The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1858-04-20
WASHINGTON CITY, TUESDAY, APRIL 20, 1853.


discussed in that body. He therefore thought II would
be better to send this item back whether the
majority Of the members Of the House desired 70 have 1t
in the bill. tfttHt NH@t'.i''t sk
Mr. FEssfNDEN undsntood that provision OF the act
of s45 to be only intended to apply 10 that year and
that had been the construction Of both houses snce
but the present Secretary Of the Treasury hal given this
new eonntruction to the l&w and ho hopot Consress
would not give it their sanction The Clerk Of the House
had paid the money in good faith and he ought not to
he obliged ~ suffer loss 9 t3u3tlaQ9 h0 1iil&Wi
Mr.. CHIITENDEN thought the Committee ON Finance
ought o have looked at Of the large items Of this
bill instead Of selecting this little one, which to show
their spirit of economy They stainng at gnst
when they had swallowed q camel ~ ~ a,is, \ 4ft. d i
Mr.. HALE said it did not become the Senate To find
fault with the House for voting extra compensation to s
employees fos the Senate had done the same thing over
INF HUNTER defended the Committee on Finance
from isc criticisms Of Mr. CxnB~Dss. II any appro-
pations in the bill could be reduced consistently with
the interests of the public service he would be ready to
vote for such reduction but owing to the present con
dton of our affairs with regard to Utah, he believed
MIR. BIGGs modfed his amendment 20 as to make It
read as follows sH ~ aul Yits1i .a la 5l
And provided further rhat shall never
contingent expenses any ordinary
5 q :" su 90" s oy any % s sa c a
dan, OF the saiA two Houses or either of them Y
The question being taken, the amendment of Mr..
BIGGs was agreed to. The question then recurring on
not agreed to-yeas IL, nays 3O--as follows;
Messrs Benjamin, Brown, Clay, Douglas, Fitzpatrick,
%,n assn pssc s nn as w.s sns
Mcss Allen, Bell gs, gler, ,Brodcrck Cameron Chand
R Fasscnaan, 1Iaa nse Foot cwn Hale Hammond Harlan Kennedy
Kng Polk Seward simmons, stuart Thomson Of New Jersey,
ABSENT OR NOT Bates payard Bright Davis,
Henderson, johnson cf Arkansas Mallory Pugh
d sebastian, Sumner Thompson Of Kentucky, and Yneel5
Mr. CAMERON then offered an amendment, providing
for the payment to such of the employees of the Senate
did not receive it at the last session the amounts
respectively that allowed to the employees OF the
House by resolution of the House of Representatives at
the close Of the Inst session After debate upon it,
the amendment was withdrawn.
Mr. HALE then moved to amend the bill by adding the
following an additional section !:
SIC A. aud be fuer enacted That
by any Of the government, under
la,en and The sixth section o the act entitled An aet in addition
establishment aud rcuaoa the Treas
War and Navy Departments approved May 1920 be and the
same is hereby, repealed 4-t
Mr. H. proceeded to advocate his amendment at some
lcngth
Upon the conclusion of his remarks the Senate pro-
ceeed to the consideration of executive business and a
ter some time adjourned. 5 a. a1 ar
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
The SPEAKER stated the business first in order to be
the motion of Mr. III 1RFSCE of Pennsylvania, that the
rules be suspended in order to enable him to report the
following resolution S'f m #H
Realized That the committee appointed investigate tho facts and
eonnsasd Win he sale and purchase q tho
purposes the 1851 be- authorized stenographer
at tho usual compensation. if.ifr1 t.t ff. ti& II
After brief discussion the rules suspended-ayes
| 49, noes 27-and the resolution Yves eloptcd 81 VA
THE roLlcE BILL.
| On motion of Mr. GOODE, Of Virginia, the House then
went into Committee of the Whole the state of the
Unon (NIr JONES Of Tennessee in the clair,) and re-
sumed the consideration Of the police bill for Washing
/ ton city, aI e aalt 4.aaf F54 4il, afsssa tffI
Mr. GoODE closed the debate and replied to the va
rous objections to the bills which had been urged during
the discussion The general provisions of the two bills
nearly Identical and they provided for the
number of officers, and for nearly the expenditure
| of money ttssiHa sran 4Gf .rs, t Etr
The bill was then reported for amendment. q B,9
Mr. MIIISON, of Virginia. moved to amend the first
section of the bill by reducing the force to be employed
to thirty men, and authorizing the Secretary of the Inte
rior in his discretion to employ such additional number
not exceeding seventy, shall make the whole number
equal to those employed by the city of Washington. Mr.
MlIsoN sad there times when the city quiet
and there need Of extraordinary police force
1t was only during the session Of Congress that this dis
! order existed 5 a,i1 nrs nsfsHi ~ aa. 3.saa1.a's
Mr.. GoODE opposed the amendment, saying that it
was fatal to the bill If the city should not appoint
force there would be effective police and property
| would not be protected. eai s4tf 5a.su sen y
l8 Mr. MARSHALL of Kentucky, moved to amend the
amendment, providing that the persons employed should
be citizens of the United States. .il4
The amendment to the amendment agreed to.
Mr. BLISS, of Ohio, moved to amend the amendment
by striking out the words " the police regulations OF the
citizens of Washington and making that portion read
" to aid in the enforcement OF such laws of the District
OF Columbia and police regulations and shall be
in force for such protection tf 80
Mr. BLISS said they did not wish to pay out of the
tons treasury they had often done heretofore police
engaged in hunting up fugitive slaves in the District
of Columbia. He desirous to furnish proper and
reasonable protection but he willing to engage
in these dshonoabe and dsgracefu proceedings to which
he had alluded. sg7Fp8 afff a7iIs nsaasa.
The amendment TO the amendment not agreed to-
| ayes So, not counted ar sf
Mr.. GIDDINGS of Ohio, moved to amend the amend
mont by providing that this guard should not be employ
cd In the arrest of persons except those charged with
crime or offences He said by the provisions of the bill
they paying northern money tosc into slavery.
Mr. MllISON regretted that the gentlemen had intro
duccd that amendment He must have been aware that
he could not adopt successful mode of killing the
bill. lisg sf 76g Ba,i sfs1 4e.v-
Mr. GiDDiNGS VIII You sell n free man into slavery
q Mr. MIISON replied that there was no gentleman in
Congreswho could bc induced to to sell free
person into slavery The object of the gentleman seemed
to be to keep the police force from arestng fugitive
slaves. Congress provided the force and it the duty
of the magistrates and other officers to control the
ner in which il is to be employed
The question taken and the amendment Of Mr..
GrpDISos srcccted--ayes IS, noes 80.
The amendment of Mr.. MUIsoN then agreed to-
ayes 81, noes A.. b'dlN a
MIR SMITH, of Virginia., said he desired to offer an
amendment to the first section amended, so that the
provisions of the bl might not only apply to the city of
Washington, but to the District of Columbia well
The CHAIRMAN decided the amendment not TO be in
order nowA 1t would have been in order before the