The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1853-03-26

part The Senate the dsagrceng votes OF the houses
the bill for the relief OF John Charles Fremont ato lieu
tenant colonel in the United States army, reported
"Tha they have met the conferees the part of the
House of and after full and
they have ag reed recommend and do recommend fol-
lows: #".EL
"That The House of Representatives reeeds from lie
amendment and agree the bill with the following amend
ment, viz;
Propidd That before the payment of the same or any
part thereof the Secretary of the Treasury shall be satisfied
that the amount has been expended for the public scr
VICE"
Posr OFFICE APPROPRIATION BILL.
The Senate resumed the consideration of the bill making
appropriation for The service Of the Post Office Department
during the fiscal year ending 3Oh june 1854 and for other
Mr.. DOUGLAS admire The ingenuity Of the oppo-
nents Of the TEL graph in devsing for opposing T.
The senator from Virginia Mr. HusTERl tn ught The
amendment ought pass because the Of the par
IN IL, and it therefore monopoly for
tcuar company In order "bviae lhat struck that
part of the amendment out Now the senator from Geog
jects, because giving To unknown company
We cannot satisfy them IN any way. He also goes on to
show that this Is going to control the nc OF our railroad
We are wiling, then, that he should fix his own line.
When the points In, ohlt ced TO, hecause IT
would fix the line of the railroad where the points
We struck the POINTS out and they say leave the
company TO select the line Wssay put in your own line
but they will put in. Then leave ii to company
We do who selects the ne what the errini
what the points, if they will give telegraph between
the Mississippi and the Pacific
Then ut last the back and says
king omnibus bill of this bi hnt-bed for
les'-laon fn is hotbed, think we have cooled alt
tie by the aid of that honorable senator's voe when put
in the ic boats little while ago There little mus
room legislation sprung into this bill The hot-bed was then
cooled little by the Ice We put in an ice-bos for the
Potomac When that proposi was Offered for
particular line, find whole section coming up a, il by
magic and voting for it. Why could with the
propety ask ce-boais Lake Erie Michigan the
"a uda fhe Of nd
hus commence system which would take millions carry
QUIZ and all this could be sprung the appropriation bill
by the identical gentlemen who resist this amendment the
ground of its improperly do not complain of il, but
want the hing to be understood It'll curious coincidence
IL it's objected that the railroad will go the
the line OF the telegraph let them select their line If
objected that will control the location of the railroad
let them make the location. fit s objected that do
the company, will put in lift is objected that
the of the company in the bill will strike them
If tits objected that the company cannot fix The line
let fix it, If it objected that fix il, let the
company do it, hope the opponents will be satisfied 10
MIR. DAWSON. What was the senator's aluson abou,
ce-boas?
Mr.. DOUGLAS. An amendment was pu, upon this bill
providing for an ice boat on the Potomac.
Mr.. DAWSON. l am glad to hear it, 1t is legitimate
object for the transportation OF the mail for the purpose Of
the United States government That knows that
year ago ice-bound and could get mail here
for long time. We had to make contract carry the
mail round stages, which han the ice will
the government II economical proceeding 10
make that amendment, and its object connect the
great northern and southern mails IL was manesty leg
innate to this bill to make that appropriation ami there
analogy between tina, and the rresent proposition,
The question being taken by yeas and nays the amend
ment. resulted-yeas q, rays 25-as follows:
YEAs-Mrssr. Atchs'n, Badger, Bradbury, Cass
Chase Clarke, DAVIS, Dodge of Iowa. Douglas, Foot
Geyer Gw,n Hale, Hamln, james, Shields, soue, sum
ner, Wade, Walker, and Welrr-2l.
NAYS Messrs. Adams, Bayard Bell Borland, Brooke,
Charlton, D,w>on, Desaussure Downs, Fnzparck Hous
on Jones of Tennessee Msngum, Mason, Miller, Morton,
Norris, Pearce. Pe't, Phelps, Pratt Rask, Ssbsstan
Smith, and Spruance-25
So the amendment was ri ected.
MONROE DOCTRINE.
Mr.. HOUSTON | ave for some weeks past postponed
my asking the Senate take tho resolution
mir dued by from Michigan Mr. Cas-. in re-
gard 10 colonization he North Am rican content and
Cuba have done for the purpose of expeJitiux
business Of the Senate believe has had thar
dency and solicit the sev OF the
me the privilege OF calling up that resolution for the
purpose Of making short peec. therefore take
The PRESIDING OFFICER No motion of tina, kind
can be recewd uuu tie bill before the Senate is disposed
Mr. HOUSTON will ask the unanimous consent Of
the Senate permit to proceed.
MIR. PEARCE. | am very reluctant to withhold that
| unanimous conseyt, but must do 70.
Mr.. HOUSTON. Then move postpone the fur her
cousidt OF the bill under for one
hour for the purpose Of taking up the resolution to which
referred
Mr. BAYARD called for the yeas and nays the notion
but they ordered and the then lost by
a vote, on a dlvsion-ayes 10, noes Is
MAIL STEAMERS ACROSS THE PACIFIC.
MIR GWIN. | offer the following amendment, to the
bill:
4nf BE- Il further tnae ed That the Postmaster General
be- he Is hereby directed for the
Of hve years, for not exceeding - collars,
with such person persons may ohsr shcon, and sn
factory security after due public nocr for the
If the mails of I'M States upon the best for the
United States, semi monhy, from San Francisco ria the
Sandwich Islands to Shanghai, in China, and back
vessels of ess than III ,usaod burden,
the be form Of construction adapted purposes and
the navigation Of the Pacific the to be ready in
Tho shortest possible time"
| suppose il will be cont-nded that that is not
proper amendment to the Post Ofics Appropriation bill
anxious for the establishment Of this line Of steamers
The amendment which propose the very words Of the
amendment adopted during last year, for line of
ships b,tween New Orleans and Vera Cruz.
The great project of country, II Of the age
which we live, 10y which is proposed unite by a
tonsl railway, the Atlantic with the Pacif, for all the
business and social purposes OF e which our
people from every part of this eoned racy have been look
log with the deepest concern has unfortunately as think
for the welfare OF the nation been postponed and laid
at least for another year Upon this topic useless
dwell butI wholly conceal the morfca ion
pereuced IN rejecting that like this, conessedy
Of the first importance, and alb nut which had hoped for
uncnmity Of puposs, and that its intrinsic would
have rallied the Senate to speedy ADOPTION has suffered
discontinue and defeat from diversity Of opinion upon its
denis Having eYertcd the OF my humble abilities
effect passage from conviction that the enterprise
representatives Of the American people, and of
sendent value 10 The public must myself with the
dsapp Of ponemen in the hope that the Com
gress of the United States will enter upon
this subject with renewed energies and determination
lay inside local views and sectional preferences and in
of