The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1849-03-13

admiralty luuiHuCuOn, sci atlut "dn
that the whole admiralty jurisdiction be limited
| in courts of unlimited tenure The Supreme Court
of the United States decided that in the power OF
Florida under the authority OF the rules and regulations
for the government of the territory under the power
to establish with limited tenure that all they
said and they did say, in that or any other case
that il not in the power OF the United States TO ex
tend the laws of the United States, give TO courts
the right to issue the writ of habeas corpus.
Mr. BERREN One word upon this subject. il may
be true that the provision OF the constitution relating to
the suspension of the writ OF dbeas corpus has reference
alone TO those places in which by law the privilege oil
habeas corpus extends but there Is in this constitution
this pfovslon
"The right Of the people be in their persons
houses, papers, aud effects, against unreasonable searches
issue, but upon probable cause supported by oah OF
affirmation, and particularly describing the places 10 DC
| searched, and the person ot things to be seized"
Now sir if the inhabitants of California are to be
in their property and person, they must be entitled
process by which that security be enforced
when there is an attempt violate it. and if the Pres
dent of the United States is invested by the amendment
you have adopted here, with the power TO establish
rules and regulations for the government of that terrific
ry in conformity with the provisions OF the constitution,
he is bound to establish those rules and regulations by
which this security to person and property can be en-
forced, and the natural and the necessary which
he would adopt in conformity with this constitution is to
provide for the writ of habeas corpus But, desire
to say word in relation TO the amendment. | trust
the amendment offered by the senator from Connecticut
will not be adopted for the have before assigned,
that is calculated to embarrass the BILL the passage OF
which deem of great importance. shall vote for the
amendment to the amendment proposed BY the senator
from Texas; but if they be adopted shall vote against
the whole
The question being then taken upon the amendment to
the amendment, it agreed to-
The question recurring upon the amendment as amended
decided in the negative by yeas IT, nays 27 as
| follows:
YEAS-Messrs Allen, Baldwin, Cameron, Clarke, Cor
win Davis of Mas ,achusetts Dayton, Dix Greene, Hale
| IIamlin Miller, Niles, Spruance, Wales, Walker and
NAYS-NIessrs. Atchisou, Anterior, Benton, Berrien
Borland Breese Blight, Butler, Dickinson, Downs, Fz
gerald Foote, Hannegan Houston, Hunter Johnson o
Jones' King Mangum Meicalfe Rusk, Sebastian, Turney
| Undcrwoou and Yuiec--27
! So the amendment was rejected.
/ MIR. HAMLlN moved further TO amend the bill by the
insertion OF provision authorizing the discharge OF such
members OF the corps OF sappers and miners when was
raised for sevice in Mexico, desire their discharge
! In submitting this amendment, Mr.. IL. said VIII
in few words the which have induced me
to introduce this amendment hope that the Senate
will give il favorable consideration This was corps
differing from any other corps in the service. They were
raised for specific service and designed to be OF
higher rank than those generally who enlisted for service
in the war hold in my hands the advertisement PUB
lshed in all the States for which that corps was raised
1t is headed "An advertisement for engineer recruits
Those who enlisted in that corps told that they
were be taught the science of civil engineering Upon
that hope, and with the expectation that 1t would be re
allied, they induced to enter INTO the service
They entered the service and went to Mexico seventy
eight strong; they returned from Mexico with but
twenty in their ranks serving from the day OF then
enlistment during all that campaign: apprehend there
is corps in the whole service who suffered more Sc
verey than did this corps. Besides all the ordinary
qualifications it necessary for the young men VINO
composed that corps that they should be unmarried
that they should be American ctZens that they should
be young men of good education They were composed
oil that class, sir the whole corps made upo class
OF individuals taken from our community, who were
among the most respectable for their moral and intel
ecua worth and for their requirements They went INTO
the service and discharged their duty. have stated
The recruits of the army bear honorable testimony to the
services they performed there They have returned and
stationed the school al West Point where they
taught the science of engineering which they had
reason to expect that they should be taught Besides
i they with the recrults-a class OF men who are
morally their interiors. The corps has been filled
up with that class of individuals who similar
to those who fill the rank and file of all our ranks
which are made up in all the large cities OF our
Union with characters rendering them morally and So
cally unfit to occupy position in the same corps WITH
them 1t is now asked that these young men, absolutely
seduced into the service OF the government by mora
fraud which has been committed, who have served theli
country in the gallany, who have signalIzed them
selves by their services who now connected win
corps morally their interiors, should be discharged IRON
that service. -
For these reasons, hope the Senate will agree in doing
for this small number of they did by the mounted
cmen recruited for the service in Oregon, and diverted
to the service in Mexico
The question being then taken upon the amendment i
was agreed to.
DEBATE TO Continued