Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1861-03-08

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OF Several hours were consumed on the Sc
ms ate's AZ amendments to the Civil and Nj
ne cellaneous Appropriation bill
Mr.. Stanton Intellectually endeayored
IN have the Volunteer bill up. o.
Adjourned. .f
OF WAsHINaToN, March l.
SENATE-Mr. King presented petition
q. the German Republican Club Of Syracus
nt for the Union and against compromise; ali
70 number Of other petitions of the sam
p character .
Of Messrs. Ten Eyck and Trumbull presente
A. petitions for the Union and Constitution q
10 it is, and the enforcement Of the laws.
Mr.. Big!er presented q large number Q
70 petitions in favor of the Crittenden resolu
tions. ---
of MIR Wilkinson presented large numbe
l. OF petitions for the Union and against com
l. promise with rebellious States, or any exten
o sion of slavery; also petition for the rciie
l. of Kansas.
Mr.. Crittenden presented petitions from
citizens of fseveral States, asking for measures
: OF peace and the preservation Of the Union
It Several private bills were passed.
e A resolution allowing Commodore Pauld
ing to receive grant of land and sword
: from Nicaragua was taken up. The gran,
OF land was stricken out and passed.
A bill for imbursiog Commodore Pauld.
=, ing bis expenses in defenuing suit by one
, or Walkers men, was passed.
The report of the select committee on
tho Peace Conference and the Crittenden
proposition was taken up.
Mr. Douglas asked that the resolution
from the House also be taken ap. Agreed to,
MIR. Mason said: ''They ought to be
sent to the committee to be made intelligi.
ble." Objections was made to taking up the
resolutions.
Mr.. Seward offered his proposition as a
substitute.
MIR. Hunter moved to strike out the first
article of the peace proposition, and insert
the first Crittenden resolution.
Mr. Clingman raised a point of order
against any amendment.
Mr.. Seward claimed that the amendment
OF MIR. Hunter would change the charact er
OF the proposition, which would not be the
recommendation of the Peace Conference
| but of Congress.
Considerable debate followed.
MIR. CLARK suggested to Mr.. Hunter to
offer Crittenden's resolutions as q whole
not as q series.
Mr.. Holmes opposed the proposition, argu-
ing if it was adopted the Senate would lose
the advantages of the Dred Scott decision
MI Crittenden was willing to sacrifice
his own views for tho good Of his country,
and would vote against his own and in favor
of . pacificatory settlement.
Mr.. Mason did not favor amending the
Constitution nor sanction the plan proposed
BY the Peace Congress, and denounced it as
submission Of what rights the South al
ready had.
long discussion ensued.
Mr.. Baker argued in favor of submitting
the question to the people, saying that if
events change so much he was ready to vi.
olate the Chicago Platform, he was ready to
give up great deal to Border States, but
nothing to secession.
Mr.. Green said the propositions Of the Con- |
ference were the nerest twaddle, but the
Critsenden resolutions have some sense
The right of property must be settled beyond
a doubt everywhere.
The resolutions from the House were
made the order for to morrow at II o'clock.
Mr.. Lane spoke in favor Of the Critic nden
resolutions, pending which the Senate ad-
journed.
HousE.-Mr Phelps, from the committee |
OF Ways and Means, reported bill, which |
was passed, regulating the value of the new
silver coin Of Austria. in Custom House COM
putation, at 46 l9-lOOc.
MIR. WSshburne, of ILL.,, moved to postpone |
the Committee Of Thirty-three till the 4th Of
July.
The Speaker said tho subject would not
come up for an hour.
MIR. Ely unsuccessfully asked for action on
the bill for an extension to Mr.. Sibly's con-
tract Of the Pacific Telegraph line till Dec,
1868, for the completion of the same.
The House then considered the Senate's |
amendments to the Army bill.
The report ofthe Committee Of Thirty three
was taken up.
Mr.. Lovejoy moved to postpone till the 4th |
of July.
The Speaker quoted the rule that men,
Der reporting measure may open and close
debate, and gave the floor to Mr.. Corwin.
Mr.. Lovejoy appealed, and the House sus.
tanned the Chair,
The pending proposition was on act ad- !
mitting New Mexico into the Union.
Mr.. Hickman moved to lay it on the table. |
Carried
The next was an act for the rendition of
fugitives.
Mr.. Hickman moved to postpone till Mon
day.
The Spe ker ruled the motion out of order. |
The bill was passed, 80 to 80.
The bill to amend the act for the rendition
of fugtiyes from justice was taken up.
Mr.. Corwin explained It's provisions. 1t
was to avoid contradictory decisions made BY
Governors Of States who are not judges Of
constitutional law.
The bill was rejected, AZ against 1876.
Mr.. Grow asked to proceed to the consid-
Grafton of Territorial business.
The Speaker asked le.ye 10 present the
proceedings Qf the Peace Congress
Mr.. Cochrane moved to suspend the rules.
Great confusion.
Some said they wanted to consider more
important business.
| Mr.. Boteller loudly asked what could be
more important than the peace of the coun-
| try.
Mr.. Grow contended that the Territorial
business was set for consideration after Mr..
Corwin's report, and was now up.
The Speaker overruled the point.
Mr.. Grow appealed from the decision.
A motion was made tc table the appeal.
Mr.. Burnett said as the effect of tho vote
was to prevent vote on the peace PROPOSE
tions, he demanded the yeas and nays.
Here the Speaker declared recess till
o'clock in accordance with the previous order.
On re-assembling the Speaker stated the
question pending.
Mr.. Hickman moved committee of the
House.
Mr.. McClernand proposed that the report
of the Peace Congress be taken up.
Mr.. Lovejoy objected.
During call of thesHouse, Hughes asked
that the Sergeant.at-Arms might bring the
South Carolina members before the bar Of
the House, as they had been absent since the
Goth of December.
Mr.. Stanton hoped not as public business
had not suffered the least detriment