The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1848-01-07
THIRTTETH CON0Rnss.
FIRST SESSION.
House OF Representative.
WAsHrxaTor. January g. l810

wAssISeroS, January s, ls4s.
TINE RETURN OF SANTA ANNA
MT VENABLE Mr.. Speaker, ! rise to Q privilege 81
question move . reconsideration Of the vote by
which the resolution Of the gentleman from Virgins
President the United states for Is
returu OF santa Anna to Mexico) IL 10 . demand on
the trssidsnt not made in the usual mode prssu@s
In our nicstious with the Executive degree of
courtesy should always be exercised voted for the
reconsideration; do not wish be placed In fales po
sston; aud II my motion prevail ~ui move to qualify
the words with the public interests
Mr. AsHNuN move TO 'sy the motion Of the gentle
(Mr Mooas HEAD MIR Speaker, beg leave to intro
duos Mr j. P. Gaines member elect from the State OF
And NJ MooRsHEAp accompanied Major Gaines to the
Speakers deck where that ofacer administered to him
the obligation to support the Of the United
states The Major, the interior seats being ell occu
pied, took vacant one on the frontier.]
Ths SPEAKS. = The question 10 laying the motion
Mr. vrsAsLr-i call for thu yeas and nays.
They were ordered; end the motion Of Mr.. Ash mum
was agreed to-yeas l07. nays 81.
ANoTHER MOTION REcoNsIpER
Mr. sAwrER-l have . motion to make as to . resolu-
The srEAKER-Ths gentleman win be good enough to
mr. sAwrrR-I move to reconsider the vote by which
was passed There IL In 1t than meets
Ths srEAxEn-Ths gentleman will state the ques.
ton.
Mr. sAwrsR-l wish to move . reconsideration of the
resolution, which passed. repeating all laws making
criminal for all citizens to transport newspapers BY
private or public conveyance. think thers is more in
The SPEAKER When was It passed!
Mr. sAwrER-i see it In this mornings Usion-yes-
The srrAxxa-Ths Chair understands that no such
resolution was passed yesterday.
MI SAwrER began to speak, when
The srkAKEa reminded him that remarks were not In
order.
Mr. sAwrrn-I win take occasion to give my views at
"a message received from the President Of the
United States communicating report from the Sscre-
esry OF war, In compliance with resolution adopted
last February giving all the correspondence Of General
Taylor in relation to hostties deened detrimental
rails Quitman and Hsmer. The message and accompa-
nyiug documents were ordered to be printed and
ferred to the Committee on Military AGairs.l
y CONVEYANCE SOUTHERN MAIL.
report was made by the Regents Of the Smithsonian
institutions which, being read the question stated
Mr.. JOHNSON, of Tennessee began {, speak in oppos
ton to the institution, when the order of the day
luton reported by the Chairman OF the COMMITTEES on
the Post Office and Pest Roads, viz
Be the Senate and House of Repr..ertaye,
the Postmaster General be- and ne hereby and
and
e OF and me- 1nd ss
h h,; ;s pay s said tn highest paid
AID az Oue es ms,
Jed States and ard that the said G:neIa
;ad.%sa 81 shall h' Be- s
and equitable for the routes hereby dispensed with.
The House went into COMMITTEES of the Whole on
the State Of the Union; Mr. Smith, Of Indiana in the
chair.
MIR JoNEs, Of Tennessee, moved to amend the resou-
tion, to the effect that the Richmond company shall
pay indemnity TO the Bay line, which may be discon-
The CHAIRMAN declared the resolution open to dis
Mr.. Boris said that an attempt had been made in
the public prints to make It appear that in moving In
he adj
ietration. No; when he desired to do so, he would
march 10 direct line and would adopt the method
pursued BY the Postmaster General-as circutous
route (Lsughter) The truth is, the great dim Guilty
under which the country suffers now from New Orleans
the Postmaster General and the original president Of
the company There is persona pride, obstinscy. on
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eatiou with the Postmaster General, he informed Mr.
Bolts that II this were original question he would
cessors. How the mail formerly carried, and in
what time! Why, In direct line to Richmond, and in
imagine the route N The n. ro%
Riehmond, and goes to James River q hundred and
sky NILES then comes up the Oh, sapests Bay, two
hundred miles, to Baltimore, and from Baltimore to
Washington, forty miles more And all this before
can obtain the southern mail. God knows how many
lost mails there have been since the arrangement
was entered into Som. times receive three
i've mails in day MIR Bolts then proceeded to show
make contract with the Richmond company; and 2
That he was bound to make it. The Postmaster
Sener. reduced mountains to plains and qusa rss
turnpikes That officer pays $l3 900 for way mail b-
tween this city and Richmond wnsn, for little
than three times this amount the railroad company
would carry the great southern and northern mails
all He had been informed that every member of the
cabinet dsayress with Mr. Johnson and he UNDERWOOD
that the conductor of the Executive orga mir Ritch
proposed the Postmaster General to refer the ancs.
tos to the Attorney General which IVES d"clined The
for hi, oy,o,an hut he r.fnssd TO- Give miles. the Post
master General should ask It,
MIR. GooorS, (ths Chairman Of the Post oface Com
nit M hat ha had In
formed them that he would give his opinion when
qusted to do by the President the head of the
Mi BORIS replied Then he would give his opinion
to the Postmaster General II he calls himn He
70 Ss s ne gong
home get my letters" Some Of people Virgins
do not receive their containing the
printed He called upon gentlemen to give heed the
mandates Of boards Of trade to the desires of people
north and SOUTH everywhere to relieve the Postmaster
General from the difficulties into which he had involved
himself.
Mr. LINCOLN said that pamphlet on the other side
had been placed in his hands before b, read the
Of the Postmaster General So he thought, (notwith
(Mr Lncoln) should be imagined, with others hsv,
any prepossessions against the railroad company
he had any preposssssions, they the other way
between the Postmaster General and the PRECEDENT Of
railroad comp.ny but Of this he knew nothing; and il
his opinion IL had nothing to do with the Just termna
ton OF this question He laid down a legal position
that he understood when . Law general In it
terms as to require construction and where subsequen
legislation refers to the law construed the Postmaster
General was not wrong when he insists adhering tc
the legislation subsequent the original law
quent law ratification Of the construction given "a
the original law Ths construction of the
General right The amount Of meney as the differ
ence between the Postmaster General and the rarost
company, flor carrying the msil $27o0 exceed
insy small sum- IL the giving Of this would terminate
1t mp willingly, IL ths ghost would not again arise Blu
when he understood that, by yielding this amount,
precedent would be set other claims equally unjust
he was unwilling to yield In conclusion, Air Lincoli
said III have nothing else to Ii there Is an,
portion Of my hour left hope IL will be credited to
to be used on some other occasion" (Laughter)
Mr. MEADE offered amendment to the resolution
that in future, in making contracts with railroad com
penies the Postmaster General eha give $3.50 Der mile
Tor service once day, and $500 night day adding
Tor night time fifteen per cent the lowest amount
service paid