The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1841-06-24
Tuenly-serenih Congress.
IN sENATE..
KxTRA sEssaoS.


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revive and continue in force, until the 4th
day OF july, 1913. the charters Of the
banks Of the district Of Columbia.
The bill apprOpriaiing for limited time
the proceeds Of he public lands % tie Sc
yeral states, and for granting lands 70 eer-
tain states, was read second time, and
referred 10 The committee on the public
lands.
Mr. Sewer, after having called for the
reading Of a clause in the report Of The
Secretary Of War which alludes 10 certain
frauds perpetraied in the southwest in
The execution Of Indian treaties, presented
. resolution calling upon the department
for full report upon the subject. Afler
some conversation. the resolution was land
on the table and ordered 20 be printed.
4 resolution offered BY Mr.. Clay rela-
tive TO the order Of business, after some
discussion, was adopted. ItprOvides that
At the expiration Of one hour after the
meeting Of the Senate each day, the Sc
nate viii proceed 10 the consideration Of
the subject left unfinished the preceding
day, unless otherwise ordered by the Sc
nate.
| A report was received and read from
the Secretary Of the Treasury, containing
the heads Of his proposed plan for Fis-
cal Bank of the United States, accompa-
MED BY bill in correspondence with IT,
| The bill and report were referred TO
the select committee on the currency, and
$500 extra copies Of both were ordered
to be printed. TThe plan of the Secreta-
Iry viii be found in another part Of this
paper.
The Senate then went into the election
of chaplain; when the Rev. Mr.. Tus-
tin, tPresbyierian,) having received %
votes, was declared duly elected.
Monday, June "a.
Several memorials were presented in
favor of general bankrupt law.
Mr.. Sewers resolution offered on Sa-
turday, was taken up, and after some dis
cussion again laid on the table.
4 The motion of MIR. Rises to refer so
much Of the Presidents Message as refers
to our foreign relations to the committee
on foreign relations, being taken up, Mr..
Preston, who had the floor from Friday
last, proceeded 10 address the Senate in
reply to the remarks of Messrs. Buchanan
and Calhoun. asa,
Mr.. Benton then went into speech of
/ great earnestness and animation, IN winch
he reprobated the course Of Che adminis-
traiion with much severity. Dit
1 On motion Of Mr.. Buchanan, the Sc
nate adjourned.
i Tuesday. June Is.
! The Senate proceeded to the election of
Printer.
I On the second balloting, Mr.. Thomas
Allen was declared to be duly elected, hay-
ing received 81 votes. No other person
. was voted for, the opposition members
refusing to vote.
= The unfinished business of yesterday
being taken up,
Mr.. Buchanan rose to reply TO the va
; rious arguments by which his own argu-
I .ment had been met. He replied at the
commencement to the charge made BY
= MIR. Rives, that he was party man. He
did not expect such charge from that
quarter. That gentleman was not HIM
a self so far above the reach of party infu-
ence, as to be entitled to make such a
; charge. As to the Secretary of State,
continued Mr.. Buchanan, he had been
I compared to Deme;rius. He admitted
!. the great powers of Mr.. Webster, almost
/. If not entirely unriyalled in his power of
h condensation, and in his talents as con-
;, stitutional debater. But he had his inn
!. Projections, as Demetrius and Cicero had
g theirs, and he was not the man whom he
n Mr.. b. would have been willing to place
at the helm of the state vessel in the hour
" of danger. He paid compliment to Mr..
e Choate for his eloquent exposition of ma
d tional law.
v The view which that Senator had Ia
d ken correspondent in the main with his
Is own. In the case Of war, Mcleod could
j. not be made ameEable TO the civil ribii-
). nails Of New York. But there was no
l. war at the time, and Alexander Mcleod
lie was mere volunteer. He then went in.
. to recapitulation of the facts attending
lie the destruction of the Caroline, to shew
II that it was mere marauding expedition,
, planned and carried into effect for the
% purpose of the outrage, and therefore, thai
the persons engaged in it were liable to
70 punishment if taken.
Is War, said Mr.. Buchanan, is the act Of
!. sovereign power, and legitimate war
n cannot exist without such act being dc.
}. clared. This position he fortified by quo.
tations from Vattel. He contended thai
q when members Of nation committed acts
: Of hostility without being authorized by
]. such act of the sovereign, they were an
n swerable to the civil tribunals OF the coun-
g try against which those hostilities were
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