The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1842-08-27

der, Mr.. BARNARD moved to lay aside the bill for
the reorganization Of the Navy Department The
motion prevailed without count.
The next bill in the regular order Of business was
the bill providing remedial justice. After some dis
CUSTOM the right to the floor, between Mr.. Bar
nard and Mr.. Black, the bill was laid aside.
The bill repeating the proviso to the sixth section
of the Distribution act was then taken up, and Mr.
ARNOLD obtaining the floor, delivered one Of his
characteristic haraDgues. He 70 lowed briefly
by Mr. COOPER, of Pennsylvania.
Mr. WISE next obtained the floor He said that
an amusing scene had been witnessed that morning,
in a series of the family jars among the Wings.
Not long since 1t had been the fashion to blame the
Executive for every untoward event-to accuse him
of violating pledges and vacllating in his course
But here we have the accuser making pledge and
violating -pleading guilty and urging Justification
Has this House exhibited vacilationS Ii has de-
cared that it would not do thing, and has done it.
The President has been accused Of promising to do
thug, and failed to do it. Surprising the charge
against the President true, where is the moral law
condemning him. which does not condemn the Houses
Again, lei us hear no more about the power
as exercised by the President, after the exhibitions
Of it in this House, where questions Of the highest
moment were decided two or three times by the act
of one man here. The one man power, the vacilla-
tion the perfidy, the treachery, be.ong here
MIR. ARNOLD asked leave to explain
MIR. WISE said lie had not time. He could not
yield, but he would give the gentlemen better
The lntelligencer, the organ of the majority, had
said that in yielding the question of Distribution,
nothing had been yielded to the will of the President
but TO the constitutional provision granting him the
power OF the veto switch Is as odious TO us as 1t
can be 10 them"
Has the Constitution said Mr. W., become odious :
Has the Constitution, any part Item of that sa-
cred instrument, hecome odi0s TO the editor and the
party for whom he speaksl This is the issue to be
made before constituents. This is the Of
fered for the vacatIon otgentemen here-they have
yielded TO the Constitution That instrument is be-
come odious and the odium is pleaded All excuse.
But there Is another and an important question:
How did this bill get heIe' how concocled in
the committee and how is proposed pass il herel
The gentlemen belonging TO the Committee on Pub
lie Lands have explained the action of the committee,
and no doubt have stated II truly. But the Chair
man was not allowed TO make his statement. Five
gentlemen met and expressed their oplnlans the
| merits of the bill--no vote taken. Three advo-
cate the bill, one is opposed to it, and objects TO
any action being had it, After the House Is in
| session, al time when the committee should have
been adjourned one member-no matter what his mo-
| tves-quIls the room, leaving no quorum, and then
the vote was taken.
Mr.. HOWARD inquired who said a vote had been
taken. He asserted that no vote had been TAKEN nor
was it necessary that there should
Mr.. WISE continued. Here is a new fact No
vote was taken in the Committee on the question of
reporting the BILL and yet the bill has been reported
yer decided to receive the bill as if reported by the
committeeman here the rule is applied to restrict
the time in which it may be discussed to one hour
why this haste Why take it up at ALI One gen.
tleman has said that he did not expect it would be-
| come law. Why waste time on it them Why Law
aside bills of Importance and which ought to be pass
ed, to discuss bill which know, beforehand can
not become law 1t but be to give quotas to
the consciences of certain gentlemen.
The allotted hour having expired Mr.. ANDREWS
Of Kentucky, moved that the committee rise ana re-
port the bill
Mr.. MASON, of Maryland, moved to lay the bill
aside and take up the bill providing for the surrender
of the canal stock belonging TO the United States to
the State of Maryland. Negatived.
This committee and reported the bill, and MIR.
ANDREWS, of Kentucky, moved the previous ques-
tion but withdrew his motion at the request of Mr.
Thompson, of Indiana, who, after some remarks on
the course of the President and his own pledges re-
newed the demand for the previous question. After
the usual preliminary votes the bill passed by a
vote taken by the ayes and noes The ayes being l04
and the Sc.
MIR. FlLLMORE,on leave, reported bill from the
Committee Ways and Means, to limit the sales OF
the public stocks at par and to authorize the issue OF
Treasury notes.
Mr.. ANDREWS moved to lay the bill on the ia
BILE. Negatived. 1t was referred and ordered to be
printed
MIR. BARNARD moved to go again into Commit
tee of the Whole, when the bill providing for reme-
dial justice was taken up and opposed at length by
Mr. Black, and then briefly by Mr. c. J. Ingerso
The hour having expired the committee rose and
reported the BILL and Mr. Barnard called the previous
question.
MIR. w. A. IRWIN moved to lay the bill on the
table and called for the yeas and nays They were
ordered The vote stood ayes 70, noes 49,
The question required on the passage of the
bill
Mr.. y. J. INGERSOLL addressed the House in
opposition to the bl-regarding it as a concession
made In addition TO those alteady yielded to Great
Britain by the treaty just confirmed by the Senate.
Mr.. CUSHING replied to the arguments of Mr..
lngersol He said he had hoped that no attempt
would be made PREJUDICE the treaty, either one wa
or the other The situation of the country now is pc
culIar. But though there cries of dsress--they
are not such cries heard in England sounded
by the oppressed millions. But to hush them, all we
want, 1t is conceded, is permanent system of tariff
permanent system of currency, and permanent
system OF relations with hat country, with whose in
terests ours are most intimately complicated. rhe
whole argument relating to the treaty, he maintained
must be based on uncertainty-on suggestions to
which fancy might give shape well as another
After these pr,liminares he replied with great
force, to the positions and arguments of Mr. Ingersol
and showed that far from any thing being
dered, the interests and honor of this country had
been boldly maintained all the points of conrover-
sy. In conclusion he showed the plopriety of the
enactments in the bill under consideration and argued
that there weres concession to Great Britain, even
as conceded by the gentleman from Pennsylvania
since other conteIminous nations interested
it.
The previous question moved, and the ayes and
noes ordered on the passage of the bill. The vote
Stood ayes 81 noes "a
The House then ad journed.
From The PHILADELPHIA Express.
HON. JOHN. c. CALHOUN.
1t is stated in the New York Journal of Commerce,
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