Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1851-02-07

llintble To the current fiscal year, and no,
tue one ems iug.
Several amendments were made to tic De.
iirDencv BIZ, when the committee rosc aud
under the operation Of the previous questions,
i.e amendments were concurTcd in, and the
bill passed. 1t appropriates ! 100000 to sup
ply DEFICIENCIES in the appropriations for tie
present Used year.
On motion of Mr.. Briggs, the House again
went into Committee on the bill establishing
branch mints at New York and San Francisco,
aud appropratiug S225OC0 for a suitable bui'
ding for lhc former, and $500 900 for the lat
Ter.
Mr.. Briggs said that this bill passed the SEN
ale OF the 3lst Of May last, a very large ma
i,ry. after long and earnest debate on lis
M rs. The Committee on Commerce, of this |
House, AT the close Of last session, reported il,
through lis honorable colleague. Mr.. PheniX, !
tt member OF that Committee, and most ably
and fully sustaining it by mass OF statistical
facts, all having IA direct bearing on this meas
IRE and, as he doubted not these facts were
slil fresh in the minds Of gentlemen, it would be
Nanton waste OF time for recaptulatc them. lie
read various statistical tables, and earnestly
advocated the passage OF the bill He said that
New York, at no distant day, would he the
nonicd and commercial centre Of the civilized
world.
Mr. Chandler offered substitute for the bill,
establishing a branch mint at San Francisco.
aud AN assayer's Office in New York, which
was read.
The Comm ttce rose when on motion of Mr..
Briggs, debate ON the bin was ordered 10 cease
eu Friday, at : o'clock, Adjourned.
WA.mNoIoy, Jan. 3lth, 1851.
SuNArE.--Nr. Hale presented petition for
the repeal Of the Fugitive Slave Law, which
lad en- the table.
The Scuale took NJ Mr.. Mason's resolution
LucclIrg inquiry into the propriety OF paying
The Spanish claims arising out Of the AmIstad
case.
Mr. Chase narrated the circumstances ofjhc
Ani>ad case, and denied the Justice of these
cams again, the Uuircd States.
A!r. Hale said lhi, claim WAS the most out.
rae demand ever heard of. In these days OF
perfect harmony and maternal love, when ag
la!or- we're dead, and agitation quoted, it wa,
MT ST to push the IN al sense Of the people
too Jar. by such claims as these. Though hos'
who have resisted slavery may be Tranquil, the
feeling was i'll existing at the bottom Of ills
seeming tranquility.
Mr. Clay SAID this resolution was one Of en-
quiry mcteIy. II opinions on the justice of
these ilims was not fixed either in favor Of. or
arainst it. lie could not but remark ON the
Iirnce that peace and harmony eNlstcG-.ha'
IT,, influence Of recent measures was more
clirLtual than the conduct OF certain Senators.
Th' agitation On domestic slavery was al an
eni and TIE Senator from New Hampshire, and
those "ho ACT with hiln' Sezed upon every
question relating to the i"rc'In Slave trade, to
Ike some capital out o! it, to- revive the ael-
1h'on OF domestic slavery nat parry were
~ the m'n'r.iy ana he hoped They would re-
ilt.n there forever.
NJ, Hale followed. in a sarcastic reply, in
which he said, no one from experience wa,
bcl,r adaAted 10 lecture those in the minority
than tn, senator from Kentucky. He was ,r
prop'ei bat lie would venture to declare thai
mny man who placed himself as a candidate 70;
popular favor N AIRY State Of the Union, on tue
grounds If inr the author or supporter Of the
Gni,s,eu compromise Of last session, wouI,
ind himself in the coud.'iun Of the man Spoken
At in tie Geek fable, who, when the ship wa,
wrecked, and while every one seized something
10 support him in tie sea, unfortunately tCoE
hold OF tie anchor, and was carried to the bot
trm.
Tha Clair said he must arrest this debate
'.ae Compromise WAS not now before the Sen
nc.
Nr Hale cave way.
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