Southern telegraph., 1838-07-04

;ancaoaed by two me.nhcrs Of the House,
common Justice to that individual Ghght to
grant the institution Of n select Committee,
To- examine into these chafgex Ience he
was opposed to the Reconsideration. Mr..
Milky was proceeding 10 explain the ma
ture ef part only OF the petition, when
the reading Of the entire paper was called
flr and granted.
Il turned out to be a long supplicatory at
fair, drawn up unler three almost distlncl
heads. II FIRST beseeches Congress 10 re-
lieve ihe petitioner from paying a heavy
penaty in money, which he had incurred by
deftulting postmaster, for whom he hdI
riyon londs; ncxt states that Mr.. Kend /
refused TO pay him $500 for printing done
for the Post Oiice department when under
Mr.. Barry, upon the grnunls that the j ID
was illegal, aud also that it is held in ptri
payment of the sum Blair is responsible fnr
on account Of the defauliing postmaster. -
Il concludes with praying Congress to ex-
anime into these claims, and also as 10 how
the printing in the establishment Of the
Globe had been conducted, and whether
the charges alledged against it were true.
The report being read, Messrs. BrggS
and Hopkins insisted upon the proprieiy OF
referring the entire petition to the commit
tee on Post Offices and Post Roads. The
Previous question was then demanded by
Cnshman, but withdrawn at The request "f
Mr. Crockett, If Tennessee, who wished
to speak IN the sulject-with the unler-
standing that he shund renew the call.
Mr.. Crorkeu then rose and made oue Of
the most spirited off hand speeches ever
heard in Congress.
JUNE 10.
Well! the Snh-Treasrry Bill, alias the
Independent Treasury Bill, alias the Re
form Bill, Is at last taken up by the House
OF Representatives, ami t. 'dge from pres
ent appearances its discussion will he long
and thorough. JUNE 30.
Greats the interest in the prOceedin rs
Of The House now, on the important fnin-
| cal me sure helore il: the Senate to-day,
| was the attractive part of the Capitol, as
Mr.. Clay, of Kentucky, gave full exposi-
ton Of his views concerning that other al
most vital qdestion--'he Billfor running the
North Eastern Boundary Line. Altershow-
ing in lucid forcibe manner, that the line
was clearly defined in the teraty, Mr.. Clay
| proceeded to expose the shallow pretences
which Great Britain had set up for the tract
If territory in dispue-prelenceS, whlrh
he said, no English gentleman Of h nonr,
would ever put forward dispute concern
ngihe boundary between his estlte and an
| er's. He thought II the duty Of Congress
to aid the President in maintaining our
claims as guaranteed by the treaty, and
with this view, he certainly disagreed with
Buchanan, who considered The bill in qles-
ton ms tantampunt to declaration of war.
| lftha' was so--whv then we had been at
war since the 81 of March, 1887, r since
| that time an act has been in existence, al-
thourizing the President TO effect OBJECT OF
The bill before them. Mr.. Clay then re.
ferred To the jurisdiction assumed over the
disputed territory by Great Brtain-hOw
she had not only marched troops through it,
which was not an absolute right, hnt de-
pended on the pleasure Of the country pas
sed through, but had even imprisoned N
American civil officer. Bearing these facts
in mind, why construe the bill into AN hos
tile act. might leadto a war, that is, if
by it any British citizens were dlspossessed
| uf property: but no such result should deter
us from insisting on our rights. He depre-
Gated any such calamitous issue, but if
Great Britain refused to accord Justice TO
US, he was prepared to pursue that course
which his ancestors had followed in the war
of the revolution, and in our second strug.
| gle. He thought the best way would be to
refer The bill to Committee with instructions
to make report embodying in form con
densed, lucid and calculAted to he read and
understood by the people, oar claims, an
that in the opinion Of C4ngress they should
be maintained lf this appeal 70 Brifst
equity and honour, did not extraci from thn
nation "A settlement Of those claims, then
he repeated we would be forced to resort t'
the last appeal in such cases'-h'weve
caamitous 1t might prove--wliil the prou'
Consciousness Of having right on our side
He concluded with expressing the hope tha
the bin would be acted upon one way or 9th
er--not laid on the tahie--or disposed of il
any other manner that might imply douh
as to the validity of our claims.
A prolonged debate ensued, in whicI
Messrs.- Davis, Calhoun, Buchanan an'
Williams, took part--and the bill was final
lv referred to the Committee on Foreign
Affairs.
Ia the House the Sub-Treasurv Bill wa
of course, The leading subject. The imme
date question pending was on the motion a
Nh. Garland of Va, to strike out the enact
ing clause. That gentlemln WAS entities
TO the floor but he give way to Mr.. Brown
wh' presented the following amendmen
which will come up in its order.
Strike out II of the twentieth section, an,
insert in lieu thereof as follows:
SEC. 90. And be 1t further enacted, Tha
from and after he pnssage of this act, tn,
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