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and half pay TO certain Creek Volunteers who
served il military service of The United States.
This bill was debated ard postponed till to-
morrow.
Mr.. Jones resolution continuing newspapers
TO Senators during the recess, was taken up
and passed.
Mr.. Bradbury presented credentials of Mr.. !
Ilamlin as Senator from the 4h of March next.
Mr.. Badger moved that when the Senate
adjourned it be till Monday. Mr.. Walker OPP
posed the motion, and Mr.. Badger supported it.
Mr.. Walker moved to lay the motion on the
table, and the vote resulled-yeas 2l, nays 81.
Mr.. Badgers motion was then agreed to.
The Senate then took up The papers upon
its table and then was announced as the first
Mr.. Bradbury's resolution calling for the rea-
sons Of the removal of officers and the mex in
order was that of Mr.. Csss, suspcndng diplo-
matte relations with Austria. (Laughter.)
Mr. Bradbury said that the administration
who made the removals alluded 10 in his resolu
ton, had passed away, he would modify it, 20
as to make it call for the names Of all persons
removed. whose nomination had to 90 before
the Senate, and the number of all o'htrS.
Mr.. Berren asked what was the difference
between the two resolutions.
1t was answered that the original one called
lDI we ItdSOu@, duI DT lIlc yes tUdlnNJ AL
persons removed the substitute called only for
the names of those who we're removed, and
whose nominations were to pass the Senate,
and the number of all others removed. Mr..
| Ewing said that the original resolution was
offered early in the last session, but during that
long session It was not pressed by the Senator
from Maine, nor his party who had the power
to have passed il. They had suffered the res
oution to lie upon the table of the Senate till
that administration had passed away.
And those Cabinet officers who coUli and
would have furnished the reason and cause of
the removals made, were no longer in the pc
stion to do so. Bat now, when those Cabinet
otficcrs were no longer in their places, he
resses the resolution, calling f the number
the removals, an! accom- panieS it with Il re-
mark that there had been Unprecedented pro-
scrip'ions. lie tMr. Ewing) desired the coun-
try to notice the fact that the resolution calling
for the reasons and causes of removals was
nor passed when it could have been answered
and when the resp n sc might not have been Sc
favorable to the persons removed as now.
Now, instead of asking thlt the reason
might be furnished, the gentleman asked fo
the numbers removed for the purpose of STOW
ing unprecedent proscrption-this did not looE
like Justice.
! Mr.. Bradbury detailed the various cause
which delaye vote on his resolution durin.
4 the last session, and stated that on the day fix
ed for taking the vote the death Of the Prc>i
dent was announced. lie had right to speal
! of unprecedented prescriptions. Gen. jackson
= was denounced for removing 40l Post Masters
while in one year the late Administration re
moved t..ree thousand four hundred Post Mas
ters. Daring Twelve year, under Jackson at
i Van Buren,, only two hundred and ejghtv-thre
Il persons, who's, nominations required conirma
t ton By the Senate, were removed AMI how
many times 2S3 were removed in one year b
. the last Administrator If the reason couI
u be given for a pro crpon the Senator hiinSe
s is here and can do it, and he shall do 50, for hi
# remarks convey the impression that Po.iuca
- opinions we not the cause.
Mr. Manuum said that this subject was be
f. fore the Senate last year, AMI the Senate wa
u tired Of it, The men at whom the blow va
il directed have pa Sspd away. The object was
h make 81 cecil c, and they had been made. II
-, moved t. lay the matter on the table. Motto
;, withdrawn.