Burlington hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1845-185?, 1846-04-30
10 Judge Douglass on former OCCASION.


But Alr Iancey. and one or Two others OF
The southern chivalry. insisted upon The
rule being enforced, and Mr. Adams was
cnmpclled to take his seat AT the most
important and interesting portion OF his
speech.
observed Senator Allen and one or
two other Senators Immediately IN the
rear Of Mr. Adams, during the whole Of
his speech. and listening to him with
great attention. lie is beyond all ques
non better able 10 impart correct lntorma
i'm 10 The public. in regard To our title 70
Oregon up to 81 so, than any other lndl-
yidual al present on the stage of action
And fnr this reason. if for no other, he
should have been permitted 70 proceed
with his exposition Of the facts Of this
great American question. Ii seems, how.
ever. 10 be in accordance with the spirit
Of tile age, to siile invesiig ation, rather
than elneidale the truth.
Mr. Bart Of :. g., fnllowed Nr Adams
in renly to Mr. Wentworth Of Illinois, WHO
in few remarks he had male.had called
upon the South Carolina delegation TO fx-
plain how il came thai they voled for a bill
defining our northern boundary al 81 40,
at the last session Of Congress, and Iii.
session was opp ,Sed % il, and also called
upon them 10 show wherein our title was
no Just as good up 70 81 40,as il was 70 40.
Truman Smith opposed the bill, unless
an ameudmen lie offered was first adopt
rd. which was that '.ihe laws Of the u.
States should not be extended over any
British subjects. until otherwise provided
by law" Mr. Smith insisted, tina, after
The treaty had been abrogatrd under The
provisions Of The bill il would rest entire
~ with the President IL say whether the
.lprrlpry Of the u. States west Of the
Rocky mountains extended up - the Rus
sian boundary. or terminated al the parai-
lei of 49, That the exercise If such q
discretion was investing lie executive Of
Tie nation with the war making power,
and that lie was utterly opposed 10 giving
lie President any such power. lie be-
lipved that Congress should retain tina.
mower entirely in its own hands; and 10
d. 50, il became absolutely necessary that
The hill should be guarded in the manner
proposed. With such provision in il
he would support the bill; without it, he
should be compelled 10 oppose il, believ-
ing, as he did, thli The operation under il.
as il had come from the committee, would
lead Us 10 a hostile collision with Great
Britain.
From The Correspondence Of tie No Republican,
WAsnINGTnN, April Is, 1916.
You NAV have thonght il rather singu
lar that omitted t. mrntion, il my letter
nf Yesterday that Nr Mckay had reported
his revenue tariff bill! 10 Tie House The
cause Of this omission i susceptible Of
easy explanation. When the committee
rose. presuming the House would imme-
,!ialely thereafter adjourn, il being then
nearly four O'Clock, left the II use l.
turned ont. however, that Mr. Mckay
prevailed upon the House, jnsi on The eve
&c its adjournment, to allow him. by com
mon consent, To report The bill; and IN
consequence OF this unusual proceeding
was thrown off my guard, aud neglected
mentioning il in nv last letter. You will
perceive, upon an examination of the syn
npsis published in the Inteligencer nf
this morning. that the duties on wnnllens
have been increased from % 10 80 per
cent; and upon roi,ons from 20 to %
This mentioned. some weeks ago, would
he tie course taken by the committee.
You will also notice two other very sin
nalar provisions IN this bill OF abOmtna
lions: one is vrsling the President with
the power 10 levy duty Of ten per cent.
upon tea and coffee. il the event Of the
revenue filling short 81 the actual expen-
dilures Of the government. As this result
is certain 10 follow. all the humbug about
admitting tea aud coffee free Of duty will
have been exploded the very first year Of
The existence Of the bill. The other OBJ
iprlion4bla feature to which allule *.
allowing The seizure Of goods, whe ieyer
IN the estimation of the custom house Of.
f,ers they are invoiced too t0to. and caus-
ing them 10 be sold, paying The owner
the invoice price and five per cent, aadl-
ton, aud putting The overPlus,lf any there
| should be, IN The Treasury Of the United
States. Under this provision, the gross
est abuse Of power can and will be exer-
cisel. No day has yet been fixed for
taking up the bill for discussion. but il
probably will be done in The course OF
This week.
Some DAYS since. | mentioned that the
81 Louis Harbor appropriation was IL
danger IN the Senate. growing out y! the
i doubt tia, existed as To The course tina
Nr Dix would pursue as one of the com
miilee on Commerce, TO whom lie bH
had been referred. | learn this morning
that he goes with Messrs johnson an,
Davis in favor Of the appropriation. al,
that Tomorrow, or next day al farihesi
the House bill will be reported By then
10 lhe Senate without amendment Thi
will in all probability secure its passag
hrongh tie Senate, and lis fate will b
that Of The bill in general.
The Illinois delegation of the House O
Representatives were taken good dea
By surprise Yesterday il seeing The nom
nation Of A. G.. Herndon confirmed a
one Of the Lard Officers al Springfield i
teat State. JOHN Taylor and v G.. Hc