The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1842-12-30


THE PINES IMPOSED ON GEN JACKSON AND on DR.
COOPER.
Mr. PICKENS presented the resolution oil ihe Le-
gislature Of South Carolina, requesting theT hePlo
sentatiyes and instcting their Senators IN Congress-
10 vote for a bill TO refund the fine imposed upon
Gen Jacks n al New Orleans in 1919 which was
referred to the Committee Of the whole
MIR. PICKENS also presented the resolutions OF
the Legislature Of South Carolina requesting 'noi
Representatives and nstructing ther osnh avn
their exertions to the passage oil bhi 10 re
fund the fine imposed upon DR. Cooper Tor i,oe' VI
1900 on the President (s1r. John Adams) under inc
Sedition law which was referred to the Oommi''ce
on the Judiciary
THE BANKRUPT LAw-rENsIoNs TO wiDows-ANp
CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS.
MIR EVERETT presented memorial from citi-
zens of Vermont asking for repeal OF the BANK
rupt law also the resolutions Of the Legislature OF
that State in favor of continuing TO certain WIDOWS
Of revolutionary soldiers five year pensions ana
the memorial of hfty-seven members OF "e
Legislature of New Hampshire, asking Congress
to divide that State into four congressional districts
for the purpose of electng members OF Congress
They state that the Legislature has refused to execute
the law Of Congress and as il was not IN order to
debate this question he would merely move that the
memorial be referred to the COMMITTEE oil Electiohs
and ordered to be printed
Mr.. ATHERTON inquired whether it was in order
to say a few words
The SPEAKER replied that the gentleman could
proceed only by general consent
Mr.. ATHERTON said that he hoped that he would
be INDUCED, inasmuch as the gentleman from Yer
mont had made few explanatory remarks.
No objection being made, and amidst cries OF "go
on, go on"
Mr.. ATHERTON remarked that he merely wish
ed to state that the memorial Proessed to come from
ffiy-seven members of the Legislature of New
Hampshire, praying Congress TO district the State
He supposed that the object in presenting petitions,
was TO inform Congress what was the will Of the peo
pie but it seemed TO him that this memorial carried
in itself its own corrective, and showed that the
prayer of the memoraliss ought not to be granted,
for the reason that majority of the people of New
Hampshire not in favor OF distrcting the State
And further, here was a memorial which came from
about one-fourth Of the members Of the Legislature,
and it was reasonable to conclude that they repre-
sented one-fourth Of the people Of the States yet
they asked the Federal Government to interfere to
put down the will of the remaining three-fourths
Mr.. EVERETT sent the memorial to the Clerks
table, and it was read and he said that he merely
desired to that it be referred to the Committee
of Elections and that it be printed He did not wish
to dictate the course which ought to be taken by the
House this subject The memoralists complain
ed that the Legislature had refused TO ABIDE by the
Apportionment law Of Congr IS, and the committee
might recommend whatever course they should think
proper fer the consideration of the House.
Mr.. CAMPBELL, of South Carolina, moved that
the memorial be laid upon the table but the motion
did not prevail.
And the motion Of Mr. Everett was then agreed to.
IMPROVEMENT OF THE MISSISSIPPI AND MISSOURI
RIVERS.
MIR. KENNEDY, Of Maryland, presented the me-
mortal of the insurance companies of Baltimore,
asking Congress to make an appropriation for the inn
provement of the Missouri and Mississippi rivers
which was referred to the Committee Roads and
Canals.
FOREIGN AFFAIRS.
On motion Of Mr.. McKEON, it was
Resolred, That the President Of the United States
be requested to communicate to this House, Gf not,
in his opinion incompatible with the public nterests)
copies of the correspondence between the late Consul
General of the United States at Tangier and the Go
yernment of Morocco.
UNITED STATES DRAGONS.
Mr.. CROSS introduced bill to repeal so much of
the act of the 23d of August, 1912, requires the
regiment of rhemen on the 4th day of March next
which was referred to the Committee on Military
Affairs.
ELECTRO MAGNETIC TELEGRAPHs.
Mr. FERRIS, from the Committee on Commerce,
reported bill to test the p,acticabty of establish
ing system Of electromagnetic telegraphs through
out the United States which was read twice and
committed to the Committee of the Whole.
Several bills were received from the Senate read
twice, and appropriately referred.
Various reports made from standing COM
mttees
THE BANKRUPT LAW.
The House proceeded to the orders of the day
being the bill TO repeal the Bankrupt law.
Mr.. WISE, who entitled to the floor replied
to the speech of Mr.. THOMPSON of Indiana deliver
ed yesterday. He read several extracts from that
gentleman's speech, reported in one of the city
papers, and commented upon them; and with refer
ence to the remark that for the first time in the his
tory OF the Government, the gentleman from Massa-
chusetts, Mr. Cushng,) had set up the Executive
power and the spos of Office to the highest bidder
he said that such monstrous perversons of the say
lngs and dolngs of an adversary would neither do
good Tor the cause which the gentleman from India
ma advocated, credit to himself In relation to an
observation, made yesterday by Mr. Everett that The
speech recently delivered by Mr. Cushing was semi
official, and Cabinet speech, he declared on his hon.
or that as far as any could judge from the prepa
ration and mind Of another, he believed the gentle
man from Massac husets himself had assured him. that
The speech was mpromptu, without consultation, or |
any Pretence OF preparation II he had time he would
prove the appropriateness of the remarks Of that |
gentleman IN order to show to the utras of both |
parties the wisdom and morality Of his declarations |
and if he had time he would touch on some facts Of
which nothing had been said, and also on some facts
alluded to by the gentleman from Indiana He would
not 90 INTO Cabinet facts at PRESENT. the |
me or the fit occasion He had been waiting, and in
'ain for ht OCCASION which will be when the promised
impeachment shall be brought forward. He did not |
see his colleague Mr.. Botis) IN his seat who had |
publicly proclaimed that he would mpeach the Presi-
lent But he MIR. Wisel was afraid hat before tina,
lay came his colleague would not have it in his pow
n to vote When, however, the President should be
brought to the bar of the Senate, he would be ready
o speak of some facts within his own knowledge;
Ind, in contemplation of that day of impeachment
ne would content himself by saying that, whatever
others might say of him, be felt, and he proud TO
eel, that he had as good instincts as other men,
md as honorable, or as just No man had bad |
better opportunity of knowing the secrets of the Wing
,ary the Executive officers and the counseIs of the
big party than he had and he beloved that he might
20 further lie tnen stood in position where he had
OPPORTUNITY o. Knowing both sides and his constiu