Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1836-02-11

from week 10 week but waited in vain. AT length
the time for sending bills from one House To lll,
other, according to the Joint rules of the two liou-
SEES, expired in no bill lad made its appearance
for tie support Of the Military Academy. These
JOINT rules, as is well known, are something's SITS
pended on the application one House to the 9th
cr in favor otparticular bills, but which the pub
lie interest requires to be passed. Bnt the House OF
Representatives sent lis no request to suspend the
rules in favor of bill for the support of the Mill
| tarv Academy, nor made any other proposition.
/ Notwithstanding all tie talk alou war, and the
necessity Of vote for the three millions, the Militia
! ~ Academy, an institution cherished 50 long and
at so much expense, was on the very point oi being
entirely broken Up.
! Now it happened, sir, ,lat at this time there
was another appropriation bill which had come
from tic House Of Representatives, and was before
TIE Committee al Finance here. This bill was GU
titled :" An act making appropriations for the civil
and diplomatic expenses OF tie Government for
the wear 1888.
In this state of things, several members of the
House of Representatives applied TO the 'onmt-
tee, and bcsought us to save tie Academy by an
! nc>ing the necessary appropriations ior ITS sup
port to the bill for civil and diplomatic service.
We spoke To them, in reply, OF tie mtitncss, the
Irrceularty the lnConernity, OF this Il reed union
of such dissimilar subjects; unt they told us II
was OF absolute necessity, and that without
lcSorng 10 tins mode, the appropriation could not
yet through. We acqulesccd, SIT, IN these sug-
gcstions. We went ont Of our way. We agreed
to do an extraordinary and an irregular thing, III
order to save the public business from mIScar-
riacc. By direction Of the committee, moved
the Senate to add AN appropriation for the Militia
nv Academy 10 the bill for dciraNng civil and
d plomatic cApcnsos Tie bill was so amended !;
It. d. Al. E,tfn
made.
Blu, this was NO, all. This bill for the civil and
diplomatic service being illus amended, by tack
ing ,lle Military Academy upon twas sent back
by US To the House of Representatives, where It's
length of tail was to be still much further ncrca-
scd. The House had before ii several subjects
for provision, and for appropriation, upon which
it lad not passed any bill before the time for pas
sing bills to be sent ia the Senate had elapsed
1t was anxious that these should, in some way, be
provided for and when The diplomatic bill came
back, drawing tie Military Academy after il,
II was thought prudent 10 attach TO 1t various oi
these other provisions. They were propositions
to pave streets in the city of Washington, TO re-
pair the Capitol, aud various other things, which IT
was necessary TO provide for; and they therefore,
we're put into the same bill by way OF amendment;
that is to say, Mr.. President, We bad been prevail
ed on to amend their bill for deiraying the salary
of our ministers abroad, by adding am app rnprla-
ton for the Military Academy and they propo-
Sod to amend this amendment, by adding to II
matter a. german to ii as it was to the original
bill There was also tire Presidents gardener.
His salary unprovidcd for and there was no
way Of remcdying this important omission, but by
giving him place in the diplomatic service bill, a
mooe charges dafiaircs, ENJOYS extraordinary, and
ministers plenpotcntiary. In and among these
! Il Ia, intrpIDFpI hv
the amendment of the House, and there he now
stands, as you will readily sec, by turning 10 the
law.
Sir, have not the pleasure to know tins useful
person bu, should sce him, some morning, over
looking the workmcn in the lawns, walks, .orscS
and parterrcs which adorn the grounds around the
Presidents residence, considering the company IN
to which we have introduced him, should expect
to sec, at least, small diplomatic button on his
working Jacket
When these amendments came from the House,
and were read al our table, though they caused
smile, they were yet adopted, and the law passed,
almost with the rapidly OF comet and with some
thing like the same length OF ta
Now, sir, not one of these irregularities or in
congruities, no part o! this lumbling together OF
distinct and different subjects, was in the slightest
degree, occasoned by any thing done, or omitted
to be DONE on the part OF the Senate. Their
proceedings were all regular; their decision
prompt, their dispatch of the public business cor
rect and scasonahlc There was nothing oil diS0r-
eanization, nothing of procrasinaon. nothing e.
vincve Of temper to embarrass or obslrnct the
public business. If the history which have now
truly given shows that one thing was amended by
another which had no sort of connection with II,
that unusual cxpcdicnts were resortcd to, ana at
the laws, instead of arrangement and symmetry,
exhibit anomaly, confusion, and the most grotcSque
associations, il is nevertheless truc that no part
of all this was made necessary by Us. We deva-
red from the accustomed modes Of legislation only
when we were duplicated to do 50, IN order to
supply bald AMI garing Deficiencies IN measures
which were before
But now, Mr.. President. let me come TO TIC
Fertilization Bill, the lost BILL which not only now,
but on pravcr occasion, has been lamened Ike
the lost Plead.
The bill, sir, came from the House OF Repre-
sentatycs to the Senate, in the usual way, ana
was referred to the Committee on Finances. Its
! approprarons were not large. Indeed they APP
reared to the committee to be quite too small. 1T
! struck majority of the committee at once trfu
there we're several Notifications on the coast, eth
or not provided for at all, not adequately proNi-
dcd for bv this bill. The whole amount OF its ap-
propriations was 400, 600 or 900 dollars. 1t
contained no grant of three millions, and il the
Senate had passed it the very day came from inc
| House not only would there have been no appro-
pria,ion of the three millions, but, sir, none OF those
other sums which the Senate did insert IN The bill
Others. besides ourselves, saw the deficiencies Oh
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