Weekly national intelligencer., 1848-01-22

say therefore, TO the Senator from North CaroIiua "a,
Wv Up general resolution deClaraory Of the rights Of
upon this subject, and he cannot carry his resoIu-
on oo a ne cannot throw open the door too widely he
cannot e' IN too much sunlight to lose nv suppor for
one entertaining very ultra ideas on this subject of
as 10y ,.g public But want time to consider the
p Ia tseoiu'lon which he has submitted and therefore
aess 'na' may b laid the table until We make oues
au q ne nights Of the body in this respect-a
wnen sn' result in the adoption Of resolution a
plcabie IN all time to come, ana by which wa sball
all succeeding Administrations move s M a,,, NJ
laid upon the table, 90 '''e 'osV'u'oA 70
Mr. MANGuM hope that the honorable Senator win
Withdraw his motion for a moment ~ A
Mr. ALLEN. Certainly
Mr. MANGuM 1t is impossible, without voIa,;on 80
proprey and decorum, to allude to what ha een Jn = ~
senate when sitting IN diierent capacity and shall NO,
Mr. ALLEN. The resolution 10 which I b.a 49,.
was submitted in open Senate '1''''Nee
Mr. MANGUM. am aware Of that sir m, u .rsra.
TO what has been said by the honorable Senator f
gan this subject have only to remak ,ba, !, ( nfc
competent for the President in what regard proper defer
ence to The Senate, which portion Of the Esec,;ve AMI
exercises also share OF the Legislative faculty this Govern
men 10 make all communications to the scest conf
dence Is II to be maintained here sir that We who rnnst
give efficiency and cousumation to all these great measures
actng rot upon Executive but upon respective re-
sponsibs is il 10 be contended that be refused in
secret session such information may be deemed improper
to communicate in public have inserted in the resolution
In proper feeling of decorum towards the Executive the
usual clause IF compatible with the public service. pro-
from any information which necessary to intelligent ac
ton on our part What deny the Of acting un-
ders.andnsy and inelgenty the submitted by
the Executive Sir absolute desposm could not ask for
more-need not seek for than that
As regards the views Of the honorable Senator from Ohio
TO that he has considerably modified his opinions
this subject The distinction is, that in all matters
which touch internal and affect our constituency
the Executive is bound give all the information which
may demand but that in those which affect our for
egn relations, and which may very often involve matter Of
vastly greater decacy and perhaps higher responsibility the
Executlvc is not 10 communicate information to confess
cannot discern the grounds which such distinction
drawn believe the injunction of secrecy has been removed
from the discussion of the Oregon question private session
was insisted then that the discussion should be open and
if be right in my recolecon the honorable Senator then
entertained somewhat different opinion from that which he
has enunclaed here to-day If therefore, renewal of
the motion, this resolution should be laid the table, shall
regard decisive expression of the judgment the Senate
that upon question involving expenditure of mo
ney deeply affecting the future policy of the Government
principle Is asserted that sit here puppets of the
Executive will voting for whatever measures may be
mended 10 without the Executive conjescendin put
possession OF those facts which deem essential TO the
formation Of just estimate of his policy. Sir hope that
such judgment will never be affirmed by the Senate
Mr. CALHOUN. The hour for taking up the special or
der has arrived, and believe my colleague has the floor
suggest that the resolution Of the from North Carolina
be passed over till to morrow.
Mr. MANGUM have no objection to that, sir
The resolution. then passed informally till to-
morrow.
TUESDAY, JANUARY Is, ls4S.
The resolution submitted yesterday by Mr. MAseUm (pub-
ished aboye) coming up Tor consideration.
Mr. MANGUM desired modify the resolution so that
the information might be communicated condentialy or
Otherwise expressing at the time the opinion that the
Senate was entitled TO oil the information asked for enable
i to vote undersandingy the bill before them to raise
additional military force
Mr. SEWER opposed the passage Of the resolution
in its modified ionn and moved to lay it the table,
Mr. MANGUM demanded the yeas and nays, which were
ordered, and the vote stood as follows:
YEAS-Messrs. Allen, Ashley, Atherton, Bagby, Brad
bury Bu.ler Cameron Cass Davis of Mississippi Dekin-
son. Dix Douglass Downs Felc Hansegan Hunter, Lewis
Moor, Sewer, Sturgeon, Turney, Yuee-22.
NAYS-Messrs. Badger, Baldwin, Bell, Berrien, Bright.
Calhoun, Clarke Dayton, Greene, Johnson of Louisiana,
Mangum, Miller, Niles, Pearce, Phelps, Rusk Spruance,
Underwood, Upham Webster-20.
So the resolution laid the table.
The following bills severay considered in Committee
Of the Whole, and ordered be engossed for third
readng and subsequently read third time and passed
The bill for the relief of Mledge Gaphn, administrator Of
the last viii and testament of Geo. Gaphin deceased
The bill for the relief Of Thomas Talbot and others.