Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1836-04-14

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political partisans, welding the public
dePosltes for electioneering purposes
dangerous to the purity of The Govern
ment and 10 the liberties of the People
therefore,
Resolved, That a select committee be
appointed, with power to send for per-
sons and papers, to inquire into the mode
or agency of selecting the banks of de-
Posit for the public money; the contracts
with the Treasury Department by which
they are regulated; the manner in which,
and the persons by whom, such contracts
are made; into all correspondence what
soever touching contracts for the public
deposits; into all connexion or relation,
official or unofficial, which existed be-
tween any person or persons and the
Treasury Department, or between them
and the deposit banks, or any other indi-
viduals or banks, touching the custody
and the control and the deposit of the
public money, and into the amount and
mode Of compensation of all persons
whomsoever in any manner whatever
connected with the Treasury Department
or the deposit banks, having any agency
whatever IN negotiating between said
Department and said banks, or any
hanks or individuals, touching The public
deposits; and that said committee have
leave to report by bill or otherwise.
The House refused to suspend the
rules, in Ider to receive this resolution,
whereupon Mr.. Wise said, that being
satisfied "that the House was opposed to
any inquiry for the purpose of resolving
what was reasonable doubt in relation
to the connexion between the Govern
ment and the deposit banks" he would
not renew his motion.
The Naval Service bill was then ia ken
up, and the House was still sitting on it
probably with the determination to
pass it before rising.
In SENATE, on Thursday, April 7,
MIR. Grundy from the Post Office Com
mittee brought in report relative to the
transportation Of the mail on rail roads;
which was ordered to be printed.
The bill to prohibit the transmission by
mail of lncendiary Publications, coming
up on the question of engrossment.
Mr.. Davis opposed it, as going to
change the whole policy which had hhh-
erto been pursued by the Government.
1t transferred the sole power vested in
the general government by the constitu-
ton, into the hands of the states. lnde-
pendent Of his constitutional objections to
it, he argued that il was utterly inexpe-
dient to transfer such power, and that if
this precedent was once established, the
principle would lead them farther than
they contemplated. BY any by, State
might say, they would inhibit the intro
duction Of political matter; of religions
matter; Of any thing in fact whatever, and
on the principle assumed, that Congress
was bound to carry out the laws OF the
state, they should do so. This, he was
not prepared to assent to. 1t would even
be impossible to define the limits as to
what ought to be deemed incendiary
publications, and he instanced the ndct-
ment preferred in Alabama against Mr.
as case in point, to show
how light the grounds were, upon which
On subject of this exciting character
state feelings prompted the authorities
% act. The bill went to place control
IN the Post Office, which amounted to
espionoge. Whatever was put
INTO It, or was delivered out of it, was
made subject to the visitation of its
agents, under a heavy penalty. They
must, in fact, exercise such scrutiny or
else run the risk Of the penal imposed
He hoped the subject would be reviewed
by the Senator from S. C. and, that ver-
sed as he was, in the constitutional pow
ers Of the government, that he would d.
rect his attention to this point, viz: where
could he find that Congress had authority
10 vest power over the Post Office in
directly in the states, which was directly
and expressly grained to the General
MIR. Calhoun remarked that he would
be prepared to meet the objections of the
Senator from Massachusetts, next day.
And on this motion, tho further con-
'ideration Of the bill was postponed
After which the Senate adjourned.
In THE HOUSE, on motion of Mr.. Lin
,oln, Of Mass. 5000 extra copies Of the
bill providing for the reorganization of
he militia system throughout the United
States, were ordered to be printed.
Mr.. Grnnell asked the consent Of the
House to submit resolution, instructing
he committee Of ways and means to re-
port bill for the distribution, for linn
ted period, Of the proceeds of the public
ands, among the several states of the
union, according to the ratio of the fed
'ral population. "The party" refused
he request, by vote Of l08 to 63.