The southern press. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1852-03-06
HOUSE OF REpREsEN rATIvEs.

Thursday, March A. 1852
Mr.. SlBLEY of Minnesota, by unanimous con-
sent, introduced bill amending the acts establish
| ing the territorial governments of Minnesota and
Oregon. Read twice and referred.
MISSOURI RAILROAD LAND BILL.
| The SPEAKER announced that the first business
| in order was motion made yesterday by Mr..
GRow, of Pennsylvania, to reconsider the vote by
which the Missouri railroad land bill was referred
to the Committee of the Whole on the state ofthe
Union After some conversation, !.
| Mr.. GROW withdrew the motion, but 1t was
renewed by
Mr.. DEAN, OF New York, who moved to re-
consider, and lay that motion on the table--the
effect Of which, If agreed to- would be to ratfy the
action Of the House referring the bill to the Com
mittee Of the Whole on the state of the Union.
| The motion to reconsider and lay that motion
on the table, was decided in the affirmative yeas
| 100, nays g.
GEORGIA FOR NoN-lNTERyENTloN.
| Mr.. STEPHENS, Of Georgia, asked leave to
introduce certain resolutions adopted by the legis-
lature of that State declaring in favor of the doc
trine Of nen-inervention.
! Mr.. HOUSTON, OF Alabama, said that he
wished the House might go into Committee Of the
Whole on the state Of the Union and take up the
appropriation bills, reported by the Committee of
Ways and Means. Hereafter he intended to
make motion to that effect every morning.
The resolutions weresthen read and ordered to
j be printed.
/ BILLS REPoRTED--LANDs FOR RAILROADS.
The House then proceeded to consider reports
from committees.
Mr.. HALL, from the Committee on Public
Lands, reported bill granting the right Of way
and donation of lands to the State OF Illinois for
a railroad from some point in Toledo, Ohio, to
Springfield, which was read twice and referred to
the Committee of the Whole on the state of the
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States Of Indiana and Illinois, in the aid of the
construction of railroad.
| Mr.. MARSHALL, Of Kentucky, hoped that
this bill would pass to be engrossed at the present
time. 1t was the same bill which passed the
Senate at the last session, but was lost in the
House for want oftime. Itproposed to aid in the
construction of road from Albany, Indiana, to
st. Louis, Missouri, upon which 100000 had
already been expended. 1t was virtually ma
tonal work, forming a connection from the val
| y of the Missouri, with various channels Of
communication coming both from the North and
South. By the construction of 24S miles Of this
railroad, no less than $50 miles Of uncertain and
dangerous navigation between st. Louis and the
mouth Of the Ohio was overcome.
/ On motion Of Mr.. JONES, of Tennessee the
/ bill was referred to the Committee of the Whole
on the state of the Union.
| The same committee reported the following
bills, which were severay read twice and referred
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public lands to the State Of Michigan to aid in the
construction of ship canal around the falls Of
st. Mary; similar bill in aid of the construction,
| by the State of Wisconsin, of railroad from
Chicago to the head of Lake Superior, to which
amendments were offered extending its provisions
for the benefit of railroad in Kentucky, and also
granting 100000 acres of land to aid the South
Carolina and Tennessee railroad; also bill to aid
in the construction Of the Selmas and Gunter's
Landing railroad in Alabama and Tennessee.
BOUNTY LAND WARRANTS
The House took up the Senate bill making land
warrants assgnable, &C., which having been sent
from the House to the Senate with sundry amend
ments, was yesterday returned with the on-con-
currence Of that branch in the same, but before
any question was taken,
On motion of Mr.. RICHARDSON, the House
went into Committee of the Whole on the state of
the Union, and took up the bill granting 160 acres
of land to actual settlers thereon.
THE NEXT PRESIDENCY.
Mr.. BRECKENRIDGE, oe Kentucky, who
was entitled to the floor, said that he did not pro-
pose to express any opinion the proposition now
before the committee, although il the 'grab game"
was TO be pursued in disposing of the public
lands, he should prefer that they should be given
to actual settlers. He hoped the House would
excuse him for taking the present opportunity to
reply to the gentleman from Florida (Mr. Ca
BELL who some weeks since, when the bounty
land bill was up, had made speech upon mat
tiers connected with the next Presidency. Mr. B.
read from Mr.. CADELL' s speech on that occasion.
as published in the Globe Of Feb. 4, in which be
spoke Of General w. o. Butler as "mum can
didate" on the compromise measures, as being
preferred by the Northern FreesoiIers, &c. He
| (Mr b. was only about to yindicate General
| Butler from the aspersons which had been made
against him, from various anonymous sources,
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tuckians TO defend their own men. He did not
desire to disparage others, however. The gentle.
man from Florida had avowed his preference for
Mr.. Fillmore. To this he (Mr b. had no OBJ
lection; but when the gentleman sees fit TO con-
trast Mr.. Fillmore's claims with those of General
Buter-to exalt recent convert above an old
Christian-he was willing TO meet him in making
the comparison. The imputations against Gen
Butler were unjust and unfounded. II was not
true that his opinions were unknown; although,
perhaps, he might not lave written a letter max
ing them public with every change Of the moon.
The Southern and Northern Wings should be
particularly modest in what they say in relation
TO the course Of Northern Democrats on the slaye-
ry question. Whenever one Of the latter has fall
len in defence ofthe rights Of the States it has al
ways been received with a shout from The South
ern Wings. IL was mainly through their instrti-
mentality that the country has been distracted for
the last ten years on the slavery question.
W.T. -. WtutOH W CoI0pdIt tue COURSE OF NfeSsTS.
Fillmore and Butler on the slavery question when
they were in Congress together, con,ending that
the. former bad usually been found voting, on
questions relating 10 slavery, the 2lst rule, &c,
in company with Msssrs. ADAMS, GIDDixes, and
the Abolitionists. Gen. Butler had invariably
supported the rights Of the States, and stemmed
the tide, while his Mr.. C.'sl present allies were
trying to augment H.. But for the Wing party
the compromise measures would not have been
necessary. II had also been asked whether Gen.
Butler sustained the resolutions Of the late Ken
lucky Democratic State convention' In reply TO
this question he read a copy ola letter dated Jan.
90, 1859, which he would have read before had
the opportunity presented itself Ii was from
Gen. Butler in reply TO certain inquiries pro-
pounded to him by +. p. Blair, esq. He [Mr.
B had also written TO him about the same time,
and Gen. Butler had sent the copy in question as a
reply, requesting him TO see Mr.. Blair and com.
pare il with the original. II not Gen. But
er's wish to have the letter published but he had
authorized him Mr.. b To show it.
In this letter Gen. q. says that the resolutions
Of the Kentucky convention were shown to him
before they were passed--that he gave them his
full approval, and that they indicate his opinions