The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1861-03-02

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WAsHwsson Feb, 2s.- The. House met q l
n o'clock, and after the usual morning busines
= proceeded to the consideration of the Senate
I amendment to the tsrif biRs i5lst8
$ r. About 50 Of the fbO amendments were actei
on in Committee 6f the whole, which, at Oh
o'clock rose pursuant to the previous order, ant
4 the entire subject wss reported to the House.
'I9 Mr.. Sherman urged the necessity Of concur
ring in all the amendments, 70 many of which
he was opposed, and under other circumstances
Il would vote against them. But be believed thl
very existence of the government depended OF
the prompt passage Of the bills, which ID sub
stsntially the act Of l847 When the present ad
Il nihiStretion came into power, the btbhc deb,
van % millions with nearly Is millions in the
Treasury; but, now. the Public Debt is 96 mil
lions The smallest possible sTs amount mt the Coy %
eminent can get along with for the next fsca
year is IS millions: Il was necessity 10 pas,
this bill. The ,Heuse, then, on motion Of Mr.
Sherman proceeded to act under, the operation
Of the previous question on all the amendmcnts
The amendment imposing II cent per pound
on coffee and on tea cents, with an additional
ten per cent advalorum. Was rejected, 80 against
HIS Several gentlemen made brief explana.
tions. y
! ap All the amendments except that relating to
warehousing being acted upon; ;st-a., -, 49,.
= Mr. Branch moved to adjourn, which was neg
atived. He then moved to table the warehouse
amendment as a test vote Of the bill, lost, 43
| against 10l. All the Senate's amendments ex-
cept that taxing tea and coffee we're concurred
/ in. A committee of conferences was appointed
| on this amendment ,9S7f.G -Ci7ksES =
Mr.. Stanton succeeded in getting his. Volun-
teer bill before the House, which will be the
first business tomorrow. :ayil5j.7.
Mr. Woodruff presented petition Of the citi-
zens of Middletown, Conn, against altering the
Constitution. Adjourned. elia t.lj5sz t
9.tA A3 s7i91 senate.
A message was received from the House, an
nonncing the passage Of the Oregon war debt
| bill .o s991ast0t4 so4.5ss2 - 7hi2siss 2
On motion of Mr. Lane, it was made the spc
! cial order for tomorrow at 1880 o'clock
Mr.. Bigler presented q number of petitions in
favor of the Crittenden resolutions. b's9Hs ,ao
Mr.. Bgler also presented the resolutions
adopted by the Pennsylvania State Convention
Mr.. Sumner presented petitions from citizens
of Massachusetts, and Phiadelphia against COM
promise. "a 5i iF3'..sls9a 37---'''t'7i5.. s.
Mr.. Sumner also presented a'petition from cit.
izens of Massachusetts, asking Congress to enact
q law that no person shall be held in servitude
by the laws of any State, and that such persous
now held be declared free @ a'e " 4}
He said he presented the petition because he
thought it his duty to do SO, it having been pre-
sented to him in proper and respectful form,
but he would take this occasion to declare most
explicitly that he did not believe that Congress
had any right to interfere with Slavery in the
States 'ts t e5a
Mr.. Green presented petition from the in
habtsnts of Dacotah, asking for Territorial
Government.
Mr.. Trumbull presented petitions against COM
promise. A-a
On motion of Mr. Wade, the bill in relation to
postal service in the seeded States, was taken
up. t5''s 7" 2
Mr. Pearce moved to strike out the word in.
surrecton. 's u F.
Mr. Mason said the word insurrection was un-
known to the Constitution, and protested against
the use of such a word. -. -45i as
Mr.. Wade said he was willing to have the
clauses of insurrection and resistance to the
laws assigned in the bill stricken out. e ~
Mr.. Peaice's amendment was withdrawn, and
the bill amended, on motion Of Mr.. Bayard, so
a. to conform to Mr. Wade's suggestion.
Mr. johnson of Arkansas presented the Gre
dentials of Charles Is. MITCHELL Senator elect of
Arkansas. .a2 Ea ~ .a !j
Mr. Hemphill offered 4 substitute for the bill,
that, whereas several States have withdrawn
from the Union, and the laws of the United
States no longer have force, therefore,
That the Post Master General is authorized to
discontinue the postal service, and make arrange.
ments with the Governments of these States in
regard to the same -fa ~ - 'ai' 'as-ss 1s-5a 80
After discussion Polk moved to modify the
amendment so that it would read, In all States
Withdrawn from the Union the Postmaster Gen.
eral have power to discontinue the postal ser.
vice was lost 19 to So $3.50 s+ss !r!FA ,pgYi"H's
Hemphilps amendment was lost, oaginat 36.
The bill thus passed, "a against 12. '- :
:. Ayes, Anthony, Bayard, Bigler, Bingham,
Chandler, Clark, Collamer, Crittenden, Dixon,
TDoolittle, Douglas, Durkee, Fessenden, Fitch,
Foote, Foster, Grimes, Hale, Harlan, johnson
of Tenn, Kennedy, King, Latham, Pierce, Nor.
rill, Seward, simmons, Sumner Ten Eyck, Thomp-
son, Trambull Wade, Wilkinson, Wade, "a;
Nays; Bragg Bright, Green, Hemphil, johnson
Powell, Rice, Wigfall; r. a''2a,02 9
Mr.. Powell explained that he would have vo
ted for the bill to suspend the postal service,
but could not for the bill sfter amended, giving
| such general power. g.g ~ - g.rs,---,..-
The miscellaneous appropriation bill came up.
The Senate considered amendments made in
committe of the whole. -. -...5.
Green offered chiriqui amendment, advoca-
ting its adoption. After some discussion it was
disagreed to by 90 to 25.
The amendment providing for Custom House
and Poat Office at St. Paul, Mimi, was lost.
Simmons offered an amendment repeating the
art pre ypntinp rhe Secrptorv of Wor froo nnr.
chasing patented articles. s
Pierce said it bad been repealed, except the
portion relating to fire arms. T 4,
The amendment was adopted. a-5., .ss..
message was received from the House that
the tariff bill had passed, and asking Cemmit-
tee OF Conference on certain amendments.
Senate. ,aat
WASHINGTON, Feb. 25.-After other unm-
portant debates the bill in regard to Postal
service in the seeding States passed. ga1a#
The Territorial Bill was made the order of
the day for tomorrow. Adjourned. saeei
WASHINGTON, Feb. 2e.-HousE.-M Kellogg,
| of Ill, rose to present a petition of 226 vo-
ters of Illinois, praying the adoption of the
peace proposition heretofore submitted by him
| self
Mr.. Edgarton objected g
| Mr.. Kellogg was surprised that any one should
be unwilling 70 an expression OF the people, while
we are being buried into the calamites Of civil
war and the disruption of the Government is
threatened.
Mr.. Edgarton replied that the gentleman could
present the petition under the rules.
| Mr.. Davis, of Ind, presented a petition from
that State, signed by men of all parties, in favor
of the Crittenden proposition.
| The Speaker presented the proceedings of the
Pennsyl Democratic Convention. Laid on
| the table. ~
The House took up the Volunteer bill.
| Mr.. Howard, of Mich, resumed his remarks
in favor of it, which, he argued. merely gave q
construction to the laws already in existence
1t was the duty Of Congress to put into the
hands of the President the means Of performing
his duty and to point out the mode in which lie
should doit; they could not be released from this
obligation. He repeated that the President
should have the power to execute the Constitu.
tion in all its parts. The highest duty of a
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