Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1846-02-03
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TIE Senate va. no, in ....,so.
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Tue senate nae not Ina session.
HOUSE or REPRESENTATIVES,.
The sraxss laid before the House ss,.ni E..eu,l,.
ss""an'es lions. among hen III. annual r,r,,, al an,
'""m''ee 81 Pensions, II which Mr. Bnadh..d Of Pa.
moved Ia ptia, I've thousand ave huud,,d .,,. .,,,..
thousand. v"
Iee motion gave rise 10 some debate In which M, NJ
80 : on In opposition TO the motion sc psin. and la
spp~aaoa TO the pension lave generally. lie said Their,
..s ,ppieane Tor pensions Than ,hss we've men
sas.sed In III. ~sr ffom iiTs 10 i7sS. M. "a. 70, sA-
"s.nas ths whole syssem u Pensions.
Alter some remarks by Mr.. Hor.ro,. Of Al. NJ, g..
wv" 1s"ss, and others, the prev,oa. question vas demand.
u; Wv me'iea 10 psin, $500 prevailed.
,a,' fAsotf.o Ut Ala. rss to Q question Of ,,,v,i.,.
tie then alluded TO tho r.m.rks mad. sv NJ H.. Is II.
speeen yesssrday - pabltshed In In. unisn n, -ss.h ,s.,
Ems ,s. sas.sss nm w,,s h.yias ps.diss.d defeat 10 Ii.
an. ne had made no such ~pssdscuoa h. he'd merely on,
dressed The opinica that var would Civ. Os,s.. 40 Ens
and and Canada TO the United Staies.
Mr. BASLr. al Va siso made q p-rson.l ,xul.n.,u
Tie same reuusmsn had changed him with ss.es,,ns ,h.,
y" nae OF Az wss. ~sn bs,eed which our prs,snsion.
hsa merely given tho vis~s II Mr.. benton on The, po,r,.
sna mad expressly said tia, he rrfr.insd from expressing
any opinion VI his own ON the subject.
Mr. hssk replied 10 both gsn,iem.p. and m.,,,.,,.i,A m.
positions he had assumed in his speech. m. had onI, ain
uea " ~hs't the gentleman had said-ifihey had said wh.,
! N, 'S . mean the ,sal, va. ,hei-. no, h..
ar. iHrrir, OF la, said no hoped that every m,,nb.,
who had made . doubtful speech would be allowed to or.
ft@a' "
The House then went into Commits. of IN. yv,.i.
the state OF the linton, Mr., MeDswriL in the chair and ,.oL
sp a bill relative to COLLECTORS aud other officers Of the Gus
toms. The Committee rose aud reported IN. bill 10 tho
House, alter which Il was read . ,hiri time and pa...d.
The House again resolved itsclf into COMMITTEES an m.
whole, Mt. TihHArrs. Of Ny. In tho chair, and the ot,son
debate was rrsumod.
Mr.. ANDREW JOHNSON. OF Tenn. who was entitled q,
inc hoor, made . speech of an hours length, in which n.
scored como OF HE own political ircnds most unm.rifsuy
TOT The contrast afforded by their conduct upon the door OF
mo House and their protcssions a. Indicated by the r.olu.
lions I" the Baltimore Convention aud ., their various pub.
NC meehnss' After maintaining hat our title to the Who'll.
q oregon was clear aud unqucstionable I" and making Il
political ISSUE they now como forward aud beg to CON-
promise on AZ.
Mr. BASLN made some explanation which ~, could nat
hear, and Mr.. Johnson IN reply. ,a,d that tho centenary.
threats had no tcrors foe him. and told him TO 20 homo
and make them to his slaves.
Mr. JOHNSON then went into the question of nh, and
en'h lily stated the grounds upon which our uils To tn. ~Lel,
81 the territory rests.
Mr.. JcnsSoS's speech wa. able aud eloquent. IL. d.
sign seemed To DO Ia ,eA,P ~ tho refractory members Of b,
own party Who seem oispoecd To kick out ct th. trace. ON
mo Oregon question. The ls.h was applied particularly to
the Accumulation members from Virginia who appeared
To wnihe beneath its intietion, The very men who de-
nonnecd Mr.. Rivcs, and drove h. from the Senate Tor h,.
csHssT raiism were now, no said, moro sifra conservative.
than ever Mr. Risss had been. aud b., ought 10 be hsrs
now to soc how eomPlsecndy they not only adopted but OF.
eeedsd he peculiar doctrines.
Mr.. WON, ot N. ". nrrt obtained the floor and made
a short aud ssc speech. IN opposition to tho notice. aud la
iaNor OF q compromise on ths line of -.
Mt. J, TnoNrsoN. al Mississippi, then obiained tho iour,
and on his notion tho Committee ro.e aud tho House ad-
Icurned.