The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1846-07-14

house bill Of great consequence. committee Is aP
pointed to inspect presidents o. such reeonmendsoIy
messages who report the 9th March, several pfecedents
Of similar messages from the lords and IRON the commons
And under the head of observations" on the
foregoing title, the following occur;
"Though il is not customary for either house to inform
the other by what numbers bill has passed yet appears
by report Of the 9th March 1892 that they have sometimes
Recommended bills as of great mportanC the consi
lion OF h. House 10 heh the bill Is sent has also APP
bss been neglected there the commons have sent mes
sage to remind them OF H. in instances Of nth April
l7l6, 2Jd May l72l and on the l2th February IT'LL
The SPEAKER. Debate is not in order.
The yeas and nays on the motion 10 suspend the
rules were asked and refused.
And the question being on that notion,
Mr., HOGE called for the reading OF the resolu-
lion, which was again read
And the quest on "Shall the rules be suspended, "
was then taken, and the vote stood ayes 49, noes
~.
So the SPEAKER declared that the rules were
not suspended.
Mr.. bRosGOoLE 10 the chair.) Does quorum
votel
The SPEAKER. A quorum votes with the
Speaker, who votes either way, to make quo
rum.
So the resolution was not received
Mr.. Mckay called for the orders Of the day.
Bills on the Speakers table Of the following titles,
viz:
An act granting pension to Joseph Morrison;
An ACT to provide for the more eilectual pubca.
ton Of the laws of the United States;
An act to allow to Elijah White compensation for
services and reimbursement Of expenses incurred by
him as acting sub-agent Of Indian affairs, west OF
the Rocky mountains;
An act for the relief Of Henry Eliingi
An act for the relief of Bent, ST. Vroin, and Co;
which bills were read twice, and commitedi and
also
An act for the relief Of B, Harris, of La Sale
county, in Illinois,
A resolution supplementary to the resolution Of
the 20Ih of February, lS45, for distributing the
works of the exploring expedition, were seyeraliy
read third time and passed.
VOLUNTEERS CALLED OUT, BUT NOT RECEIVED.
The House proceeded to the consideration OF the
amendment the Senate TO the Joint resolution ofthe
House TO refund TO the States and individual ex-
pcnses incurred by them under calls for militia and
volunteers made by Generals Gaines and Taylor
when
Mr.. PAYNE moved to amend the amendment
Of the Senate, by inserting, IN lieu OF the provlso
struck out by the Senate, the following:
Resorsd That the Secretary Of War be authorized
aforesaid to allow and pay said volunteers the
which they would have been entitled undr
existing laws lad hey been the service
the United states estimating the time lom the date Of lcav
ing home until their return thereto.
MIR. PAYNE said he would offer few words Of
| explanation in reference to the amendment he had
offered TO the amendment from the Senate. The
resolution passed by the Senate, provides for the
payment of the actual expenses incurred by the
volunteers called out by order Of Major General +
p Gaines, hut not received or mustered into service
of the United States.
His amendment went further, and provides for tho
payment of said volunteers such compensation as
the law now authorizes, and as they would have
b cen entitled to- had they been received, and mus
| tere1 intn he seFvire of fha limited SIaina
Upon the Justice OF his amendment he had WORD
or two to add. 1t was known to the members Of
this body that the class Of citizens, who usually
periodically volunteer in the service Of the country
are men who depend upon their own labor for sup
port. The call was made at that Of the yea
when labor was most valuable. IL was the season
| for pitching crops" and those persons who wert
then called from their homes can make no croF
! this season. Under these circumstances, nothing
can be more just than that they should be amply
compensated for their loss. We cannot amply com
pensate Them; but we can pay for the time ost--th,
| compensation now allowed by law-ane II Will b'
grossly unjust not do so.
| The volunteers called out by Gen. Gaines sup
posed that he was authorized to make the call; they
could not, and ought not TO have looked behind thu
requlsuon of government officer. Therefore, II
obeying his requisition, they were dscharging, al
patriotic citizens always will do, the most sacred
obligations to the country; and 1t is for this
! your duty to pay them.
Mr.. MCKAY chairman Of the Committee o
Ways and Means) briefly objected to the amend
ment, and demanded the previous question.
! To an intmation made by Mr.. Mckay, that Mr.
P. had moved in this matter upon his own RESPONSE
by, and without application from any quartz
upon the subject, Mr.. PAYNE remarked: The gen
teman said he had moved in this matter upon his
responsibility, and without application from th
volunteers Interested How does the gentleman
know what he states to be true' He had received
| Lat Tho la
had moved upon his own responsibility: had-he no
the right to do soi Must every proposition emanat
| from tho Committee Of Ways and Means' If hi
proposition was just and proper one, woult
not the House vote for it just as readily as if tn
proposition had come from the chairman of tina
| committee?
There was a second TO the demand for the pre-
vous question, and the main question was ordered
| Some conversation followed, in which Messrs
TIBBATTS, PAYNE, and the SPEAKER parti
cipa,ed. .. .....
Mr.. PAYNE asked the yeas and nays on hi
| amendment; which were refused.
| The amendment was then rejected.
MIR. JOHN. A. ROCKWELL moved a recon
sideration of the VOTE and asked the yeas and nays
| which were refused.
The vote was not reconsidered.
And the amendment Of the Senate, by ayes II
noes A. was then concurred IN
Mr.. G. s, HOUSTON wished to make an nqui
nv ofthe Speaker He wished to know whether
would be in order for him to move to refer to III
Committee of Ways and Means the Commute
on Military Affairs the subject embraced in hi
colleagues [Mr. PAYNE'sl amendment Mr.. Fl
said he desired that subject to be brought up, bu
not as his colleague had propose it.. He Mr.. II.
wished to see included in the proposition not onl!
the volunteers called out by Generals Gaines ant
Taylor, as proposed by his colleague, Mr.. PAYNE,
but also such as were called out and equipped
themselves under the order Of the War Depart
ment, and who were not received into the service q
| the United States. He thought that the expense
of equipment, and other expenses necessarily IN
voved in their preparations for such service shout
be paid, as well for their time. He therefore de
sired to embrace all Of these points in the motto
and reference proposed-thereby placing all vour
teers upon the same footing.
The motion was not now in order.
| PUBLIC PRINTING.
The SPEAKER laid before the House a commu
nicaton from the President Of the Columbia Ty
biographical Society, accompanied by resolutio
from said society relative to the printing of Cor
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