Weekly North Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1850-1858, 1854-07-05
CONGRESS.

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series Of Resolutions of IegisAure of Tennessee
in favor af tae repeal of the dsty on iron; in favor
of the Pacific Railroad in favor of constructing
levee on the east bank of the Mississippi in favor of
granting land to the Tennessee Mounted Volunteers
of the war Of 1872 in favor of making the same al
lowances for horses lost in the Mexican war as in
other wars; also, in favor of cheap ocean postage
MIR. Clayton, from the committee on foreign rea-
tons reported bill in favor of the more effectual
suppression of the slave trade in American built
vessels, and spoke at some length on the subject.
Mr.. Chase gave notice that tomorrow he would
ask leave to introduce bill to prohibit slavery in the
United States.
Mr.. RockwelPs Boston petition for the repeal of
the fugitive slave law was taken up
Mr.. Jones, of Tennessee, took the floor, and spoke
at length in reprobation of the petition and its sign
ers, and also reviewed with scathing the
cent address put forth by the members of Congress
who opposed the Nebraska bill. The debate was
continued by Nessrs. Rockwell, Brodhead and Sum-
ner.
In the House, on the same day, Mr. Houston
moved that that body go into committee of the whole
on the State of the Union on the bill appropriating
ten m lions for carrying into effect the treaty
with Mexico; whereupon Mr.. Benton offered the fol-
lowing Resolutions:
Resotred, That the House Will not consider the
question Of appropriatng ten millions of dollars to
carry into effect the Mexican treaty of December
3Oth 1853 for the acquisition of foreign territory
until it shall first have considered whether there was
a breach of the privileges of this House in negotiat-
ing and concluding said treaty, until after the
House shall have obtained full information of the
negotiation and conclusion of said treaty. 3
fho coil r. "a.
execution on law of Congress to be passed on
subject submitted by the constitution to the power
OF Congress, IS the constitutional right and duty
of the House of Representatives to deliberate on the
expcdiency or inexpedency Of carrying such treaty
into effect, and to determine as in their judgment
may be most conductive to the public good
Resoiced That the admission of new States into
the Union being a question exclusively granted to
Congress by the constitution and treaty stipulation
for tile acquisition OF foreign territory with right
to be admitted as State without authorization from
Congress- is breach of the privileges of that body,
violation of the constitution and illegal and void.
Resolred, That a purchase of foreign Territory
by the Federal Government, not having been pro-
vidcd for in the Constitution q of the
legislative and executive departments of the Govern
ment the former by an act of Congress, the latter
by treaty stipulation, is necessary to the consum-
nation of the act, and has been held in the pur-
chase of Louisiana, Florida and California.
Resolred, That the House of Representatives has
right to the information which would enable it to
judge the merits of the Mexican treaty in its legs-
LATHE consideration thereof, and the President be
respectfully requested to furnish to the House of
Representatives a copy of the instructions under
which the same negotiated, and of the papers
connected with the subject, the said copies to be
communicated confdentiay, if in the opinion of the
President the public good may not admit of their
publication"
Mr.. Benton then spoke for an hour opposing the
treaty, and declaring that the President in negotiat
ing it had invaded the privilege of the House. Mr.
Bayly replied, after which the House adjourned.