The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1842-07-30

papers, found that one portion of them had invited
people to fire the city for the purpose of carrying
their point and suggested the means for avoiding de-
lection; and in such an emergency, these blacks
were empl Dyed.
MIR. BAGBY avowed his determination to vote for
the amendment, and declared his purpose to be to
prevent negroes becoming instructed in the art Of
war and this movement was required for the safety
Of the people of the South.
Mr.. SMITH, of Connecticut, was for keeping the
blacks and the whites separate and against mixing
them up in the public service.
! The question was taken on the amendment of Mr.
C,lhoun, viz ''No negro mulato shall be enlisted,
except for the service of steward servant " and
decided in the affirmative-yeas "a, nays l6, as
follows
| YEAS-Messrs Allen, Archer, Bagby Barrow,
| Bayard, Benton, Berrlen, Calhoun, Conrad, Cnth-
| bert, Fulton, Graham, King Linn, Mangum, Pres
ton, Rves, SEWER, Smith, OF Connecticut, Sturgeon,
Walker, Wilcox, Woodbury., and Young-A.
| NAYS-Messrs. Bates, Choote, Clayton, Crafts,
Dayton, Evrns, Miller, Phelps, Porter Simmon
Smith, Of Indiana, Sprague Tappan, White, Will
lams, and Woodbrdge-l6.
Mr.. PRESTON said he was DESTROYS that the prin-
cple just adopted should be extended to the army
and on his motion an amendment to that effect was
adopted.
And the bill was then ordered to be engrossed for
third reading.
The Senate proceeded to the consideration of the
bill to provide from imports and for other
purposes-the queson being the amendment of
Mr. Calhoun to that proposed by the Committee on
Finance, viz to fix the duty cotton bagging, or
other imported substitute at two cents per square
| yard.
| Mr.. MOREHEAD advocated the rate Of duty
hemp, as fixed upon in the House-fve cents per
square yard.
Mr.. BAGBY argued against protection and in
favor of direct taxation
Mr.. CALHOUN replied to Mr.. Morehead.
| Mr.. RITTENDEN said that the bill was for
revenue and the measure of the Secretary Of the
! Treasury.
Mr.. KING had no hesitation to avow here that he
never would consent to lay du les for protection
alone but whenever the Treasury required given
amount of money, he would consent to an equitable
rate of duties, bearing fairly possible every
portion of the country, to give incidental pro-
lection
Mr.. RIVES said that the amendment of the Sena-
tor from South Carolina 1.-TWO per cent? extreme
on one hand and the rate of duty on bagging Give
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lucky, was extreme on the other. He would, there
fore, suggest compromise, which was to be found
in three cents square yard This middle course
should be pursued throughout-the whole scale OF du-
ties in the bill being too high.
Messrs. CALHOUN, SIMMONS, WOODBURY.,
CRITTENDEN, and CUTHBERT, delivered their
views and
On motion of Mr. SEWER, the Senate adjourned.
In the House, on Friday Mr.. c. J. myers OIL,
from The Committee the Judiciary, reported bill
changing the time of holding certain in west
ern Virginia and for other purposes. 1t was read
twice and passed without amendment.
Mr. STEENROD Immediately moved a reconside-
ion, that he might add Wheeling one of the
places where the court should be held. A debate
sprung up, in which Messrs. S EENROD, HAIR
RIS, HOPKINS and SUMMERS participated.
/ By general consent the vote reconsdered, and
the amendment Of Mr. Seenrod received.
The previous question ordered, and the amend
ment rejected.
! The bill was then passed.
The committee called on for reports, and vari-
Gus bills were reported and with one exception dis
posed of, either by passage reference. Among
Them report from the committee on Indian Affairs
was offered by Mr.. COOPER, of Pennsylvania, rel
alive to the of the Secretary of War to the
resolution of the House calling for information in
gard to the alleged frauds, &C., in the transactions
with the Cherokees.
| The report read, and pronounces the reasons
given by the Secretary for not furnishing the nfor
nation required, to be unsatisfactory, and argues the
question at length.
The report was accompanied by the following reso-
utons:
Resolved, That the House of Representatives has a
right to demand from the Executive such informa-
ton, may be in his possession, relating to subjects
Of the deliberations of the House, and within the
sphere of its legitimate powers
RESOLVED, That the reports and facts called for by
the House Of Representatives by its resolution of the
18th ult., related to subjects of its deliberations
and were within the sphere of its legitimate powers
and should have been communicated
Therefore Resolped, That the President of the Uni
ted States be requested to to be communicated
this House, the several reports lately made to the
Department of War by Lieut.. Calonel Hitchcock re-
ating to the affairs of the Cherokee Indians, together
with all information communicated by him concern
ing the frauds he charged to investigate also all
facts in possession of the Executive from any
relating to the subject.
Mr.. COOPER, in offering the +, port and resou-
tons, had moved they should be Printed and on bis
motion demanded the previous question. When the
reading finished,
Mr.. GWIN rose to address the Chair, but was
interrupted on the ground that the previous question
had been demanded.
Mr. PROFIT inquired who had demanded it; no
one he said in his neighborhood had heard the de-
mand 1t strange mode of melting out justice,
to assail high public functionary and sthe reply by
the previous question.
The SPEAKER said the previous question had
been demanded.