Rutland County herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1848-1850, 1849-02-21
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The pucoclins 40 The Senate, n
mounted 10 the reception, from the i
Hous ol Toe ball to create Dnrau .
m,ui al ule l1euor. s,Eu,d ty the
Spabct 50 tlc tdopuuu ol q frspiu .
t0u directing inquiry utu ihc rHpedI
cscy OF increasing the annual appro T.
p'iaiion fofcivllIzlng The Indian trbes T.
10 considerable cross hung al mo
jions Oh PROJECT 10 change the hour
utmcruug TO some further action. by
way OF amendment, on the civil aud
diplomatic appropriation hill ard &C.
the proficr oi n bail 10 extend Tie rcve
nuc laws over California ard Ncv
Mexico.
la the llousc, was taken up lhc ll
making provision for carrying INTO e.
feet the treaty with Mexico. What
was Iald about the matter related al
most exclusively 10 tho slavery qucs-
ton. The noticeable po,nl Of ihis was
savage onslaught, made by Mr.. Bed
niger 81 Va, upon old Massachusetts,
with SIDE blow noE mud then nt
Ohio Pennsylvania aud other free
states, aud plentiful gloulicalIou OF
the Old Dominion
What was doucamouuled to- moth.
NC
SATrRnAY, Feb. Il.
SEVsrr The bill from the House
for establishing Home Department
was read and referred to the Commit
&C., on Finance Mr. WchStcr's rcSo-
luton, lnqHlung INTO the cxpedIcucy
oftahing security from cmlgron, pau
p"rs, came up an amendment for
printing certain decisions OF thc Su.
prome Court on the suWcc, was aIop
ted, and a resolution pa, sed.
Mr.. RuSk's till. To establish nol,
from Mississippi 10 California, waSor.
dcrcd 10 be printed. On motion 81
Mr. foote, the me mortal Of Jesse Dow
mud others, making road across 'Tc
huaniepcc, was ordered to be printed
Mr. Douglass gave notice that he
would ON Monday, move to lake up
the California Bill The BlIl author
Izing the Galveston and Rcd River
Company to make a road to Callor
ma, was referred 20 n Committee.
The Clyd aud Diplomatic Bill cam,
up. Mr.. Benton offered an amend
mcnt striking out the appropriation o
SlS6, 900 for the coast survey. and m
serilng 30 600 also directing tic sur
vey TO be made exclusively by the ma
Wy, under the direction of the Prcsi
dent he alluded TO the necessity OF
modifying the present system OF Coas
Surveys Mr., peircc spoke in dcfcnc,
OF the present mode OF constructing
surveys, and mentioned the bcucft'
derived. Adjourned.
IIousr--A resolution was adopted
10 stop del ate GA thc NeNican ludcm
NIFTY Bill on Monday at O'Clock. TIN
House then went INTO Committee OF
the Bal. Mr. Bnckncr, of Kentucky
nddrCssed the Committee on the slave
~ question, Mexican War, ard tn
acquisition Of territory, taking con
servalive ground, end Contcudcd tina
slavery could never 70 90 Caluorul
that Congress had the power, and III
night 10 exercise the same 10 keep
out
Nj Stephens. OF Georgia, followc
contcndlng against all legislation 70
California, maintaining that the Pre-,
ldcnt and two thirds of the Senate la
no power TO compel the House 10 yo'
for appropriations for purchasing tc
Iitory. lie explained the lights OF Ih
House and said TINT when the prime
pie should he established that IA
House should only obey the bchcst c
the President and the Senate, ucthC
the Government, the Union, or ANY
thing else would be worth prcscryn.
Establish this principle, that whatc,
or the President aud Senate agrees NJ
on, the House must yield 10 n for ill
law OF the land, then the People, by
corrupt Executive aud Senate migt
- sold, n standing array might /
permanently stationed 40 CallOrn
aud supported ~ the teeth Of the Cor
stliuilon, declaring 1t should not }
raised for over two years: or a treat
with New Grenada might b. frame
giving five, ten, or hl,y millions +,
the night Of way ocros, The I>thmu
lie condemned all such doctrine, an
was interrupted 10y Mr. Rhcu, wi
commended that no ono on h's side
the House. had c~nlroycucA The DO
trmc whch Nj Stephens co.'.na,
for
The lnl,sr said q, had been coItr
,,r,cd and Mr Rhct knew o.. /
felt ashamed but was obliged 20 stan
up Cor /, he denounced the ccur
pursued hv tlc President a- ourr
goons. MeSico was properly demo.
mated hy n Senator the "loruld0
truil' and veltlo Senalort0oh a hl
Tie rcp'lcd Co the Presidents arauuc
ga relation 20 tho Protocol, ToarW
ted the cheat ,he P.csljrn. had p,ag
ccd by fraud and deception on lhc {
cgon Question. on Mcy'co on \
Bcnton. on Mr. Ni'm1'. whom hc q