Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1836-04-05

sim conditional the compliance Vi coHPehton o'
delegates, elected ny Tue Ic"P'c u -'Ss' wan
provisions III the bill
Mr. Southland addressed the Senate at length ~ nppo
si,ou to the h and gave way to motion 10 auIoufh
which being withdrawal, ,.u
A. ur,Iricks moved two amendments 10 the bill,
which were understood further to prescribe and regulate
t action of Michigan and It's convention III regard [" tile
n.limnarirs required Tor lis admission into the Union
The amendments ordered to be printed and then,
IN motion Of Mr.. Naulain, the Senate al ournrd.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
Mr. Hawkins from the Committee on Elections, re-
ported resolution directing the clerk OF the House TO
pay to David Newland, out Of The contingent fund.- the
same compensation for mileage, aud per diem, as Is pad
tu 4 member of Congress- trOm the time he presented
his rlirion for seat in the House TO the 29l instant,
inclusive.
Nh Griffin was opposed to the resolution, and asked
for the ayes and nays OIL The adoplI"h winch were Or
drrc,l, Nc, nc.
Mr. Evans III Jyed to lay the resolution the table and
asked for the yeas and nays which were ordered when
the motion negallveh; yeas as, nays l3l.
The question being on The second u tile previous ques
ton,
Mr. Patton called for the reading of the following
clauses Of The law making appropriation tor the cOmtn-
grnccs Of the House. IN order to show that lEcy had nO
right To adopt The rrSulutlnn
For stationary. fuel, printing, and all other ncldcn-
tai and contingent expenses Ut the House OF teprcsen.
tativcs, two hundred thousand dollars:
The said two sums last mentioned to be applied to
the payment OF the ordinary expenditures Of the Senate
and House OF Representatives, seveEa!iy, anu 10 no orr
purpose
The reading was objected to.
The hour OF having arrived the Chair announced
the special order.
Mr. Hawkins moved 10 suspend Tie rule, in order To
dispose Of the resolution which he HAD reported from the
Committee oi Elections; which was agreed to-ayeslUo,
noes 81.
The previous question was then seconded; ayes -,
"a.
Mr. Williams Of North Carolina asked Tor the yeas ana
he ION.
were, yeas lUl nays ~.
So tic main question was ordered to be akcn and the
resolution was adopted; yeas l2I nays 81.
NAVAL SERVICE BILL.
In pursuance oil the special order OF the 2OtI january
on motion Of; Mr.. Cambreeng the House then resolved
itself into IL Committee of The Whole the u The
Union, Mr. ianrr in the Chair, and resumed the cnns
dcraon Of the bill making appropriations !ur the naval
service oi the United States Tor the year lSjG.
The question pending, the motion OF Mr. Bell, 10
strike out the following item:
For the improvement and necessary repairs Of the
navy yard at Portsmouth, New Hampshire, Sixty seven
thousatd dollars
Mr.. Garland Of Va. resumed his remarks, and
mrncrd by referring 10 tile proceedings u! tungress
the Dismal Swamp cana, Tor an amendment 10 which
Gov. IaZcwcll voted: and vindcacd III" cruTsc Ut the
present Administration the subject OF Internal in.
proveInrnt, from the charge OF Inconsistency. With IT,
gard to the bU0O annual appropriation Tor surveys Inc
remarked that it orig natcd under the Administration Of
Mr.. Monroe, and was irst passed by Republican Con-
gross lie cited the question, (3Ulh vi April,
1920 and said it would BE- found that every act:
passed for that appropriations Set iorh that 1t was 10
carry into effect the plans and surveys directed by the
act Of Both April, lc2l. lie referred also various
other acts and documents connected with works OF inter
nal Improvement: support OF the argument that the
present Administration had adhered tu the principles vi
the Maysvilc road
lie then repealed another charge made BY Mr.. Bell
against the Administration vi negccng points OF
tIuna Importance. lie began with Pensacola, and emu
mrracd the estimates proposed Tor the present year:
which, altogether, for wlarVcs and hydraulic dock: ad
deepening. the bar there, amounted to upwards Of five
hundred thousand dollars, instead Vi SOL 600, stalled
by the gentleman from 5. Carollma (Ar. ThunpSon)
Mr.. Thompson inquired from whence the gentleman
derived these statements.
MIR. Garland replied that he had procured them from
the executive documents presented The House: and at
the departments. lie then proceeded with regard 10 Tor
llicauns: he denied that their dIupidateG condition
10 bc ascribed TO the Executive Department.
The fault with Congress-, which had refused to
appropriate the necessary sums Tor repairs. During
Tie war, large number of Notifications
crsSarIy constructed in great HASTE and consequently
Ul unarasunrd and bad materials. lie then quoted
the amounts appropriated by Congress, which would
prove that the fault lay with them In l-2 the
t!.na'rs were l,UUu in l-l ~! 900; in lc::; 5 UUj
in lo. it down 10 $l3OUU; for lo30, 81, SO, and
30, the War Department estimated the re-
~: q Sisain 10 5p he GS:SSsS SHSSs@
o ~s to ;1T; SS T n [RcrsS as a" with Con-
grrSs lie then r"i"d to another charge brought by
Mr. Bell against The Administrations that the provisions
OF war had been neglected and suffered 10 dl.nsh viz
cannons, guns, balls carriages, Nc, citing reports Of
the War Department from I-:'G duwnw"rds The dc.
parlmcnt could Only the furnished it by Con.
grr$ aud could m bc rnicd thai the money had been
expended ~ The most judcious lanner the service rr-
quIr,d
i'll :rgaId TO another charge: that Tic present Ai-
iiSlra'iun had been cxtra"agaEl than former Ad-
ninISlTat"ns lie replied by citing expenditures q! for.
Periods and udd.ccd the following fact to o that
c iuIlt nt,tV i!,
Vi ISL lS32 >; and 1881 the appropriations oy Con.
grrsS had rhctcGcd The Executive estimates by nearly
fourteen millions Of dollars viz: Sl3,Sol Us % Then
it should be- b!rnc inin that the pension lishad been
extended; that large had been paid for Indian lands
ana reservations The Black Hawk war had Cost con.
siderable amount Of money, and Congress had appro.
printed large for larbors and for the Cumberland
G"ad all al which had swccd the expenditure Of srvc.
raj years past. These extraordinary appropriations
Tor which the Executive not chargcaI lei and ii Ia.
Ken away, he prepared 10 prove that c present AID.
!l!!hsiralicn would bear comparison with any Eccc-
DING one 1"r economy MIR. o. then proceeded 10 Tndl-
cate tie courS" OF the Administration the subject 81 the
currency and the press lie then advrrtcd to the charge
that an amendment tn the Constitution Of the United
States III relation 10 the election of President and Vice
frrsldcnt had been prevented by the friends Of the Ad.
lnnStraon lie denied that they had evnccd any dis
position to cvadc It, 1t was well known that the Presi.
dent had faxed to recommend the subject 10 the al.
tenon OF C"ngcss i'll all lis annual mcssages and the
proposition mad been lost in Congress- owing To variety
OF circumstances lie referred to the proceedings of the
last session. OH Mr. Gilmcrs proposition which was one
Of great length, and involving too many important prin
cIplcs to expect Immediate prompt action lhrrcon-
Mr.. g. wcnt through the proceedings on those resolutions
Srriaim. trcm winch it seen that the opponents Of
The Administration voted against them almost in body
Why had the gentleman from Tennessee himself sui.
icrrd The subject To lie over without his having parci
patrd IN II, from Tic year leg, the present time -
AR G he'd himself prepared go into The subject at any
Ginc, whenever Tie public business would admit OF it,
MIR. C. then referred Il series of statements proyno
that HE State depoSc banks able to meet all their
Liabilities, and have surplus Of assets Of upwards Of
forty 'iilIuns and reviewed, at great length variety
OF other Important topics, Tie disposition Of the surplus
revenue: the Executive patronage b the French qucs
ton, Nc On the latter lie vndicalrd the course. Of the