The true Democrat., 1855-05-01
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Ing ten thousand additional copies of that work, or, Ill other words, eight thousand more than they agreed to, was before the committee, and they decided adversely upon it. I presume, under these circumstances, the Senate will vote the amendment down.
 Mr. Weller do not think the statement made by the Senator from Arkansas has any, thlng to do With the question. If make motion to print an additional number of any document under the rules, that motion goes to the committee on printing; but whoever SUD- posed that the report of the committee was conclusive upon the Senate? Suppose majo- rity of the Senate think there ought to be five thousand instead of two or three thousand CO., pies printed. Is it not competent for any mem- Der of the Senate to move to increase the num- Der? I apprenend that, by the rule under which these resolutions go to the committee on printing, it was never intended that the decision of that committee should be final, and that we should be precluded from offering amendments to increase the number recommended by the committee. have no disposition to embarrass this resolution, and if my amendment does that, l withdraw it.
 The president. It is in the power of the Senate to reverse the recommendation of the committee.
 MT. Weller. I should like to understand this question, whether, when resolution is re- ferred to the committee on printing, their report upon that resolution is final?
 The presidnet. The rule is, that when a motion is first made in reference to printing such papers, it must go necessarily to the committee on printing. After it has been reported back, the Senate can make such order as they think proper. Does the Senator withdraw his amend ment?
 
 MT. Weller If in order desire to have the number that have indicated of that re- port and map printed. I regard it as very important map. It will, when completed, be one of the most perfect maps we have of the country between the Rio Grande and the boun- diary of California.
 The president. The chair is under the im- pression that the amendment is not in order.
 Mir. JOHNSON. l hope ths Senate will be allowed to vote upon it, and that will settle the question at once. The Senator has the right to make the motion, suggest to the chair. I want to state, moreover, that did not pretend that the report of the committee was conclu- sive at all; on the contrary, I think it is his right to make motion to amend; but I also wanted to state the additional fact to the Se- nate, that the subject had been considered by the committee, and they had been compelled to reject the idea of printing more than two thousand copies of it, as they thought that would be sufficient for the public service.
 The president. The question Is on agree ing to the resolution as reported from the com- mittee on printing.
 Mr. Adams 1 am unable to see the distinc- ton between the cases; and therefore 1 move to strike out " ten thousand" and insert " two thousand" so that the same number may be printed of each one of the reports as we'll as of the survey.
 Mr. Fitzpatrick. I desire to ask the Sena- tor from Mississippi whether his object is to in- crease or diminish the number
 Mr. Adams To diminish it from ten thou sand to two thousand.
 Mr. Fitzpatrick. will suggest to the &c., nator that his motion will increase the number The printing of the reports of eight or nine sur veys is recommended in that resolution; and by his motion, he will make the number of copies sixteen or eighteen thousand. I trust the amendment will not prevail. I think the com mittee went to the utmost verge in recommend ing the printing of ten thousand, and that num- Der ought to be divided among the reports ten thousand of all of them.
 The president The question is on the amendment of the Senator from Mississippi to strike out "t ten thousand" and insert 1.-two
 
 be "printed for the use of the Senate two thousand copies of the several reports of sur veys" etc.
 MT. Fessenden. do not understand, from the explanation, whether the proposition of the Senator from Mississippi is to increase or reduce the number of copies to be printed.
 Mr. Adams. It is to reduce the number.
 MT. Fessenden. Is it intended to strike out "ten thousand,' and insert two thousand" on- ly of each? The plan proposed to be pursued is to publish these reports altogether. It was thought it would be better for them to be pub lished at once and ten thousand was fixed up- on, on consideration, as being the number ne- cessary in order to give proper circulation to the book when published. It is not propo- sed to publish them separately, but as one do- cument.
 Mr. JOHNSON. Ten thousand copies of the whole work. 1 am very familiar with the action of the committee. The resolution ex- presses the object of the committee very fully, though some Senators do not seem to under stand it. l have in my hand the document which 1t is proposed to print. It will make volumes press and bound. We recommend the printing of ten thousand copies of the whole report. That was adopted by the committee upon the ground that it was, perhaps, the most interesting document that could now be fur nished to the American public, that it would be more universally read and examined, and that consequences were attached to the results which would be produced, in the minds of men, on an examination of it, perhaps of more importance than would be produced by any other docu- ment put out at the present day. Under these circumstances, in order to circulate that infor- nation, in reasonable amount, in every direc- ton throughoutthe United States, it was deem- ed proper by the committee that ten thousand copies of the work, in two volumes, containing the several reports, should be printed, and soft is reported. Asto printing two thousand copies only, it was deemed by the committee, on dis cussing the subject in their own room, that less number than ten thousand could not SUD- ply anything like the demand, and have no idea that ten thousand will supply it. Two thousand certainly would be entirely inadequate to impart sufficiently to the public for any use- full purpose the facts and knowledge which were designed to be obtained by the heavy ap- propriation that was made by the government in order to obtain these reports. 1 hope the