The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1842-06-09
This is the whole matter.
CONGRESS,

In the House, on Tuesday, Mr.. Fillmore,
from the Committee on Ways and Means, re-
ported bill continuing in force, till the first of
August, the present acts in relation to the duties
on imports.
Mr.. CUSHING moved the consideration already
made by him to print extra copies of the New
York custom house report More than one
point Of order was raised by Mr. Davis, of Ken
lucky, and finally Mr.. Gushing withdrew his
motion for the present, that the Army bill might
be taken up and disposed of.
Mr.. REYNOLDS obtained the floor, and moved
to strike out all that part of the bill providing for
the support of West Point Academy. Much
confusion and laughter ensued-when at last
Mr. Mckay obtained the floor, and delivered a
speech explanatory Of his views, relating to the
equalization of certain Army officers.
Mr.. INGERsoLL moved the re-commitment Of
the bill with Instructions to report matured
system of reduction. He was in favor of educ
lion but was opposed to hasty and unstates-
manlike action on subject so important.
MIR. REYNOLDS moved an amendment, in
structing the Committee to vote against West
Point Academy.
MIR. REYNOLDS accompanied his amendment
by speech, historical and denunciatory of the
Academy.
Mr. HOLMES advocated the amendment of Mr..
Ingersoll.
Mr.. BARNARD moved substitute for it. He
wished that the Committee should be instructed
to inquire whether any reduction of the Army
ought to be made, and if satisfied it should be
reduced, to report plan for that purpose. He
was opposed to re-commitment of the appro-
priation bill; that ought to be passed, and the
subject of reduction acted on in separate BILL
Mr.. FILLMORE expressed his objections to the
act of appending proposition for reducing the
Army to an Appropriation bill, and urged the
necessity of an immediate passage of the BILL
He was followed by Mr.. Yorke, who moved
the previous question, which act brought the
amendments on the first question to the test of
vote. These were acted on, and met the fate
which had been decreed in Committee of the
Whole, with the exception of the one cutting
off the appropriation for the dragons. This
was negatived by one vote. But the vote was
consideration prevailed by majority of five
On all the important questions the yeas and nays
were ordered and the feeling for reduction
seemed generally to prevail in the House when
brought to this test, as it had in the Committee
of the Whole.
In the Senate, Mr.. CHoATE presented a re-
from Boston, against reduction OF
the Appropriation for the Navy; also memoir
al from the same city, praying that the present
system of importations on credit may be con-
tinued and the warehousing system established.
Mr.. BUCHANAN presented a memorial from CT
gar manufacturers of Philadelphia, complaining
that the bill reported in the House of Represen-
tatives by Mr.. Saltonstall fixes the duty on the
raw mater al at fifteen per cent. with an ad "a
lorem only of thirty per cent on imported CT
CARS and asking that such duty may be I'M
posed as will protect their manufacture.
Mr.. VVooDBRIDGE presented certain resolutions
passed by the city authorities OF Monroe, In
Michig an, setting forth that, some eight or ten
years 90, the General Government made an
approx ,riation for the improvement OF the harbor
At tho 1 place, and that appropriations were
made from year to year until 100000 were ex-
pend ed Without completing the work, al
hor Ugh the period for its completion had nearly
arri ved all appropriations for that object sudden
" leased and the memorialists solicit an APP
pre- Dpriaton by Congress TO save what has been
do ne from destruction.