The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1841-09-14
gwemtp= Seoenth Congress.
FIRST SESSION.
IN SENATE,

The PRESIDENT Of the Senate laid before the
body a communication from the Treasury depart
mcnt in compliance with resolution calling Tor The
amount Of money belonging 70 the United state, N
the Pennsy wanna Bank OF the United States ne
report was ordered lie the table and be printed
Mr. CLAYTON, from the Committee on The LII
brary reported without amendment the joint resolution
from the House OF Representatives providing 'nat 'ne
public printing for the Executive Departments shall lie
executed at rate not higher than that paid for Con-
gressIonal printing, as established by the Two Houses
Of Congress, with a recommendation that II be inden-
ntely postponed. .
CLAY, CLAYTON, KING, CLAY, Of Alabama
WOODBURY., and Others when 1t appeared thai
there was a law now in force directing the Depart
mens issue proposals and contract for the Prin'ng
to the lowest bidder. The recommendation o. INC
committee was concuTed in, and thus the resoiuuon
postponed indefinitely
The joint resolution from the House OF hepreseh-
tatives fixing the adjournment OF the TWO House, on
Monday the 18th inst, at III o'clock, a. M. "As heH
taken up. :,
MIR CLAY did not know that he should oppose
nny obstacle 10 the luton, the two bills he de-
sired to see disposed of before any day was h1rd ~
the adjournment had now been disposed Of II might
be injured however, whether IN case OF cerdtn
spents taking place it would not require little more
time He oud suggest slight sncndment OF Inc
resolution, TO strike out the words II O'Clock, when
would then leave the whole Of that day AT their dis
cretion.
LUTON at once in its present FORM though he had no
material objection to the suggestion ofihe Senator from
Kentucky
Mr.. PRESTON moved to amend the resolution by
inserting that ~ hich he had offered yesterday, de-
clarng il inexpedient adjourn until some law were
passed for placing the public money under the control
Of law" &c. He thought the dePosite ACT Of 1886,
with light notification would effect the object
he had in view. He was aware OF the dissemination
which genlleen fell TO remain any longer al this hot
and exhuusting srason With regard TO himself, how
ever Individually he would make any personal sacr-
fee to attain desirable an end.
MIR. CLAY asked if the question could not be d.
yided for while be would have objection To the
assertion of the insuicency of the act OF 1853 for
the safe keeping of the public money, yet the other
branch ofthe proposition might be attended with some
difficulty He had no objection to say that the purse
and the sword should not be in the hands Of the Pre-
sident but remain until some plan was devised by
which the public money could be placed under the
control Of law, might not be 50 convenient. The
President had signed the bill for the repeal OF the sub
treasury and the pet bank system, and IN his ( Mr.
C.s) opinion very properly; but then he had refused
10 sign the bill for National Bank Mr.. G. would not
say very improperly hut only that he regretted very
deeply. What other system then could be devised
likely the views Of the Presdentf II the ho-
norable Senator from South Carolina will say what
of system can be proposed which would neither
be sub reasury, pet-bank, nor National Bank, that
would meet the approval ofhe President and he
time effect the object which all much desired he Mr.
I'll would Ike 10 De informed Oh tHen
be disposed to remain until it could be brought to
turity. He very much doubted if the wit of man
could devise plan unconnected with the three sys-
TENS he believed that he had some wit but certainly
enough effect this object. Painful was the
alternative Of leaving the sword and the purse in the
hands of the Executive (true it empty purse,
he feared il must be yielded TO for the present The
President had said he would prepare plan which he
would submit at the opening of the next Congress
What this plan would be remained 10 be II had
heen aaid wi n N q a fiscal
agent free from all constitutional objections.
Mr. WRIGHT expressed the hope that these old
grounds would not be travelled over again. but that
gentlemen would confne themselves to the question
before them, which fixing the time of adjourn
ment.
MIR. KING objected to the Senator from South Ca
rolna MIR. Preson) appending 10 resolution to ad-
jVuru Dong ess matter with which II had proper
connexion His proposition should be put by itself,
and the resolution either adopted or modified. He
hoped the resolution would not be embarrassed with
this add ion.
1t seemed to be kept out of view that the repeal of
the Independent Treasury and the deposit bank sys-
TEN pressed upon the President, and he yielded,
expecting Congress would offer him constitutional
substitute. But the gentleman opposite did not offer
hn one of such character. Why did they sweep
away the law which protected the Treasury Why
were they in such mprudent haste 10 sweep away
what they called the rubbish" which stood in the
way Of their new edlfce2 II was their own fault if
the Treasury was not now under the control of law
because tney couiu not get Unlted Otates DAM,
they forced TO leave the Treasury, was left for
macy year, under the control of the law Of 17S9 -
That law would be found efficient now it ever
As to the cant about the union of the purse
and the sword, all that we'll understood by the
country and might 60 Tor what il was worth 1t did
well enough the stump, for electioneerng purposes
but the day was gone by when American statesmen
could make of it, with any effect in the councils
of the nation.
Mr. CLAY said the Senator from Alabama was
mis- akcnf in hat had pnp
offered intended to be offered against the President;
but Ieproaches from that side had been made against
them for repeating the sub Treasury, measure which
had been recommended by the President as well as
some substitute for it at the time, which every
body then understood TO have meant a Bank Of the
United States. The measures taken up pretty
much in the order they were suggested and both
before tho President at the time and he signed
the and rejected the other The bills were placed
before him, in order that he might in the of
signing the bank bill, have refused TO ign the other
When he M. o. was pressing the bill for the re-
peal OF the sub Treasury gentlemen the other side
protested against it, and said it treating the Prcsi
dent with indeicacy; that il was embarrassing him,
and the like, TO bring this measure before him a
time when the bank bill pending but e and his
friends thought RICH, that the whole subject should
10 placed before the Executive that he could act
on his discr, ton.
After some further remarks from Messrs. PRES
TON, WALKER CALHOUN, TAPPAN, HEN
DERSON, and WOODBURY.,
Mr. PRESTON withdrew his amendment, az not
seeming 10 find favor either side Of the Senate.
Mr. CLAY then moved to strike out the words
"ele,en o'clock; p which motion was agreed to.
And then the Senate proceeded to the consideration
OF Executive business, IN which they continued du-
ring the day.