Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1852-06-12

On motion by Mr.. ATCHlSON, the Senate proceeded
to the consideration of Executive business and remained
therein until after four O'clock when the doors were
opened, and the Senate adjourned to Monday.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
The SPEAKER announced the first business in order
the motion of Mr. JONES' Of Tennessee to lay the
BILE motion of Mr. ORR to reconsider the vote nv which
laid upon the table the bill of the House granting the
right of way and portion Of the public lands the
States Of Florida and Alabama for the construction
certain railroads in said States which agreed to
Yeas 101, nays &c.
The question next required motion to lay the bill
on the table
Mr. CABELL, of Florida, inquired if it would now be
in order to postpone the further consideration Of
the subject until this day two weeks?
The SPEAKER replied that such motion would not
be in order until after the question should be taken upon
the motion to lay the bill on the table.
The morning hour having expired
Mr.. HOUSTON asked the unanimous consent Of the
House to report back from the Committee of Ways and
Means the deficiency BILL with amendments that it might
be referred to the Committee of the Whole the of
the Union.
Mr.. DEAN objected
INDIAN APPROPRIATION BILL.
On motion Of Mr.. MEACHAM, the House then went
into Committee of the Whole the state Of the Union,
(Mr. RICHARDSON, of Illinois, in the chair and resumed
the consideration of the bill making appropriations for
the current and contingent expenses of the Indian Depart
ment and for fulfilling treaty spulaons with various In
dian tribes, for the year ending june Both, 1868.
Mr.. STEVENS, of Pennsylvania, remarked that he had
nothing say which would be particularly interesting to
the committee after the exciting debate of the last
weeks for he had remarks make in relation the
Presidency Indeed, with them there occasion for
it; for among all true Wings there perfect harmony
and entire unanimity Although he felt sorey distressed
at the unhappy difficulties and discussions which had de-
stroyed the Democratic party Laughter yet would be
mpertnen for him to interfere Nor need he say any
thing in reference to that very select and highly repeca
able body of gentlemen who denomnated themselves the
pretensons and considerable ec they early grave
Engendered in whirlwnd Of their creation, the
Union party vanished with the elements which gave it
BIRTH and although they had lately its ghost mping
across this hail. in the honored and agreeable shade of
the gentleman from Tennessee, with certain uneasy
tendants yet its the tomb and admonish-
ed by the charitable injunction MI mortus ns bonum he
desired to pass by this party with the prooundest silence
He then touched upon questions relative to the various
land bills which had been reported by, and the egons
which yet in, the hands of the Committee the
Public Lands and incidentally discussed the protective
riff He said that the bills from the Committee the Pub
lie Lands necessarily the question both of the right
and policy of the General Government to dispose of the
public lands. The right expressly given by the Con-
suton and therefore ought be unquesoned but the
object which they should be appropriated seemed
him necessarily depend upon the nature of the title
The Government did not hold these lands by any
dtiona fee simple but simply trustee to execute the
Of the grant for the benefit of all the States When
they distributed grants of land to State, they
portion to the other States according to their representa-
ton in this body and he would thank any gentleman who
claiming to give away these lands by the million to
show him any authority in the Constitution of the United
States for doing Mr.. S. then argued this point at
length and in conclusion gave his views the tariff adj
yocating protection to American industry.
Mr.. RANTOUL after briefly abiding to the arguments
of Messrs MEACHAM and STEVENS, Of Pennsylvania, in
relation the tariff remarked that great deal had been
said denunciatory of agitators by gentlemen from the
South The cry was, this agitation and quiet the
Union Now, If gentlemen desired to arrest agitation,
why did they not themselves He and his friends
had made agitation. He had not opened his mouth in
the House in any aluson to the subject Of slavery,
cept in reply direct attack upon him. and again and
again had he suffered such attacks but he had allowed
them to pass without notice. Still the cry of agitation
from another quarter and directed at him and
those who entertained the opinions himself After
sitting quietly long, he had at last been singled out in
such that he could not Of honor remain
silent any longer without an imputaton of cowardce,
and he would deserve it if he should attempt to avoid the
issue presented 10 him
Having been sent to the Baltimore Convention by the
largest District Democratic Convention held for many years.
regularly called according the usages Of the last twenty
five thirty years. represent five thousand Democrats
the Convention thought proper to disanchise his district
the only Democratic in Massachusetts, insult
ing not merely his district but the sovereign State Of Mas
sachusetts which, by proceeding shorn OF Its pro-
poronate share Of representation in the Convention He
would ask whether any Democrat in the State Of
Massachusetts, under any obligation growing out Of
any proceeding Of the Convention in which the State
not being shorn of the proportonate number
Of delegates elected by her voice. This ques
ton for the Democratic party consider and for the
Democrats Of Massachusetts consider As for the dis
rict which had thus been DISTINGUISHED he would like to
compare its history with that of any other represented
upon this floor and he proceeded mention the stin
guished men who natives Of his district and of their
eminent deeds in the war Of the revolution But why
was he and his district nsulted by the Baltimore Conven
ton Simply for saying, being asked by the Com
miee on Credentials whether he would agree the plat
form, that he would do his thinking. IL gentlemen
supposed that there were not millions Of white in
the North who would do their thinking they
egregously mistaken. He repeated, he excluded
delegate because he desired think for himself upon
n grave question Of constitutional law.
He then denied that the constitution of the United
States contained grant of power to Congress TO egate
for the rendition of fugves from slavery and thought
that there was not in the Union who could sus-
tain his character as Democrat upon the position that
there was such grant. He contended that this
subject Of State legislation, and entered into an argument
to sustain his position.
Mr.. MARTIN then argued ut length against the con-
suona power Of Congress to grant lands for local pur-
poses.
Mr.. CABELL, Of Florida, then obtained the floor
when
The committee and reported progress.
DEFICIENCY BILL.
Mr.. HOUSTON, by unanimous consent. from the Com
mttee Of Ways and Means to which was referred the de-
6ciency bill and the amendments Of the Senate thereto
reported the back, with the recommendation that
the House agree TO and disagree to others Of the
amendments.
The bill and amendments were referred 70 the Com
mittee Of the Whole the state Of the Union.
| The House then adjourned.
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