New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-11-01

late in the evening Mr. Crittenden again called up
the Irish Relief bill Mr. Webster, present Secre-
tary Of State, the great expOunder OF the Constl'
tuition. approved of it. Mr.. Calhoun, the great
Southern statesman, said no constitutional DIN
cuties iuterposed to prevent it Mr. Dayton OF
M said it was not unconstitutional me OH! was
ordered to a third reading, and passed the Senate
of the United States February q, lsi3, by vote
of u to -. Among those who voted for 1t We're
Messrs Calhoun, Cass Clayton Corwin, Crltten-
den. Evans. flanagan, Houston Johnson OF Md
Mareum and Webster Thus the last and present
Acknowledgement of the United States, the last
and present Secretary of State, the present Score
tary of the Treasury, and the idols of the Democ-
racy. Cass ( Co. voted for it, too late to save it in
the House, and yet the Globe and Loco-Foco pa
pers generally say that Cass and Calhoun voted
to violate the Constitution
Among those who voted against it on its linal
passage was Mr. Dickinson OF Ny. now candidate
for Irish voters to elect Assembymen to reelect
him Senator Of the United States. C0aSifSSloa-
al GloJe, pages 533, 534 and 535.
Though it was late on Saturday night when it
passed the Senate went to the Secretary of the
Senate and urged him to have the bill, just passed
House 1t reached the House a few minutes be-
fore that body adjourned, at 20 minutes to
o'clock.
Sunday caucus was held at the White House,
to kill the bill, and to permit Irishmen to die OF
starvation. Mr. Polk declared that he would veto
the bill if it passed Since then he has passed to
that undiscovered country from whose bourne no
traveller returns" which Of course disarms my
pen Of harsh criticism upon this act He died.
not of starvation Amid pleasure, pomp and pa
geantry his soul passed away to be Judged before
that throne where the soul OF a cotfnless victim
Of starvation is as precious that OF the tyranto
Presidential veto here.
Monday came and " ashington Hunt was alive
for the succor OF perishng Ireland. 1t was the
LIST day of March, and Congress had only two days
to live Accordingly, the Senate bill for the relief
of Ireland was read twice. Mr.. Washington
Hunt moved for its immediate consideration
Mr. Il. W Jones, 4 Loco Foco from Tennessee
Mr. Folks own State, and probably by directi6i,
from Mr.. Polk, moved to lay the bill on the table
thati to strange it This was the test question:
those voting for Jones's motion voted to let Irish
men die unpitied Among those thus voting were
Mr.. Rayy of Va Mr.. Boyd OF Ky. Nh Cobb OF
Ga the present Speaker OIville Hungertord OF
n Y. Preston King of n Y. Mr. Sawyer OF Ohio
and his sausage friend Brnkerhoh, all Loco
Focos. Among those voting against killing the
bill were Ashmun of Mass. Washington Hunt OF
n Y. Runl NOW Wing candidate for Governor
of n j Truman Smith of Conn Hugh White oil
n y. William Wright of N. ]. and h. c. Win
throp Of Mass. These arc all Wings In fact
the friends of the bill in the House were gener
ally Wings, and the foes Of the bill We're sener
ally Loco Focos. Among those, however, who
voted against laying on the table, or in other
words in favor of the bill, were the following dis
tincushcd Loco Focos Judge Douglas OF LII.
now SENATOR Mr. Hale Of n. II. now SENATOR
Hamm of n. H. now SENATOR Charles j. niger
soil and Maclay of New York Cty-yet the Gl0Je
SAYS it was unconstitutional
Mr. Levin Native) here rose and moved an in
sultng set of Instructions to the Committee of
Ways and Means, to which Committee he moved
it be referred.
Mr. Washington Hunt moved that it be referred
to the Committee of the Whole and be made the
special order for that day at o'clock
Had this been carried. the bill would have been
saved.
Mr.. Hunts motion was lost-Yeas 90, Nays l07.
About party vote.
After various motions and decisions OF the
Speaker, J. W. Davis LocoFoco, from Indiana
the motion of Mr.. Levin, native, was carried by
the Loco Foco majority of the House, which thus
shook hands with Nativism. Cong Glo5e, 557.l
Ofthat Committee Of Ways and Means to which
it was referred six were Loco Focos and three
were Wings. Orville Hungertord prfper name
for one who would afford to the hungry no assist
ance with his five Loco.Foco associates on the
Committee refused to bring the bill before the
Committee. The three Wings on the Committee,
Messrs Winthrop OF Mass. Vnton Of Ohio, aud
]. R. Ingerso OF Pa begged and prayed that they
might be permitted at least to report the bill to
the House Mr., winthrop on the 81 OF March, the
last day OF the session, made an appeal to the
House, stating that he had endeaVcFon n vain 10
get the Committee to act on the BILL and WlsheI
to move that the Committee be instructed forth
with to report the bill to the House. This was
voted down by strong Loco-Foco majority, 10?
to 50. Congressional GloJc, page 572
Up till near midnight Mr.. Hunt, Mr.. W entworth
and Mr.. Winthrop were increasingly praying that
the bill might be taken up but it was in Mr.
Haage,tords breeches pochet, and ten-horse
steam. engine could not draw it cut. This Orvile
Hungerford was run for Controller of this State
the next Fall on the Loco ticket. Willard Fill
more was theWhig candidate, and he was known
to have approved of the bill Nlillard Fillmore
beat MI Hungeriord principally upon that issue,
BY about 10000 majority in the State. Mi Hun
gerford was beaten nearly two to one in the Sixth
Ward Of this city where the Loco majority is zoo
or LOCO. Yet the Glo5e and other Loco papers
tell this majority Of the Sixth Ward voters the
bill was unconstitutional. With all respect for
the Glo5e, believe that the people were right |
ond that i, &c Ivrono