The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1847-02-05
THE UNION.
Mr. HENLEY moved % amend the BIN BY inserting

Mr. HENLEY moved to amend the bill by inserting
the following VIZ:
mileage allowed and paid senator's and representative
in Congress and delegates from Territories shall be es
places Of residence to the OF Congress
''SEo That much of the act of lSl9 chapter 292
ings OF the Senate the of Congress- unless the
travel has actually been performed be, and the Is
The CHAIR ruled the amendment out of order
Mr. DOUGLASS moved to amend the bill, By adding
the following, viz
For expenses incurred in rhe support of Africans recap
ured and landed the of Africa, in the year 49,
from on board the barque Pons, 5000"
The CHAIR ruled the amendment out OF order
Mr. DOUGLASS appealed from the decision of the chair,
the ground that law had been passed by Congress
that when slaves recapured from slavers, they shall
be landed upon the OF Africa, in the ques
ton.
Tellers were appointed the appeal, and the question
being "Sha the decision of the Chair stand as the de-
csion of the committee ?" the yeas were So nays S.
So the decision of the Chair sustained
On motion, the committee then and reported the
bill with the amendments.
The question being on concurrng with the committee
in their amendments to the bill, said amendments were
The bill was then ordered to be engrossed for third
reading and, being engrossed read third time and
passed, by yeas l73, nays
THE PRIVATE CALENDAR.
Mr. DANIEL moved that the House resolve itself into
conee of the whole on the private calendar; which
motion was agreed TO.
Of the Whole House the private calendar, (Nir WIN
rHRoP in the char) when bills with the following titles
considered and laid aside to be reported to the
House, viz:
Joint resolution for the relief OF NJ A. Price and f. A..
White
bill for the relief of the legal representatives OF
Simon Spauldng, deceased
bin for the relief of the legal representatives of Will
liam Bunce, deceased.
bill for the relief of the heirs of John Smith t., with
an amendment
A bill for the relief of Martha Clark
On motion of Mr. D. p. KING, the committee rose,
and the House adjourned.
| 1.-THE following more explicit statement OF what he
said in reply TO Mr. McILvAINE yesterday, has been fur
nished by MIR. McDowELL, OF Virginia.
Mr.. MCDOWELL then remarked that the object OF
his inquiry had been answered, and that was to show,
through the gentleman himself, and in immediate con-
nexion with his remarks that the eminent statesmen
from whom he had quoted whatever they might have
said of slavery civil institution, regarded 1t IN
its legal or practical bearings otherwise than home
question, exclusively belonging to the States and to the
people of the States who had authorized it, and with
which the general government had not and ought not to
have any right OF interference As to the other PROPOSE
ton of the gentleman-upon which Mr. Med was ready
to the lists for discussion whenever and wherever
might be proper to do sohe held the drec. contrary
and believed that If there any proposition upon
this whole subject of slavery more demonstrabe than
another ii thistha the only hope OF its vol
unary extirpation in the United States resulted from its
that he could by which could be safely grad
ually, or so naturally abolished by which the volun-
tay efforts of the people amongst whom it existed and
who might be willing 10 throw it off, could be SO GER
thought, could be established; and should the urgent
condition of our business here at any time permit it was
possible that he might himself attempt to show that il
could be-