The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1861-01-25
THlRTY-SlXTH CONGRESS--SECOND SESSION

son of Arkansas, Powell and Clark; Public Build
ings Messrs Greer, land johnson of Tennessee; Ter
ritories, Messrs. Hunter and Foster; Printing, Mr.
Cameron. The Vice President also announced tht
names of the following gentlemen to compose the Sc
lect committee the tariff and loan BILL viz: Messrs
Simmons, Hunter, Bigler, Fessenden and Gwin.-
The joint resolution giving the assent of Congress:
to acts OF the Legislature of Louisiana Arkansas
and Texis, for the removal of the Red River
Raft, was taken up and discussed at some length
and passed.-Mr. FESSENDEN on the ground o
feeble health was, at his request, excused from serv
ing on the special Committee upon the Tariff
Mr.. GWIN moved to take up the Pacific Railroad
bill.-Mr. CRITTENDEN rose to personal ex-
PLANTATION. In violation Of the rule of the Senate
a spurious report had been sent abroad of what
he had said in secret session of the Senate He
entirely dsavowed the report. He had never
read it, nor would he do 80. But he had been in
formed that he was charged with favoring coercion.
1t was not true. He had said, that in his iudg-
ment, Congress had the power to force to en-
force the laws, and it might be exercised. The
District of Columbia might undertake to resume
her sovereignty, and no would say that
that should be permitted. He had, how
ever, expressly said that not the
time to speak Of coercion. He now moved
that the Pacific Railroad bill, and all
other prior orders be postponed, in order to take
up his resolutions. LANE said he was in
favor of Pacific Railroad, but it of no t.
vote for road until the pending political Difficult
ties should be adjusted.--The yeas and nays be-
ing ordered the motion of Mr.. Crttenden was disa-
RTeed TO, yeas ~, nays ZO.--The vote about
the same as on yesterday, the Republicans with
Gwin and Latham, of California, voting in the
negative Pacific Railroad bill was taken
up.--Mr LANE moved to strike out
the name of b. F. Hardy of
the Oregon Corporators, and insert that of Mr.
Reid.-Mr. BAKER said he knew Mr.. Hardy to
be respectable citizen, and he had suggested his
name himself. 1t would be an ndignity to both
himself and Mr.. Hardy, to strike out his name
without just reason.--Mr. LANE said he was a
nIShn md Hishn
Mr.. BAKER re-asserted Mr.. Hardy's re-
spectacle character, and intimated that his
sole fault was that he was Douglas Democrat
Mr.. LANES motion was then rejected. -
The names Of other gentlemen were then added as
corporators.-Mr. BENJAMIN moved to amend
the clause requiring the rails to be Of American
manuta cture, by inserting these words-"Provided
they could be obtained as cheaply as foreign rails
of equal quality. MIR. CAMERON opposed the
amendment, and thought that it came with bad
grace from State which had been so much bene-
fitted by protection to her sugar as Louisiana.
MIR. Ben njamin's motion was disagreed to.-Sun-
dry other amendments were proposed, but without
final action on the bill, the Senate went into Exec
utive Session, and afterwards adjourned.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
Messrs. McClernand, and Morse of Kentucky,
and Stratton and HOLMAN, presented the proceed
ings of certain public meetings in their respective
States relative to the national crisis md suggest
ing remedies.-Tbe House resumed the consider
alton of the Post Route bill and adopted the Sen.
ate's amendment, making postage on letters to and
from San Francisco the uniform rate of ten cents,
whether carried by steamer or overland. The
House next considered the Senate's amendment, as
Mr.. Colfax proposed to modify it, authorizing pro-
posals to be received until the first Monday in
April for daily transportation of the en-
tire overland mail service, to commence
the lst of July, for four years, from st.
Louis some other point connected with the East
ern railroads, to San Francisco. The letter mail
to be carried through in twenty days, and docu-
ments and papers in thrty-five days, the contract
to be given to the lowest responsible bidder Salt
Lake and Denver cities to be supplied semi-weeklv,
without extra expense, and the entire amount for
the service not to exceed SS0O,00O per annum.-
Mr.. COLFAX showed the advantage and economy
of the plan proposed, remarking that if we desired
the Pacific States to be faithful, loving men,
bers of the Confederacy, we could not do better
than in giving them what they have right to de-
mand, namely, daily communication with the At
lantic coast This would be more valuable than
bands of iron Or gold.--Mr. HAMILTON
desired to offer an amendment.--Mr. COL
FAN, before accepting it, wished to know
whether Texas was going to remain in the Union.
MIR. HAMILTON said he could only say, as one
of its own citizens, that he trusted she would not
withdraw. He believed if Congress would treat
her fairly a member of the Confederacy it would
have the effect of keeping her in; and such treat
ment as was recently accorded to her in voting for
the support OF her mounted regiments, ETC., would
make it to her advantage to remain the Union. If
she withdraws she would have no right to mail ia
cties at the expense of the Government. He then
offered an amendment, which Mr. Colfax accepted,
to extend existing contracts for Texas, so as to
connect with the Buttertield route, provided it
can be done for eight thousand dollars, and Sc.
cure weekly connections with New OIieans.-
Mr.. WASHBURNE offered an amendment author
zing the Postmaster General to re-examine discon-
tinued inland mail routes which had been discontin-
ued since the 4th of March, 1859, and that he re-
store such routes as will not interfere with the
public interest.-Mr. SHERMAN opposed the
amendment of the committee establishing an over
land mail route. He said it was criminal to at.
tempt to increase the expenses of the Government,
for now more than fifty millions in debt, and
would soon be called upon to vote twenty-three mil
lions more-Mr STEVENS, of Pennsylvania,
opposed the amendment.-Mr. CURTIS said it
was merely question as to whether the Wander
bit mail line of steamers should have the contract
for carrying the mails, or whether it should be
carried through the heart of our Countrywide.
RUST obtained the floor and proceeded to speak
upon the propositions from the Committee OF Thir-
ty-three. He said the Committee of Thirty-three
had been engaged five weeks, and had at last pro-
duced a miserable abortion which can claim no
paternity from the first day to the last of their de-
lberatons. The proceedings had been a mere
sham-an insult and mockery to the Southern
men on the Committee; as it was constituted, none
but the most sanguine could have hoped anything
from it, If civil should result, let the respon-
sibility rest upon those who refused to compromise
In reference to Arkansas, he declared that the
timent of the people was for separation the only
mode of redress for the grievances under which
they, with the other States of the South suffered.
This was the unanimous feeling of the people. In
that Committee to whom the question of these
troubles had been referred. Southern members had
made an appeal to the dominant party to offer some
measures of conciiaton to quiet the fears
and apprehensions of the people of the South.
Yet all these appeals had been in vain and the Re-
publicans who had been on the committee Lad de-
clared their intention to stand by and vote for
their favorite principles even to the death. They
had with the most stern defiance stood nv their
gressions. In the formation of the committee of
all the loyal Northern Democrats-loyal to all the
great principles of equality and justice-not SIN
gle one had been taken. But men had been put on
the committee, who if they represented the true
spirit of the Northern people, which he did not be-
lieve, were determined to do nothing which was
not in strict4ccordance with the Chicago PLATFORM
The people of Arkansas deplored disunion and de-
sired concession, for they had expected ere this
to hear the crash of arms around their homes
But how was it proposed tie settle the Difficult
ties? When certain States saw tit to withdraw
from the Union, the cry was coercion, force. This
was the way to settle the difficulties. DUNN
of Indiana, said that he had called out the remark
concerning the Chicago platform, but he bad only
mentioned it in the Committee once.-Mr. RUST
said that the principles of Mr.. Lincoln were for
the abolition of slavery, and extremists of the North
al! hold the same doctrine. He supposed that if
John Brown, who committed the raid on Virginia,
had not met the reward of his crimes and his treason
he would have been run for President, he did not
know but he merely supposed a case-Mr
PALMER said that the gentlemen msrepre-
sented the Republican party, they neither
approved of or countenanced the John Brown raid
Mr. DUNN of Indiana, said that he had one
word to say, and that was he had discharged all
his duties without any re ference to the Chicago
platform. But tb e gentleman from Arkansas well
knew that the John Brown raid not upheld BY
the people of the North, or that they sympathized
with him, and the whole was an infamous libel on
the Republican party.--Mr. HINDMAN desired
to know of the gentleman from Indiana, if he had
said he would in his deliberations do anything
contrary to the Chicago platform.--Mr.
DUNN replied that he had not--Mr
RUST (excitedly) wished to know what
ponsible? did he hold himself responsible? If he did
he announced to the House that he would treat con-
cerning the infamous libel hereafter. Now was the
time to wage war; these times of war, and he
repeated it again, did he hold himself responsible?
MIR. DUNN said that this free country,
manner he saw ht.--The CHAIRMAN called upon
the gentlemen to preserve order.-Mr. RUST
asked who had committed the first breach of the
rules of order?--The CHAIRMAN said that
he was not the occupant of the chair
when the difficulty began, but he would ask
the gentlemen to observe the order of debate.
MIR. RUST said that he was not willing to
were SO determined to stand up to all that was in
the Chicago platform. He was for defensive war;
Talk about the obstruction of passage through the
valley OF the Mississippi river! Why be himself
could not travel with his family down the Ohio
river, carrying with them those servants who had
been brought up with them and reared with them
Why did the North go against secession? Did
not Massachusetts pass series of resolutions at
the time Texas was brought into the Union, de-
claratory of the fact that il that State was admit