Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1854-03-11
Mr.. STANTON Of Tennessee from the Committee on
the Iudiciarx rannrtad the following resolution:

j Mr.. STANTON Of Tennessee, from the Committee OF
the Judiciary reported the following resolution:
Reolped That the Committee the Judiciary be autho
zed to employ clerk whose compensation shall be the same
that the clerks employed by other standing committees
provided that such clerk shall be discharged whenever thu
duties devoving upon said committee by reason Of the
luton of the House relation the Gardiner claim dis
posed of.
Mr. S. explained that the adoption, on Monday, of the
resolution directing the Committee the Judiciary te
investigate certain matters connected with the Gardner
and Mears claim rendered the services Of clerk abso
lutely necessary.
Mr.. FAULKNER moved to amend the resolution by
adding thereto the following
And that the select committee appointed TO inquire into the
propiey Of military superntendsnOs csi works be
hor2ed to employ clerk at compensation not to exoeod
four dollars per day.
The amendment agreed to, also the resolu-
Mr.. STANTON, of Tennessee, from the Committee on
the Judiciary which referred the bill of the House
to increase the salaries of executive and judiciary officers
in Oregon and New Mexico reported the same back with
sundry amendments and the bill and amendments were
committed. .,@
Mr.. SMYTH of Texas from the Committee on the Ter
rtores, to which referred the bill OF the House to
amend entitled An to settle and adjust the
expenses of the people of Oregon from attacks and hos
tiites of Cayuse Indians in the years 1917 and 1915
approved August FL 1852 reported the same back with
amendment in the nature Of substitute; and the bill
and amendment were committed.
Mr.. FAULKNER, from the Committee on Military Al
fairs reported bill for the payment of the civil officers
employed in the Territory Of New Mexico while under
military government which was read twice and COM
mitted ... .. 3. p.
On motion of Mr.. RICHARDSON, resolution
adopted closing all debate in Committee of the Whole
Senate bill aid the Territory of Minnesota in construct
ing railroad for military, postal, and other purposes IN
hours after its consideration shall have been again
resumed. ..~.>... .... ..,.....
The SPEAKER stated the question to be on the pas
sage of the bill for the construction of certain roads in the
Territory of New Mexico yesterday reported from the
Committee of the Whole with the recommendation that it
pass. Pending which
On motion Of Mr. RICHARDSON, the House went into
Committee of the Whole the of the Union (Mr
PHELPS Of Missouri in the chair and resumed the
sideration of the bill to aid the Territory of Minnesota in
constructing railroad for military postal, and other
purposes. ..". *. ~" ...-ge
Mr. BAYLY, of Virginia, said that the Constitution
conferred Congress authority to make all neeul rules
and regulations in respect to the territory and other pro-
perty of the United States. He free to admit that
this clause of the Constitution gave Congress the exclu
sve control of the public lands and OTHER property of the
United States, but he utterly denied that it conferred on
Congress unlimited control of the subject
The public lands, whether acquired by cesson by pur-
chase by conquest, in either held by this
Government in trust. In the of cesson the
was defined in the deed of in the of purchase
the trust resulted from the character of the
transaction. In each case whether by grant, where the
trust defined in the deed by acquisition pur
chase where the trust was resulting one it redounded
the common cement the whole therefore, while
admitted the power Of Congress to make all needu rules
and regulations in respect to these lands they
bound to do it in subordinaon to the trust and had no
right to make disposition of the public domain in dis
regard of that trust ...".
Mr. B. then replied to certain remarks yesterday made
by Mr. CAMPBELL of Ohio, and opposed the bill pending
before the committee. a.-. .-E..
IEr. KERR did not agree either with the gentleman
FROM Ohio, Mr.. CAMpBELI) who spoke yesterday, or
the gentleman from Virginia. who had just addressed the
committee. He differed ia toto from the latter. He Mr
believed that the Government had power to make ap-
preparations either Of money of land for such works
of internal improvement as in its opinion would be cal
cuated develop the OF the country
the bonds of our Unon and promote the general pros
perity of the nation. He had always maintained this
doctrine and belonged to party which had insist
ed upon it. He thought however, that there gross
violation of the trust involved in the policy and for
time pursued These lands having been acquired
by the common treasure were the common property and
it, in their distribution, discrimination should be made
in favor of the States, it would be manifest inus
tice to the old States They who lived in the South
in any other portion of the Union where public lands did
not happen to exist were as much entitled to fair share
of this common property rs those who resided in those
States in which they situated. While he maintain
ed this doctrine he by disposed take the
position that grants of land should under any crcum
stances be made to the States for railroad educa
tonal and other purposes. On the contrary whenever
he should perceive manifested here purpose to do JUS
tce to that section of the country which he in part
presented he would 60 with the most ardent advocate Of
these schemes Of internal improvement in the West if
they should be predcated on sound reason ..
He then stated his objections to the bill under con-
sderaon and in conclusion gave notice of the following
amendment he intended to offer at the proper time;
Providc ouerer That the money received from the sale
the reserved sections Of land shall be paid those States
which have received grants of the public ands for internal
improvements according to their federal in
Congress
Mr. SIMMONS advocated the BILL both the grounds
Of oonstitutionality and expediency
Mr. LANE, of Indiana, and Mr.. BISSELL then made
personal explanations growing out of the debate of
yesterday. a,n......# ~. ..'
Mr. RICHARDSON followed, and replied to objections
which had been urged against the bill, and moved
raj amendments. .@t.
debate of considerable length ensued when, without
disposipg of the bill, the committee rose,
And the House adjourned
THURSDAY, MARCH 8, 1854.
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