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subiectto the Joint Committee on the LII
brary.
Mr. Ingersoll modified the resolution
accordingly, and,
The question being taken, the resolu-
ton was agreed to, men, dis.
SATURDAY Feb. l3.
On motion of Mr. r. NJ. Johnson,
Resolred, That the Committee for the
District of Columbia be instructed to in
uuire into the expediency of abolishing
Imprisonment for debt within the said Dis
trict
IN SENATE-MoNDAY Feb. Is.
The following resolution, offered by Mr.
Southland, was taken up:
Reso1red That the Secretary of the
Senate be, and he is here by, authorized to
cause to be collected, arranged, and print
ed, the documents connected with The ces-
sion of the District of Columbia 10 the y.
States, the purchase Of the lands therein,
by the government, from the original pro-
prietors; the adoption and execution OF the
plan OF the city of Washington, and the
erection of the public buildings therein
the laws passed by Congress in relation TO
said District; and all such papers of a
public character as relate to the connexion
of said District with the Cove nment of
the United States.
The question being en- the adoption of
this resolution, a debate arose, in which
A.. H. Of H.
Benton, and Mr. Black took Part, in which
it was shown, on the enc side, that Con-
. gress was entirely ignorant en- the sub
. iect ofthe relative rights Of the People of
the District, and the Government ofthe I.
States, and that there were important doc
uments which had never yet been in
: print, and which we're necessary to enable
: gentlemen to understand the true position
=, in which this District stands Congress
), being the exclusive Legislature of The
;, District Of Columbia, as vel as Of the I
. States, there was as much reason for the
7, printing ofthese do umerts 'ajng to the
: District, as for the p. hitting of document.
/, emanating f ON the Departments or Eon
r, Congress, relating to the Union.
l. Objections were taken to the resolution
l, because it would impose improper anc
|, irksome duties On the Secretary, because
l. the extent of the expense of the WorL
5 could not be ascerta;ned, and because thu
form Of the resolution was net that which
j. is required for the appropriation OF mo
3 ney.
4 The resolution was, en- motion Of Nj
y, King, Of Georgia, referred to The Com
r, mite e on the Contingent Expenses ofth'
r, Senate, with instructions to ascertain tn
v documents that will be required to b
c. printed under the resolution, and the prob
J. able expense thereof.
H. To the Editors Of the National Intell1
" gencer
,o HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
49, FEBRUARY, 10, 1896.
Messrs. Gales e. Seaton: In your pa
per ofths morning notice my name pu
lg down on the affirmative side ofthe vote O.
as that clause Of Mr. Pinckneys resolution
on the subject of slavery, which went
n instruct the committee to assign reasons
n 1t is mistake l did net vote at all O
en- that branch Of the T, solution, being with
al out lne oar al the llIllc the We IS anu nay
he were called Although wi Ing the cen
nd mittee should give reasons, if they thougI
rs proper, for reporting as Arbitrarily ii
5st structed, contralyto my wish, by me- o
ity of the House of Representatives, yet
10 did not feel authorized. under that extir
er- guisher of investiea alton, the previov
question, to require of th,m he reasonin
out of what they, in the exercise Of vol
ton, might think, and what l ID thin
o. wrong conclusions
o. Respectfully, your obedient servant,
NJ HENRY F. JAMES.
THE error is not with Us; our list
" the yeas and nays corresponding wi
that on the Journal Of the House, fro
which our reporter copied it.-N0t. In