Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1854-01-06
DOINGs OF CONGRESS-.

DOINGs OF CONGRESS-.
In THE House, yesterday, after we went to
press, the debate on the Committee of Foreign
Affairs substitute for the Ingraham resolu-
tions of Mr.. Dean, was continued
Mr.. Hillyer argued that the substitute failed
to 20 far enough. He desired that it should
thank Commander Ingraham, because he had
asserted great American principle, rather
than on account of his charitable act.
Mr.. Chandler conceded with the views of
Mr.. Bayly, of Va. He was for the resolution
as thanking Commander IDgraham for his
charitable bearing to man in distress. Con-
gress, he held, was not called on to inquire
whether it was the duty of an American Cap
tain to defend the right of inchoate American
citizenship.
Mr.. Phillips condemned the action of the
Committee on Foreign Affairs, in emascula-
ting the resolutions. He preferred that they
should assert the right of American pro.
lection as the just and legal right of inchoate
worthy of the House, unless Captain Ingraham
was justified on the principle Of Ame lean
citizenship.
Mr. Barry conceded with Mr.. Phillips, and
proposed to amend the resolutions, to meet
their views.
Mr. Smith, Of Ala, was opposed to the res
o!utons, as being part and parcel of the Kos
suth movement. He entertained the same
opinion, in some measure, of Secretary Mar
cy's Koszta letter.
Mr.. Stanton, of Tenn, applauded the act
of Ingrahan, who, he commended, had deter
mined an important legal question He
thought it behooved Congress to sustain him.
MIR. Smith, of Va, conceived that the Com
mittee on Foreign Affairs had avoided the
discharge of their whole duty in the premises
The Secretary of State had not justified keszta
on the ground that he was entitled to rights
here. He could not vote for the resolutions
as they stood.
Mr.. Smith, of N. Y. approved of the reso-
luton, because it avoided all legal questions
involved, and placed the case on the broad
ground of humanity.
Mr.. Perkins next obtained the floor when
the House adjourned.
PROCEEDINGS OF TO D.4Y
The SENATE was not IN session to- day, hav-
ing adjourned over until Monday.
HousE.-To-d day, after the reading of the
journal
The Committee on Printing, through Mr.
Murray, reported back the resolution order
Ing the printing. for the use of the House, of
and GibbOn, U. S. N, on the Amazon and its
tributaries; agreed to.
The Speaker then announced the FIRST bust
ness in order to be the further consideration
OF the question of reference of the Secretary
OF War letter, transmitting memoranda in
explanation of the estimates for the improve
ment of rivers and harbors; and, then after
explanation from Messrs Fuller and Houston,
the question being whether the papers should
be referred to the Committee on Commerce or
to the Committee on Roads and Canals,
MIR. MlllsOn urged that the Committee of
Ways and Means should not be discharged
from the consideration of the subject in ac-
cordance with Mr.. Houston's motion MIR.
N. argued against sending the subject to the
Committee on Commerce as involving an &C
knowledgement that the Improvement of har-
bors and rivers legitimately come under the
Governments duty to take care of the com
merce of the country. He conceived, too,
that the Committee on Roads and Canals had
nothing properly to do with the rivers and
harbors of the country, which were neither
| roads nor canals.
Mr. Houston argued at some length against
| forcing the Committee of Ways and Means to
consider this subject against their will
Mr.. Dunbar addressed the House to show
that MIR. Ewing, in his remarks some days
since delivered on the subject. was mistaken
IN the idea that majority of the Committee
on Commerce are opposed to Improvements.
MIR. Ewing interrupted Mr.. D., explaining
that he had no allusion- to that gentleman,
whose locality made it very certain that he
was willing to be liberal in such matters. His
remarks had been drawn out from the fact that
a majority of that committee had not been Sc
| lected from States interested in river and har-
Dor improvements. He presumed they were
in favor OF the unbearable project Of a tonnage
duty to that end.
Mr. Dunbar, resuming thu floor, went on to
show that the reference of that subject to the
Committee on Roads and Canals was out of
| place. He held, at some length, that the
| Committee on Commerce was the appropri-
] ate one
Mr.. Hunt was glad to find his colleague
tMr. Dunbar) in favor of internal improve
ments, and that the majority of the commit
tee were in favor of such system of internal
| improvements as the friends Of that system
might urge on Congress.
Mr.. Dunbar, intsrrupting Mr. H., explained
that he was not to be understood as adyoca-
ting any general system of such Improvements
after the fashion of that of the administra
ton Of John Q. Adams, but for great national
improvements He held that also to be the
position of majority on the subject.
MIR. Hunt was not satisfied with this expla-
nation. He was not willing to trust the
friendship Of those who made such rerresen-
tatiOns in this connection.
Mr. Campbell OF Ohio, declared his readi-
ness to oppose every partial system. He
would even go for striking down protection on
iron, unless Pennsylvania would 60 for pro-
lection of other great American interests He
wanted asystem Of improvements which would
give the sea- board one third, the lake region
another third, and the Mississippi valley
another third. If all the money of the public
was to be used for internal improvements, he
WAS for the reference of the subject to the
Committee on Roads and Canals
Mr.. Wentworth next obtained the floor, and
commenced speech in favor of referring the
subject to the Committee on Commerce, when
we went to press.
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