The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1858-01-12
THE WASHINGTON UNION.


Clark of Missouri, Clay. Clemens CIngman, Cobb Bhn
Cochrsne of New York Cocksrill, Corning, Cox, Craig
of Missouri Crags of North Carolina, Curry, Davidson,
Davis OF Mississippi Davis Of Massschusetts Dimmck,
Dowdell, Edie, Edmundson Englsh Eustis, Faulkner,
Florence Foley Gartre ellis, Gilmer, Goode Green
wood Gregg Groesbeck, Hall of Ohio, Harris of Ili
nos Haskn, Hatch. Hickman, Hill, Hopkins, Houston
Hughes, Huyier, Jackson, Jenkins, j. CLANCY Jones,
keitt, Kelly Kunkel of Maryland, kunke of Penn
syiyania, Lamar, Landy, Iedy, Ietcher, Maclay Nc
Kbbin Mcqueen Marshall Of Kentucky, Marshall of IL
linois Maynard Miller, Montgomery, Moore, Morris of
Pennsy hania, Morris of Illinois, Pendleton, Peyton
Phelps, Phillips, Powell Quitmsn, Reagan Reilly Ri
caud, Rufn Russell, Sandige, Savage, Scales, Scott
Soaring, Shaw of Illinois, Shaw Of North Carolina
shorter Sickles Singleton, Smith of Illinois, Smith of
Virginia, Stevenson Stewart of Maryland. Talbot Tay
lor of New York, Taylor of louisiana Tnppe, Ward
Warren, Watkins, White, Whitley, Winslow WoodSon,
Wortendyke, Wright of Georgia, and Zolcoffer-ll3
NAYs-Mesus. Abbott, Andrews, Atkins, Bennett
Bllnghurst Bingham Blair Bliss Boycc, Branch, Bray
ton Bufinton, Burlingame, Burroughs, Case, Chaffee
Clark Of Connecticut, ClawSon, Clark Cochrane of
New York, Colfax, Comins, Coyode, Cragin Crawford
Curtis, Davis of Maryland Davis of Iowa Dawes Dean
Dick, Dodd Durfee, Elliott Farnsworth, Fenton Fos
ter, Garrett, Giddings, Gilman, Goodwin, Granger
Grow, Hall of Massachusetts, Harlan, Hoard, Horton
Howard Jewett Jones Of Tennessee, Owen Jones
Kellogg Kelsey Klgore Knapp, Leach, Letter Lovejoy
Morgan. Morrill, Morse of Maine, Morse of New York
Mott Murray Nichols, olin Palmer, Petit Pike Potter
Pottle, Purviancc, Ready Richie, Robbins Roberts,
NncIlnAu OF OnlO cncIInan OF New 10TH
Spinner. Stanton Stephens. Ihsyer, Thompson, Tomp
kins Wade, Walbridge Waldron, Walton, Washbun
of Wisconsin, Washburne Of Illinois, Washburn of
Maine, Wilson, Wood, and Wright of Tennessee-95.
So the bill was not introduced
THE PRESIDENTS MESSAGE
Mr.. j. CLANCY JONES, Of Pennsylvania, moved that
the House resolve itself into Committee of the Whole
the state of the Union and the consideration OF
the Presidents annual message.
Mr.. CLINGMAN, of North Carolina, requested the
gentleman to withdraw his motion that the message
and accompanying documents, which had just been re
ceved from the President the United States might be
taken up and referred and ordered to be printed.
Mr.. J. CLANCY JONES refused to accede.
The SPEAKER then stated that the motion to go into
committee brought up the pending motion of Mr. j.
CLANCY JONES that all debate upon the President
sage be terminated in hour after its consideration
should be resumed in committee.
Mr.. j. CLANCY JONES in order to meet the wishes
of gentlemen modified his resolution to terminate
the debate at o'clock tomorrow.
Mr.. WASHBURNE, of Illinois, moved to lay the mo
ton on the table.
Mr.. JONES, Of Tennessee, inquired whether it would
be in order to modify the resolution TO terminate
the debate at one o'clock ON Thursday.
The SPEAKER replied that it would
Mr.. JONES, of Tennessee, hoped he would do so
Mr.. j. CLANCY JONES, of Pennsylvania, then modi-
fled his resolution accordingly, and demanded the pre-
yious question; when
Mr.. WAsHBURNE, of Illinois, withdrew his motion to
lay on the table
Mr.. GROW, of Pennsylvania renewed IT,
The question taken, and the motion to lay the
table the molten terminate debate clock
Thursday next not agreed to-yeas SO, nays lis.
The previous question then received second-ayes
loT not counted and the motion 10 terminate de-
bate agreed to.
The House then went into Committee of the Whole,
Mr. PHELPS, of Missouri in the chair and resumed the
consideration of the Presidents messagethe question
being the amendment OF Mr. MAYNARD of Tennessee,
that certain portions OF it be referred to select commit
Mr., GROESBECK, of Ohio, addressed the committee
at length He concurrcd in the views which had been
expressed upon the particular expedition of VIM Walker
and upon the policy of the government in regard to
the laws now in force fully-ust as fully they
expressed in the message of the President him
self his annual message and the special message which
had been sent to the Senate of the United States.
He wished to say further that he concurred in the
views which had beeu expressed by the President in
regard to his right to break up the expedition of Walker
if not in the precise manner in which it had been done,
certainly to break by all the power Of the govern
ment and by going to sea, If that were necessary If
the Secretary of State right in the instructions which
he gave the general government called upon TO in
eere and he knew that since the time when Aaron
Burr medtated military expedition against Mexico
from that time until this hour never had government
been harassed as by this William Walker. He
did not intend to any aspeions upon the character
of that gentleman but he intended TO vndcae the action
of the administration, and to show that il right in
putting down this expedition By the law of nations
there doubt that ii the duty of the govern
ment keep the peace with all other nations and to pre-
vent its citizens from breaking the peace and far
back 1873, under the administration of govern
ment they found that before any law upon the subject
was passed General Washington--the government of
that time--acted by the authority of the law of
nations asserted their duty to be just about what
was set forth in the act of 1918. The proc
lanation of the President of that time correspond
with the Secretary of State and all documents
upon the subject show that the general government
without legislation, of the family of nations is
expedition from the shores of the United States He
furthermore claimed that, without legislation, by the
simple authority of the law Of nations, this government
has the right go out beyond the marine league for the
purpose of preserving its peace and its obligations of
neutrality As he understood it, the the
sanctuary of crime The doctrine that they could not
the line of the marine league in order lay their
hands upon those who had violated the law amounted TO
nothing or less than declaring that the
sanctuary for crimes. He contended that, under the
sixth section of the neutrality laws, mattered not
whether a Nicaraguan, Engshman, Frcnchman, or any
nation if any in the jurisdiction of the United States
got up set foot military expedition of this kind
he just responsible the law he citizen
liable under the laws of the United States The President
not restricted by section to confine the
poyment of the naval force within the marine league
but had the right that line for the protection of
our neutrality.
A brief colloquy ensued between Mr.. GROESBECK and
Mr.. STEPHENS to whether not General Walker is
citizen Of the United States after which, Mr. GROES
BECK concluded his remarks, and Mr.. KELLOGG, of H.
linois, obtained the floor. g
The committee then rose, and the House resumed its
session.