Weekly national intelligencer., 1848-07-22

Mr.. HUDSON had already answered The distractions
In the Savannah were placed there as obsrueOn whereas
the wosn the Ohorver designed facilitate navigation
Mr. CLARK. They distractions
Mr.. HUDSON said that because the gentlemans Pre-
siden had vetoed bill which, il had become law, would
have raised the DAM which the gentleman considered
up the contemplated height and thereby would
have facilitated instead Of injured commerce.
Mr. BAYLY said ii very rarely that he differed in OPT
Mon from his friend from North Carolina, Mr McKAr,) but
in respect he did differ from that gentleman. The gen.
eman from North Carolina had stated the House that the
item for the Savannah river out Of place in the civil and
diplomatic BILL and that there precedent for the
which had been pursued In form the gentleman was right
He believed the records of the Government might be searched
in vain find similar appropriation in civil and diplomatic
bills but in spirit this form Of legislation had been pursued
whenever the party the other side had the power II was
their uniform policy In l842 it well known that the
wheels Of the Government stopped by that party
sequence Of their insisting putting into such bill prov
sion that had intimate connexion with ii and that and
other circumstances forced upon the mind the belief that the
opposite party intended force from the Executive veto, and
thus bring the Executive into disrepue with the country
This before the House in keeping with the
circumstance which he had referred He recapulated the
circumstances TO which he alluded but he spoke with his
back the Reporters desk he only occasionally audible
and brief outline of his speech must suffice. He spoke Of
Mr. Tyers objection the land distribution project of the
Wing party, long the compromise tariff was not suf
cient to provide than requisite to deay the
Of the Government He said the provision that there should
be distribution long duties exceeded twenty per
cent could not have been placed in that bill without the aid
Of Wings and there by the votes Of distinguished mem
bers Of the Wing party and yet they undertook place the
Executive in dilemma, which in perfect keeping with
the course now pursued.
Mr.. GENTRY asked the gentleman from Virginia if he in
tended to convey the idea that Mr. Tyler held distribution to
be unconstitutional
Mr.. BAYLY said he had asserted no such thing.
MI. GENTRY thought the gentleman from Virginia
wrong to historical fact for certainly there
deeply committed to the policy of distribution of the pro-
ceeds Of the public lands than Mr. Tyler If he had any con-
situona difficulties, they very suddenly and but short
time before his veto.
Mr.. BAYLY said happened that he could speak with
confidence Of the position Of Mr. Tyler the distbu
ton question In the winter of 1889 he and Mr. Tyler
ed in the Legislature Of Virginia together during that
sion proposition in relation to the distribution of the
proceeds the public lands which fell to his lot to assa
and Mr. Tyler defend But Mr. Tyler then took ground
against the distribution of the land fund unless compromise
bill would bring in sufficient for the support Of the
Government.
Mr. VINTON requested that section of the civil and d.
pomatc appropriation bill for 1885 should be read and
read by the Clerk accordingly.
Mr.. BAYLY said he did that the provision which
had been read affected the question all That provi
sion to satisfy demand which created by law but he
should to that question hereafter. He only
attempting 10 show that the attempt to attach such items
such bill not without precedent but that it per-
feet keeping with the policy heretofore pursued by the Wing
party
Some conversation ensued between Mr.. BAYLY, Mr.
CLINGMAN, and Mr.. GENTRY on the subjec, of Mr..
Tylers vetoes, and the agency which put him position
either to veto bills passed by Congress peure himself
the Of which Mr. BAYLY said that Mr. TyIes
forced from him. Bills to him, with the
view of being approved but provoke and he thought
he could concusivey show that there circumstances
which led to the conclusion that there items this civil
and diplomatic bill which had been inserted with of
provoking Executive He quoted sections Of the const
tuition show the duties OF the President Of the United States
Ii the duty of the President withhold his signature from
bills which be dsapproves The annuncaon of the bills of the
Houses of Congress being complete and passed into laws
that the President had appoved and signed them. The
President could not consistently with his oath sign bill of
which he did not approve Such only his constuc
ton of the constitution, and the construction of Mr. Tyler,
but Of the fathers Of the republic and ii only in these
latter days that the attempt had been sacnegiousy made
perver IL He referred the second Of Washington
which he neposed to prevent the passage Of bill TO reduce
the army and he (Mr undertook say that If there
subject than another In which the President ought
defer the Houses Of Congress, it in relation
the army Of the United States The army Of the
Of and il there any subject which ought be
committed exclusively Congress without Executive inter
ference, the army, Of which the President commander
n-chief Washington, however, vetoed bill Of the
Houses Of Congress in relation reduction OF the army,
and he did il grounds Of expediency.
He then proceeded give Of the which in
duced him believe that the Objectionable in this bill
placed there to provoke Executive In the first
place did not belong there it belonged to the harbo bill
and Why he asked was not put there He informed
by fepds around him that il there why ihen he asked,
was il not allowed to remain there The gentleman from
Massachusetts, Mr. HuDsos) had asked his colleague (Mr
MEADE) the PRESIDENT had given any numanon mat ne
would this bill Difficult such ques
on he would say that though the President had given
private inmaton that he will this BILL he had by his
heretofore given conclusive evidence that such popo
son this could not meet his approval The gentleman
from Massachusetts, said this not such
empated by those who laid down the Baltimore PLATFORM
and that the Government could the distractions in this
river But did the gentleman know that those obstruc
placed in the Savannah river years before the ed
raj constitution had any existence and before this Government
had control Of that He also called the gen
emans attention the fact that the State Of Georgia had, at
its request had permission given her by repeated
Of Congress- through the period Of her whole history, col
lect tonnage duties for the improvement Of the Savannah
river Here then, the siutonal mode open her,
and renewed from time 10 me by which she enabled to
remove these distractions.
He then commented the remarks Of the chairman Of the
Committee Of Ways and Means and expressed his asionsh
that gentleman Of bis age and experience should
here and he presumed the President had already money
enough carry the Government and therefore hs, bis
friends in this House withheld their from this bill Why,
funds CO. the Government would have
without this bill than with IL for it does not propose TO put
money the Treasury, but to take But the credit
Of the Government had right to these funds They
could not however, be paid until this bill passed. for not
dollar could be paid without appropriation by law, and
that appropriation gentlemen opposite determined should
be made unless appropriations included which would
inevitably bring down the Executive veto.
Mr., EVANS, Of Maryland, to question Of privilege.
The gentleman from Virginia had right refer 10 the
opinion Of the President Of the United States influence the
action Of members sf,his House.