The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1842-07-07
CONGRESS-.
MORE ANON.

| to inform thi, House why the document providing
the returns of the several banks in the United Sales
has not been reported to Congress-aso that he state
whether 1t is in progress ofpreparation lifso when
| II may be expected"
Mr. MERIwErHER, from a Select Committee,
made report on the Florida war. The report
was ordered to be laid on the table and printed.
J On the question for referring the report from
the State Department, containing the reasons
OF che President for signing the Apportonmenl
bill-Mr. Gushing entered into an argument ex
planatory OF the share the Executive part Of the
Government bears in legislation. The House
exercises primarily legislative function on the
passage of laws. IL exercises judicial func-
ton in impeachmens. Suppose the gentleman
from Virginia (Mr Botts) were resolved TO i'm
peach the President This presume is sup
possible case
Mr.. BORIS said IL is not only a supposable,
but certain case.
Mr. CUSHING continued: The case being
safely supposabe-il can be quoted one man
ner in which the House exercises a judicial
| function. Another instance of the exercise of
that power is the trial of the disputed right TO
SEATS in its own tody. The Senate in like
manner exercises legislative and judicial, and,
| iii addition thereto, executive functions. What
are the powers of the President under the Con
slituton He is the Executive officer, and al
the same time he is, in the language Of the Fe-
deralist san integral part OF the legislative au-
thority." Mr. Madison devotes flee papers OF
the Federaist to show that there is a trlpartte
division IN The legislative powers of the Go
vernnenI, and Mr.. Campbell, of South CaroI
ma, admitted the right of the President to give
his reasons for signing bill, but denied his
right Of fling those reasons among the archives
OF the Gov rBment.
Mr.. Boris would not at the present time ad-
vance any arguments against the course of the
President. He would wait Till the report should
give way to Mr. Adams. who wished 10 make
short peech, and moved the previous question
on the question of reference which was car
ried.
To the resolution Of Mr.. Fillmore, terminal
ing the debate in Committee on the Tariff bill
on Monday next Mr.. Johnson, of Maryland,
offered an amendment substituting Tuesday.
|
lay the resolution the table This motion
was negatived-Ss voting in the affirmative
and l04 in the negative. The amendment of
Mr.. Johnson was agreed to, and the resolution,
as amended, was adopted by vote of 50 to ga.
Mr.. FILLMORE moved suspension Of the
rules to introduce his resolution for restricting
the debate IN Committee. The motion did not
prevail
The House then went into Committee of the
Whole and took up the Revenue bill
Mr.. TRPLErT was entitled to the floor, and
advocated the system Of countervailing duties,
on account, specially, of Kentucky tobacco.
Mr.. Cooper, of Georgia, opposed protective
duties. Opposition 10 protection he conceiv ed
an essential doctrine Of Georgia He might be
mistaken, but he thought the tariff one of the
great questions OF pubic policy 10 Georgia. On
this great question parties could not exist In
that State The State essentially anti
tariff. Get some OF his colleagues could declare
against the tariff al home, and yet rank them
selves in that party which went for the
tariff, and here declare themselves the friends
of the man who was the boosted author of the
pseudo American system. They preached one
doctrine at home and another in the walls of
the Capitol. He wished the true issue 10 be
understandable precise position of every one
to be known. In Georgia it had been said that
General Harrison would save the country from
the tariff, or, at least, John Tyler would, If be
should have any power over the subject. His
colleagues, Mr.. Cooper said, were not as ortho-
dox in Washington as they were in Georgia.
Mr. HABERsHAM explained, that he had al
ways been opposed to tariff and the distribu-
| ton. but had been in favor of United States
Bank.
When Mr. COOPER concluded, the debate was
continued by Messrs. Washington, of North
Carolina, and Barnard, of New York
In the Senate, Mr. MILLER presented the creden-
tails of the Hon w. l.. DAYTON, appointed by the Ex-
ecutve of New Jersey to fill the vacancy occasoned
by the death of the Hon. S. L. Southland
MIR. DAYTON was duly qualified, and took his
seat
! Mr. CALHOUN, who has been absent from the
city for several weeks appeared in his place to-day
in the Senate
The bill for the relief of the legal representatives
Of Josiah Bakely deceased, and the bill for the re-
lief of John T. Campbell were read third time and
passed.
The bill further supplementary to an act, entitled
"An act to establish the judicial courts of the United
States passed the oath of September, l7s9," was
taken up. Ii relates to common law crimes or Of
fences committed upon the high seas, or elsewhere,
within the admiralty and maritime jurisdiction OF the
United States the forms and modes OF writs and 9th
er process for bringing the offenders to trial. and the
punishment to be inflicted, etc.
Messrs. WRIGHT, BERRlEN, BUCHANAN,
/ CHOATE. HUNTINGTON, and CONRAD adj
dressed the Senate the several amendments which
were submitted and subsequently, the bill was or