The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1846-03-31
HOUSE OF REpREsENTATIvEs.

Mr., A. ID. SIMS asked leave to introduce the fol
| lowing resolution:
RssOsd That the hour to which this House shall hence
forth stand adjourned shall be II O'clock M until other
wise ordered
| Objection having been made,
Mr. SIMS moved that the rules be suspended q
enable him to introduce the resolution.
MIR. WINTHROP Cunning to Mr.. Mckay mad,
n remark, OF which nothing heard by the re-
porter.
But Mr.. MCKAY said he hoped the House would
agree to the change OF hour, for II was high
time that il should be made.
Mr. WINTHROP asked the yeas and nays on
the motion TO suspend the rules, which we've or.
dered, and, being taken, were yeas 1876, nays SO.
&c. two-thrds voting in the affirmative, the rules
were suspended.
| And the resolution being thus before the House
The question was taken, and II was adopted
EXECUTIVE COMMUNICATION.
I Mr. DRoMGooLE inquired il there was on the
Speakers table a communication in relation TO the
depostes of the public money
The SPEAKER replied in the affirmative.
Mr.. DRoMGooLE asked that it be laid before
| the House.
And the SPEAKER, by consent, laid before the
House the following communication;
A letter from the Secretary of the Treasury sta.
ting, in compliance with the 5th section Of the acl
| Of the 30th Of June, l845, making appropriation
for the civil and diplomatic expenses Of the govern
ment and for other purposes, that the Bank of Bal
timore, and the Bank Of Louisiana, two Of the de-
positories OF the government, have been discharged
since the last sesson Of Congress- with the reasons
thereof; also, that the depostes have been with
drawn from Henry Dodge, Of Georgetown, and
from the Bank of Wooster Ohio; together with an
extract from the Treasurer's last weekly report
showing the amount deposite in the several de-
Positories, as appears by the last returns, and a
| statement showing the stocks now deposited with
the department collateral security for the public
funds in custody Of the various depositories
On motion Of Mr.. DRoMGO0LE, the commu-
nieation laid on the table and ordered to be
printed.
The SPEAKER also, by consent, laid before the
House private bill from the Senate name not
heard which was read twice by its title and COM
milled.
DEBATE ON THE IgDEPEgpEEr TREASURY BILL.
Mr.. DROMGOOLE offered the following reso-
luton
Rssorsd That all debate shall cease Ton Thursday ne
In Committee Of the Whole the state OF the Union the
gsnIaon of the treasury and for collection sskesp
ing transfer and disbursement OF the public revenue
o'clock and the committee shall having voted without
debate pending amendments and such may be offered
report the bill TO the House.
The resolution having been read
Mr.. JACOB THOMPSON moved to amend il
by striking out Thursday" and inserting "Wed-
nesday."
Mr.. DRoMGooLE said he believed the resolu-
ton was not debatsble.
The SPEAKER said il was not
Mr.. DROMGOOLE was understood to say, he
hoped the motion would not prevail.
The question on the amendment then taken,
and il was rejected.
The question recurring on the adoption of the res.
oution-
Mr.. HAMLIN moved to strike out the hour
of "one," and insert "three."
The amendment rejected.
The question again recurring on the adoption OF
the resolution
Mr.. wooDWoRTH moved that it be laid on
the table.
Mr.. BRINK ERHoFF demanded the yeas and
nays, but withdrew the demand.
And the question being taken, the House declared
that the resolution should not be laid on the table.
And the question recurring on its adoption
Mr.. MCCONNELL moved to strike out Thurs
day next at o'clock" and insert Saturday next
at o'clock"
The amendment was rejected.
The question again recurring on the adoption of
Mr.. G. SMITH asked the yeas and nays;
which were refused.
And then the resolution was adopted
So the House decided that all debate in Committee
Of the Whole on the state of the Union on this bill
should cease on Thursday next at o'clock.
THE INDEPENDENT TREASURY.
On motion of Mr.. DROMGoOLE, the House
resolved itself into Committee of the Whole on the
state of the Union, (Mr. JOHNSON, of Virginia, in
the chair,) and resumed the consideration of the
bill to provide for the better organization Of the
treasury, and for the collection, sae.keeping trans
fer, and disbursement of the public revenue
The pending question being on the following
amendment heretofore offered by Mr.. G. B. SMITH
to the LIST section Of the bill
"Propidsd, That nothing contained in this act
shall be so construed to prevent the Secretary Of
the Treasury from depositing the revenues Of the
government in any bank banks when he may
deem it expedent; and also to receive government
dues in the paper of spece-paying banks"
Mr.. CHAPMAN was entitled to the floor, but
yielded for the moment to
Mr.. MARTIN of Wisconsin, who offered the
following amendment:
Insert after the word "felony" in the 10th line of
the 18th section, "And if any officer charged with
the disbursement of public moneys shall accept or
receive, or transmit to the Treasury Department, to
be allowed in his favor, any receipt voucher from
a creditor of the United States without having paid
to such CREDITOR in such funds as the said officer
may have received for disbursement the full amount
specified in such receipt or voucher, every such act
shall be deemed to be conversion by such officer
to his own use Of the amount specified in such re-
ceipt or voucher
Mr.. CHAPMAN resumed his remarks from yes.
terday. He expressed his regret at having obtain
ed the floor, for he thought all the time allotted to
TIC ucpate justly peioHSeu W tne oppOsiuOn OH
floor, to whom he wished should be given full OPP
portunity to express their views on this important
question. He thought this best calculated
to promote the interests Of the party to which he
belonged, as he thought such speeches as they had
yesterday had from the gentleman from Indiana,
would be more effective against the gentleman's own
party than any which might come from the side of
the House to which he (Mr. c. belonged. As for
his opponents, he did not wish to triumph over a
fallen foe--"de mortIis nihii nisi bonumr was ever
his maxim. He alluded to the sneers which had
been attempted to be thrown upon the democratic
party for having changed their opinions on this sub
ject, and indicated their course on the ground of
having seen their and renounced them--a
course Of which the wing party were never guilty.
He referred to the early history Of the independent
treasury, as connected with the depos;tc banks of
the country, and came down to it's final establish.
ment in lS40, and its repeal in hot haste effected by
the triumph of the wing party in what was justly
styled yesterday by the gentleman from Virginia,
Mr.. LEAKE, the great national debauch of lS40
In passing, he touched upon some of the moral and
physical chaacterstcs Of that contest whose history