Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1860-04-27
qHIRTy-srxTH coNGREss-FIRsT SESSION.
WEDNESDAY, April. %.
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Z senate WAS not 10 Session to-day.
House of Representatives.

Tie senate Was not 10 Session to-day.
House Of Representatives.
Mr. Co!fax introduced, by unanimous consent, Il Till pro.
yidiug thai regular dealers III newspapers anu periodicals
may receive packages by Insil at pro ray. ra'rs-maps, en-,
and unbound, b!anss or prln ed CARDS 10 10 through Ina
mails at one cent MI ounce, under l,1JO nilrs, now charged
letter po,,sys Ly the recent decision OF the Postoi1ce De.
pxrtIpert. and the present California postage to apply Oh
letters carried by tho OveTlar 4 mail from the Atlantic States
to the Pacific coast, even II under ,hIss lnpni%n no miles
Nj. ColfaX stated tha: he would call up this bill when Tho
House WIS full.
Tn. House then wen, Into committee Of The whole on the
state OF the Union.
Mr.. FLORENCE briefly explained his tariff substitute. 1t
VA. simple In It's details, and avoids the ferpleIittss and
complications Of the main bil!-it was free from compound
duties: has 10 minIimumS gives SPECIFIC duties Tor our
couniry's staples, leaving for iui tier Legislation any e1ten.
sion Of the system. He appealed to all true friends OF the
measure 10 discard party and vote for 4 bill which. In his
;ndrn,rnl. can succeed. and not join In . vain search for
what canno, reasonably be expected by Its mos: sanguine
advocates. -,
Sir. Curtis gaze notice that Il. an early day he Intended
to bring the Pacific railroad bill before the House for dis.
cuSsion and passage.
the Republican party, md, In the course OF his REMARKS,
said II would be the happiest day Of his life II he, under
proper circumstances, and al the proper request OF The
citizens Of the District OF Colinbia, eoui" assist III aoohsh'
Ing slavery therein.
marks a, applied TO hi"self, malntaininS that the con',tu'
lion. without any Law, would authorize the ewner OF slave
10 recover his property-or the fugluve-escApins Into .
free Stale. lie, however, di,seuied from the provision Of
.ha law OF 1850, which vests the appointment OF the com.
nissiun-rs I'm tile courts, instead OF In the President, by and
IL1 INtNNh
With the advice and consent Of the Senate. 10 other words,
he believed that Congress has the power, under the consti'
tuition, to pass u fugitive slave law. lie preferred the early
law 10 the amcndstory law of so.
Mr.. EIio, replied, denying that the power TO pass such a
law rests with Congress, and quoted the remark Of Daniel
Webster in 1850, TO the elect that the question u let TO the
legislation oil the States.
sir. Corwin replied TO the gentleman. He maintained
thai there Is mower under the constitution TO pass such j
law. This was the construction Of all departments OF til"
government, and Of those who framed the constitution
1'nIr-, We adhere to the constitution, We lose our rights.
Mr. Davis, Of Maryland, in reply TO a remnrE OF Mr..
Corwin. stated how 4 negro. belonging 10 his isthtrt estate
tirl 10 ihIlndc lpLia; hut the latter, with d View 10 sstab-
I,h hs freedom, produced false raper'. Failing In the
Object. he was sent back 10 Maryland.
Mr. CorEin, re,ulning, ssii the Law Of .9o Ha.a eIectual
a, ,Iat Of 1861, without It's constitutional oiJrctioni.
Mrs.r. Carter and Davis controrerted Sir. Corrin's POSI-
titns, and that gentleman replied.
tlemen, who, 10 common with tlRsr on the opposite side,
heartily enjoyed the fun. lie attributed our preset
troubles TO The repeal Of the Missouri compromise.
The committee rose ut fifteen minutes To Tour clock, ahd
the House adjourned.