The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-01-04
House of Representatives.
WAsmSGros. Jan ].

| WAsmSGros. Jan. .. 1sss.
4 CLAIMS cAIIyoKsIA.
Mr LATHAM, (dem.) Of Cal, from the Committee on
Public Lands reported back the bill continue In force
for year from March . next the acts for the adIu
dication OF land cai California Hs said the Board
Of commissioners have been In session two years and
half aud eight hundred and thirteen cases have been
brought before Them ana Of these they acted on
three hundred and ninety seven and two hundred aud
ninety y-four have been confirmed -Four hundred and
sixteen cases yet TO be acted and unless this b
shall be passed. those win Consequence be undls-
posed Of and persons interested will have 70 come TO
| Congress for relief
TIU rnIcr or rnK rUnLIo LANDS.
The morning hour occupied In considering the bill
smcnaatory Of the act graduating and reducing tho
prices Of the pr bc lands actual settlers and cult
ystors
Mr.. DAWSON, (dsm OF Pa, offered an amendment
giving hundred and SIXTY of land to actual
settlers, at fourteen half c.n.s coud
tion ~ actual cultivation.
Tho House without concluding the subject went into
Committee of tie Whole the Staps of the union on
the bill for the relief Of settlers and purchasers In swamp
and overnoved isnds.
Irll lriSG piscrstloS-ArTAcK on rr0 KNOW Syrmscs-
sfuIaTi0s ~ ThE PKADIsG WAR
Mr. hFI1T (dsm) u :. G., and said there be
but two .ss,ntaI parties Ia the republic while ast.
PetwesD the advocating the strict coosruc tion of
the coDsttuton or State rights and the other the
sututon there nay BE-, by the Iostlng Of the mRchn
cry uphea,ing of the sociai stratum dsyelopnga
comb nation such, he conceived was the ms or
der u know koihingism bat IT. life viii be short II
fusion ami an amalsamauon Of all tho isms. lts dcop
philosophy j. deep discontent and whatever thera IL
about 4 u wrong Every party has iis camp folowers
There who shouted hoIAnnas 70 Christ, AMI
then put the vinegar to his lips and there
Who hover about the BATH. field 70 ride Ia. bag
gage wagons and rob the dead-and such a. have
formed this new party o. Ksow sothing. The
North bad not the race appointed BY God % oceupy
Iaenial g,'i,ons bot woad ,ranple the shte nto
the aias ~ inierority After having pro6tsd by nj
grafton, industrially and politically, the North Souid
now cast Oh the foreign population gnashing s teeth
with dread at the competition ia the pursuits % labor
lie cram ned the leading principles Of the Kno1 No
things, and severely condemned them Ia rvpy 10 Mr.
Banks that people had right to manage political az
fairs with seeresy he said republican governmsat can
only exist with pubiey, aud mot from maehinationa
"know Nothing = is ally chosen. If they suecseied
they all be mutss In the funsrsl procea-0n The
puolic lie alleged the organization dstsntal 70
pls and disturb. the ssnetty of the social relations II
was socialism, free sosm and crusade against roman
Catboeism u vas deadly and dangerous 20 liberty,
and vas linssl dee.ndAn Of the Alan and sedltion
Law, and Hartford Convention federalism.
Mr. cusGsAs, dem Of g. sAid the rssoatisn he
proposed TO Introduce the other Jay requesting the Pro
sidsnt Of the United states IT, offer the edson of this
government 70 the bslger.ni Powers of Esrops, bad
team s,sa led n sns quarters sad msnsi In othsrs
To meet the objections be remarked ation IL not
intsr,.nion Hso IL vas precisely such A. ihs govern
has pursued since ia organization our mi s;srs
sent abroad erert influence -ith the wLleh
they accredited for b~psht, 20 avert lary,
We have had several instances of tD.dlan sasm,,t.A
10 ~ and be mentioned this - sh0v IL vss not such
insrvsn nton as ssnilsr0sn could ereuds. AL In
terssts suffer by var ADD this being the should
h Inclined TO 'ale such steps A. mar remove hs ain
tHlties The millions mions MONEY psnaAd ia
the muca lost a. they bad bssn iarssti In
the Arctic VII en- recently in the and the Ae
| sune'iop a ifs'vn not probably b. isss than ons
hundred thousand msn. ~ maeh Treasure ard ~
Dsing saept out % srisspe- the tendency
20 nlure every commercial nation uBasr thr and
oIscisly a.. United ristss wiz nssiaiion b~ssh,
polticslly' A. 20 the b.ases o. po-s 4. noi tor a.
ia Interfere 9Th bat this could not b. disturbed vih
out tis affecting mAtisf rhieh pariy 81 thu
may triumph IL there anything 70 sho~ that By oar
eon8uet may 'ervnin.e the contssV fhis 10 mat
tsr " esllosey Without inqairng into The merit. u hs
the sautss which produced II, u 10 not The 10
teFsst of thofe PV~sys 70 continue The srasx DID
be believe that either of them d>sred u proiopy a.
would lssd sbsu1, asd n.thsr 81 them I'll
wards sstisusnt n The var shSah uai - ,sr.
minated 4 nsy essom~ gss,rai asa rar- d~siras,rs
than during he ~ kspo~on bscssss TIE means
Of ssgresstp greater nos uas Al that
time. We unfer oDllssi.0rs - FrKnns 20
mediate yksu ~s ssrs ~ wu -ith Eaglasi, 10 isl1,
Russia tsn3fed her nsfstios All M Secretary u
Siats willingly aeosptsd ~ bat Great Bsstaa did ~,
81 after she hsd tnErhs. bsf great fos Eafsp.
Atabdsr a kas'A contributes ~ ssffauy to-ari ts
rsgiofston n Dssos between the tso Kvery
gsuinan bosis feel s1isr similar xa'isas v sri.af
similar 0Niess 20 thoss Porsys Later In hstory In
ls55, ~hen oar eDsEiry and France l>inT 10
volssf ar, Great brsln snSsr.f her S~iia,o0 asi
10Th ,opniriss s,>spi~f Andres gaeks,n Prssl.
cent then and hs never kno~n " saocasns "
shsmy ysrpii ubiUs n'er'srVbcs oar ar.irt No.
tefy osnsursd him fo- seospiinx th@ pror~r.i ms1a
uon France, Rassla England-sneb have adsrs4 thar
ns1tAiion time. ~ tr0abts s4sl f-e gsD
eAtf Are 90 - receive bspshfs AMI us~ms
hrs - ~ foh ans derive AdrGsiAgss from the
rfsrfnDss of 0tbsre Have tks tniisi - tss
low .ne ssbs 10 poser IA, 90 NAY %, o.r ne allga
N Fortunately for ns stand 10 90 sseb atutais.
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" ksd tseusss ikis qass,iop nsrrsv rrvusi. bst
krsv ks hal ngt ecne islus,<ce u IL. AEOthef eea.