New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1854-07-25
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massachusetts, against the fugitive slave Law
On motion Of Mr.. Hamlin, the Senate took up
the bill for the better preservation OF iie anu
in vessels shipwrecked on tne COASTS Vi
the United States, and the same was reao tnree
times and passed.
Mr. Mason called up the resolutions hxlng the
salary of the employees OF the senate. ing ~
port fixes the annual salaries WIN slle VIC" y.
adding thereto. twenty-five per cent.--under
the resolution of the House for that purpose, 1t
abolishes the per diem compensation, except to
the committee clerks.
Nh Petit moved to increase the pay Of the
committee clerks to FIVE dollars per day, which
with twenty five per cent added, would be six
dollars. Agreed.
Mr.. Rusk moved for an increase Of the sala-
RES Of fifteen messengers, from nine hundred
per annum to one thousand, making, with the
per centage, twelve hundred.
Mr.. Bright opposed the amendment. He re-
earded the prices as most extrayagant
The amendment was then adopted.
The pay of the mail boys was then raised
from six hundred and fifty to seven hundred
and fifty per annum.
The last resolution gives the power to the
Secretary and sergeant-at Arms to make APP
pointments and removals in their offices, bat
requiring those officers, in making removals, to
give reasons for the same to the President of the
officers approval. The amendment was adopted.
Mr. Bright moved to provide that the Secre-
tary, Sergeant alarms and Doorkeeper be
elected at che first session OF each Congress.
After some debate this was rejected by yeas q,
nays 25 The resolution then passed
The House joint resolution giving the en-
ployees of the legislative department an increase
| of twenty per cent. in compensation, and pro-
| hlbiting hereafter the usual extra advance, was
taken up and passed
| Mr.. Bright gave notice that tomorrow he
would move to take up the Texas Debt bill
| Mr.. Badgers motion to reconsider the vote
| passing the bill to establish telegraph line to
| the Pacific was taken up and rejected.
| Mr. Petit moved to take up his resolution for
printing the Nebraska and Kansas Act.
Mr. Chase said if taken up he would offer an
| amendment to print the votes and proceedings
on said bill.
The motion was then rejected. ..-@ m
| The Homestead bill was then taken up, and
the question taken on striking out the sixth
section. Decided in the negative. Yeas, IL
| Nays, 90.
| Mr. Seward paired off with Mr.. Cooper, and
Mr. Foot paired off with Mr.. Sebastian.
4 Mr. Stuart moved, as a substitute for the bill
one extending the privileges of the homestead
to all persons who, by State laws, were entitled t.
hold lands therein, to fix as the price to be palt
by persons seeking the benefit Of this act, attel
possession and cultivation for five years, twenty
five cents an acre, and for lands certain tim
in market, twelve and q half cents. 1t gradu
ates the price of public lands from one dolla
down to twenty-five cents an acre, depending
on the time it has been in market. 1t allow
several States in which lands lie, to take it a
the graduated price for railroads. etc.
Mr.. Gwin moved to amend the original bill b
attaching twenty five cents per acre as the pric
to be paid by persons availing themselves OF tn
benefits of the act. He said he did this to sat
isfy the conscience OF those unwilling 10 CIV
away the public lands.
Mr. Brodhead moved to strike out twenty hy
cents and insert fifty cents.
Mr.. Pearce opposed the bill and all amend
ments fixing sham prices He was also oppose
to allowing foreigners to have the benefit of th
act.
, Mr.. Cass replied.
Mr. Adams reported Mr.. Stuart's substitut
and Mr. Brown opposed it.
, Mr.. Bell spoke in general on the subject IL
some time.
Mr.. Shields supported the bill.
Mr.. Wade called the attention of the Sena
t to o report in the Globe of Mr.. Claytons speed
of last week on this bill In that speech, {
published, were words which he did not thin
had been spoken The Senator was represents
as speaking in reply to certain Senators WI
s we're not named, as having uttered speech
: disparaging of American citizens, and as di
eliminating in favor of foreigners. The Sen
tor from Iowa had asked the Senator to nan
the Senator who had so spoken. The Senat
# from Delaware was reported rs saying: "T
k Senators from New York and Ohio will not e
;, their words SO soon, think" He wished nc
to understand if the Senator from Delawa
meant, by the remarks as published, to insln
% ate that he (Wade) had spoken disparagingly
|, American born citizens. If the Senator inten
,e to insinuate that he (Wade) had said any thi
, in disparagement of American born citizen
- if any body said that he had said so, he assei
l. ed that which was as silly as it was false a
It malicious. He would like the Senator to S
i. if he was to be understood as making such
n assertion.
~ Mr. Clayton said the Senator had been stud
lie ing this matter ever since last week, and h
u been getting himself under good headway-h
sc laid in his stock of water-and to-day the Sc
ate had witnessed the discharge The Senai
- had said in his speech of last week that nat
81 born Americans had no more right in dist
y. button Of public property than the alien. Ii
le declaration he had replied to, and had rebul
the sentiment. The Senator was sore unt
the rebuke. He replied to other sentime
equally calculated to disparage American CT
e. zens, Among these sentiments was one II
ed foreigners had achieved our national indepel
tANNN
n ence.
Mr.. Wade saked what Senator had said tn
rs' Mr.. CLAYTON said he had not sud that 4
ne Senator had said so.
on Mr. Wade-I ask the Senator did he in
Senate use these words: ''Tbe Senators II
Ohio and New York will not eat their word
as soon, think"
MS Mr.. Clayton--I did so substantially.
i q again said that he had not used them OF
a siyely. He was replying to the open decls
ton of the Senator that Americans had no n
right to the public lands than foreigners.
he had rebuked the Senator for that sentim
sg- and the Senator was now sore under the reb'
9TH Mr. Wade replied warmly, He said the
mark to which the Senator had referred
W been explained fully at the time and since Il
es, The Senator could look at his speech thro
md and through and he challenged him to fin
single word in it disparaging to American
Zens 1t was serious matter to charge
'no with having spoken disparagingly of Amer
Try citizens It was matter which he did not
ur- disposed to pass over in silence, and, there1
we'd he had drawn the Senator's attention to It,
Mr.. Clayton said it WAS q matter Of PEI
"a indifference to him, whether he was Statistic
y, not. He would say to the Senator that
Inc was not already satisfied, he (Clayton)
INK willing and ready to give him plenary sati
lis ton in any way outside the Senate Chauibt
ned Mr. Wade replied that he had but a few
l., ments previously seen the report of the
20 .s tors speech. He did not believe the Sen
VIE ever uttered in the Senate the words thu
She Senators from New York and Ohio woult
ing soon eat their words, He did not believe
n II. Ia, ,s,,r-