The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-07-07
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WILL BE PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY
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fixed for n later day.
MIR. HOUSTON replied that the session
far advanced and that the year for which the bill
designed to supply de6oiene les in the sppropria.
| tons had in fact expired. Hence he declined to
! acquicsce in the suggestion. .." ..s
The resolution, under the operation oil the pre-
| vious question, was then passed.
LANDS FoR RAILROADS.
| The House took up the bill here tofore reported
| from he Committee on Public Lands, granting to
Alabama the right Of way and portion of the
public lands 70 aid in the construction Of railroad
from Girard, in 'dat State, to the waters OF Mo-
| bile bay. The previoLs question on recommittng
On motion OF Mr.. JONES, oil Tennessee. it was
laid upon the tab'c-yeas so. nays 81.
| RATES OF POSTAGE. ....e
Mr. oLps, from the Committee on the Post OF
| flee and Post Roads,reported back. with amend-
ments, the bill amendatory of the law passed
Mach 3, 1851, to redace and modify the rates of
| postage He wished the House 10 ay attention to
! the reading of the amendments, as be intended To
| move that the bill be now put upon its passage.
| Mr. JONES, of Tennessee, said II was known
that the postage law, amid much confusion passed
through the iast Congress. as substitute Tor the
mes surS then under consideration, and was never
read at all when 1t became the law Of the land. The
committee have reported long string OF amend.
| ments, and therefore II would be better to have
them printed before the House shaIl be asked to act
Mr. OLDS replied that if the bill should be re-
ferred to the Committee of the Whole on the State
Of the Union, he satisfied it would not DC
reached during this session. Letters are being
| ceiyod every day. by members, demanding that
some change shall be made in the law relating to
newspaper postage. The bill contempIates uni
form mode in evying it. He stated that the amend
mittees Of the two Houses, in joint meeting, and
agreed to by them.
Mr. FOWLER that the simplicity of
the amendments was SO evident that gentlemcu
could act upon them at once.
MIR. OLDS (aitcr a conversation between several
gPntemcn) consented that the further considera-
ton Of the bill should be postponed until Thursday
nent; the amendments, in the meantime, to be
printed.
r ct OFFICE REvENUEs.
Mr.. OLDS from the Committee on the Post Once
and Post r ads, reported back the Senate bill Tor
the better prot c.n Of the revenues OF the 'Post
Office Department, and for other purposes; which
was committed to the Committee OF tue Whole on
the state Of the Union.
He also reported the joint resolution oil the Sen
ate authorizing the Postmaster General to declare
all plank roads to be post roads. lie asked mat II
be placed upon its passage debate ensuea; ana
be ore coming conclusion upon the SUBJECT
the morning hour expired
BOUNDARY BETWEEN uoJTEp STATES AND
MExiCo-THE COLLINS LlnE.
The House resolved itself into Committee Of
the Whole on the state Of he Union. Mr.. STUART
in the chair aud resumed the consideration VI VIC
Senate's anne ndInents to the Deficiency Dill.
Mr. HOWARD, of Texas, addressed the Com
mittee in relation to two ofhe SeDate's amendments
The first referred to the appropriation OF $eoooo'
for running and marking the boundary line De
tween the United States and Mexico, according to
the treaty of Guadalupe Elidalgo, to which the
Senat, attached prosiso: that nothing herein
contained shall be SO Construed as 10 sahcuona
departure from the point the Rio Grande, north
of the town called Paso, designated In SAID trea-
ty" He said, in the course CT his remarks, That
Mr.. Bartlett, the commissioner to run the hne' hnd
depar ted from the treaty map. and hsd surreh-
dered to Mexico upwards Of nine thousand hve
hundred and thirty square miles. He commended,
the refore that what has been done with regard 70
the subject i, void because there exists no authori-
Ity for fixing a line on principles different from
those de sig ted in the treaty map Bui TINS was
attended with cirCums' ances important lar ABOVE
the mere extent of territory surrendereo, because
involves the question Of convenent route 70 she
Pacific. He repeated that, in abandoning TINS ter
ritory there lad been abandoned that which Is In
dspensable to US as nation, IL we Wish 70 attain
q supremacy in commerce, which our natuIai po-
sition indicates we should possess and maintain
He discussed, in connection with this SUBJECT the
Liverpool, California. and India trade, whioh, WIN
a lroad to the Pacific, must control; and as
part of his great dssi gn, he advocated the SEN
ate's amendm' mt, proposing 10 give aooi'lonai
compensation to the Collins line OF steamers.
MIR. CHANDLER rose TO reply to the objections
which had been made in various quarters to the
amendment proposing additional compensation to
the Collins line of steamers, and especially TO re-
BREcXENRIpaE.) He contended that this SUBJECT
is not of local, but of general consequence, which
he proceeded to show; and, after ai'udlng 10 inc
fact that this line is opposed by foreign capital and
a foreign government, he earnestly presented lis
claims the rational support.
Mr. STANTON, of Ohio, briefly alluded to tic
card which has appeared in the morning papers,
support General Scott for the Presidency. and said
that the course OF Mr. TooNBs and his contempora-
res would secure 10 General Scott, IN New York
and Ohio, twenty thousand votes which, otherwise
he would not obtain. He was not surprised at the
source of this opposition. They sent Union dele
gates to Baltimore to control the action OF the GIN
vention; and falling in that. they do not ncquesce
in the result g. 1t would be well for gentlemen to
understand that the great Whis party snot
swallowed up by the Union party OF Georgia, Ala
bana, and Mississippi. After further remarks on
this subject, he opposcd the senates Amendment
giving additional compensation TO the Collins line
of steaiTers. 49,
MIR. VENABLE obtained the floor at ten min
utcs to four O'Clock; when, On motion, the commit
Ice took a recess until five O'Clock.
EVENING SESSION.
,rL. .a..,u;,,,a =, Mt five O'Clock,