Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1851-04-05

dred and sixty doiars'
The amendment agreed to.
"To W. S. Messervey as delegate from New Mexico, for
mileage and compensation two thousand four hundred ana
Mr. BORLAND. simply wish to remark that am OPP
posed that appropriation the that this gentleman,
whatever may be bis merits as an individual comes here with
out authority
Mr. SMITH He had the same authority as the other de-
legate 5a
Mr.. DOUGLAS. He came here under regular election
Of the people Of that Territory. The former delegate from
five dollars per day. The delegates from Oregon have also
been paid under the same circumstances. 6
i The question was taken and resulted as follows:
Cooper. Davis. q M..sSu.s.i. Dawson, Deinsoa, Dodge
Of Iowa, Douglas, Downs, Ewing, Foote Greene, Gwin
a%lin Houston Hunter yons: Miller, esaI.e Kanou
| and Underwood-3l. r
NAYs-Msssrs Atehi.ou, Borland Davis, Of Mississippi,
/ Felch, King, Mason, Whitcomb, and Yalee-8. t+i
! So the amendment agreed To-. fsy
Mr. CHASE. wish 70 call the atsntiono Of the sshste
very important amendment which am abont % subnf
must be quite obvioas % every one that the rs sna hsf
for eight O'clock psrs this body therefore submit
motion to amend the bill under discussion and will
explain briefly the proposed amendment 10 the bill org-
nay reported in the House of Representatives, BY the Com
mtee Commerce, providing for the improvement Of rivers
and habos modified by striking every item not estimated
for and sanctioned by the proper department Assisted BY the
chairman of the Committee Commerce. (Mr. HAMLIS,)
have gone the whole bill item by item, retaining every
appropriation for which estimate has been made, and sr
ing out all for which estimates have not been made
| Mr.. HUNTER. Is that amendment in order. We have
just voted lay that bill down. and hope will not thus be
pressed upon u.s. shall lose the appropriation bills
The PRESIDENT. The Senator from Ohio proposes to
amend the bill inserting several sections consisting OF nine
pages.
| Mr. GWIN. Is that motion in order
The question taken, and the decision announced
against the adoutiOn of the amendment.
Mr. CHASE. The amendment has not been read.
Mr. WALKER. was on the floor before the decision
was announced, and called for the yeas and nays.
The PRESIDENT If the Senator says he was on the
floor and asked for the yeas and nays the Chair is bound
put the question again.
Mr. RUsK ihope the decision of the Chair will stand
announced II we squabbe this question: we
shall never pass the bill earth.
| The PRESIDENT. The Chair has decided. |
| The yeas and nays ordered.
Mr. ATCHISON. 1t is true that the Senator from Ohio
not party the understanding, will not say the con-
tract by which the river and harbor bill laid aside tempo
rarly but that he is violating the spirit Of
that understanding. This river and habor bill was 70 be
laid aside until eight o'clock.
| Mr. CHASE. This is not the same bill at all.
! Mr.. ATCHISON 1t amounts to the same thing II
hope the Senators from Kentucky and Tennessee who were
parties that understanding will vote against this amend
ment.
i Mr. CHASE. protest aganst any nsinuaton that there
has been any violation good faith my part have been
party any contract made this floor stand here az
individual Senator, independent Of all your compacs
stand here to represent the interests OF State, deeply IN
volved in the fate Of the amendment which have submitted
Sir il objected the river and harbor bill now on the
table, and by senuous than by the Senator from
Mississippi that there were no estimates Tor many OF ne
items contaiaed and that not national in their
character The suppo of bill containing such items was
denounced with the national Democratic plat
FORM am great admrer Of the Baltimore platform. or
platform which will not permit the exercise OF the con-
stutona powers Of Congress for the improvement OF our
great inland channels Of commerce and navigation.
NV amendment Mr. President, is liable TO none OF those
objections on the the of estimates and want OF
nationality which were strongly insisted by several Sc
nators on this side of the chamber against the bill now ad
on the table, 1t is the House bill originally reported last
summer by the Committee on Commerce, which was SUD
mted to the Typographical bureau and scrunzed Item py
item and the subject of the report Of COL Albert made
the House las. fall. said when introduced it that had
examined with the aid Of the chairman Of the COMMITTEE
on Commerce, (Mr HAMIIs, and had compared y WIZ
no appropriation for which there not an estimate from
the department Every work provided for IN 1t is
Every appropriation properly sanctioned and
Most of the appropriations not for works. but TOR the
and repair Of works long since begun, which,
through neglect Of have gone into decay and
ruin. cannot sit still when think Of the enormous waste
Of human life, the vast destruction Of property, and the IN.
cacuabe nconvenences of sort which are
upon the rivers aud lakes of the West through this criminal
neglect So long have this floor mean to be
heard until the claims Of the West in this respect shall be
| acknowledged and responded to.
Mr.. SHIELDS stood by the river and harbor bill
long could stand by without endangeng the other bills
The Senator from Ohio, in offering this amendment offers
one which, adopted, will not only destroy the river and
| harbor bill, but The appropriation bill also
Mr. EWING. As shall not vote for the amendment Of
my colleague, wish state my for not doing 50.
do not know what his amendment s; have read or
heard read have not time to read it and do not know
whether could vote for not uust vote upon my own
Judgment upon the Judgment at least Of committee Of
the Senate in this have neither, and can have
neither DO know therefore. whether it is thirg fo
which could NOT if could have an oPPortu-
nifty to examine it. will blndfolded upon the mere
faith Of single individual SHALL therefore, vote against
| for that reason.
shall also against for another reason am per-
ecy satisfied that the attachment Of the amendment TO 'n
bill would do evil and good, II was the best pos
BILE measure u,on the face Of the earth for under the cir
cumstances in which placedhe temper OF the sen
and the temper Of the House being what they
utterly impossible that the bill could get through win sucn an
amendment as this attached IT, If the situation Of things
was different then nigh be able to vote for IT. but canno
do 80 now. =,
Mr. FOOTE I have only this remark to make IN reply
to what has been said by the Senator from Ohio did not
intend 10 suggest any bad faith his part spoke only Of
vha, would be the action Of this body we sanction this pro-
position knew well any body that that Senator be-
longs to no paythat nobody claimed any responsibility for
him. and am very glad OF it. did not intend to throw
any responsibility npon him, for he not in my mind
That personality just distant idea to my mind as
aay gentleman can imsgne have not another word to say
in regard 10 it.
Mr.. EWING. I am sorry that the honorable Senator
from Mississippi should suggest the idea OF bad faith 10
regard to this body.
i Mr., FOOTE. DID so with an If"
Mr.. EWING am sorry that he did 80, even with an
"nn do think il ought to be done in this body
wish he would take il back ,.