Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1847-02-03
From Correspondence d the Charleston Msieury
WAsBINGToN Ian 10 12d7.

8 WAsHINGToN, Jan 10, lS47.
e Mr.. Sewer, from the Committee .o
D Foreign Relations. reported bill tsimi
| lar 10 tina, Of last scssion) appropriatin
$ So, 100000 10 enable the President Il
/, briug the war to conclusion. Mr., S
gaze notice that he should ask the consid
! GRAFTON OF The bill at au early day.
1 Mr.. Benton, from the Commiuee OF
j Military Affairs, reported the Army. Bill
J with an amendment providing for agran
f760 acres of land to all who shaiISyol
unreer for II months, or during the war
and who shall serve 12 months, Gnles
killed or disabled in service, and also rem
derins The lands inalIienable previous t.
J the issuing Of the patent, and posponinE
the issue Of the patent until seven year!
after the land is located. @ !,
Mr.. Berrien called attention to the fact
that the Instructions directed Officers oil
[ Volunteers 10 be included, while the bill
made no provision for them. He there
fore moved an amendment so as 10 include
the Officers of Volunteers.
Hereupon Mr.. Benton and Mr.. Berricr
had debate all to themselves; each
speaking about half dozen lmes-Mr.
Benton rough and little respectful in bis
replies, while Mr.. Berrjen was civil and
causic.
Mr.. Crittenden and Mr.. Badger made
some remarks in explanation of their
views, both being members Of the Com
mittee on Military Affairs, the former not
being in favor Of granting The lands to the
Officers, and tI'e laueI ia favor of it.
Alter some further remarks from Mes
srs. Berrien aud Bcnlon, Mr.. Calhoun
asked for the reading of The instructions 10
the committee.
They were again read.
Mr.. Calhoun said he was not in favor
of the amendment now proposed, and he
doubted very much whether he should be
able to bring himself 10 vote for any such
provision for granting bounty lands.-
They had bad good deal OF experience
on this subject, and the result Of. that ex-
perience was, thalit was the very worst
mode, bulh for the Treasury aud for The
soldiers and volunteers for whose benefit
it was intended. Buthe rose TO say that
in his humble opniun, it was due to the
mover Of this propostion-it was: due 10
The authority Of the Senate itself, that the
amendment should be put in, so that the
bill should staud precisely where it would
have sIood if the members of The commit
Ice had recollected that there had been
such instructions. He was disposed 10
throw no censure upon The committee
there were great many amendments
moved, aud it was nol extraordinary thor
this particular matter should have L2sr
overlooked. But, most updoubleGif, ii
the committee had known there were
such Instructions, and onilted 10 put them
III, il would be au aci Of the deepest dis
respect to the Senate. Uuder this Impres.
sion, though opposed to the ptoposiiion,
he, for one, should give his decided vote
,o,put The amendment where it would
have been IL The committee bad remem.
bered the Instructions.
Mr.. Benton said .tlat. If the Aolion of
ItIt enatr,r from 1Ge0rgT 6SpfeSs ss5ed; -It1nF
prpfision would become part Of tie bill
blythe acl of the Seua,e, and could not be
again dissented from. The proper mode,
he thought, would he 10 send il. back to
the coinmitlee, and he now made that
motion.
Mr.. Calhoun said he was not in The habit
Of doing any thing without releclion.-
He might have been mistaken as to the
stage in which this bill was now. But
be had spoken under the impression that
il was before the Senate as in committee
of The whole if so, all amendment could
be inserted, and the Senate would have an
opportunity 10 strike out the amendment
or, at least, to record lis vote upon it when
The bill was taken out Of the committee
1t was point, however, which he never
could yield, that he bill should be made
TO conform 10 tho instructions given TO the
committee.
Mr.. Benton. The Senator from South
Carolina makes it question of revolt-a
question Of revolt, sir. Of dsobedience 10
the Senate; OF rebellion. for which the
committee is to be reprimanded by the
Senate. Are we children building cob
houses ? Is this Senate by grave vote,
10 putin an amendment, and Immediately
knock it oat! And that for The purpose
Of showing the committee that the Senate
wilt make them obey? For that is The
ground upon which the Senator puts it
of disobedicuce, revolt, OF disrespect aud
il is 10 this way that the Senate is TO chidc
The commillee, like children putting chips
upon one auother's head and knocking
Them of. The appropriate motion is to
'einstruct the committee. move to re.
commit the instruction, and in the mean
ime, sir, | say again that the commiuee
acted like men of business.
Mr.. Calhoun, am not apt to be excl
ed or to be puerile. There is no pueril,
ty about it; lhereis no accusation of re-
volt. The majority Of the committee
themselves sustained him in The view he
ook. But it was the Senator from Mis-
ouri himself who sci up the authority of