New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-06-14
nnrsr nr REPRESENTATIVES,.


HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
Nj. HAVEN y J. moved that the debate on the Pa
r,hc KslrcSd biz close to-morrow At q clock
NJ AcpoIGAL Cal was authorized by the Select
Committee ~ relrf amendment 10 the bill limiting the
northern rVa;C by the parallel by which the southern
rate !, limited VIZ Ire S';n ana he noVsa a.; 1nn 'e iu
ihc- Of the bill be postponed tai the second
Monday ~ December in order that N the meantime the
surveys may be completed Unanimously agreed 10,
NJ CIpDlNG>> resolution proposing 10 eNpeI the
Tior Of IL o,liastoV non from the icor for having
published sn article which be was evidently designed
10 excite unlawful violence members OF the House was
Mr., STANTON. ~ from the Select Committee on
the SUBJECT reported bin - restore the civil superinen
cenoc al the National Armorcs Referred to the Com
mif,ee 81 tie Whole on the state of the Union.
The senaes amendment 10 the Deputy POs:masters
Compensation bill was discussed and adopted:
The House went into Committee OF the Whole on the
N.Y. WALBRIDGE y. Y. addressed the Committee in
favor OF the Pacific Railroad as follows:
MI CHaIRvAS: The measure now before the Commit
tee demands tie and deliberate consideration OF
every member Of tbs body That il invo YES important
public Interests present and prospective who doab
Let be fairly and promptly met then ander the respon-
sbiy 81 faithful discharge OF or duty to our consiu-
enis ana the country al large. The hrst inquiry
arising is, whether the contemplated work IS one
in which tie General Government should interfere
end 20 whether the period for action has arrived
II Is not TO be overlooked that in the Judgment OF many
distinguished citizens the measure premature and per-
haIs iInprao, able at the pre- on time. " men differing
in action from the enlightened counseis o. haurer
minds il must necessarily he with hesitation end dsrust
OF the soundness of judgment. Yet the measure
Is before votes upon IL are demanded-and duty
requires brief expression Of suCh general views have
occurred The whole powers OF Government IN the
ohrysas formation of the Republic were fused IN the rev
pulmonary continental Congress. That exalted assem-
blagc was invested with these high attributes ny the VIII
Of the people under the dictates OF imminent pubhc dan
ger and necessity. The spirit of that jealous OF Pubc
liberty, withdrew their dclesa0n en- m0Se oil SOY
ereign powers. and divided AID distributed them by
the articles of confederation These, IN turn were
found imperfect aud Indifferent. lnicequae 10
the purposes of good government they had bre exist
ence aud only known historically as the precur-
sors of that beautiful and welefned system OF govern
nent under which the American people have happily eX,
sted for three quarters of century passing through al
the eradaons from political infancy to the sengh ana
vicor Of political manhood and to prominent membership
in the family of nations TINS tmPr"~ Z" ""P-.tD GOV
eminent leaving in the hands OF hrty-one sovereign com
munes The unrestricted control OF Their local ana m9nc
pal affairs, holds within Itself the prncple OF epa9lpy
and perpetuy. At the time II delegates to tue Vei
oral Cove rhment powers adequate to the management
concerns the interests of all and to the defense
of the whole Republic, from It's center to the crcum'
ference. In the first era OF oar history as fee peo
re and in our second political transition, serious ana
sgiating questions disturbed the pubic tranquility ana
threatened disruption of the considerations ihese crew
out of the claims of the large States IN respect TO eT
boundaries. Some contended under their royal charters
for all extension of limits to the South Sea- Others nen-
nitey through what then the great western Wilder
ness watercd by the Mississippi the Missouri and the 20
umbia-he wilderness since penetrated IN every direction
by the enterprise of people whose sleePess energy Is
destined at distant day, to cover that portion I" TINS
hemisphere with the trumphs of Amercan clVu'zalioh'
on the part OF some to exclusive title TO the public DOMAIN
while other States held that the territory when haa oeeh
acquired by the treaty of 1903 al Paris was the common
property of the original thirteen anu liable 10 De
disposed of by Congress for the common oenent
of all. The great State of Newfork then took
the lead in the work Of pachcation. Great then,
Sir II So what is she now Look at her; not
merely in the amplitude of her territorial extent but OF
commercial power she OverOOkS the ocean command
ing the of the four quarters of the globe 10 enter
her ates and drawing il hiiher by that irresistible prn-
ne which interest creates and which IS a. omnpoen' IN
trade as the power OF attraction IN the mNerN WoIu'
YES sir true to the popular sovereignty from ihe
Of ie first cornerstone of the republic she took the lead
IN renoynr causes of distraction and ACKNOWLEDGEMENT In
s70 she passed an act authorizing portion OF her west
ern territory TO be surrendered, ana cessioh was e
ACCORDINGLY by her delegates IN the year loo"IhS' Coi
press seized the occasion to urge upon olher
of TERRITORY, declaring how naispes"US I"I and per
manent basis and principles aeceptaoie 10 al s
spective members; how essential to PuDilc cici as
confidence TO the support OF our army W "a" IS
onr councils and the success OF mea ureS; 10 our
tranquility at home, our reputation 9piVaI, :" .I
existence as free sovereign anu
The subsequent ccssions by Virginia. hasS"1 .:i
Georgia and South Carolina terminated these soo'i'
controversies and this cause OF irritation anu
was end The western territory thus disenoa5raeu
from the claims OF Individual States became puoN' Ss
under the control Of the Congress of the United states
The limits of the original thirteen States as hxed oy lns
treaty Of 1883. acknowledging our independence
the States of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois Michigan and Is
ons;n that part Minnesota OF the Mississippi ana
The norton Of country north Of the 3lst degree falling WIN
in the boundares of the present States of Alabama and
N;sss.nn During the administration of that eminent man
and enlightened patriot, Mr. Jefferson who understood
from the beginning the strength and capacity OF these m
Ion;s;nnn was rcoured in which have been erected the
States Of Louisiana, Arkansas, Missouri, Iowa and Min
nesota west Of the Mississippi the Territory known as
Nebaska name not unfamiliar in these Halls, and the
Indian country south it, embracing the Territories nov
proposed TO be organized for our ao1nsIhss u"IT, me
names Of Chak ia Muscocee and Chah-lalkee. Chder
our treaty of i7s3 with Crest Britain and OF 1903 with
the French Republic and that of Great Britain IN s'o
all doubts were removed in regard to thar oeJ Si
and constituting the northwestern Territories OF
Oregon and Washington, destined ere long,
in the march of empire, to be released from theli
pupage and take up their position equals IN the
sssembage OF American States BY the treaty OF i.Is
the Spanish crown yielded TO US the foridas Terminating
our southern boundary with the Atlantic and Gun OF
M.co and bringing us the vicinity of the Queen OF the
Antilles. Texas as independent State, entered the
conederacy in ls45 The country within the limits OF inc
present state Of California and the Territory OF sh and