The Evansville daily journal., 1861-01-10
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CONGREs ssIONAL

between San FRANCISCO anu, Cniud ASe'
ferred to the postal committee.
Mr.. Seward also presented memoria
signed by the most prominent citizens o
New York city concerning the present state
and future happiness of the Union. Mr.. Sew
ard got the floor to express his views or
the Presidents message.
Mr., Hunter moved that the resolutions
offered by him be made the special order foI
Friday. ......... . ...
MIR. Yulee presented bill 10 adjust the
present difficulties between the States, which
was ordered to be printed.
Mr.. Slidell presented resolution OF in
quiry--that the President inform the Sem
ate whether John B. Floyd at present fills
the Office of Secretary of War, and if not
who fills ii if the appointment of an act
ing or provisional Secretary has been made,
AID when and bywhat authority il was made
and why the fact Of such appointment was
not communicated to the Senate.
M Clark presented resolution which he
said he should offer as an amendment to the
resolutions of the Senator from Ken.ucky Y
(Mr. Crittenden) when they came mp. ~.
ResoGsed, That the provisions of the Con-
stitution are ample for the preservation
of the Union and the protection of all the
material interests of the country; that it
needs to be obeyed rather than amended |;
and our release from our present difficulties
is to be looked for in strenuous efforts to
preserve and protect the pnblie property
and enforce laws, rather than new guaran-
tees for particular interests, or compromise,
or concessiOa3- f %
Resolved. That al attempts 10 dissolve
the Union or overthrow the Constitution
with the expectation of constructing anew,
l.. 4 ~
OF the Senate no reconstruction is practical
BILE, and therefore to the maintenance of
the existing Union and Constitution should
be directed all the energies of the govern
ment. The resolutions were ordered TO be
printed.
Mr. Bigler presented 65 memorials from
citizens of Pennsylvania, asking that the
Crittenden resolutions be submitted to the
people.
Mr.. Seward called for the reading of the
Presidents message and it was read.
Mr. Davis called for. the reading of the
accompanying papers, they being the cores
pondence of the South Carolina CommIs-
sioners already published.
Mr.. Davis said that while the country
was looking anxiously to South Carolina,
her Commissioners arrive here with power
to make peaceable adjustment of the diff
fculties. The high character of these
Commissioners is well known, yet the re-
port went out that they had violated eti-
quette and insuited the President and that
the Commissioners retired.
The President, in his message, does not
even allude to the cause of the failure of
negotiations, and not even tells US the COM
missioners are gone. He stops with letter
which, he must say, was wanting in fair
ness, and was perversion Of the arguments
they presented. Mr.. Davis said he had an
authentic copy of the commissioners reply,
and asked that it be read by the clerk.
Mr.. King said, the Senator talks of the
high character of the commissioners. Ben
edict rnold aud Aaron Burr once also had
high characters.
Mr.. Davis, interrupting--'' the Senator
from New York once occupied higher po-
sitien than he does now. | call the Sena-
tor to order"
Mr. King.-These men were here with
reasonable purpose.
Mr.. Davis.-I call the Senator to order.
| sent paper to be read, sir.
Mr.. King-I call the Senator to order.
object to the reading OF the paper.
Mr.. Davis.-If the Senator L. 3 she mean
ness to object, let it come back.
Mr.. King said he objected to reading He
did not want to hear the papers read.
A long discussion ensued on the point Of
order. The yeas and nays were called on
the decision of the chair that the paper was
understood to be part OF the Senate papers.
Mr.. King said he objected to the recep-
ton of the paper as he supposed TO supply a
deficit in the Presidents message.
Mr. Davis explained that he sent the pa
per simply to be read as a part of his re-
marks, consequently he was much surpris-
ed to hear objection but if the Senate
chose to take the paper as a paper of his
own he had no objection. As the Senate
had taken charge of it he wanted them to
dispose of it.
Mr.. King said he simply objected TO the re-
ception of it, as he supposed it was intended
to supply a deficit in the message and
thought it would be a rebuke TO the Presi-
dent. He was willing the Senator should
read the paper but was not willing TO disap-
prove the action of the President in saying
nothing Of that letter.
The decison of the chair was sustained =
yeas 81 nays l9.
The yeas and nays were called on reading
the paper. Yeas 80, nays IL.
The last letter of the Commissioners WAS
then read. 1t has already been published.
AIR. Davis resumed and said that more
than ever since the episode thrown into his
remarks he pitied the Executive of the
United States. He must be fallen indesd,
when he comes to the Senator from New
York for support and protection. But
when the President received this letter
where the country was anxious, why didn't
the President call on these men for means
by which peace could be restord. He might
then have avoided the evil of'war, and the
country would not be waiting now to see
whether it would be peace or war.
Mr. Davis then yielded to a motion of
Bigler, that the consideration of the mes
sage be postponed till tomorrow.
Mr.. Crittenden moved that his resolution
to submit amendments to the Constitution to
the people be taken up. 4
Mr. Clark said he wished to amend by
substituting the amendment he had offered.
Mr.. Wilson moved to postpone it till to-
morrow.
MFR. Pugh thought it better to decide the
question at once.
The resolutions we're then postponed till
tomorrow.
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