The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1849-03-06

Inc kl was tnen taken up, ana read, and laid aside
to recievea
HE House.
message from the House was received STATING that
conference tho bill regulating the mode Of paying
money into tho Treasury &c.
HOME DEPARTMENT.
The committee rsconme nded strike cut the
ton creating the office Of Commssioner Of Customs,
and changing the duties Of several Of the clerks OF the
Treasury.
The amendments Of the committee to strike
out al Of the sections relating to the ofse Of Commits
sioper II Customs
Mr. JEFFERSON DAVIS opposed the amendments Of the
committee.
MIR. HUNTER advocated it.
MIR JEFFEKsos DAvis-rhe bill was drawn by a
more competent than the senator from Virginia, ana
win supportit in Its Present shape, ana on faith in
him.
MIR HUNTER-Did not know whether the bill was
drawn by man mere competent than he
Mr.. DAVIS mean sDsn more scq uainted with the
necessities for such office.
Nr HUNTER con.i0ertd that ct this time the Office
might be dispensed with
Mr.. ALLEN WAS opposed to the creation of any moro
oficers, either cabinet or otherwise There Two
things which never vent backwards new offices and
the Increase Of salaries In case this went much
longer, national debt was inevitable The issu NJ
Of treasury notes would become permanent ttiag
from the Necessities Of the nation. Wa had goue
through expensive and ell the great ACC mua-
ton of business thereby without these officers sod he
never he until this day that the SECRETARY of the
Treasury ncouptsnt to discharge ali the duties Of
his Office there must he retreI chment or national
debt without hope of its being paid He hoped the
Sc ate would not sgree to 1t
the bill to alarm the Sci xsor from ONO. It was .
mere chaIg II some of the duties to release the
secretary from tome Of the manual labor imposed
vpon him.
Mr. HUNTER opposed to the bill, and he
did not who drew the bill he pronounced it rs =
bill not well dgsstsd. The two greaJ sources Of re-
Of this country the customs and the puoc
lands, apo be could zee Preprety in taking these
great subjects from the head Of the treasury He
deemed tbsm properly belonging to that office, and
would oppose any charge.
MIR, WIpsrrs WAS in favor Of the bill. Since the
time Of Mr. Munrce this MEASURE had been constantly
recon pded to them If necessity for tho office
listed IT that period how much greater was necessity
for it The bill only removed some OF the duties
from an officer now bnrdened with arduous charge,
too much Tor man to discharge, and ranster them
to another party There WAS nothing alarming in it,
and he would for In Its preeent shape and CD.
pore the amendment offered by the committee.
Mr.. NILws said that NO new department could be
inert were incrsased then tbs necs.sity for The No.
department. srose. Here However, no new duties had
b.en created; but it Is proposed to change from
Office, to sporher, portion Of those duties Hs was
OFpoted to the creation OF any new cabinet officer,
not performed by of tho departments existing
The duties Of the Secretary Of the Treasury, In regard
to the land eface, were simply appellate and in no
case could 1t interfere with, otherwise noommode
him in tho discharge of his duties. He opposed to
any increase in the Executive patronage. It was .
pssl.tIem, which swallowed up everything II. was
who ever heard OF any contraction Of Executive pa
ronsge Extend it, and 1t is extended for ever.
y
One nch Of the legislative department. OF the govsra
ment was Of ono great party aud the Senate was Of
another The Executive branch considered Of tho
party that In the ASCENDANT in the House Of
Representatives. but 80 to that, he considered it yet
to be established Now At the very heel Of the session
the friends Of the incoming administration bring on
bill to increase the patronage Of that
and changing the whole organization OF tho treasury
branch Of the government He saw no necessity for
oefation. This bill take from the Secretary Of
the Treasury the supervision Of the Indian afars.-
fast decreasing; the Indians every day de.
eieasing. and becoming more and more removed from
the seat Of and consequently the business
to take the Land Office and the Patent Office place
them under the Secretary Of this Home Department.
Now, 1t well known that all the duties of these
by their respective Commissioners. and oil the duties
Of this Secretary would be that performed by
of State, merely to decide upon appeals. He
considered that the bill nothing more than
no ss sae Ss 2. ans rsas1s
a dangerous one and admitting that 1t reoommen.
ded in the dsys Of Munroe, Madison, and Hamilton,
South would resst this BILL because 1t streng thenei
the federal arm, from which the South always to
dread Danger. The South had NO moro interest In
the Union than means to protect 1t from the
eroachments q the North. They contributed most
to the CT the nation and received less and all
that federal arm and the concentration Of pewsr in
the Executive He moved to lay the bill the table.
On this molten the ayes and nse' were taken, and
Mr.. CALHouS-Mr President :-(criss of question
Question, 81 know how impatient the Senate is but
acquainted with the details Of tns bill. All he knew
Of II from the reading of the BILL and that in
the mdit Of 60 much noise that the most Of escaped
hts He knew from experience that whom
were introduced hers calmly considered and discus
sed, the Senate seldom erred But was 1t fair to
this importance, without time to examine 1t, or
to consider Its propriety; There was something
emrous in the word interior Such . measure had
been ssitsted since the time Of General Washington
and the fact that 1t bad never en- pressed. showed
that 1t was considered dangerous It was said now,
that the business of the Treasury
and that that officer could not perform IL. But
not this state Of affairs the result Of legs
lston? Had not the business Of that
ofce by legslaton, and We could remedy that by
relieving him from his duties When the Peet ONCE
business became too burde nsome, did not tighten
Assistant Postmsstsrs Gtnsrsls And why can We not
now, the duties be too great. appoint one or two As
ant Secretaries Of the treasury Now tits proposed
to place under the charge Of the Secretary Of this De-
psftmsnt Of the INTERIOR the standardization Of ndisn
affairs. Everybody must be aware that Indian affairs
are connected with the business Of the War
Department. and cannot be separated therefrom with
out great confusion and arrangement Of the proper
naturalization Of Indian affairs Another was the
lDterior Well, connected with this Patent Once was
sgrsat agricultural department.; and the admins.
trAtion Of agricultural affairs to become part the
business OF the federal COVER so could the
Senator from Mississippi support such measure?-s
greatly calculats to bring within the jur.s
dieticn Of the federal arm, the internal economy Of
the States Could the Senate this day vote In haste
upon . measure increasing the patronage End the
jurisdiction Of the federal government? Now, where
was this to stop Next fession We will have placed
under the charge of this new department the Indian
Affairs, the Patent Once tho Land ONCE agriculture
commerce. and be was sure he was not going too far
In saying that the Smithsonisn Institute would fol-
low the Others and then education would be attached
to the executive jurisdicton Nov We sta this new
DEF with these powers and whore will It stop
He knew department that did not strive to In.
lite powers 1t was natural coure for them to
follow He begged the Sc nate to pause they esta
blished department. With powers and business so in
&C pgruous and abeurd.
Mr. FooTE begged the pardon Of the Senate for tres
pacing upon the time Of the Senate ut this late hour
but Of his friends CT the South opposed
to It, he desired to the reasons why he should
vote for He mainly In favor of the bill because
the Secretary Of the Treasury hsd, In conversation
with him, assured him that the department abso-
lately neceseary.
Mr. HUNTER VAS about to proceed when
MIR ATTENTION asked that the bill be laid aside for
while he reported from the committee Of con-
ference on the