Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1848-08-08

act for the benefit OF the whole country He was
In favor OF the reference oil tn. House bill 10 an
appropriate committee, for be considered The
question involved one Of The most important
which had arrested The attention Of Congress Al
the present session.
The question was then taken on the motion Il
postpone indefinitely and il was by yeas anc
nays decided in The nesaliye-l MIR. Yuleel Il
A.
The bill was then referred 10 the committee OF
Territories.
On motion OF Mr.. Aiher,on, the Senate lher
resumed the consideration Of The Civil and Di
plomaiic Appropriation Bill
The amendment OF Mr. Bell, inserting in The
item for lbe removal OF distractions in The Sa
vannah RIVER an appropriation for The repair o
the Dam at Cumberland Island was rejected.
The question then recurring on the recommen
dalton OF the Finance Committee 10 strike out TIC
appropriation OF $4,000 Tor the improvement OIL
The Savannah River,
Mr. johnson of Maryland moved TO amend b,
inserting, as explanatory OF The distractions Il
be removed, the words "placed there in defence
Of The city during the Revolutionary war" The
improvements for which the appropriation pro-
vdes, is the removal OF Instructions TO The ma vi
CATION 50 caused. The amendment was reje
eds 10 81.
The yeas and nays we're then ordered, on
striking out The appropriation Tor Savannah Ri.
Yer, when Mr.. 9uee was excused from voting
in consequence OF having "paired off, with Mr.
| Berrien, who is absent, and Mr.. Johnson oil
Georgia proceeded 10 explain The reasons which
would induce him 10 vote for The striking OUT
They were The conscientious constitutional scru.
Piles known 10 be entertained by the President.
Mr.. Johnson oil Maryland called The Senator
from Georgia 10 order, tor speaking OF The upi.
mons OF The Executive on this subject
Mr.. johnson, OF Georgia, said that the Sena.
tor from Maryland had spoken two or three hours
during the present session as 10 the opinions OF
The President, and il he was now out OF order, the
Senator was then still more So.
Mr. Johnson said mot al ALL" He had then
been perfectly in order. And he was proceeding
| 10 show wherein the case differed, when he was
called 10 order by Mr. Foole
| The Chair [Mr. Bright presiding] decided that
the Senator from Maryland was out oil order, and
the Senator from Georgia was in order.
| Mr.. Johnson, of Md appealed from this decis.
ion, and Mr.. King, of Ala, was proceeding 10
make some remarks on The appeal, when Mr..
Foote called him also 10 order, and the Chair sus.
tanned The objection of Mr.. Fooie.
Some few remarks were made BY Messrs.
Mansum, Calhoun ard others, when Mr.. John,
son, Of Md, withdrew his appeal, and Mr. John.
! son, oi Ga concluded his ex explanations.
The SarGnnah Rirer appropriation rus then
stricken out 35 10 Is.
| The Senate also made an amendment, on the
| recommendation OF The Finance committee, pro-
vicins paymen, fer the Slaves in The celebrated
"Ruz and Monrez' case, which has occupie! 50
| much OF The attention OF Congress, Tor 50 many
| Yeas.
| Adjourned, without getting through with
| amendments prorosei.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVE
Mr.. Roe. well, OF Conn. offered resolution,
providing for the taking up, on Tuesday next, ex-
clusively, OF bills which have passed the Senate;
Blu, me House refused 10 suspend The rules for its
| reception.
Bill 10 grant the right of way 10 the Ohio and
Indiana Railroad Company, for railroad from
Cincinnati 10 ST. Louis, was taken up and
amended 50 as to require TIE Company to trans
port the United States mail on fair and equitable
terms, to be determined by the Postmaster Gene
raj, and then passed.
On motion, the House then, in committee OF
the Whole, resumed the consideration Of the
Army Appropriation bill, and
Mr.. Marsh of Vermont addressed the com.
mittee chiefly on the question Of slavery, and in
relation to the condition aud existing laws OF
| Oregon, California and New Mexico. He ar
gued that Stovery had not been abolished By
.Nerico, in either Col fornia o. .New Hc1i o-that
down TO the extinction of Spanish denomination,
Slavery had been permitted IN all Spanish Aroc
rica-and that the .Neriean Constitution con
tained provisions rec gni-ing Siape,y as cl.ar,y
as does III: Constitution Of the United States.
| Mr.. NJ. read from the Mexican Consttut on,
TO show what were the provisions on this sub
| iect; then proceeded TO show what were the
| of ha
and argued that Slavery, now existing in Cali
! fornia and New Mexico, by the organic law Of
| the country, the decision Of the Supreme Court,
provided for by the Compromise Bill Of the Sc.
| nate, if, in accordance with The doctrine that
Slavery shall be excluded where it docs not
exist and be permitted where it does, mast BE-
| in faror If the South.
Mr. Crozier of Tennessee followed in eSpla
nation and defence of his vote in opposition 10
the "Compromise Bill" Of the Senate.
| Mr.. Brdsall Of New York next addressed the
committee, chiefly in relation to New York 20
litcs, and the difficulties between the "Hunkers
and Barnburners."
MrBridsall took the floor, and submile merely
personal explanation, exculPatins himself iron,
Mr. Collins charge OF coalescing with the whies
10 secure his election
MIR. Bayy followed, and reasser!ed his arsu.
| ment delivered in May last against The power 81
Congress to egislate upon The internal affairs d
| the Territories.
Mr.. Tallmadge next addressed The committee in
a brief argumen, in favor Of government appio
praons Tor the improvement Of rivers and
harbors.
Mir Newell obtaining The door, gave way tol
personal explanation by Mr. Collins and Their
proceeded with prepared argument upon the
necessity Of lighthouses and snr.boa,s for secur
ily agains! The dangers OF navigating The coas
of New Jersey.
MIR. Boyden was in the midst OF a zsalou.
harangue against the rejected compromise iron
the Senate al forty minutes past five o'clock
when the reporter LETT the Capitol