The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1848-12-08
THIRTIETH C0NGRE IS.
SECOND SESSION.
House OF Re representatives..
lev, r.. r. GrRLEy, Chaplain of the House, de

House OF Re representatives..
The Rev r.. r.. GrRLEy, Chaplain of the House de-
hvered the following
Oh, God our Creator, Preserver, and Final Judge,
eteT king OF Heaven and ruler of the world
thy righteousness Is like the great ntains, thy
judgement are great deputy loving kindness is
excellent beyond WI at words express therefore,
the children of put their trust under the shadow
Ct thy wings Reverentially and thankfully do We &C
kDowledge thy protecting over the members of
this Congrss during their recent retirement from this
capital to their respective homes, and that by thy
favor they again present within these walls to de-
wise measures for the public good Thy hand, with
holy awe, we would recogn'zs In the removal OF two
members of this Congress, our brethren honored and
beloved from these transtory to the world In
visible and eternal; and while We mplore thy mercies
for their bereaved families pray Thee to dispose us
to number our days to apply our hegrts unto
wisdom Seeing that when the world by wisdom
knew Thee not Thou didst send to q Divine
Tes cher and that left ignorant of the great
rsvelat ions of Christianity, may value them
ought and wilt Thou, God who ddst command
the light to shine out of darknt into hearts
give the light of the kno sledge of Thy glory tbs
of Jesus Christ We offer united prais ( r the
rich blessings Thou has conferred upon country,
during the last for the restoration Of for
most abu ndant haryests, for exemption from that
wasting pestilence wish walketh in darkness, and
which has afflicted many lands for public tran
guilty, and above ell, for continued instruction in
the holy religion of Thy Son. blessed Redsemer,
We ferventy beseech Thee. God to direct, prosper,
and sustain Thy servants the President Of the United
States, the Vice President, and the members of both
Houses Of Congress in ali their dutes NAV their ex
ample and influence be like the clear shining the
sun after rain and this great nation feel and rejoice
in their bene1cence. Guide each and all Of them o
God in public and private, by Thy counsel, and
finally receive them to Thy glory Ever illuminate this
House with the Ii ght of Thy favor and grace, and
brng on the ages predicted pred in Thy Word when all
enjoy the peace of Christ, which We humbly ask in
Thy name, and to the Father, Son and Holy Spirit
be glory ternal AMEN.
orFIsiAL REPORTS or THE PROCEEDINGS HOUSE
Mr. AsHaUN submitted a resoluiion-That in order
to a full and impartial report of the pro-
n m de of he he Cierk hp
lze0 to contract TO take effect from the beginning of
the present session, and continue until otherwise
tonai InteLigencer and the Union for publ fishing the
proceedings dea of the House, the expenses to
be cut Of the contingent fund at the rate Of
dollars and half per column Of brewer ty PEI provided
that the reports be transferred from tue daily papers
the country edit )ps and that copy Of the be
f rnsh-d TO each member Of the House. without add-
tioDal charge.
Nj JONES' of Tennessee, and others, interposed OBJ
jections conceving that the resolution was out Of
order.
MIR. AsHMuS said that it was in order notwitbstsud.
ing the objections He did not understa nd that there
any rules in force; those that adopted,
pred with the last session The Chair however seemed
to entertain different opinion But 1t Is wrong owing
manuscript there discovered that the rules here
tofore adopted were confined to the first session In
proof Of this he rent the manuscript to the Chair for
inspection, and to be read.
The SrEAKER-pronounced the gentleman to be in
order.
Mr. WENrwon1H.-I rise to a question of order |
ssk wbsher my resolution offered yesterday is in Or
der? THAT relating to American sympathizers in Ire
land) An objection was made to 1t from the other
side Of he House. and sustained. ask the House to
reconsider its decision.
The SPEAKER The House acquesced in the dec
decided.
Mn HARALsoN.-i wish to know what evidence there
ma from Massachusetts exhibited is the adopted
by the House.
TsE srnAKnn:-It was taken from the files of the
Clerks Office 1t has the of the appen ded
and the journal was made up from it.
Ma. AssMus.-I suppose that there need be no
trouble Immediately after the passage Of my resoiu
ton resolution be introduced to adopt tho
Of the last session for the Of the House
during this 60 without rules. merely
with to say that the resolution which have intro.
duced is similar to that offered by at the last
zion, and which then fai ed for two reasons 1t
objected to- because 1t said to be toe late in the
session to make arrsngeme ns, and that it should be
adopted Mt the commencement of session The
former resolution provided for the publication of
revised speeches, and this the other objection
But both Of the objections are now obvated. have
stre,e from part which provided that members
for The appearance OF the reports In the morning pa
pers the next day.
A SHOW OF OPPOSITION.
The resolution by request, was again read when
MIR. WEN1woNTH said Before the resolution il put
upon its passage think the best way to dispose OF it
to send 1t to the Committee Printing that they
may ssoertsin what expenses will accrue. My opinion
is, that men Der knows anything of the enormous
expe which the plan will entail upon the country
MIR AsHMuN.-With the permission of the gentleman,
wish to make a remark on this point The subject
last session The committee inquired into the proba
bic expe consulted those who best gu
to give opinions, and they reported the precise
which they believed would pay the Of reporting
and publishing. r. How much was t!''] Seven dol.
lars and halfa column sir [what the aggregate'l
Mr. WENTWORTH sgain took the door, and after de-.
Shining to yield the floor to Mr. McLane, continued
l have only few words to say. don't intend to
move the previous question. (Ia ha Since the last
s.ssion OF Congress- have had lights, and
seqpen ty better investigate the subject
The two paperr, the Inegencer and the Un'on to
our moving the cost why should these papers be
singled out? think that the day is past when only
two parties can exist in this country And must we
and parties of the country Why lie the Washington
Giotsleft out! have NO objection to the gentleman
putting in the press Of his party, but he leaves
out the Globe. the National Era, and Anne Royals
paper, (the Hunress) Why [ha. hal is this? 1.-THE
other! Hal ha! no, no. hs! ha, whew,n and cries Of
goodr IL Is not for US to select the papers Every
individual has his own paper the country divided up
ITO parties II these papers cannot bs sustained by
the country they cannot the better be sustained by
us
QUESTION ASKED AND ANswEREp.
MIR Murray As the gentleman referred to parties
and their organs should like to know what party the
Globe represents
Mr. WENrwonrH-T understand that great party
was recently triumphant and like that which the
" good ~" first rate) do not believe that gentle.
men who vote for this resolution, sustain them
DC tnefr CONSTITUENTS. Delleve tue 6cneme
to be upjss prodigal and extravsgant in the CHEST
degree; and, Ia order that members may know what
they voting for, move that the resolution be
ferr,d to the Co mmttee Printing II that should
not prevail, will move to lay IL upon the table.
The SrEAKER.-No Committee en- Printing has yet
been appointed. The only question is on laying on
II Q table.
POINT
Mr.. C. J. IsoEhsoLL inquired whether, there being
rules the question could be debated.
The SPEAKkR replied, that 1t could
Mr. I'cnrsoLL.-I don't wish to debate it.
MIR JONES' of Tennessee As to the non existence of
rul 9, wish to know whether printed journs
or the ma nuscrpt must be consulted
The SPEAKER.-The original record.
MIR. JoNEs.-When the gentleman from Pen sylvania
(Mr. lDgersoll) offered the resolution, conhning the
operation Of the rules to session, he may have
amended ", the suggestion OF some gentle n
apply to the Congress- as 1t appears the printed
Journal
The SrEAxER-The Chair Ia of opinion that the point
Of order is too late He has decided and the House