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Mr.. PRESTON KING asked leave TO submit the


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Mr.. PRESTON KING asked leave TO submit the
following resolution, viz
| Resolped That the Secretary of the Treasury be
requested to report TO this House how and at what
prices sawed and other lumber paying an ad UaIo.
rem duty is estimated when entered at the custom
houses Of the United States the Canada frontier
| Objection being made, he moved a suspension OF
| the rules; but the motion did not prevail.
FKEE TRANSMISSION OF NEWSPAPERS AND THE ADO
LITIos OF THE THANKING PRIVILEGE.
MIR. JACKSON, Of New York, asked leave to offer
the following resolution:
Resolved, That the Committee on the Post Office
and Post Roads be instructed to report to the House
on the first Tuesday of June next or sooner If prac-
ticable, bill granting the free transmission by mail
ofnewspapers within the county in which published,
or any distance not exceeding fifty miles from the
place Of publication. And also for abolishing the
ranking privilege, except in those cases where it
has been granted to individuals, TO the widows OF
| individuals, who have distinguished Themselves by
| eminent services to their country.
Objection being made, he moved a suspension of
the rules; and the question being taken, it de-
| cided In the negative
CALIFORNIA.
Mr.. STANLY gave notice that he should, to-
morrow, ask leave to introduce resolution TO ter
inmate the debate ON the California question.
The House resolved itself into Committee of the
Whole ON the state of the Union, and resumed the
consideration of the message Of the President COM
l.municating the constitution OF the State Of Cali
| fornia.
Mr.. CLARK said that the present Congress
devolves the great task Of forming the boundaries
of Texas, the admission or rejection Of California,
and the providing of governments for the remaining
Territories acquired from Mexico. This could ca
silly be accomplished, were it not that the eternal
question OF slavery met them at every STEP He then
drew parallel between northern and southern
States, with the object of showing that the fsrmer
| are more populous, have more energy, more inven-
tive genius, commerce, &C., than the latter. And
this was sufficient reason why the territory now
free shall remain 50. Hereplied to remarks hereto
| fore made by southern gentlemen; and. in concIu-
sion, said he had examined the rights and interests
conclusion that all the territory is andought of ght
\ to be, free He was glad that California was here
with her constitution, claiming the rights secured
to her by treaty; and he was at all times ready to
welcome her without deducting single rood Of her
extensive domain. TWAS impossible for education
to prevail at the South at the North, because of
slavery. Political power there based on it. Sla-
very impars the nations strength, and begets lust
OF conquest; and We know that the last admnistra-
| ton involved US in a war, needlessy and unconsti-
| tutionally, to pcrpetuate slavery.
| Mr.. SAVAGE said that when Catalina conspired
against the liberties of his country, freedom was
offered to the slave, and there to be servile
war. George the Third depended upon servile
insurrection as Of the elements of our destruc
ton. He believed it was our duty at this day to see
whether the northern Abolitionists shall not meet
similar fate. For the mass of his northern brethren
he had the highest regard There men in
that section who knew neither North South; but
there were others whose efforts were concentrated
for mlschievous purposes While he declared that
the people of Tennessee love the Union necessary
for their safety and protection, and while they be-
eved in preserving it at every hazard, not one tit
tie of their rights would they suffer to be wresed
from them by violation of the Constitution. He
defended the South from what he designated vile
aspersions, and towards the conclusion of his re-
marks expressed himself against the admission OF
| California, for reasons which he assigned. He was
not prepared to say, however, that he would con-
tnue to oppose it, if the measure should be united
with bill providing territorial governments for
| the Territories.
| Mr.. MEACHAM obtained the floor, when the
committee rose,
And the House adjourned.
| The following papers presented under the
| By Mr.. BUTLER of Pennsy lvania The memo
rial of citizens of Pennsylvania interested in the
manufacture of iron, asking Congress for the in
sertion OF such provisions in our revenue laws as
will "regulate commerce with foreign nations" in
| iron, and also that such duties be imposed upon
foreign iron as will bring the largest revenue to
the public treasury.
Also, the petition of citizens of Columbia county,
Pennsylvania, demonstrating against the manner
in which duties on iron laid, and asking for a
modification of those duties.
By Mr.. HENRY: The petition of j. A. Bouguc
and one hundred other citizens of Chitenden, Rut-
land county, Vermont, that the seat of the General
Government be removed from the District of Co
lumbia, unless slavery and the slave trade be cx-
| pressiy by law proh1Dlted therein.
Also, Of the same and one hundred and six others,
of the same place. that slavery and the slave trade
be prohibited by law in all the Territories of the
| United States.
Also, of the same and one hundred and four 9TH
ers of the same place, that State be hereafter
admitted into the Union, the constitution of which
does not expressly prohibit slavery.
Also, Of Dan Dixie and one hundred and two
others, of the same place, that persona claimed as
fugitive slaves may only be delivered to claimants
/ upon the finding of jury.
| BY Mr.. MORTON: The memorial of Thomas
Davis, praying for pension. Referred TO the Com
| mittee ON Invalid Pensions.
By Mr. EVANS, of Ohio Two memorials of cit
liens of Muskingum county, Ohio, for the estab-
lshment Of an Agricultural Bureau.
| BY Mr.. CHANDLER: The petition of David
Steward, soldier in the army Of the United States
in 1912, asking for pension. Referred to the Com
mittee Invalid Pensions.