The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-01-14
TIiIRTY-SECOND CONGRESS.
FIRST sRsSIoN


Senate.
W.s.,Scroa, Jan. Is 1852
REPORTS FROM DEPARTMENTS.
The Chair laid before the Senate the report Of the Sc
cretary of the Senate OF the persons employed hi.
Office ALSO the report of the Secretary War in relation
to military roads in Iowa.
SYMPATHY KossuTH.
Mr. MILLER (whig) of N. j. presented the proceedings
Of meeting of citizens at Trenton New Jersey express
ing sympathy for Ko,suth and Hungary Referred.
eTEAMsHiPs 10 GALWAY, IRELAND.
Mr. SHIELDS (dem j of H., presented the petition OF
Alfred w. Thompson praying that the Postmaster
raj be authorized to contract for the transportation
land -. :.
esiabsh line or steamships from Jersey City TO Gal
way, Ireland
STOCK oF LOUISVILLE canal.
Mr.. UsnERwooD (whigl, ofKy introduced bill to
purchase stock owned by individuals, in the Louisville
and Portland Canal.
COMPENDIUM DOCUMENTS AND REPORTS
Mr.. BRApBuRy (dem }, Of Me, introduced Joint reso
luton providing for the publication, in volume
nually, Of a compendium of the public documents and
reports OF the heads Of departments and this to be pub
bhed in large extra numbers instead OF the documents
CLERKS FOR COMMITTEES.
Resolutions providing clerks for the Committees on
Naval Affair and Post Offices were submitted and laid
over.
was then taken up when
Mr.. Bnrenr, (dem } of la having the floor, said his
purpose in the resolution not to benefit party
press The work was most important and he de.ired it
to be done in proper and sutab style and be bsev
ed if it given out to the lowest bidder 1t would not
be done in proper manner. He described the import
and value of the statistical information col ected
and embraced in the returns. In addition to
this there brief historical account of every State
and Of every county in each State This form ID vol
ume Of most valua BILE and interesting information which
would be looked for with interest by everybody and
would be preserved in libraries reliable source of in
formation He read, to chow the value of the recent
returns long article from the London .4thng
lie thought it could be put into two voumes-each
about the size cf the American Archives and would
cost about six dollars a volume This would make each
about twelve dollars 1t would be for the
mittee to fx the number of copies to be printed lie
thought 2j OC0 would not many This would make
the cost that number SAGE 0G0 which fraction
les. than the cost Of the last There was nothing
unu.ua in the ordering, by Congress, of the pubica-
tions by persons named in the acts lie cited several
where by resolution and laws works ordered
to be prnted-amor gst others Gales and seson's,
compilation Of State papers The Superintendent says
that the returns for State already prepared and
That i the printing !, ordered ne can fv furnish h state
the whole work would perhaps be done by the meeting
/ of lie next session
| Mr.. s,i,rIi, (whig) of Conn read from of his
speeches at the last session t. show that he occupied The
same position that he dil then lie examined all
precedents book printing and book buying by Con-
grets and declared the ysem altogether wrong and cor
rupt.
Mr. H,lE. free soil of N H.. said there whig
party and democratic party. The country could not
get along without them Neither party could get along
without " organ No unacqusinted with the
instrument at rst sight would suppose, upon seeius
playing on the keys and hearing the music, that 1t
required some behind TO blow the bellows. Organs
of all kinds ured the bellows boy This bill wa. the
bellows which gave wind the organ and filled its pipes
Standing upon high moral platform he could look down
with indifference both parties and he could not
why the whg party who had 80 often been supplied with
wind tor their organs should hesitate to blow now for
the organ Of the other party. Messr Donel.on and
Armstrong could not play the keys without wind an
he hoped that the democrats would give to them This
was the whole story The democrats in the ma.
jority end the resolution could be passed.
Mr.. Dawson, (whig) of Ga, supported Mr.. Smith
amendment, and opposed the original resolution.
Mr.. SmiTH moved to fill in the blank in his amend.
ment with 20C0 copies
Mr.. BAncrK, (whig) OF Ga moved - 600
Mr.. Bom.Sp (d.m Of Ark, considered th. whele
thing premature How could the Senate determine hat
number should be printed till they had what the
work what plan it designed to be printed
Msssrs Davis, Cooper. Hamlin. pearce, Butler and
Atchson continued the debate, all denouncing wholly
out place the proposed history Of states. towns and
counties which the superintendent of the census in.
tended to accompany the return. They all considered
that the senate ought not 20 act till thu superntc NJ
! lal before them 3 plan of his classification &C.
Tie subject was then postponed for three weeks and