The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1841-07-22
Tmentp=Seoenth Congress.
FIRST SESSION.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,,

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,,
MONDAY, July 10, ls4l.
After the reading of the Journal of Saturday, Mr..
/ Tu RNEY moved 10 correct it, by stating differently
his course IN relation TO appeal which he took from
the decision of the Char the right of any
Der TO demand the reading of bill or resolution
its passage He discoursed on the subject with muCh
argument, little attended to, for twenty minutes. He
was very little understood from the great inatteniion
/ OF the House and noise. lie concluded by asking
I the yeas and nays which were ordered.
| The SPEAKER replied, showing that the object
Of the motion was to place him in ridiculous posi-
| ton.
! Mr. c. BROWN with much warmth supported
the motion to correct the Journal He insisted that
the question had been not on the appeal, but on the
question Of granting leave TO hear the resolution read
! Mr. HOPKINS made statement, contradicting
that of the Speaker TO the nature of the question
put TO the House on Saturday.
Mr.. BRIGGS expressed his understanding of the
matter to be the same that Of the gentleman from
Pennsylvania, (Mr c. Brown.)
! Mr. BOLTS moved to lay the whole subject on
the table, which the yeas and nays ordered.
/ AT the reques, of Mr. JOHN G. ADAMS MIR.
1 b withdrew his motion for moment to permit that
] gentleman TO xplain.
/ Mr.. ADAMS expressed his regret at having been
the of all the difficulty On Saturday morning
having been necessarily delayed few minutes after
the meeting OF the House he took his just at the
moment when his name called for his yea nay
on some resolution which he had not heard read, In
order 10 vote Understandings, he ask, the favor Of
hearing it, TO which his grea, surprise the gentleman
from Tennessee MIR. Turney) objected Such an
objection To so common favor he had never heard IN
tins House before. The Speaker then decided that
the resolution might be read from which the gentleman
from Tennessee appealed, and the House sustained
the Speaker and granted the favor, He did not hear
distinctly the precise form in which the question was
taken; but he willing to take the Speakers ac-
count of it,
NJ ~
the table which was passed Yeas 100 nays so
| The House then resol, ed itself into Committee of
the Whole (Mr. R. c. Winthrop in the Chair and
resumed
~. THE FoRTIfIcATIoN BILL.
Mr.. MCKAY addressed the Committee against the
| hill in detail for one hour.
MIR ). MASON made some remarks in explanation
of his late speech
MIR LlTTLEFlELD read speech thirty minutes
long from his hal CD which he had deposited it. He
spoke in behalf OF the State of Maine a much
elected Stateher dcences not being provided for IN
this bill Portland had beautiful harbor, and
beautiful town; yet the Representative from that dis
trlct Mr. Fessenden had refused to move any prpvi
sion for the defence of that place. Mr.. L. read his
speech through without regarding the mi-chievous in
terruptions with which various members attempted to
put him out.
Mr. FESSEN DEN replied to his colleague, --regiet-
ting that he had not taken counsel of his head rather
than his hat.
Mr.PROFFIT made very animated and ooca-
sionally amusing speech in reply To various speakers
the Opposition side He discussed the probability
of war aud denounced the absurd and ostentailous
conduct Of those who had been making war-speeches
both last session and this session he commented
various points bearing the great question of war
and peace such Mr., Pickens's "war repoIt''-
Judge Cowen g decision which he considered as six
colu ms OF verbose stuff, the substance OF which
might have ali been compressed into paragraphs, y
and Mr. Bowne's recent "war-speechn He derided
these and corresponding efforts in the British Parlia
ment "balderdash," the offspring of the self
conce of those who sought thus Ia magnify their
Importance. lie went Tor The largest appropriations
Tor the defence of the country, not much because
there was immediate danger OF war, because there
was coniessedly prospect or possibility of ii and
because the present Notifications in good
der even for peace establishment He would be will
ling to vote appropriations OF twice the amount at the
present time.
Mr. WISE followed with speech against the BILL
basIng his arguments manly on the recent communl-
cation from the Secretary of War.
Mr.. FILLMORE replied with grea, eoqucncc and
cearness, notwithstanding frequent Interruptions from
Mr.. WISE, He showed the proposed appropriations
to be Indspensaby necessary and the least possible
at P Pre- PaNDa11 n..,, ,.,. ). ~
Mckay made some statements in relation 10 the pro-
posed improvements Of the Notifications of Annapo-
made by Mr. Mckay
= Mr.. DAWSON, Of Georgia, spoke in support Of
the proposed appropriations, particularly IN reply to
the objrctions OF Mr. Wise. He observed that the
gentleman, after announcing few days ago, that the
recent decision OF the Supreme Cour of the State of
New York made the danger ot great TO
require greatly increased efficiency m our Navy,
and an immediate Appropriation Of large amount
was necessary for that purpose. But now, on the
subject of Qualifications, he was opposing the apprp
prlalions asked for by the War Department, and
ported by the Committee of Ways and Means, in
conformity with the surveys and estimates of the Chief
Of the Engineer Department. The exlgcncles Of the
country evidently required il. large portion Of the
appropriations OF the last year, IT is true were still IN
expended, but Il by the interference Of The Execu
tive in suspending the public works, though they
fact then necessary. Had the usual and necessary
expenditure been made during 1910, no unexpended