Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1845-01-30

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Ar,olulco ira. ,abr scJ ~ Mr. Hep
Lin'. and aIoprd appo,oung y b French, I
E,q The Clerk of the House
The oath ~, ,bco aim,nattcj 10 Nj
Fteoch and the Hou.e al
january %
SENATE The Credentials 81 the !
clcct,on ol Hon John Fairfield as L. = /
>r'ua,or from Maiuc, for six years
from the ith of March 1915. were
presented by Mr. Evans. Resolutions /
IT the GcpcTal Assembly oil Missouri IN
favor NJ annexation, with instructions
TO Senators, DC, were presented by
Mr. Benton, referred To the Committee
on Foreign Affairs, and ordered TO he
printed. Mr. Benton remarked. that he
felt bound TO give the resolutions his
support. 4 petition from citlz'us IN
Pennsylvania, for change IN the
naturalization law, was presented by
Nr Archer. Memorials against the
anne xatlon Of Texas. were presented
wv Mr. Shoaie, Mr Upton and Mr. Porter
Petitions for reduction OF the rates Of
postage were presented by MS,urgeon
s MrAlicn. 4 resolution, instructIug the
Committee on iheIitnry to introduce
hill to employ PerSico on an equestrian
statue OF General Washington, to be
placed IN the public grounds, was pro
posed bv Mr. CrItteudeu. The bill au.
lhorizlnp the making OF permanent
contracts for the transportation of
mails, was postponed for the present
the Scuutc then adj.
Iloun Ia Committee Of tic whole, the
ablcci Of annexation ~ns resumed Mir
Hsrnmu OF Miss, spoke m hour in favor
ofthe measure Mr. Hudson, Of Mass, an.
other nqalna,l Mr. Marsh, Of Vermont,
followed in on able speech criticising Sc
vercly the remarks Of Mr. Yancy, soyernl
days ago. Mr. Rheu offs G, next got the
floor. and the Commi'eo rose a rosolu.
ton cnquiring otthe Secretary Of thoTrens-
uty whether there were a sufiicien, number
of persons employed in n" New York
Custom House was aiop,cd Tht Pos,
Ofire bill WINS taken from The Commute Of
he Whole and referred to the Commute on
Post Offices and Post RoaIs The House
lhcn adj
Correspondence the Aths
Washington, Tuesday, Jan 81
HorsE OF Re rRLslnTATIyrs- -The
House assembled today, for the first time,
at / | o'clock wcen there was. very slim
attendance
Mr. Dromgoole submitted several amend
mcn's TO the Bill whchh lns heretofore
had referred to the Committee for anneSing
Texas The amendments declare that
Texas, shalt be entitled as soon as admitted
TO two Representatives in the House Of
Representatives IN al other respects
shall he ,telt-d nsany other State, having
the same advantages, &c The amend
mcn's wefe ordered to be printed and
were referred 10 the Committee OF the
Whole.
Mr. Boyd offered resolution, directing
that ali debate IN Commute Of The Whole
on tho Texas question, shall cease at 2 O..
clock on Saturday next
Mr. Carol, OF New York, mo we'd 10 lay
the resolution on The table-and. on that
motion, the yeas and nays were ordered. |.
The vote stood, yeas SO, mugs l05, and the
resolution was not Land on the table. The
resolution was then adopted so that Nil do
bate IN Committee on Annexation will end
al , o'clock on Saturday next
The Speaker then signed the uniform
Presidential Election Bill.
On motion OF Mr. Levy, the first three
DAYS Of February were assigned for the
consideration OF TorulotinI business
Mr Houston moved o su'pcns on Of the
rules Tor one hour for the purpose of re-
celving such reports and resolutions from
the Committees as shall not gave rise 10
debate The motion wn. rejected.
The House then resolved itself on mo-
lion of Mr. Cobb, into COMMITTEE OF the
Whole, and the debate on The Texas ques.
ton WAS resumed.
Mr. Rhrt,, OF South Carolina, who held
tho fi,or from yesterday, rose and addressed
the Committee OF Annexation, lie devoted
the chief part Of his remarks to an nrgu.
men, in supper, Of the constitutional author.
ity TO admit Texas. by legislative enact
mont, He maintained tina, this was
measure ,ha, d.l not come under the
treaty making power al all. but belonged
escluslvelyto Congress. He enlarged on
tina, branch Of the SUBJECT. and annalyzed
various grants Of power m the Constitution
for the purpose Of sustaining the view he
took OF that instrument Tie also smoke
rnrncslv - favor Of eyi"ni.nq The scope
and bun lis Of oar hoefa, ,p,m Of Gor,.n.
meat tie predicted hat, in n few years,
the limits Of this Republic wonII spread TO
m almost unlimited extent The measure
under consideration was calculated 10 en-.
large the boundaries of freedom and was
not. as had been said a sectional question.
In every view. !, was na,ioral qu esiion
He sad the North had forced upon the
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