The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1854-05-08
DAILY JOURNAL.
CONGRE SSlONAL.

Tuesday's Proceedings Continued.
WASHINGTON, May 4.
A long debate followed the reading of The
Presidents veto.
Mr.. Douglas defended the message from
The attacks m ,de on it by Mr.. Brown.
Mr.. Jones OF Tennessee, asked Mr.. Doug
las how 1t was he could oppose the bill CIV
ing lands for the benefit of the insane, and
yet be in favor Of the homestead bill.
Dir. ID. refused TO answer the question, but
when the time come, he would show that
the principle laid down in the message, did
not conflict with the homestead bill.
Mr.. Brown expressed his regret that Mr..
Douglas would not explain how he reconcil-
ed his opposition to the bill giving land to in.
sane persons, with his advocacy of the
homestead bill which gives land to sane
men.
He was afraid the Senator'S reputation
would suffer, and some persons would say it
was because sane men could vote, and in
sane men cannot vote, that he favored one,
and opposed the other.
Mr.. Douglas replied tartly, and, after fur
ther debate, pending the motion to print the
message, the Senate adjourned.
The message is regarded by some as a sort
of vete in advance OF the homestead bill.
The followingis one Of the principle points
In the message:
"Are we not prone to forget that the Fed
eral Union is created of States, and not they
Of the Federal Union! We were inhabitants
of colonies distinct in local governmen mt, one
from the other, before the revolution. By
that revolution the colonies each became an
independent State. They achieved that in.
dependence, and secured its recognition by
the agency Of a consulting body, which, from
being the members Of distinct sovereignties,
instructed to agree TO no form OF government
which did not leave The domestic concerns
Of each State TO itself, was appropriately de-
nominated Congress when, having tried
the experiment, they resolved 10 change that
for the present Federal Union, and thus to
confer on The Federal Government more
ample authority. They scrupulously measure
ed such OF the functions Of their cherished
sovereignty as they chose to delegate to the
General Government. With this aim and
to this end the Fathers of the Republic franz
cd the Constitution in and by which the in
dependent and sovereign States united
themselves for certain specified objects and
purposes, and for these only, leaving all Of
the powers not therein set forth as conferred
on one or the other of the three great depart
ments, the Legislature, the Ex .cutive and
the Julicial-indubitably with the States,
when the people Of the several States had in
their State Conventions given the effect and
force To the constitution, not content that
any doubt should in future arise as to the !
scope and character OF this net they engraft- |
ed thereon the explicit declaration that the |
powers not delegated to the United States by |
the constitution nor prohibited to the States
ere reserved To the States respectively, or to
the people. Can il be conlroyerted that the
IF r, ~
ment that is involved in the several relations
of the internal arrangements Of the body
politic-;hs IN Entail and moral cultre of men
the development Of the local resources of
wealth, the punishment of crime in general,
the preservation OF order, the relief of the
needy or otherwise unfortunate members OF
society did, in practice, with the States
that none of these objects OF local commerce
are by the constitution expressly or implicit
ly pruhlbitod to the States, and that none of
them are by any express language Of the
constitution transferred to the United States!
Can it be claimed that any Of these func-
tons Of local administration and legislation
are vested in Federal q Government, by any
implication! have never found anything
i'm the Constitution which is susceptible of
such construction. No one Of the enumer-
ated powers touched the subect-nor has a
remote analogy 10 H. ne powers conferred
upon the United States have reference TO the
federal r, lations, or to the means of accom-.
plishing executing things of the same
character, are the powers taken away from
the States by enumeration-in either case
the powers restricted were SO granted or re-
stricted, only when it was requisite for the
maintenance OF peace and harmony between
the States, or for the purpose of protecting
their common interest and defending their
common sovereignty against aggression from
abroad or instruction at home
WASHINGTON, Maya.
SESArE.-Various petitions against the
repeal of the Missouri Compromise was pre-
scented.
Mr.. Sumner presented a memorial from
the citizens of Missouri and Wisconsin on
the spiritual manifestations, asking for an
investigation by a select committee-laid on
the table.
Mr.. Johnson presented a resolution calling
for report of the exploration Of the North
Pacific, which was adopted.
The veto message Of the President was ia
ken up on a motion to print 1000 extra cop
Sea.
Mr.. Cwinn moved the subject be postpon-
ed till Monday week.
HoUsE.-The House went into committee
on territorial business.
A bill to establish the office Of surveyor
Eeneraland granting donations to actual set
flers in the territox, Of Utah was taken I'D,
and OH motion of Mr.. Linsey, the first section
was amended to read "to every white male
above 81 years Of age who has declared his
intention to become q citizen, and who is
now resident of said territory, or who, pri.
or to January, 1858, shall remove aad settle
in said territory aud continue to reside therei n