New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-05-11

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dei her unmanageaba She would be crippled AZ mach
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| ter They were t intended for w,r purposes fhe,r
| furniture showed they never intended Tor rune
Their magnificent mirrors and costly furnitare
far suirhle for the palace e prince or an
Eastern fersglio. Isugrerl than for the uses OF wr
| He Rad hesrc of elephant in china shop AMI ne
could inieine the consequences 10 be about eqnhto
that Of cannon BAH entering ef the saloons ell these
vessels
lie denied that they were ever intended designed
for any other purpos than 10 give he rich nen "ho
! could afford 10 travel uxuriantly, accommof 'tlons
! He was opposed 70 taking the money placed ia the
treasury bv the hard labor Of the working classes ald
| spIlying II 20 support such concern as this he
secuted the idea of with England "a long az the
policy Of Free Trade !. kept up whereby England can
enrich herself AZ our expense. England wont % 10
long she enjoy the profit an benefits re.
sutire 10 her from our Free Trade policy You could
not kick her into Why shOald she e. - war,
when she accomplish all she desires by giving dn-
your Walkers and orher Free Trade Americans
The great navigation interests the seaboard had al
WAYS been amply protected and were so now.
For one az a representative of the great West, he
would NOT vote another dollar for the benefit OF the IN
terests Of commerce the Atlantic till some design
was manifested aid the commerce Of the West ia.
band commerce now is equal 70 the foregs He called
VI on Western members 70 take the same stand When
this was done he would BE- liberal Nothing had been
done f. T the West for years Everything desired oy
the Fast for the advantage Of commerce freely
given Dock. and navy yards, dry docks and m rine
RAILWAYS were established the Att ,nuc and a;irc
|
| Of the inland All kinds of enterprises TOR
| foreign commerce readily given; expeditions
everywhere, to Japan we're sent out but nothing
| for the West He opposed this amendment AS unjust
as creating monopoly and binding up one branch OF
| navigation at the expense OF all others.
MIR. BAYARD followed in support If the
| amendment He went over the same grounds hereto
fore taken by several Senators in support Of this amend
ment He maintained that they Steamers
and could be used for all the purposes of naval warfare
that would be required OF them. He coRtended thst
Az l. k.1A ID. tl.s
monopoly. He showed the zeal and interest evinced
by Greet Britain in sustaining the Cunard line and to
break down this line He cited The many difficulties
obstacles thrown by Crest Britain in the way OF the
Collins line intended divert the Dsi and freight 10
the Cunard line He did not that this line would
pay i'm hostages the amount which II would receive
from the Government He thought the receipts
of hostages by il would not exceed $500 0O0 Leaving
deficiency of S350OOO year. This he was really to
vote for the purpose Of keeping up the mail facilities OF
commercial intercourse.
The came policy was already established in the land
In Virginia North Carolina South Carolina, Alab tml
Florida Mississippi Texas Arkansas Illinois, Tennes
and Missouri the expenses OF the mail service ex
ceeded the receipts by s6S.000 year; but who, on
this account would take from those twelve States their
mail facilities because their revenue did not support
them The other States had large surplus. The ex
cess of bis little State absorbed to supply the
deficiency In the postal of the State represent
ed by the Senator from Tennessee Mr. Jones) Thus
the whole people were taxed TO furnish postal facilities
to those States He did not complain OF this but he
deired that this great m. of commercial intercourse
should not be stopped because its did pay
its expenses. He looked upon this national ques
ton involving national honor, and not disposed to
yield in the hour of victory to the foreign riv
Mr.. MALLORY offered an amendment
transferring this contract from the Navy to the Post
Office Department pending which the Senate adjourned
ROUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Mr.. CULLoM asked leave to introduce
the following resolution That the Committee Pub
lie Buildings and Grounds be instructed to inquire into
the diency OF purchasing for the public the
tate of Mount Vernon, the last residence Of George
Washington, and the resting place of his bones and
also what time the he purchased, ard as TO
what If any, can be dedicated and that they report
by ill or otherwise
Objections to its introduction were made
in several directions.
Mr.. MCMULLEN moved that the House
go into Committee of the Whole on the Homestead
bill agreed to.
The Committee rejected the pending
amendments strike out giving home steads free OF
and inserting for yve cents, and secondly TWEEN
ty five cents Among large number OF amend
ments offered was one by
Mr.. MCMULLEN, who said he was 60
ing TO copfne himself strictly to its merits II he should
devise from this he trusted the Chair or any other EN-
teran would call him to ORDER and, further that all
others would be held to a strict compliance with the
rules.
Mr.. OLDs-I call the gentleman to or
der: he il not speaking his amendments Laughter
Mr.. Houston said that the, rules are
perverted and DESTROYED through their noneniorcemen'
and il il evident the House will get through with
the bill if irreevency of debate shs be tolerated. he
should attempt to confne gentlemen to the mark If
other gentlemen did undertake the task
Mr.. OLDs-I only made the point at the
Request Of the gentleman from Virginia
Mr.. MCMULLEN-l have effected my
object and therefore withdraw my amendment -
A VoICE-That right, Mac.
The first section of The bill finally was
introduced after repeated attempts 10 amend H. and is
as follows:
Tbat every man or widow who the head Of family and
aezen O the United States shall from and after thu passage
of TINS act be entitled TO enter free of cost on one quarter
section of vacant ard uDappro oaed pubic lands aquan
tty equal thereby to located in body in conformity with
the subdivisions OF the public lands and after the same
The six remaining selections of the bill were passed
through with ght dments after several Intellectual
attempts further TO amen them so as to give persons
not naturslized the benefit Of the bill which ia not
finally chapel there being sundry substitutes for it
pending The Committee then rose and the House then
passed the Senate resolution for the benefit of the Fay
et,eville and Central Plank Road Company.
The House, on motion OF Mr. JOHNSON,
Ark) took up the resolution heretofore introduced by
him. proposing brief Summer recess The Assistant
Clerk read in substance that for the purpose OF hav
ing the Hall rectihed and cIeansed, the House adjourn
from Tuesday the LIST of June until the 4th day of May
As the Clerk made mistake in reading May instead OF
June, the House was convulsed with laughter
Mr.. HoUsTON called the Clerk to order
for reading nonsense, Laughter
The CLERK, after the merrlment had
subsidized again read the resolution this time correctly
The House then agreed TO the amendment OF Mr. Gay.
lord that the recess be from the 18th TO the lh day OF
May Ayes 90, noes 90 The question was now stated
in the resolution amended
Mr.. JONES (TeRn.) moved to reconsider
the vote and
Mr.. JOHNSON ARK moved to lay that
motion upon the table.
Mr.. Polk, in a low tone, said that there
seems to be great fret this side OF the ball. as If
something was not understood.
Mr.. JONES Tenn. I'm tell you what
il is we shall lose a week now and week when the
Baltimore Convention meets