New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-08-16

may wish TO defeat ths bill That remlr has meaning
How en- 10 defeat the bill by voting against ~ SIR,
teu tho Honorable Senators that shaii vote for the
hin whatever shape shAl come out ot the
Committee Of the Whole. How then am % defeat the
blll By opposing the amendment Sir, II IL not that
am TO defeat the b in that way, but according 10 their
argument the bill * 10 be defeated somewhere else If the
apepdmon shall not be incorporated into the bill Well
!, tho hin il 20 be defeated for want OF the amendment
somebody defeat il. 1t not who viii defeat in
That case. Who then Will be OF course Z viii be te
President of the United States because If the Senate and
the House shall agree tue bill with the amendment,
then will become law. But the Senate the Houe
reject the amendment and pass the bill without H. then
will rot become law while the only other party Who can
act upon il defeat il is the President. So 1t il idle
for Senators 10 fly into passion and consider hems YES
iured and usLed by the bare statement OF the ease when
tie transaction Itself bears out That Is all the aluson 70
them which have made. But, Sir wish to speak TO
nv honorable friend from Michigan little more plainly
on this subject. He talks fucnty about ms bll Oen-
defeated Sir who is it that in fact defeating the OIL
Without this amendment the honorable Senator has pre-
c;sey the bill which passed the House, such bill ~
uerscd Congress two years ago, us' such b a. has al
wa,s passed when any River and Harbor bill whatever
has passed here Such oil as has always before IN
Iassca the House already and can pass the Senate now
Bot for some he has proposed to alter tue policy OF
the hill and 10 impress upon il feature feature
odiOus end disgusting TO many friends Of the system
Of River and IIaIbOr improvement. You have already
heard Sir from Of the Oldest strongest s8unches'
ables aLd most faithful champions Of that system Mr.
CLAYTON that he viii not vote for the bill with that
Gatufe stamped upon it. That il vote That j. one
vote the honorable from Michigan will lose 20 this
bin How many such there may be DO not know.
But DO know that during the recess last night have
spent my tine in eDdeavOrrg 70 bring Senator's up 70 the
u0ut of voting for this BILL with this very amendment IN
IT, which an trying hard TO keep out, If it shall b.
Ieoessary instead Of having been employed in encour
aging abefng Others 10 oppose this bill on any ground
whatever. Here within four days OF the end OF
The session. This bib has come from the House OF Repre-
feDlaives Pass il il H. without the amendment and
the bill will BE- law. only lacking the signature Of the
President Of the United States. If the assumption
which have made be false the honorable senator
from Michigan has represented that il IT, then the Pres
dent will sign the bill without the amendment and 30 it viii
become law. IN that there il no danger Of the biz
being defeated at all Then, Sir the bill in that
he .feated only by means OF the amendment and by
means, of resisting here but OF adopting It here IN
tie Senate. suppose that the senate adopt the amend
uent: then the bid must the House Of Represents
yes What certainty has the honorable Senator that ne
can procure the acceptance of the amendment there Sir
would any body who friend Of the bill put in
such amendment at such hazard and at such
cost at snch time ard in such circumstances I'M
less be had good reason for It Certainly not especially
would not person asute so interchangeable and 50 sa-
gacous as the Senator from Michigan. He then has
good reason for II. What ia that reason The amend
Inent does not the bill from defeat here. On the
cOnroy exposes It to defeat here and IN the House OF
Representatives. know of only three places III TINS City
where bill be exposed 10 danger One IS here one
il at the other end of the CAPITOL and the other is at the
other end of Pennsylva av. beg leave therefore,
again and finally, imputiDg nothing wrong 20 any Of the
Senators, and especially TO my Hon. colleagues OF
the Committee Of Commerce, TO that the object OF
the amendment is TO save the bill from destruction at the
other end Of the broad aforesaid. If this be
what will the Congress have done by passing the bill thus
amended While the Constitution gives them power to
pass bill and send to the President, as whole for
lis approval rejection yea nay, they in order to
gain object interesting TO their country or their con-
suonts they view it, have not been content with the
Constitution buthave increased and enlarged the preroga
tive of the Executive. If it be dsrespectfu f. say that
this would be done the sacrifice of the dignity Of the
Senate and of Congress- then will not say What,
however have said say now. II this be treason LET
the most be made OF il.