The national Republican., 1861-03-04
THIRTY-SIXTH CONGRESS.
SECOND SESSION.
Saturday, March 2, 1861.


Saturday, March 2, 1861.
n SENATE. a
The committee Of conference on the disa.
greeing votes on the Indian appropriation bill
made report which was read and agreed to,
So the bill stands passed.
A large number Of memorials on the present
crisis was presented.
The Journal having stated that the House
resolutions for amending the Constitution were
read yesterday the first and second time,
MIR. Sumner moved to correct by striking
out second time. ... a. H. :
After considerable discussion, by Messrs.
Douglas, Sumner, and Pugh, .~.t
Mr.. Foot presented the credentials Of Hon.
j. Collamer, Senator elect from Vermont.
The Journal was corrected.
The resolutions were then ordered to be read
second time-yeas 81, nays 8.
While the subject was under consideration,
the hour arrived for the consideration of the
special order, being the resolutions Of the Peace
Conference.
Mr.. Lane, of Oregon, delivered a lengthy
speech upon general political topics, in reply
to speech of Mr.. Johnson, Of Tennessee, de.
livered some time since.
During the progress of Mr.. Lanes speech,
he frequently gave way for motions, &c.
ence on the civil bill, reported sundry chan.
ges in the amendments to the civil bill, which
were agreed to.
A committee of conference on the Fort
Union road bill was granted, and the Vice
President was authorized to fill vacancies in
the Committee on Enrolled Bills.
Mr.. Lane resumed, and said that the Repub.
lican party had determined that no slave State
should come into the Union, and that no slave
Stateshould go out. They wanted those States
to put slavery in the course of ultimate extinc.
ton. They wanted to keep those States to
foot the bills, to pay the debts and to rule over.
Mr.. johnson responded in sharp speech,
which was loudly applauded.
The Chair said that if the disorder was re.
peated, the galleries would be cleared.
Shortly after, declaration of warm devotion
to the Union on the part of Mr.. johnson called
forth another round.
The Chair ordered the galleries to be cleared.
Several Senators appealed to the Chair to
withdraw the order, as most Of the persons in
the galleries were new comers.'
The Chair declined.
Mr.. Douglas moved to suspend the order.
Mr.. Bayard called for the yeas and nays.
A considerable discussion ensued as to the
parliamentary law upon the bject, which ended
in the withdrawal Of the order of the Presiding
Officer.
Mr.. johnson resumed, and responded to Mr..
Lane with considerable pungency.
At the close of Mr.. Johnson's speech, the
galleries gave vent to their approval in tumult.
uous applause, whoops, and hurrahs.
Mr.. Kennedy, of Maryland, denounced the
applause as that of msrket.house mob, and
demanded the immediate clearing Of the gal
leries.
Messrs Crittenden and Polk also denounced
the breach of decorum.
The galleries were accordingly cleared, and
not reopened until about 9 o'clock.
The discussion on the Peace Conference
proposition was continued by Messrs. Wilson
and others.
Mr.. Pugh reported from the committee
Of conference on the Indian appropriation
bill, Mr.. Fessenden from another conference
committee, and Mr.. Douglas from that on the
patent bill, all of which were agreed to.
After considerable discussion, on motion Of
Mr.. Douglas, the Senate took up the House
resolutions amsndatory of the Constitution.
A long debate ensued.
Mr.. Pugh moved to amend the grammatical
construction of the amendment, which was
agreed to-yeas l9. and the Vice President,
nays l9.
After further debate,
MIR. Pngh moved the Crittenden propositions
as a substitute, which were under discussion
when, at IL o'clock, the Senate took recess
till day night at I o'clock.
HOUSE.
The Speaker laid before the House letter
from Thomas Fl. Ford, resigning his Office as
Printer of the House. Laid on the table.
Mr.. Haskin, from the Committee on Print.
ing, reported resolutions, which were passed, to
pfint extra numbers of the report Of the select
committee on abstracted bonds, &c.
The House went into Committee Of the Whole
on the state Of the Union, and afterward acted
in the House on the Senate's amendments to
the Post Office appropriation bill.
The Speaker laid before the House com.
munication from the President, in response to
a resolution of inquiry. in which he justifes
his act of concentrating troops here, to defend
the capital and to preserve peace at the inau-
guration of Mr.. Lincoln, if this should become
necessary. The military was merely to act as
q posse comitatus, in subordination to the civil
power. He says that, on the arrival of the
first military company, there was visible i'm.
provement in the public order, &c.
Mr.. Bingham moved that the House proceed
to the consideration of the bill heretofore re-
ported by him, providing for the collection Of