The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1861-01-17
THIRTY.SIXTH CONGRESS.-SEC0ND SESSION
SENATE.


SENATE
W.sutSaroN Ian Ie A massa0a was received
from, the President in answer IN resolpton of the
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Sehale, u hnom ooHu d. L iolu hau C is"eu a'
secretary OF var, and II so, VINO mas Deen appoint
ed In his place, and why was not the TACT commu-
nicateG to the Senate; the President states that
Mr. FLOYD resigned on the 29tb of December, and
that Hon. Jos Holt was appointed temporarily
on Isnnarv The Presidant cites the Constitu-
tion and sevaraI nracadants of nravinuS Admins
trations in snnnort of his conrsa in tamnorarilv
transfarring one Cabinet oficar to another denarf
,nart. nrdarad to ha y,r;ntad - Mr. RICE of
80 " Hs =. in'e! :,a,;. So, =,
f So. ~ ant ohiE;. ~ fr
~ y. n'en W gu sd I
ont of the presant Territories He asked
tbat Tho resoIntions rirbt be laid on Tho table
NJ cTIy - a. aooi"t;o,a I'D bo
Wv hopeu 'ne resoiutoin "ou'u e
CONSIDERED at an early day; lor ne CONSIDERED tney
presented an elective and rapid plan Tor the settle
N ent of our present lficulties.-Mr. BlGLER
presented several memorials of citizens of Penn
sylvana prayiag for the adoption of the Crittenden
resolutions MIR CAMERON nresented the me-
oo;I ~ ;,;. - pI.a 90 pnIon;
n;ns q e. Jot; ms ~ ~ Git
praying inr the adopton oy congress OF the Cflt-
tenden resolutions. Mr. U. sald every mali
brought him similar memorials and petitions
Mr. PEARCE, on leave, introduced a bill
To continue IN force an act therein mentioned
in relation 70 tho mort of Raltimora and asked
that II might ba considered now. which was agreed
to, and the bill passed-Mr. WILSON called up
the following, which was read and passed:
Reso1r,d That tbe conmittea on Military AF,irs he
instructed to ipoure whether the appropriaiion made at
the last session of Congress for the completion of
Washington Aqueduct" has been expended according to
the plans submitted by Capt Meigs; whether any aera
h M d 9 ,h m te ni. anu li h; @
vestigaon shall have power to send for persons and pa
pers
On motion of Mr.. JOHNSON, CT Ark, the Vice
Committee of NiIitarv Afsirs occas;onod by tbe
absence of Hon M Cbasnmt of Sam,b GarooIina
IT. VI WI y. ogush oa oaina
--Ihe resolutions o! Mr.: Crlttenden, proposing
amendments to the Constitution, were taken up
--Ihe penang question was on the amendment
VI mr.. owen, 10 insert tne "oFus no0 nee" or 70
oe Ns'e'J'e' "eI""e"' 81 tua' Ihe isI sec'ion "ou
al tne tefrl5ery oi tle ohited states now nelo OF
earana @ nore OF ssr Sl
anu hil'y inutes very or se!
.uae except as punlshnent lor crime proh,pteu'
while such territory shall remain under territorial gov
tuae oo ae1 or 70 oe hersaer dcquea slavery OF the
African race hereoy recognized as EXISTING anu sha
i9t m oe lneererea win py 9ongres put sha De protect
ed as property oy all the departments OF the territorial
res as Congress may prescribe shall contain the popua
tion requisite for member Congress- according to the
then federal ratio OF OF the people of the
% Uh,isu S'a.es sns II IT'S $40 ,or ., pe re-
it ~. Ie stas .u 'nv t t Vh mt ,oot
the Constitutinn Of encb naw State nav nrovida q"
u renolng a vote, the speeiai oruer arrived Ia at T.
+; NJ, When the Cnair cailed IL up.-Mr. BIZ
TO continue the consideration OF the resolutions on
amending Tue oonsutution. yeas ana nays
were vi o oii tne lneloh, "hcn WIS asreeu ~
yeas -, nays 20 as ioiio"s'
Glingman Critenden Douglas Fitch, Green, Hemphill,
nunter eson, Johnson Oh nennesSee, henneuy' Lane
SaIh,r sbsti, SIiJi, ud witsu ush' te'
NaVsMsiessrs" anthony, Baker Binsham' Cameron
Chandler CLARK Collamer Dixon Doolittle Durkee Fes
senden, Foot Foster Grimes, Gwn Hale Harlan King,
Latham, Seward, Simmons, Sumner Ten Eyck, Trum-
bull, Wade and Wilson-26.
The question then occurred on the amendment of
Mr.. Powell to insert the words named in the
first section and it was agreed to-yeas 90 nays o.
Wa. ,r..,ar. poI,o. pa,.ora pon1o,,i, p:.,on
Bragg Bright cliprman Crttepden' bougIas Fitch
orrns man II IT,. T nousras, e'n
tennessee Kennedy, Lane, Mason, Nicholson, Pearce
Polk Powell Pugh Rice Salisbury Sebastian Slideli
ana "lgfall-2s. , c
Nays-Agssrs. Dingna, cameron, Ghanuier, Glark
Gaiiamer DIXON Doolittle, Durkee, Fessenden Foot,
Foster, Grlmes, Hale, Harlan Alng Latham, Seward,
simmons, sumner len EycK, Irumoull, hade anu VIII
lan-A
So the first section was amended as above printed
The question beinr on the substitution of Mir
Clark's resolution. for those of MIR. Crittenden-
Mr. SINMONS oJdrossod a. Canoto n o,noooa
i 80 i y " r az ~ ~ ese 1 C.a.. ee.e. iAe ppPoseu
Guy 'nanso VI tne PieSen' oohs'i.u.toh' IL was
goou enough LOT our lathers, anu IL was good
enough tor him. Our fathers had created treaty,
not treaty but Constitution, and such a Const-
tuition broken in one part was not broken in all
He lovad b;s ant;ra conntrr. ba loved Soutb Caro
limo. bo E,-nd tbaro fort 1oar 1 80 80 -, " ~
peonle to be as bospitabIe as any who had ever
lived He wouId do them M harm Tho Demo.
nrots bod franaS ~ e.. ~ pooI -, hiii
n tbht tht .h .ne MS. p ii9eIy pl:
ite tno"Gl' lna' tie p eseh' tiouuies hao no JuSs
cause. ne was Wiling TO 40 all that ne could
10 restore peace, put uld not desire to change
the Constitution. He concluded with a re-
ference to the fact that a gallant Rhode
Island General fell in the Revolution fgbting az
the head of a Georpia Raoimant -Mr ANTfiO
Nv h;ar fIioSS - - ~ St4S a., ~ h.s "a n;lIin -
To do all that he could Tor peace but did not think
that the resolutions pending would effect the mr.
pose in time He favored the admission of New
Mexico into the Union with or without slavery, as
the people may elect, and thought that that
would be great sacrifice. The question re-
Cured the adoption of the following sub
sSstutei N oneTea o{ MI IT, Cark, hepu9lMean 4i
tsndan When thew were adontedMyeaa 95 nave %.
,.eI., Thot 49, ,n..;.;... - A.. c.-,..,,.::- 49,
,mnls for a oS nion and ,be
Of Ii .be interests of the X needs
be obeyed rather than amended and that an exrcaon
from present dangers be for strenuous
efforts preserve the peace protect the public property
anu e ta m new ~ iTr
ti @ oncsssons 70 UnrnaSnnab,s Tads
PsSorsG That ali attempts 70 dissoiHa tba rresart
Union or overthrow or abandon the present Constitution
with the hope or expectation of constructing new one
dangerous usory and destructive; that the opin
ion of the Senate OF the United States such
uon Is Pfaete ana ana TO se mt o1
a, tha enas Of al be Sansrmets th cyot
and the Efforts of ali good citizens
Tho vaas and novs nm tho adontton of tb;s spbst;-
eas aFu fou! 0n 'l0 vi '"i'
'nSe as ith p,.r piba,, c.,,oro-
Chandler Clark. Coamer Dixon. DooIitte Durtee Fes
sender, Foot Foster Grimes Hale Harlan King, Sew
ard, Simmons Sumner Ten Eyck, Trumbull, Wade Viii
kinson and Wilson-25.
Nays-Messrs Bayard Benz amin BIger, Bragg Bright,
Crittenden, Fitch Green' Gwin, huRter John
Pearce @ Pnik Powell Pneb Rica Sansh"rv and Sabas
tian-2S
A. ri,tondon,s rosoI,,;ons MANA tho, Ioia o
.L .:i ~ 49, L;ir III i".u S- 3
.ne not9n, .ne Nahsas oiiI nv " as llaee
Ro;,pod hin We. talon ~, ior nnnSidarotinn nond
;nr r,hiob tha Sanata nant ;nto an Eaont;-pe sss
; S - Ia &C.. oS;. - 60 W. oot 90 L; ~ =
60 ~ - w. pd d ~ - St d;S nei S''- '"0
''o'' "''o 0peAeu "D0 'N' N0nA'' "'Jo1' ne"
HOUSE OF REPRES ENTATIVES.
Mr. cox presented resolutio ms passed by the
Ohio State Legislature. Said resolu tons expressed
firm attachment to the Union, and denying the
right of any State to secede from the Union; and
further, that the laws should be enforced by Con-
gress and that all obnoxious laws should be repealed
Mr. Cox said that the Legislature had passed the
resolutions bv upanimous vote and had already
commenced the work of Cancellation. and were de
tarmined to sween all obnoxious laws from their
of tbe Union The resolutions were laid nm the
table and ordered to be printed.-Mr. CLEM
ENS ofvo ofIarad tho resoJntiono introduced br
III, snroa ,dors orn instrnct;n1 Tho Secroto.
III nrn .ha I9tor;ass ~ oon,n,r,ioate ~ thi,
~ VI 'no in1ei u w eo i " .s tnts
ns SoptSS nr al of arsoton
of san.s snd ar.onaIs pud o1be- nrhi;c buiiS;noa
from ,U tbe commencamant Of tha oavarnment dnvn
- a. oSont go NJ RITpSET1, oh;oo,oS
~ 'nH 1PPIGGS 81 1senS ao..a o-;aI L ~:
M. ~ y ~ '' y 80 - - , o. NJ ~ y ~ el'i
oi view eri t .e VI sie
la w tthI Tho H. 80 unt 49,. ,
.u oa cue t .L lnen @ Mens iIT ~
ConMir.Se VI rue "no.e Vi, .ne q, my pii', anu WI