The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1848-08-05
In CONGRESS- OF THE U. STATES.
THURSDAY, AUGUST 3, ls4s.

Thirtleth Conxrsss-FIrst Session.

call OF the committees for reports.
REPORTS FROM COMMITTEES.
Mr. ROCKWELL of Connecticut, from the Committee
OF Claims to which were referred Senate bills for the
lief of d. A. Watterston and for the relief of Charles
NJ Gibson, reported the same back to the House without
amendments committed
MIR. X. moved suspension OF the rules to enable hun
to offer the following resolution
Rssolpd That ON Tuesday next other business shall
be In order but the of Senate bills the pr
calendar and the bills which there objection
shall first be considered In the Committee of the Whole
Mr. COBB of Georgia raised the point OF order, that
the Committee of Claims had no right to report such a
The SPEAKER replied that this was a motion to sns-
pend the rules made by the gentleman from Connecticut
on his own individual responsibility, and that during the
last ten days OF the session the motion to suspend was
Mr., COBB. Are we within the last ten days.
The SPEAKER Weare, unless Sundays are counted
Mr. COBB We count them when we draw our pay
The SPEAKER We do not in cases OF motions to re-
consider, which are more IN point
The question suspending the rules put and re-
jected
On motion of Mr. FLOURNOY, the Committee OF
Claims discharged from the petition of William b.
Crews and i, was LAID on the table cor.o O.
which referred the amendments of the Senate to the
bill to establish collection district in the State of South
Carolina and for other purposes reported the same back
to the House with the Recommendation that the House
concur therein
The amendment was concurred in and the bill there
Also, from the committee, to which referred
Senate bill making appropriations for lighthouses light
boats &C.. and providing for the erection and establish
ment OF the same, reported the back TO the House
without amendment The bill was committed
Mr.. G. moved that the said bill be made the special
order alter the army appropriation bill shall have been
Mr. G., from the same committee, reported bill
authorizing the issuing register to the barque Mary
Theresa
The bill was read three times, and passed.
On motion of Mr.. G., the Committee of the Whole was
discharged from the consideration of the bill to authorize
he n IN Treas lIcpn
other purposes.
The bill was then ordered to be engrossed and being
engrOssed read third tme passed, and sent to the
Senate for concurrence.
Mr. G. also, from the Committee on Commerce, re-
ported bill to regulate the pay of certain collectors OF
Mr. GREGORY, from the same committee, reported a
bill for the relief Of Elliot Smith and Nathan Farnswor.h
On motion Of MIR. HAMPTON of Pennsylvania, the
Committee Of the Whole was discharged from the con-
sderation of the bill to refund penalty RENTED by the
Secretary OF the Treasury to John Hardorp.
The bill then ordered be engrossed and being
engrossed was read the third time, passed. and sent to
the Senate for concurrence.
Mr.. HUNT moved to discharge the Committee of the
Whole from the consideration OF the bill OF the House for
the allowance of drawback wheat imported from the
British North American provinces, when manufactured
in the United States, and exported to foreign countries
The motion beng objected to-
Nj. HUNT moved suspension Of the rules, to enable
him to make the motion above indicated Lost-twO-
thirds not voting in favor thereof.
On motion of Mr.. DUNN, the Committee of the Whole
discharged from the consideration of the bill to
grant the right Of way through the public lands in lndi
ana and Illinois to the Ohio and Mississippi Railroad
Company.
The bill being under consideration
Mr.. COBB of Georgia moved an amendment providing
that the United States mails shall be transported
said road at the lowest compensation paid to other rail-
Some debate occurred in which Massrs. COBB of
Georgia, DUNN, and others, participated.
Mr.. DUNN moved the previous question. which was
seconded; and under the operation thereof, the amend
ment agreed to, and the bill ordered to be
crossed; and, being engrossed read the third time
and passed.
ARMY APPROPRIATION
On motion of Mr.. VINTON, the House resolved itself
into Committee of the Whole the state of the Union
(Mr. AsHMUN in the chair) and resumed the consdera
ton OF the bill making appropriations for the support OF
the army for the year ending June 3d. 1o4s.
Mr.. MARSH, having the floor from yesterday, pro-
ceeded to address the committee on the subject of slave
ry.. He Showed, from the books, that slavery
lsts to some extent bohin the territory lately acquired
from Mexico and in Oregon. He then considered two
methods OF disposng Of the one by cutting away the
difficulty with the sword of legislation and the other by
referring the question to the judiciary He deprecated
the latter and by occasion, be showed how in
adequate to aay the popular exctements Of this cues
passed with such hot haste by the Senate But slave
~ had not yet firm footing in these territories, he
gesed and advocated the policy OF extending over the
whole paternal rule, REFRESHING and keeping slavery
out not because it was Improbable, but because of the
laentmschies connected with it; and looking 10 the u
innate separation of the whole region the slope of the
Pacific, which, by its geography, was manesly APP
pointed to a destiny more closely connected with the
countries the Asatic coast, than with the United
States of America the Atlantic side OF the mountains.
What God has joined together, let put asunder
Mr. WILMOT addressed the committee in an hour
speech in support of the principle of the provso which
bears his name, and denouncng the Territorial compro
mise bill of the Senate deliberate attempt defraud
The nation If the people of his district should vote for
The Baltimore nominations they would go to the polls
beneath the banner of Stree soil" And should these
nominees be elected and should it be claimed that their
the triumph of the slave principle of the SOUTH
the voters of his district would repudate the claim by
exhibiting the banner under which they rallied But
whether their voice would be heard in such event,
question which he commended to them for consid
Grafton in the time.
Mr. CROZIER next addressed the committee, and
the treatment which the Senate compromise bill had
ceved in the House, and in defence of his for
laying upon the table As he was proceeding scout
the idea of referring the question involved in that bill
the decision of the Supreme Court of the United States
the weakest branch of the government
MIR. lNGE (inerposIng and MIR. {. giving way said,
hand the people affirm that the constitution gives
people of the southern States deny that Congress has
this power The exercise of this power, them was at
least doubtful question arising under the constitution of
the United Statesa question which the Supreme Court
alone could decide. Ii impossible for Congress
decide such questions. The people of the north were
committed to the support Of the Wimo proviso. The
people of the south were opposed 10 It, This was a
question OF doubtful constitutional construction What,
then, was more Just more rational than that the
question should be referred for decision to the u-
dietary OF the Union that tribunal which the consti-
tuition itself had up for the decision of all questions
OF doubtful legal or constitutional construction. 1t was
great pODt then, dscIam successfully the iurisdc-