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

that the motion made by the honorable senator IRON
Texas should be adopted the ground that he bad here
toioIe considered one OF the conservative
members OF the Senate In The superstition, think that
the honorable senator right am, consider my
self to be of the most conservative members OF this
body and OF the most conservative citizens OF this
Unon bat The surprise which The honorable senator eX-
pressed deduction consequence from that suppo'
silion entirely misplaced have notion that II IS
The part OF true conserya,so neglect lust respect for
the position which hold the representatives OF the
States of this Union On The contrary, believe that II
this government is 10 be maintained upon the principles
OF the constitution, with It's powers distributed between
the coordinate departments IT is ndspensably necessary,
and il Is the part OF true conservatism, 10 maintain un'
touched and unmpaired every principle, every authority,
every tight which belongs 10 each OF those separate
branches departments. Now, let rs revert for mo.
what is the question before the Senate Hon
ofabe have said that II is nothing but the ordl
nary OF the House declining TO accept the report OF
committee OF conference and asking for further
miitee. That, sir IN my Judgment, is entire mistake
What do understand has been The action OF the House
OF Re presentaves They refused To agree 10 the report
OF the coDmiteSpf conference but that not all
consideration oil that moved, and by a vote oil
the House that moon to reconsider ordered TO lie
upon the table
Mr.. ADAMS. would ask the honorable senator
officially notice anything done by the other House
which is not communicated to US by nessage' Is not
that the rule
Mr. BADGER. | would refer the honorable senator on
that subject 10 the honorable senator from Indiana Mr.
PETIT and the remarks which he made upon the sub
ect OF forms. (Laughterl am not speaking OF what
we 10 notice in the proceedings OF the Senate
/
10 look a, regulating proper upon this
occasion Upon that subjec il is evden, that every
must notice what are the known and undoubed facts of
the whether they appear the message which the
House has sent not What Is the result OF that
proceeding in the House They have by their own vol
unary conduct disabled themselves, without a vote Of
ohirds, from relractng the resolution by which they
refused agree the report of the committee of confer
ence. Why that done-they knew that It must be
known 10 us-bu for the purpose OF advising us that
they had put in straight difficulty out OF which
had OF escape except by asserting to such
further OF proceeding they should think proper
TO dictate They have taken very good thong they
did send it here in the message that the individual
members OF this body should be fully apprzed OF the
dangerous predicament in which we are placed con-
slider that, in effect. asking Tor another committee OF
conference accompanied by threat that if we do not
agree to it, the House will take no further proceeding
fist place, for keeping them their position,
and saying that will decline any further conference,
and leave them disentangle this dbcul,y and
unite this knot which is OF their own tying, and not OF
ours.
Honorable gentlemen here have said that perhaps these
difficulties have arisen because matters have been put in
appropriation bill which are not proper 10 il. wish
to be Informed how gentlemen undertake to determine
what in the nature OF things proper improper
appropriation bill The House OF Representatives originate
an appropriation bill. They have Their rules to
what shall go into 10 which, however, in practice,
believe they not in the habit OF very carefully adher
ing They send that bill TO with what they choose
insert IN H. We have joint rule OF the two houses reg
ulaing what must be inserted IN general appropriation
bill and what is the consequence Each house must
decide for itself Then is perfectly idle in my udg
ment, not using that term any dlsrespecul
towards any who has used The argument-to talk
about what u appropriate to appropriation bill As
far The joint rules OF the two houses concerned,
anything is appropriate which either the house
may choose 10 put into H. Then what does the appro-
priaon bill consist of 1t is made up OF miscel
and propositions sent 10 iron the House OF Rep
Iesenalives and when we agree 10 what is sent BY the
House, with certain amendments which put it, does
that involve an absolute agreement to single word in
The bill 10 from the House OF Representa-
lives! Surely il does not. We agree TO whati Do we
agree TO sngle clause provision OF the bill alb
solutelyi Not al all Do we pass the bill, any one
clause OF II, absolutely Not al all; but pass the
bill-hov? With amendments. We give our consent
To the bill condluonaly that those amendments
which make are put 10 H.
What right, then, mas the House OF Representatives
tell you have devlaed IN the amendments which you
have put into the bill from the rules which prescribe
10 ourselves DIS TO what we will put into The bill We
have just much right by our rules TO regulate lbe
House of Representatives 10 " bat they shall put into
appropriation bill, they have regulate up
on lhs subject. Then how does II happen that IN
Threatening attitude which the House has thought proper
to towards bound to do anything
than respectfully TO decline TO enter into any further
erencei Am for treating the House with any dsre-
specl Far it, Ia il any disespect decline cviily
what asked from us Ii then il would follow that
when the House OF Representatives ask us for confer
ence bound TO grant 1T then II is asking ii is
no request, but a command aud do ackno Wedge 1t
The House, respectful terms admit, has asked for
further conference Where is the dsrespect il in
respectful terms decline thai further conference
Now, If there be, as confess there has been with my
sell and others, some feeling OF excitement this
subJecs IL perfectly natural under The
in which we are placed Here come TO the close
OF this session-and believe the close OF every SEES
sion since have been a member OF The Senate
tany Tor the last two three yearsa the appropta-
ton bills My honorable friend IRON Maryland, tMr
| PEARcEl who has been member, and mos, efficient
member, OF the Committee Finance since have
been in the Senate, knows that the Committee FL
nance have had scarcely Time to examine those bills
and they sometimes obliged they have been al ths
session, TO report bill which they believed needed
anne ndmen and to leave il without amendment on &C.
count of the want OF time TO consider it. The Senate
amend these bulls and send them TO The House the House
disagree 10 some OF amendments conference is pro
posed, and the committee is granted. That committee
and agree upon certain terms OF mutual concession
and compromise between the two houses Now, ask,
when has the Senate refused in such proceed
ing for peace and saving the appropriation bs' No IN
stance has occurred, beeye-ceainy none since
| ha we been member OF the Senate
Well sir, in this the House refuses TO in the
report OF the committee OF conference; but that Is all
They refused to motion TO reconsider the vote
of refusal made and that motion der was
ordered TO lie on The table. Why Ii sufficient for
them to have refused 10 Why did they superada
proceeding which puts hey ond the power OF majority
OF that House take any further step upon that SUBJECT
recoeci very we'll that precisely the same Thug happened
with regard 10 their OF adherence, two three Years
ago Two or three committees OF conference had lake
place There number oil dsagreeing votes between
the two houses lyon The meeting oil The first confer
ence they agreed upon all but three oil objects
The committee OF conference reported agreement upon
those matters and their inability 10 upon the others
We coneuued promptly The report, aud another
naming matters OF disagreement The committees agreed
all ni IN