Weekly national intelligencer., 1854-04-29

House 60 into Committee Of the Whole the state Of
the Union; which was agreed to.
DEFICIENCY BILL-NEBRAsKA.
The House accordingly went into Committee, (Mr-
CHANDLER, Of Pennsylvania, in the chair and resumed
the consideration Of the bill to supply deficiencies in the
appropriations for the service Of the fiscal year ending
the 30,h of juno, 1854 returned from the Senate with
numerous amendments.
Mr.. HARRIS, of Mississippi concluded the remarks
commenced BY him few days ago in opposition to the
Nebraska-Kansas bill in its present form
Mr. II. stated his objections to the BILL He contended
that Congress should repeal the Missouri compromise
boldly or not at all If they not prepared to repeal
it. they should let stand where it is He referred to
the insidious character Of the BILL and condemned the
Badger proyiso as the Wmot proviso in another form
Mr. HESTER addressed the committee on the same
subject. He opposed the bill the ground that If
passed it would violate the solemn treaty obligations Of
the Government with the Indian tribes residing within the
limits of the contemplated Territories aud because it pro-
posed to repeal the Missouri prohibition of 1920.
Mr.. TAYLOR, Of Ohio, next obtained the floor. He
said that he felt constrained member of the Com
mttee Territories, to refer, for few moments,
to the dstractng question which had occupied the at
tenton of Congress for the last four five months In
doing this he wished in the outset to discaim all personal
feelings towards any member Of the committee, and
declare that he had other than kind and aernal feel
ings towards every section of the Union. Though he
here of the twentyone Representatives from
the State Of Ohio he felt that he bound to discharge
his duty representative of the whole Union, and
would resign his Immediately could he lose sight Of
his national obligations.
Mr. T. then referred the mpediments interposed by
the Nebraska bill in the way of the business Of the
country and said that instead Of progressing in the eg
aton which the people demanded of them and endeavor
ing to discharge their duty first to the people and then
to the administrators of the Government they tied
down here day after day by sectional question: Of which,
Whig member Of this Congress- he washed his hands,
he had part in introducing it into these halls
Nor did he believe the party to which he belonged had
Congress by the Wing party Of the United States He had
too much respect for the party to which he belonged to
believe that they would have countenanced such
sure when there was no necessity for ia sectional
question which in his judgment transcended in impor
tance any which had occupied the attention Of Congress-
since 1920.
1t had been asserted by gentlemen and by the organ
that this Administration measure and that the
Administration determined to carry it through the
House either by persuason intimidation, threats Az
representative of free people, he wished to preseryo
the power privileges and immunities OF this body as
the expression Of the distinguished member from
Missouri MIR. BENToN the great branch of the Amer
can Government When fathers built up this Govern
ment and after the Revolution framed the Constitution,
they designed that the Judicial Legislative, and Execu
tive Departments of the Government should be indie
pendent of each other possible. From small nation
three four millions had grown to be nation hav
ing twenty-five million inhabitants We had advanced in
prosperity wealth. power, and greatness beyond the
expectations of the founders OF the Government until
had become the great republic of the world the adm
ration of people and of all mankind But in the
progress of country the three departments had not
equally preserved Their power He thanked Heaven that
the judiciary of the nation still stood in a its majesty
and purity; but the legislative power had been in
great degree overshadowed by the Executive authority
no matter into whose hands it might have fallen.
As for himself, he was independent of oil Presidents,
having received asked any vors from them and
never expecting to receive any The legislative power
ought to and look Down with contempt every inti
nation, in the political organ in official COM
al; 1r
detrment of profitable legislation to the discussion Of
exciting questions, calculated to the passions Of
the different sections of our Union.
He considered" the bill proposition to destroy
great national compact and called upon his Southern
brethren not break down this great settled principle Of
legislation which had given peace to the country for up
wards Of thirty years. In his humble judgment-and
he spoke as conservative mamie believed that if Con-
gress should repeal the Missouri compromise of 1920
they would set precedent by which all other compro-
misses would be repealed He would do act that would
commit legislation this to the numerical power
of the country rather than to its patriotism and good
sense.
He then stated his objections to the bill-frst be-
he did not deem it necessary second he was not
satisfied with the boundaries it proposed third would
violate treaty stipuatons with the Indians and,
fourth, proposed to repeal the Missouri compromise.
The gentleman from North Carolina (Mr. CLIsGMAHl
the other day cast an unmerted censure on portion OF
the Wing party Of the Unon connecting with it the Ma
tonal Inteligencer of this city He with great regret
heard that gentleman denounce that paper as always
taking the side of despotsm when arrayed against ber
ty and he Mr IT, could not at the time but recollect
that when in 1914 the British to this city, after de-
stroyng the Capitol and other public buildings, they
went to the Intellgencer Office and destroyed it also
Did this look if the Intelgencer the side of
despotism then Although he did not consider it the
Wing organfor he did believe that that party had
any organ-yet for intelligence, for ability and for
servatism it well might be called model for any news
paper for any statesman.
He believed that in the North there patriotic
in the South, and that the South contained as
patriotic the North, and he proud to believe
that his own country full of intelligence and pa
trosm, and thatits people able to defend it when
ever occasion demanded
He did not believe that this bill would become law
There was too much good sense here to break down
compromise built up Clay Lowndes and others Of the
day and generation in which they lived.
The committee then rose and the House adjourned.