The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1851-02-16

The question being iaksa upon the motion. it was
agreed lo-- ayes aa, noes not counted ,p.s5 !. Il
Of the BILL and after long debate without any haal
ton, thersupon. .a.si :. 1900. .H#a0. \
The Senate adjourned. /
FRIDAY. FEBRUARY II, 1851. 1
HOUSE OF nEraEsEsrATIvEs
SESSION
The Committee of the Whole the state of the Union
came together again at seven, p m, not more than
dozen members being present Though, in the course OF
ne nse r sssssS some n a ATTENDED
clined addressing the committee, being lndisposed
or mod,hcauon OF the fugitive slave law, and admitting
the obligations to obey while it remained the statute
books II had been passed during his accidental and but
absence which accounted for the absence OF
his vote from the record the question Had he been
present, II would have received his support. He held
that signing the Union or anrePeal pledge, barred It's
time might be necessary for the certain exclusion OF
slavery from territories Mr. c. ntmated that gentlemen
from the North whs had signed this pledge, would be
held to account by their constituents for SO doing.
Mr.. JONES next obtaining the floor, gave way to
Mr.. BOkEE who replied briefly to the remarks Of his
colleague Mr. CoScERl upon the subject of the Union
pledge. lie objected to that gentlemans imputaton OF
motives on the part OF the sgners OF that paper he, as
one OF them had, in so doing been actuaed only by
Mr.. c coNG G had not dreamed of sssang the mo-
tves of any gentleman. That pledge had been hawked
around the hall for sgners and had therefore, become
matter OF great interest to the public as to justify his
allusion to it here II part of the history of the
times. +.
Mr. BOKEE again taking the floor went on to say that
those from North South who had signed this pledge,
bound 10 oppose all who endorsed the proprety OF
the further agitation of the slavery question
Mr.. GIDDINGs (sad Mr. b. had inquired whether
he would turn out to catch fugitive under the law He
would rather out to catch those found resisting the
due execution of this law
Mr. GlDDINGS made few remarks in reply to Mr.
BoKEE ntimaiing that he did not envy that gentleman
his constituents in being under the influence of sent
meats such would lead them TO sustain the fugitive
Mr. JONES then delivered speech, to show. from the
record OF the public expenditures that under the admins
traton of Taylor and Fillmore they were far greater than
nece ssaIy or than they during the administration
| of Mr.. Polk
| Mr.. BOWIE next addressed the committee in speech
in favor OF the bill officially before the committee and
then at about ten, tbu nine members being in the ha
the committee rose,
And the House adjourned until II a m. tomorrow.
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 49, 1851.
After the reading OF the journal,
Mr. STANTON, of Tennessee, asked the unanimous
consent of the House for leave TO make report from the
Committee Naval Affairs tina, il might be referred and
ordered TO be printed
RIVERS AND HARBoRs.
But Mr. McLANE moved the suspension OF the rules,
to go into Committee OF the Whole on the state OF the
Union agreed TO. Whereupon,
Mr. BUEL having been called TO tie chair, the CON-
MIR FEATHERSTON, who was entitled to the aoor
addressed the committee in an hours speech against the
bill. 5..a
Mr. F., in the course of his remarks, commented with
severity the extraordinary circumstances surrounding
the effort 10 enact this important bill at this late period OF
the session, when II utterly impossible that lis oppo
nens could have fair showing
Mr.. f., (connuing,) urged the condition of the
the bill He argued al length to Show tina, the treasury
at present IN condition equally bad as when, in
ls4s. Mr., Polk vetoed river and harbor bill; which act
had been sustained by Mr.. McLASE on the ground OF
the Indebtedness OF the government.
| MIR. F. next argued the constitutional question in
volved, holding thai the constitution OF the United States
embraced prov usfying. the deduction OF The
power claimed from it. He held that all the evils result
ing from congressional legislation had originated under
OF the powers of the general government on which
those demanding the enactment of this bill rested their
hope and that, If such views ruled much longer the
Union could not exist under them.
Mr.. 4. then went to show that II the policy con-
tempIaed by this bill be carried ont Tor twenty years,
hopeless national bankruptcy would be the result; and
that the system involved great injustice nlts distribution
Mr. CLINGMAN next addressed the committee in
speech against the bill He held that if this and similar
bills passed. would become necessary to change the
listing revenue laws, 10 which he was opposed for rea
sons set forth at length.
Mr. c. next argued prove the injustice of protection
his constituents, and that the time was rapidly APP
preaching when his State would undersell New
England in cotton manufactures, and Pennsylvania in
coal and iron.
question of the ability OF the South TO sustain herself not
only against northern aggression, but IN commercial
rivalry against all the world and he held that there
could be questioning these truths, as he went on 10
demonstrate He further conended that the great alarm
in the minds OF the southern people at this time
that the hole power and Influence OF the general gov
eminent would be directed against the South in the
next twenty years, force them (of the South 10
withdraw from the Union
| Nh. TOOMBS next obtained the Aoor and went on TO
argue against the constutionay and proprety OF the
measure before the committee He held that the states
men Of old did any of hem) admit the constitution.
al,y of making internal improvements by the general
commended for by the friends of this
| bill.
| Mr. GORMAN then obtaining the floor, opposed the
enactment of the bill. He held that if it contemplated
the expenditure of public money every stream in his
district. he should necessarily be constrained to
az ans it, because he believed il to be unconstitutional
| and unwse. lie rehearsed the history OF the attempt
to combine the votes OF all sections, to get similar appro
pations OF money from the treasury, which could not
pass each proposition Standing It's own merits and he
warned the committee that the people OF the whole conn
try would look this bill, II enacted, with much
dsiavor that with which the people of Indiana had
regarded the log rolling act OF their legislature which
involved The Stale in the fifteen millions of Indebtedness
which for many years, acted an overpowering IN
Auence against the development of the States resources,
the seemen, Of her lands, &C. After discussing
the constitnonality of internal improvements by the
general government Mr.. q. went on TO show that the
system If persevered in could not fail to rum the national
treasury, and could only succeed by dsrepnlable combi
nations Mr. g. warned the wings that IT they fastened
their system the country at this session, the people
would repudate them heretofore, for being too eX-