Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1850-01-25
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.

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Mr. Bayly from the committee ways ana means Ia
which had been referred the bill from tho u, the
expenses Of collecting the revenue customs or the prc
sent fiscal year. reported Substitute therefor which pro-
yides
rhat instead Of the appropriated for the eypense of
collecting the under the Of 81 If March l@i9
sum equal 10 one half oi the expended }0th juno ISIS
exclusive o such expenses OF storage carriage dryagc am
labor in that year. be and the hereby appropriated
for the services oi hc half commencing ih ~ Jan
ary 1850 and ending the Both oi June. ls5O together wi
such in addition may be received Tor cnrec dayaer
labor and storage"
Mr. Yinton proposed substitute for the bin and amend
ment The amendments ordered To be printed aud the
bill referred 10 the Committee of the Whole H.
the Union
On motion Of Mr. Bayy the House resolved itsel into
Committee Of the Whole on the state OF The taon 'Ir
Boyd of Ky. in the Chair) with the view Of referring ,,r
subjects embraced in the Presidents annua! message 10 an
proprate committees
Mr. Bayly introduced series of resolutions one Of wir
proposed To refer 10 the Committee Ways and Means the
subjects o The tai the the Treasury pul lie dc5
the law providing Tor the satekccpng and collection the
revenue The receipts and expenditures the branch min the
annual report oi the Secretary OF the Treasury.
Mr. Cilngman ayaicd himself of This occasion present
the remarks o which he notice yesterday rin
the subject embraced in the Presidents message YESTERDAY,
IN regard 10 California. Mr. C. expressed h> confidence IN
the Judgment and integrity and patriotism OF the President
and in commenting upon the views advanced H. lin, IN th,
Message said there real difference between Pro
siden and himself He admitted the right each >ta, 10
settle Tor themselves all such domestic questions
icrf,d 10 therein; but who the poopI that ar tn
decide as well the time as manner Of admission Of new
States were in themselves questions Tor The uemcn, 81
congress under all the the case
lie alluded 10 Louisiana, which kept years be-
lore she was allowed 10 form State Constitution aud le
admitted by Congress into the Union. liz argued that the
admission of California with her pres. nj vgn
bc great hnti->luveIy triumph but maintained that ii tc
territorial questions settled this session and per-
mcd 10 20 over till The next Fail elections none ot line
gentlemen from the free States here bc returned
upon The anti>ayey platform. Those from the North ho
said who had stood up ior the rights of tie South hal
shown themselves the friends OF The Constitution and Ill"
Union.
lie went into exposition show what would be the
advantages to the South if The Union dissolved: main
tanning that the commercial towns, Btimor, Charleston
Mobile ana New Orleans would abstract las, portion ot
the trade "f New York, Philadelphia and Boston Ttc
South towns he said if unfortunately such tine ~
luton should take place would grow up in w;,Ith
In ausion Ia The Northern abolition movemrn, b. c.i
the great loss 10 Maryland oi her property which in III,
amounted la nj least S0O0OU annually lc said ha r,al
the tone Of the Southern press wc nom other ia,f
tons il obyions that thu Souh will c:ry Lav r
sufficiently united I" nsir" the success q" whatever means
may be necessary adop, protect themselves ton
the aggression mcnanccd from the North. In relation
the territorial question: he submitted calml; The North
gentlemen that they had better make mp ior minds
give the South fair settlement, chc; them ~
i empty form without reality but .yC ohing sit
srantia for the South They might he said acquies, in
the Missouri compromise line He would dyduaIv pre-
ir, under all the circumstances, giving ~ the whole
California provided rhcy could hayc all t> side upt.
about the parallel o 10 degrees not far from the North leo
the Stale Of Missouri rather than its Souh,rn IS G.g.oe -
minutes. They would hus b. getting ih wholc 0l Ncm
Mexico, and, having the mountain chain and desert Tic
West. obtain proper frontier They might cn acquire
future day, whether united divided possession of
the country along The Gull OF MAco, well suited be
cupitd by slave population He meant that rostric
ton ought IL be imposed bv Congress this territory bur
that after IL has been left open all classes in proper pc
riod thai 4 majority may thcn when they make STAT
Constitutions determine for themselves whether they viii
permit slavery not The South he said would acGuj-
in any reasonable settlement But said h., when
ask for Justice by the scnscs- insane
cry Of "Union Union" He disguscd with it; Sheni,
from Northern gentlemen who attacking them,
il fell on his n il would d. il band ui robbcrs had
surrounded dwelling and when Tho inmates attempted
resist the assain's should raise the soni OF pcacn union
harmony"
lie was for making the issue now when the south hal
the political strength resist and control thu question:
lie concluded by warning gentlemen of the North aIains,
measures which while sIbmi~>o 10 thcn wout f. rn-
the South they would not in the end bc beneficial
their section Seeing then the Issue in all il bearings j.
Tor them decide They holds in their hands the destiny
Of the existing government.
Mr. Howard OF Texas and said e would enter into no
mathematical calculations o the value ot the American
non lie would not attempt IL reason Ia Alai would
be the action o the Sonh dsunon takes place l!e would
unv Southern la maintain the rights the
South and still sustain the Union Buii ,rrfs- oi the
determined 10 tramne Unon lie would not ccnounc"
South ofth because there al the North who had
stood bv the Constitution and lis compromises ini they
were sacrificed There still party there which .iood
ip for the Constitution and for justice 10 the South There
fore h. would make wholesale denunclail"n o the
North. He believed in the personal patriotism Z" TIE Pies
dent bu, he feared his action was under 'ont" when
would be detrimental the South lie referred 10 the IRE
!ential conestthc different phases assumed h The isi
Ien1 in different sections o the Union upon his mot Pro-
yis, question which had had great prHdcal moral acton
,,i,t hc south .hc acts last Pro-id,nria
h. said Was ns indie, o the feeling The slay
nv question The South wonld stand up III sold column Tor
s riphl- when the crisis arrived.
Ie hcn alluded the views o the Message o tho Pc-i-
den, on California affairs, and said whilst INSERTED the doc
mine of the Administration had through
lis special agent Mr.. T. r. King mtcrieod in all the move
mems there which led the State organization and -,
cluded the institution Of slavery from Ms organic saw re
ancw from the public press there that he people were in
pressed by the agents Of The Executive with III idea that
that State could not be admitted with the institution 9"
Slavery ngratcd in her Constitution From his knowledge
p, pt
he disf@ie the Executive upon The subject of slavery
he did not think the rights oi The South were safe IN ms
hands.
H. alluded tho message n mysterious document;
stamped with nsinccriiy upon lis face He s,d that whilst
President Pok had maintained the rights of Texas upon ti
East bank Of the Rio Grane its the present I'd
minsation had totally discgarded and abandoned thein
lie entered into lucidaton Of the message o Mr. POLK
and the Presidents of yesterday, o prove 'e "-
siton He assorted the right of Texas by the treaty even
with Mexico the whole of the territory IN dispute be
wccn Texas and New Mexico.
The President recommended on-nteycntion in his mes
sage we, upon the slytrg question a. upon the New
Mexican boundary questions but he abandons that doctrine
n soon New Mexico orlns State constitution He de
MED the right give jurisdiction 10 the Supreme Court over
the subject Of the disputed territory There was no right in
the Supreme Caurt TO take unless by The consent
Of Texas could the Federal Government exercise the
right State Of any portion OF the terrific
~ claimed by Texas lie cited early authorities establish
the boundaries claimed by Texas To the territory in ds
putc -
He said that upon the subject OF the slavery question: Tex
as would stand where the whole South would stadwhch
After he concluded Mr.. Brown Of Miss took the toor
but yielded 10 Mr. McClemand on whose motion the Com
mi,ec rose and reported progress.
Mr. AlcCernand moved that the Presidents message ~
yesterday be referred the Committee Territories and be
printed
Before the question taken, the House adjourned ar
| 81: o'clock.
Correspondence of the Baltimore Sun
WASHINGTON. January %.
naval court martial has been ordered in the case OF
Commodore Cooper consider tho poprcty Of his return
| ing home from Africa without leave.
The sloop Marion has been ordered from Boston 10
the East Indies relieve the L. S ship Dolphin which has