The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1857-03-03

Hon. GRAHAM N FroH, senator returned and admitted to
his scat from the State Of Indiana, the sitting member and
take testimony on the Allegations Of the and the
sitting member touching all matters Of fact therein contain
before Of the district court OF the United States
Judge OF the supreme circuit courts OF the State Of
Indiana by first giving days notice Of the time and place
Of such proceedings in some public gazette printed In the
city of Indianapolis.
Mr. TRUMBULL addressed the Senate at some length in
opposition to the resolution He contended that there
no necessity for taking any more testimony at all and he
regarded this as most extraordinary proposition Sena
tors elected by the legislatures of the States those
legislatures keep journals Of their proceedings and those
journals were the only source from which ii could be
certained what the action of the legislature has been.
Copies OF the journals of the legislature of Indiana
The potestants aege that there joint convention
OF the two houses the day ofeecon that Is not de-
MED by he sitting member who only afrms that he was
Selected by majority of all the members composing the
legislature of the State they being then and for that pur
pose assembled in joint convention He cOntended that
there was distinction between convention of the two
houses of the legislature OF Indiana and convention OF
majority Of The members composing those houses for they
had right to come together in the manner they did, to
elect senator There in his opinion issue in re-
gard to facts about which II competent to take parole
| testimony.
Mr. FITCH replied to the arguments of Mr. TnuMnULI-
He said that that senator had assumed previous
casion and had repeated that assumption to-day that all
the facts before the Senate but he denied the correct
Of that statement When the facts should all be laid
before the Senate he thought they would raise blush OF
shame the cheeks Of some the other side If they
not insepsible to that emotion The journal about which
much had been said not the Journal of the legisa
turc but merely the Journal of mob not recognised by
the constitution of Indiana The senator from Illinois had
presented two pape of which purpoted to be copy
of the Journal and the other the original journal and he
had also given what he called abstract of the facts but
Mr. f. said that these papers concted with each other
the abstract conced with both and neither OF the three
| told the truth.
Mr. TOOMBS said that if the allegations of the sitting
member true he clearly entitled to his seat but
those allegations denied and that was the the
Judiciary Committee had asked the Senate to give them
power to take additional testimony. They did not wish
decide the case on s1 Pare testimony but they wanted
| to get at the whole truth.
Mr.. WELLER for the purpose of terminating this de-
bate, moved to lay the resolution on the table.
Mr. BRIGHT hoped that motion would not prevail, but
that the question would be decided at once.
Mr. WELLER replied that unless it was done, 1t would
be impossible to get through with the public business
The question being aken the motion was agreed to-
yeas 30, nays 23-as follows;
Brown Butlsr Clay, Criitenden Douglas. Evans fitapss
Pugh, Reid, Rusk, Sebastian slidell Stuart, Toombs
NAYS Messrs. Bell Of New Hampshire, Bright, Rroa
nE or sss Fem
nessee Nourse Seward Sumner Thomson Of New jersey
Trumbull, Wade, Wilson, and Wright-2S.
Il CIVIL AND DIPLOMATIC APPROPRIATION
Mr. HUNTER moved that the Senate resume the consid-
Grafton of the unfinished business of Saturday being the
bill from the House of Representatives making appropr-
atoms for the legislative executive and judicial expenses
of the government for the year ending June 80 1858 He
said there five appropriation bills behind not count
ing this one.
The motion was agreed to- and after the adoption Of
sundry amendments, the bill read third time and
passed.
Il APPROPRIATION
y Mr. HUNTER from the Committee Finauce then
ported back the House bill making appropriations for the
support of the army for the year ending the 30h of June
1853 with amendments and asked it's immediate consider
alton and it taken upi numerous amendments were
adopted after which the Senate took recess for two
i hours.
I EVENING SESSION,
4 The Senate reassembled at half past six o'clock.
\ MIR. RUSK from the Committee the Post Office and
Post Roads whom referred the memorial Of Marshall
o. Roberts and Others trustees Of A. G. Sloo reported
States which read and passed to second reading.
Il Mr.. BENJAMIN, from the Committee on Private Land
Caims to whom referred the petition Of Royal Phelps,
attorney in fact of James, Earl of Sekirk submitted
adverse report thereon which ordered be printed
/ Mr.. THOMSON, of New Jersey, from the Committee
Pensions to whom referred the bill from the House Of
Represen atves for the relief OF the heirs of Amos Onery
q revolutionary soldier reported ii wi bout amendment,
and with the recommendation that it do not pass.
i Mr. WILSON submitted the following resolution which
was referred to the Committee on Printing:
Resolved That there be printed use of the Senate
by the printer of the Senate ten thousand copies of
Relations United States with all foreign nations pre-
pared under the direction of the Secretary of State in
S v bT
1t was prepared and printed under his direction, and
thousand copies for the of the statistical Office Proudd
The said ompendum shall be printed in FORM
and shall not exceed five hundred pages
The Senate resumed the consideration of the army ape
preparation bill .....
Mr. TOOMBS submitted amendment in reference to
the compensation to be allowed to General Scott which
caused considerable discussion, in which Messrs Glass;
i CLAY BUTLER, TOOMBS and others participated. The
effect Of the amendment to give Gen. Scott the
pay under his brevet Of lieutenant general claimed by
him, and refused by the War Department
I The question being TAKEN the amendment agreed
4 to--yeas ~, nays 22-as follows:
i YEAS Messrs. Bell of New Hampshire Bell of Tonnes
see benjamin, Biger Bright Butler Colsmer, Crtenden
Douglass Fish, Foot Foster Geyer Hale Harlan, Jones
Tennessee Noure Pearce, Pratt Rusk Seward Thompson
Of Kentucky, Thomson Of New Jersey, Toombs Wade
j Wilson, and Wright-27
i NAYSv-Messrs. Allen, Bggs, Brodhead, Brown. Glass;
Clay Evans Fitch, Fitzpatrick, Green, Houston, Hunter
Sidell, Toucey, and Yuiee22.
Mr. JONES' of Tennessee, by direction of the Committee
Military Affairs moved to amend the bill by adding
section which provides for appropriation of FIVE
hundred thousand dollars for the purchase Of Mount
Vernon and the establishment Of military school there
for instruction In cavalry tactics.
Mr. SEWARD moved to strike all that portion about
the establishment of military school which was not
agreed to--yeas 49, nays 28.
/ The amendment was rejeced-yeas 6, nays 4las fol-
| lows: s-
YEASMessrs Butler, Iverson, Johnson Jones of Ten
nessee, Rusk, and Weller--6.
! NAYS--Messrs Adams, Bell of New Hampshire, Benja-
Fitch, Fitzpatrick, Foot, Foster Geyer, Green, Gwn
Hale, Harlan Houston Hunter, Jones of Iowa. Mallory,
Mason, Nourse, Pearce, Pratt Pugh, Reid, Seward,
Slide, Stuart Thompson of Kentucky, Thomson Of New
jersey Toombs, Toucey, Trumbu Wade, Wilson, Wright