Weekly national intelligencer., 1854-04-29
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.

The SPEAKER laid before the House communication
from j. Lawrence Smith, Secretary of the American As
ISOLATION for the Advancement of Science, inviting the
members of the House to attend the meetings of that As
socaton in session at the Smithsonian Institution
MILITARY ACADEMY BILL.
Mr. JONES' of Tennessee, said that the Senate
had returned to the House the Military Academy appro
priation BILL insisting upon their amendments
Cured in by this body and asked for commtee of
ference. He moved that committee Of conference be
appointed on the part of the House. "..,t ,
The motion was agreed to-
Whereupon the SPEAKER appointed Messrs. JONES, Of
Tennessee BrssELL, and DAVIS of Indiana, the
mttee the part Of the House. .
PUBLIC LANDS.
The House resumed the consideration of the bill grant
ing lands equally the several States aid in the
sructon of railroads and for the support of schools
Mr.. DISNEY spoke in opposition to the bill. He
doubted whether any man now living could justly appre
cate the value of the public domain in the future Look
ing forward he regarded it prospectivey the most
solid basis of credit in time of peace and of the most
effective snews in time of Amid all the strfes and
mutations Of party for the last sixty years the public do
main had been preserved intact and it now remained
for this Congress to gnaze itself by abrupt and vo-
lent departure from the principles which heretofore gud
ed the Government and to introduce principles Of action
which threatened the entire destruction of this valuable
treasure Of the General Government.
He then alluded to the report of Mr. BENNETT on this
subject which he declared of the most remark
able documents he had ever read. He combatted the
views advanced in the report and replied to the argu
ment made yesterday by Mr. BENNETT in favor of the BILL
Mr.. PERKINS, OF Louisiana, moved that the further
consideration Of the subject be postponed until Tuesday
next ,..
DEFICIENCY BILL-NEBRASKA.
Pending which the House went into Committee of the
Whole on the state of the Union Mr CHANDLER Of Penn
syvana in the chair and resumed the consideration Of
the bill to supply deficiencies in the appropriations for
the service of the fiscal year ending the 3Oth of June
1854 returned from the Senate with various amendments
IF add
favor of the Nebraska Kansas BILL He rejoeed from the
bottom Of his heart at this indication to repair great
wrong which had been committed on the South and ex-
pressed his astonshment that any gentleman from that
section Of the country could be found opposed to this
measure.
He argued to prove the unconstitutionaty Of the Mis-
souri, compromise which he denied had brought peace to
the country Up to 1920 the time Of its enactment there
was but since that period there had been dscor
and distraction 1t did not originate in love Of humans
ty in love of justice, but in an ambitious desire on
the part Of the North for political power He cited the
Journals to show that majority of the Southern men,
bers of the House voted against the restriction Of $50 S0
and wished to know, in view Of this fact how gente-
could say that the South imposed this restrictive
feature on the North !?
He quoted from the National ntelligencer of 1920 to
prove that Mr. Clay was opposed to the Missouri COM
promise and said that he had intended to have intro
duced the coury gentlemen Of the to show
that they against the features OF the Missouri re-
strction but time would not allow it. Those editors at
did not extend the principle.
Mr. CULLOM was very certain that the gentleman
would not msrepresent either the editors Of the lnte
gcncer Mr.. Clay upon vital question as this DID
not the gentleman know that the speech and editorials to
which he had referred related to the restriction Of slavery
within the State of Missouri and not within the line
Of 36o 30ts
Mr.. SMITH replied that he knew they did apply to
the Missouri restriction The Intelgencer expressly
said that the extension Of slavery did not affect the prn
ciple of slavery.
Mr. s. then replied to certain portions of Mr. BENroSs
speech.
Mr. BARRY repudiated the idea that this Government
Government Of compromises Itwas the Government
Of the Constitution and that portion of the Union which
audacious enough
to ask than the Constitution guaranteed to II was
faithless to the great trusts under which it lived.
He then argued the unconstutonaity Of the Missouri
compromise which he said had been violated over and
again by the North. All repudated it, but ascrbed
it TO the giants who prevailed in the country IN
1S20-2l
He also cited the Inteigencer Of 1920 to prove that
that journal was against the Missouri compromise and
to it to show that Mr. Clay and spoke four
hours against the restriction.
He expressedh as opposed to the Badger provso
though he did not conceive it to be the Pandora pex
which some gentlemen seemed to think it to De-. NOT
his objection to this provso he should vote
for the bill though it should not be stricken out.
Mr. HUGHES thought that any one looking upon thelr
proceedings might well excaim In the language OF old
'Polonius, still harping on my daughter; Tor this