The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-02-27
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Inc Hmen0moot was ruled out OF Orler ny
| vote Of the Senate s4
The bill wss passed
lSABtlIrr or SNIP owsER,
On motion Ct Mr. HAMLIN. after some con
versation, the Senate bill to limit the liability Of
ship owners. and defining such Liabilities. wa,
taken up, and after discussion by Messrs. HAN
LIN, GwIN, DowKs, PrARcE, CAss, MAxcuw
BADGxa, and others, and viii, the addition 81
several amendments. the bill was passed.
And thr Senate adjourned.
! HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
TUESDAY, February 20, 1851.
\ EVENING SESSION.
! Mr.. LYNN BOYD in the Chair
Mr.. JOHN A. KING resumed and concluded
his remarks upon the subject Of nppropraing
$io'UO0 for hall for riding school at Wes'
| Point.
| On motion of Mr.. BAYLY, the committe rose,
and the House adopted a resolution closing debate
on this bill when the House should again 90 into
Committee Of the Whole.
| After some personal explanation by Messrs.
CHANDLER and BRicos, relative to the late dis
| cussIoh upon the bill establishing branch mint
at New York, the House again went into Com
| mittee of the Whole tf7i91f tftlt
Mr.. CARTIER thought that the people Of his
district, where the boys break colts on bare book
IN the barn yard, would lie surprised at this p<o-
position. The truth was that this institution was
calculated to train up band box soldiers But he
would let the horses snuff the breezcs of their ma
tive hilis. The reason Of the proposition was to
shield the young gentlemen at West Point from
the frost and rain and dews Of heaven. Mr. C.
thought that such IA proposition could only have
come from the Senate, where the members had
| become untitled for outdoor ex ercise. and who
were Obliged 70 ride to and from the Capitol.
| Mr.. SWEETZER said that thi proposition
was made at the last session, and was tn en- advo-
Gated by the gentleman from New York The
! people of his section were opposed to this instu-
ton. II existed by suferance so far as his con-
stituents were concerned. This feeling existed
th ough the entire West So far as the i,n,nedi-
ate question before the committee was concerned,
Mr.. .. thought that the cadets could best learn
the art OF horscnnnship in the open air.
| On motion of Mr. BAYLY, the committe rose
and reported the bill TO the House. The amend
ment OF the Senate was then non-concurred in
Mr.. G. w. JONES gave notice Of his intention
to reconsider the vote Of the House. determining
| to have night sessions.
| On motion Of Mr.. BAYLY, the House wen.
again into Committee Of the Whole, and took up
the bill entitled IAN to provide for carrying in
TO execution, in further part, the twelfth article of
the treaty with Mexico, concluded ut Guadalupe
iIdaigo
Mr.. BAYL.Y said that this bill appropriate ed
money to carry out our treaty with Mexico. 1t
seemed to him that all Congress had to do was TO
appropriate the money, unless indeed there was IA
suspicion of official corruption and incapacty.-
The bill was counterpart Of one fully discussed
| in both branches at the last session. Many news
paper articles and pamphlets had since been writ
ten, but he conceived that our duty was very
PLAIN. Our government had made contract with
! Barring d Brothers, Rowland K Aspinwa, and
| Mr.. Corcoran, TO pay the last instoment Of in
terest due Mr.. b. then went on to state that un.
der the treaty with Mexico, this government had
AZ
lie then caused to be read from the Clerks table
a statement from the Secretary Of the State which
sustained his position. Referring to the charge
that the bankers named were shaving the Mexi-
can government, he said that we had nothing to
do with that matter, They had not had one dol
lar of our money, but had operated with their own
funds. The point of our case is this: II is our
duty to make the appropriation. With the Elk
ecutive IS lett the responsibility Of carrying ou'
| the object. r- ~
| Mr.. BROOKS said, that it was our duty when
making so large an appropriation to investigate
this subject. The appropriation is made to take
| effect during the next fiscal year. He held that
| our action should be such that the use OF the
money until that time should come to the advan-
| tage of this government. MIR. b. thought that j,
was the duty Of Congress to share the RESPONSE.
bity of this matter with the EXECUTIVE. He sen,
TO the Clerks table an amendment providing that
the President shall advertise and receive propo-
1
to the highest responsible bidder. This would dis
sipate every shadow of charge Of corruption. He
went on To state the connection Of the house of
Rothschd with this transaction.
| Mr.. CARTIER said that he looked upon the
scramble OF the bankers for this money, precisely
as he would upon the contest ofgamblers over the
last ST, ke. TIL ~ oue ht to have no sympathy. They
had left the work Of fleeing individuals and taken
to fleeing nations. The tax paying people Of thu
country had been compelled to pay the money
with which one Of these bankers proposed still
i further TO shave them This nation is indebted to
Mexico by treaty. Mexico through her agents
has appealed to this government not to throw
them into the hands Of a cormorant banking house
but TO pay them in the cheapest manner con
venient to this government. Mr. G. thought tha
| since we had just come out of war in which we
mad taken large portion other territory, some
thing should be accorded TO their request. BIZ,
to their application our executive had turned his
back. Our Secretary Of State had gone into The
injurious chambers Of banking institutions to
| make contract whereby own and the Mex
! lean government were to be swindIed Mr.. G..
| thought that the payment of a debt TO the cred
itor was in law sufficient acquittnnce. But we
are told by the learnd Chuirmen Of the Ways and
Means that the Indebtedness must be discharged
according to the terms Of the treaty. If there
a country court lawyer in Ohio who had not in
stinct enough 10 know that payment to the credi
tor was not our acquittance Inc debtor, he ough
TO be thrown over the bar.
! Messrs. TooMBs and ViNroN followed main
tanning that unless the appropriation was made a
this session, bankers could not make an arrange
ment Of their funds so as to pay premium 10 on
government.
Mr.. GREEN spoke in favor Of the amcndmen
proposed by Mr. BRooxs.
M. ALLEN made some remarks showing tn
necessity of selecting another than the Secretary
Of State TO conduct the business contemplated b,
this bill. He SAID that that functionary was no
the servant of the government but of bankers
His acceptance Of the office of Secretary OF Stat
, WINS msde dependant upon the raising Of funds il
New York and Boston. Twenty five thousant
dollars had reen raised in New York and amos
like amount in Boston. He called men OF al
parties To frown upon this transaction.
Mr.. ASHMUN replied, nferring that this Mt
tack upon the Secretary Of State WINS the consu
nation Of the bargain between the Free-soer
and Democrats Of the Worcester district. He hat
lately seen in the Boston Atlas letter from Wash
ington stating that member of Congress WAS pre-
pared 10 introduce a resolution charging the Score
tsry Of State with official corruption. He hat