Washington sentinel., 1854-03-31
C0naressional. q
THIRTY-THIRD CONGRESS.
In senate--Thursday, March aO,+ 1854
FIRST SESSION.


Mr.. EVERETT presented the memorial of the
American society for the advancement Of science,
praying that Congress would establish geograph-
zeal department connected with the Congressional
Library.
Mr. BELL presented the memorial Of members
OF the Baptist denomination Of Tennessee, praying
that some provision may be made TO secure 10
American citizens abroad freedom of religious
worship.
Mr. BELL also presented memorials in favor of
Congress granting township of land 10 each col
lege IN the United States.
NEBRASKA ELL.
Remonstrances against the passage of the Ne
braska bill were presented by Messrs. WRIGHT,
BAYARD, and BADGER.
Mr. BADGER said. desire now TO present the
remonstrance to which alluded few days ago,
oil David White, senior and forty-two others, citi-
Gems of North Carolina, against the passage of the
Nebraska bill. Among the signatures which are
appended TO it, find sixteen of the name of White.
lpresume they are all members Of the respectable
religious society of Friends in various parts of
the State. / merely wish 10 mention that their
opposition TO the bill is grounded upon the suppo-
sition that the provision in the bill TO which objec-
ton is made will be act Of injustice or some
breach of national faith ; and as ! have every rea-
son 10 believe, from the character Of the remon-
strants, as far as | know them, and from the fact
that they are citizens of North Carolina, that they
are reasonable and just men, | think il highly pro-
has taken place, they have found that they were
entirely mistaken, and that the bill is neither un-
Just nor in violation OF the national faith and have
therefore Withdrawn their opposition TO it.
move that the remonstrance lie upon the table.
The motion was agreed TO. ."
A bill for the relief of John GuZman, of Loaisi.
ana, was reported, considered, and passed.
DEFICIENCY BILL.
The Senate resumed the consideration of the
deficiency bill.
The question pending was on The following
amendment, proposed yesterday by Mr.. BADGER:
"And be 1t further enacted, That the provision
contained in that portion of the seventh section of
the act of Goth August, 1852, entitled An act 10
provide for executing the public printing and es-
tablishing the prices thereof and for other pur-
poses,' which provides thar when any document
shall be ordered 10 be printed by both houses of
Congress, the entire printing of such document
shall be done by the printer of the house which
first ordered the saine,' is hereby repealed and
when different printers are elected, each shall do
the printing for the house electing him and so
much of the printing for the executive depart
ments and bureaus of the government as is or
dered by the said act TO be done by the public
printer shall be equally divided between the
printers of the Two houses
Mr. BAiARD moved TO amend the amendment
by providing that the whole act regulating the ex-
ecution Of the public printing should be repealed
from and after the 4th OF March, 1855
Mr. FITZPATRICK said he was opposed 10
the amendment. Il was out of place on the def
cheney bill. 1t would increase 10 large amount
the expenses Of thepubc printing He conceded
that there was, under the present law great dit.
hculty in disposng OF the printing of the two
houses. But that matter was now before the
Printing Committee, and was under consideration
by that committee at that time. He was free 10
admit the law was defective; but il could be
amended without increasing the cost of printing
If this amendment were adopted, it'woud increase
he ayn hu tan prE fhppso loII.. =
composition. Though the law provided for the
election of printer by each house, il was formed
on the hypothesis that the work was 10 be done
by the same printer. The law provided that when
both houses shall order the printing Of the same
document, the work shall be executed by the
printer Of that house first ordering the same A
case OF much embarrassment had arisen under
this clause. The first mechanical part of the
Patent Office Report had been ordered 10 be
printed first by the Senate, and was sent 10 the
Senate printer. Afterwards, the second part of
the same report, being the agricultural part was
first ordered TO be printed by the House The
question which has arisen is Did the ordering Of
the first part 10 be printed carry with the print
ing of the second parta This was legal aues-
ton, and had not yet been determined II was a
question which ought not to be decided ia this
way. He would be in favor of any amendment
which would remedy the defects in the law, and
not involve any additional expense In consider
ing this question, he was not influenced by any
favor for either printer. . -
Mr.. WELLER said that he differed from the
Senator from Alabama. This amendment as he
understood il, provided for nothing more than that
each body shall have the control Of its own print
ing that The printer of the Senate shall execute
the printing ordered by the Senate, and the House
printer the printing ordered by that body. Under
the law the Senate had ostensbly printer but in
the operation of that law il was found that, bv
trickery or otherwise, il might be that all the
printing ordered by the Senate might pass into
nj har hnn han ha rcho ~,
pose by the Senate. So long as the Senate had
the right TO elect its own printer, how could il
concede to The House or to any other persons
the right and the power 10 decide how much print
ing shall be done py the officer chosen by the
Senate : There would be as much proprieiy in
giving to the House controloy The serceants.at
arms of the two houses. There ought not TO he
as there seemed to have been, any contest be-
tween the two houses, as to the disposal Of their
printing, to which should first order the
printing.
Mr.. BAYARD said he disliked to embarrass
any proposition with an amendment, and he there
fore withdrew his amendment. He thought that
unless this amendment were adopted, the Senate
would find itself involved in very undgnifed
scramble as TO whether the Senate or The House
printer should have the greater share of the work
He was in favor of repeal Of the whole law
He was opposed TO the whole system. II was
corrupt and corrupting. II had tendency to .
corrupt the newspaper press
amendment. He had no doubt but il woud
add TO the expense of public printing, but not 10
the extcnt which same senator's supposed I'm.
less something Of this kind were adopted, the two
houses would find themselves engaged in the
scramble mentioned by the senator from Della
ware. The law as it now stood placed il in the
power Of the departments TO say who shall exc
cute the printing of the Senate. The Senate had
printer and il ought TO have the right 10 send its
own printing TO be executed by him.
How was il with two ofthe most important doc
uments which the Senate had ordered TO be print
ed 4 senator from Pennsylvania introduced a
resolution ordering the printing Of an abstract of
the census. 1t was referred TO the Committee on
Printing; that committee reported against it, but
afterwards, in union with the House committee
reported in favor of printing another book, or alb.
stract of the census. That report Of the joint CON-
mitee was made to The House on the 18th ofFeb.
ruary, and on that day agreed to; while the same
report was not made 10 the Senate until the 10th,
when The work had already been ordered by the
House. The Senate had had no chance 10 give
that printing to IFS printer.
. Mr.. HAMLIN suggested that there was some
mistake respecting this particular.
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