American Republican and Baltimore daily clipper. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1844-1846, 1846-04-08

W uCCePL tne ROAD, ana not 10 uSk congress |
for any further appropriations PRIOR to reeeiv
ing these lands, 1t also had Supplemental
section which had been added Oh the motion
of Garrett Davis, TO grant 100000 acres 10
each State which had not heretofore received
them.
The Speaker said in reply to queries that, as
in the case of the Oregon resolutions, the
House had overruled his decision that the a.
mendments reported by the Committee were
divisable, he was compelled to decide that the
amendments were not divsable, and that the
question was on concurrug with the bill as re-
ported amended.
An appeal from this decision was taken, but
on notion of
Garrett Davis, of ny, the appeal was laid
on the table, by an affirmative vote of Ill, the
negatives not being counted.
motion to lay the whole subject on the
table was thee made, and the yeas and nays
ordered. The House refused to lay it on the
table by yeas 80, noes 50.
On concerning in the amendments reported
by the Committee, the vote by yeas aud nays
vas yeas II, noes 1903. So the House would
not concur.
The original bill appropriating $500, 900 for
the completion of the Cumberland Ioad-beng
100000 for Ohio, $4,000 for Indiana, and
$4,000 for lllinois-tAen came up, and the
question being Oh ordering it to be engrossed
for third reading, it was defeated by vote on
yeas and nays, of yeas 10, noes LOG.
Mr. Rathbun then moved a reconsideration
OF the vote, when another squabbe ofsome mi
nutes occurred, and finally the reconsideration
was refused.
On motion, the House then resolved itself
into committee of the whole on the state of the
Union, Mr. McClernand of ILL.,, in the Chair.
A squabble of some minutes then followed
as TO which bill should be taken up. The
chairman finally decided the motion of
Mr.. Bsnkerhof, of Ohio, to take up the
Senate bill to raise regiment of mounted
rltlemen, and establish posts OH the route to
Oregon, was carried.
Hereupon another squabbIe ensued, at the
termination Of which the bill was read; and
Mr., Brinkerhoff proposed several amend
ments from the military committee. One was
to strike out the word amounted" and insert
clause giving the President power to mount the
whole or any portion of the regiment which
he might find to be necessary. Another was
an additional section TO provide for granting
500 acres of land within five miles of each
military post TO every head of a family who
would settle there with his family, and cult
yatc the land or portion of it for three years
Mr.. Rathburn then moved to lay the bill
aside, as it had not been printed, in order that
it might be printed together with the amend
mcnts Another squabble ensuing, and no
quorum being present, Mr.. X. Withdrew his
motion to prevent the committee being broken
up by a count.
Mr. Levin, Of Pa. then obtained the floor.
and moved an amendment providing "Lhat the
officers and soldiers of said regiment shall be
of American birth.'' On this he proceed to
address the House, and occupied his hour in
defence Of Native American principles and
measures, in his peculiarly eloquent manner.
Mr.. Dromgoole replied in very humorous
and sarcastic manner, stating that Mr.. LIS
speech contained two ideas, though he belong
ed to a party which protessed to have only
Zone idea" Those were that the naturaliza-
ton laws should be extended to 81 years. and
that Congress should interfere with the States ,
in the regulation of the right of suffrage. He
opposed both propositions, the first as a matter
of policy and as opposed to the spirit and Ian
guage of the Declaration of independence and
the Constitution of the U. States, and the Sc
cond as a matter of principle that the Federal
Government had nothing whatever TO do with
the suffrage of the States, which was matter
for their own regulation. When his hour
was up
Mr.. Stanton, of Tenn, obtained the floor,
the committee rose and
The House adjourned at 4 l-2 p. m.