The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1858-12-23
NGRESSlONlL PROCEEDINGS.
THIRTY-FIFTH CONGRESS-.SECOND SESSION,
WASHINGTON, Dec. %, 1858.

Mr. DAVIS reported back the bill to increase the eicien
cy of the and corps by retiring disabled and
| intrm officers with a sub sttute.
Mr. WARD reported resolution provide for the pay
et OF volunteers who defended the Texas frontier and
10 reimburse that State for advances for the
! pose.
Mr. MALLORY reported resolution authorizing Captains
hudson and Sands to accept testimonials from Great Br
| tain
Mr. HUNTER offered resolution calling on the Postmas-
ter General for information what changes are
saTy to make that Department self sustaining Adop-
The Senate then went into Executive session. and after
some time spent therein the doors re-opened.
Mr. HALE introduced resolution instrucng the Naval
20 Uee 10 report what action, if any should be taken
N congress 10 manifest the appreciation by the country
o The gallant and meretorous services of CON- Charles
| Stewart which was adopted.
MI BROWN introduced joint resolution authorizing
e PRESIDENT to confer the title of Admiral by brevet for
eminent services provided the grade filed and be,
| coming vacant, this resolution expires.
Mr. BROWN asked its immediate passage as an appropri-
ate recognition of the services Com Stewart who had
Setn harshy treated by the retiring Board. Objection
Mr. HALE submitted resolution renewing the call on
the Postmaster General for information relative to the
laid over. ' "'
Adjourned.
HOUSE OF REPRESE SENTATIvES
| me House met at the usual hour.
The SPEAKER stated the question to be on the third
reading and engrossment of the Pension Bill as amended
anu IL was adopted by yeas $50, nays 70.
Yeas -Messrs Abbot, Adrian AhI, Anderson. Arnold
Atklns, Avery, Bennett, Bingham Bowie Bravton Buf'
rngton Buringame, Burnett, Burns, Caruthers Case
SHyanaugh, Chafee, Ezra Clark, Clark of Mo-. Claw SON
Cay, Cobb, c. b. Cochrane Ja Cochrane CockeriII CO..
TAX, Comins, Corning, Covode Cox Cragn Craig Gusts
! Dick, Dimmick, Durfee, Ede, Edmundson Elliot Fng
iish, Farnsworth, Florence Foley Foster Gartre Gid
! rlS OF Md, Haskin, Hatch, Hawkins Heard Hopkins
Hughes, iuyler, Jewett, Jones of Pa. Keim Kellogg
hllgore, Knapp kunkle of Pa, Lawrence, Leidy Mar
snail OF ny, Marshall of Ill Mason, Maynard Morrel
| Morris of Pa, Morris of Ill., Niblack Palmer Parker
Rcan5 Rfts rRgGG R0hn Pos PuTyancs Ready Reilly
Soaring, Sherman of Ohio Sherman of n Y. Shorter
S,t od ii smith Of Tenn Spinner, Stanton of Ohio
pan Thayer, Thomspon, Tompkins Trippe Underwood
Vance, Waldron, Walton, Ward Watkins White Wilson
Woodson, Wright and Zollicofer-l3O
NdyS-MessrS Barksdae, Billnghurst, Bishop Blair
BLss, BocoGk Bonham Boyce, Branch Bryan, Caskie
of Md, Davis of Miss, Davis of Iowa Dodd Dowdel
Faulkner, Fenton, Garnett, Gilman Goode Greenwood
Grosbeck, Grow. Harlan, Hinton, Houston, Howard
Letcher Loveoy, Maclay, Mcqueen Miles Miller Mill
son, Moore Mayner Morse of Me- Mott Murray Nichols
Richie, sandige, Scales, Seward Shaw of n, c. SIM
get0n Smith of Va, Sallworth stephens Taylor of La
wade, "albridge, Washburne of Wis, Washburne of H.
Mashburne of Me- Whiteley, Winslow and Wortendyke-
The following is the Pension bill as adopted:
Sec That each of the surviving officers non commission
ed ocers musicians and prvates who shall served in
the regular army State troops volunteers or militia for
term OF sixty days or who have been engaged
IN actual 6atte with the enemy, in the declared by
the United States against Great Britain on the 18th dav
June lSl2, be authorized to receive pension from the
first daV of
present congress and continue during his natural life
Sec. 2 And be ii further enacted That each of the oai
GERS officers musicians and privates
Mo nave served IN the regular army, State troops. vol
untees or militia of any State Territory for the space
OF SIXTY days or more against any of the Indian tribes
during or preceding the of 1872 with Great Britain
or VINO were engaged in any battle fought by the United
States against Indian tribe during the aforesaid war
WIN treat Britain shall be entitled to all the benefits Of
this act.
Sec g. And be 1t further enacted, That if any of the
pcerS hohcommlsson officers, musicians privates
widow shall be entitled receive the same pension TO
which her husband would have been entitled under this
acS, dor ana during her natural life.
Sec l. And be further enacted That the nav allowed
by this act SHALL under the direction of the Secretary of
the Interior, be paid to such officer non commissioned
oncer musician private, or his widow, their auho
rzed attorney at such times and places the Secretary
ol te Interior may direct and that officer non com
mISsloned officer musician. private. his widow shall
receive the same until he arnish said Secretary of
the interior with satisfactory evidence that he is entitled
10 he same IN accordance with the provisions of this act
ana that the pay hereby allowed shall not be in any way
anSerrabe or liable to attachments levy seizure by
any legal process whatever but shall 90 unencumbered to
the possession of the officer non-commissioned officer
musician, private, or his widow.
Sec D. And be at further enacted That the officers
noncommisSoned officers ard marines who served for
the term of sixty days in the naval service or were en-
ga9eu IN battle with the enemy, during the with
Great Britain aforesaid, and their widows shall be ent
tied to the benefits of this act same manner as is
provided for the officers and soldiers of the army Of the
Sec 6. And be 1t further enacted That the pension pro
vided by this act shall in the full amount
OF lhetslN dollars and shall be
corning 10 the length of service follows: For twelve
months service more ninety six dollars montbs
service but less than twelve months seventy dollars
ip sIAty uays service but less than six onths, fifty
dollars rorded, That the survivor surviving widow
OF an officer non.comm issoeed officer musician pri-
Sa' VINO participated IN actual battle, in said war; shall
De entitled to the maximum pension given by this act
Mr. fHEL"s, of Missouri moved that the House go into
Eomee OF me Whole on the bill making provision for
the payment Of Indian and other pensions and he eX
pressed the hope that debate would confined to the sub
Ject matter of the bill Agreed to.
PHELPS iDp1 tba
$4,000 ' "FP''p'ia'e'
Mr. SHERMAN, of Ohio, called attention to the fact that
the pensions paid revolutionary pensioners were much
less than those provided the soldiers of the war of
ISL II by the bill which had been passed this morning
being reported to the House.
The Military Academy bill then taken up, which
Mr. STANTON, of Ohio called attention to the fact that
the appropriation exceeded the estimates of the War De-
partmeh % per cent The Administration took credit for
economy as shown by its estimates but appropriations
always largely exceeded the former He wished some
explanation of this. ~
Mr. PHELPS showed that the gentleman was mistaken
IN ms hgureS and thar the increase in the appropriations
over last year resulted from the making of certain re-
pairs.
Mr. LovEJoY asked what the expense was of graduating
each Cadet at West Point.
Mr. PHELPS said the Cadets received $50 per month and
that some 40 to 45 graduated annually Those who dJ
not come up to the requirements of the Examining Board
had either to leave or go in a lower class.
Mr. GDDINGS wished to called the attention of economi
cal gentlemen who opposed the Pension bill to the fact
that we were paying boys $50 per month"; why then refuse
O
plan of standing army foreign to the principles of
the government Immense also spent for forti
fcations, which in 25 years would be obsolete
MIR. LovEJoY, of Illinois, said he was also opposed TO
any system OF military pensions, and accused Mr. Gid
dngs OF inconsistency in voting to-day to pension the
men OF ISlZ, winch was the Inauguration of a system
calculated to lead to the greatest abuses and to mpover
ish the country The bill had been carried by clan tran
and humbug and if the had been by ballot he did
not believe it could have commanded so votes He be-
eved it wrong in principle and ruinous in practice and
whether it cost him seat in Congress or not while he
all ,ccl,a
for plundering the Treasury.
MIR. GIDDISGs defended his vote and said the svsen,
was naugurated in 1875 and had been continued ever
since. While it the policy of the Government he
would vote for exact and handed justice to all claim
ants.
Mr. LovEJoY continued his remark contendng that the
Pension system was wrong and unless stopped the Gov
ernment would Succumb under the expense
The Military Academy bill was then laid aside
Mr. PHELPS OF NO. proposed to take up the Presidents
Mr.. PHELPS then introduced resolutions referring the
several parts of the message the appropriate commit
tees.
Mr.. CoMINs, of Mass, after making passing allusion
to the Presidents message and condemnng him for not
urging on Congress prompt attention to the claims
of American citizens upon the Government called atten
ton to the claim of Nathaniel and BENJAMIN Goddard
and urged its allowance.
Mr.. MAYNARD of Tenn, explained the action of the
Committee on Claims in disaowing the claim referred
Mr.. NORRIS of H. moved as an amendment to tberos
outon of Mr. Phelps that the Committee on Territories
be instructed to report the bill which he gave notice
last week, providing for the election of ali Territorial
tories States when they shall have the requisite pop-
lation Kansas and Oregon to be excepted the provi-
sOns of the bill "
Mr. MORRIS said that he did not intend now to go into
discussion of the BILL but he Congress to give
full and fair consideration. He had not submitted il
for bumcombe but in good and from conviction OF
its justice He regretted that President in his mes
had opened the Kansas discussion and had
deraken to instruct Congress to its conduct towards
the Territories. He had hoped that difficulties which
prevailed last seeion would have been suffered to sleep
but such had not been the case and the
Administration was still pursuing its policy
of prescription towards the Illinois Democracy In a
State, which had its electoral vote against
Democratic candidate the best Democrats had been re.
moved from place and scoundres and sycophans appoint
ed in their stead. This he would prove at the proper
time and show that the men whom the Administration had
appointed to office in Illinois were of the yies and most in
famous characters He did say that the Administr
ton knew this when it made the appont but such
the He had nothing take back in regard 10
what he had said and done upon the LecOmpton question
The illinois Democracy, because they had differed with
the President this subject had treated as no other
class OF Democrats had been He then went on to advo
cate his bill as extending the great principle of popular
sovereignty. iNf
Mr. RITcHIE of Pa asked what would be the effect Of
extending this principle to Utah?
Mr. NORRIS latter long pause and frequent resort To
umber of water said he had anticpated this objection
When general principle laid down there would be
eNceptona cases where would operate unfavorably-
This was of those cases but should we reject good
prlnclpe because 1t would not act well in all cases2
MI kI1CHIE said this only a class of cases
ii we give TINS power to the Territories they will be able
to create institutions hostile to our own.
Mr. MORRIS said he would not discuss that matter now
lie beleved the MormOns the corrupt people in
the world and that their absolute determination
would one day be necessary.
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