The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1859-02-17
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.
THlRTY-fIFTH C0NGRESS--SECOND SESSION,
WASHINGTON, February 1G,


Mr.. GwIN called for the reading of the first rule
The Secretary read the rule, which states that if
aquorum be present. the Senate proceed to the
transaction OF business convenin9.
Mr.. GwIN remarked that he had seen it reported
IN yesterdays papers that there were no Senators
present yesterday when the Vice President took the
eenair' ana as he saw only ten present now, there
being no quorum, he suggested that the Sergeant
alarms call in the Senator's all of whom were in
the committee-rooms, or about the building.
=, some debate ensued as to the question whether
the Chair Mr.. Hale presidng) was officially
aware of the fact that there was no quorum pres
| ent.
The CHAIR considered the notification of Senator
Gwin sufficient
Mr.. BAYARD wished to make some reports
The CHAIR ruled them out of order.
Mr.. GwIN trusted that the Senators would wait
until quorum was present. The statements about
the absence of Senators yesterday were calculated
to have bad effect.
Mr.. CLINGMAN. The Senate can stand severer
blows than that
The Senate then proceeded to transact bust
ness.
Mr.. GwIN said he was authorized by the Senator
from Michigan Mr.. Stuart) to withdraw the mo-
tion to reconsider the vote passing the Pacific Rail-
road bill.
Mr.. SEWARD presented petitions in favor of the
passage of the Homestead bill. Referred.
Mr.. FITcH, from the Committee on Printing, re-
ported joint resolution in relation to the printing
OF the Senate and the House of Representatives;
which agreed to.
A communication received from the Secre-
tary Of State, transmitting the annual passenger
list of migration. Ordered to be printed.
Mr.. HUNTER moved to postpone all prior orders.
take up the House bill 5n
| Government for the year ending June 80, 1860;
| which was agreed tO-yeas 20, nays Is.
MIR. CLAY moved to strike out that portion of the
bill making appropriation for supporting and edu-
eating the Africans who were captured by the
Echo on the coast of Africa, for year after they
were landed.
Mr.. C. addressed the Senate in support of the
anpnnh hpnant 49, 49,.
| unconstitutional, and should be stricken out
MIR. BROWN supported the amendment.
MIR. HUNTER opposed the amendment, and read
the law, showing that it gave ample authority for
the appropriation.
Mr.. FEssENDEN thought that if the President had
shown touch of humanity in sending these Afri-
cans back, he should be sustained and his friends
should not quarrel over it. He saw nothing uncon-
| stitutiona in it.
Mr.. CLAY said that it was not only proposed to
pay for the removal of the Africans, but to support
and educate them beyond the limits of the United
States He did not believe the President or Con-
gress was authorized to make any provision for
educating or supporting them.
Mr.. SEWARD opposed the amendment
Mr.. MASON said he could very well understand
how the President found it difficult to execute the
| law for the removal of the Africans He could see
no harm IN cutting out the appropriation for pro-
viding for their education and support after their
removal, for one year.
Mr.. CLTNGMAN agreed with the amendment; but
the President having acted humanely in carrying
out the law, by making a valid contract for their
| removal and support, and he should therefore not
| vote to strike out the appropriation.
MIR. lvERsoN said that because the President had
made a contract-while it admitted that a
portion OF 1t was contrary to law-it was reason
why it shonld be supported. He did not feel bound
to support contract which the President had no
right to make
Mr.. DOouTTLE at some length supported the ap-
preparation, and defended the Liberia colony from
| the charges made against it.
He contended that colonization had effectually
prevented the slave-trade, and would be the means
| of eradicating it.
Mr.. CLAY read extracts to show that the lii
IBERIA colony was failure, proven by its own
friends.
Mr.. WILSON said he cared very little whether the
colony had been success or failure; it had de-
| luded some of the best friends Of emancipation in
this country. But this had nothing to do with the
question before the Senate. The question was to
sustain the Presidents bargain for taking the Afr
cans back and he should vote for it, whether legal
or not. He thought that it would prevent the
slave trade by sustaining the President; for he be-
heved that in sections of the country persons
could cot be indicted for being engaged in the
| slave-trade
Mr.. HAMMOND inquired what sections the Senator
meant
Mr.. WILSON replied that he did not state that
1T was so, but he believed it. He had been informed
| by an influential eXmember of Congress of the
South that there unanmity of feeling in
Gulf States for the re-opening Of the slave
| trade
tion hiah b SAT- said aht from the pest norma-
was not the case. He supposed that the Senator
& em INA. III III Ci,iestoH anu savannah persons had
| trade.
| Mr. WILSON was glad to hear this
The amendment was then rejected by yeas y,
| nays 40, as follows:
YEAs-Messrs. Chestnut Clay Davis Fitzpatrick Ham
mond, Iverson, Johnson of tennessee, Mason, Reid
Thompson of Kentucky, Toombs and Ward-l2.
NAYs.Messrs Allen, Bates, Bell, Benjamin Bigler,
Bfight BrodericG Cameron Chandler, Clark Crttenden
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