The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1848-07-13
In CONGRESS OF THE U. STATES.

HOUSE OF UNDERSTANDABLE
The Journal having been read
Mr. STEPHENS asked for correction OF the journal
in The matter of the copy which presented OF ms feso
lutons presented and adopted yesterday WHICH was
Mr.. WHITE, of New York, moved reconsideration
NJ the vote Of Yesterday by which said resolutions were
adopted which motion was LAID Oh ne '"'i'
HARBoR AND RIVER IMPROVEMENTS
. M cOCGIN demanded the regular order
Tha SPEAKER thereupon announced the vote on the
second of the resolutions from the Commute on CON-
merce upon the subject Oh .ne Improvement q mar
Tesolutions--the first of which was adopted few days
since under the force of the previous questonhave all
been yWHE wv demanded the yea. and nays
upon the adoption of the second resolution, which
ordered by the House and being taken the result was
yeas ll2, nays SO.
Upon the adoption of the third resolution, the vote
stood Yeas 81, nays IL.
Upon the adoption of the fourth resolution, the vote
stood Yeas 100, nays 50.
The fifth resolution adopted without a count; and
motions made reconsider the upon the adoption OF
each resolution successfully laid upon the table
GENERAL OFFICERS
Mr. BOTTS from the Committee on Military Affairs
obtained leave report back the Senate amendments to
the House bill repeating the provso TO the of the last
Congress, providing for the prosecution OF the war with
Mexico, and for other purposes, with sundry amend
ments stating that the committee insisted upon the
proposition OF the House to repeal the provso of the for
requiring the reduction of the general officers
upon the termination of the
On motion of Mr.. COBB, of Georgia, the subject
postponed till the amendments might be printed
Mr. COBB then moved that the House proceed to the
consideration Of business on the Speakers table, with
refer the Presidents peace message and the yeas
and nays being demanded and ordered upon this question:
the vote stood-yeas 50. nays 93-as follows, to wit
YEAS-Alessrs. Barringer, Bedinger, Bingham. Banch
ard Bowdon. Bowln, Boyd, Boyden, William g. Brown,
Williamson R. W. Cobb. Collins. DANIEL paDs bieIey
aIns' F Duncan Edsa Fea'hersop E rsedley
Hiard Gsorge Houston. nse, irwin jenkins Andrew
Johnson, James n johnson, George w Jones, Kaufman
nass MsHs akag a
son. Newell, Neoll, Peases Peck, PendIeton, Pene Pey
hill soSsnsi, Sheriff., Sims. Stanton, ssIEweasher
Gss; Tas yss
Wentworth, White, Wick. Wiley, Williams, and Wood
NAYS-Messrs. Abbott, Bolts, Brady, Brodhead, Buck
ner Burt, Cabeil, Candy, Chapman Chase, Cllngrnan
U
Edwards, EnbTee Alexander Evans, Nathan Evans. Fa
gentry yas ra ssy te nay Fs aan E. Hs f
bard, Hudson, Hunt G. J. Ingeson JOS r. ngerso Iver
som John y Jones, Kellogg, Kenaon, T Butler King
Job Mann. Horace Mann Meade, Morris, Mes, Outlaw
Paey Phelps. Pollock, Preston. Julius Rockwell, John
son, SingerIand, Smart, Truman smith, Suohn, Tall
madge. Taylor fhibodsaux, John 3 Thompson, William
WaIacs sO A''''' A'AfA"' "A D'''' ''''' anu
So the motion was lost
CIVIL AND DIPLOMATIC APPROPRIATIONS
into Committee of the Whole on the state Of the
Union, (Mr. RooT in the chair and resumed the vote
upon the civil and diplomatic appropriation bill
Mr. -, under Instructions from the Committee
the Library, proposed to amend by inserting item
Of $4,000 for the purchase Of the papers of Thomas
MI PALFREY proposed to amend the amendment by
adding $4,000 for the purchase of the papers OF Alexan
der Hamilton, which was accepted
Mr. ECON ons ggH S wucn ne sub
seqaenty Withdrew said he was opposed to the whole
proposition and experience had shown that any prom
nen individual having party friendly to him. left works
to which public curiosity directed Congress might be
applied to to purchase them He would willingly vote
for the purchase OF the works of Thomas Jefferson and
OF Alexander Hamilton any that the country had
produced But, if We purchased these might be call
ed upon to purchase the hundred volumes of the works
OF John Quincy Adams.
Mr.. PALFREY, No, sir; the government is not rich
enough to purchase them.
Mr. VENABLE would not, he continued, so into the
question whether the country was rich enough poor
enough to purchase them; but who would have sup
posed, ten years that we should be called upon to
purchase the works of Thomas Jefferson and Alexander
Hamilton The whole practice wrong, his judg
ment and he would have voted against the first propose
ton to purchase any of these works.
MIR. MILLER was, he said, opposed to the whole sys-
tenn All works OF value would find the light if worthy
OF publication The two works coupled together
IN this proposition, SO as to command majority. He
der Hamilton consisted Of They might Be intended by
majority of the House to support certain system of pol
icy which had been reprooaed by the country. He
expenditures
Mr.. CLARKE of Kentucky said, that when the bill
apfroprIang twenty-five thousand dollars for the pur
chase OF the Madison papers brought before this
House, he was opposed to it. He then argued that
it was designed and calculated to establish, in this
country, system of civil pensions, and that it
formed precedent dangerous if not to the well being
disastrous to the finances of the country For these and
Tor various other reasons, he opposed the present
government had accumulated debt that would bring the
faces OF the people to the grindstone for years But
the face OF all these charges they called for appopra
tons of every kind. The charges were made with
view to effect the elections though there was scarcely
an instance, If motion was made to appropriate money
in which that side of the House did not support it, All
extravaganza expenditures advocated by that side
administrations, in order to found charges against the
democratic party Attempts had been made to bring into
dlsePue our worthy Chief Magistrate by the employment
OIL efnetS which better suited the fish mar ket
than to this hail. and in language which was not fit to
repeat.
The CHAIRMAN here nterposed, and said the re-
marks OF the gentleman were not in order
Mr.. CLARKE asked how much time he had left
The CHAIR One minute
Mr.. CLARKE protested against the proposition. and
the precedent it would establish He hoped il would On
into the House, that the country might see who would
vote for it. "0N'N
Mr.. C. J. INGERSOLL in like manner with III. rr.-
ceding speakers, offered amendment for the purpose
OF submitting few remarks saying that he should then
forming system. II system could be predcated of
such men Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton
ne should be in favor of that system. He was afraid
thai few such men would be found in this or in
any country. AS to Mr. Jefferson we know, from what
we had seen, something of the value of his writings