Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1854-07-01

judgment, be most conducive 70 the public good
That is copied from the resolutions adopted by the
House Of Representatives in the year 1885, after Pres
dent Washington had refused communicate papers to
the House on that subject.
Mr. HOUSTON. II the gentleman is through with his
question Of privilege
[Cries Of !" wait until he is heard on it !n]
Mr.. HOUSTON. As far as the gentleman has gone, i
desire the decision of the Chair.
GCries of aorderp1
Mr. HOUSTON. am in order and know what am
doing have right to state my point to the Chair.
Mr.. BENTON. Certainly.
Mr.. HOUSTON. Well, sir, want the decision of the
Speaker whether the question of the gentleman from
Missouri is such question of privilege will arrest the
privileged motion which have submitted for the adop
ton Of the House?
The SPEAKER The Chair prefers first to hear the adj
dtonal resolutions There three Of them, as the
gentleman from Missouri announced The Chair will then
be able to decide Under the circumstances the
gentleman from Missouri will excuse the Chair from ndi
eating that remarks should be dispensed with until the
question Of order or privilege is presented
Mr. BENTON. Yes, sir; good. The other resolutions
were follows:
Resolped That the admission Ofnew States into the Union
being question exclusively grated Congress by the Con-
stuon any treaty stipulation for the acquisition of foreign
territory with right be admitted State without au
thorzaon from Congress- breach Of the privileges Of that
body violation Of the Constitution illegal and void
esoed Thata purchase Of foreign territory by the Fed
er Government not having been provided for in the Const
tuition, of the Legislative and Executive De-
parten of the Goyernmentthe former by act of Com
graas the latter by treaty spuations to the
chase of Louisiana, Florida, and California.
Reolred That the House Of Representatives has right
to the information which would enable i to judge the merits
and that the President be respectfully requested to furnish
the House of Representatives copy Of the instructions
der which the negotiated and of the correspond
which gave RISE and Of all other papers connected
with the subjects the said copies to be communicated con
dentiay If in the opinion of the President the public good
may not admit of their present publication.
These are the points, sir.
The SPEAKER. The Chair thinks the matter intro
duced by the gentleman from Missouri is rather for the
consideration of the body in connexion with the bill re-
ferred to- than for the decision of the Chair
ton Of privilege If for any the gentleman from
Missouri should propose mpeach the President of the
United States or any other officer, it would not be for
the Chair to inquire into the validity Of the
given but the proposition itself wouldin question
Of high privilege and would take precedence The Chair
therefore, overrules the question of privilege made by
the gentleman from Missouri being unable to in the
papers presented any question Of privilege, the gen.
teman from Missouri has done.
The question rccurs upon the motion made by the
gentleman from Alabama, that the House resolve itself
into Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union
Mr.. CAMPBELL. Would it be in order to sus-
pension of the rules enable the honorable gentleman
from Missouri to submit his question Of privilege?
The SPEAKER. There is already pending motion to
suspend the rules to 60 into committee, which will take
precedence OF motion to suspend another purpose
Mr. CAMPBELL. suggest, then, that after that mo-
ton is disposed of motion be made to suspend the rules
to enable the gentleman from Missouri to submit his
question of privilege
MIR. WASHBURN, of Maine. would inquire whether
it would not be p order to suspend the rules
enable the House to consider resolution which may be
offered?
The SPEAKER. 1t would not be in order The Chair,
upon former occasion stated that motion to suspend
the rules to 60 into the Committee of the Whole the
state of the Union, and motion to suspend the rules for
the introduction of BILL for any other purpose,
of equal dignity, and would be considered by the
Chair and put in the order Of time in which they
made.
Mr.. PECKHAM. / would ask the Chair whether, after
have got into Committee Of the Whole the state
of the Union either the resolutions offered by the gentle
from Missouri or that offered by myself be in
troduced or adopted?
The SPEAKER. Neither Of them can be adopted after
the House has gone into committee.
The question was then taken on the motion of Mr.
HoUsToN, and it was agreed to.
The House thereupon went into Committee of the
Whole on the state of the Union, r DISNEY, of Ohio
in the char.)
The CHAIRMAN stated that the first business in or
der was the further consideration Of the bill making
appropriations civil and diplomatic eHpeuer Of
the Government for the year ending June 80, 1855
On motion Of Mr.. HOUSTON, this bill was set aside
and the committee proceeded to consider the bill to
able the President Of the United States to fulfil the third
article Of the treaty between the United States and the
Mexican Republic Of the 30th Of December, 1858, as
amended by the Senate Of the United States.
The bill read, and appropriates ten millions of
dollars to enable the President Of the United States
fulfil the stipulation in the third article of the treaty be-
tween the United States and the Mexican Republic Of the
thrtieth of December 1858, subsequently amended
by the Senate Of the United States Of which
millions arctic be paid the exchange Of the rafca
tons Of said treaty, and the remaining three millions
the boundary line shall be surveyed, marked
and established.
Mr.. HOUSTON said that the bill, well the message
Of the President accompanied by the treaty which it
the intention of this to carry out all laid
upon the desks of the members Friday Saturday
last 1t would therefore, be useless for him to remind
the committee that according to the stpuatons of the
treaty. the notifications had to be exchanged the 30h
of this month"; leaving but few days for Congress to
make the appropriation proposed the BILL if the House
should agree to make it at ALL He therefore asked Of
the House the indulgence of speedy action upon this
sure that, if it their intention to pass it, they
might do within such time as would enable the Senate
to act upon before the expiration Of the 3Oth of this
month.
He had the right under the rules to open and close
the debate upon the bill but under the circumstances
and he desired to make appeal to the House to term
nate the general debate early aomorrow, the next
day. at the outside he would forego any remarks a the
present time, but would after the debate should have
been terminated perhaps reply to such objections
might be presented by gentlemen who should oppose the
bill.
Mr.. JONES, of Tennessee moved to strike out the en-
acting clause Of the BILL with the view of defeating
the measure for he expected to vote for it, but that
other motion might be made upon until after the debate
should have been closed.
He had said that he expected to vote for this BILL
because he thought they bound vote this money
because the President and the Senate had made this
treaty with Mexico in which the Government had pro-
missed to pay this sum he entertained such doctrine
He held that he well every member Of the House,
free to reject this BILL if the treaty did not meet
his appreciation he to vote against the most i
ding and ordinary appropriation which might be present
ed for action.
He should vote for the bill not because Of the small