Cheraw gazette. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1835-1838, 1836-02-09
Abstr act Of the Proceedings of the
Twenty.fourth Congress. First Sea-
sion.
IN SENATE
January 25.

OeCrttdly OI tlfe lTcdSurN, IN reply 10 Eee
solution of the Senate, calling for the amount
Of public lands disposed Of which was Or
dered to be printed.
Mr.. Linn offered the following resolution
Resolved, That the Secrctury Of War
inform the Senate whether, in his opinion,
the present military force ofthe United States
is sufficient to garrison the fortifcations on
the seaboard, and at the same time give
protection to the inhabitants residing in the
States and Territories bordering or tho In.
dian frontier. Ifnot, what force vii, In his
opinion, be necessary to such projection.
On motion Of Efr. White, the Senate pro.
ceeded to consider the resolutions introduced
by Mr.. Benton.
Mr.. Southard addressed the Senate OF
length, until half past 3 o'clock, when with
out concluding, he yielded the floor.
January 26.
The chair laid before the Senate, me.
mortal trom'the Senate and House OF BE.
presentatives of the State Of Michigan.
Objections were made to receiving the
petition, by Messts. Hendricks, Upton, Ew.
ing, and Calhoun, or the ground that the pc.
tition purported to'come from lody which
had no existence, the State of Michigan.
1t was alledged that to receive the petition,
would be tantamount to recognizing the
claim Of the Territory to the rights apper.
taining to membership in the Union: Mr..
Davis of Massachusetts, contended that re-
ceivpg the petition, could no more affect the
relation of the territory to the .Ehion, to re.
ceive the memorial than it would determine
the ownership of ship, that petitioner
should petition Congress as its owner
Motions were made to lay it on the table.
and not TO receire ii, but they were decided
in the negative. Mr.. Clayton moved to re.
ceive and refer it to the Commit ees on tie
admission of Michigan into the Union,
with condition similar to that annexed by
the House of Representatives upon leceiv.
ing the same memorial, that is received as
coming from private individuals. The con-
dition was struck out, on motion OF MIR.
.Ruggles, by vote Of l2to 30; and the
motion to receive and refer was agreed to.
Mr.. Benten's resolutions 10 appropriate
the surplus revenue to the purposes of ma.
tioaal defence were next taken up, and MIR.
Southland resumed and fnishdd his re.
marks.
The resolutions, and also the subject Of
the n,emorial from Philadelphia for the abo-
lition of slavery were postponed till to-mor.
row.
TEe Senate then proceeded to the con.
!sideration of executive business
January 81.
A bill from the House of Representa-.
tives, received this morning, makingsap ad.
ditional appropriationfor the suppression Of
hostihties with the Seminole Indians, was
read twice, and referred to the Committee
on Finance.
Mr.. knight, from the Committee on man.
ufactures, to which had been referred the
subject, reported e hkt repeal the duties
on certain imported articles, and to- reduce
the duties on others; which was Yead, and
ordered to second reading
Mr.. Benton offered the following resolu.
ton; which lies one day for considera.
tior:
Reso1ped, That the Committee for the
District of Columbia be instructedto inquire
into the expediency of aboishihg lottery
tickets within this District.
Mr.. Ewing, form the Committe on Pub.
lie Lands, reported bill TO appropriate, for
q limited time, &C., with amendments, and
a special report; whicF~as ordered to be
printed.
On motion of Mr.. Clay, 5000 extra co.
pies of the report were ordered to be print.
ed.
Mr.. Webster from the Committee on Fl.
nance, reported without amendment, a bill
making further appropriation for suppress
sing hostlities with the Seminole Indians,
and asked for the immediate consideration
,ofthe bill, as the state of the country requl.
red its passage with the utmostdespatch.
Fne bill [appropriating $500, ,O00] was tn.
ken up for consideration, and ordered to its
reading.
Mr.. Webster asked for the third reading
at this time.
Mr.. Clay saddle should be glad to hear
the communications from the Deputies read,
in order to see whether they gave any &C.
count of the causes of this war. No doubt
whatever may have been the cause, it was
necessary toput an end to the war itself by
all the possible means within our power
But it was condition, altogether without
precedent, in which the country was now
placed. A war was raging with the most rar-
corous violence within our borders; Con.
gress had been in session nearly 2 months,
during which time this conflict was raging;
vet of the causes Of the war, how it was
produced, if the fault was on one side or on
both sides, in short, what had lighted up the