Washington telegraph., 1850-02-13
coNGREssIoNAL sITMM...

JANUARY %
lutions were taken up. Mr.. Phelns r0'e ESQ
a moderate and well-timed speech m aue ,hse
defence. "en
On motion Of Mr.. Butler the hin =,
tive to the recapture of fugitive slaves NO. ws
made the order of the day for to. o.mor,".
The Senate then adjourned.
HoUsE.-A resolution ALLOWING so,
to collect testimony relative 20 the 10y
tested seat of Mr. Thompson. Of Io" Ol
was passed.
The Presidents Territorial Mss..
was then taken up. Mr. Sidden s,;d se
had looked through the documents acco'.
panying the message, and felt bound y
say that there was no truth in the rem,'r
of the President, that the adminisrr,,;aN
had not interfered in the affairs of CaEt0'
mia. He then read extracts proving ,L.,
the President advised the formation of
! State Government, and had thus usu,ros
legislative power, which now places Con-.
| gress under serious embarrassments Tba
President was evidently no coIstitutor.t
lawyer. but brave soldier. and had hoo,
deceived by his Cabinet
MIR. Foote moved to refer the subac,
to the Committee of the whole. The,
adjourned.
JAN. "a
The Presidents California message w,,
referred to the Committee of the Wbolo
and ordered TO be printed
Mr. Savage's resolution relative 10 H.,
occupation by the British government .,
Tigre lsland, &c. was taken up and dis.
cussed, and adopted.
"A message was received from the Pres
ideht transmitting a copy of the Copyep.
ton between Brazil aud the United Sta,ss
tor the adjustment OF claims against the
former Referred 10 the COMMITTEE On
Foreign Affairs.
The House adopted a joint resolution
for the election OF Chaplain, and then
adjourned till Monday.
SENATE.--Numerous petitions wers
presented. Mr.. Clay one asking the pur.
chase Of the Mount Vernon estate.
The resolution of Mr.. Clay for the pu,.
chase of the original of Washinctuus
Clay eioquently advocated it, referring to
the universal love for the memory Of
Washington and the Interest every Amer.
ican fel: in contemplating anything be.
longing 10 the Father of his Country-
lie stated that the manuscript was in the
hands OF the descendants of ClaypooIe
editor CT the Daily Advertiser, formerly
published III Philadelphia which, was Sc
lected 10y Washington TO publish his fare.
we'll address. aud who had recently offer
ed IT for sale. He thought proper 10
make this effort to secure II for the Con
gressional Library.
MIR Webster most cordially approved
the resolution and hoped 1t would pass.
Mr.. King inquired if The committee
could not purchase the manuscript with.
out a resolution,
Mr.. Pearce thought The committee had
not the power.
Mr.. Davis, of Mississippi, opposed the
resolution. The address was well known
not 10 be altogether the production OF
Washington; one member OF hls cabinet
had AT least assisted III framing II. 1t
was nothing more than copy made by
Washington OF paper partly his own
production. If the manuscript only was
sought after, surely there was plenty of
that already III the possession OF the gov
ernment. lie felt no such feelings for
the paper as had been expressed.
MIR. Borland said he houored the mem-
ory OF Washington as much as any one
but he considered all the applications tor
the purchasing of relics as nothing better
than specializing on the patriotism OF the
country.
Mr.. Clay said, SO far as this paper was
concerned he did not think it had been
hawked about the Capitol He had made
the motion without having spoken to amy
! one.
Mr. Borland said the paper had been
offered for sale at the Capitol. lie would
not be surprised if some one would come
there shortly and offer for sale the sacred
bones of Washington.
The question was then taken, and the
resolution was passed.
The special order Of the day-the bill
relating TO the recaplure OF fugitive slaves
was called up. The resolution was dis
cussed 10y Messrs Butler, Chase and Ma
son, when the further consideration was
postponed, and the Senate went into ex-
ecutlve session and then adjourned I'll
Monday.
A GALLANT BROTHER = The Indian
Capture, Mrs. White-Isaac B. Dunn,
Esq, member of the House OF Delegates
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