Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1847-02-19
TWENTY NINTH CONGRESS-

MONDAY, FEBRUARY, Is, lS47.
SENATE
MIR. Webster offered the following:

Gorc
WI. rsns;ons for five years. Alef SUN
am ,a na from him the bill was passed.
pa. Evans Introduced bill TO au'nori2e IN
WI, 'o purchase the City Hall, Tor The Use Q
The Smithsonian Institute.
We rba General appropriation bill was reported
,.o,n The finance committee, with sundry ament
ii'I Mr Huntington said he would call up he ma.
val appropriation bill tomorrow.
Mr.. Niles gave noticeilha, he will, Tomorrow,
call I'D his resolutions Tor raising additional Ie-
venue.
The bill providing for four additional steam
frigales, tor The navy was passed.
The bill 10 repeal the pilot law Of 1887 was
postponed till Tomorrow.
The consideration OF lhs three million bill
was then resumed
Mr.. Bagby having The aoor spoke al some
length in defence Of The policy Of The admnisfa-
ton, and insisted that The annexation OF Texas
was the true cause OF the war. He supported Inc
bill, and was for vigorous prosecution OF Inc
war.
MIR. Badger has The door FOR tomorrow.
Aliera shor, Executive session, The Senate ad-
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
A call Of The House was ordered, and aoou!
one hundred and forty members answered 10 Iheir
names.
The House then, by vote OF one hundred ana
flty-nine 10 six, decided 10 60 into Committee oi
The Whole, and MIR. Norris in the Char, re-
sumed The consideration oil the Three MILLION
Bill. Mr. Pendeton briefly addressed the Char,
bu, il being nearly twelve o'clock, The hour flxei
for terminating The debate, he stated ha, ne would
reserve the remarks which he had intended to sub
nit, until a future occasion.
Mr. Dromsooe obtained The floor, win view
10 ctier some amendments, but as II was now ive
minutes OF twelve, proceeded 10 make lew re,
marks. Al twelve, he proposed 10 s'rike oul al
after The preamble and enacting clause, ana IN
serl a substitute, providing that money not ex-
ceeding three millions OF dollars, shall Dc ap,
propriated 10 be expended under The direction Of
The President, 10 bring the war 10 an honorable
termination, an accoun, OF The expenditures for
which shall be submitted TO Congress Al The next
session, &c, &c.
MIR. Winthrop inquired if The adoption Of the
substitute now, would not prevent any turtnef
anne ndment and The chair decided that such
would be The effect, MIR. Dromsoole postponed
The offering his substitute for the present
Mr. Stewart proposed 10 amend by providing
thai The money SHOULD not be paid until treaty
of peace shall be ratified by Mexico and The Y.
States.
Mr.. Hamin moved as an Amendment The
Wilmol proyiso; and The amendment aller Sc
yeral attempts 10 amend that, was adopted, iio "
SO.
Further amendments 10 the bill were offered
by MIR. Stewart and Mr.. Winthrop, and reJec'eu'
when
Mr., DromgooIe again offered his substitute Tor
The whole BILL which substitute Mr.. Ashmun
moved 10 amend BIZ adding thereto The Wilmot
proviso. Mr.. Ashmun's motion prevailed, luo
TO II. ;.
Mr. Dromgoole here requested permission 10
wilhdra " his substitute but il was decided tnal
having been amended and become The properly
OF The committee, il could not be Withdrawn.
The substitute, as amended, was then rejected
without division.
The vote was then taken, By yeas and nays, Oh
the original bill, as amended by the introduction
of the Wilnot proviso and The bill, as amenoeo
was adopted by the commiltee-ll5 10 loo.
[The vote OF The Virginia delegation IS as lol
lows: Yeas-None. Nays-Messrs. Atkinson
BayIy. Bedinser, Brown, Chapman, DtomSoole
= -. - -, p--l.-~. *
The committee then rose and reported The bill
to the House, with only one amendmenl-the VIII
mot proyiso
Mr.. Ingersoll moved The previous question, ant
there was second. The main question was &C
cordinsly taken on this amendment, and II wa
agreed to-ll5 TO LOG.
The bill, as amended, was then read thin
time, when MIR. Dromgoole moved 10 lay il d
The table. Negaived- IS 10 l22.
The question on lis hnal passage was then ia
ken by yeas and nays, and The Dill, as AMENDED
| passed, lis 10 los. ;.
The vote on the prov;so was very nearly di
vision between The Save and free States-verl
few southern men voting ior'he amendment, AM
very few northern men against il,
Mr.. Brockenbrough, OF Florida, attempted Tn
introduction OF the following preamble and reso
lu,ions. which were ruled out of Order as not be
ING strictly within the scope OF III question OF pri
| vlese:"
Whereas, il is understood by the House OF Re
representatives., that, on Saturday, The thirteenth
instant, in the chamber OF The Senate OF The Uni
ted States in open Senate, Senator from tht
Sale of Florida used The following language, Il
wit:
"l warn The Democracy OF This country, lbt
people OF this country, that they do not know one
twentieth pall Of the corruption, The ieculent
reeking corruption, in this respect, in This go
yernmcnl for years past. tell the people Of hi:
| country that The government and institutions O
| this country have been, and will lie, used as a
machine 10 plunder them Tor Office bessars, anc
10 perpeluale The possession Of political power.
solemnly believe il The people OF the United
States knew the manner in which their govern
! menl was conducted il they could be all assem-
bled al the city OF Washington, hey would be ex
cited 10 kick up revolution in lwenly-our hours
which would tumble the President, heads Of de
pariments, both houses Of Congress, Democrats
and Wings heels over head into The Potomac
and believe they would &C, right in SO doing "
And whereas silence ON the part OF this House
NAV seem an acquiescencc in The truth oil The re
mark, and an indisposition or Indifference 10 the
correction Of The evil on the part OF he representa-
lives of The people and whereas, mo member u
either House can be questioned in any other place
Tor any speech or debate" and this House, from
the vagueucss and wanr Of specification in the
charge, possesses no means Of vindicalion or in.
vesigation; and whereas this House, speaking
only for ITSELF deems investigation peculiarly ne.
cessa!y, as well from the buundless generality
and the excessive, dangerous, and degrading char
acler Of the corruption charged, as from The high
position and lofty place whence the charge enia
mates, being made without formal contradiction
in the presence Of al! the States Of the American
Union, and all the great powers Of The world, b
their representatives.
Be il therefore resolved by The House oil Rep
resentaives OF the people Of the United States o.
America, That committee O. one member
( from zach otdlc SDdlI oe dppolDlcui whose GUY u
shall be 10 wait upon the Senate Of The United
States, at the ti.s. convenient! moment when in
open session, and deliver TO The President Of The
Senate, for The consideration ol that body, this
preamble ard these resolutions, and to request
the Senate most respectfully, 10 take such mea-
sures as may seem best adopted To procure, as
speedily as possible, the most accurate attainabl
specifications Of persons, times places, and cir
cumstances intended TO be included in the charge
in The preamble mentioned 50 far as the same re.
ales to the House OF Representatives, and, fur.
her, 10 request most respectfully iha, the Senate
will be pleased 10 communicate The result
u their proceedings upon that su,jeet 10 The
I House at he earliest convenient lime, in such
manner as The Senate may deem most propes, /,
The end ;ha, such proceedings may b. LAID before
The American people for their information anc
action, and thai this House may adopt such mea
sures as lis own honor and The Interests Of hi
people il represents may require.
Be it further resolved, That Inc committee
have leave 10 perform its duties during the session
OF The House.
The Chair stated, as his deliberate opinion