The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1846-12-21

9hsh sawohpess .hsse resgects they now are In re-
tenton to introduce bill to csde certain lands Of the Uni
ted States TO the city Of Cincinnati
CUSTOM HOUSE AT SAVANNAH.
Mr.. T. b. KING, pursuant TO notice. asked and obtained
leave to introduce "A bill making appropriation for the
erection Of cstomhouse in the city OF Savannah Geor
gia" Also "A bill making appropriations for the reno
i which after SsHg read ca twce he
moved to have referred to the COMMITTEES OF the Whole on
the state Of the Union
q CTes OF " no noP'1 49,. Il. - ~
voice Refer them 10 the Committee on Commerce.
Mr.. KING pressed his motion. -
The question was then put first upon the motion OF Mr.
l., which was rejected and then upon the motion to re-
fer to the Committee Commerce which latter motion
was adopted ... ..'
JUDICIARY
Mr. WENTWORTH, by unanimous consent submit
ted the following resolution which agreed TO, viz
Resolved, That the Committee the Judiciary inquire
into the expedency of establishing another OF tho Uni
ned States district court in Illinois
Mr. THOMASSON asked leave 10 introduce the fol-
lowing preamble and resolution which read for in
formation, viz:
Whereas the acquisition of territory by conquest
solHey necessary for selFpotecton IS egugnant to the
is tendencies upon the minds of the people, And whereas
II impoc to acquire any portion OF the Mexican terrific
without paying fair compensation therefor, and the in
habtans OF the country be thus acquired should give
their Tree consent to The change before jurisdiction over
them is assumed And whereas to require conquered
ton pay the expense Of because happens be
weaker opposition TO the impulses
of mans nature and such rule, be made applicable in
all would be the emanaton of despQtsrn, and
worthy good republic whose citizens love liberty And
whereas the costs of avowcd TO be waged for grc
pie alone should not be the cause oil its continuance THERE
Rsolprd by the and Hou, of Representatives Of the
United States Of america IN Congress dssembed That when
indebtedness and establish the Rio Grande the bounda
~ for the two nations the peace between the sister repub
lies, so wlhapply disturbed, ought to be restored
Objected TO.
MI THOMASSON moved a suspension of the rules in
order to permit the introduction OF the resoluton and
upon that question demanded the yeas and NAYS.
Mr.. ROOT TO assign reasons for being excused
from voting. The preamble was he thought, very
strange preface to such a resolution.
Mr.. CHAPMAN rose TO a question OF order. II was
the beginning OF the session. and they had very important
business TO transact This system OF giving reasons for
not voting mere preeNt for making speeches
! The SPEAKER decided that the gentleman from Ohio
within the practice Of the rule
Mr. ROOT then said that far the principle OF the
resolution went he ready to vote but he OPP
posed to the preamble. lie asked to be excused from
| voting
The question was then put, and the House refused to
excuse the gentleman from voting.
The demand for the yeas and nays being seconded they
ordered and being taken, resulted follows viz
YEAS-Messrs. Abbott, Arnold, A'hmun, James Black,
Burlington William W Campbell. Carroll, John G. Chap
dings Grinncl Washington Hunt McIiaughey, Mciienry
McIvaine, Marsh, MoseIry, Ripley, Julius Rockwell,
Strohm, Thonasson Tdcn, vinton, aud Winthrop--s3.
NAYS-Mesyrs. Stephen Adams, Anderson, Atkinson,
blanchard, Bowdon BowIin Boyd, BrinIerhor Brodhead
William c. Brown, Cathcart, Augustus A. Chapman, Reu-
lin, Constable Cotrc, Crnslon, Crozie Culon Culver,
Cummns, Cunningham, Daniel, Dargan De Mott Dlling-
Faran, Fcklin, Foster Fries, Cnn, Goodyear. Gordon
Graham, Grover, Humn, Harrison, Hqmanson, Henley,
ton, Edmund w HUBBARD Samuel D. Hubbard, Hudson,
Iungerfo- Jane. b Hunt, Hunter, Charles j. Ingersol,
jenkins james II. johnson, Joseph johnson, Andrew
johnson George W Jones' Seaborn Jones kaufman Ken
psdy Psston K9g LaTFe@GG LspkS LIB Lyon Lump
HlcIaniel Joseph j. Mcdowell, Jsmes Mcdowell Mckay,
Phelps, Pilbuy, Pollock, Rathbun Reid Relic, Rheu,
Stddon, Rexnn 1HT b. sms Truman Smith Thomn
Smith, Robert Smith, Stanton, Sarkweathe Stewart, ST.
John, Strong, Thibodeaux, James Thompson, jacob
worth, and Yost-ls9
So two-thirds of the House not voting in the affma-
| tive) the rules were not suspended
ADMISSION UNION.
The hour of having arrived the Hous, proceeded to
the consideration OF the special order of the day-the bill
for the admission OF the State of Iowa into the Union
! Mr.. DOUGLASS said that as some inquiries had been
made with regard TO the Cd section he would state that
its object to revive the act establishing United
States district court and the proper officers, which had
been made supplemental to previous act admitting Iowa
not carried into effect in consequence Of the people Of
Iowa refusing to acceptit He hoped the bill would pass
without opposition.
Mr. A. D. SIMS made few remarks calling attention
to the fact that the constitution of Iowa applied to educa
ona purposes the proceeds of 500 900 acres of land
granted by the act of to educational purposes instead
OF to works of internal improvement He wished to hear
some explanation.
Mr. DODGE said that it true, as stated by the gen.
teman from South Carolina, that the constitution of Iowa
did apply the proceeds of the 100000 acres Of land grant
ed TO the State upon its admission into the Union by the
act of 1911, to educational purposes The convention had
regarded this grant gift, sort of outfit from the
parent to the child upon its leaving the maternal roof
Thus regarding it, they did not doubt but that Con-
gress would approve the diversion of the pro-
ceeds of this grant from purposes of internal
Improvement TO those of the Improvement of the mind
Congress, when it had approved the first constitution OF
Iowa. as il did without taking any exception to this pro-
vision had given its assent to this application OF the
grant in question He thought that the purpose to
which il TO be devoted wise and noble one
and he could not but suppose that every member of the
| House would regard the matter in the same light.
| Mr.. SIMS wished It TO be understood that he
favor of admitting Iowa, but, in order to avoid any diff
| iculty, he had sought the explanation given.
i Mr., PETIT made some remarks commendatory OF
the adopted by the people OF Iowa in this matter
+ Mr.. RATilBUN thought that Iowa already a
State nasmuch act had been passed to that effect
in lsl5, and she had representatives, that floor.
| Mr.. DOUGLASS explained that the people of Iowa
had refused in under the act of ls45 admitting
Iowa and Florida because their boundaries sat
sfactory settled Hence all the efficacy of that act as
far related to Iowa was lost. In 1916 Congress
passed act authorizing them to come in with the
new boundaries. And the people of Iowa came
with their constitution asking admission under that
act
Mr. THURMAN made some sensible remaks relative
to the history of legislation with respect Iowa. and the
nature OF trusts committed to the States of the Union but
we obliged to condense very much all this portion OF
the days proceedings.
Mr.. DODGE then said that after the very full and sat