The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1859-02-14
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.
THlRTY-FlFTH C0NGRESS--SECOND SESSION,
WASHINGTON, Feb. Y, 1859
SEN ATE

quest tne heaus OF the Departments to prepare
thelr estimates for 1860 basis of not exceeding
SoOOOOOOO exclusive of the interest on the public
DEBT, and that the portion of the Presidents mes
sage referring to the revenue be reported to the
Committee of Finance.
Mr.. GwIN moved to refer it to select Commit
tee, composed of the Chairman of the various Com
mittees.
Mr.. HUNTER, as Chairman of the Finance Com
mlttee, OBJECTED. 1t was impossible for him as his
time was wholly occupied in the Finance Com
mittee.
Mr. TRUMBULL considered the Army and Navy as
useless, and said he in favor of reducing them
90 per cent.
Mr.. WILSON supported Mr.. Johnson's resolution.
and hoped it would receive the support of the SEN
ate without an amendment The Executive De-
partment had taken the lead in extrayauant ex
Pendltures. He did not agree with Mr.. Trumbull
that we needed no Army or Navy, but it is certain
that great extravaganza exists in their manage
ment, especially in the dock yards.
Mr.. DAVIS defended the Army and Navy, and
maintained that they were necessary at or near
their present strength. Gentlemen had no rioht to
charge extravaganza unless prepared to Law their
hand on specific acts.
Mr.. CHANDLER said he prepared to lay his
hand not only on extravaganza but crime.
lie read from the Navy list to show the mmarsa
number OF naval officers shore and the few
afoat. He also declaimed against the Army as tbe
gull which swallows up the revenue.
Mr.. DAVIS replied.
Mr.. JOHNSON, of Tennessee URGED that tho yo+a
be taken on the resolution.
Mr.. lvERsoN, as point of order, called for the
special order, namely the private calendar Twenty
men were ready to spring from the floor to discuss
the resolution, and was it likely that resolution
like this, involving the whole expenditure and pol
icy OF the Administration would be passed without
discussion. 1t was evident it would be discussed
all day.
Before the vote was taken Mr.. TRUMBULL repIied
TO Mr. DAVIS. He thought that Congress was the
proper judge Of what was requisite for the Coun-
try 1t nine millions of dollars were sufficient for
the Army defence of the country in 1850. and
seven millions for the Navy, it is enough now.
Mr. DOUGLAS said the desirability Of economy is
undeniabe but the only practicable question is how
to accomplish anything in the brief remains of this
session. 1t appeared to him that the best way is
to trust the chairman of the Committee of Finance
MT; HUNTER to make any retrenchment that the
public service will permit. The Chairman has
been some ten or fifteen years at the head of that
Committee and knows every item, and under what
law tits appropriately and his vigilance is such that
no Item escapes his attention. Let him say where
reduction can be made and by next session we will
have reports on which to act. 1t seemed to him
Mr.. DoUGLAs) that retrenchment NAV be made in
more than one department in the Army, Navy and
fost oihce, especially in the last named An OBJ
lection to Mr.. GwIN's proposal for Committee
composed of the Chairmen of the various Commit
tees is, that as it would be composed of men all of
one political side, it would seem like whitewash-
ing committe.
Mr.. IvEEsoN here insisted on the special order
taken up.
The Senate passed nine bills of a private nature
and then adjourned.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
The House resumed the consideration of the Ore
gon bill.
Mr.. NALLANDTGHAM said that when Kansas should
come here as oregon has come, peaceably, orderly,
and with the consent of her people, he should vote
Tor her immediate admission. But Kansas was not
here as Oregon was. There was no possible con
nection between the two, and he would not vote to
establish any. Both woud be free States. He
found Oregon here, and would take the first which
came and vote for her admission. He was opposed
TO Mr. Grows amendment, and to all others which
only delayed or embarrassed the bill But he
thanked Mr.. Grow and his Republican friends for
opposing Oregon. They stood unveiled now and
had squared up and wiped out the Lecompton ac-
count of last session.
Mr.. LANE related the circumstances attending the
formation of the Constitution Of Oregon, and ear
nestiy ursod her admission. He said he had no
doubt there were over 81, 900 white population.
Mr.. STANTON said the admission of Oregon WAS
only question of time His colleague, MIR. Val
landigham, had found something to be thankful
for. So far as he was concerned his colleague was
welcome to all he could make out of it in Ohio 1t
was last year decided. by ar almost united vote of
the Democrats, that Kansas should not be admitted
with Constitution of her own making, without
nrst having right to representation ascertained
py taxing the census. This was recognised and
spread on the records Of the country as part of
Democratic principles. There was no escape from
IL. II Kansas had been admitted under the Critten-
den and Montgomery amendment, it was very we'll
known that she would have sent two Republican
Senators to Congress. All he asked was that when
State came here protesting to be free, with two
Democratic Senators to serve during the next
Presidential term, that there be meted out to her
the same rule as was applied to Kansas-not adopt
one rule for the admission of a Democratic State
This is the true secret of the question He indicated
his objections to the Oregon Constitution, and said
he would not, by voting for her admission under It,
give vitality to the Dred Scott decision.
Mr.: STEPHENS said he was glad that he had the
opportunity Of showing the utter groundessness of
the charge made against the Democratic party that
last winter that party applied one rule of admission
in one case and different one in another He held
that the people OF Oregon could justly lay claim to
admission under previous ordinances and compacts
If the Republicans had believed their opponents had
done wrong in regard to Kansas, why should they
attempt to pursue similar course, and keep free
State out OF the Union. Two wrongs do not make
a right. Gentlemen on the Republican side had
found fault with the Oregon Constitution because it
excluded free negroes and muattoes and denied
them the right of making suits in the Courts
This argument was not valid for the constitution
OF Oregon expressly excludes slavery. There was
numerous slave States, the constitutions of which
contained provisions similar to that in the consttu
tion of Oregon, and yet the slave was not denied
the opportunity of suing for his freedom. The
courts were open to him.
Mr.. S. also discussed the question of alien suf-
trage, and held that State has right to confer on
aliens all the rights and privileges of citizenship,
including that of suffrage
Mr.. >. alluded to the idea advanced by his south.
ern friends that more free States should be ad-
mitted. 1t was not tair-it was not Just. Let JUS
tice be done though the heavens should fall He
referred in eloquent terms to the advancement of
the country during the last few years. He hoped
that all the amendments to the bill would be voted
down. The bill needed no amendment
Mr.. S. spoke of the popular opinion that Con-
gress is degenerate. He did not believe it, and
minded the House of the great and good men who
who still living. Ifit was believed that Con-
gress is not characterized by ability and patriot
ism, let it be shown to-day that such is not the
case.
Mr.. Grow offered a substitute for the bill defining
the boundaries of Oregon and Kansas and author.
izing the citizens of the United States who are lee
gal voters, and resident in each Territory to take
the necessary steps for the establishment of State
Goyernment. the respective constitutions to be sub
MIR. SANDIGE raised question of order. which
the Speaker sustained, ruling out the substitute
Mr.. GROW appealed from the decision.
Mr. STEPHENS moved to lay the appeal on the ia
bic, which was decided in the alirmative-yeas I26
nays 92
The Oregon bill was then passed, precisely as it
came from the Senate-yeas ia, nays l03, as
follows:
Yeas.-Messrs. Adrain, ALL Arnold, Atkins Avery
Barksdae, Barr, Billinghurst, Bocock, Bowie Branch
Burnett, Burns, CarutheTs Case, Caskie, Cavanaugh
Chapman, Clark of Missouri Clay John Cochrane of New
York, Cockerill, Cofax, Comins, Corning Cox Cagin
Craig Of Missouri Crage of North Carolina Curtis Da
yidson DAVIS OF Indiana Davis of Mississippi Dewart
Dimmick, Edmundson, Elliott, English Florence Foley,
Foster Garrell, Gillis, Greenwood Gregg GroesbecS
hall OF Ohio Hatch, Hawkins, Hodges Hopkins Horton
hughes Huyler Jackson Jenkins Jewett Jones of Ten
nessee, Jones of Pennsylvania Kigore Kunke of Penn
sylyania Lamar Landy Lawrence Leidy, Letter Letch
er, Maclay, McKbbn McT{ae, Marshall illinois, Mason
Miller Montgomery, Morris of Illinois Niblack Nichols
Pendleon Petit Pey ton Phelps of Missouri Phelps of
Minnesota, Phillips, Powell, Reagan, Reilly, Rufin lus-
sell Sanddge Savage Scott, Soaring, Seward Shaw of
illinois, Singleton, Smith of illinois, Smith of Tennessee
Stephens Stevenson Stewart of Mary land Talbot Taylor
Of New ork, Taylor of Louisiana Thayer Vaandigham
Ward, Watkins, White Whitley, Winslow Wood Worten
dyke, Wright of Georgia. and Wright of Tennessee-ll4
Nays-Messrs. Abbott, Andrews Bingham Blair Bon.
ham, Boyce, BraytOn, Bryan, Bufnton Burlingamp Bur
Clawson Cobb, Clark B. Cochrane of New York Covoda
Crawford, Curry, Davis of Maryland, Davis of love
Dawes, Dean, Dick, Dodd Dowdell Durfee Fdie Farns
worth, Fenton, Giddings, Gilman Gilmer Goocb Good
Harris, Haskin. Hill, Hoard, Houston Howard Keim
kett, Kellogg, Kelsey, Knapp, Leach Loyeov Ncoueen
Marshall of Kentucky, Mateson Miles Mllson Moore
&orrl, motifs OF pennsylvania, Morse of Maine,
Morse OF New York, Mott Murray Olin Palmer Parker
PlKe Potter Pote, Purviance, Ricaud Ritce Robbins
ROBERTS Royce, Scales Shaw North Carolina Sherman
OF New York, Shorter Smith of Virginia, Spinner Stall
worth, Stanton, Stewart of Pennsylvania, Tappan,
Thompson, Tompkins, Trippe Underwood Vance, Wade
Wabridge, Waldron, Walton, Washburne of Wisconsin
Washburne of Illinois, Washburne of Maine, Wilson, Wood
son, and Zollicofer-1O3.
! Adjourned.
The Washington States publishes the correspon.
dence between Lord Napier and Capt. W. L. Hud
! son. U. S. Navy, who commanded the Niagara on
the Atlantic Cable expedition, presenting and ac
knowledging the receipt of snuff box and medal
conveyed to Capt. Hudson by order of Queen Vic
! toria.
The Dye House at the woollen factory of Mr..