under this exlraur.
| binary. may ! not say. without offence,
thus most unjustiisble procedure. II we
had done nothing more, we should have
been iaultIess in the matter. But after
waiting until general alarm was felt lest
! il was the intention Of the House 70 de-
stroy the bill, the Senator from Massa.
chuse,ts Mr.. Webster) moved that we
should send a message reminding the
House Of the subject. Jour. $780, Il
was new in practice. Such a message,
so far as can learn, had never before
been sent by one House to the other,
since the establishment of the Govern.