The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-02-22
TFHRTY-sECOND CONGRESS,
SECOND SESSION.

SECOND SESSION.
Senate.
WASHINGTON, Feb q, 1853.
THE ENGLISH AND THE FLORIDA FIsIIERcs-rHE WESTERN
COAL FIELDS
The CHAIR laid before the Senate message from the
President in reply to resolution calling for copies of an.
picatons by British fishermen for leave to fish of the
coast of Florida Referred, and ordered to be printed
Also reply by the Secretary of the Navy to the reso
luton calling for the copy of the report the quality
the coal mines and coal fields the Western waters
MORNING BusISrss-Tm APPROPRIATION HOMESTEAD AND
PACIFIC RAILROAD BILLS, Ero.
Mr.. HUNTER (dem) Of Va moved to take up the Army
Appropriation bill.
Appeals being made to allow the morning business to
take place he withdrew his motion intending to renew
it at II O'Clock
Mr.. WALKER (dem.) of Wis. moved to postpone all
other business, and take up the Homestead bill
Mr.. Downs, (dem) of La said he was in favor of the
Homestead biD but would like to have taken up the bill
to aid Louisiana in reclaming overnowed lands the
Mississippi.
Mr.. HUNTER earnestly urged that the morning hour
should be devoted 10 the Appropriation bills otherwise
they would come up at the last hours when the Confer.
ence Committees would have 70 do all the legislation
Messrs. Walker, Gwn, Borland Dodge (0f Iowa J and
Rusk, urged the consideration Of the Homestead bill
Mr. BELL, (whg) of Tenn, said he sorry to see the
measure over the Pacific Railroad bil p'''''A'' :" any
Mr. Rusx (dem ! NJ TexasNil,era l. M puoa,;u
there one, but it is dead.
Mr.. BILL would like to know something OF the man.
ner of its death.
Mr. RusK, (dem of Texas, said it killed. disoint-
noise and confusion by the adoption of the Amendment
Of the Senator from Illinois, by majority of two.
Mr. SHIELDS (dem) Of Illinois, desired to reply to the
not destroyed disjonted killed the road but he had
destroyed the gentemans project If the bin passed as
amended, il would secure the construction Of
SCnatOrs unvpr cou1d havn
cured that road He oered his amendment because he
was unwilling to have the twenty million dollars appro-
priaed by the bill all expended in Texas and California
and none in the territories He desired to conane the
expenditure of the money to the territories where the
where land was equal to money The bill still granted
land to the States and that land being valuable those
states could construct the road in their limits without
the road in the territories.
Mr. RusK asked why the Senator had not long since
MIR SHIELDS said he had done 40 by his amendment.
Mr. RUsK asked why the Senator had deferred his pro
position so long and then introduced it at the eleventh
hour to knock all that everybody else had done into
cooked hatY He argued then to show how the amend
ment had disointed DESTROYED and killed the bill
IL this bill had been killed that its death was Attributable
to his collie agues amendment The bill as amended ap
proprated precisely the same amount of land and of
ney as did BEFORE the means and money had not been
reduced The only effect of the amendment was TO limit
the expenditures Of the money part of the road in
the territories As the road whether in the States or the
territories continuous road and the company
would still have the amount of money and land how
could the requirement the expenditure of the m ney to
the territories lesson the ability to construct the road
The only difference would be to allow the to
receive more money mile for the road in territories
1t did disoint the BILL the original bill said tn,
road should not be constructed through State without
the consent of the State while all the amendment requr-
ed that the construction of the road in the States
should be under the authority of the State
The legal effect the amendment precisely the
as it stood beforo-bu the amendment produced that
legal effect, in which removed the con-
stuonal objections Of some Senator'S and enabled them
to vote for the bill, thus giving it strength.
Mr. RUsK-And 1t prevents others from voting for It,
Mr. DouGIAs-It may make some man mad and there
fore prevent him from voting for it, but it create, no
constitutional objection to the bill
Mr. PRATT (whig) of Md. said he was in favor of the
southern route and would have voted for the BILL This
amendment would prevent the of the road
through Texas or any State and IL would
be run by northern route There were no public lands
in Texas now none the money could be used for
running the road through it He woua act vote for the
Mr. DOUGLAS said that the bill expressly provided that
at any point the road there not land either
same amount. The amendment gave strength to the
bill.
Mr.. WRAnR, (dem) Of Cal desired to submit his mo-
was privileged motion.
Inc CHAIR said the motion would be entered on the
Journal but not be considered till that bill came up
Mr. WELLER addressed the Senate in favor of considering
the Pacific Railroad bill He did not consider it dead.
He believed it had vitality enough left to run locomo
at length on the subject of the amendment.
He as well us Others was called to order during the
debate, but then by consent was allowed to proceed
Mr. BELL, (whig) Of Tenn, opposed considering the
homestead bill Ii 1t passed 1t would absorb all the
lands in the States and put an end to all hopes Of con-
struc,ing rab Dads by that means.
sr BRIGHr, (dem OF ia called the Senator to order
It was not IN order on this motion TO discuss the merits
OF either BILL
The CHAIR considered the Senator In order.
MI BEi-Certainly am IN order, II any senator ever
was IN order (laughter he pursued the subject Tor
some time, and was replied to by Mr. Borland
MT GkiEF (whig) OF Mo-, was in favor OF considering
the kaiiroad M D ana opposed to taking up the Home
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