The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-02-06
1-HE REVOLUTION.


Eootstoo Of British power under tneso onS rll 80,
was their purpose assert the right OF revo on
ana take The Attitude Of sovereign States was their
DUTY the forts were erected on lns NM .or the
st,Ie ,nvsdsrs 10 prevent them from being mace USE
81 for the purpose Of maintaining 30 doctrine
Mr. sPrsxR Gep) of N. " raised the Joint Of order
that by the showing Of the gentleman, who not
member this house, he was Justyn& the seizure OF
Sora money OF the United ssateas taken surrept
M JoHs oousASr, (opp.> q N. VI hope tho gen-
Mr.. TAYLOR repeated that the first attack on the
eouth the pepe there viii come 70 tho rescue including
sivi wal win result the lNo Of winch history does not
record Mr.. Taylor then bsde gentlemen farewell =
Mr. Bcrtlesy, topp) Of La, asked the privilege o.
NJ, ioyyos, {rep) o. III who had made objection to
ns dong So ss,a re- n ~@u sqscS 'n'
Mr. JONI CoruR.sas-Ohi don't object will give
you the same privilege when you withdraw. CAagn-
M sor,,sSY said that until few minutes ago he was
n a similar position with his colleague He had received
Official information that ordinance OF secession had
been by louisiana Az 10 the Convention he was
not elected by Them and had nothing 70 do VIII their &C.
ton. H. should therefore, obey their instructions
Some OF the gentlemen Of that body his personal
intimate friends. He thought discou'tesy had been
exercised De him IN not sending him copy Of the
ordinance. He would, therefore, pay attent to II
uuti he received official notice Of its passage ZAP
plause Another compelled him TO differ with the
Senators and repr esentatves from that state He
the only member OF Congress elected thercfrom an
stand forever tAppiaise e. When came here, he al
dsd, tok oath to maintain the constitution Of the
The Union Of staes9 It understand right
BY that cath shall sand Whenever instructed by my
immediate constituents and asked by them 70 withdraw
myself from this House their wishes shall be complied
with as soon as receive the nfor mation. shall,
a. so continue 70 So nen
stand the flag OF the country tina. BIRTH
Qopg continued applause on the nor and IN the galleries.
mteIm gled with cries OF good.
THE DEFICIENCY BnI.
The House then concurred in The action Of the Com
snittee Of the Whole STAT. Union, the
rejecting
Chiiqn amendment ~ 40 ag inst I'll and agreeing TO
des establishment for government printing office, by
Mr. HNpSAs, (opp) of Ark said that he had been
voting Apr, prations bankrupt the treasury bu
Is there was little too much rascaity in this propo
eition he voted "No"
THE INDIAN BONDS ROBBERY.
providing recovery Of stolen Indian bonds
Referred TO the select committee on that subject.
SUSPENSION OF MAILS Seeded
Mr.. CorFAx (rep Of Ind. called up his bill authoriz
ing the General to suspend postal facilities
IN states where objections are interposed.
Mr. BRANCH, (opp) Of N. c., opposed the bill. The
Postmaster General already has TO discontinue the
would be enough to consider such that
pending We must either admit that the seeded
States in out of the Union If this bill considers
them in the Union, then II s most injurious act TO with
draw from thu m the postal laws IT. however, 1t was TO
acknowledge these of the Union then
he had objection the bill He knew of better
acknowledging the independence Of these States than
by Withdrawing from them the postal benefits Of the
government
Mr. slc1Es. (opp) Of " Y, in addressing himself to
the question saidThere is legal necessity for the pas
sage Of bill Of this character. There power in any
the seeding protect the mails Of the United
States There power any of the seeding States
TO punish any criminal offence which may be perperated
upon the mails. AS there are no courts there which
would entertain jurisdiction Of any offence charged TO
have been committed in any Of the seeding States,
therefore, necessttate rel, the government Of
the United States must either subject the mails
TO the hazard Of every possible trespass and
depreciation or else withhold them from those seeding
States
Mr.. HnDxAs, (opp.) Of Ark.-wnl the gentleman yield
70 me for a momentY
Mr.. sIcKIFs-With pleasure.
Mr.. HNpNAN-whle shall vote for this bill, acknowl-
Stats he laws Of the United States specially dc,
Mr. sIcnIs-My attention has not yet been called to
that extraordinary Inconsistency have yet TO hear Of
independence and sti allows foreign juris-
ocon to be enforced within It's boundaries and trust
hat state holding the dgnihed attitude which these
tates claim either members heretofore this Union
independent States, VIII continue in such position
man unnecessariy do not understand that il is the
intention Of the secedng States that the United States
having been enacted and Others having previously sub
united TO their enforcement within their limits they OF
act Hw such s x
deem 1T declare their repeal In that nothing de-
rogatory to their assumption OF authority.
Mr.. sIcNxs-The gentleman from Arkansas is a good
lawyer, nd quite confident II he entrusted with
defence Of person accused Of crime upon the mails
OF the United States and the Indictment the
State of Louisiana charging that certain offences had bccn
committed by citizen Of that state njurng proper
~ Of the Of the United States he would very
speedily find the means Of drawing demurrer which
could not be answered. and which would encctualy pro-
tect and every ofeIce that might be perpetrated
upon the public mails Of this government. know, sir
that we have mode by treaty, where we have recog
mixed the Independence OF State State whose inde
pendeLce already established protecting or
securing the Of our properly within the ars
dence Of these states has not been recognized by this go
yerDment II has not yet been recognized anywhere
by any government At least viii be conceded that
h . question in hbeyance. In that position the
measure proposed s the only one consistent
ooercive proposition. Far from IT, As such could
vote for IT, il simply amounts 70 thshat you propose
which impo sibc You propose to withdraw from the
Jurisdiction Of secedpg state your property wherein IL
be considered with reference ndrdual and private
inconvenience the merchants of New York will
apecuniary point Of view one hundred fold than
the merchants Of the South. The seeding States
oebted millions upon millions to the city OF New York
large portion OF this Indebtedness is wholly unavaa-
Die. " the bills rec sivable payable by the seeding
Bates, which matured In January and February,
twenty per cent has been paid The balance Of
a. we all know, and this is the very sea
son Of the year when the remittances, If honoraby
met, are for warded They have not been met regret
70 know. But, sir they would not be safe, maintain
under existing legislation and the presen, condition Of
Stat stthat would be hazardous TO forward re.
mances between the seeding States aud the remaining
States Of the Union. Mr. Speaker have already re.
marked, would not vote Tor this Of
cion, but just so far you suspend the operation
your laws the seeding States you obylae the
costly Of coecive measures armatvcly pressed
government Of the United States Pending these disas-
trous events ] would conlne the government Of tho
United States strictly, far IL Is possible
70 do so, consistent with the acts Of
the seeding States themselves, 10 a defensive
line OF policy the public property the public
vessels which are inosputably ours and especially
those places where jurisdiction has been ceded 10 us by
the Southern States themselves There would maintain
strictly defensive attitude and would defend firm
Iy, would defend II adequately would defend with
out yielding to meDaces or 10 attempts at coercion from
any quarter, whether II proceeded from the seeding
States themselves from the allies they may else
where. (Applause) But with reference TO Affirmative
measures Of coercion 10 be adopted the part of the
government Of the United States, then would draw