The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1846-08-08
TwENTY-NINTH CONGRESS,
First Session.
IN SENATE.
EVENING SESSION.

uuie ana referred 10 the appropriate committees.
The CALENDAR
Was again taken up, and the bills with the fol-
lowing titles were considered and passed-yiz
AMI act for the relief ofSamuel ID. Enochs
..... BANKING PRIVILEGES.
An act disaffirming all lava Of the Territories Of
Iowa and Wisconsin granting banking privileges
was then taken up, and after very considerable
time occupied In conversation and debate in relation
tothe propriety of proceeding To its consideration,
and the consideration and rejection Of two motions to
lay the bill upon the table,
Mr.. X. JOHNSON opposed the bill. What
were the grounds on which the senator from Florida
Mr.. WEsTeorrl advocated the biP Why, on the
ground ofan act providing that Territorial legislation
y TO be null and void, till approved by Congre S.
Now, IN the cases alluded to In Florida, Congress
had simply disapproyed oflegslaton which it never
had approved. But where had the senator ever
heard of such doctrine as that on which the bill
was defended A grant to be repealed without com
Pensation to those for whose benefit the grant was
made.
Mr.. WESTCoTT asked the senator from Mary.
land If Congress had the power to invest corpora
tons created by them with authority to create other
corporations OF greater powers than themselyesi
Mr.. JOHNSON. UnquestionabIy, | do He
(Mr. j. could have no other interest in thus matter
than any ether citizen Of the country anxious to
guard the institutions under which he lives, and by
which his rights are secured. lie was confident
that the Senate Of the United States would he the
last body in the world to violate the sacred obliga
tions Of contract, by adopting principle utterly
pudiated by all just men wherever civilization has
placed her foot, freedom reared an altar.
MIR. MILLER thought that the Senate was
acting strangely IN departing in this from
the order which, It was understood was to be fol-
lowed during this days session. with regard to the
bills from the other House. He next adverted to
the fact that a majority Of the committee had re-
ported against this bill. 1t would be we'll to hear
something from the majority members of the COM
mttee. He insisted that the passage of the bill
would be not only contrary TO right, but totally de-
structye of the interests Of the people of the Ter
ritory.
Mr.. BERRlEN regarded this as a most import
ant question. They had entered on the discussion
with a Misunderstanding Of the facts. They were
told that the organic law of the Territory authorized
Congress to repeal these acts. That had disappear
ed. Ii had also been found that no power had been
reserved to repeal these laws stated by the sena-
tor from Michigan, Mr.. Cas-. ....
Mr.. CASS said he had sisted no such thing.
Mr.. BERRlEN. Well, then, the senator had
been misunderstood, and that erroneous construc-
ton of his remarks had been the ground Of argu-
ment. Unless they meant to violate the faith Of the
United States, they could pass this bill In the
exercise of the power conferred by the constitution,
they had created that Territory, and made regula
tons for its government The legislature Of the
Territory had been invested with all rghtfu powers
Legislation defined, and it was declared that the
should not incorporate bank, except with the APP
proval of Congress. The power, then, had
been conferred, and in its exercise they passed the
| law and that law submitted to Congress- and
| approved by it without any limitation. He prayed
senator's then, TO consider what they about to
do. They were now called upon to repudate theii
own actthe act of their agent, which had been rati
fed and approved. fall the other business of the
session to be sacrificed, let it be sacrificed rather
than violate this sacred principle Of the constitution
He renewed the motion to lay the table, and asked
| the yeas and nays, which ordered; and, being
taken resulted as follows
| YEAs-Messrs. Archer, Barrow, Berrien Cameron
Cilley John NJ. Clayton Thomas Clayton Corwin Crit
| Johnson OF Louisiana johnson of Maryland, Mangum
Miller Mofehead, Pearce Phelps Rusk simmons Upham
| Webster and Woodbridge-26.
| NAYS-Messrs. Ashley, Atchison, Atherton, Bagby
Breese, Bright, Calhoun Cass Chalmers Dickinson Dx
Fairfield, flanagan, Houston Lewis, McDuhie, Niles
sempe Sewer, Speght, Sturgeon Turney, Westcot ant
| Yulee-A
So the bill was laid on the table.
The House bill to give effect to the provisions o
various treaties of the United States was received
from the House of Representatives, referred to tn,
Committee Foreign Relations, reported bach
without amendment considered, and passed
PAYMENT OF VOLUNTEERS.
Mr.. DIX, from the Committee on Military AT
fairs, reported back the House bill making ap
|
by Gen. Gaines, and for other purposes, withou
| amendment,
The Senate here resumed the consideration o
uncontested House bills, and passed several, will
the following ttes-viz
An act for the relief of Samuel Jordon.
An act for the relief of Richard Hargrave Lee.
An act for the relief of James Journey.
An act for the relief of Jose Carxillo.
An act for the relief of the heirs and legal repre-
sentatves of Thomas Kelly.
An act for the relief of Eli Merrill.
An act for the relief of Solomon Russell of tn
county of Somerset in the State of Maine.
An act for the relief Of Amos Hunting.
An act for the relief of the heirs and legal repre-
sentatives of Cyrus Turner, deceased.
An act for the relief Of Thomas Ap Catesb
Jones.
An act for the relief of John McAllister
An act authorizing the trustees of Tymochte
township, Wyandot county, Ohio, to select land
for schools within the Wyandot reserve.
An act authorizing the inhabitants of township
one, of range thirteen east, Seneca county, Ohio,
relinqush certain lands selected for schools, and
obtain others in lieu of them.
An act for the relief of Griffin Kelly.
An act for the relief of BEN amin Allen.
An act for the relief of Daniel III. Warren.
An act for the relief of Peter Rife
An act for the relief Of Leah Gray
An act for the relief Of Mary Campbell widow Q
John Campbell
An uct for the relief of John Unlisted, of Escumbi
county, Florida.
An act for the relief of Patrick Kelly, sr., of tn
county of Indiana, State of Pennsylvanla.
An act for the relief OF Eeenezer Conant, of III
county of Jefferson, State of New York.
An act for the relief of Lewis Laing,
An act for the reliefof William Gump.
An act for the relief of Patrick Masterson.
An act granting pension to Joseph Dusseau.
An act for the relief of James Gee:
: An act Tor the relief Of Margaret Gwinnup.
i An act for the relief Of Mary Phelps.
/ An act for the relief Of John Carr, John Bait!
i and Samuel Stevenson, seamen on board the wbal
+ ship Margaret.
n An act for the relief Of Surranus Cobb.
Il An act for the relief of Justin Jacobs. ...
1t An act granting pension to Abraham Ausman
e An act for the relief of Aquilla Goodwin.
il An act for the relief Of John Campbell.
h An act for the relief of Lois Maths on, of Il
county of Jefferson, State of New York. ..
An act for the relief Of Elizabeth Belts, the CT
II Of New York. - 49,. ..
al An act for the relief Of the owners Of the sh
y Herald, Of Baltimore. ......
sr An act for the relief Of Captain John Patton
* A bill for the relief Of the legal representatives