The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1850-03-17

ssOu of which the said Secretary of the Interior may
% sss lie s o
during the period he has been in their employ"
Mr. d. said the law Of last session authorized the en-
blowing OF secretary and reserved to Congress the power
OF fixing the compensation. He had note signed by
that board which they recommend that amount as the
Of cenpsRsston that the secretary should be paid
at the rate of 80 900 year.
The amendment was agreed to.
Mr. D, proposed further to amend the lst section in
the 9TH line, BY striking out the word sx and insert
ing hve, as TO make it read ve hundred dollars"
table
The amendment was agreed to.
Mr. DAWSON. III it is now in order, move TO strike
out all after the enacng clause, and insert the following
BY way OF amendment; and ask that the further
alteration OF this subject be postponed until day
which the chairman may designate, in order that the bill
which present substitute may be printed.
Mr. DAVIS. | hope the senator will assign some
reason for the course he pursues
x Mr.. DAWSON. In the first place, / will read copy
Of letter, which have from the Board OF Census, on
this subject by way accommodating the object have
THE letter (beng the same as that given before was
4 Mr.. DAWSON In pursuance Of the act Of the last
session OF Congress, the Census Board have prepared
these tables and have made the contract for the purchase
q paper and that paper corresponds with the tables that
they have arranged and the plates that they have pre-
precisely in obedience 10 the act Of Congress The
Board Of Census have also prepared bill to carry into
execution the act OF the last Congress in relation to this
Of the Interiors and submit 1t to the Senate, in
der to have printed and laid before the Senate and let
them see it win not more consistently carry out the
views OF Congress These the reasons that | have
for doing so The two tables will then be before the
Senate, and we can decide for ourselves, and make our
81 iSs e,ns much obliged i
the senator from Georgia for laying this letter before the
Senate. was my purpose TO have done 80 a. proper
nv %nd su
the Census Board are anxious mature bill,
and my worthy friend from Georgia is also anxious
be says he is to complete This business and have
taken. why, this most extraordinary preceding
and one not well calculated 70 accomplish the object He
here TO propose to strike all after the enactng
lay 10 have that bill printed and understood That is
the proposition. Well, now, Mr. President state TO
you. and think that every member OF the committee
will bear out in what say, that this 10 the first lisp
thai we ever heard OF any preparation OF any bill for the
whatever On the contrary, Is my duty 70 state
that sometime ago. and ate. the commee's bill had
informed by member of that board that they had
considered i, part Of their duty TO prepare BILL and
hsIsos my had ne Eow want # my
to the Senae. that this bill emanated from the Census
Board-tha. i came here by their express wishes
Mr.. DAWSON. / will answer my friend with pleas
ure The Census Board never did believe it their duty
approve this bill They called upon to pre-
sent this bill neither were they called upon BY the com
schedules to them for their examination. Now sir, in
regard to the question which my friend propounds, my
ply is this that the bill was submitted to Mr. Collamer
and to the Attorney General and to the Secretary Of the
Interior The bill presented is not Of my drafting
That bill they approved Of well calculated to carry
into execution the desires Of the last Congress and Of
this Now, what is the harm presenting two bills, and
having them both before the Senate. that we may be
fully able to judge which is the best All that amounts
present Ss printed and then Compared with The other
II il is thought to be BETTER very well If il is thought
be inferior, very well also
they have discharged every duty which is required Of
them by the act OF the last Congress- The President OF
the United States communicated in his annual message,
Collamer the Postmaster General. communicated to Con-
gress the discharge OF the duties of that board and the
contract by which this paper was purchased All this
laid upon the table at the opening Of this session Of
Congress- They could do nothing They did hold
bound to carry their tables and schedules into
execution: that belongs to Congress- and without their
OF their duties they have prepared or caused to be
pared. BILL and it is now presented Il is more accept
able to %s , han inc Other hey were better able e pre-
was their bounden duty to prepare these tables. and
they better able to prepare bill TO carry them into
Mr. Davis. Of Massasbuse,ts : The proposition of
the honorable senator from Georgia is certainly very far
from giving despatch to this business; and il the Census
Board sent in that bill through him Tor the consider
alton OF the Senate this hour Of the day, and this
period of the progress of the business do not know
how resist the inference that they their part.
Why sir this report OF the committee made on the
2sh OF January last and if these gentlemen were anx
ious, they had expressed themselves in the letter
which has Just been read by my friend from Georgia.
in which they say there is no time to mature this bust
and despatch papers the country and have the
census taken at this timei they have that feeling
and that is their sentiment, II seems 10 very extra.
ordinary step to take, ! must say, to send entire
new bill in here and embarrass the proceedings Of this
body-an entirely new bill that senator act
upon consistently until there has been time print it,
and he has had time TO consider and reflect upon The
report OF the committee made the 2Sth of Janu.
AIRY and il is little remarkable, that il amendment OF
this sort Is N be made IL should be deferred TO this day
II my friend had asserted that here under the
authority OF two members Of that board should almost
feel that was authorized to dscredit the fact
Mr. DAWSON. Ii was approved by them They did
not send here because expressly stated that they de-
MED being under any obligations to do so.
Mr. DAVIS, OF Massachusetts Will my friend per-
init TO ask him questions Do they desire this bill
Mr. DAWSON. did not ask them
Mr.. DAVIS, of Massachusetts,. Then my friend has
not their authority for bringing here. He has not their
authority to say that they desire il TO be passed Does be
know that they do not give their appreciation TO the bill
under consideration And will ask my friend this
question Does he know who prepared this bill which
Mr. DAWSON will ask the senator If this bill was
not submitted 10 him by the Secretary of the Interor
Mr.. DAVIS, OF Massachusetts. Not TO my know
ledge.
Mr.. DAWSON. Did he not send you bill which was
laid upon his table by some other person
Mr.. DAVIS, Of Massachusetts Not that know Of
will now ask the senator, who proposed this bill, and
how he got in
Mr. DAWSON. As the honorable senator desires il,
will answer that question got II through the secreta