The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1846-07-29
TwENTY-NINTH CONGRESS,
First session.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
TUEsDAr, July %, 1886.

OF Reprent.tyes a. have not received them such book
a. were furnished TO the msnbss OF the hast IN
GLIDING the 9th volume Of the debates ON the federal con
sttutioR and that the books remaining IN the oFar
% THE House be smPlOysd to that purpose a. a a. they 60
70 authorize require the rsPrntng oil amy Of said DOCKS
Mr. s. ADAMS objected.
Mr. STRONG moved suspension Of the rules
Mr.. REID asked the yeas and nays, which were
ordered; and, being taken, were yeas 70, nays ~,
So tWo-thirds not voting in the affirmative, the
rules were not suspended, and the resolution was
Mr.. CULVER (leaye having been denisd) moved
suspension OF the rules To enable him to offer the
owing resolution, which was read for lnforma-
tion
R,soirsd That those members Of the present House Of
who have received the books and doea
msnS mentioned in the resolution this day offered by
Hon. srsrHEs srEoSs, Of New YSIk, and who voted
M documents be respectfully requested said
books Snd documents to the Clerk Of this House,
Mr.. WENTWORTH suggested 70 Mr.. CUL'ER
50 to modify his resolution as TO include those old
Jihss with which, some hye or six years ago, mem
beers were furnished.
The yeas and nays were asked and ordered on the
motion TO suspend the rules, and being taken, were
yeas 81, nays 81.
So, two-thirds not voting in the Affirmative, the
rules were not suspended, and the resolution was
n0i received.
SPECIAL AGENTS.
MIR. WOOD asked leave to offer the following
resolutions which was read for information:
,saIrsa That the Secretary Of state be- and he here
~ requested commune to this House statement Of
the amount Of money paid by the government Of the United
States to special commercial or diplomatic agents %
on the 81 day OF March isS and whether any person Wills
employed permitted in addition to his authorized
the ices arising from any consulate Of the United states
and his name. and the amount Of fees received By
him.
Al N.KAV .k;..,.I
Mr.. WOOD moved a suspension Of the rules.
And the question being taken, the House refused
10 suspend the rules.
SO the resolution not entertained.
Mr.. PRESTON KING, by leave from the Com
mitlse on Invalid Pensions, made report upon the
petition Of Richard Kelly, accompanied by a hll
granting him pension; which bill was read twice
and committed.
RATES OF POSTAGE.
Mr. HOPKINS offered resolution in the usual
FORM providing that all debate on the bill to amend
the act approved the Sd Of March, l645 entitled IAN
act TO reduce the rates of postage, to limit the use
and prevent the abuse Of the Thanking privilege and
for the prevention Of frauds on the revenues Of the
Post Office Department" should terminate this day
at half-past eleven.
Mr.. RATHBUN moved to amend by inserting
one.
Mr.. s. JONES, hrO.
Mr.. RATHBUN accepted the modification.
The modified amendment was agreed 10.
And the resolution thus amended was adopted
On motion Of Mr.. HoGE, the House then Ie-
solved itself into Committee Of the Whole on the
state Of the Union, (Mr REID, Of North Carolina,
IN The chair and resumed m. con.ideration of The
said hill.
Mr. MeCLELLAND modified his amendment Of
Yesterday to read as follows:
Strike out from lines seven and eight the words
land less than SIX hundred miles"
ons ~ e., ser,;on az foIIov,.
"ADd sor any dis,anes over ,ix hundred mile. 6ns-p
cents;
And for every additional quarter Of an ounce or fraction
less hIn me quarter o. an ounce an aaaona Pos'sge e
rbin over Ohm ounc, an5 less than
when the shall be charged with the single
postage: PSESsL Thai the rate OF nsen cents shan be
a. ai'u nsi III b ~ s - ,h ds
artms1t viii dual s and in tha, case ten
shall be e rate of postage for sll'snCss over three
hundred miles
Mr. GORDON 1Fed the so sudden overthrow
II the syster' OF .icn1 postage, proposed by this
bill. He sus lined te main features Of the existing
law, and wished the experiment OF cheap postage
further and fairly tested and under its operation he
thought the department would soon sustain itself,
~ he held II ought TO, and not be made charge
upon the treasury. He read resolutions Of the lie,
Sislature of New York, Of February, lS45, and
February, 1886, in favor of the act of l845, and
ne protested against any interference with that
act, which worked well He examined and con-
iemned the provisions of this bill, the re-ex-
lending the Thanking privilege TO deputy post
masters, &c. He was in favor of the abo-
,on of the Thanking privilege entirely, to prevent
the frauds necessarily consequent upon it, and the
burdens which 1t imposes on the postage payer. He
would go for the regulation and proper increase OF
e compensation of deputy postmasters in another
~ Il.
In the course of his remarks he yielded for ex
plantations, TO Messrs. HOPKINS and HILL
LARD.
Mr. BlGGS said; l do not rise to discuss the
bill now under consideration, but my purpose is to
express my feelings and sentiments on the conduct
Of a late senator from North Carolina, which has
&, N subject Of deep interest lately do not
NOW tha, my remarks are strictly in order, and
therefore | notify the committee what will be their
purport. Assuming, however, as we are in Com
mitee Of the Whole on the state of the Union that
an act so deeply affecting the Union is a proper
subject Of remark. proceed Ii is with the creates,
main and modification feel myself bound by an
imperative sense Of public duty to allude to this
act-the resignation Of one of the senators from
North Carolina, and whose course has been the
subject of comment elsewhere Gladly would