The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1859-03-05

produced the result before ns, we may expect 10
hoas Of the endorsement Of their iactious action and
the final overthrow Of our entire postal system.
TO show that tlis fictitious action Of the House
was preconceried and Of smalice aforethought"-
thai twas taken with deliberate intention of do
teating the Post Office appropriation, and striking
down an important arm of the public seryce--we
have only to quote from the New York Tribune of
yesterday morning an editorial article written at
least twelve hours before the adjournment OF Con-
gress ia-a Aaa arn
Thank Heaven there j. a House OF Representatives
IL Ia no mookery Vanished deception but
Substantial iact The House yesterday motion Mr.
Grow, voted that the attempt OF the Senate tby ~ 10
ZSevery republican vote in the negatiye ~ raise the
rate Of letter postage from three to five cents pei single
letter aud that OF newspapers 10 quadupie it's present
charge, was VI the nature OF revenue measure which
the Senate 10 forbidden by the constitution to originate
wherefore, the Post Ulice appropriation BILL thus
csmbcscd should be returned to the Senate without
further action thereon. The vote Mr., Grows motion
stood IL, nays ~ majority ior the eonstita
ton against senatorial asuriation whereupon the bill
returned accordingly. We trust We may to
congratulate readers that the untiing and desperate
efforts TO undo postage REFORM and 20 back to higher
rates. and consequently diminish service haze ba rsssd
and ds1asd 10 he end fat h
s1he vote by which the mischief was done was as
follows Il, Hft, Us p. f.a.I
The resolution of Mr. CHOW was agreed to- yeas III,
nays T6-as follows.
YEA5Messrs Abbot Adranr Ahl Andrews, Apoi Barr
nett Bishop Blair Bliss, Buninn, Buingane,
ciee Era Clark Iior D. Clark Cawson Clark Coehrane
John Cochran Cox Comins Coyode Cox Cragn Curtis Of
Narsland, DAVIS OF Massachusetts, Davis Of Iowa. Dawes
Nck, Dunniek iAdd Duriee Eie
ellis, Gilman Ginier dooch Granger
achusett- Harris Hickman Hoard Hodges Horton Howard Jones
ken Kelsey kore, Knapp Kunkel PenDy
vsua isndy, Leach, Letter Iovy, Mskbben Marshall OF Ken
lucky, Mason, Mtoson Maynard Morgan Morrill, Morris Qf Penn
Murray, Nichols o Palmer Parker Pe, Philips Pike Potter
Ptte Reilly icsui Richie, Robbins Roberts Royce Russell, Shaw
lnois, sherman sherman New York, Illinois
spinner snton Stewart OF ennsyssnil, Talbot pan Iayer
Thompson Tompkm Under~o God, Valandehaf, Yace Wade
waibriige Wadron Walton
illinois,, white Wood, and Aolconar--i5. 1856 fs3a
NAYSMessrs Atkins, Avery sksdale Bcoek, Ronam,
Boyce, Branch Bryan Burnett Baru Ckie John Clark Clay
Cobb Corning Craig Missouri Crawford, Davidson, DAVIS
DIANA Davis Of Mississippi bwdcli Einundson, Elliott, English
Ohio Hawkins Hopkins Houston Hughes iiuye Jackson Of
kci kunkcl Maryland Ierr Mctfay Nc
Queen Mae Marshall Of Illinois, Miles Mson, Moore, Nibiack
Phelps Missouri, Powell, Reagan sniige
Scales seward, shaw OF North Cri Singleton
Tennes-ee Of Virginia. Stevenson, Mary
iand Taylor New York, Taylor Louisiana, Ward, Watkins
wniey wnslow, woendyke Wright Of Georgia aud Wright Of
Gnnossee--76. fHr f.s hstas etasad y 81 3lga5
The democratic votes in the affirmative, classified
follows: @
10 from Pennsylvania, 8 from New York, 2 from Ken
lucky, 2 from Connecticut, from Ohio, from Min
nesoti ~ tN