The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-02-12
THIRTY-FTFTH CONGRESS-.
SECOND SESSION.
Senate.

Senate.
WASHINGTON, Feb. IL, 1859.
ABOLITION rRANKrNc PRIVILEGE
Mr.. YuIEB, (adm) of Fla. from the Committee the
Post Office reported bill to abolish the Thanking pri-
vilege.
REIMBURSEMENT OF WAR EXPENSES
Mr.. WILSON, opp of Mass, introduced bill for the
purpose Of reference for the payment to the State of
achusets Of the balance due of her money expended
the United States during the war of 1912.
TIE INDIANA SENATOR'S.
Mr.. SEWARD, opp Of N. " called up the Of the
Indiana Senator's He described the question involving
principle of ranscendent Importance Tho State of In
diana unrepresented in the Senate of the United
States He denied that the decision Of the Senate is
absolute and irreversable He could not conceive
how Senators maintain that the decision
is an rrcvocablc judgment. and he took issue
action is legislative, and not judicial, and hence is not
final but subject TO reconsideration. He proceeded then
10 demonstrate that the Senate was bound to give the In
diana reconsideration and that State had just right
to be heard by the she had chosen TO represent her
She bad entrusted her neither TO him (Seward
to the Senator from Illinois rumbu, but only to her
Mr.. BRIGHT, (adm) of Ind said he had wished to make
reply but his friends had advised him to leave the
Of himself and colleague In their hands, and he would
seek another occasion to reply.
good deal of incidental discussion whether
vote 10 lay the matter the table should be equivalent
10 n final decision Of the
AT length vote taken on the mere motion that IL
do lie on the table, which carried by 80 against q
the latter being the full republican vote.
The private calendar was then postponed till TO morrow
sfEKcu or MR. BENJAMIN ON THE ACQUISITION oF cuBA.
Mr.. BENJAMIN (adm.) of La, spoke in favor of the
acquisition Of Cuba. He commenced by stating tle value
Of Cuba. All the British, French and Dutch West Indies
together with the possessions Of those Powers GUIANA
were not equal inrinsicay, to that solitary island He
then proceeded TO demonstrate the failure of the disas
rous experiment of emancipation, saying that the eman.
cipated negroes have not yet become the admirable
peasantry and yeomanry the Englsh abotonists pro.
phesied Compulsory labor necessary in the tropics
While Cuba is kept the grasp OF Spain she cannot keen
up her supply of negro labor by a surreptitious
slave trade, and the coole system was Infinitely
lie then related the horrors of the cooIe trado
showing that these miserable Asacs died at the ratio of
ten per cent per annurD, and raw material 10
be worked up into sugar. In view OF the necessity of
supply OF labor, Cuba must follow Domingo or
become American Ho would not discuss the effects OF the
acquisition OF Cuba on trade, manufacturing or agr
cultural interests. Geographically considered Cuba would
be destructive element IN the hands of the British In
case Of war between the United States and Great Bri
tain. He denied that Spain independent nation
She had sold her sovereignty in Cuba TO Great Britain
There was a time when she would not have felt in
suited by an offer OF money; for Great Britain had paid
her -four hundred thousand pounds stop the slave
which she had not done. lie further denied that Cubans
bad peonod to remain under The Jurisdiction Of Spain