The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1851-03-12

plhcpe lhat he IL whom legal rght l. vested 6as
always The power TO ieinqush Il The legal nEhI being
vested ia the Senate the majority Of the Senate at any
time have the power 10 make the distribution AZ 10 The
practical pat OF the arg ufes the senator from Missouri
proves what have stalsds much more cihcenl sss.
pu'.oa much mote appropriate use VI these documsnts,
can DC Made by cpmmluRg Them to the of Nc Espy
lie viii transmit them 10 persons, especially rfon
his regard to the object which he has much al heart f,
Inc Improvement oil science that the senator from
Hampshire Mr.. HALEl considers moonshns Tie viii
select with care The individuals who viii p,o6t BY he
liocuIenl, and who will IN return make profitable AN
swers, hope the Senate will not occupy any more time
upon thus question. TIT
Mr.. ArcHISoN Mr. President that sane old point.
Now SIT, II the senator from Georgia Mr. BrRRIrsl be
night IN his legal opnioH then. sir 1t Ieques two reso
uons 10 dispose OF the books printed Tor the use OF the
oenate,two resolutions, II would require resolution
OF the Senate TO say what disposition will make OF them
But sir, It Is the common law Of the Senate when docu
mens are printed Tor the of the Senate thar the Sec
eiafy or officer OF The Senate having the control OF these
documents distributes them pro each member of
Inc Senate, lie gives each senator his share and he
makes what disposition OF them he thinks proper This
is the common law of the Senate have never known
second resolution offered 10 what disposition be
made OF the books printed by the Senate until this
nnon offered By the senator IRON North Carolina. Mr.
NAkGUM.l Now, sir, lei me ask that with
gard 70 some eight or ten members of this Senaefomer
members OF the Senate, but longer me nbers OF
the disposition do you make of their books
Have they right in the books lhave their constituents
no right IN these booksa Under the resolution You are
deprving the senator from Rhode island Mr. GREEsE1 OF
his dsribu,ive share of these books because he
longer member OF the Senate. have the highest
gard Tor the legal opinion OF the from Georgia,
Mr. BERRiEN, but do think with all OF his experience
he has missed this point #taa.
Mr.. MANGUM. Mr. President, these documents were
ordered 10 be printed for the OF the Senate for
the use OF the SENATOR'S and the Senate may make any
disposition of them they think proper Az 10 this idea
Of vested rights, shall not attempt TO argue that The
Senate dispose Of Them they please | suppose,
sir. i is known that the principal argument in favor Of
printing this additional number that his correspond
ents---neleorologs might be furnished with copies OF
men N all parts OF the earth, Of the civilized world,
but especially upon this western hemisphere, who
making communications to him by the aid OF meteoroog
cal observations Now, sir, as TO the effect this will
have upon the plains OF Missouri where they have no
very large RIVER no ocean and no mariners to navigate
Mr.. AICHlSON, I'm his seai) We have the largest
Mr.. MANGUM They have storms upon the plains
useful to the emgrans to California So say as did my
friend from Missouri Nh. Espy may have my whole
number, saving one They shall be at his disposition
They are very much needed by him. hope the Senate
Mr.. RUsK. This. Mr. President, is small matter,
but regard as wrong In the first place. we taking
the book OF private individual, not an official docu-
men and printing it. We therefore put him upon dill
ferent footing with other authors in the country. We
take the book and publish i at the public expense AS
soon we have II printed, we asked to Turn over
two thousand to him for distribution. | regard this
entirely wrong similar operation attempted to be
upon ne @ S very ass SoGk
amount OF this II IS that sort OF precedent we ought
| not 10 set
i
Gle word. j think can make observation which will
obvize the difficulty and settle this matter at once,
From what understand, there bat few who
desire keep this document Tor their own use 1 s,ig
gesed to MIR. Espy himself instead OF getting such
oluon passed this to get senator's TO turn to him
the documents tina, may come TO them. think he will
gel nearly all 70 this way II will save tins trouble of
Mr. FOoTE Mt President, / have a word to say to
the senator from Missouri, tMr ATcHlsoS,l who
10 attach great valHe 10 this work He to think
thai is right that he should have his SHARE not for the
purpose OF dhusng but ultsusrng it for he says he
sendst ind'scriminaiey TO A, b, and {, whether the
document likely TO be OF value TO those persons TO whom
4 1t Is sent not
understand. sir, that have already provided for the
publication oil these documents The question is now
whether permit such distribution OF the docu-
ment to take place, originally contemplated, will
be useful 10 the country. whether we bound by
anything have done to monopoze the OF the doc
umen ourselves In other words the honorable senator
from Missouri lMr, ATcHIsoNl seems |, think each
aor must conhne the use and enjoyment OF this document
TO himself do not think bound to read II. As
10 the honorable senator we would not impose upon him
the trouble of reading H. The simple question is, whether
we are bound m the use OF this document to restrict its
distribution 10 ourselves to our own agency whether
Will allow II 10 be distributed 10 more judiclous
manner-in manner more likely TO accomplish the OBJ
jec, originally held IN vewthe public edhcatlon Why.
sir what do BY onrsev can do by another, and
what do by another we do by ourselves. II we cause
this document, be used BY other persons, the
the word use can be applied do not rise for the purpose
of talk at length upon the subject a, all merely rise
for the purpose stating that felt much benefited by the
suggestions which have fallen from the senator IRON
New Hampshire, Mr. HALx,I who gave ns a short lee
,ure this morning upon noonshne and tempess
TO use his own word. Now, may say that do not
know OF any gentleman this chamber here, or
that by possibility be found, more competent to lee
this bedy any other body upon these two duties
alluded to by hn-rnoonshne and storms--than the hon
orable senator from New Hampshire. tMr. HALE j for
the first mgr Observation-Disclosures know 10 constitute
the fabric OF the speeches bear from time TO time
from him As TO the storms, IS more inclined TO
hare and fIAr thuuh m 10
has declared, The most solemn and formal manner re-.
Gently, his chief business life IS 10 agate Such Is my
respect for the Judgment OF the honorable senator from
New Hampshire relation 10 moonshne and storms, that
would rather with him al the present time, but for
the fact really think that everything that has come
from the senator upon this occasion Is moonshne and
| storm.
Mr. HALE. Mr. President, am obliged 10 the hon.
orable senator from Mississippi Mr.. FooTsl for his
compliment understand this book TO be treatise upon
meteoroogy-shoolng siars-irom which understand
stars shoot OF Their orbit into some Wild and Irregular
notions something oil that sort suppose II that be
the character of IT, there Is member OF the Senate
who appropriate advocate Tor u a. the honorable
senator who has Just taken his seat llaugb,erl Sir, II
he will leave moonshne and storms TO me, think he
indicates quite much proprs,y ~ his avocaion
himself, being the peculiar friend OF shooting stars
lLapsbier1 leave the sublve, there. remember sT,
good many years ago. there was an administration,
think, which put down. o the greatest unents,
that it proper TO build light houses IN the sky Now,
we have had light house In the sky Tor years con-
sider we are going on a Don Quixoio expedition after
shooting stars. move TO lay the whole subject upon
the table.
PATENT oryfcE REPORT
Mr. FOoTE. With the consent OF the Senate, would