The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-06-27
IEonse OF asepressntut ives.

| no tblea'ion imposed by that sacred, ,ath.
Mr. u on got the tsoor, AID hag past four oeloc
| tie Senate aojour1ed
| IEorse OF Represented ives.
| wAsiuycror June g. 1854
/ TEE MARTHA WASHINGTON coSslS aAToas.
The House refused 20 suspend the rua to enable MI
Bliss, (dem of Ohio, tontroduce bill uhorizng tn
Secretary of the Treasury to appoint ept to invest
gate and bring to iu.tce certain offender against th
United States laws, and appropriatpg s1 600 ha
purpose Hs alluded to the Martha wal hington con
spraors and those who recently robbed he Pttsbur,
GApsDnS TREATY
Mr. Housros, (dem of Ala, moved that Are House ~
into effect
luton, which was merely read for information calling
on the President not inconsistent with the in
teIe.ts to communicate copies Of all correspondence
touching or concerning the treaty concluded between
this government and Mexico the 3Oth of December
last and all subject matters thereon. y
Mr. EEN1oN (cem) Of Mol have a question to make
which think will take precedence Of both motions
propose now to make the motion of which gave notice
days ago. of the privileges Of this House, 1t is oae
which, apprehend, lakes precedence OF all other mo-
tons ana especially Dies it take precedence of that
Of taking up this bill If am right in my apprehension
of the DIGNITY and Of the Obligations which attach to the
privilege shall plead will go and state my motion
The srEAkER-ihe Chair win hear the geDtlema smo
ton before he decides to the question privilege
Mr. IENroN,i have reduced to writing the points Of
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misconcepton or misappI Iehension =
Rssclysa ysat he win consider question
.s5 50 sSS tho .sauisi,isn sossisn
breach Of the ryesss oas IN s.sstissias
ON Il. snd s
eTS1 Rssarsd OF = Tbs s,ts A. ,.a t,s.,v
Of Congress be- Isssed on % Subject s1bsis
ses the & e. 4 The
tve to deihsrae On the expedency ipexgediency Of
.heson a. in their judgment be conducive
That is copied from the resolutions adopted by the
House OF Re resentatives in the year 1885,
dent Washington had refused to communicate papers to
the House On that subject
Mr.. HousToN-H the gentleman is through with his
Cries Of wait until lie is heard on itn
hr HorsToE-As far as the gentleman has gone, de-
siis ,he seesion Of the Chair (Cres Of "crder.'D
to state my point to the chair.
Mr.. EEN1oY-Certanly.
Nh Hots1oS-Well sir, ] want the decision OF the
Speaker whether the question Of the gentleman from
Missouri such question Of privilege as VIII srre thc
House -hs"h hare submitted for the Adoption % :
The srEAKFR--The Chair prefers 6rst to hear the i'd
ditiopa resolution; there three of them, as the
gentleman from Missouri announced The Chair will
then be able decide at Under the circumstances
the gentleman from Missouri will excuse tho chair for
indicating that remarks should be dispensed with until
the question of orccr or privilege is presented
MIR. BENToN--Yes, sir; the third resolution is as
follows =
Union beings question sxsusyeiy granted Congress by
s WITH To sss M Staten
without authorization from Congress- breach Of the
PTvia.sss q yea ahas '0dy Violation OIL anu
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Of the Legislative and exeeu
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d. a'.e
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oi . to he House ef shs
, woh s the I Ss . Ha
comm nn a,ed confden italy opinion q Presi
o'Ti fhs sse Sc sne'H sIe the sI points Mr."
The SPEAKFR.-Tne Chair thinks the matter introduced
by the gentleman from Missouri is rather for the consi
deaoh of the body in connection with the bill referred
to- than for the decision Of the Chair question of
souri, Should propose to impeach the President of the
United States any other officer, it would not be for
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fon Of high privilege and would take precedence The
hair, therefore, overrules the question Of privilege
by the gentleman, being unable to see, in the
Al ers presented any question Of privilege the gen.
ileman from Missouri bss done The question re.
upon the motion made by the gentleman from Ala
baua that the House resolve itself into Committee OF
the Whole the State Of the Union.
Cn % G9s SON. q The rs, N orer II Se
the honorable gentleman from Missouri to submit his
question OF priyilegef
suspend the rules which will take precedence Of any
motion to suspend Tor another purpose.
MR. ClaTBElIl suggest, then, that after that motion
Is dsrosed Of ton be made to snsrend the rules to
enable the gentleman from Missouri to submit his ques
zion OF privilege.
Mr. WAshIuIy (vbg) Of Mel would ing pire whether
1t would be in order to suspend the rules tc
enable the House to consider resolution which be
offered.
The srnAHHr-It weud not be in order. The Chpir nm
occasion, stated that motion TO suspend
tcn TO suspend The rules for the introduction OF b J.
Tor any other purpose, were OF equal dignity aud
would DO cd By the Chair and put in Tie ore
Of timo in which they we're made
Mn. w,snruRN-I would ask the Chair If he did not dc
be suspended except upon Monday, motion for that
| purrofe would take precedencer
| The spEAsER-1he Chair only indicated at the moment
such view OF the subject but corrected 1t very al
| ter he made the decision
Mr. PEcKBAM-I would ask the Chair whether, after ",
have got into Committee of the Whole on the State o
the Unon either Of these resolutions offered by gen
tleman from Missouri and myself can be introduced o
adopted9
House has gone into the COMMITTEES.
The question then taken on the motion Of bfr
The House hereupon resolved itself into Committee
the whole-Mr. Disney, (dcu,) Of Ohio, in the chair
Mr. HousToS-I move to amend the bill, by striking ou
ell after the word treaty in the eleventh line follows
'Apd the remaining s. 900 600 as the boundar
in the proper form Of discussion. Tho bill which ho
just been read well the message Of tho Presider
ACCOMPANYING the treaty laid upon the tables Of tn
members Of the House Friday Saturday last, an
therefore it would be useless for me to remn
the committee that accordinto the stipuations Of IL
treaty itself the ratifcaons have to be exchanged
the seth Of this month, thus leaving but very few da,
for the action Of this House in mailing the appropriate
= proposed In this bill IL the House intend to make 1t
a all offer these remarks for the purpose of caimiI
Re indulgence Of the House for speedy action on tn
D. bill II they propose to make the appropriation It wu
be made before the 30th Of june have the right und
the rules to open the debate on this bill, as we'll
close It, hut considering the circumstances and
sre to mahe appeal to the House, to terminate
7, discussion n the measure as early as tomorr
"a morning eha forbear any rcmark now, IN the co
ii mencement of any investigation which MAJ grow out
this appropriation intending TO reply at the close Of
debate 70 such objections a. may pe pescnted by gent