The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1842-08-30

CONGRESS.
| In the Senate, on Saturday. on motion of Mr..
| BAYARD, Committee of Conference was appoint
ed, in conjunction with that of the House, on the
disputed points in the bill to suppress the vending Of
lottery tickets in the District of Columbia.
The bill from the House, to repeal the twenty per
cent proviso in the sixth section of the Distribution
act came up it's second reading and the question
being stated
Mr. ALLEN objected.
| Mr.. CRITTENDEN inquired whether he under
stood that single objection sufficient to stop the
bill 2
| The CHAIR replied in the affirmative, and stated
the substance of the rule upon the subject.
| MIR. CRITTENDEN suggested to the Senator
from Ohio, whether courtesy would not induce him
to withdraw his objection.
! Mr. ALLEN said that if this was matter of
courtesy alone, he would relieve the Senators but ii
was one Of great Importance, and against which the
party to which he attached had abored for many
years He therefore objected to the second reading
as matter of course and would by all fair and
stitutional means in his power endeavor to defeat it.
| So the bill was not ordered to second reading.
The bill regulating the taking of testimony in cases
of contested elections, was after short debate
committed to the Committee on the Judciary-yeas
| l6, nays -.
The Joint resolution from the House making an
APPROXIMATION to test the invention Of Mr. Colts sub
marine battery, taken up on the motion of MIR.
Preston.
! MIR. ARCHER proposed amendment, auihprz-
ing tho Sec ru.sry Of tho Navy to came
be made on the inventions of Messrs. Easton Camp
bell, Quimby, for the prevention of explosions Of
! steam boilers.
| A short de bate ensued but the morning houl hav-
ing EXPIRED the Senate proceeded to the orders of the
day. being the bill providing for the collection of
enue, and change and modify existing laws and for
| other purposes.
| Mr.BuCHANAN addressed the Senate and, in
substance said that was one most important con-
sideralion with hun to vote for any bill which would
arrest the distribution of the splendid inheritance OF
the public lands, and place the fund where it was
previously to the passage of The law of last September
Every duty now paid under protest, and the vast
| revenue for the support of the Government was in
law, and would continue for some time TO be In law
and no one knew at would be the judicial result.
The Treasury was empty, the public credit affected
and It was tner efore indspensaby necessary pass
some measure to relieve the public distress He felt
that their very first duty to sustain the national
credit abroad failing to do this, they would make
themselves the of the citizens of Europe, and
subject the lovers of free institutions to deep humii-
alton. There were hundreds of thousands of honest
mechanics Who make their living by "the of their
per cent duties the cheap labor of foreign countries
would be brought into runous competition with that
| of our own; and cheap shoes, cheap clothing, and
| cheap everything else, would seriously njure our
own artisans, and deprive them of employment.
This would be the case, he knew, in Pennsylvania
and all he would desire for his State was such
| duties as would enable the manufacturers to live He
would take this BILL at this moment, in preference to
| leaving the country in the condition in which it
would be left without it, trusting to other time
| MOI tot ha
East, South, and the West.
! Mr. MERRICK replied to the Senator from Penn
sylvania and said that he would feel justified in voting
against this bill because it Calculated to restore
the public lands to the Treasury aud defeat the mea-
sure to which the party to which he was attached,
from the Hottest principles of JUSTICE adhered His
firm opinion was that this bill would not provide the
necessary revenue for support of the Government.
1t would not yield much, by three four millions,
as the other revenue act recently passed. for and
coffee in this to in free of duty In fact,
he considered this measure an extravagant bill of
protection designed to operate, and it would operate,
nurously and unjustly on the agricultural interests
of the country.
| Mr. SMITH, Of Connecticut, condemned the BILL
as having in view the protection of one great interest
at the expense of, and injury to, the other
Mr. SIMMONS replied, and spoke in defence of
the BILL being necessary to the support of the Gov
eminent, and the protection of the great manufac-
turing agricultural and other interests of the coun-
| try.
| Mr. HUNTINGTON answered his colleague (Nlr
Smith, and observed that the people of Connecticut
demanded protection, and had right to demand it,
to save them from the consequences of the influx into
the country of the pauper labor of Europe and other
| countries and he expressed the hope that the bill
| before them would, in a few moments, become
| law.
| Mr. CHOATE would vote for the bill under
profound conviction that it all that they could do
at ssthe eleventh hour" or the going down
in the West. He grieved that in passing good law
for revenue they defeated good law for distribution
He had wished to live under the shade and partake
of the fruit of both trees but he felt that, at the
same moment in planting this he assisted to pluck
NY the other by the roots He replied to the Senator
from Marya objections to the BILL and compared
the distribution land fund drop of dew divided
among thousand men dying of thirst; and in con-
clusion, he urged the passage of the measure, and
begged Senator's while aiming at the apple distribu-
toni to remember that it rested their childs
head
| Mr. MERRICK replied
| Mr. WRIGHT declared his intention to vote for
the bill, and gave, as reason, that this measure
would root out the germ of distribution.
! Mr.. WOODBURY. opposed the bill, and, in the
course of his remarks alluded to the remarks of the
/ Senator from New York
Mr.. WRIGHT rejoncd
| Mr. CRITTENDEN said that while he did not de-
sire to attempted protection as principal sub