The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1853-02-22
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ORDER OF BUSINESS.

IA, RJJSK I, il perfecty evident that we cannot
come TO a vote upon this bill to-day therefore move
to postpone its further consideration uni Tomorrow
Several SEsAToss Let US take the vote upon this
Mr. RUSK Several senators desire 10 discuss it; my
COLLEAGUE Mr. HoUsTosl wishes TO be heard upon H.
therefore move to postpone the bill.
Mr. HUNTER have something to say on that mo-
ton | hope the Senate will not postpone H. Why
should we postpone oi the general appropriation
bills 10 take up any other bill! Is II not entitled 10 the
tune OF the Senate much amy other bill is it not
one Of the bills which, II we to have debate, ought
to bs debated a. much any other Are we TO lay tins
aside because senators debating its provisions and
its provisions muliiorm and various, and take up
another debaable question upon which ven
ure TO predict there will be action al this session Are
we now when we have bat Twelve fourteen days OF the
session left the indispensable general business
of aha O0aaEy, v lay the general appropriation bills
aside and take up other debalable questions hope 1t
will not be done Ii il is, the result will be that the
general appropriation bills will be delayed unit, the last
two or three days Of the session. and then they will have
10 be passed without knowing anything about them.
Amendments OF importance will depend, not upon what
may be the will OF The two houses. or upon their merits
but upon the question whether our Secretary VIII have
vii within certain time e. hope the motion Of The
M. RUSK The honorable senator from Virginia
special order OF the day for twelve o'clock was the Pac
fc railroad bill and now he turns round and having
avaed himself Of the aid have rendered TO iake up ms
bill in the morning hour that against the getting
up Of The special orde and for the posponing OF not
only for the appropriation bills but for abstract ques-
ons The further continuance OF tne aeoae upon nis
railroad bill and test question upon that SUBJECT
if the Senate determine not TO consider II, ask Tor the
and nays on the motion to po'pons .he denseney h
MIR. HUNTER. will say 10 the senator from Texas
that avaed myself Of no aid OF his except that he
voted to take up the deficiency 9 suppose he is as
pass it, for the machinery OF The government to move
at all.
tween the conflicting claims Tor The consideration OF the
Senate. that this subject be continued until one o'clock
the usual morning hour. with the understanding that il
it not then disposed OF, the senator from Texas shall
M RUSK. Al ons o'clock there is another special
order, the inlerminabls Tehuantepec matter.
Mr. HOUSTON. Before The pos'ponement OF this
subject, wish state some facts 10 the Senate in
alion to the motion submitted by The senator from Wis
VII HUNTER. / hope the Senate will decide a, once
whether they will 20 with the deficiency bill, with
the other do desire TO be periinacous Whatever
the Senate determine upon, shall submit TO its decision
Mr. MALLORY. As the yeas and nays are called, |
wish 10 say why shall vote for continuing the det-
cheney bill There IL an eminent plop1ey ia what has
fallen from the from Virginia At the last
forty amendmens, which were all stricken out by the
House. committee oil conference was agreed to, and
that committee, sitting till two o'clock in the morning,
finished the business and saved the bill barely by about
two minues Ii discussion is 10 be had al ALL II better
hat should be had upon hose bills upon which the legs
ation OF the country must necessarily depend want to
hear the Pacific railroad bill discussed and should desire
zee il taken up; but the yeas and nays are called
Ior. must vote 10 proceed with the deficiency bill.
Mr.. Blu UrLER. shall vote to continue the debate on
this bill until get through with it, and desire to
make remark in connexon with this subject, and IN
reference what took place a, the last session reco
ecl then proclaimed TO the Senate that certain great
bills should be discussed and passed. with the declaration
that the appropriation bts would take care OF them
selves and doubt they would be passed whether they
were discussed or not. The fact 10. that when the
money oil the government is to be appropriated we are
70 do il upon faith, without discussion and these great
projects 10 be passed, suppose, either on account
of their merits, or the number OF lheir advocates
Say the senator from Virginia bound TO presevere with
his notion This bill is one of the indispensable meas
ures OF government. and it does 10 that good
faith requires the Senate 10 attend to il.
Mr. DODGE. OF Iowa. | am one OF the las, members
Of ths body, trust who would refuse 10 extend ac,
of courtesy 10 the from Virginia MIR HUNTER
lher chairman OF the Committee on FL
nance admire his industry and praise worthy efforts 10
get through the regular appropriation bllls and when
ever do il without sacrifice OF measures OF para
mount interest 10 The whole country and especially TO
those who in part represent, never fail by my vote to
sustain him. Hut the present case is one in which J
cannot do Now, there is great question to be deci-
ded by the Senate Of the United S,ae-a questo OF no
lee magnitude than that OF connecting the Mississippi
valley With the Pacific seaboard Sy means OF railway
comm unicatioa-and say TO my friend from Texas Mr.
Ruskl hal will back and sustain him unto the end and
to the eaeusion and DEATH IL il be necessary, OF the ap
preparation bills, and everS other BILL so far my vote
soes know thai no measure OF such transce nden i'm
postancs a. The to which aude ever be passed
through this body without long and hard battle
which humble follower oil the senator IRON Texas
am willing TO perform my part
One Of the occasions upon which the Senate laid aside
the regular appropriation bills 10 which the senator IRON
South Carolina (Mr. BUTLrR] refers, ! remember we'll
The bill the river and hafbor bill which passed at the
last sesson, and was the senator who made the issue
with the senator from Virginia whether the regular
approximation bills the and habor bill should be
Considered The Senate decided in favor OF my motion
and thus saved the river and harbor bthe appropra-
lion bills passing matter OF course That was crslr
the fate OF the bill OF the last session 10 which al
lude, and this is most critical time in the progress OF
the Pacihc road bill trust that its friends Will stand
firm. We only succeed by bard fight, and call
upon The supporters OF the great railroad bill TO sustain
the motion OF the senator from Texas and show by then
that do not intend that great shall
be overslauehed or lost.
ion 10 postpone 10 to be test vote have voted 10 sus
tain The railroad proposition from the commencement
am favor OF the object intended 10 be accomplished by
that BILL though do not say now whether shall vote
for his bill but on this occasion senator can make
his vote for me- shall vote to sustain the sen
MT DOWNS. wish TO state very briefly the reason
iot my vote. ] am advocate OF some bill providing
lor railroad TO the Pacific. although am not prepared
70 voe io the bill pending but there are olhei I'm
po,ani matters before the Senate besides that think
nimPoflsnt that the appropriation bills should be DIS
Poseo o. we should 20 with this bill as last as we
caA net IN addition TO that there il circumstance
Wnecn he senator IRON Texas seems 10 have fofgou
and oee -, that even II the deficiency bill s laid over,
hare y another subject that has the preference this
ing over the railroad bill, in which some senators take
much interest as he anybody else can take in the
railroad bill aude 10 the subject Of The Tehuan,epec
grant Therefore, II this bill is postponed shall nss,
upon taking that mp as the unfinished business in order