Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1848-05-18
3Oth CONGRESS-, list SESSION.
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MONDAY, May ..
SENATE MIR. Dix of New York presented the res
outons ofthat state in favor of the payment of Frenc
claims for spollatiOns prior to the wear 1900
The bill for the relief of Yucatan was taken up
and Mr.. Houston made speech in support of the bill
He defended the war with Mexico, and charged thai
annexation caused the war;
Mr. Cass moved resolution calling upon the Pres
ldent Tor all correspondence relating to Yucatan
which was adopted Adj.
House. The House resolved itself into Committee
OF the Whole, and took up the Land Bounty bill in
favor OF officers promoted from the private ranks of the
army and others, which was read third time and
passed Adj.
TUESDAY, May 9.
SENATE. The Committee on Military Affairs re-
ported bill in favor of recognizing the Pay De
partment
Mr. Johnson of Maryland moved to take up the
resolution, asking the President to inform the Senate
whether there were officers employed in the military
service Of the United States whose nominations had
not been sent in to the Senate and if so his reasons
for Withholding them He said the President had not
sent in the nominations of Gen. Gideon ]. Pillow and
Gen. Gushing with the names of other officers and
1t was the first time in the history of Government
that nominations have been thus unreasonably de-
layed.
Mr.. Niles of Connecticut, commended that the Pres
ldent as an individual, not subject to the Senate
or its mandates but that he as the Executive, was a
such, beyond the power control of the Senate
and that the Senate had no power to inquire into,
to call in question rights granted to him by the Con
stiUution.
Mr.. Hannegan of Indiana moved to take up the bill
relating to the relief proposed to be supplied to Yu
catan, in the way of military occupation, which was
carried
Mr.. Niles ridiculed the idea of alarm being man.
Tested at the growth of British power on this CONT
nent he contended that we had nothing to fear from
any power on earth, and we had no more reason to
fear England than we had to fear Mexico. He con-
cluded by saying, that whatever could possibly be
done for Yucatan, he was ready on his part to do
cheerfully. Adj.
HOUSE. The Speaker announced that the first
thing in order the motion to reconsider the pass
age of the bill for paying the regiment of Texas six
months volunteers, which carried. The bill was
read third time and passed.
The House, in Committee of the Whole took up
the bill for admitting Wisconsin into the Union. The
debate upon the bill was continued, when the Com
mittee rose, and the House adjourned.
WEDNESDAY, May TO-
The bill for the relief of settlers under the Florida
occupation act passed the Senate.
Reverdy Johnson made speech on the resolution
calling upon the president for the names of persons
serving in the U. S. Army, whose nominations had
been withheld from the Senate.
The bill in favor of aiding Yucatan against the In
H"'i'; W idly oCCupdIluu vi LIe country, was Il-
ken up and Mr.. Cass addressed the Senate at length
After brief executive session the Senate adjourn |
ed till Thursday.
The House agreed to stop all debate on the Wis
consin resolution on the 18th inst, and after some
stalk" adjourned till Thursday.
THURSDAY, May II.
In the Senate, Mr.. Davis of Mass. spoke at length
upon the bill for the military occupation of Yucatan,
Mr.. Miller, of N. j., obtained the floor when the
Senate adj.
In the House, the bill for the admission of Wiscon-
sin into the Unlon was passed.
Mr.. Lincoln moved to reconsider the vote, and
made speech in favor Of his notion
The House went into Committee of the Whole, and
took up the Revolutionary Pension bill,
Several amendments were offered to the bill, and
without coming to any final action, the Committee
rose and the House adj,
FRIDAY, May 10
Senate. Bill to pay interest on moneys advanced by
Alabama, during the Creek war, passed
Bill relating to bounty lands, reversing the decision
of the Commissioner of Pensions, passed.
House. The bill for the relief Of Mr. Mead was
discussed at length Motion to lay the bill on the ia
BILE, passed-yeas 1l8, nays 80. Adj