The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1849-02-20

the admission OF California into the Union, upon the Dill
under consideration.
The amendment, which was ordered to be printed, is
as follows:
| Add the following section
dnd be IL further enacted, That the constitution OF
the United States all and singular the several acts of Con-
gress respecting the registering recording enrolling or
of aud the foreign and coastng trade and fisheries and all
the acts respecting The imposing and collecting Sh
the Indian Tribes and all acts respecting the pnOnc ,aaus, M
Congress of public and general character and the
provisions whereof suitable and proper to DO applied TO
second day February eighteen hundred and torycgh,
be- and the hereby extended over and given u
United States be, and he hereby, authorized
prescribe ana establish ah ,J mne 70 mmo I
the Constitution OF the United States and which may be
Of order and tranquility, and for
the establishments of justice therein and to prescribe and
districts ports and offices, and aPpon, and commission
susA judiaal siv. and mial.!edsi officers as
terms he may prescribe whose authority shs con,
an as 8 Pesdes pebs
exceeding double the compensation hereolole paid 10
like service defray the expenses accrung under
this Of hundred thousand doarsi hereby
Mr. ATHERTON then resumed the floor, and address
ed the Senate as follows
Mr. President: After the remarks Of the senator
undertake 10 go large into the subject Of the amend
ment offered by the senator on my right from Mis-
souri,, Mr. BENToNl But cir, while feel very much
under obligation to the senator from Missouri ior the
compliment which he pleased to pay me, IN approx
ing the attempts which have made to resist all amend
ments offered to Appropriation bills which 60 70 alter the
change the system OF government as now established
by law, and which do no, belong to aaPproprla-
ton bllls--I think | cannot better deserve that COM
pliment than by resisting his amendment, the very
object of which is to alter in an appropriation bill
system established by law, founded on law and held
together by law, as thoroughly as any part OF the
governmentas any part OF the transactions OF govern
mentas any bureau of the government. any depart
ment of the government Sir the object OF the senator's
amendment change the law TO repeal the law, which
establishes the coast suveyto revive another law
which has been repealed and TO alter the whole system
as now established by law. If there are any abusesin
lhe survey conducted-if it requires examl
nation-if requires modification and alterations this ought
TO be done in the most calm and deliberate manner thought
to receive the investigation of committee. with power to
into full examination OF the subject in all its bear
ings And it seems to me, SIR that is an entire depart,
from the principle which received the sanction and
high sanction of the senator from Missouri to undertake,
by amendment to the appropriation bill 70 DO what MS
@ TO s % on coast al
vey There doubt about that That object IS now
carried in pursuance of law and in manner regu-
priaton bill, attack system of pensions, and repeal
the laws upon that subject and establish another system
of penslons-we might Just as well abolish one OF our
departments and substitute another-we might just
as well abolish bureau and substitute another-we
might provide for the abolition, even Of part OF our navy
armyfor the dsbanding OF the officers OF the navy,
to attack this system in this incidental manner which is
now, have stated. established by law and prosecu-
ted under regulations made in pursuance OF law. There
fore, aside from any objections to the amendment which
from the in which the work is carried on
aside from any objections to the amendment drawn from
the of the importance of the objecfrom the fact
that il carried on, believe in more efficient man.
than it has been before! conceive that there
msupepbe objections to attacking the system in this
manner and that this amendment does not belong to an
appropriation bill But if the system is to be modified at
all it ought to be done by separate bill which shall re-
ceiVe the Deliberate attention of the Senate.
Now sir is said that the survey belongs to the
bureau of ordnance and photography Sir that bureau
of ordnance and photography was established after the
has for object purposes altogether aside from this OF the
coast survey The nautical survey Of the coast only
part the object which originally contemplated in the
establishment of this coast survey twill not be contended
that the very respectable head of the bureau OF ordnance
and photography, with his clerks would be sufficient to
ceded all hands that it requires the highest application
of science and the application OF all the modern dlscov-
eres OF science and man OF the highest chasaGer ior
why should this be under the superintendent OF
the navy any further than of the army If there
are men of science in the navy are there not also
men of science in the army The original plan of
survey contemplated the employment OF officers OF the
gh, I to feel e ekagne that this is not work Of their
sole direction, why have not the army right to go Tor
ward and say You passing us by Place 1t under our
Point school, and train science There is science
also to be found in the army and they have right to be
Chagrned and mortified that they nave not the 0le drec
ton of the work. And sir it seems to me that these
respectable gentlemen-and respect those officers OF the
navy who have distinguished themselves for science as
much as any gentleman can't seems to me that these
respectable gentlemen whose have been mentioned,
have reputation enough for science to DC satisfied without
it, without any mixture of envy towards other sciennhc
gentlemen. They have no need OF being actuatea Dy
any such motives 1t cannot conduce to their reputation
hey suffer themselves to be acuated by such feelings,
and trust they are not sir. 1t seems to me that the
coast survey originally organized upon the most
efficient PLAN which TO bring the science OF the coun
try connexon with the army and navy or such omcers
and could be properly spared Tor the OF
that work and it is only as believe, That you can
have an efficient prosecution of the work Indeed ex
perence shows us that this is true
Sir do not know that there is anything particularly
incompatible with the highest attainmens in science in
The pursuits OF the officers of the navy, In the Occupa
tons of the officers of the army II is very much to the
credit of any gentlemen belonging TO either Of those
branches they have attained high regulations for the
highest attanmens in science; but may say it they
have become eminent the highest degree for these at
ainmen,s il not because they belong to the army or
navy, but is in spite OF those empoyments because
their emp'oymen,s, members Of either branch, would
wards the ultimate attainment of the highest degree OF
knowledge and skias much the pursuit OF any pro-
fessonthe profession OF the law. application TO any
other occupation Sir, it rebounds 10 their credit nal
Notwithstanding these distractions to their attainment 70
the highest degree of science, they have aalhed " ~
much reputation in scientific pursuits
! Why, sir, when the coast survey was hrst
did we send to Europe for commodore to take char9eol
it,, No, sir but sent for MIR. Hasser, q ma" em'-
nent throughout Europe for his ata'nments. ne was
placed in charge of it, 1t seems to me !hal .ne