The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 184?-1851, 1845-02-19
TWENTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS:
SECOND SESSION.
FERRnARY 8.

FEBRUARy 8.
The Senate, to-day, passed the bill reducing
the rates Of postage, and modifying the ranking
privilege. The bill (Which will be found in the
congressional columns) makes important chan
|ges in the present post-office system. Should
the low rate of postage-that is, a uniform charge
of five cents for half an ounce, and ten cents foI
an ounce weight, and so in the same ratio, to any
part Of the United Systematically reduce the
revenues of that department, and throw it upon
the common treasury. there could be no better
time TO make the experiment. The people de-
mand cheap postage; by this bill they will have
iii; and should the consequence be a necessity
for applying a portion of the surplus. in the treas
ury to make up the deficit in the revenues Of
that department in testing the experiment, no
evil will be incurred thereby, but on the contra
~, much good. The people will have returned
~ them, through this system Of cheap postage,
la portion of the moneys drawn from their pock-
els through the tariff, and the evils consequent
upon a bloated treasury will, in some measure,
be lessened. This is the argument OF some OF
the friends of the bill. They do not, however,
expect that a deicitin the revenues Of that de-
department can, in consequence OF the change,
last more than a year; for the reason that the
cheap rates of postage will cause a progressive
increase, from year to year, in the number OF let
tiers forwarded through The mail. Should the
friends of the measure not see a realization OF
all their just expectations, it is very easy Tor a
succeeding Congress to repeal The law and res
TOTE the old system. The bill passed the Sen
ate, OH yeas and nays, by a vote Of 80 10 r.
The Senate then spent a short time in executive
session, during which time it is understood Nv.
White, late President of the Tyler Baltimore
convention, was rejected as consul 10 Liverpool,
and Judge Nelson, of New York, was confirmed
as one of the Judges of the Supreme Court OF
the United States, in place Of the late Judge
Thompson. When the doors were opened, the
Senate adjourned till Monday.
The House was occupied all day in the con-
sideration of private bills, a number Of which,
that we're yesterday acted on in Committee Of
the Whole, were s~everally ordered to be engross-
ed, and read the third time, and passed.
FEBRUARY 10.
The Senate, to day, passed the bills from the
House, making appropriation for the payment OF
revolutionary and other pensioners, for the ser
vice of the Post Office Department, and for re-
pairing and building Qualifications, for the year
ending 30th June, 1916. Several other bills
were considered, and ordered to be engrossed
for a third reading, among which was the bill for
the ascertainment of the claims for French spoil
iations prior to 1900. This was ordered for en-
g~rossment, by a vote on yeas and nays Of 26 to
Is.
The House was occupied Today on business
relating to the Territories, as a special order, and
several business bills, providing for territorial i'm
~provements, were f~avorably acted on, and laid
aside to be reported. The committee took up
the bill providing for the admission of Iowa and
Florida into tie Union on equal footing with the
other States; and, after some time spent in debate
, thereon, the committee rose and reported pro-
gress. The House then adjourned.
In our report of Friday last, we omitted to
state that a report was made by Mr.. Labranche,
from the Committee on Commerce, upon the Pc
ton of clerks employed in the custon-house al
New Orleans, for arrears of salaries, recommcn-
ding that an amendment for the benefit of said
J clerks be made to the bill making an Apr opria-
ton for the civil and diplomatic expenses Of 90
yernment for the year lS45. 1t was ordered to
be printed, and committed TO the Commit &c OF
; the Whole on the state Of the Union.
FEBRrARY Is.
The Joint resolution from the House for the
annexation of Texas TO the United States was
taken up for consideration, upon the adverse re-
port of the Committee on Foreign Relations
when Mr.. Archer moved that the resolution be
indefinitely postponed. Mr.. Morehcad occupied
the floor for more than two hours, in opposition
to the resolution, arguing that what it proposed
was unconstitutiona and inexpedient, if for nc
other reason than that it added new territory to
the Union. He was strongly convinced that i
was better for the people of the United States &c
plant themselves in their original territory than
10 extend il. He maintained that it shouldnot
be extended; that a precedent for It's extension
should be opposed in the outset. He denied
that there was any power in the constitutional
admit a foreign State into the Union. Mr.. Nj.
! having concluded, Mr.. Buchanan obtained the
floor; but without proceeding in his remarks
yielded to a motion TO go into consideration Of
executive business. The Senate spent a shorI
time therein, and then adjourned.
The House was occupied in Committee Of the
Whole for the principal part CT the day, on the
bill providing for the admission of Florida anc
, Iowa into the Union. The various amendment
that were offered were debated by Messrs. Bayly
Morse, Levy, and A. V. Brown, until two o,
clock; when, in pursuance of a resolution adop
ted this morning, the committee proceeded Il
Iyote on the amendments. These being dispo
sed Of, The committee rose and reported the bill
TO the House; when, under the operation of the
previous question, it wNssordered 10 be engrossed
and then read the third time and passed, by
vote of yeas las, nays As. The House agar
resolved itself into a Committee Of the Whole
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