The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1854-05-03
CONGRESSIONAL.

% adopt the following amendment, offered by
Mr.. Bell, 10 the Dehci ncy bill. Mr.. ID dye OF
owa made the following remarks.
AMENDMENT
To Richard II. Weighman. for mileage and ,
for per deul senst , elect from New Mexico, ,
-, 400
Mr.. President, ! remember the night when
this claim was first brought up at the compro-
mise session OF 1850. was n.v.r more s,rsng-
iy impressed with the belief that any individual
wastn'nltd to mileage and per diem as dele.
gate than was as To the justice OF the claim OF
Mr.. W-ightman. think the anne ndhient was
then offered BY a senator from Georgia not new
in his place, Mr. Dawson So just was the
proposition regarded at that tire, in view
of what had occurred, that it would have passed
bu, Tor the boundary d fficulty, If which my
friend from Texas Mr. RUsK was III, Napo
leon in the Senate, and which he watched With I
an eye that never tired IL feared lest the
recog milton of this delegate would, ia some way |
or other, iInrair the right ri Texls To all the |
land on the R.o Grandr, who she claimed -
H. and his coll ague-bui he more especially |
--mnun'ed it rou III sllod. 1t would then have |
passed, aud passed ,rrumphanlly bu, for my
friend from +, xia, and others sympaih z'ng
with him in that matter Now. however, he
proves himself IT, be just and fair man, be-
cause, when an 0ppnEtunity Is present.. Tor
him tn do justice which h. been long
| delayed, he is willing to do it.
| 1t will b. remembered that a CONSTITUTE n was
presented here from New Mexico, and sena
| tor from New York, not now in his place,
| mir. SEwARD,1 mode a speech for the admis
| sion of that Territory as State and 1t was
highly probable, from the exis,ln. state and
condition of things in the country a, that ,im',
| hat were 10 have a serious difficulty in r..
gard to its admission as a State with It's sparse
| population. That tficulty, however, was olivia
| when the compromise measures Ut 1850 were
| passed. The individual whose clam is
| betOr, the Senate was elected senator by
| he called legislature of New Ne xico, just ;
| General Harrison was elected delegate from
| OHIO at first by its legislature That the
| authority by which they were elected IN former
times. Who could doabt that a province as
large as New Mex CO was, would be entitled 10
| 8 me repre sentaton in Congress, The delegate
| whom she sent to the other house, although not
admitted to seat, was paid by clause >ubse
qnently inserted in the civil and diplomatic ap-
preparation bill. The people of the Territory,
believing that they were acting in accordance
with The wishes of the Executive, in good faith
sent this gentleman here as a senator He came.
expecting his seal; and | am sure he rendered
good service to the people Of the Territory
He was afterwards elected to represent them in
the other house; and he served there for one
Congress He IS a political opponent Of mine;
but he is now q, home, being II" longer in pub
lie life. always REGARDED this as just claim,
and am glad to have an opportunity to vote
for it
During the discussion in Committee of the
W,ole Of this Bill, Messrs Dodge and Jones
offered the follown. amendments. which were
adopted
Mr.. DODGE, Of Iowa. offer the follow.
ing amendment, 10 CONF in after the appropria
,ions for public land purposes:
For continuing the surveys in the northern
portions of Iowa, Minnesota, and Wisconsin
at the rates now authorized by law, $4,000.
! offer the amendment in pursu Of re
commentator and estimate from the proper de
, partment, and with the unanimous consent o
the Committee on Public Lands
/ Mr. DODGE, Of Iowa. 1 also offer the FL
lowing amendment from the same committee:
To enable the Secretary of the Senate IT, pay
for the maps of the public lands author:z' ID BY
the resolution Of the Senate OF the Sd of March
1853, to be printed under the direction of the
Committee on Public Lands, $3.50.
The resolution oil the Sd of March is as fol
lows
RESOLVED, That the Committee on Public
Lands be, and they are hereby authorized Il
have printed the maps Of the public lands, which
are now prepared and in course of preparation.
This was adopted on the Sd Of March, on ths
motion of Mr.. Borlanc, formerly a member o
the Committee on Public Lands. | will state
a fact, Of which the presen, Presiding Office
: (Mr FooT in the chair is coynizant, owing t
his position on the committee: Since we dis
covered that such resolution was passed, W,
y have Stopped the publication of the maps
s This is t., pay for the Arkansas maps, We
8 having stopped The publication o. the rest.
The bill was reported to the Senate al
amended; and the question was led to be ol
= concurIing in the amendments made in com
mi,tee Of the whole.
; Mr.. JONES, ofIowa. offer the f'llowin.
b amendment:
e That the S 'cretary of the Interior be, and be
is hereby, directed t"examne the claims present.
ed by certain counties Of the late Territory o
Iowa, for expenses OF the United States dis
trictc curt, which were paid by said counties pri
or to the admission of said Territory into tin
d Union Sta and it, upon such exanlina
tion he is satisfied that prior To said time, tn,
said coun'ies had paid money which, in accor
: dance iih the instructions Of the FIRST Comp
trolIer of the Treasury, dated December II, lo43
should have been paid by the marshal Of thu
United States, for SAID Territory, he is directet
to admit and allow the same,
A report was made by the COMMITTEE on til,
was mlde pciore, upon which appropriations
were made to pay for the expences which were
incurred in the counties OF Lee and DIS Maines
, This is t.. pay o'her counties which have MT
yet been adjusted at he department. The inat
ter has undergone the scrutiny of the Judiciir,
Committee aud by that Committee approved
as to the counties which nave mentioned. A
this session the subject sub commtted Il
The senator from Indiana, Mr.. BRIGHT VIII,
4
by indsposion He kept the papers in HI.
hands, and from that ..reason, and that alone
the Committee on finance have not offered the
amendment. The pipers are in his hands, vi
the committee would, have n, doubt. have
oered the anne ndment. The matter has beer
heretofore investigate by the chairman Of tina
committee, and by him and other members u
, the committee approved. hope that the fac
of the sickn SIS Of the senator from lndi ana
will not operate to deprive is OF this act OF jus
tice.
REPORTS FROM COMMITTEES.
{ Mr., Jones, of Iowa, from the Committee or
Pensions, submit ed an adverse report thu
petition Of Rhoda Lewis for pension, and re.
ported bill for the rel.efo Sarah Crandall
MIR, Dodge, of Iowa. from the Committee or
II Public Lands, reported bill for the relief q
the Burlington University, in Iowa; which wa.
read three several times and passed.
SENATE-.APRIL 18th.
MEMORIAL PETITIONS &c.
} Mr.. JONES, of Iowa, presented petition o.
citizens of Marshall county, Iowa, praying The
establishment OF a mail-rou'e from Toled, t.
+! Dorado, IN that State; which was referred tt
the Committee on the Poet Office and Pos
| noads
i Mr.. DOGE, of Iowa, presented the memorial
Of l.. E. True sdell proposing, for certain com.
pensatIon IN land, 10 constr nct a good road from
come point near Council Bluff t. California, I.
establish line of coaches thereon for trans
porting the mails and passengers, and also to
construct line Of telegraph upon certain con.
dItions
Ordered, That so much of the memorial as
| relates TO the construction of a road be referred
to the Committee on Public Lands, and that
80 much thereof as relates TO the transportation
oithe mails and the construction off telegraph
be referred 10 the Committee on the Post Office
and Post Roads.
| PAPERS WITHDRAWN AND REFERED