The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1859-03-15

We nave looked tMr00Hn several Journals In
The interest Of the Slave Democracy, to 80 il
one Of them-just cne-would give an honest
and correct account cfshe failure Of The Post
Omcs Appsop, .a.ion Il,l, whereby the most ex.
tensive and pervading department. Of the Fad
eral service lie threatened with Temporary bank.
ruptcy, If not absolute interruption, and which
may possibly impel an Extra Session Of Con-
gress. though the necessities Of the Treasury
have been satisfied by the passage Of the Treas
ury Note bill, under the pressure Of Mr.. Score
tary Coobs personal solicitasiors on the floor Of
the House. Should the public service suffer
detriment or an Extra Session become necessa-
~, the cause will be the failure of the Post. Of
nee Appropriation bill How came that bill TO
tAils A dozen times We have met the assertion
that this failure was caused BY scans Of tims.-
There is no truth in this. There was time
enough; but Senator Toombs and Macon object
ed, and their objection was fatal. Hear another
story. put forth through the Washington corres-
pondenee Of the Presidents more especial or
gan here, the Herald:
1.-THE misery which contractors will be sub.
jected to by the failure on the part Of the Gov.
eminent to meet its engagements, is incalcula-
Bile, and the damages which they will be entitled
to will amount to millions All this can be
charged to Mr. Grows movement in the House
on Friday night, in sending an insulting mes
sage to the Senate, and doubtless, with view
to forcing an extra session. GROW is promi-
nent Republican candidate for Speaker"
Let us make the truth in opposition to this
statement that NO one, hereafter, can honestly
repeat the above, or any other story which inn
plies that the fault Was with tie House, with the
Republicans, or with Mr.. Grow. The following
are the material facts, in the order of their oc-
currence:
l. The Senate, Feb. 2etb, passed the Post
Office Appropriation bill.
2. the Senate, at nearly the same time, pas
sed what is called the Post-Route bill, providing
tor new Mail Routes. On this bill the Pro Slav-
cry majority, outvoting the Republicans, en-
grated provision raising the rates o: postage
some seventy per cent on letters, and to far
greater extent on newspapers.
8. The House also passed the Post Office APP
preparation bill, with certain understandable
amendments, which sent the bill back to the
Senate for concurrence.
4. The Pro Slavery majority of the Senate,
intent on coercing the House into agreeing to
raise the rates of postage-notoriously bitter
pill to majority Of the popular branch-now
proceeded to engraft the postage raising provis.
ion on the Appropriation as well as the Post
Route bill, calculating that, though the House
might be willing to let the POST Route bill fail,
ton bill. The vote OF the Senate BY which this
screw was applied was barely 2s to 2s-every
Republican among the nays, of course.
5. The bill was now returned to the House
with this new rider, which was in effect no.
tice from the barest majority of the Senate,
RAISE the Rates of Postage or we will defeat
the fost Office Appropriation BILL" The House,
thus challenged, met the issue with becoming
spirit. The Federal Constitution Cart. |, s u
says:
"All bills for raising revenue shall originate
4" the House of Representatives.; but the Senate
may propose or concur with the amendments as
in other bills"
On the re appearance of this bill, Mr. Grow
OF Ia. at once raised the point that the Senate
had exceeded its Constitutional prerogative by
thus transforming into a bill to raise Revenue
one which originally had no such purpose or
character. If this may be legally done, the
Constitutional inhibition above quoted becomes
a sheer nullity. He moved that the bill be re-
turned to the Senate with a respectful message
setting forth the objections of the House to en-.
terrain 1t in its present form. The Speaker rul-
ed this proposition i'll order, and the House sus-
tanned it BY the heavy majority Of III to 49,.
so the bill was returned to the Senate which
resolved to adhere to its amendment, though it
6. To avert the loss of the Post Office Appro.
priaton bill, conference was proposed and
agreed to. The Conference Committee accor-
dinghy met, and decided to report a new bill
which was the original Appropriation bill &C.
actly as 1t passed tile Senate The House, on
motion Of Mr.. Letcher, suspended its rules and
passed this bill through every stage without op-
position. Undoubtedly, majority of the SEN
ate would have followed the lead of its con-
ferees and done the same thing. But Toombs
Of Georgia, Bayard of Delaware, and Mason of
Virginia-all Slave Democrats-objected, and
thus brought the bill to dead halt. They con-
sidered the action of their conferees derogatory
to the dignity of the Senate. The rules render
ed such objection fatal On melton of Mr.. Ma
son, the Senate notified the House that it had
finished its business and was ready to adjourn,
leaving the Post Office Appropriation bill,
twice passed by the House, dead on its table,
Such is, substantially, the history of the case.
Let us entreat all who love truth to take care
that the people are not misled with regard to it,
but that the responsibility be placed where it
belsngs-[N. Y. Tribune.
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