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then the Senate adjourned.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
LAND WARRANT ASSIGNMENT BILL.
MIR. HIBBARD asked the unanimous consent of
the House to proceed with the business on the
Speakers table, by taking up the Executive com
muncations and referring certain bills Of the Sen
ate. He said he had looked the bis-they
we're few in number-and was confident that their
reference could lead TO debate
Mr.. HOUSTON moved suspension Of the rules,
and that the House resolve itself into Committee
Of the Whole on the state of the Union upon the
Deficiency bill
The SPEAKER said that the first business in or
der was the report Of the committee OF conference
on the Land Warrant Assignment bill
Mr. HOUSTON expressed the hope that the con-
sideraton Of the report would not be pressed by the
gentleman from Tennessee.
Mr. JONES replied tina. he had no control of the
question.
Mr.. HOUSTON then appealed to the House to
pass over the reports for to day
Mr.. JONES remarked that it would take but lit
tie time to dispose of the subject; and further that
1t was more important than the Deficiency bill
The question was then taken going into Com
mittee of the Whole on the state of the Union, and
decided IN the negative-ayes So, noes 6S.
Mr JONES, of Tennessee, then called up the re-
port OF the joint committee of conference on the
disagreeing votes of the two Houses on the bill
making land warrants assignable and for other
purposes; and the question having been taken, it
was adopted-yeas 90, nays 90.
PARTY POLITICS AND sUNDRY MATTERS CONNECTED
HEREWITH.
The House resolved itself into a Committee of
the Whole on the state of the Union, (Mr STUART
in the chair,) and took up the bill supplying def
clencies In the appropriations fer the fiscal year
ending June 30, 1852.
Mr.. SMITH, of Alabama, said he almost re-
GREETED that he had taken the responsibility To
make speech to day, he felt a timidity not very
common with him on such an occasion. 1t was in
deed an awful thing for man TO attempt to make
speech especially when he is impressed with the
idea that be has something say and desires TO be
heard. The prominent idea which has been de
veoped in this House. during the last two days, is
the confusion of the Democratic party If the con
fusion really exists, the question to be solved is,
how ID the confusion TO be quoted? And it was TO
this question that he proposed TO address his re-
marks on this occasion. He did not admit the force
of the suggestion TO the extent of the confusion
He believed that the great body of the party never
was more quiet and composed. IL believed that
the confusion exists here, and now here else and
arises out of few party leaders, who arc almost
insane with ambition, and their particular adher-
ents Ever since the Democratic party adoped
the convention system this confession has ex-
isted, and il will exist long as there are per
sonal controversies between the candidates who
are 10 come before the convention. II the party
wants to be successful, il is its duty direct IL.
Efforts AZ TO sustain its power IL is TO be done by
votes given On the great questions which are now
before 1t, involving the fate the money, and the
morality of the country. He held the great prin
ciple TO be true, that the majority party lie the party
responsible to the people. The people will not
hold the minority responsible when its acts can be
controlled by the majority Every administra-
ton, party, makes or destroys itself. Aud
in this connection he warned his friends Of the
cau,es which, in lSs0, produced the downfall of
Mr.. Van Buren,. The phrase, "to the victors be
long the spols," and the practice of the doctrine
had more to do in oCcasoning his defeat than any
thing else. The people who live in cabins and
work upon farms cannot understand truth like
! that
But the staple Of his speech wac the subject of the
! census lie denied the propriety of the sugges.
ton that the printing ought TO be given TO the party
press The census, on the plan of the Secretary of
the Interior, would cost the Government 400 600
| MIR J. Z. Rives did the printing Of the census of
lS4O for Sl37 900, and cleared 700. The clear
profits that OF 1850 would be not lees than $500.
900 He objected to paying party organ out Of
the public treasury; and congratulated the House
that they refuse to pass the resolution giving the
work 10 the proprietors Of the Union newspape-.
lie objected to printing the proposed historical and
| medical parts, and commented upon these, show
ing how many "dishes Of fat are involved and the
| vast expense which would thereby be ncedlefsy
| incurred. lie said he could put ali that the people
/ cared to know about the census in volume twice
the size Of the "Amcrican Almanac" at the eI-
penso Of printing the Patent Once ricultural re-
port. Forty thousand dollars would cover the en-
/ tire cost Of one hundred thousand copies
! MIR. GO9MAN said that Mr. Rives's calculation
was: one hundred thousand copies Of four volumes
/
historical statistics Of each State similar to those
contained in the copy for Maryland, and the prices
TO be liked comparatively 10 those Of lSl9-then the
/ cost would be D 100000 But be was authorized
/ to state by gentleman worth half a million that
the printing OF the census, according to the plan Of
1 the Secretary OF the Interior, can be done aud he
was willing 70 bind himself TO that effect for less
! than 100000. The calculation OF Mr.. Rivos was
on ialse premises making an impression againi t
the public printing! legitimate, perhaps. by way 81
argument but basclcss az TO the factt and the &C.
ton Of this House.
Mr.. CLINGNlAN asked the gentleman, in view
Of bis statement that the work could be done for
! S2D0OO0, why he, a. the chairman Of the Printing
Committee, had reported resolution TO give the
work TO Don-son and Armstrong
Mr.. GORMAN replied that they proposed to give
reasonable rates, as should be agreed upon by the
committee The committee said 20 the House that
they should take into consideration the prices and
fix such rates would secure promptncss and
ncatncss Of execution. They said further. that
) where persons were equal, between friend and
Zoe, politically speaking, they would give the print
ing 10 the friend. The allegation OF the gent.cman
from Alabama, (Mr. SMITH,) made ON the spocif-
cations OF Mr. Riyes, Is correct; but Mr.. Riyes had
made his calculation on a hypothesis; and it was
no more probable that the House would adopt such
a project, than that any man here will take wing
and vanish from this Capitol.
Mr.. SMITH resumed saying that he would now
take wing and fly over into the political arena lie
ndverted 10 the remarks about "old fopyism" and
young America :" and observed that he felt the
force on both sides. He rejected the phrase cold
fogy" from bic political vocabulary, and regretted
that i bad been applied TO distinguished veterans
who had covered themselves with glory, both on
the battlefield and in the councils Of the nation.
re regretted the use Of the phrase cruel and un-
eensroug on the part OF young America" OF
which number he claimed 20 be one II jackson
had been here he would haye fallen under the
| ban Jackson, the man Of iron will, who never
/ grew old. II Calhoun, whose intellect was more
like that Of an angel than Of a man, bad been here
lac would have been called an "old fogy" Jack
.oo nd Calhoun, dead, fall under il. Clay and
Webster owing fol- unuo. -, ~ y -
on the part Of both Wings and Democrats TO make
use OF the term. For himself, ne wanted every
thing to be done up in fair and honorable way
il il not the proper mode to allay the confusion
which exists in the Democratic party, by sending
before the people candidates already covered with
defeat
lie sustained Cass in 1873 with all bis feeble pow
ers; bat now as the Democracy are to go forth, M
wanted TO march under new banner, with young