Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1847-02-16
TWENTY NINTH CONGRESS.
second Session..
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY IL.
SENATE

SENATE.
The Vice President laid before the Senate a
communication from Dr.. Houston, reporter for
The Union, in reference 10 The report in that pa
per- alleged TO be partial and unjust, and ior
which resolution was, on yesterday, introduced
loexclude the reporters from their seats; was read
and laid on The table.
On motion OF Mr.. Mangum, the committee on
naval affairs was instructed 10 enquire into the
expediency Of increasing the Marine Corps.
Mr.. Yulee moved TO take up The resolutions
offered by him yesterday in reference 10 the edi-
tors and reporters OF the Union.
The Vice President said the appeal of the Sc.
nator from North Carolina, (Mr. Badser) would
be the first question in order, and ne must ASH
The indulgence OF The Senate while ne s'a'ea .ne
grounds upon which his decision rested. Since
The adjournment yesterday, he had given much
attention 10 the subject, and had looked into every
thing having bearing upon il within his reach
and the result was that he saw nothing 10 induce
him 10 change his decision, but on the contrary
every thing 10 confirm it. The rule was absolute
All resolutions, whether OF privilege or not
must lie one day, when objected TO- The Vice
President enforced his decision with arguments
and precedents, al some length.
Mr. Badger took the opposite ground, and
maintained that resolution OF privilege was
paramount 10 all rules.
Mr. Wcbsie. said the whole difficulty had ari
sen from considering lie motion OF the senator
from Florida as a resolution, when in fact il was
an order. However it might be woTded it was
an order-an order 10 exclude The e1ilor OF pa
per from privilege which had been accorded to
him-and was no more required TO be laid over
one day, than would be an order 10 clear the gal
leries.
After some further remarks, MIR. Allen moved
10 lay the appeal upon the table. The motion
was nesa,ived Yeas 81, NAYS 81
Mr.. Yuiee said he did not intend 10 discuss the
subject embraced in his resolutions until they
were properly before The Senate, bu! he would
state that the article in The Union 10 which they
REFERRED charged Senators-a majority of The
Senaie-wlh nothing less than "treason"-lrea'
son 10 the Union treason 10 The States they repre-.
sen,ed- and hence he Introduced them and claim
ed them as resolutions OF privilege.
The question was then taken upon sustaining
The decision Of the chair, and il was not sustain
ed-yeas 20, nays q.
The resolutions were then on motion Of Mr..
Yulee, postponed until to morrow.
The three million bill was then taken up and
MIR. Corwin addressed the Senate ia speech oil
erea, length, which was listened to BY the Senate
and BY a crowded audience in The galleries,
with marked attention. and which excited The
deepest interest. He look the bold ground that
the war was an unjust war-,hat the soil up
on which the first blood was spilled is Mexican
and not American soil So help him God, AZ
long as he had the power 10 vote against giving
men or money 10 prosecute ibis war, ne would
not vote for a single man or a single dollar, until
it could be shown that the soil between the Nue.
ces and The Rio Grande was American soil.
He reviewed the whole course OF events which
led 10 The war, and he put il 10 The people OF The
United Stales-he put il TO the mothers o The
countTy-whether they would sanction The pour
Ioft ho 1.la,ch Joft -
sands OF Mexico or the piling up Of their graves
Two thousand high upon The banks OF It's rivers
victims of dissase-merely because single indi-
v.dua was not content TO be styled "John Siidell,
Esq, Commissioner" &C., instead Of "the Hon.
John Sldell, Minister Penipoieniiary and En-
yoy Extraordinary" SC.
Mr.. Corwin depicted, in strong colors, the cru
elites, the horrors, The demoralizing and unchris-
tan effects of war, and contras,ed them with
the blessings and advantages OF peace. The
money which had heen already expended IN this
war, without any results, would have given US a
railroad from the Atlantic 10 the Pacihc-wouid
have places, us, by the aid Of the magnetic teie-
graph, within thirty DAYS communication oil The
commerce of Asia, which was waiting open
armed tor us.
MIR. Bashy then obtained the floor, and the Sc
nate adjourned
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MT. lHSeTSOll uIlcIeu d IcSuluiou III SoSiuS
the debate in committee on The three million bill
bto-morrow al 3 o'clock.
Mr.. Ashmun moved 10 lay The resolution On
the table.
Mr.. Hungerord moved 10 postpone the fur
iher consideration OF the bill until "Wednesday
nsxt with a view 10 take up The army appropI-
alton BILL
Mr.. Hungeriord's motion TO postpone was ne
ga,ived, 46 10 7S-and Mr.. Ashmun's motion TO
lay The resolution on The table, (modihed by MI.
lngersol, so as 10 read Saturday" instead oil "to-
morrow prevaied-Sl to Il.
The House then, in committee OF the whole,
resumed Inc consideration of the bill, and Mr..
Dobbin OF North Carolina addressed the commit
lee in opposition TO The Wilmol proviso, and in
defence vi what he conceived TO be the right oil
The South in regard 10 slavery.
Mr. Giles of Maryland followed in opposition
10 The proviso but in favor OF the bill.
Mr. Gordon next obtained The floor, in support
both Of the proviso andth bill. He said the Ma
ryand delegation presented an unbroken front IN
favor oil the vigorous prosecution oil the war.
The committee then rose and reported pro-
giess.
message was received from the President,
announcing that he had signed the len regiment
bill.
A communication from the Treasury Depart
men in reply TO The resolution OF inquiry, calling
ON him Tor statement Of the persons employed,
and expenses incurred in the preparation of The
Tariff of 1876, was ordered 10 be printed.
Also, a communication from the War Depart.
meni, with statement Of the expenditures in
1916, from the contingent fund Of the military de-
paument
The Joint resolution OF thanks 10 General Tay
lnr, with The amendment Of the Senate, were re-
Tered 10 The military committee.
II was here agreed 10 take up the amendment
from the Senate 10 the bill making appropriations
Tor revolutionary and other pensioners, but mo-
ton 10 adjourn prevailed-30 TO 22-no quorum