The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1843-02-10
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THrSspAv, February 9, Is4S
SENATE
THIRD SESSION

ing letters from the Collectors Of Customs, M relation
to the warehousing system, which ~as referred TO
the Committee on Commerce.
GOVERNMENT STOCK AND rnE BANKRUPT LAW.
Mr. CRITTRNDEN presented memorial from
Pennsy lvania, asking for the issue Of two hun
dred millions of Government stock also memoir
al from Kentucky, for repeal Of the BsnkrPi
law.
Mr. MILLER presented a memorial from New
Jersey, asking for the repeal OF the law.
GENERAL JACKSON.
Mr.. LINN offered a resolution, which adopt
ed calling upon the Secretary OF War to send TO the
Senate the letter of General Jackson and other pa
pers file, justifymg the declaration Of martial law
in New Orleans, in 1915
PENSION BILL
Mr. EVANS, from the Committee Finance,
reported the bill from the House making the annual
appropriation for pensions.
MIR. HUNTINGTON moved the indefinite post
ponement of large number of bills from the House,
providing for the payment of certain claims preferred
by the owners Of fishing vessels The bills were
| companied by adverse reports which were ordered
to be printed.
Mr.. WOODBRIDGE presented the resolution of
the Legislature Of Michigan upon the subject Of roads
and canals.
Mr.. FULTON presented resolutions from the Le-
gslature of Arkansas upon the subject Of armory
and hospital which referred to the appropri-
ate committees
Mr.. BARROW, during the morning, reported q
bill from the Committee on Commerce for the i'm
provement of the Mississippi and its tributaries
which read, and the report accompanying it was
ordered to be printed
THE EXCHEQUER-PCBLIC DEBT-TARIrr, RE-
TRENCHMENT, ETC.
Mr.. McDUFFlE called up the resolutions submit
| ted by him on Monday last, and which fol-
lows
Resolved, That it is the solemn and urgent duty Of
the present Congress To adopt, without delay, Elf
cent measures TO revive the crippled and deca ying
| commerce, repenish the impoverished exchequer
and arrest the alarming accumulation Of the public
debt Of the United States.
Rssored, That a mod fcation Of the existing tariff
on foreign imports such will render il strictly and
in good faith mere reycnae measure, is indspensa-
BILE the accomplishment Of those objects and that
the recent measures of the British Government par
TALLY adopting the principles Of free trade the pub
lie indications OF disposition the part of the pre-
sent ministry extend those principles still further
and the probability of the speedy organization Of
extensive system Of smuggling on the line of our
frontier furnish pressing motives TO Congress for act
ing the subject during It's present session.
Resolved, That rigid system Of retrenchment,
economy, and accountability, such will bring the
annual expenditures within the annual income OF the
| Government, is not less indispensable; and that
while this is rendered necessary by the deplorabe
state Of the public finances II is rendered just, and
injurious 10 the public service by the great reduc.
ton OF the currency and consequent appreciation OF
the value oil money.
Mr. McDUFFIE said that these resolutions were
upon questions Of paramount importance nothing
les than the state of the Union. lie moved that they
be made the special order Of the day for Monday
next. The motion was agreed TO.
ron Wednesday, MIR. EyAss submitted the follow
ing resolutions which he stated he intended 10 sub
nit as an amendment to the resolutions introduced
on Monday by the Senator from South Carolina Mr..
Nc Dufie,l and which are given above, when they
shall come up for consideration, viz;
Resolped, That, among the causes which have con.
lrlbu,ed most efficiently TO the depression OF the TO
reign and domestic commerce Of the country and TO
the consequent Impeachment of the national treA.
sury, and which have thus rendered a resort to loans
inevitable, is the want Of a currency of uniform aus
IN all parts of the United States, commanding the
confidence Of the people and no measure designed
revive commerce, repenlsh the treasury and avert
the further accumulation OF public debt, will be
plcte or adequate TO the accomplishment Of these
objects, which fail to supply their wants.
R.soirtd That another OF the prominent causes Of
the present Frustrated condition Of the business Of
the country, and Of the public finances, and which
LA. largely imp aired American character and credit
which has exposed republican institutions to re-
prosch and obloquy, is the failure Of many States
Of the Union TO provide for the regular payment Of
the interest their public debts and especially the
favor aud countenance W, ich have been given to
some extent in portions OF the country 10 the
ala ruatug t,d At
not binding upon the people Of the States which
have created them, but may be annued and repudi-
alcd al their discretion.
R,soiped, That while this Congress does not in
tend 10 adopt any measures for the payment by the
United States Of the debts Of The individual States
il nevertheless deems IT proper, in view Of the disas
trous consequences TO the national character and ere
dit anil TO the institutions OF Republican Govern
ment Of the failure Of the States to fulfil their OBJ
legations and Of the principle which has been assert
ed, that these obligations not binding on them
10 declare that the debts OF the States created by the
legislative authority thereof respectively are obliga-
tory and binding upon said States, and cannot be by
them annulled repudiatcd, and that it is III. SOL
emn and gent duty OF the people Of said Sites to
resort 10 the most efficient means in their power for
the preservation Of their faith, and the fulhlmen OF
their obligations,
Resolved That II is the duty Of Congress by ever,
constitution al and proper means in It's poverty the
adoption Of measures to restore and preserve cur
rcncy Of uniform value throughout the United States
by the collection and disbursement Of the public rev.
enue, and the regulation and administration Of the
public finances in such way shall be least burden
10 the people, and most conducive TO the rcv-
val Of trade and commerce, as shall secure the wages
OF labor from auctuation as shall give security and
stesdness to the industry Of the countryto render
every practicable aid and encouragement 10 TIE PEG
pie 81 the several States in their efforts to meet their
engagements, and to discharge the obligations into
which they have entered
nrMP.
Mr.. CRITTENDEN moved that the Senate pro-
coed TO the consideration Of the Joint resolution from
the House Of Representatives, Tor the establishment
Of agencies IN Kentucky and Missouri, for the n.poc
ton and purchase Of the hemp grown ia the West for
the use of ths NAVY