The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1846-03-14
TWENTY-HInTH CONGRESS-.
House OF Rspressn tatives.

this mornng"-ke bill Of fare Major French the gen.
enerous and gentlemanly clerk, presented us with
define our position
TIM HrRALp-MR eoRDoS-rERsosAL EXPLANATION.
Several gentlemen endeavored arrest the attention
OF the Speaker-ameng whom, was
Mr.. GoRDos, OF New York, who desired TO make per
sonal PLANTATION.
The SPEAKER remarked that the gentleman could do
so i there was no objection and hearing expression
Of dissent he requested him 10 proceed
Mr. GORDON sf;er saying IT would be recollected that
several days ago he made a speech on the river and
hsIbor BILL and incidentally advertcd the question of
Oregon, read extract from letter hch apreered In
the Herald OF the i2th stating that he was for 40 Now
on the contrary, ne was for 81 40 and be read from
the Congressional repons OF the Herald the Columbian
Fonnfctn, and the Union, in proof Of the ground on
which he had firmly planted himself on the inst
but previously, when the Oregon resolutions
this subject would be found in bis speech cosaned
In the appendix to tho Congregational Globe He asked who
doubted that spain discovered and Occupied Van Cou
cd II to Great Britain Spain coded all her rights in the
territory to the United States Nearly the whole of this
island was beyond 10, and II was just importent to
the Pacific coast the Island of Great Britain to
the coast Of Europe. And
The SPEAKER intimated that II not in order to
ter into an argument Cries Of "oh, let him 60 on"
from several Of those who had drawn up their chairs
ject to a select commee;p and voice" Send for per-
sons and papers" Another: We have the papers -
only send Tor persons." After the laughter to which
these little and agreeable salas gave rise had ceased
Mr.. J n. IsornsoLL moved that the House resolve it.
Union; and
The SPEAKER rose and stated the question.
Mr. ScHENcK, (holding paper in his handy asked the
gentleman from Pennsy lvania to withdraw his motion
desk, when
The SPEAKER SAID the gentleman could not present his
paper in the present condition Of the House.
Mr. scuEs cx.Will not be in order il the gentlemen
The srnAKEs-If the gentleman from Pennsylvania
withdraws his notion the gentleman from Ohio will be
in order as matter of course.
In. as IN nj riol frour
citizens OF Indiana for the improvement of the Msumee
river.
MIA withdraw
Mt. J. R lsoERsoLL-To oblige my friend, will
MT ScHENcK then presented the memorial and 1t was
suggested that it be referred to the Committee Public
Lands But he dssented. and moved that be referred
to the of the Whole and that it be read la
voice" Refer it without readng.n]
And the memorial was referred to the committee in d.
Gated by the gentleman:who presented it.
MT HARRISON gave notice, that after the harbor bill
shall have been disposed Of he would to take up
the bills heretofore reported for the defence of the
country and he would call for the yeas and nays Cres
Of " order."l
THE PRIVATE CALENDAR.
MT. DANIELS made an Intellectual effort to 60 into Com
mitee OF the Whole, on the private calendar.
HARBoR
Inc house resolved itself into Committee OF the
Whole on the State Of the Union and resumed the
slderaon OF the bill making appropriations for rivers
Mr. THOMPSON. of Pennsylvsnia, reviewed the argu
ments OF the gentleman who had preceded him They
mao ked about the powers and the strict letter OF the
constitution We had the right to raise and support
army as they admitted and gave an old widow a PEN
SION was she part OF the army "a voice I'VE
vote swords Yes, where the power to give an old
soldier sword Why give a man a sword after the
a,ue was Overt Why give the old widow pension
Ret tnese powers Every one must see they were i'm
pied Where did we get the right to fit and send
exploring expedition It not in the constitution
WheIe oi1 we the power to send Capt Fremont to
the Pass OF the Rocky Mountains Where did we get
the power to pay for library Nay more. where did
a piece to buy stationery 7 "a laugh. and voice :
And books~ Yet gentlemen reconcile it with their
Ject OF internal improvements asked for special grants
Gentlemen, too. had spoken of this system as of
plumber but If they consulted the record they would
nnd hat General Jackson was great plunderer, the
years $780, 1881, 1888 and "a, would show for he
commendea appropriations for this purpose gentle
day. OF the coniuct of the Speaker in his appointment
OF the standing committees. But he (Mr. desired to
say WORD 10 bis favor The gegtleman said that Ten
but she has the President and the Postmaster General
and soc had gotten some of the committees the "ba
lance OF power would have been destroyed!
voice. &c ood."] One thing unknd still
The gentleman had endeavored to wake up Ohio, who
for century to come. 50 Jar as the south were
ury-he would him the Comptroller Of the Treasury
m ms House lLaughter] South Carolina had tAe
ws q sbs s' M thar
lLaughter1 She has also the chairman Of the commit
tee on Naval Affairs Neptune and his trident too
Increased merriment Georgia has the head Of the
Military Committee; aud, he before observed, North
Carolina has the head OF the Ways and Means. And
thus the purse and the swords Of which thee lad
heard much, We're in the hands of these two States
lie spoke oil the Importance Of the lakes particularly
in commercial poiat of view--lakes which some gen
uenen seemed to suppose were no larger than mill
dams and related anecdote. He was, not long
since, walking in the streets Of Milwaukee and was
pointed TO child who the first born there Calling
the child to him, he inquired What is your name n
Milwaukee smith, was the reply. "How old are youP
" Nine years. He mentioned this, to show that,
IN nine years, commerce had built up Milwaukee,
could enumerate
Mr.. Woop entered into a Constitutional argument
and avowed that he would vote for what appropriations
considered necessary without regard to any section
and he thought the larger the for the pur
poses the better would be for the public
vice and benefit
MIR. vIsroS aaverted to the history Of internal i'm
provemens from the commencement OF the sy stem and
based his speech the following prcmis cs L. It
cratic doctrines and, 3. That between the two par
es all gentlemen and all parties stood precisely this
without being obnoxious to the reproach of
cy or TO the charge that they had deserted their party
Mr. ADAMS OF Mississippi was next recognised by the
Cnais, apparently unperceived by
Mr. McCoSSELL, VINO arose, as If he designed to ad.
dress the Committee, remarkng that gentleman ap
pcared to have the floor.
Mr. ADAMS said that as soon gentlemen got through
their conversation, he would proceed
The CHAIRMAN raped with his hammer and request.
ed gentlemen TO preserve order.
Mr. ADA MS then commenced his remarks in the course
OF which he declared that he opposed to the whole
OF internal improvements and he conceived
were the whole democracy of the United States Hav
ing concluded,
mir. SEVERANCE caused to be read an amendment
which he designed to offer at the proper time, for the
Improvement of the Kennebec river $4,000 He stated
That the amount OF tonnage built in Maine greater
than that OF any State Of the Union From lsll to sI5
the increase was little short Of IL 900 tons than
In all the States South Of including Delaware
TO the Mississippi As TO the construction Of railroads
he eft q Oin
STOCK companies We could not charter a company to
improve the Mssissppi and it could not be expected
the states would undertake to improve this and
rivers and the lakes This must be done by the General
Government; there was no other power to do 1t. He
Knew no distinction between salt water and fresh
some gentlemen endesvored to show when appropria-
tons were asked for haIbors In conclusion he spoke
oil the British pohcy with regard to her revenues and
what should be our
FERsoSAL.-A BREACH.
Mr.. DOUGLASS then obtained the door and gave way
for notion at ten minutes past three o'clock that the