The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1853-04-03

utclhfe iual by refusing 10 recon
they adopted the former report. IL
and the parliamentary mode OF testli
hope, therefore, that the senator iron.
submitting the motion which he has subn
! 20 reconsider the vote by which the Senate
the report OF the COMMITTEES OF conference.
Mr. RuSk According to my estimation, the OF
lhe committee ot conference is joint thing; ali .sben
We adopted 1t, we did as much could 10 make IL ei
fecual aHd 10 give force Ii the House had adopted
y 1t wonld have become law, because it would have
ihen been part OF The civil and diplomatic appropria
ton bills but the House chose reject it, II then failed,
ana our achon ol course amounted to nothing The bill
is not here; it is in The House OF REPRESENTATIVES Ii is
not necessary, therefore, lbal should reconsider the
vote; Tor II we should reconsider il, would have
nothing upon which TO act We have none of the
amendments here; the bill is not here; but tue bill anan
The amendments all in the House; and If reel NJ
st!er The vote neither the bill nor amendments being
here, we shall have nothing on which 10 act except The
report oi the committee,
| have i'll feeling towar.s The House bu there are
certain things which think due to the Senate as a
ordinate branch OF the leg satlve power of this gov
eminent, and, SIR let say that there certain state
nents that are made here and elsewhere deogaiory
the Congress oil The United States ihele wholesale
c papers and IN the vashp for seats in the Senate and
House 10 produce slander and abuse In my opinion this
talked Of "ts he halls an'o Of egsaen 'so n Well s II Is IS
here and gentlemen know that here they are false to
themselves and false to the position which they occupy
before the country, they do not diyuge the facts and
name the man that has been guilty OF il. Sir, these
wholesale denuncalions are no, at all credable TO hu-
man nature or the government, nor are they OF much
| credit to those who indulge in them
! have no feeling on this subject as have said but
alter the House had rejected most of our amendments,
they asked rom us committee OF conference. Wegave
them ore They furnished managers on their part and
ours. They, with great labor and anxiety, looked
over ra the amendments-a hundred and over in number
and made report the subject When the report
here, the Senate yielded OF their amendments. and
adopted the report, and il went back TO the House They
chose 10 epudae the action OF the committee OF confer
encc, and the seal OF condemnation upon il, and
they ask 10 abandon that action, and give the whole
subject into the hands OF another committee Ii we
10 IT, it will be ing TO them, Stand out and you
exclude the Senate from any legislation" Unless we do
na we 10 be held up stubborn. We are the gen.
emen who stand IN the way Sir there IS one feature
IN this matter which regard as showing little stub
bprnness; do charge The House OF Representatives
with stnbbornness except in one PARTICULAR In order to
put subject beyond their each Or as they say, 10 dve
the nail and clnch IT, whenever they do nyhing which
they want TO make pretty strong, motion to reconsJar
made and that motion aid on the table They have
done that in this they chose then 10 say that they
would clncA tins nail, and The Senate must back out
they would not get anything
Uader such circumstances, far as am concerned,
without meanIng any disIespect 10 the House OF Repre-
sentaves-~thout meaning any dlsrespeci 10 any gen
tleman here-l shall vote Tor the motion which have
made 10 decline aecedn2 TO the request OF the House ask
ing for another committee oil conferences 10 be treated IN
the way The report OF the former committee OF
conference treated Tken the responsibility will be
upon them and they choose 10 defeat The civil and II
pIomac bill, il will be their act II they anxou, u
pass The bill, they take up the report OF their
niiee OF conference and adopt H. With the same degree
oil beray and generosity which has always character
zed the Senate have already yielded large number
oil amendments Tor the sake OF peace and harmony
We have abandoned great many important amendments
which considered by large majority here as neces
sary 10 the service OF the country. II the House OF Rep
resenaves choose to act IN the spirit they can pass
the bill
Mr. DOUGLAS A few minutes reflection has con-
vineed that my FIRST suggestion clearly right and
that ought not hastily under sudden impulse, 10
close the door against any reconciliation OF this difference
According my understanding OF the rules oil the House
oi Representatives,, IT refuse 10 concur IN the request
Ut the House TO appoint second committee OF confer
,t4a ti-,
alton bill The bill originally came 10 the Senae we
amended IT we then sent TO the House. aud they refused
OF our amendments, and askeda confer
ence. Ii granted, and the committee OF conference
agreed upon report That report was non concurred
IN by the House motion TO reconsider the vote OF non
concurrence was made aud that motion was laid upon the
table Now, according TO the rules OF the House, no
other motion TO take II up can be made.
motion TO reconsider was made and laid ur9n the
table the House therefore cannot take mp the mrou
they reach the bill They cannol take aty step
upon the subject, understand the rules. aud as
from leading persons OF The House who understand
the rules. In order TO eXtrcale themselves IRON that
difficulty, which might result in the defeat OF The bill,
The House have come forward and asked The Senate 10
appoint second commtiee Of conference hn when that
request made hete, The dignity Of lie Senate 10
be offended My rienI IRON Texas loses his usual cqua
ulmly, aud wishes 10 vnlcae the dignity OF the Senate.
The senator from North Carolina deses TO assert our
constitutional rights, and see whether or not our rights
and privileges 10 be invaded with impuny, Why,
how is hai' How has our dignity been woun1eil Is
ii unusual TO ask or a second committee oil coperence'
Did not the House ask it Of you to-day the deficiency
bI aud did you not grant IL and by granting it do you
sacrifice your dgny2 Did you submit 10 an INVASION OF
your constitutional rights, and you prepared 10 con-
lcss your humiliation and degradation before the
close OF the day upon which tue act donel do not
understand how It IS that rights invaded or our
dignity offended by this proceeding.
Again, recoleci that we appointed three com
mees OF conference upon one bill on disagreement be-
tween The Two houses, lew years ago Ii not an un-
usual hiug TO appoint two or three committees upon the
bill Of necessity Jnen the refusal to ap.
pOiai second committee oil conference at this time s
departure from the usual course OF The Senate and u
shows anxiety on their pat 70 seize upon a peiext
for an issue with the House, by which the appropriation
bill will he defeated and The wheels OF government stop
ped undertake say that 1t take that step we shall
not be justified, ehe before the county or by the rules
OF practices gl this body,
The whole argument seems TO be that we have been
improperly treated by the House, not this measure,
bui On other. measures: and because the House have
treated m badly heietoore-because they have not shown
sufficient difference to aCion-because they have not
coniormed wishes we are 10 rs iaio passion, and
show our spite aud resentment IL is not because of
their action upon this bill that we are called upon 10 as
and maintain our dignity, bot because OF their
ton upon other bills Sir, d, had supposed that we had
any portion OF respecabily BY our acquescence
an regard 10 other bulls, should have been for resistance
then, when The indgultY offered and the injustice
about 10 be perpsralel That the lime at which
to assert and MAINTAIN rghis. II proper, be.
cause Think they have done wrong before. and we
taney submitted, that should commit the wrong
ourselves l not prepated 10 act from any such con
sderaiions. The question H. Is II impossible for us 10
agree What the points O difference between the
Senate and The House None OF the1 have been point
ed out IN debate here. 1t may urn ont that the point OF
difference ~ upon question where il - doubtful whe,h
tIa& 4fpti.f ba