Weekly national intelligencer., 1854-04-15

nave dcne gn Orders 9r the and on th point a2 respect
Hon. LINN BON, Speaker u the House ~ Representatives..
MIR. FAULKNER offered the following resolution:
Roved That the Clerk Of the House of Representatives
furnish and deliver to each Of the Members and Delegates OF
the present Congress who have already received em
and pay for the Of the contingent fund Of tho House,
the following books being portion Of the books voted to the
members OF former Congresses viz State Papers, Regis
ters OF Debates Contested Elections" and Alexander
Hamitons Works. Proridd The prices do not exceed those
heretofore paid and that instead Of the Opinions Of Aor
neys General heretofore supplied he shall furnish and de-
liver the latest published edition that be procured for M
dollars per copy that being the amount paid for the
Opinions OF Attorneys General in the Thirty Congress-
Mr.. FAULKNER stated that the joint resolution on
this subject provided that these books should be obtained
from the publishers The publishers had been learned
from correspondence with them not able to 1ur
nsh them and the resolution to enable the Clerk to
obtain them at the same prices from other persons
Mr.. HAVEN moved that the whole subject be referred
the members of the House the joint Committee on
the Library and that the communication he printed, in
order that the matter might be investigated
After some remarks from Mr. JONES' Of Tennessee, the
motion OF Mr.. HAVEN was agreed to.
CAPT. INGRAHAM.
The SPEAKER stated the question to be the motion
made by Mr. FLORENCE, ON Monday last to suspend the
rules to enable him to offer the following resolution
Resolred That the President Of the United States be
quested promote Commander Duncan NJ Ingaham to the
rank Of captain n the navy ohe United States and that the
Secretary OF the Navy be also requested tender the
mand Of one Of the vessels authorized to be constructed in
the House on the 3st March, Capt Duncan N Ingrahan
when such vessels may be ready for service.
Mr. DEAN hoped the gentleman from Pennsylvania
would withdraw his resolution, he wished to bring to
the attention Of the House subject of great Importance
Mr.. FLORENCE replied that he had no disposition to
press his resolution the House exceedingly thin
lie would therefore withdraw for the present the melton
to suspend the rules. .a.
RIGHTS OF NEUTRALs.
Mr. DEAN said that he desired to bring before the
anl ad for hat ms
which at this time of very great Importance to the
of the country The individual members Of the
Committee Foreign Affairs to whom the resolution had
been submitted had consented to its and he
hoped no objection would be made to it's adoption:
Resolced That, in the war which impending in
Europe 10 the duty well the manifest interest of the
Of the United States to observe and maintain
strict neutrality between a begerents in the
Of war the of citizens security of
demand tho maintenance OF the principle heretofore
asserted and srenuouy conended for by this Government
but hitherto admitted established tho law of nations,
ships make free goods except articles clear
known conaband of war and that the neutral flag pro-
from unreasonable search and seizure the ship bearing
and that neutral property board vessel OF OF
the not to seizure and confscaoh
Resotrcd That the President of the United States DO
quested If in his opinion not Incompatible with the public in
teress communicate this Heuse whether any, and if
what have been made what
donce has taken place between this Government and of
the Governments of Europe to establish the foregoing prn
cples international law, and protect the neutral
merce of the United States.
Mr.. WALKER objected. :, ..,,. :... s~
Mr.. DEAN moved to suspend the rules to enable
him to offer his resolution. ..... ..# ~.
And the question being taken, the motion was agreed
to by the following vote: ..... WI .-.
YEAS-Messrs Appleton, Banks, Barksdae Becher, Ben
net Benson, Bisse Bocock, Carpenter Cakie Chamber
lain, Chandler chastain Churchwe Cingman Cobb Cook,
Crocker, Curtis, John g. Davis Thomas Davis Dean, Dent
Disney, Dunbar, Danhaa, Eddy, Edgerton Edmand Ed
Fuller Greenwood, Grey Grow Andrew Harlan, Sampson
w. Harris Wiley r Harris, Hastings, HEM, Hibbard
Hester Howe, Hughes, Ingersoi Daniel T. Jones, Kerr
Ktredge KurtI, Lane Latham, Lindsey, Macdonald, Nc
Douga, Macy, Maxwell, Mddleswarth, J. q. Miller, Nor
rson Murray, Nichols Mordeca Oliver, Pennington John
Perkins, Phillips, Powell Puryear David Richie, Thomas
Shannon Shaw Shower Simmons Singleton Shelton, Gerr
Smith, S. A. Smith, snodsras Frederick ?. Stanton R. H.
Taylor John L. Taylor Thurston, Upham, Vail, Vansant
Walbrdge, Israel Washburn John Wentworth, and Daniel
B. Wright--lGs.
NAYs-Messrs Willis Allen, Ball, Boyce, Bridges Bugg,
Campbell Chrisman Corwin, Cox Cuom, Everhar Goode,
Hamilton, Aaron Harlan Harrison, Haven. Hunt George
Jones' Knox Lecher, McMulen Mace, Matteson Measham
Norton Ods, Parker, Peck, Peckham Pratt Sage William,
R. Smith, G. W. Smyth Nathaniel g. Taylor, Tracy Tweed
Wade Walker, T. B. Washburne, Wells aud zollcofer-41.
Mr. DEAN then submitted his resolutions and said
do not desire to debate these resolutions at this time
but to state only to the House what they contain and the
principles they are intended to enunciate.
The first resolution is plain and distinct statement of
duty maintain neutrality in the war between the
different Powers of Europe 1t then reassers the doc
trne that has been often asserted by the people and
Executive Department of this Government but which the
judiciary of the country has failed to sustain for Chance
lor Kent says that International law, understood in
this country and in Europe establishes contrary rule
The Executive branch Of Government from its foun
daton beginning with the Congress of the Confederation
and from that time to the present. has constantly in Its
action and its diplomacy endeavored to establish the rule
that free ships make free goods and the additional pro-
position that the goods Of neutras board the ships Of
belgerents also free from seizure conhscation
This the first resolution contains.
The Importance Of this subject at the present crisis
whom all Europe seems about engaging in destructive
war, cannot be expressed scarcely estimated. The
subject has been very recently discussed in the British
Parliament The Ministry have been called upon to state
what they intend to do in reference to it. They have
evaded meeting and dsposng of the question: and avoid
cd answering definitely what would be the action of that
Government.
The second resolution calls for the correspondence be-
tween our Government and the Governments any foreign
Power upon this subject and may be permitted state
here what think will prove to be correct that Gov
ernent has been for the last nine months engaged in
deavorng get this principle established and admitted
as the law Of nations and that representative near
the Court of St James, in particular has ably and be-
lieve successfully accomplished it, far its recogni
ton depends upon that Government And it is admitted
on all hands that if Great Britain which is the Power
that has ut oil times prevented its being established will
unite with us saying that it shall hereafter be the law
Of natons-not by treaty, but by proclamation and
by action during this wart will hereafter be placed
upon the firm basis Of precedent well as of natural
right and justice
am informed that from the fact Of its being unknown
to the mercantile community what Government in
tends to do and what will be the action Of the Govern.
men of Great Britan nsurances in all large ports
have increased and that much anxiety felt in reference
to it. It due to merchants this time to let them
know what the action of the Government has been and
what Congress intends to do whether it is our determ
nation to carry out this doctrine at a hazards whe