Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1848-04-04

, amendments thereto, with a commeau oaresd
the House concur in The amendnepss; uarss.
IN So the bill has finally passeu oom rsnor,.
MIR. Burr, from The Mili'ary ata o.nsnse nj
ed a joint resolution 20 ueo n,a,.s and ;nterrinp
'ha ran. ;ns nj deceased officers and soldiers o.
~, ~ a,mu IN c.rrain CASES. Read twice.
: a ars,, number of reports from comminees,
,hiaav rs,.ring 10 private p%e'i'ions, and Oh 10
cnrns ;n,arss, were made and several prlVale
pp,i,s were read The second N ana referred.
IA NJ HIM, from the COMMITTEE on commerce,
renoned a bill 10 release from outy Piaph snu
timber imported for The coDsHue'on
roads. Read twice. .o,s;dera,;o yes.
~ r.fund money Tor expenses incurred
.e.uhi' yolnnteers before and after being mustered
W. se,yire, was again taken up in
~ ~ 'hs Whole, and a prolracled discussion en-
sr.a A motion to strike oct the enacilos CLAUSE
sally prevailed, 66 10 SO. and The ID rose
~ 70 noorted the bill and amendmenIiolhe house.
Atler some further debate. ID. Dill wasIecohi'n"'
led 10 The commillee on Military Anaifs
The House then, in ommiie u ,n' OH
resumed the consideration oil tue o'esou o"'
and .,.a -.
Mr.. billiard. OF Ala who was ent'leo 10 .ne
Annr addressed the committee at length, on Inc
war. lis origin. progress, and prooao,e 'ernind,
lion -contemn,ng he President for legaiy anu
upeonstilulionally piecipila'ins Inc ~aiAen mp
m.n,ine The pa laptry OF our army. nu' ue'i"i"'s
,hat ,hr sIory acquired was not under inc aulhi'
nis,ratjon, bur in spt OF The admiuisus 'un.
In regard 10 the indemnify obtained, he salo
that Mr.. Buchanan had bern Wn,'n noo ooe 81" go
IS 600, 600 Tor New Mexico, ana Slo o y n"n o nn
California; bul now We hdo elsen SSo'ou, =,
tnr The TWO. and expended in The prosecution "
~ ~ ~ = : ooo nm md Or 600 lives Of our
c;,izcns. This was the indemntv Obtained. ano
that too BY ~uniustly coercins Mexico WIN a
rreaty 10 which her people were opposed.
Al The conclusion Of Mr.. billiards remarks,
The commune rose. ami The House adjourned.
FRIDAY, March 81. ls4s,
SENATE.
The resolution auIhnr Eng Doctor Palmer 10
make certain amendments 10 his report on INC
commerce, SC, of Asia, was reported PACK ioa"
| he Library Commiuee, by Mr.. DAVIS, Of MIS-
and alter some discussion between mat se""e-
man and Mr.. Benton was adopted.
The Senate reconsiieled he vote hv which
The Hill was passed granting a pension Of Wv PEI
month. during his natural life, 10 Patrick Walk
.r Who lost one arm and the hand oi the DINER a.
the battle of Chufnbusco.
The hill WAS then amended by striking out Inc
.r.-as ..dnrinp his natural life" and inserting 10
lien thereof 'ior one year from 'he passage oil
This hill" and thus amended, was again passed
unanimously.
On motion of MIR. Allen, The Senate then re-
sumed The consideration OF In. JOINT resolutions
rendering congratulations 10 France on inc es'
tab,i,bmrn, there oil a republican government.
Mr.. Baldwin was opposed 10 fixing a day tor
,he cupsidera i'm of The resolutions, and III lavor
al referring il 10 The committee on foreign rela-
tons He approved the movement, OF The French
neople. 10 this instance, bur believed the adoption
OF these resolutions impolilic and unwarraniaole
The case might arise, in which il would be pro-
per Tor Congress 10 make declarations recognising
Inc new government when called upon by The E1-
ecutive 10 make an appropriation for a minister
10 The new republic
NJ. Allen said that such recognition was not
the ohiecl OF the resnlulions-theie was in them
no such declarations.
Mr.. Baldwin proceeded. He commended that
recognition be'oneed exclusively 10 the E1ecu'
live, and that Wn-n called upon for The appr"pri-
| atom 10 carry intn effect he act If The Executive,
vas h. proper line Tor Congress emoooy anu
express their sentiments.
He was opposed 10 taking upon themselves The
responsibility Of expressing the sentiments of The
American people on a subject upon which The
| American people themselves were now express
| ing heir opinion, but had not YET authorized them
10 act. Ii would be proper only Tor them 10 make
mat expression here when legally aud c%onstilu.
| lionally aulhnrised by their consIi'uen S.
He was opposed 10 all Interference with the
duties of,he executive, as much as he was to any
interfere. &C by the executive with I eirs. This
wa. a duty, he repeated, belonging exclusively
to the executive btanch OF the government, IN
reference to Ahich he was opposed 10 any &C.
ton here that might be regarded in the light of
instructions
If he .ould have deemed it proper for Con-
gress TO act at all in The matter, yet he iuly
conquered with the Senator fr'm South Caroi!-
ma, that the time has not yet arrived for the e1-
preston Of sentiments like those embodied IN
these resolutions. j,
hr. Downs said that he had been astonished
At the difference Of opinion which had existed
between the people and a portion of that body
on this question, but he had been still more as
tonished at the position assumed oy the Sena-
Tor who had just taken his seat. de had no
doubt as TO the course e hich his W SAFE ex-
pected him to taxi, and be had as little doubt as
10 the views and expectations OF the great oooy
of the American people.
He insisted that Congress had the power 10
express its opinions on questions Of great na'ion
al concernment, and in this case II was pecuii-
arly proper for Tie Senate 10 act-as they were
the constitutional advisers OF the Executive
whether the other House had or had not such
power.
lie vas opposed 10 a reference TO Inc eomm..s.
on Foreign Relations, or 10 any poslponemenl
whatever, and hoped Inc resolution "ouu W
adopted without delay.
Al The conclusion Of Mr.. Towns remarks, The
resolution was again passed over Informally, ana
he Senate projected 10 The consideration oil tx
eculive business, and then adjourned.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
message was received from The President OF
ihe Unired Sra,es, notifying the House that ne mao
.ieped the bill 10 a~ulhntize a Loan not exceeding
sixteen million OF dc'l-rs.
The House then resolved ITSELF INTO committee
If The Whole. for the consideration OF private
hills and suon found itself without a quorum.
Afer some delay, The oomriree rise. TWO
bills only were finally acred nprn IN ccmmllt"e
If The Whole-one Tor he relief OF Jacob Cite
ON, the other for the relief of The securities q Eli
iah ]. Weed. These wer reported 10 the House
and passed. The House 'h.n adjourned.
ICor4espondente of The Richmond Enquirer.l
WASHINGTON, SATURDAY, APRIL l, z. NJ.
SENATE.
The Senate did not sill 10 day, having yesler'
day adjourned over to Mlnnay next.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
After The transaction OF some unimporant en
siness, the House, OF motion Of Mr.. Rockwell
of Connecticut, resolved itself into cominiIte
Of the Whole, M. Cooke in The Chair,) and
took up The Private Calendar. The bill for The
r,liet of Thomas Scott was discussed srvera
hours The commihe~ finally rose and reported
he bill 10 the House. Tnc ques ion on he pa.
sage # The bill was decided in the affirmative
and then The House atjnu;nsd.
A Washington letter in the New York Sur
says
The President has made The following appoint
mems: Charge d'Affaires 10 Rome, Dr.. J. L
Martin, now Secretary TO The Legation in Paris
do. to Guatemala, John Appleton, now Chic
ClarK Of the Department Of Stale; do. 10 Bolivia