The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1840-05-30

,.s OF the articles should not be placed N 'ne ieA
.a,y but should be appropriated 70 the purchase O
,ans present for the donors.
Mr. BUCHANAN said ]. was not probable that
thing very valuable could be purchased out Of the
r,oeceds Of these animals &c, after deducting thu
80 thew had occasioned TO the United States. The
limited States authorities had done all they could in
o,Otesting against these presents being made. They
0formed the donors that fundamental law Of the
land prohibited the acceptance Of them, But the re-
presentations were all unavailing. The captain o.
he Suanec put to grea tcharge, At present, Tor
he keeping Of the Arabian horses and ne thought
there should be no delay in relieving that gentleman
from this expense
With regard to the presents from the Emperor OF
Morocco, Mr. Buchanan said that the Consul at Tan
oe had told the Governor Of that place. that ne could
oot accept the presents The Governor replied that
he Consul had no right TO interfere between His Inn
,e, Majesty and the President of the United States
nd that If he (he Governor) had dared 10 do So he
,,oa have certainly lost his head for his pains He
lsed that any man guilty Of such presumption would
..erve 10 be decapitated. The Consul however, per-
ss,ea in his circumstances when, behold just he
,v,s pleading with the Governor, he saw military
rroeession approaching, accompanied with drums,
umpets and banners, and escorting the lion and IL
oness Upon their arrival, the Consul again repre-
,snted TO the commander Of the cavalcade, who
ophew Of the Emperor that he could not accept the
nreents, and that the President could not receive
tbem. The commander then asked whether there
was no higher authority than the President to whom
,bey might be sent He answered that Congress even
vas restricted from receiving "Who then, he in
oured "was the masters Of Congress y "The Peo-
DE said the Consul "Then" said the commander
take them from the Emperor Of Morocco TO the Sui
,sns Of America-the Peoplep He added that were
he to TO the Emperor without performing the
lers given he wonld loose his head and rather than
hazard it, he would let loose the animals in the street.
i the Consul persisted in refusing them. The Con-
su still held out; and the Captain gave orders to set
The animals free before the Consulate. When, seeing
this result, the Consul agreed to receive them into his
house where they now
Mr. YouNo, of Illinois, suggested that proper dis
position of these lions and horses would be to present
them to some Geological institution.
Mr. ALLEN took fire at this hint, and denounced
such proposition new scheme for the benefit Of
privileged classes, corporations, Sc, &c. Y!
OH faithful guardian Of the public veal!
The resolution was then agreed To-
UNIFORM BANKRUPT LAW.
The Senate resumed the consideration Of the bill
providing for the establishment of Uniform System
of Bankruptcy; and spent the rest Of the sitting in
discussing and voting on number Of amendments to
the substitute proposed by Mr. WALL for the original
hill A The most of the amendments adouted would
be uninelgble to the reader unless he had the bill
before him, will defer the publication Of them until
some decisive action is taken on this measure.