The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1846-01-02

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there would be necessity for the organization OF
q a separate corps such provided for by the
bill reported from the Committee on the Territories
because the President could his discretion, and
select any corps which he might think proper for
the particular service contemplated by thai bill. \
| One other remark he would make. We had
/ been informed by the report OF the Secretary Of
War that the exigencies OF the public service had
required him TO Withdraw the garrsons from almost
oil the Notifications in the North, and on the North
Atlantic States; and that Of the southern
Notifications had been left without garrsons in
sequence oft exgeneies of the public service in
the South. The secretary also said that he could
not recall the force from that quarter al this parcu-
lar time. Was not the House willing, by acting on
this bill at an early day, TO authorize an amount Of
force sufficient TO guard the public property in the
different fortihcations now existing
! Mr.. GEO. s. HOUSTON called the attention Of
the House TO the fact that the bill reported from the
II Committee on the Territories was special or
der already made, and that Il was now proposed to
make the bill from the Committee on Military AZ
fairs another II these special orders were thus
sanctioned the ground Of the general interest felt
in the House or the country, or for any other
i Mr. MCDOWELL | rise to a point Of order
| Mr.. HOUSTON. The gentleman is too late, or
nearly so. lfhe will let me alone moment, will
obyiate the necessity Of his speaking at ALL
Mr.. MCDOWELL. Let the Speaker decide that;
I desire to be informed by the chair whether il is
IN order TO discuss this proposition
The SPEAKER explained that the question Of
making the bill special order, being simply ques-
ton touching the priority OF business was not de-
batable; but thatIhere also pending a motion Of
II reference. which tcas debaiable. .. b..
Il Mr.. HOUSTON continued. lie would not oc-
eupy the attention Of the House long. He desired
4 simply to explain HIS object, which was to show
that IL the House persisted in this course Of pro-
eeeding, the lime was not far distant when every
committee that made report would at the same
time move that II be made special order. Thus
the House would soon find itself with its hands
tied; for the special order made a vote of two
thirds would be required to get the House Of the
difficulty in which t thus placed itself with regard
/ 20 It's business.
II He would not go into the merits Of the question
Of raising these two regiments Of rAemen Of In.
creasing the army at all. But IL he understood the
| reason assigned by the gentleman from Georgia
Mr.. HARALsosl for pressing the early considera-
lion Of this BILL il because constituted one Of
the sections Of the bill reported by tho gentleman
! from illinois Mr.. DoueLAssl from the Committee
on the Territories. 0.... ..
Mr.. HARRISON rose to explain The gentle
man from Alabama Mr. g. s. HoUsTosl was mis-
taken. The remark which he (Mr. HI had made
was this; that the bill reported from the Com
mitiee on Military Affairs would probably obviate
the necessity Of one of the sections Of the bill intro
duced by the Committee on the Territories The
bill he had reported however, was entirely different
and more extensive IN its PROVISIONS having refer
not only to matters referred TO in the sixth and
seventh sections Of the territorial bill but providing
for the exgencies Of the public service in other
tons Of the Union besides that OF the line Of travel
to Oregon.
Mr.. HOUSTON continued. The explanation Of
3 the gentleman amounts, think, to about what
supposed him TO have said | perceive that there
must be an intimate connexion between the two
: bills Indeed, the gentleman himself to
think so; and that is why, il a spe-
cia order is made at all, il should come after
the House shall have acted the bill reported
from the Committee the Territories. We
do not know--we cannot know-what action
this House will take on that bill And am almost
warranted in saying that, IL the bill reported by the
! gentleman from Illinois, Mr.. DouGLAsr, or some
other bill OF the kind, be not passed take it for
granted that the necessity for considering the bill
from the Committee on Military Affairs will be OBJ
waited. Ii seems to me, therefore, that the bill re-
, ported from the Committee the Territories should
first be considered and acted upon. H. after that,
r we desire to raise two regiments Of rhemen or to
increase at all the military force of the country, we
then take up the other bill, accomplish the OBJ
ect we desire, and in that manner perfect such le-
gslaton as the best interests Of the country may
e quire. know that there are other bills connected
with this very subject which have the same mpor-
attached to them; and DESIRE therefore, that
, this particular bill should come up without any pc
culiar advantage it may derive from being made a
special order, and that should stand upon its own
merits. ~
Mr.. DOUGLASS hoped the motion of the chair
man Of the Committee on Military Affairs would
pre- vail and that this bill would be made the special
order for Tuesday next 1t true this bill, if
passed, would obviate the necessity Of one section
Of the bill which he (Mr. d. had had the honor TO
: report from the Committee on Territories. II would
obviate the necessity Of that section which pro-
4 vded for the raising two regiments of Dragons.
n Il provided for this particular, and in a Mariner
. much more perfect than the bill which he had re-
. ported, and it came as appropriately from the Com
mtee on Military Affairs. He did not see the ne
cessty of the postponement Of this bill until the
other bill came up. He did not concur with the
gentleman from Alabama, Mr.. HousroNl if the
Oregon bill failed this session--which, he trusted
no gentleman in this House would admit was going
to fail-that it would not be necessary to pass the
present bill. This would even then, be necessary
for the protection Of emgrants their way to Ore
gon, and for settlers on our western frontier, now
much enlarged by the annexation of Texas And,
further, for the reason specified by the chairman OF
the Committee on Military Atfairs-viz: to obviae
any objection to the other bill on the ground that
the proposition for the two regiments ought come
! from that commtlee-he thought they ought to act
on this bill first They had no special order for
. next week; and unless they made one, they might
be adournins over from day to day and doing
nothing. He saw no reason why they should
not take up this bill and dispose of it; and if
the chairman Of the Committee on Indian At
, fairs would report their bill, and the chairman of
! the Committee Foreign Affairs report their no
= tice, he saw not why they might not all be taken
up next week and acted on at once; and then when
the Oregon bill came up, they could modify il so as
! to meet those bills which might have been passed
II would obvate the objections which had been and
which might be raised to that bill, that il included
= subjects over which other committees had uris-
. diction; and they could meet this Oregon question
face to face directly on its own merits, without any
: controversy az 10 whether il ought to have come
n from this or that committee. He hoped therefore,
q that this preliminary question would be settled, and
,r that week after next, to which time he had con-
. scented the Oregon question should be postponed,
would not be occupied with the discussion Of these
e questions W. ..r.ag. .,
y He repeated the expression of the hope that not
only this BILL but the bill from the Committee on
Indian Affairs, and the notice from the Committee
n on Foreign Affairs, would be taken up next week.
and disposed OF. He hoped, therefore, this motion
u would prevail. There could be objection raised
n that 1t would not he necessary if no Oregon bill
e were nasaed. = If no OreGnn hill missed nj all IL