Preble County Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1857-1859, 1858-01-21
quarter, sfFo6nsthe LIST of january 1855,

quarter, ffom1the LIST of Januafy,4
to the present time. 81 So
:HOUSEAA special committee wa
appointed to investigate the charges
against members or officers of the las
House, growing ont of an expenditure
of the Middlesex Manufacturing Com
pany, toward securing the passage O.
the Tariff Act. 90 as '5a
The committee consists. of Messrs
Stanton of Ohio, Moore of Alabama
Kunkel of Pennsylvania, Wright Of
Georgia, and Russelof New York.
A large number of bills were intro
duced and referred; among them are,
by Mr.. Kelly, to secure homesteads for
actual settlers on the public domain
Mr.. Bennett, of New York, a bill to es-
tablish a railroad and telegraph line to
the Pacific for postal and military pur-
poses; Mr. Grow, a bill to prevent the
future sale of public lands by proela-
nation of the President, until the same
shall have been surveyed at least fifteen
years Mr. Dowdell, a bill to repeal the
fishing beunties; MI. Quitman, a bill
to repeal certain sections of the Neu-
trality Law. All of which were refer
red to- the Committee on Judiciary.
Mr.. Zollicefer offered a resolution in
structing the Committee on Judiciary
to inquire into the expediency of report
ing a bill to regulate or restrain the i'm
migration or importation of foreign PAL =
pers and criminals into the Unit d
States, which vas adopted by a vote of
137 against SO. ?
A resolution was adopted providing
for the appointment of a Select Com
mittee of Five to inquire into the ac-
counts and official conduct of the late
Doorkeeper of.the House, with power
to send for persons and papers.
Mr. Campbell asked leave to offer a
joint resolution, authorizing the Presi-
to negotiate through the State Depart
ment for the acquisition of Canada, No
va Scotia and other points of British
North America, Cuba and other islands
adjacent thereto, and annexing them to
the United States, and, in the event of
any acquisition, no portion shall be ad-
mitted into the Union until there is
sufficient population to send one mem
Der to the House of Representatives, or
until the bona tide residents shall haye
an opportunity of voting on the consti-
tuition and regulating their domestic in
stitutions in their own way, subject on
ly to the Constitution of the United
States. The Introduction was objected
to. -aa .
Mr.. Giddings asked leave to offer a
long preamble and resolution, setting
forth the principles of human rights, as
embodied in the Declaration of indie
p~endence, and declaring that the Su-
preme Court, in the bred Scott Deci-
sion, had unjustly assailed the learning,
intelligence and Christianity of the dis
tinguished Revolutionary patriots and
brought discredit on the Judiciary of
the United States.
Mr.. Harris, of Illinois, objected to
thus getting in an hours speech under
the guise of a joint resolution.
Mr.. Bocock wanted to know whether
the hour rule was applied in this case.
Laughter.
0Hjecti06s were mndc to the intro
duction of the resolutions.
Humphrey Marshall asked, but fail
cd, to obtain leave to offer a resolution
proposing an amendment to the Consti-
tuition of the United States, by provid-
ing that only native-born citizens and
those n~aturalized according to the gem
eral Naturalization Laws shall be deem
ed qualified electors under the Consti-
tuition.