New-York daily tribune., 1844-04-01
BY This Mornings Mail.
u Gov. Carroll died at Nashville on the %
ult. He was aged 56.
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS
rY raE nEroRrER oe THE NEW YORK rRIsvyg.
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w~HI>ero> Satu:dsy, March Il
Inc SENATE was not IN Session, to-day
In the HouSE, various Executive co,umun;c,
tons were presented; among which was one
from the Secretary Of War, in reply 10 the res,
luton OF Mr. CLINTON, stating that IN the orde,,
given 10 Lieut. Brsgg for return from Wasb;ns
ton to his post, there had been an express pooy,
son against infringement on the power Of Can
gresS, by specifying that if engaged before a com.
mi,tee, the order for return should not be =,
binding force that he had not been arrested or
account OF any = fear or suspicion OF the lIso,
General; and fully exoneratug General S,o,,
from any lling tishouorablc in this matter. 4,
A motion OF 3ir. CLlNcn to PRINT $500 e,,,,
copies, The House refused 10 suspend the rule, 10
receive.
Mr.. E. JOY NORRIS made All inetiectul etfor ,o
suspend the rules 10 enable him to offer a resop.
ton nstructing the Naval Committee to report
bill for the erection for dry dock at Philadelphia
The consideration of the bill for the reduction
and regulation of the pay Of the army was Con.
tin,ed in Committee of the Whole on the Union.
MIR. PETIT OF Ia. moved TO strike out the
clause approprlttng 5000 per annum for chap.
lain and to insert provision against the future
employment of chapainS and proceeded to al.
gue this astonishing proposition in manner
il any thing still more startling to the House
as it will be to the country. He mad esi.
mated the whole amount paid for chaplains
from the public treasury at S35,32l; for say.
inc which, as wcl as on the ground that the
Christian religion is not compatible with our ma.
t;onal institutions ?)-this religion intoxicating as
Fundamental principle, humble submission 10 in.
iurics, non.rcscntment and non-rcsistance, and
consequently being entirely untitled for the minds
of soldiers and sailors who require the opposite
characteristics that the continuance OF chap.
lains would be the entering wedge to the estab.
lishment OF religion by Governmcnt-he urged
his amendment.
Mcssrs L. j. MORRIS, HOLMES, HAMMET, J. R.
INGGgsoLL and HARDIN briefly but warmly re.
piled, exposing the true character and with one
united voice almost of execraton denouncing the
monstroslty Of this proposition IN this eng ghtened
and religious country of formally separating cur.
| selves and our Government from the benign in
hucnces of religion, and introducing into the land
| something like the rcGnactment of the bloody
scenes of the French Revolution. Each of these
gentlemen spoke admirably and eloquently, and
with highly commendabe tone of vencraIon for
rerion, of the benefits that had accrued to ussa
nation from our reliance upon the God Of Battle and
upon divine guidance and protection at all times,
denying that in this employment OF Chaplains there
was any recognition or any tendency TO the
establishment OF a national religion-no one sect
being favored above othcrs-or that IN sacred
matter of moral discipline like this the petty ques.
ton Of economy should have any weight Slr.
Morris SAID he had ever been accustomed to
ascribe our success in tho Revolution to the fact
that our army was an army of Christian people;
and alluded to the beautiful fact of the venera-
bic Father ofh his Country never being engagedin
any battle without first invoking the blessing oil
the God of battles upon the cause of the just
Such battery opened upon hun utterly denol.
ishcd Mr. PETIT, and he soon withdrew the
amcndmcnt--Mr WENTWORTH having first made
puerilc speech extracted in idea from source
which will be obvious to all who have seen the
recent blasphcmous and Loco tracts on "Prouden'
tiaI Dspensations" turning the debate into po.
litcal one, advising the Wings no longer to wor.
shin beasts or celebrate Bachanallan orgies, &c
The withdrawal Of the amendment prevented
reply to this by Mr. Co.'s SMITH, who egll'
mately and clearly got the floor, but was hnaiy
maneuvered out of it. Mr. WELLER IN the
Chair and by other Locos on the floor
On the next clause of the bill, MIR. E. DAVIS
expressed his opinion that this whole movement
like "A similar one four years ago, was lntehoea as
an electoneerlng measure rather than ooua J1ae
measure OF reform. Starting from this, he was
running into a more general discussion, that %
the comparative receipts and expenditures OF NJ;
Van Burcn's with the observation-disclosures s. anu
with their own promises respecting Tie nlt'la'
&c. when he was called to order by MIR. HALE
which gave rise to an appeal and vote oi s us
House, when quorum not being present. hs
House adjourned. hKGu"