The national Republican., 1860-12-05

report of the Mississippi railroad, and requested
II be printed. Granted.
Mr.. Powell moved that so much Of the Pres.
ident's message as relates to the state Of the
country be referred to special committee.
Mr.. Green presented resolution, that the
Judiciary inquire into the expediency Of estab
fishing military posts along the line Of the
border States, in order more efectually to carry
out the laws Of the country at the present
crisis laid over.
Mr.. Cameron moved that next Monday be
the day for the order on the appropriation bill.
Mr.. Lane wished to say q few words in re.
laion to the unhappy condition Of the country.
1t is not very strange that such state OF
things should exist. The simple reason that
any man is elected is not sufficient reason why
State should secede; but shall the equality
of rights be maintained2 The verdict has
been that il shall not prevail.
The platform Of the opposition is, as look
at il, directly in opposition to the Constitution,
and violation of its very spirit.
The equality must be maintained or the
Union ought not to exist.
l would do anything to save the Union. If
the opinion Of the Supreme Court Of our fathers
could be given at this time, they would say
that the election of Lincoln was not constitu.
tional.
[Mr. Hale. No doubt Of it,
The South ought not to submit to it. We
should not be very ready to receive their
promises. know their underground feelings.
There must be change.
Mr.. Latham presented the credentials Of Col.
E. D. Baker, elected from: Oregon, which were
| read.
Mr.. Hale had hoped the message would have
| pleased somebody. 1t asserts, first that South
| Carolina has Just cause to secede, and secondly,
that she has no right to, and thirdly, we cannot
prevent it.
think he ought to have recommended some
plan. hope we shall have the manliness to
look the matter in the face.
Mr.. Brown said that all we ask is to quietly
leave. We will not submit. We expect moth.
ing; we ask for nothing but the privilege to
leave.
Mr.. Iverson is speaking as we 20 to
press, taking nearly the same grounds as Mr..
Brown.
HOUSE.
Prayer was offered by the Chaplain, Rev.
| Thomas H. Stockton.
After the reading Of the Journal Of yester-
day
Mr.. Sherman introduced the invalid pension
and Military Academy appropriation bills.
Mr.. Grows homestead bill was then taken up
and read.
The question required on the motion of Mr..
Phelps, of Missouri, to lay on the table the mo.
ton of Mr.. Grow, to reconsider the vote by
which the homestead bill was referred to the
Committee of the Whole on the state of the
Union.
The vote on Mr.. Phelps's motion was taken
by yeas and nays; and resulted-yeas 6S, nays
The question required on the motion to
reconsider the vote by which the bill was re.
ferred to the Committee of the Whole on the
state Of the Union.
The question on the motion to reconsider was
then put, and it was decided in the affirmative.
Mr. Grow then stated that he would not pro.
ceed to discuss this bill, unless gentlemen on
the other side desired it. A point of objection
with the President had been, that Congress
possessed no power to dispose of the public
lands Congress had already disposed Of one
hundred and eighty million acres Of the public
lands. There was no such point as this, how.
ever, involved in the question. The advocates
of this bill did not propose to. give away the
public lands, though even Andrew jackson
favored that measure. But Congress might
put the lands at any price. This bill proposed
making the lands pay for themselves.
Without discussing these points any further
however, he would call for the previous ques
ton on the passage of the bill.
The main question was then ordered to b
put.
The yeas and nays were called for, which
being taken, resulted as follows: yeas 1872, nayl
76.
Mr.. Colfax called up the Post Office bill, and
moved that it be referred to the Post Ofict
d Committee.
Mr.. Smith, of Va, objected.
Mr.. Sherman moved that the House proceed
under the l3Oth rule, to call for bills and reso
lutions from the States.
Mr.. Kunkel, of Md, objected.
The Speaker overruled the objection.
Mr.. Sherman withdrew that motion, and tha
instead, the House go into the Committee o
the Whole on the state of the Union, and tina
the military appropriation be made the specia
order.
He then moved that the different parts of tn
Presidents message be referred to the respec
tive committees. Agreed to.
The military appropriation bill was then read
pendino which onr renort closed