The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1850-09-27
CITY OF WASHINGTON FRIDAY MORNING SEPTEMBER a. 1850

State Department from the labor and moestaion Incident
TO repeated correspondence with cismans 70 thrice re-
pssd o. ps ossossoas anS ss,s%sn. through said
agents Of each claim under the disacvpagcs OF want Of
the delay. and ssssons nvaabs Induced BY such cir.
cumsancs especially with such debtors The necessity Of
said States o. liabilities Of Colombia into spscac pro-
portions % be assumed and Paid BY ssch which arrange
acquIesced in with respect the claims thar have been
recovered Ii .he same trsasy article was inserted =,
Bogo in 1884, cbligaog the three States iqudae and
settle The claims 10 favor Of csssns ofhs United s.a.s by
board Of commissioners be thereafter constituted for
The division Of the debt and ohsI purposs growing out q
as hoard :, y
General Sempe. charge dafaires Of the Unled States
hs portion Of ,hsr dulles the con.esasacs
which has been indefinite postponement Of tho claims
labor and sspsass @ both the State Department and claim
ants, will afford TO the latter certainty Of Teazing with
claims % ndsnnlcailcn The claimants have memorial.
lied the State Department in tho urgent and pressing
a y &
nent la support OF their wishes
Good Reiurn. seized ST. Bartholomew in 1873, and
robbed Of the greater portion OF cargo worth than
war. under command Of Comm,odors Joly
Anothor sthat Of the American Ben Allen and
seized and conscated In Chagres, In 1897 under
circumstances Of great aggregation, and with immense
damage to the owners in New York. r,
" Another s the Of the schooner Economy, seized
and conscsted In Maacaibo, In the same year. without
Another Is that Of extraordinary contributions levied
without the sanction Of law in 1884, by the military author
s: o n Ss Valuable
Another 10 the OF final and defnitive Judgment in
.0a me
ec,ed 10 personal imprisonment and oppression for large
supplies furnished during their revolutionary struggle Of
which nothing has ever been paid
and capses during the early Of their revolution, In
yolyng large in which the heirs and asgnees Of the
All OF these claims have been the subject Of
repeated instiuctons from the State Department 70 It's
DOR during the asttweny years, well ami
madverson in the Of different Presidents of the
possibility Of transmitting volumnons documents from
point TO another by post puts out Of the Of dpo
the claims from one legation TO ano,her Such docamrn
can only b. safely transmitted under the Of
Venezuela, TO Quito, in Ecuador, IL thor
sand lies, over the hest mountains in the wodBoso.
the two !" e'o
Mr. DICKINSON. am inclined to think that this
amendment may be productive of benefit | have had
now that there is great deal Of pIausibih,y in il
Mr. BRIGHT. Good faith TO our own citizens who are
interested IN these claims would require were II insisted
r,sry q State TAI 'I prefers ibis Il certainly much
the cheapest and economical. Il is plan wish to be
adopted. and shall vote for it, instead Of having the
penses OF additional members OF board, room, fuel and
thousand other charges which generally follow boards
sitting on claims will vote for this with pleasure
Mr. GWIN. l have examined this with care, and do
not believe that more just appropriation could DC made
The question being taken on this amendment, il was
Mr. F0OTE. now cheehully give way to other
members OF the Senate Laughter
roREMES ON GOVERNMENT cRoUKrs
Mr. CLARKE gave way TO
Mr. SHIELDS. have little amendment which l
wish TO oder as follows, 10 come in after the word
"month." on page fifty, in line four:
"And the compensation Of the foremen the Capitol
grounds and at the Presdsns grounds shall be $50 per
MIR. DICKINSON. thought there were more than
Mr SHIELDS. The bin provides for the laborers.
but has omitted to provide Tor the foremen wish now
to provide for their compensation
The question being taken on this amendment, II was
agreed TO-
SENATOR FROM NEW MEXICO.
Mr. DAWSON | move an amendment TO the bill, in
the tenth line-after the word delegaes TO insert:
"And the senator elec, from New Mexico. who has ap-
peared here for the purpose Of taking his the Senae
Of The United STATES ot his mileage. shall receive the sum
Of $1,000"
Mr. BUTLER. I hope the amendment will not be Of
Mr.. DAWSON. l viii say this: Let justice be done.
New Mexico has made an snor 70 get into The Union
tor elect from New Mexico here with just hon
est purposes and be elected with just the same views
Ssr. without say thai coasss wa. about
establish territorial governments there. On the contrary,
the public gszeites Of the day gave information that ter
Ttoral government would not be established, and the
only way they had TO get civil government there was 70
cali convention and form Stale. In pursuance of this
honest purpose, without any intention toderAud The gov
eminent OF the country. they honestly met together,
formed the State constitution, and came here-i admit
very improperly In my Judgment. but they are not 70
blame for IL Now, submit, f California had been re-
ecied whether the friends OF California would not have
paid the senators from that Stale Why. sr, recollect
upon my fret entrance into Congress. the year 1885,
that Michigan came here with her constitution and her
senator's Her constitution rejected, and her sena.
tors were compelled 20 return home In the CIVIL and
diplomatic appropriation bill Of that year. an approP,a
ton was made TO pay those senator's Now, ask. what
s there In justice TO distinguish beweenthe SEN
siors from Michigan and the senator from New Mexico
Who il here, who came here with other view or ex-
pectxon but 10 take his seat, believing in accord
ance with the wishes Of the government Now, sub
NIT TO the fairness. honesty, and justice Of the coun.
try whether he is not entitled 10 his mileage
Mr.. GWtN. | do not object 10 the proposition which
the senator from Georgia has brought 70 hse but 90
protest against his stang that the OF California and
that OF New Mexico are The same. There 10 great d-
ference between the two cases am very much mis'n-
formed IL this whole movement 10 establish State gov
eminent in New Mexico has not taken place sDcs this
Congress was in session, and when II was known thai
the subject of the establishment OF territorial govern
ment for that country under consideration II has
been charged and not successfully refuted. that was
under the direction Of the executive branch Of this gov
evernment that that movement took place.
Bur feel bound. this the first occasion that have
bad TO speak this subject to deny most emphshcaily
that the people OF California formed their State govern
ment under executive dictaton. scquIt the gentleman
that was sent out by the President Of the United States
from having ntehersd in that matter II all he IN