The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1841-09-11

to postpone, and bring the House 10 uircct voto On
the report ofthe committee Mr. z. withdrew the mo-
ton.
Mr.. SUMMERS "a member of th(c Committee Of
Elections addressed the House al lengn on the gene
raj facts and law ofthe case in favor Of the report OF
the committee and in explanation and vindlcation OF
its course of proceedings.
After few remarks from Mr.. POPE
Mr.. WARD asked the yeas and nays on the adop-
ton of the resolution which ordered and being
taken, were as follows: Yeas i23, nays "A.
Previous to the vote being taken Mr. MOkdAN
requested the Delegate from Florida MT. Levy % TO
ply to the question Of the gentleman from Virginia,
lMr. Summers) 1.-THE Delegate would state that no
believed he could by postponment Of his case to the
next session, prove that he is not an alien put ma
turalized citizen then he (Mr. M would vote for
continuance until the next session.
Mr.. LEVY did not replyl
So the resolution was adopted
POTOMAC BRIDGE.
On motion of Mr.. UNDERWOOD, the House
took up the bill to provide for the repairing OF the POI
tomac Bridge, which had been returned from the Sc
nate with amendment.
This amendment provides that the work shall be
done by the Government without contract instead OF
being done by contract under the supervision of an
officer Of the engineer corps, as originally provided In
After a few remarks from Messrs UNDERWOOD
and KEIM--.
Mi. ARLINGTON moved to lay the bill and
amendment the table; which motion was rejected.
The amendment of the Senate (under aslight YER
bal modification) was then concurred in.
Mr.. IRWIN, from the Committee on Enrolled Bills,
reported that the committee had examined the bill
making appropriations for various Notifications, for
ordnance and for preventing and suppressing Indian
hostties, and had found the same to be correct.
Whereupon the bill received the signature Of the
On leave given, Mr.. PROFIT offered the follow
ing resolution, which was adopted:
Resolred, That the Secretary Of the Treasury be
directed to inform this House what amount has been
house at New York since the 4th of March, l84l !;
also, the items of furniture; also, under what autho
rity the purchases have been made and out Of what
particular funds payment has been or is contemplated
to be made. t-t" +-
Mr.. DAWSON, from the Committee on Military
Affairs, TO whom had been recommitted the bill max
ing appropriations for the purchase of certain sites for
Notifications reported back bill making an appro-
priation for single item only, to wit, 1913 900 for
pairing the forts and batteries on Staten Island, New
York.
The bill having been read twice. was referred, on
motion of Mr.. Dawson, of Georgia. to the Committee
Of the Whole on the state Of the Union ,Ns
And, on motion Of Mr.. d., the House resolved it.
self into Committee of the Whole the state of the
Union, (NIr LINN, of New York, in the chair,) and
took up the bill.
After some explanations between Messrs. DAW-
SON and FILLMORE
Mr.. CHARLES BROWN offered the following
amendment:
the erection of Notifications the Delaware and
New Jersey shores opposite to the Pea Patch Island
in the Delaware river the sum Of one hundred thou
sand dollars"
4 Mr. DAWSON rose to point of ORDER the amend
ment being for new works.
Mr.. BROWN said he was sorry to hear the chair
man of the Military Committee say the amendment
was out of Order for he had waited patiently all the
session for opportunity to call the attention OF the
House to the subject: but he supposed 1t was, and
would be always out of orderto ask for obtain any
appropriation for the defence Of the Delaware while
il was and would be, appeared always in order to
make appropriations to the defence of other places and
to that of New York, for this was the
third bill during this session that had been brought
in appropriating large sums in the defence OF that
State.
The amendment was decided out Of order.
The committee then rose and reported the bill to the
House.
And having been ordered to third reading no,o
the bill was read q third time and passed.
y Mr.. FERRIS, from the Committee on Foreign AT
fairs, to whom referred message from the Pre-
sident Of the United States transmitting information
desired by the House in relation to the American cit
zens now British prisoners Of State in Van Deman's
Land reported the following resolution for the con-
sideration of the House: A
Y lfesosvca oy tho House Of REPRESENTATIVES Of The
United States Of America That the President of the
United States be requested to consider the proprety
of entering into negotiations with the British Govern
ment for the purpose of obtaining tho roioaso Of such
citizens of the United States may now be detained
in Van Deman's Land, or in any other part Of the
British lominions for any alleged actual partcpa-
ton in the late instruction in the Canadas.
Mr.. F. sustained the report in a few animated re-
marks. .as t#t @. E@3 @ a3E g.e l44g
, Mr.. ADAMS, after abiding to what he termed
the sublime Grafton of the gentleman from New York
Mr. IN IF thnsp nersn Wv n wa
Of the United States, and who had thought pro-
per to take part in the late instruction IN Canada
against the direct proclamation of their own President
Of the United States, warning them against that
bme patriotism against the laws of their own coun-
try, against the laws of the country which they in
vaded, and against the laws of God and of man, pro-
ceeded to say Whilst at the point of civil
war between the Government of the United States
and the most powerful Government in this Union, on
Of transaction that has occurred there,
in pursuit of that very sort of patriot
ism that had produced the difficulty, and in
quence of which we now IN such state with the
Government Of one of the most powerful nations on
the EARTH that by the last news received il appeared
that that Government had ordered fifteen ships of the
line to cruise along coast and give their opinion
with regard to Canadian patriotism, and Of the
right of the State of New York to hang Mcleod
While the question was being agitated between the
Government Of the United States and that of New
York. the exercise of each others power in order
10 save man popuidT patiot-
ISM this time had been chosen to call upon the Pres
dent the United States to negotiate with the British
Government in behalf of those unfortunate persons
who had violated alike the laws of the country which
they had invaded and those of the country from which
they went Now, it did appear to him that there
should be sort of consistency in-the course of
proceeding on the part Of this House. When we
were asking Great Britain to forget all these little
trespasses upon their laws their Constitution, their
Government; TO forget the crime Of treason, for
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tried and Observation-Disclosures by the mercy of
the overnment-transported instead of being hang
ed drawn, and quartered as they had exposed them
selves to be by the their patriotism Mr. A.
would say that if we were TO ask the President to
Qotiate with Great Britain on behalf Of these people
for more mercy for entire forgiveness, and that they
might return to their homes II would be as well first
to say what was going to be done with Mcleod
There were two sides to this question, and before
undertook TO interfere with the British Government
in order to countenance and force an insurrecton
against them. by obtaining the immunity Of our citi-
Gems from the punishment to which their conduct had