The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1860-12-19

WITHIN the Unlon and his State did not intend to
be driven out. He proceeded to argue against Sc
cession, citing several authorities against it. in
auding to revolution under the name of secession,
he cited the personal liberty bills of the Northern
States as being eases Of notification or revolution
and referred to the law Of NermOnt.--Mr. COL
LAMER said that the law alluded to, and called the
personal liberty bP' of the State, was passed tom.
years prior to the adoption of the fugitive Slave
law, and was not passed, therefore, to nullify the
fugitive slave act. lie proceeded to state its qual-
fcations, and without concluding Mr. johnson
gave way to an Adjournment, retaining the floor to
finish tomorrow.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
The Speaker laid before the House a letter from
Mr.. WashbUrne, of Maine, informing him that he
has placed in the hands of the Governor of that
State his resignation n Representative. to take
effect on the lst Of January.--bTr. STEVENS, of
" ashington Territory, introduced resolution au-
thorlZing special enactment so rs to enable the
Secretary of the Interior to decide on the validity
OF the Pugets Sound A Agricultural Company; also
a resolution having in view the employment of a
war steamer on the Columbia river. The former
was referred to the Committee on the Public Lands
and the latter on Naval Ai1airs-Mr. OTER0
OF New Mexico, offered a resolution recognizing
the cooperation Of the volunteers with the regular
forees OF that Territory, and proposing an appro-
priation to pay them.-Mr. McCLERNAND rose
to a personal explanation. Some friend had for
warded him an Illinois Journal, Of the 18th, pub
l1Shed at Springfield, where Mr.. Lincoln and him
self reside That pnrar afit a false rorvortod
specimen of humanity, named Baker, a nephew of
the President elect.-Mr. LOvEJ0Y raised the
point OF order that this was rot privileged ques
ton, and in this he was sustained bv the Speaker
who said it had been decided heretofore that news
paper articles did not come under that head
Mr. ELY, OF New orE, introduced bill granting
pensions to the soldiers of the war of 1872 Ob-
Iected to.-The resolutions of Mr. Florence, of
tered yesterday, referred to the Committee of
Thirty.three.-Mr. FLORENCE presented the
resolutions ofthe citizens meeting in PHILADELPHIA
and desired that they should be referred to the
same committee.--Mr. BURNETT called for the
regular order of businesS.--Ihe PHILADELPHIA
resolutions by unanimous consent, were read.--
Mr. EDGERTON, of Ohio, objected to their refer
ence to the committee.-Mr. FLORENCE asked
in the name of Philadelphia, that they be heard,
and that they be sent to the committee for their in
lection and the resolutions were not referred.-
The regular order of business, being the resolu-
ton of Mr. Crawford, Of Georgia. offered vester-
day, was taken up and read, as follows
ReSolred, That the Constitution of the United States
laws aid Shareholders in capture of their slaves
whenever they escape and make their way into free
-that the supreme Court has decided that negroes
not included either in the Declaration of independence or
in the Constitution except slaves-tha they cannot
become czens-and that the members Of the House of
Representatives will sustain and support such Consu-
ton the laws of Congress- and the said opinion of the
Supreme Court.
amendment.--The SPEAKER decided
objection being made-tbat Mr.. Abrams
amendment was not in order, the main ques-
ton under the operation of the previous ques-
tlon having been ordered yesterday.-Mr
ADRIAN then moved to reconsider the vote
by which the main question was Grdered.-
Mir. BOCOCk, of Va, rose to personal eXpana-
ton. lie did not vote yesterday the resolution
of Mr.. Morris, of Illinois, not because he shrunk
frem the responsibility, but because he was not
present when his name called. The resolution
was ambiguous and Objectionable, and he cheerfullv
placed himself along with those who voted in the
tive laFD
to lay on the table the motion made by the gen
teman from New Jersey, (Mr. Adrain) MR.
SHERMAN said it was important to-day to pass
the Deficiency Bill. This resolution would give rise
to dscussi0n and be would therefore move to law the
whole subject on the table. lie was willing that
they should have a square vote on Monday next
The motion of Mr. Sherman was lost, by yeas 80,
nays 50. as follows:
YEAS-Messrs. Adams, Mass, Aldrich Allen Alley,
Ashley Babbitt Beale Bingham, Blair, Blake Brayon
Bufinton Burlingame, Burnham. Butterfeld Carey
Case, Cofax. Conklins, Curtis Dawes Delano. Dueil
Edgerton, Edwards, Eliot, Ely, Farnsworth, Fenton
Foster, Frank French, Gooch Graham. Grow Gurley
Hale, Hall lIemick. Hickman, Hoard Huchins Irvine
Junkn Kellogg Kenyon, Kilgo-e Kinger Leach
Mich, Lee, Longnccker, Looms Lovejoy, 'McKean Nc
knight, Mcpherson, Millward, Nixon. Palmer Perry
Petit Porter, Pottle Edwin r. Reynolds John H. Rey
nolds, Rice, Royce Scranton, Sedgwick, Spauliing
Spinner Stanton Stewart, Penn. Tappan Thayer Tomp
kns Train, Trmble, Eandeyer, yerree Wade, Wallron
" alton "aShburn, Wis, Washburne, ILL.,, Washburn,
Me, Wells, Wilson Wood-Tota 50.
NAYS-Messrs Adams, Ky, Adrain, Anderson. No.
anderson KY, Ashmore, Avery, Barksdae, Barrett Bo
cock Boteer, Bouligny Boyce Brabson, Branch Briggs
Bristow, Brown, Burnett Carter, Clark " y Clark
Mo, Clemens, Clopton, Cobb, Cochrane Cox Craig No
Craige, N G. Crawford Curry, Davis. Ind DeJarnee Ed
mnndson English Etherdge, Florence Garnett Gartre
Gimer Hardeman jr., Harris, Md, Harris Va Iatton
Hill, Hndman, Holman Howard Ohio Hughes Jacl;.
son. Jones, Kunkel, Landrum, Larrabee Leach, n c.
Leake Logan, Maclay, Mallory, Martin, Ohio, Martin,
Moore Ky, Moore, Als Morris, Ill, Niblack Noen
Pendleon, Peyton Pryor, Pugh, Quares Reagan Riggs
Koens0n, Scott sherman. Sickles, simms Singleton,
c..
art Nd, Stokes, Thomas Underwood Vance Webster
Woodson, Wrght-Total, o.
Mr.. Sherman who first voted in the affirmative,
changed his vote to the negative hoping, as he
said, to get to square vote the original propn-
Adrain and Mr.. Gilmer, of North
Carolina, endeavored now to get in amendments,
and much confusion prevailed. Mr.. Hindman also
desired to present substi itue for the original pro-
this thing would occupy them three DAYS. He
would therefore move to reconsider the vote lust
taken-Atter the discussion of points of or
der, Mr.. STEF FENSON, Of Kentucky, moved
to lay the motion to reconsider on the table
which was lost, the motion to reconsider
carried, and the proposition to lay the whole sub
Iact on the table adopted, by yeas So, nays ST.
The Deficiency bill was then taken up, ami on
tion of Mr.. JOHN C0CHRANE, of New York,
was postponed until the third Tuesday in January
MIR. CURTIS. from the Special Committee on
the subject callad up the special order, the Pacific
Railroad bill,-Air. BRANCH objected to its
ton bill, and the rules required that appropriation
bills should first be considered in Committee of the
Whole. Such had been the decision in the case of
the French Spoliation bill.-A long debate en-
sued on the point of ORDER in which Messrs
Branch, Sickles, Curtis, Grow and others partic-
pated-The CHAIR finally decided that the
point OF order was well taken and the !
House resolved itself into Committee of
the Whole, Mr.. Grow in the Chair.-
The CHAIR announced that the first business in |
order the Presidents Message MIR. SHER. |
MANsaid that had been referred and disposed Of
The CHAIR-"Oh! it's the message of lS59''- |
Mr.. JOHN COCHRANE-I call for its reading |
! will be news to most of US. Laughter. Mir. |
CURTIS moved to lay it aside; agreed to.-A |
long parliamentary contest now ensued. There |
were II bills and resolutions to be acted upon be-
fore the Pacific railroad bill could be reached, and
its friends sought, as the bills were severay read, |
to have them laid aside while its opponents en-
deavored by desultory motions, points of order, |
calls for division, &c, to prevent action. Finally
an old bill granting alternate sections of public |
land to Nebraska for railroad purposes was |
E9aG9ed MaN ,oond5 and was ..tS taken up.Mr sIER
enacting clause, and offered an amendment. |
Mr.. CURTIS offered the Pacific railroad bill as !
reported by the Select Committee last session. |
as an amendment to the amendment. In this way |
the bill was got before the committee REA- |
GAN, of Texas, gave notice of point of order. |
after which the committee rosP.--The SPEAK |
Err laid before the House a letter from Ford the |
House Printer, stating that he could make nothing
from his olhce at the forty per cent reduction in |
pnces and that he was willing to resign his Office |
and permit the Government Printing Office to 60 |
into operation at once. Referred to the Committee
on Printing.--Mr. SMITH, of Virginia, stated |
that Mr. kives, OF the Globe, was ready to do the
work at the prices now paid.--Mr. DUNN. of
Indiana, presented certain resolutions adopted at a
Union meeting at Madison, Indiana.--The House, |
at p. NJ, adjourned
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