The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1847-01-02

1 H. Sims Simpson, Stanton, Jacob Thompson, Toombs,
motion to adjourn was here put, and negatived
/ WAR WITH MEXICO.
| Mr. FICKIIN submitted the following resolutions:
Reored BIZ the House of Representatives. That the repeated
insults national fag-h anwarraned dePredaols
upon the persons and property OF our citizcnbe failure
Just demands of our ctzenshe rejection and maltreat-
ment of minister, Mr. Shannon and the unceasins dis,
Gripping our interests in the ports Of
good and sufficient causes for the United States declare
against her, independent o and apart FROM the attack
which she has made upon our army in May last upon the
of Mexico, the attack OF her should not
only have been Tepplsed but the glorious victories Of the
soldiers should have been followed up until that govern
meal was sufficiently 5eb9ked for its ,emery Asr
can to stand by the government IN TINS conflict ana no.
Rsored That while the country is engaged in and
troops the battlefield, party should seek
design 70 make political capital by exposing the enemy
weak points, our party divisions ut hone but all
Resousd That the brave volunteers in our army have
fully vndicated the character for intrepid valor and bold
daring assigned to them by the partially of ---;
and they need not be kept out Of battle by OF any
death"
Resolred That we deplore the policy which retained
fourteen thousand of gallant volunteers in the vicinity
of the Rio Gande, where fifteen hundred have fallen
the diseases of the country and have been wrap
Resoued That our volunteers who have been kept out OF
battle have evnced the firmness and patriotism by
remaining at their posts for more than SIX months lwhe
their comrades dying among them) uncheered by
the pr9ec, Of shortly winning a9els on the "a; M
lily increased $40 per month"; together with liberal
grant of bounty lands at the close of the war.
MI HUDSON announcing his desire to debate the
outions, they were laid over under the rule.
REDUCTION AND GRADUATION OF THE PRICE OF THE PUB
LANDS.
Mr.. r. SMITH submitted the following resolution
upon which he demanded the previous question:
Resored That the bill to reduce and graduate the price
Of the public lands be made The special order Of the day for
Monday the 1lh instant and that the consideration OF the
be continued from day day until the same is dis
posed of.
The demand for the previous question not being Sec
Mr. RATHBUN objected to the resolution; and ii was
laid over under the rule
JUDICIARY
Mr.. billiard, pursuant to notice, asked and OBJ
tanned leave to introduce bill to reorganZe the district
courts OF the United States in Alabama; which
ferred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
CONTRACTS FOR TRANSPORT OF MAILS.
Mr. HILLIARD also, submitted the following resolu-
ton:
Resolved That the Committee Post Office and Post
Roads instructed inquire into tile expedency Of re-
pealng 18th section of act Of Congress Of the Sd
March, 1876, which reads as follows:
And be ftrtter enacted That it shall be the duty of
the Postmaster General in all future lettings of
for the transportation Of the mail to let the same in
for faithful performance, without other reference the
mode OF transportation than may be necessary to provide
for due CELEBRITY certainty, and security Of such
ponation nor shall any hereafter be
qued TO purchase out or take at valuation the stock or
vehicles OF any previous contractor Tor the same route
Mr. G. s. HOUSTON, also, submitted the following
resolution; which was agreed to;
Resolpd That the Committee the Post Office and Post
Roads be instructed inquire into the cxpcdency of
tablishng post route from Jasper, the county seat of
county, Alabama also, post road from Point Smith, to
Buzzard Roost, in Franklin county Alabama also, post
road from Decatur, Morgan county, Alabama by Houstop
store, Jasper the county seat of Walker county, Ala
bama.
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Mr.. r. CHAPMAN submitted the following resolu-
ton which agreed to
Resolved That the Committee of Ways aud Means be
Tennessee and Goos Rail Road Company chartered BY the
General Assembly of the State of Alabama, TO import the
iron for said road free of duty.
PAINTING THE RoTuNDo.
Mr.. BOWLIN asked leave to present memorial Of
Charles d. Drake, esq, and one hundred and twenty
others citizens Of s. Louis, Missouri praying to have
the vacant panel in the rotndo of the Capitol filed with
painting commemoratlng western hstonca! incidents,
and particularly recommending the scene OF the treaty
Of General George Rogers Clark at North Bend in 1s
gentleman peculiarly qualified to execute the design.
Mr. b. thought this memorial peculiarly worthy OF the
consideration of the House, 1t came from large AMI
highly respectable body of citizens of St Louis, Mis-
souri, and pettoned to have of the recesses in the
rotundo filled with painting representing one OF the
finest portions of scenery and the of
of the interesting events American history He
moved, therefore, that the memorial be printed whc
motion being objected to, he subsequently moved that it
be referred to the Committee the Library agreed to-
Mr. SIMS, of Missouri, submitted the following reso-
luton, upon which he demanded the previous question:
Resoird, That the people Of the United States are too
patriotic to refuse any necessary tax in time oil war
| IA motion for adjournment was again put, and mega
| tivedl
! Mr. RATHBUN moved that the resolution be laid
upon the table, and upon this question the yeas and nays
were demanded, and ordered and being taken, resulted
yeas 90, nays 107, as follows, viz
| YEAs-Messrs Abbott, Arnold, William w Campbell,
Carroll, Cranston, Deano, Dixon, Ellsworth, John II Ew
ing, Hale Elias b. Holmes, Samuel d. Hubbard, Hudson,
Daniel p King, Lewis, Rathbun Rip julius Rockwell,
| NAYS-Messrs. Stephen Adams Barrnger, Bayy. Bed
niger Benton Biggs, James A. Black, Bowdon, Bowin,
Boyd Btodhead, Milton Brown, William G. Brown,
Burt, John II. Campbell, Cathcart, Reuben Chap
Crozier Cullom, Cunningham, DE Mott, Dillingham; Dock
cry, Douglass Dunlap, Erdman, Faran, Fickn, Foster,
Graham, Order, Grnnen, Grover HamIin harason, Har
manson, Hastings, Hoge, John w. Houston, George s.
Houston, Washington Hunt, Jenkins James IL Johnson,
Joseph Johnson Andrew Johnson, George w. Jones' Sea-
Long, Lumpkn, McClelland, McClernand, Joseph j. Nc
Dowel, James Mcdowell, McGaughey, Mclienry, Nell
vanc Barclay Martin, Morse, Moseey, Moulton, Norris,
Parish, Payne Perry Pollock, Ramsey, Reid Relie Saw
telle Sawyer Scammon Seldom, Leonard IL. Sims, Snp
son. Caleb b. Smith, Robert Smith, Stanton Starkweather,
Strong Thibodeamx, Thomasson, Jacob Thompson Thur
man. Tibbatts, Tired way, Trmbo, Wentworth, Will
ams, Woodward, and Wright-1O7
| So the resolution was not laid on the table
The demand for the previous question being then sec
onded the yeas and nays demanded upon the main
question, and ordered.
! Mr. McCLERNAND asked the Speaker whether the
mover He desired his friend from Missouri, Mr. SIMS
to change his resolution, that it would read: hat
our ancestors of revolutionary memory hesltaed not to
pledge their res their fortunes and their sacred honors