The daily union., 1856-12-19
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.

Mr. WILSON obtained the floor, and
The Senate adjourned.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES..
The SPEAKER laid before the House a communication
from the Secretary OF State stating that John Ryes of
this city had sereoyped the diplomatic correspondence Of
the revolution edition of thousand copies of which,
in twelve volumes printed by order of Congress in
1929 and that the printer proposes to condense the works
into six volumes and recommending that appropriation
be made to purchase five hundred copies for distribution
by the State Department which referred to the Com
mitee Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Also, communication from the Treasury Department,
asking that 900 may be added to the estimates for the
of the per diem and mileage of members of the
legislative assembly of Nebraska made necessary in
sequence of increase of the members of that body
which referred to the Committee of Ways and Means
and ordered to be printed. .aE @#u as@..
Also, a communication from the same department. trans
mttng statement showing the to have remain
ed unsettled for than three years prior to the st of
July last which was laid on the table and ordered to be
printed, Fl. H.. Z. Ea.s0a s .aH
Mr.. JONES, of Tennessee stated that the Senate had
sent back the bill for the relief of Mrs Agatha OBrien
widow of Breve Major j. p OBrien, late Of the United
States army with the request for committee of conference
the disagreeng votes of the two houses that bill
He moved that the House insist upon its amendment and
grant the conference asked by the Senate which motion
Mr. WAsHBURN, of Maine, presented additional evil
dence in the of r. L. b. Clarke conesting the of
Mr. HALL of the first congressional district of Iowa which
referred TO the Committee of Elections.
Mr.. NICHOLS, of Ohio, from the Committee on Print
ing reported the following resolution which was agreed
to-
Rsoeed That there be printed for the the members
OF this House ls 600 copies of the annual message of the
President together with the accompanying documents and
that two hundred additional copies Of the said and
documents be printed and furnished to each Of the
Of the State War; Navy Treasury and Interior Depart
ment the Attorney General and the Postmaster General
PRESIDENTS ANNUAL MESSAGE
fhe House resumed the consideration of the Presidents
annual message the question being on the motqn that it
be referred 10 the Committee OF the Whole the state of
the Union, and be printed aa
Mr. QUITMAN, of Mississippi stated that he believed
that the remarks of the President the sayery question
were wemed and In every respect true If he had en-
tertaned any doubt to the aims and objects Of the black
republican party, the developments of this discusson
would have entirely satisfied him that he had not mista
tbuted TO them by the President he did not mean
say that members of the backrepubcan party erained
such purposes at the present day but that there dis
tnguished men Of that party who had declared to be
their cardinal object to destroy the institution Of slavery
which was ntertwned with the social system Of fifteen
States of the Union He did not speak - anv intention
TO interfere with that in the States for he had
considered that subject worthy of argument The
North-the whole Northdared directly assail that In
sututon In the States and If they should do 60 under our
present system the South would the assault with
contempt aud ridicule.
But the question was whether the citizens of the minor
ity section of the United States entitled to an equal
participation in all the blessings of system of govern
mentin the Territories, the common property Of the
States in the right of expansion of extending themselves
II the time should when their ndant
population should make that which was now blessing
an evil He thanked the President for his bold lucid and
truthful arguments upon this subject for he believed
the spirit which had been ebuked be alone by
open defiance. He not compromser a coneiliaor
It TO the knife and victory death their
motto The North must succeed in this struggle the
South must succeed In defending her rights and priv
leges The blackrepublican party properly anti
slavery party wagng Of opinion upon the institu
tons OF the Sob. Of opinion alone a to
the knife and the South would not stand beneath such
In common government, where opinions governed
and resulted in practical political issues.
He then briefly alluded to the speech made yesterday by
Mr. WALKER, Of Alabama, concurring in the opinion Of
that gentleman that the policy which had generally been
adopted by this government in relation 10 Central Ame
Affairs bad not been such great country should
have adopted He believed with Mr. Clay, that It
policy and that called upon by every consdera
tion Of high destiny to foster and encourage the infant
States OF Central America We the great power upon
this continent and ought to take upon ourselves the egu
laon Of it's affairs without reference TO the wishes and
disposition Of the great powers Of Europe.
The speaker then replied TO the resolution condemnng
revival OF the slave trade submitted by Mr. ETHERDer Of
Tennessee Monday last He did think that gentle
would undertake 10 say that the object of his resou
tion simply to procure the constitutional opinion Of
the House upon the subject of the trade II was pur
posey clothed in phraseoogy which assumed the right
upon the part of the House. 10 declare certain custom inn
moral unchristian and inhuman He denied the power Of
Congress to pronounce any practice immoral or
christian and considered the precedent most dangerous in
s tendency He not In favor Of the revival Of the
African slave trade because ne lOoked upon ~
shocking that he believed that the transfer Of slaves
from bengbted Africa 70 this enlightened country did
them the world any harm but because 1t against
the interests of the people be represented anagainst the
almost general sentiment Of the South.
In conclusion Mr. @ eaborately reviewed the theory of
government and its application TO the practical ques
ons Of the day, contendng that sovereignty alone
in the several States OF the Unon that the States in their
political capacity SUCH alone have sovereign power over
the Territories until under the constitution OF the United
States they cede II to the inhabitants OF the Territories by
Int hall
scy.
Mr.. BRANCH Of North Carolina spoke Of the issues de
oded In the last canvass and alluded to the statement
made by Mr. CunRAcK oflndiana, that there six mill
lions Of OF unmproved land in the State Of Georgia.
declaring that IL had not been for slave labor the people
OF that State would have been able bring into cu
vaton million of He would tell te gentleman
that II by slave labor alone that the people Of the
South enabled to furnish their cotton, tobacco rcs
and sugar TO the country. The institutions OF the South
attacked and If the North should succeed In striking
down slavery, the South she went down. would have
the consolation of knowing that those who had ruined her
institutions had adopted policy that would prove fatal to
their interesta @