The Middlebury people's press. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1841-1843, 1842-08-02
Correspondence Of the American.
July 20.
Three o'clock p. NJ
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
The first business of the morning was the
adoption Of resolution offered by Mr.. Fill
more to suspend all debate IN committee Of
the whole, on the Senate amendments 10
the military appropriation bill. The vote
was-yeas 81, nays Sc.
The House then resolved into committee
of the whole, and resumed the consideration
Of the Senate amendments TO the military
appropriation bill.
MIR. Cave Johnson urged the committee
TO refuse concurrence with the Senate.
Mr.. Stanly, as chairman of the committee
on military affairs, advocated the necessity
of concurrence with the Senate in max
ing the full appropriations demanded. The
reduction of the army would he attained by
another bill-ihat for the reduction and re-.
organization of the army. which had alrea
dy passed the Senate.
Mr.. Ward, of New York, opposed the re-
duction, and advocated concurrence.
Mr.. Carruther advocated the reduction.
Mr.. Adams earnestly urged the House to
maintain its ground. He renewed his for
mer declarations of strong prejudices against
a standing army, acquired in his youth from
the Revolutionary jealousy on this subject.
He condemned all new appropriations al this
time when there was no legitimate revenue
in existence. The present mode of col.
lecting taxes by Executive authority alone
he denounced as unconstitutional and reyo-
lutionary.
1t was REPETITION of the case Of "John
Hampden and the ship-monoy," in which
began tho contest between Charles |. ami
his people which finally cost the king his
head. He appealed to every lawyer IN the
House TO say, whether the Presidents con-
struction was not illegal. He secuted the
decision of the Attorney General, and re-
viewed his past history with severity, to
show that he was no authority on such a SUBJ
ject, and that his opinion was entitled 10 ve-
ry little respect on any subject.
Mr.. Everett said that when the bill was
in the House before, he had opposed The re-
duciion Of tho Army on the ground that an
important negocIation was then pending
which rendered it improper to change the
military position of the country. But since
the bill had been in the Senate, the country
had been credibly informed that these n7go-
Citations were coming TO peaceful conclu-
sion.
He should now vote for the reduction of
the Army on the ground that it was desira-
Bile for the country's interests in this negU-
cin'ion, that its military position should be
reduced. He announced to the House the
rumor that the President would VETO this
negotiation. by disavowing the authorized
acts fine Secretary of State
1t was the design of the President 10 bring
the country to the verge of war; and we
should moi at this time put new arms into his
hands. The power of war and peace was
by the Constitution vested in Congress a.
lone: and he trusted they would guard that
power from Executive encroachment.
Messrs. Holmes and Cost Johnson oppo-
sed the reduction: MIR. Warren advocated
it.
The Committee then took the vote on the
amendments. The most important were
rejected.
The Senate are on the Tariff. Mr.. Ev.
ans has openedr the debate with long speech
on the whole subject. He is still speaking.
X. NJ. L. II.