The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1849-03-24
CONGRESSIONAL.
DEFERRED PROCEEDINGS.
IN SENATE-Saturddy, March 8, ls4o.
EVENING SESSION.

create the Department of the Interior.
MIR. HUNTER addressed the Senate in support of the
fills remarks will appear at early dayl
MIR. BADGER. hope sir, that every senator who is
in favor OF the passage of this bill will against every
amendment which has been may be proposed to IT.
Why, sir is perfectly obvious that TO vote for amenI
mems to the bin at this period of the session, to
against the bill The bill may not perhaps, be perfect
ms the skill and ingenuity OF wise could make it,
but II Is bill which contains great and important prn
cpe which it the object of the supporters OF this bill
to introduce INTO administrations Ii bill 10 estab
lish Home Department OF this government. Who can
| obect' Upon what principle we obect' Now, sir,
sought at late period OF the last day OF the session.
10 cucumber this bill with amendments for the purpose
of producing its rejection. hope sir, that the Senate
will vote for no amendment to the bill of any kind de-
scrpon. Ii majority OF the Senate opposed 10 the
IT, let it be passed; but pray sir, that by amendment
may the b be smothered If majority OF the Senate
Mr. HUNTER. Allow me to say in behalf of the
| Committee Finance, far from having any de-
sign 10 smother the bill, it would have been reported
sooner we G9pld nave acted upon an eae5 day
and II We were now fortnight before the adjournment
Of the same It might answer to adopt amendments But
now 10 amend the bill is TO destroy it.
Mr.. HUNTER. do not know any such thing We
wish to render the bill perfect and is that to de-
stroy II /! The House is still in session
Mr.. BADGER. The same remark would be true
twenty minutes before twelve five minutes before
twelve. Every one knows that to cucumber bill with
amendments now rs to destroy the measure. | hope,
therefore, that the Senate will decide directly either for
or against the bill
Mr.. ArHERTON requested to be allowed to make
report from the committee OF conference the civil and
diplomatic appropriation bill.
Mr.. MANGUM called him to order, and objected to
receiving the report out of the regular course
Mr., ATHERrON Then move to lay this bill upon
the table in order to get that appropriation bill passed
| Mr.. HUNTER called for the yeas and nays which
were ordered and being taken, resuted-yeas 10, nays
| 30, follows:
YEAsaMessrs Anterior, Benton, Bensn, Bradbury
Bright, Bpfler Calhoun, Dickinson, Feich, Fitzoack
Surgeon, Turney, and Yuiee"io. '''''
NAYS-Messrs; Badger. Baldwin, Bell Ereese. Clarke
Davis of sichusets, Dayton Dodge of Iowa, Douglas
Downs 2, F,zserald, Foose Greene Hale, Hamp, IIanne
JS" M9 ss Of Ms s of
derwood, Urban. Wales. vd webser-29
81 the motion TO lay on The table was negatived
The question being thea stated upon the following
am endment;
In section H. line r. strike the words appointing
and removing power" and insert direction, and placed
under the conlro;'
| The yeas and nays demanded and ordered and
being taken, resulted-yeas 30, nays SO, as follows
YEAS-Messrs; Anterior, Benton Bodand, Bright, Bat
Iiuner Johnson of Georgia King Mason, Niles, sebas
rafBs sS, snd ss Bo,.0 B,
bury, Breese, Clarke, Corwin, Davis of Massachusetts
Downs ooe Greene o'i Hale Ao,o noG G5h
son of Maryland, Johnson of Louisiana, Jones' Mangum
Meicalfe, Miller Pearce, Rusk, Spruancc, Underwood,
| Upham, Wales Walker. and Webster-33
| So the amendment was rejected
| MIR. HANNEGAN. | have voted and sh all vote for
this throughout; but it is absolutely necessary
for the action of the government that certain reports
should be received. move, then, simply for the pur
pose of receiving those reports to lay this bill upon the
table.
SEVERAL SENATORS. Oh no! Withdraw the
"H Mr.. HANNEGAN. feel then, authorized to saw.
officially, that when that hand [ponting TO the cockl
reaches the hour of H. this Congress is dispersed
Mr.. WEBSTER Tin his seaD We know that
| MIR HANNEGAN. is it then the intention to force
| n q
gress?
Mr. WEBSTER (s,il in his seat) No; but we mean
| The motion to lay on the table was negatived
The question was then stated upon the following
amendment, reported from the Committee on Finances
i Strike out the following sections
SIC. IL. And be ii further enacted, That nm officer
shall appointed by the President the United States by
and the advice and of the Senate in the De-
parment Of the Treasury of its bureaus be call
ed the Commissioners of Customs who shall perform all the
acts and all the powers devoved Ly law
the FIRST Comp troer of the Treasury, relating the
ceipts from cusems and the accounts of collectors and
other officers OF the customs, connected herewith who
shall hold his Office by the tenure and receive the
of salary the First Auditor Of the Treasury
and payable in the same manner And the Secretary OF
the Treasury shall transfer from the office OF the First Comp
roller such clerks AS be necessary to the bureau o. the
Commissioner OF Customs for whom the said Secretary OF
The Treasury shall also appoint one chief clerk, at salary
SEC i3 Iui be il further enacted That an Off GER shall
be appointed in the Treasury Department by the Secretary
Treasury, whose salary shall be $4,000 per annum, paya
Bile in the same manner as that OF the Secretary OF the
treasury, VINO shall examine contracts,
warrants prepared for the signature of the Secretary of the
Treasury, and who shall perform all such other duties in
the office of the Secretary of the Treasury performed
by some OF his clerks may be dcvoved on him by the
Secretary of the Ireasury who shall also appoint clerk
salary Of ISL 700 per who shall perform such
duties clerk in the Treasury Department, in aid OF said
Assistant Secretary may be assigned to him by the Sec
relary of the Treasury.
The question being then taken by yeas and nays, the
yeas were Ia, nays 81, as follows:
YEAS1Messts A,chjson, Aherton Blight Batter Cal
honn. Dck9son DIX, Felch Fltzparck iinn''n Hnnlet'
Sturgeon. and Tuney-i9
| NAYS-Messrs. Bldger Baldwin, Bell, Berrien, Brad
buy Beese, Clarke Corwn, Davis OF Massachusetts, Da
Wis ct Mississippi Dayton, Dodge of Iowa. Douglas, Downs
Fitzgerald, Foote, Greene Hale, Hannegan. Houston,
Johnson OF Maryland Johnson of louisiana Jones, Man
gon Metcalie, Miller pearce, Phelps, Spruance Under
So the amendment was rejected
The question being taken upon the remaining amend
ments OF the committee they agreed to-
MIR. MASON moved TO amend the bill by striking out
from the LIST section the words "creaed executive
department of the government of the United States to
be called the Department of the Interior, the head Of
which department shall be called the Secretary of the
officer TO be called Assistant Secretary of the Treasu-
lry"
Mr. MASON addressed the Senate at some len rth and
was frequently interrupted by various senator's This
portion OF the debate will appear at subsequent dayl
l Mr.. WEBSTER. agree, sir, that there is something
lowering in the physical skies We have had series Of
very damp and dull weather But since have been &C
auanted in these ATTITUDES have not known an occa
sion in which there were in the intellectual moral, or
political world brighter skies or clearer DAYS
Now sir, have a very few words 10 say-a very few,
sir We are in the last hours of a session OF Con-
gress with very important business before us On this
measure majority of the Senate, approaching to two
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