The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1842-01-05
CWentp= : r0ellth Congress.
SECOND SESSION.
IN SENATE.


IN SENATE
TuEsDAy, Jan A. 1912.
MIR. WRIGHT presented petition from citizens
OF Buffalo, IN the State of New York, praying that
Congress will by a resolution, request the President
OF the United States to intercede in behalf of the
American prisoners now confined at Van Dieman's
Land, in Australia
MIR. McROBERTS presented petition from citi-
zens OF Illinois, praying for the establishment of
mail route
MIR. BARROW presented the petition of Roger
Barrow, praying for the arrearages of pensions due to
his father, for services rendered by him during the
Revolution,
Mr.. PIERCE presented the petition of Lydia Rose,
praying that her pension may be continued.
Tn the motion of Mr. PIERCE, it was resolved
that the Committee on Public Lands be instructed TO
inquire into the expectancy of reporting bill for the
reef OF the heirs and legal representatives of John
Peter, deceased.
adopted calling upon the Secretary of the Treasury
to furnish information with regard TO private land
surveys in the State of Missouri
THE OREGON TERRITORY.
Mr. LINN submitted the following resolution,
which hes over for one day, under the rule, viz
Resoircd, That the President Of the United States
be requested to give the notice to the British Gov
eminent which the convention of 1897 between the
Governments requires in order to put an end TO the
treaty Tor the joint occupation OF the territory of Or
egon, west of the Rocky Mountains and which terri
tory is now possessed and used by the Hudson Bay
Company, to the ruin of the American Indian and Fur
trade in that quarter and conflicting with our inland
commerce with the internal provinces of Mexico
On the motion Of MIR. SMITH of Indiana II was
resolved that the q, mmittee the Public Lands in
quire into the expedlency OF allowing military land
warrants the heirs Archibald Parker for services
rendered by hin during the late with Great Br-
tain.
Mr.. WALKER presented memorial from rail-.
road COMPANY of Mississippi asking Congress to re-
fund certain duties paid upon railroad iron.
Mr.. YOUNG introduced bill TO amend the Sih sec
ton of the Distribution Land act, which provides for
the disposal of the proceeds to be distributed among
the States for the purposes of internal Improvement
that the Governor of Illinois may proceed in the exc
cution Of his duty without converting the Legislature
OF that State; which was read first and a second
time, and referred to the Com nittee on the Public
Lands.
The bill allowing drawbacks on merchandise ex-
ported in original packages to Chihuahua and Santa
Fe in Mexico; the bill to allow pensions to certain
invalid Cherokee warriors, and the bill granting
pension to William Rand were severally read a third
tine and passed
The bill for the relief of Joseph Bassci was en-.
crossed for third reading
THE BOARD OF THE EXcHEoUER
The motion to refer to select committee the plan
of the Board of the Excheque was announced by the
Chair the order of the day.
Mr.. BATES said that it was to be expected that
Democratic Senators would avail themselves of the
opportunity to express their views Of the Report of
the Secretary of the Treasury, and it was proper
that they should do He had listened to the dis
cussion upon all sides with the greatest surprise and
he must say that no possible good could result from
it on the contrary, he could nothing but evil
and that too, unmtigated by the consideration that
there was no sort of necessity for the discussions and
bod deSDOndlnp hot
nothing would be done upon this subject, nothwith-
standing the country demanded that something must
be done to alleviate its present distressed and suffer-
ing condition With these views, he did not rise for
the purpose of entering into the debate, his object
and wish to prevent, and not induce, discussion.
With regard TO the project it assumed of die
taton and il set up claim to perfection, but il ex-
pressly invited any alteration which might accomplish
the object desired. 1t rested with Congress to adopt
il or reject it and therefore, it merited dispasson-
ate and respectful attention. 1t might be all right or
it might be all wrong but lor one, he did not feel at
liberty to commit himself to its support or to its re-
lection. He wished to have upon this subject all the
light which the public mind and the public press could
throw upon it, and he desired to hear the views of
business men, and also to see report from intelli-
gent men of the Senate; and, when that should be
Submitted they could act upon it with due debera-
ton. His own impression was, that the report which
would be made, should select committee DC appoint
ed would answer the purpose designed; and when
it, that even his friend from Connecticut (Mr HrN-
riNGroN) would be content that it should take its pro-
per course. As to the Report of the Secretary il
was before the Senate and before the world it spoke
for itself, and that enough. The country how
ever required that something should be done for its
relief The President had proposed his plan through his
Secretary; and the Democratic Senators had submit
ted the Sub-lreasury as substitute. But what was
proposed by Senators on the other side What was
Their measure of relief to be proposed as a substitute
None at all lie took it for granted that bank of
discount Tor some years at least out of the qes-
tion aud, il this report should not be adopted as a
basis of measures UPON which Congress might act he
would ask his friends what then; Were they to sit
here for six months and do nothing upon the subject
He hoped to the contrary for the responsibility Of
the Senate at the present crisis appalling and he
felt oppressed by the reflection with sadness of
heart Something, then, must be done for the relief
of the country, or an atempt'made to do something
and would they allow him TO tell them what the
country required at their hands In the language
otthc senator from South Caroline Mr., Presto D the
country wanted by-gone things to be by-gone thing,
hey knew that the evil ot the day had been sufficient
and they felt the clec of the conduct of The past ia
every hbre What had elapsed was history; ii could
neither be reproduced or rc-enaced and the SC on
had been rolled up for the future The country de.
manded another thing, and that was the exercise Of
an elevated PATRIOTISM and that they sink Themselves
and sacrifice themselves for the pualc good, Dugce
est FRO pdtrid mort; for ii there any thing on
earth that was entitled TO reverence, tie patriot
statesman who forgot his interests and sacrificed