The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1843-01-26
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
THE PUBLIC PRINTING.


Mr.. WISE said that the Select Committee on the
Public Printing, which was appointed at the last ses
sion and renewed this had instructed him to make
a report accompanied by bill to establish Gov
ernment Office for printing, binding, etc, and for
other purposes. =
The bill, and the accompanying report were order
ed TO be printed and committed TO the Committee of
the Whole ON the state of the Union.
THE ExcHEoUER
ill., II---,r----~ 49, consideration of the
order OF the day, being the following resouton re-
ported by the majority of the Committee of Wavs
and Means, lend the pending amendments viz
Resoired That The plan of an Exchequer presented
TO Congress by the Secretary of the Treasury at Tho
last session, and entitled "a bill amenda,ory of tbe
several acts establishing the Treasury Department
ought not 10 be adopted
Mr. BARNARD said that if he supposed the ,c-
ton of IN House the subject of the currency VA,
to end with the vote which would be taken on the r.,
solu n now before them, he should not trouble the
House with any remarks whatever; and he should
eon'tp' himself with recording his vote and then re-
lerring 10 The report of the maorty of the Commit
tee OF Ways and Means as furnishing abundant res
son and argument for disqualification but he felt
bound 10 say al the time that there were MIR
poses positions. and arguments in that report from
which, # that were the question before the uouse
he would feel himself compelled 10 dissent Rut h.
hope and trust wa, that when the House shall have
dehnltively acted on the proposition before Them
.ey would then proceed to positive action on
suoIec, oil the currency; and he hoped and trusted
that Is House not TO content ,bems,lves viii
the negative proposition now before them He held
It TO be proper for them to act on the subject IN tb
form presented by the Commute, # Wavs and
Means, but he held also that il was Iroper and tbc
boundcn duty Of the House. after the action .baI
have been passed, to proceed if possible 70 ,n,tnrc
some measure of relief for the country He ,eLeved
mat such tn ng was practicable; and whateter IL
was practicable for the House to do on this mtor-
tant subject and whatever could be done without q,
sacrifice OF prime pie, for the relief of the Goyesn-
ment and the country, he held this House was bound
to do. So, as far he was coDce ned the gentle
man from Massachusetts MIR. Cushing need
be under no apprehension that he ente, tanned
any uispositon TO stop with the proposition
of the majority of the Committee of Ways and
Means; and he begged the gentleman TO notice now
II he Mr.. 90 should not himself move to 20 into
Committee Of the Whole on the state of the Union
on has MIR Cushing's) bill, he (Mr Barnard) would
urge tins course the House at the earliest possible
moment He should DO this OF th the slightest n nc
that III House would enterta the bill TO which he
had referred but after This bill shall have pece.sari-
y been condemned by the adoption Of this resolution
together with the bill OF the Secretary OF the Trea
sury, as The most convenient mode OF getting al anc
Their prop sltion, which lie would feel II TO e his d
~ TO present aud urge the notice Of the n use
The President had vetoed the Wings, measures Of
finance ana currency, and now the proposed TO veto
ms measurts Of finance and currency By the ex-
preston he meant tina, the Congress of the United
states was as much Of constitutional Cactu az l. q
President himself. The Excbcqucr plan, in his OPT
mon, was designed to constitute subordinate Exc
cutiye Department Of the Government and when
conidered IN tho aspects into which II naturally d.
yided itself, II was an Executive Treasury with sub.
Treasures, aud, m the next place an Executive
Commercial Bank OF Depose and Exchange The
hrst he held TO be competent for the Gov rnmept
but, as 10 the last there no competency vbats-
yer. Alter Illustrating these points he said that
when the proper time arrived he should urge on tbe
House To go into Committee of the Whole
that the bill introduced at the last session by
the gentleman from Massachusetts (Mr Cush-
lng) might be taken up, and also for The purpose
Of considering simple plan which he intended to
submit the relief Of the Government and for tr-
nishing currency to the people. In the meantime,
he would call the attention Of gentlemen To the plan
recently submitted by him for tneir consideration.
MIR. WIN l1ROP remarked that 1t was the saying
Of a wise man, that " out Of the fulness of the
heart the mouth speakcth y but lac must admit that
he had no 1ulness Of the heart 10 speak The whole
subject had been embarrassed and perplexed BY
Congress and the President, that he could not SEQ
bow any could approach 1t without reluctance.
For the last ten ears they had been tossed on the
waves Of party contention year OF two since they
thought that they were coming into port but the oh
ects which they took TO be land and looked at as
such from the Masthead was only fresh reef of
rocks TO cross their pathway and they were now as
far as ever, II not farther, fro.n their haven And,
10 continue the nautical figure, rhe subject Of he