The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1842-06-04
CONGRESS.


In the House on Friday, Mr.. DAVIS offered a.
resolution calling on the President TO inform
the House whether the commission, established
demonstrating the affairs Of the New ork
Custom-house, was yet in existence; II SO, why
it was continued and if il no longer existed
when il had ceased
Mr. CusHIN made question Of order on the
reception Of the resolution but his objection
was overrued and the resolution adopted.
Mr. CAMPBELL, Of South Carolina, again at
tempted 10 bring up his resolution fixing the
day for the final adjournment, and moved
suspension of the RI les for the purpose OF con
sldering it, The yeas and nays being ordered
80 voted in the affirmative, and 81 in the n ga
tive. The motion to suspend was therefore
lost.
Mr. SALToNsTALL moved suspension OF The
rules for the reception of a resolution to take up
the Tariff bill as soon as the Army blu should
be disposed of by the Committee OF the w mole.
The vote on this motion stood SO to 81.
Mr. FILLMORE, on leave, reported bill from
the Committee of Ways and Means pro-
vdng for revenue and revising the present
revenue laws. The bill was read twice and re-
ferrcd to the Committee of the Whole. Mr.
Fillmore stated that the report OF the Secretary
of the Treasury formed the basis OF the present
bill, buttne committee had made many impor-
tant changes in the details of the report He
thought il important, for the purposes OF good
legislation, that the report should be widely dis
semnated. 1t might be the instrument OF elicl-
ting information on the complicated question OF
the revenue He therefore, moved TO print 5000
extra copies Of the report. The motion pre-
| vailed.
| Mr. FILLMoRE then offered resolution that
the debate on the Army bill shall cease at one
O'Clock next Monday. 1t was adopted-93
voting in the Affirmative, and IS in the mega
4 tive.
Two Senate bills one in relation to our com
mfrcal intercourse with certain British colonial
ports and another for the protection of the peo-
pie of Florida, were read twice and referred to
the Committee of the Whole.
The House then resolved itself into Com
niltee of the Whole, and took up the Army
bill Mr.. HALsTEp was entitled to the floor,
and delivered long aud elaborate speech
against the reduction Of the rank and file of the
| Army. He thought he staff might be reduced,
and in one portion of his speech he showed that
the expense Of the staff officers is vastly to
great and the services Of so great number not
required.
He was folio yed by Mr.. Cross, who advo-
Gated the same doctrines, though on different
grounds.
In the Senate, Mr. w WOODBURY. submitted a
resolution, (Which he desired should lie on the
rable,) directing the Secretary of the Treasury
to inform the Senate how much money has been
borrowed since his last annual report on the
finances, and the rates of interest and discount
on each sum, and the length of time for which
such sums were borrowed.
Mr. GRAHAM moved that the Senate take up
the bill for the relief Of Hezekiah L. Thistle
Mr.. BUCHANAN was very DESTROYS Of indulging
Senators, especially the Senator from North
Carolina but, as the Legislature of Pennsylva-
MIA would meet in a very few days, he hoped
the Apportionment bill would now be taken up,
and the question taken onits engrossment IN the
course of the day.
Mr. GRAHAM would, then, withdraw his mo-
ton; and,
AT the suggestion of Mr.. WALKER, the Sen
ate proceeded TO the orders of the ay, and took
up the bill providing for the apportionment of
Representatives among the several States &C
cording to the sixth census.
/ The question pending, when the Senate ad
Ijourned yesterday, was on the motion Of Mr.
Wright TO amend the following section Of the
bill
SIC. . And be H.tu,ther enacted, That, in every
case where State Is entitled to more than one Re-
prcsentatlve--the number to which each State shall
be entitled under the apportionment shall be elected
in number to the number Of Representatives to which
said State may be ent,tled-no district ecclng
more than enc Representative.
Mr.. WRIGHT moved to strike from the above
section the words 81 no one district elecng more
than one representatives and to insert the words
% as far that can be done in conformity with the
established election systems OF the States but no
State shall by virtue of the provisions OF this section,
consider itself called upon TO divide countess or other
election districts, for the purpose OF furnishing single
districts
Mr. BAGBY entered into constitutional argu-
mcnt as To the powers of the General Government
to show, beyond the possibility Of doubt, that II
any thing was to be gained by the general ticket
system II would be by the small States rather than
by the large States. He did not believe that the
small. States would by the general ticket system, be
swaIlowedup by the larger States, as had been con.
tended. He granted that the people were original
" the resduary of all political power and he admitted
further that the streams which emanated from the diff
lcrent States formed the fountain Of political power
and that the power contributed proportion to tn,
population OF the States Therefore coming from