The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1848-07-03
Che question being taken 1t was decided in the

- ether business was transacted; and the House
seao>(e4 1telf into Committee of the Whole on the
6tf6 q 1he Union. Mr. Root in the Chair TIE
G1&1ect ond<r consideration was announced to be
- Oerersl appropriation Blu.
N ~ "a DECLARATION PRINCIPLES
Mr. feslosx, Of rennsylvania said he dissented,
fsfo csse from the doctrines the President avowed
IN his veto of the River and Harbor Bill. The veto
power conservative, but IT be perverted by the
Executive TO outrage the rights Of the people of the
entire Union As to the acquisition of territory he
never did and viii vote for foot He voted
he believed it TO be wrong We have had war but it
is now Never before has the world achieved such
triumphs We have acquired territory, after the
expenditure Of millions of money and the sacrifice
Of thousands of valuable lives With this territory,
we have acquired miserable, degraded population,
utterly incapable of becoming citizens of the United
States The territory in point of value, is not worth
dollar. II is dead weight. How are we to pay the
immense debt have incurred, Win the tariff act
to direct taxes They refused during the last Con-
gress to tax tea and coffee With regard to the wing
principles, they will be abandoned They are
permanently fixed and unalterabe and do not require
to be resolved and rercsolved, again and again As
to the
PRINCIPLES GENERAL TAYLOR THE TARIFF
He recognizes the great, leading, and overwhelming
doctrine that the will of the people should be respect
ed He recognizes that the people capable of self
government and that they can form judgment for
themselves lie does not pretend to say that the will
OF the Executive should override the sentiments of the
American Congress. Mr. Pollock believed that if Con-
gress should restore the tariff act of 1872 General
Taylor will sign the BILL He denies that the Executive
should influence legislation The contrary is of
the leading damnpg principles of the party in power
IA voicc-"The constitution makes it the duty of the
President to recommend measures to Congress-
No: the President may recommend for instance the
raising Of more money but is for Congress to decide
upon the plan. There is not here to stand up
against the DEGREES of the White House. Every edict
of the White House has received the sanction of the
Mr.. CLARKr (readng from the constitution The
President shall from time 10 time give TO the Congress
inf rmation of the state of the Union and
to their consideration such he shall judge
necessary and expedient,' etc.
MIR. PoILccK-The President may, if he thinks pro-
per, recommend. Where is the American freeman who
says that the Executive has a right dictate
American Congress There is such word "shallo
in the constitution He may recommend.
MIR. CLARKE-The constitution says shal.'
MIR. PoLLocK-The construction Is not shall" but
"may.n "a question asked. to which he replied
You may rest assured that on the fourth Of March,
1s49 We will shake General Taylor by the hand, the
President of the United States He will initiate that
man, pointing at the portrait of Washington) and
would to God others would learn initiate his virtues
When you commend the model, you commend the
man. In conclusion, MIR Pollock spoke in favor of the
tariff OF 1872 and against that of 1896 he dsseced
the report of the Secretary of the Treasury show
that II is not sustained by factfor if take all the
tariffs from 1850 to the present period and compare the
results. we will find that low duties make low revenue
THE SLAVERY QUESTION.
Mr.. FRENCH, of Kentucky said that twelve years ago
when he occupied seat the floor. the twenty-frst
without being printed referred in full operation
He hoped after the rule repealed that the agia-
tion of this question would torever but in this
reasonable expectation he had been fatally disappont
ed A learned jurist, Sir William Blackstone had de-
fined the object OF human laws to be, to MAIN
tain and perpetuate the absolute rights of ndividu
ais which are, first, the right ST personal secur;
ty; secondly, the right of personal liberty; and
thirdly the right of personal property He contended
that the right of property in slaves existed in fore
fathers while they colonsts under Great Britain
By the revolution this right not abolished but
manned in full force Every State constitution and
the constitution Of the United States made by the
people not to destroy rights but to protect and
them. And is it not strange that there in
this enghted age Who contend that there power in
the constitution to abolish destroy private properyl
1t is melancholy truth. 1t is this lawless destruc-
tive spirit which induced Mr. French to take the floor
in the hope to induce to read and reflect the
origin Of mankind and pursue course marked by
deration. and protect rights where our forefathers
planted them. He contended that these absolute
rights thus secured, thus guaranteed the equal
rights of all who live under the constitution and who
entitled to the benefits of it, If Congress have the
power to abolish slavery they have the power to abo
lish property in a horse or a mule Ii would be
an omnpotent, despotic power and instead of the
constitution being an instrument Of protection would
be of destruction The territory belongs in COM
interest in the territory all have contributed to its
acquisitions and the people Of the non-savehoding
well as those Of the slavehodipg have right TO re-
move there with their property
Mir. DuER-Do understand the gentleman to say
that shareholders take their slaves there?
Mir. FEENcH-You have right to take your property
there. ] am from slave State, you are from nom
slaveholding State My rights are Just sacred to
me, as yours TO you. The constitution guarantees
to rights in addition to the guarantees of the
States AS we have common rights, you take your
property there and can take mine. We viii 20 to-
gether into Oregon, and when get there my prop
erty will be well protected yours. All that Con
gress can do if they take our property for pubic
into the Union State then it will have authority
over slavery but until that event the territory belongs
to the United States subject to be governed by the
United States The government governs the terrific
ry for the purpose of protecting not expressing it,
We are one and the same family. and enjoy common
rights No people earth enjoy happiness than
Our constitution, like the rainbow of Heaven.
extends over ALL We do not disturb you in your pri
vate rights; and you better holier than we, and
entitled TO more respect. Permit us to dispose of sa
very according to our own time and pleasure You
have rid yourselves of it, in your way and allow
us the same privilege unmolested ] had intended to
say something with regard to the morality of slavery
but my hour has expired, will if shall think
proper to write out my remarks append my seuti-
ments, assuring the committee that what ] add shall
be in accordance with the spirit Of the remarks which
MIR j. r.. IserRsoLL obtained the floor, when the
committee rose, and the House adjourned.
WAsHrSGroS, June so, 1s4s.
DIPLOMATIC INTERCOURSE.
The House resolved itself into Committee Of the
Whole on the State of the Unon-Mr. Root in the
chair-and TOOK up the bill making appropriations for
the civil and diplomatic expenses Of the government
for the year ending June 80, 1919
Mr.. J. X. 1NoERsoLL, of Pennsylvania, promised by
saying that the gentleman from Alabama (Nlr. Hard)
had introduced bill and report into the House, with
reference TO change in diplomatic intercourse
with foreign countries Our charge at Vienna is to
be elevated to companionship with royalty; our
minister resident at Consta ople to be admitted to
a direct conference with the Grand Sultan and our
friend the late Speaker (hlr Davis) commissioner
to China is TO be introduced to equality with the
brother Of the the father Of the stars and the
Emperor OF the Celestial Empire 1t is proposed to
change the whole plan of diplomatic representatives
abroad and by the wand Of the enchaner to lift the
charges. and other subordinate stations, to higher
order To all Of this he opposed because il would
open vast field Of executive patronage That good
and great man, who nominated by the Philadel-
phia Convention would not desire this. We asked
where are the principles which enable US to sustain
who has exhibited his principles with boldness and
frankness' He says that he is not the candidate
clusvey of party. His principles be exercised for
the interests Of the people and not for the benefit of
few individuals merely. The different with
the present occupant of the White House. But one
wing general was appointed, to command our armies
In the war with Mexico they all, with this ex-
cepton selected from the advocates Of the party in
power 1t Is well known that the friends Of the la
mented Senator Barrow spoke to the President to have
him appointed brigadier general He had received
military education at West Point, and stood high in
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