The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1859-01-26
CONG RE SSI0N Al.
rhirty-Finh congressional session.


Thirty-Fifth Csngress--second Session.
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4 u 3, TUESDAY, JANUARY rs, 1853. ~ a.ll
t SENATE. 1s9 ~.
The Wen PRESIDENT being absent the SECRETARY called
the Senate to order at IL O'Clock
4 On motion by Mi. BRIGHT, and by unanimous con
SENT IL resolved that the Hon. BENJAMIN FITZPATRICK
be appointed President OF the Senate pro an4Drs lys
\ Mr.. FITZPATRICK theIeupon took the chair tlKb
r. The PRESIDENT pro laid before the Senate COM
munication from the Secretary OF War, transmitted 10
compliance with law showing the appropriations appli
cable to the service Of the War Department. for the fiscal
year. with the amount drawn from the treasury by
QUESTIONS during the same period, the balances the
LIST july 1885, and the appropriations carried to the
plus fund which was ordered lie the table and be
printed. bsa aYam31F sfe 81 ~ s eteEf EatfatF
-afc VIOLATION or SENATORIAL PRIVILEGE
Mr. PUGH rose personal explanation in reference
to the reports which have appeared in several newspa
pers 1.-THE New York Herald in particular being charac
tzed as containing the worst one) respecting the pro
ceedngs Of the Senate in executive session Friday
last The account there given was partial, dscoored,
and therefore false Unless the rules of the Senate should
be enforced in this respect and if the debates of the
Senate in executive session to be reported and to
be made public senators ought at least to have the right
TO correct and revise those reports III they to
have the advantage of experienced and accurate re-
porting.
Mr. FITCH suggested that il might be as well to have
sworn reporter appointed, to take down all the debates
in executive session for future reference This would
operate as check on those senators who the
habit Of ndulgng in personalities against gentlemen
who were not here and had no chance to defend them
selves
Mr. DAVIS said that although the report alluded to
incorrect had been stated by the senator from
Ohio yet it was quite evident that there had bee, d
criminal breach OF the privileges of the Senate That
letter must have been written by person who got por
ton of his information from some person enjoying the
confidence Of the Senate In executive session He thought
it due to the Senate that inquiries should be ns
tuted to know by what means things occurring in exec
utive session 60 forth to tho world and get into the
newspapers 1t was due to himself TO say that if such
controversy there described did exist OF ever should
exist he trusted that who knew him would be-
ieve thut he used the language there attributed to him.
II not true that he made attack the senator
from Illinois He used language somewhat severe but
it was not directed against that senator The pubca
ton Of such things great evil and senators know
that they must have emarated from those with whom
they associate the suppositon that they arc honor
able II due to the body that each senator
should purge himself of suspicion connected with this
matter and each one should endeayor to find ont the
criminal, whoever he might be- 4. ~ q
Mr., DOUGLAS remarked that the senator from Mis-
sisspp had only done justice to him and to himself by
repudating the language attributed to him in that re-
port
Mr.. GREEN said that while this subject was up he
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IL sEggT Ypsaaali MEMORIALS, &c. a3f mFa Ge5i
The following memorials and petitons were ,resentnd
and appropriatelv referred s6 - ftslaG I'D a8Efb "a
X Nv MIR SEWARD. From q q Wood co,,,,iss;oner q
and w p Kirand solicitor anno;nted on chalf ~ ~
residents and non residents az Grevtown nv San ,a AL
Norte in Central America who suffered Nv tho hoYlo
ment Of that oity nv the o. & war evans On tb
9th of july 1854 urging the appointmcnt of 4 com
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