The Whig standard. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1843-1844, 1844-05-27
TWENTY EIGHTH CONGRESS-,
FIRST SESSION.
SATURDAY, MAY IS, 1874.
SENATE.

SLedtlcr WISH Va
on the Northern Lakes this summer, gave rise
to some discussion.
Mr.. HUNTINGTON objected to the resolu-
ton as novel, and as establishing bad precedent
Mr. BREESE said that his object was the
qualification of the people in that region with the
sight of national armed frigate. 1t was not un-
usual to direct public vessels to cruise for this
purpose, as it had been recently done in the
cases Of the Princeton and Union.
Mr.. BAYARD thought that the Senator from
Illinois might certainly attain his object by simply
addressing note to the Secretary of the Navy
he had no doubt that distinguished gentleman
would cheerfully comply with the request.
Mr. BREESE did not choose to ask any favor
of the administration he preferred to submit to
the Senate.
Messrs. WOODBRIDGE and WOODBURY.
expressed themselves favorably to the resolution.
Mr. HUNTINGTON would be as glad as the
Senator from Illinois to have the vessel to make
the voyage proposed, but could not consent to the
passage of this resolution. He moved to lay it
on the table, which was done.
ADJOURNMENT OF CONGRESS-.
Mr.. EVANS called up the joint resolution set
ting the day for this purpose. He withdrew his
amendment, naming the Cd of June, and left the
time fixed by the House--the 18th of June.
Mr.. SEWER was opposed to the immediate
consideration of this subject, and moved to post
pone it until Friday next.
Mr.. BATES demanded the yeas and nays, and
the postponelnent was carried by the following
vote:
YEAs.-Messrs Allen, Archer, Atchison, Bag
by Benton, Berrien, Breese, Buchanan, Colquit,
Fulton, Huger, Johnson, Lewis, Mangum, Niles,
Semple, Sewer, Sturgeon Tallmadge, Tappan,
Woodbridge, Woodbury-A.
NAYs.-Messrs Atherton, Barrow, Bates, Ba-
yard Choate, Dayton, Evans, Fairfield, Foster,
Ter, MoreAead, Pearce, Porter, Rves, White,
Wright-20.
Mr. EVANS called up this subject for the last
time, he said, and with the hope that it would
this day be finally disposed of.
Mr.. ATHERTON addressed the Senate at
length in favor Of free trade and democratic prin-
cples
After Mr. A. concluded, the Senate adjourned.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
The question Of printing the report in the case
of the contested election between the Speaker
and Mr.. Bolts, was further postponed until We'd
nesday next
On motion of Mr.. sLIDELL, Of La, it was re-
solved that the Senate Bill for settling land claims
in Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Arkansas,
should be taken out Of Committee of the Whole,
on Thursday next.
MONUMENT SQUARE.
Mr.. PRATT, of N. Y, moved suspension of
the rules for the purpose of enabling him to sub
nit a Joint resolution to fence and lay out Monu-
ment Square. The resolution prevailed by 81 to
IS; and the resolution was twice read, and refer
red to the Committee of the Whole.
STATUE OF WASHINGTON.
The same gentleman introduced joint reso-
1,,t;op c>r tho If hc h,,ild
Statue, and placing an enclosure about it,
Mr.. HOLMES, of S. G. suggested that the
Statue las has been suggested by Mr.. HUGER,
of the Senate) should be placed where the Naval
Monument now stands. Mr.. H. thought the pre-
sent position of this excellent work OF art decided
lyIunfavorable.
MIR. J. R. INGERSOLL, Gas we understood)
beautiful work, and regretted that it hsonot been
permanently placed at first
Mr.. HALE. of N. H was willing to take the
building down, but not to put any fence round the
Statue. He condemned the work as bad, entirely
bad, in design and execution--cared not how soon
the elements commenced their work of destruc-
ton upon it, and would like, if it had the power
of locomotion, to give it an impetus that would
send it beyond the furthest limits of the Republic.
Mr.. WINTHROP would have been very much
surprised at the remarks of the gentleman from
New Hampshire, if he did not remember that,
when it was proposed to receive and place among
the archives of the nation, that relic of the Revo.
luton, the Camp Chest of Washington, the voice
of the gentleman from New Hampshire was the
only one raised against it. He seemed to asso-
cate something repulsivewith the memory of the
Father of his country. The gentleman had pro-
nounced, er cahedra, an utter condemnation of
a work of art which had received the warmest APP
probation of artists and literary men abroad, and
was, if less popular here, at least entitled to
lenient Judgment from the consideration that it
was the sole work of the kind ever executed by
an American artist.
Mr.. w. concluded his remarks by submitting
an amendment to the joint resolution, which was
adopted that select committee of FIVE should be
appointed to select permanent location for the
statue.
OREGON.
Mr. DUNCAN moved that the House resolve
itself into Committee of the Whole, for the pur-