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as that said may be paid per eay.ia the
the time the thereof shall be taken Psspd Thai
the assent OF the Cherokee national council shall drst be
had and obtained 70 the payment OF said moneys in the
manner herein designated,
:" Ind be ii Further enacted, That $4,000 be appro
prlaed 10 defsy the expense OF taxing census Of the
government and treaty parties Of the Cherokees west pre-
preceding section .
Mr. HUNTER | would suggest that this amendment
Is evidently incongruous Besides, ii is of such char
acle that we cannot have lime TO consider il and get
bulls into the HOUSE. | hope the gentleman will with.
Mr., SEBASTIAN Ihave no disposition to embarrass
Tins bill or to press anything that would have tendency
to defeat delay it, The amendment have offered is
at the request of the Indian department. and necessary
in order TO enable the department carry the objects
OF the appropriation which the senator from Ohio has
asked for: The whole object OF il is this: In conse
9uence OF the appropriations made by the Committee
Finance the Indians have refused accept the money
upon the terms Of The distinctions issued BY the depart
OF the Indian department, and is needed TO carry out
! Mr. HUNTER The Committee on Finance had this
matter under consideration, but had not time examine
| it, II we had sufficient time 10 hear the senator
plain it, we would be happy to doso.
MIR. BORLAND. desire merely to say word. I'm
less this amendment adopted there necessity for
making the appropriation at all-for do not believe it
can be executed
! Mr. EWING The Commissioner of Indian Affairs
was OF different opinion. The committee informed him
that both could not be adopted and he desired that this
small appropriation of $4,000 should be adopted in pref
MIR, SEBASTIAN. The $4,000 are for carrying out
the census My amendment substitutes different kind
OF a census ...U.. ..
The amendment to the amendment was rejected
The question recurring on the original amendment, it
M Mr. HUNTER offered the following amendment:
.For salary of clerk the Supreme Court. $500 per
81. .aSs 81 '''''F'' % '' - '' y '''' '''
The amendment adopted
Mr.. EWING. have one more amendment to offer
from the committee:
in California, $50 900 PROVIDED That tue whole com pen
sa,ion of the law agent shall not exceed $4,000.
The amendment was adopted
MIR. SOULE offered the following amendment from the
Committee on Commerce, IN reference 10 the custom
house at New Orleans.
"P,ovdtd, That there shall be material departure
from the original adopted pan and that the main business
I'm shalt remain as conem Glated in the same plan"
Mr.. DICKINSON. fear that that amendment does
no, 90 far enough, and propose this in lieu of il
:" Provided, That there shall be material departure
from the original adopted plan materials for
and that the main business room shall remain
paed in said plans And p,oUidd, further the better
eaable the commissioners comply with this proviso
the architect and author of said plan be employed fur
nsh all the information relative to the anatomical OF
the work working drawings specifications, &c, a, snla
ny not exceeding Ss per day.
Mr.. SOULE. desire to state briefly my reasons for
introducing this amendment 1t has reference TO ap-
preparation made in the bill for erecting the custom house
at New Orleans and provides that there shall be no
material departure from the plan originally adopted 1t
agreed in committee that my report should go
further. But must confess much apprehend that il
will not all the exgences which it intended TO
satisfy and that proposed by the honorable senator
from New York Mr. DIcKISsosl makes more explicit
the meaning OF the committee and superadds require
ment without which, perhaps. the object sought TO be
secured would not be attained, shall give this latter my
caed the facts which shall proceed TO lay before
the Senate The Congress OF the United States, having
asceraned that proper site had been offered by the first
municipality OF New Orleans for the erection OF custom
hal he hat
the Secretary OF the Treasury might carry ou, the object
and proceed to the construction OF suitable building.
Robert J. Walker then Secretary OF the Treasury.
His comprehensive mind, in devisina what sort OF
sruciion should be adopted could not be restrained with
in the limits which the then condition OF the
business transacted at that port might 10 assign 10
such an undertaking he meant TO provide not only for
the present. but for the future and he conceived the first
idea OF the gigantic structure which is destined not only
to grace the mighty metropolis OF the Southwest, but TO
be lasting monument OF the enlarged views and OF the
deep forecas, OF its originator lie spared no pains TO
promote his great design He advertised for plans and
stimulated by all the means in his power the spirit
Of enterprise and the genius OF our artists, that be
might be provided with all the lights and with the
information which the country was capable OF afford.
ing Many designs presented TO his consideration,
and solicited his choice. lie studied them thorough.
w. and soon mastered the subject, to confound
BY his calculations and queries the skill OF the abes and
the acueness OF the profound among the designers
Not satisfied with the exhibitions obtained through the
wings, he required the architects TO lay before him
wooden model OF the building and after much research
much investigation, much delberaiion he adopted the
plan after which the foundations OF the building were
laid down. and the structure carried up to the second
story some IS feet from the ground. But while the
building in progress under the direction impaired to
II by its original designer, change took place in the ad
minstraon of the country and The fate OF the building
had TO pass into other hands than those TO whose
ment il had been first committed. No sooner had the
commissioners in office been vested with the power
of managing the great undertaking than 1t became ev-
dent t,at all their ingenuity and adroltness would be
directed towards single obIecttbe peryerng OF the IN
entons OF the original designers OF the structure and the
sorming OF ii into very conception which, when
presented to the Secretary of the Treasury had been by
him repudated and rejected The anatomy OF the build
ing be essentially altered and the custom house TO
turn its back, were, the municipality which bad
donated the ground whereupop II was being erecedand
this too in utter disregard OF the implied obligation as
sumed by the government, that the original plan would
be fully adhered TO Tor II Is worthy OF remark that
il was not until the plan had been submitted to the con-
sderaon and bad obtained the appreciation OF the hrs
municipality that the transfer o the lot OF ground 10 the
United States was executed Iron floors to be subs
uted for the groned arches in view of which the foun
laons had been aid and the whole structure combined
and determined upon Contracts embracing large amounts
of money and importing right 10 indemnity they should
be violated were be set at naught and the whole con-
cern to be remodeed and managed anew SIR. those who
had right to be heard IN The matter had peloned the
Secretary OF the Treasury, and insisted on the original
plan being not departed from But nothing could avail
and the foul architectural MURDER through the active
az pnces OF the aided and abeed by sub
aIterns IN the Treasury Department, will be consumna
ted unless Congress nterpoae its authority and require
the department TO comply with the plan on winch the
whole structure was designed TO rest, and with the con
acts entered into under s implied prescriptions. lhe
) late hour at which the amendment comes before the
Senate precudes me from carrying further my remarks
Indeed the assurance which feel that IL will be sane
timed by large vote makes it doubtful whether
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