The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-06-12

Objection having been made, the House pro.
ceeded TO vote on the question before IL, and de-
cided il In the negativc-yeas SO, nays 50.
Mr.. JONES of Tennessee. inquired whether the
casting vote Of the Speaker might not change the
result.
The SPEAKER replied that his vote would make
tie; but in that case the question would be lost.
MIR ORR desired TO know whether he could not
now move to postpone the question to reconsider
| until this day two weeks.
The SPEAKER replied, only by unanimous
consent
Objections were made.
MIR. CABELL, as a friend Of the bill desired the
po5tponement suggested
The SPEAKER said in reply to question, that
if the motion 10 reconsider should prevail it would
then be in order 10 make the motion to postpone.
The question was then taken on recon5idering
the vote by which the bill granting the right OF
way and public lands TO Alabama and Florida was
laid upon the table, and decided in the ahrma-
| tive--yeas l0l, nays So.
The question recuSed on the proposition, Shall
| the bill lie upon the table?
/ Mr.. CABELL moved that the further considera-
| ton Of the subject be postponed for two weeks.
The SPEAKER said that the motion could not be
made until the pending question to lay on the table
shall have been disposed Of
| The morning hour here expired.
| MIR. HOUSTON asked loave to report back the
Deficiency bill, with the amendments OF the Senate.
Mr. DEAN objected, until the Committee on
| Public Lands shall have got through with their re
| ports.
Mr.. HOUSTON. If we wait until then, we will
not get through with the bill tor month.
! THK PUBLIC LANDs-THx TARiFF-rRYK TRADE
AND FuGlTIvEs.
| The House resolved itself into Committee OF
the Whole on the state OF the Union, and took up
| the Indian Appropriation bill.
| Mr.. STEVENS. of Pennsylvania, said he had
| body, after the exciting debates of the last two
weeks. lie had nothing to say in relation to
| the Presidential question; indeed, with Us, there
Is no occasion for it, for among all true Wings
| there Is perfect harmony and entire unaniini
| y. Although he felt sorey distressed at the
| happy difficulties and dissensions which have
| destroyed the Democratic party, [laughtcr,l and
| although, at the late convention, they slaugh-
tered their ablest and honored cheitains, yet
1t would be impertinent in him to interfere Nor
| need aught be said of that very select and highly
| respectable body of gentlemen who denominate
| themselves the Union party, for, although they
started with lofty pretences and considerable ec!G
| II met an early grave. Engendered in the whirl
wind of their own creation, it vanished with the
elements which gave II birth. Although they had
lately its ghos, linping this hall the
honorable and agreeable shade of the gentleman
! from Tennessee, with certain uneasy attendants,
! yet Its carcass is in the tomb, and they were ad
monished by the charitable injunction, "Ni! NOR
tuis nisi bonun," and should pass by this subject
with profound silence.
He then proceeded TO speak of the various rail
| road bills which have already been reported, and
the many which are yet in the hands Of the Com
mlttee on Public Lands, and inciden tally discussed
| the question OF a protective tariff.
The right to dispose Of the public lands is given
! by the Constitution, and therefore should be
! questioned; but the object TO which they should
be appropriated seemed TO him necessarily 10 de
pend the nature of the title, and that title is of
two kinds, which he proceeded to explain The
General Government does not hold the lands
condltionaly, In lee simple, but trustee, to
ecute the terms of the grant for the benefit of all
! When land is granted to one State. Congress 10
bound TO grant It to the others, according TO the
federal representation in this body He would ask
| mil gpna ola sytya
and millions OF acrts TO portion OF the States for
railroad purposes 10 the neglect of the rest where
! they find authority for il? Would gentlemen
from the new States show the authority Of a grant
| to one State that does not apply to all? Having
! spoken at some length on this subject, he passed
TO that OF the tariff advocating protection to Amer
! lean manufactures, and strongly opposing the in
! jurious iniiuencrs OF free trade.
! Mr. RANTOUL said that the gentleman from
! Vermont (Mr. MEAcHAm) and the gentleman
! from Pennsylvania (Mr SrEvESs) had addressed
/ to him, as individual, large portion Of their
remarks on the subject OF the tariff However, the
common sense of the world, Operating on b 9TH
sides of the Atlantic, will set the question of free
trade and prott right, without any assistance
/ from him. lie was not afraid the people of the
/ United States will be made 10 believe that the
highest to Katon is the greatest blessing, and the
3 farmers OF the West, IN 40 cons be degree,
Will come 10 the conclusion that better give
Two barrels OF Hour for certain quantity Of iron
! than one They wiii never aid rennsy wanna cap
ltalists in screwing down labor in Pcnnsyhanin
IN England, in order TO carry out theories every
where tired, and which have failed wherever they
\ have been tried. lie said the gentleman from
Pennsylvania was utterly mistaken; the assertion
! that civilized nations have always adopted high
tariffs u vide Of The truth. Ga the contrary,
Gent nations nOurished ia proportion to the fro
dom VI commerce; and the rcstri, q ~ OF commerce
/ caused their prosperity to depart from them to
others
lie then passed on to subject which he consd
cred 81 much more importance than the tariff,
namely, liberty, which was of tho greatest mo.
mcni. as contracted with property.
He said he had been denounced again and again,
twenty times, as an Ag'ta'or aud always by gentle
! men from the South He had remained silent on
the subject Of slavery, except when direct attack
! was made upon him. A. fact he as singled out
aud be coul1 not longer 90 quiet, a Of hon
Or, without The imputatIun Of ,uwafdice which ne
] sould dcscrye were ne 20 remain silent
Having been cent 20 the Bllumore Convention by
the largest district d. mocrat,c convention held for
/ rnuy years, regularly called, according 10 the
usagcs Oi the last twety- five or thirty yeafs TO re
I present five thousand Democfnts The Baltimore
Convention disifRnchiscd his district, the only
Democratic one ia Massac buseus-sn insult not
only 70 the district, but 70 Massachusetts,, which
was shOfn 81 her prOpOrtionate strength in the
convention. He ask,d, is there any one Demo
crst "a hlassac hvsctts, them found By any hing
done IN thal convention! IL he under any obi ga
ton to support i;s seton when that State was
shorn Of her propOrtonstc number Of delegates
This j. question for the Democratic party and
the Democrats Of Massachusetts, 10 consider n
there ~ d.tric IN the United States that is and
ought 90 be Democratic, IL ID the district which he
reprcscnts; md be ssid he should like 70 compare
is history with that Of any other represented on
this nJ1r.
lie then spoke Of the great men born within its
borders and their patriotic deeds, and said that
y, lutiOnary glOfies thickly clustered around IT,.
Bot Why was he and bic district nsultcd By the
BaItimJrc Convention, Simply for saying on be-
lug nsked BY the Committee on Credentials vhe
thcr he would agree to the platform, that he would
do his own thinking II the gentlemen suppose
that thcrc were not come millions Of white in
the North who would do their own thinking, they
we're mistaken. lie repeated, he was excluded ne
delegate bcchuse he dared 10 think for himself on
the subject Il constitutional law, and arriving at
the results AZ which ho had arrived.
He denied that there wnss grant Of power in the
Constitution for Congress o lcgslate for the rem
dltiOn 81 fugitive slaves, and nobody who called
him8clf a Democrat could sustain himself in the
position that there IL such grant Of power He
argued this point at length insisting that IL
subject Tor State legislation.
Mr.. MARTIN concluded the speech heretofore
commenced IN opposition 10 the bills reported
Il (twenty-onc ina numbcr) giving lands 10 certain