The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1850-08-14
FRIDAY, AUGUST ., 1850.

After the reading Of the journal,
MIR. GRINNELL asked and obtained the unanimous
consent of the House for leave to introduce resolution
which agreed to, after being read as foows,vz
Resopsd That Secretary OF the Navy be directed TO
furnish House with all The correspondence and infor-
Unsd states ship plebs 70 the pos Of ssst Japan
the purpose Of Obtaining the release Of sixteen Amcf-
country.
Mr. RICHARDSON asked and obtained the unani.
nous OF the House TO introduce bill granting
lands 10 the White Hall Female Academy in Illinois
read twice, and referred TO the Committee on Public
Lands. e4I II. Va ~ at
Mr. MASON moved to reconsider the vote laying on
the table the resolution and amendment 10 place the fold
ns room Of The House under the Of the Com
mttee on Accounts to allow the superintendent thereof
compensation OF three dollars per diem and three as
Ga motion d Mr. GoTT. the said motion to re.
consider was laid on the table. .,.
Mr.. BAYLY moved to. 90 into Committee Of the
Whole on the state OF the Union.
Mr.. NELSON moved to 60 into Committee OF the
Whole The private calendar; and the question being
MIR. DANIEL called the yeas and nays; which being
ordered, II was agreed 10. H. q 80 .N.sI ~sfll..
the motion to suspend the rules % 80 into Commit
and h ss speaker aSs n calling Mr. Bosr 70 S chair the
committee again proceeded 10 the consideration OF the
civ! and diplomatic, appropriation bill
MIR. STEPHENS, who was entItled TO the noor, ad
dressed the committee for an hour arguing that the pow
ers claimed for his Office in the recent message Of the
President involved gross and fragrant usurpaton-such
South U' He also warnei The North that armed and
bloody resistance would surely be the result OF any such
MI Mr. SAVAGE, having next obtained the ,oor, gave
Mr. HORACE MANN, who, explaining, declared thai
Mr. STEPHENS had misrepresented the tenor Of his pre-
vious speech Tie denied the proposition OF MIR. 81 that
slaves would exist on account OF the extension
OF the area OF slavery The law OF population proved
that the area in which any people were settled was
increased, 80 in proportion would be the relative increase
of their numbers
Mr. SAVAGE then addressed the committee for an
hour arguing at length against the assumptions Of power
claimed by the Executive incident 10 the functions OF
his Office in the late Executive message He held, fur
the that the United States only held possession Of this
territory Of Texas by her tle and were now striving TO
claim to hold from the general government The general
government were estopped from denying the claim OF
Texas such bounds she herself demanded, Do Mr.
with Texas and II the obligations OF the Mexican trea
confcted with those Of that instrument we were bound
10 carry out The former leaving the latter TO 60 unexecu-
when the New Mexicans should be admitted into the
Union-not the President who had attempted to do 50,
though Congress bad taken no step to that end nat
military to yersdds men to form civil government, he
could employ them To draw the sword against the author
ity Of any State Of the Union. IA ~. J, "a |,
had assumed The right to settle The whole controversy
setting and bounds TO Texas. and showing ~ ~
spsct g the authority q Coosses q :. brs soS
be carried out, war must be The conseQgen;ce 2. me
coarse pursued by this occupant OF we pue nonss
sOs Gps wSsd j sssn he sss oss y M III
tive branch Of The general government Ne did not OK
for Cancellation and compromise, but Tor SIMPLE JUS
ss se ann So ,p and soah II the Morn would grant ss
fre he would desire the contnu&ncc Of the Union fof
ever He held that those Of The North endeavorig 70
nsnching on the South. were hesding on dasgessds
ground, &c The South were hourly becomng more nm