The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1842-07-26

s6e asssissass wssi a. shs imsnsuy Of his legal
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cyano the highsss confidence Ia opposislon to
has opsnos al her authorities had referred Ii
had been sad hat The gentleman from OHIO had shown
hmssf hostile toi, bscaSss be had introduced bill
| % insure the collection Of the revenue. That the
consequence did ssiima.eiy dow from the ptemi-
| ses was too obvious 10 require proof But the most
important matter connected with the proposition of the
| gentleman from Ohio had bcsn overlooked Those who
| COW maintain that no revenue can he collected under
the existing laws, we're strenuous IN their opposition
TO the introduction of that BILL and had thereby de-
monstrated that they wished The Government To stop
he motives Of such conduct need not be scrut"zed;
ne people would know how estimate It's patriotism
nut what had the President done To bring upon
him such awful denu nciatons7 According To his
| construction Of The Compromise act, which the
construction also Of his legal adviser he had directed
the revenue TO be Collected under the pre- ent law
Now, it il operative not Ifit be truly operative
| the President has bot done his duty, and what
rght-if IL should hereafter by the proper tribunal,
be pronounced imperative, injury would be inhict-
ed, as duties paid under prolest,-whiie
| Il must be conceded, that ordlng to the
| Presidents construction, backed it is he
could not act otherwise than he has DONE Mr. II.
In Conclusion said he was, at present. opposed TO the
reduction of the army, especially after what he had
heard this morning in relation to the pending treaty.
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| might please the Commissioners appointed 6y the
States Immediately interested, but they might not
please the whole Union.
| The debate continued by Messrs. JOHNSON,
of Maryland, ALLEN of Maine, at length and
| BOVINE, of New York, when the hour of one hav-
ing arrived, the committee proceeded to vote on the
various amendments Of the Senate, and two only out
OF the fourteen were concurred in.
The committee then and reported TO the
House a bill 10 provide for the permanent employ
ment of certain clerks in the Post Office Department,
and the Army Appropriation bill amended by the
| Senate. The former Immediately passed.
Mr.. STANLY, in justice to himself, gave reasons
why he should vote against the reductions-not be-
he opposed to them but because ne thought
the object could be effected in far more efiectua,
equitable, and perfect manner, by the separate bill
under the consideration Of the Committee on Militia
| ry Affairs.
The previous question having been demanded on
the Army bill, the House proceeded to vote the
various amendments and the House invariably con-
| CURED with the Committee Of the Whole The only
! Senate amendments in which the House concurred,
were the following: In the section providing for the
suppression of Indian hostilities in Florida the Sc
| nate introduced into the item of miscellaneous and
contingent charges the words " including arreara-
ges" This amendment adopted by the House,
but it added the following proviso, proposed by Mr.
Fillmore under instructions from the Committee OF
Ways and Means:
Provided, That no than ore hundred and for
ty-six thousand two hundred and nnety-six dollars
and seventythree cents shall be applied to the pay
ment of arrearages and such arrearages shall be
paid unless they for services rendered or supplies
| furnished in pursuance Of law.
At the end of this section, the Senate added three
| clauses the last of which only adopted by the
| House. 1t reads as follows:
"For arrearages and for the preservation of the
public property at the several places of harbor and
| river Improvement, fifteen thousand dollars.'
! AS soon as the last amendment was disposed of,
| cIod 70 infrfI poo hIc
bill, and objection being made, he moved a suspen-
sion of the rules. The motion prevailed-98 voting in
the affirmative and 43 in the negative The bill was
| then read, and the question being reading it a
second time, and referring it, Mr.. ARNOLD dey-
cred speech the necessity of reform and the
propriety of beginning it at home.
| Mr.. BRIGGS thought this an important question,
and one which must be met The feeling in favor of
retrenchment was rapidly gaining ground; though
he thought the members received comparatively less
| compensation than other public officers.
| Mr.. JOHNSON, of Maryland, gave notice that he
would, at the proper time, move an amendment tsf
the effect that any member, at his own option, might
receive six dollars less, provided he thought he
ought not to receive eight dollars that his services
were not worth much In offering this amend
ment he meant no disrespect; but he believed eight
dollars constituted remuneration by no means too
great. He thought his services worth eight dol
| lars; but if there any who conscientiously be-
leved their services were not worth eight dollars,
and were equivalent only to six three dollars he
was willing that they should follow the dictates OF
| their conscience
| After some remarks from Mr.. ARNOLD,
| MIR. WISE said he had substitute which he pre-
ferred to that offered by the gentleman from Mary
| land 1t was to this effect: that from and after
the present session of Congress, member of
| the Senate or Of the House of Representatives
! shall receive any pay whatever-and that no
! appropriation shall be made for the pay OF the
members of the two Houses of Congress for any SER
vice rendered or be rendered during the present
session. until provision shall be made for the pay OF
the officers and men of the Army and Navy. and OF
| others in the employment ofthe Government to whom
money is due.
Mr. WISE explained. He opposed to a re-
duction of the pay below eight dollars. He thought
that little enough; but he now declared, that he
would for appropriation for the pay OF members
until legal provision should be made for dischargng
what is actually DUE and has long been due to credit
| ors of the Government.
Mr.. UNDERWOO was opposed to the reduction
of the pay, but he wished that remedy should be
put to the existing abuses.
Mr.. BARNARD wished to lay the bill on the Ia
be as there time play this game at such pc
Rod Of the session.
After some conversation between Mr.. Barnard and
Mr.. Stanly &c. motion made to lay the bill on
| the table.
ERRArUM.-In the abstract of the Senate proceed
ngs of Saturday, published on Monday morning, it is
said that the tenth section of the bill to regulate the