Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1841-09-02
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EXTRA SESSION.
MONDAY Auyu., ~. --Thc resolu

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the 3o,h Of August. offered by MIR. Tap
,ln, was taken up to-day, aud then laId
IN the table.
Land Bin passed to Third RcodiIg
1h,s B,ll, after hing aud full discuss.
,on, was, today, ordered To be- read 81
/ imc, aud the inicndmenls 10 be eng oSs-
I'd, yeas %, nays -, as follows
!, YEAs-hlessrs. Archer, Barrow, Bates
! Bav.rd, Berrien, Choaic. Clay. Of Ken
ucky, Clayton, Dixon, Evans, Graham
\ ,icndersoil. Huntington, Kerr, Mansum
l Icrrick Miller Morehead, Phelps, Por
;er, Prenli,s, Riycs, Summons, Smith, ol
Indiana, Soulhard, Talllnadge, White
" oodbridse-2S.
l NAYs-Messrs. Allen, Benton, Duch
autn. Calhoun, Clay, Of Alabama, Cuh
,vr,. Fullon, XII Linn, McRobcrts
Iouton. Nicholson. Pierce, Preston
Sewer, Surgeon, Tappan, Walker. Will
Inms, Woodbury., Wright. ioung-22.
Il The amendment offered by Nr. Berricl'
was adopted. with modification propos
I'd by Mr. Alien, which is gwen in brack.
cts, as follows:
" That "A, any time, during the ex
siGnce oil this ac', there shall be all i'm
position Of duties inconsistent with the
,rovso IS OF the act Of I'd March. 1888.
enliied ian act to modify the uct OF l4ti
FEBRUARY, le32, and all the nets imposing
duties on imports. aud beyond the rate
4 duty fixed by tnis act, to WI: 20 PEI
cenlum on the value Of such imports or
any of them then the disirihulion provi
dcd IN this act shall be suspended, ant
shall so conIinae until the cause OF IT,
suspension shall be removed and whe
temoved, ifnor prevented by the provls
lons of This ac,, such distributions shall bc
renewed"
Th" Senate spent n short time in Exc
cntive Session, aud ii is sald, that The
mominai'oi Of Judge Breckenridge was
confirmed as Commissioner under ihr
Convention with Mexico. vice Judge
Rowan, resigned.
! HOUSE.-Scvcral private bills were
acted on.
Fiscal Corporation Blu Passed.
( The Fiscal Corporatlon Bill wa taken
up in Committee OF the wholc, and Dir.
,.arsbaIl Of Kentucky, spoke in its sup
port Mr.. NJ drew IL crowded house. /.
In the course OF his remarks, he said,
! he kuelt not at The foot OF the Executive.
as IL suppliant, but, # he should bc pleased
to sign his Bill, he would DC very glad.
tic hoped he would sign it, aud believed
l.. "A all
peace to the country g. union to the party.
He wished ,his, not tor the purpnsa OF
setting up Dictator in opposition to tn,
Executive not for tho purpose VI d $
solving the Cabinet |; not Tor the purpos,
Of dissolving the UHion ), happily effect
oil between the " hlc and tho rcd rose I;
not far the purpose array ihs the Nor'l
and the South against each other &c.
MIR. NJ. read thai potion Of tile Vot'
Message which relates to " the power OF
the government to collect, safely keep.
AID di- bursc the public revenue, aud in-
c,denaliy to r'guia'e The commcrcc and
exchanges" and argued that The Prcsl
den, here declared himself uncqnivocally
Il IN favor OF Bank OF Exchange.
The vote was then taken ou the pas.
sage Of the Bill, and was as follows
Yeas i25, Nays.0l
! Mr.. Sergeant then moved to amend the
title OF the bill 80 as TO read as follows :
" An Act Tor the better collecting, safe
! keeping, iransler,and disbursement Of me
! Public Rcvenue, b. means OF II Corpo-
ration styled The 3" Fis :al Corporation Of
\ thc uiIcd States" Tho titlc was
greed to o-and then the House adj
SENAIE, Tue DAY, Angus, "a
The Senate. to-day, received from the
House the Fiscal Corporation Bill
aud il was read twice. Mr.. Tappan
moved to postpone i; indefinitely. A,
there was not full attendance, If the
IN, ton had been Immediately put, It might
have prevailed. But Mr.. Borrien mad:
some remarks OH the improperly of lcav
ing The Treasury unrcguIated by law, amt
III The meantime, severai wing Senators
came IL, and the motion to poslp"ue Was
| rejected. The bill was then referred.
II The Land Distribution Bill.
/ This Bal VAS read third time. ant
/ the question being taken on ITS passage
! Mr. Calhoda spoke in opposition TO th'
n IIll ut length, and with much earnest
\ ness. Mr.. Calhoun remarked that this
Il bill AIMED fatal stab at the Consilu
! ton. he most disastrous changes IT
our form OF government would rosul
! from II. Ii would change the entire re
/, lalions between the federal government
aud the Sta'es and between tho people q
the Sale governments. 1t would subyer
I all tho objecls inr which the general gov.
crnmcnl was creaied-all is good ohj Ct
aud leAvo il inipo,en, for every pnrpos'
Tut mischief 1t put the States in u c.n
Ltlon Of dependence on government, bouo
/ y, aud every poIiical question wonIc
turh OH their efforts to get money from
tho general government. Every thlnl
else would he lost sight Of in tho greed
scrabble for government money. NJ
nea ure could now pass, unless its objec
was to bring money into the Treasury to
distribution among the States.
II Mr.. Calhoun turncd his attention T.
The effects al the measure OH our public
\ defences We had, IL was true, but on,
nation to fear. but that nation was III,
II greatest and strongest that the world eve