Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1850-08-22

I Obisstiaas were made.
/ M. Phoeaix ssked, bot did not obtain leavs
Ito oler . resolutions instrueting the committee
Ion military Affairs to report upon the practicable.
lily Of erecting permanent fertilization s,Sandy
Hook, in conformity with the recommendation
Of the Engineer and the Secretary Of the War
Department
The House took up the report Of Mr.. Joce.
made yesterday, to modify the rules 80 that
where debate 10 closed by order Of the House.
any member shall be allowed in committee five
minutes 10 explain any amendment be NAV offer.
and any member who shall FIRST obtain the H,or
shall be- allowed to speak i've minutes in reoly.
and there shall be NO further debate on the
amendment, but the same privilege Of debate
shall be allowed in favor Of or against apv
amendment which may be offered to the amend
ment, and neither the amendment or the amend
mend 10 the amendment, shall be withdrawn by
the mover thereof, unless by the unanimous con.
sent Of the House.
commit.
| After On Intellectual attempt of Mr.. Feather
stone to lay it on the table, the report adopt
ed-ll2 to AZ.
/ The House the then went into committee of
the whole ON the civil and diplomatic Appropri-
alton bill.
Mr.. Ashmun said that the bill from the Senate
appropriating ten millions tor the Texan boun-
Diary, was not precisely what he should frame.
| but if il could not be amended SO as to suit him
he, as practical man, would vote for it as being
the best he could get. He concurred heartily
and cordially in the doctrine and spirit of The
Presidents message and recommendation
They we're those on which he believed the gov
1~~sl ho
defended the President from the attacks made
upon him, and justified his conduct with refer.
ence TO New Mexico and Texas. If the boun-
Diary bill shall fail, not one single measure tend
ing to adjustment will pass Congress, and an
adjournment will take place only to send abroad
the seeds Of discussion, and members will return
less disposed than ever to settle the questions
He was willing to pay Texas ten million, not
for what we owe her, but which will 90 towards
the payment of her debts; he would give ten
million :or the sake OF peace, and this amount
would be well spent, rather than pass another
month in such proceedings as The history of this
Congress presents.
| BY the passage Of this bill we snatch from
those who desire to keep up the agitation the
only practicable question about which there can
be any quarrel. We shall find many who are
not for it, and against adjustment and harmony.
There were men in Massachusetts and at
The South who make day and night hideous, and
who would be sorry to have peace. He desired
to have frsternal feeling. He was determined
that SO far as he conscientiousy could, to secure
it, and one means to accomplish it IS to vote for
this bill.
Mr.. Toombs said he concnrred in the remarks
heretofore made by his colleague Mr.. Ste
phens. He would not say that the Presie-ht
had other than a proper motive, but he be- as
sumed power not in accordance with theSons'l,
tuition and laws but in derogstlon of 'otn' and
as such the message net his opposi,Sn' IL me
Union could not be maintained fo.'he preseHa-
ton of Southern rights he VIZ ior sulAing "
down. He then proceeded o sho" mat me
President has assumed to b the Propounder and
executor of Jaws which a. dangerous TO liberty;
and. in conclusion. he expressed the hope that
Texas would defenaner homer, sword IN hand,
ami whatever aid re could give he would, ese
| he should be rec can't TO his duty.
Mr Steven of Pa, defended the first part Of
the mess. ~, and pronounced the last IN refer
ence to giving Texas money, areProach to the
President and the nation. He viewed all me
threats of disunion and bloody civil war as I'M
potent, and as intended to intlmldate the North.
He said that the remark from the gentleman
from Massachusetts, Mr.. Ashmun,) who sad
he was wiling to buy peace, looked like coward
ice, and as if he was willing TO buy 1t from reb-
ola ~i,h arrrs in sheir hands. He wished TO
know where the ancient spirit had fled which
would give millions for defense but not one cent
Or trl0ute. lie etreDuousiy resisted the exrrav-
sgant claims of Texas to boundary, and regard
ed the bill as the mother of most abominabe
concessions, Of future wars, dissensions and nul-
lIfcatIons.
The Committee then rose, and the House ad-
journed.
THURSDAY, Aug. Is.
Senate. The Fugitive Slave Bill was taken
up, and made the special order for Monday next.
The Protest against the California Bill again
came up. The question being upon Its recep-
ton, and entrance upon the journll, Mr.. Badger
opposed it as dangerous precedent. The SUBJ
ject was also debated by Messrs. Walker, Hun
Ter and Benton, and the debate continued until
the usual hour of adjournment-the Omnibus
bill, Texas Bill, and California Bill being incl
dentally discussed, and examinations and recrim-
nations being INDUCED in between Southern
gentlemen. Nothing of interest transpired. and
at o'clock, the motion to receive was laid on
the table.
The bill to establish the Territorial Govern
meni Of New Mexico was then read third time
aud passed, and after the consideration of Exec
ulive business, the Senate adjourned till Mon
day next.
The House went into Committee on the Civil
and diplomatic Appropriation Bill.
Mr.. deer entered upon defence of the Pres
idenrs recent Texas and New Mexico Message
which ne considered well-tmed, and wise in its
application. He replied 10 Mr.. Seldom, whose
remarks, he said, were notification with some
additions; and he combatted the arguments of
Messrs- rombs and Stephens, heretofore deliver
ed. He gave reasons why he should vote for the
Texas Boundary Ten Millions Bill The most
prominent object was to produce harmony aud
strengthen the Union. Ii civil war should result
from failure to perform duty, on those who OBJ
struct the settlement, would rest heavy respon.
siblIty.
Mr. McLsne opposed the views of the Presi-
dent As 10 the boundary.
Mr.. Venable regarded the President a. attemp-
ting to revive the federal doctrine to decide the
question of boundary, and with sword in hand,
enforcing Judgment, without consulting Con-
gress. He did not want Free Soil Abolition
State on the Texas border, and defended the
South.
Mr.. Ashe spoke in condemnation OF the Mes
'~gs in favor of Texas claim to the boundary
The Committee rose at o'clock, aud the
House took . recess until z.
Although seven vas the hour fixed for re-as-
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