, 1861-01-18
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XXxEITu CoSCRES.-.Seeosd Session.

! x1xFIru CoSCRES-.Seeosd Session.
!, EAsRa1saiFso;:s, Jan. II, 1851.
| ~sEkATE,-Ar. FEssENDEN presented the
credentials ct Hon. Lot NJ. Morrill, o. o, s.
Aeuatof from Maine, in place Of Mr. Hamlin,
1ne credentials were read and Mi. Morrill,
| sworn il.
The CHAIR presented communication
from tue Governor Of Ohio, directing him to
present the credentials Of Hon. S, r Chase a.
U. 8. Senator from Ohio.
| Mr. HUNTER called up the Deficiency Bill.
Air. CAMERON desired to postpone In or.
der to take up another bill which was very In
Mr. HUNTER-I can't give way. The
anendmcnt s Is to substitute $50 600 instead Of
Mr. FEssENDEN-s45oooo will be neces.
sary to pay the expenses Of the two slavcrs al
| ready captured.
Nj HbNTER-s45o.ooo is tho amount nc
eessary to protect the Treasury.
&The amendment was adopted.
Mr. HUNTER offered ali amendment tf1 tho
end Of the bill Ior SSD0, coo to ply The Chiri-
a1i conttnet made py Sec. Thompson In May,
1859. Thecuhtfact & Tor coating station On
the IsthmGs O. Panama. $500 900 were allow
I naysS. w
Iii. FITCH, from tho Committee on Print
ing. reported an amendment to the Deficiency
6nl to enable the Superintendent Of Public
frinting to carry out the prorieions Of the
resolution creating bureau Of public print
ing. Agreed to-13T to 0.
| Nr. GN1H offered an amendment to the De-
nc1ency olu to pay Com. Vanderbilt $4,000
per annum for carrying the mails via New
3ork and Panama to ean Francisco.
| Mr. LATHAM moved to strike out Com.
modore Fandcrbilt's name. Agreed TO-
3lr. HALE moved to amend So that it should
read from the 15t Of July lsG0, to the tst Of
July, 1851 Agreed 10.
~. JOHNSON Of Afkansas, from the Com
mcnt anprol,riatins S2,S57 for the Kickapoo
heud xtu Onise' Kansas. Agreed to. The bill was
At haIf:past one the Pacific Railroad bill was
| taken up.
pe ~ h1a1s3; LANE saia tas principal object WIS to
! ~: BENJAMIN said II the United States
Eays Ior building that portion Of which would
| to similar demand.
MI Mf. G". said the Pacific Railroad had
! uce.. iorced upon the senateas means Of mil
| ltatF defence to the country
| Mr. LANE-This Government has no power
TO build road through State,
Mr. GkEES--l will vote fcr. great main
bnt Indispensable, ,
MT :1 kATTA9 41 dS Southern route will cost
Ar. GREEN-Ihc Government never paid
quarter OF q dollar advance for the payment Of
tne ma'l. but for having the Navy at command
at moments notice.
! Mr. D0uGLAS-Ihc bill is not measure
70 make road. It is contnact for transpor-
| taIion not Tor construction.
| On III <tion of Mr. BIGLER, the Senate went
into executive session.
uorsE--Hr. POTTLE, from the Navy Com
| mlttee, reported the Senate joint resolution In
| favor Of Commodore Paulding.
| :, NE. H1NDalAN objected 10 It's considera-
tion; He understood that It gave permission
to Com: Paulding to accept sword and q
grant Of land from Nicaraugua for having
4cted In the capacity Of constable for Great
! Britain and Nicaragua
I Mr. POTTLE-The gentleman Is entirely
mistaken; It Was not for acting as constable,
] W. lor 1 dss1tHngulshed services rendered this
| country and Nicaragua.
AT dlSDMAN would not inquire into the
| matter Of distinguished services He con-
demned Commodore Pan1ding's conduct then
NJ: CLEMENS Of Virginia, presented nc.
| sional district-the counties Of Ohio, Han
cock, Brooke, Wctzcl and Tylcr-in favor of
| Union. - ~0
Mr: WEBSTER of Maryland, presented q
memorial from some Of his coustitucnts in fa-
yor Of the Crittendcn plan of adjustment. He
believed that the sIgners OF the memorial re-
| presented the wishes Of the people Of all
parts Of his Congressional District. Laid on
INC table aud ordered printed.
| Inc house then went into Committee Of the
the Army bill.
ali. THOMAS Of Tennessee said if coercion
| lH attempted every Southern State will make
common cause as I band of brothers.. The
I eoutnexn psopie cannot be conquered.
,ME. slChLEs said It was now too late to
looked upon as fixed fact. We should avoid
y ali me:p5 the employment of coercion and
the adoption of any policy of aggression, but
l'ko purpose and like spirit should ani-
mate mate %u our s. Southern ,a friends. It would
coercion, while at tho same time they
seize the arsenal, forts, navy-yards and ships,
which come within their reach. When The
southern States themselves employ force they
cannot cry peace and complain Of coercion.
/ A1tef snow ing that secession ordinances could
nor ae17Ee the Government OF ceded jur-
isdiction and property in the forts, &C.,
which are the common defence, he said the
danger lies In collision. The act Of Sc
cession' from the beginning to the end, was as
perfect as human agency could make it. No in
| tcrierence ~a5 attempted by The Executive or
Legislature Of this Government. Therefore in
| no sense has coercion been employed, but tho
| acts OF South Carolina, includln!. the firing
Into the Star of the West, were acts Of fla-
grant waT, which, had it been attempted By
any iore'gn power, would have raised every
| man IN the nation to resistance at the close
OF his remarks, Mr.. Sick1cs said: "Whateyer
may be the issue Of events, whether happily
W Cancellation and justice to the South
re may lind an honorable and ftatcrnal go
ln,lon oi our difficulties, or whether, unhap-
paly, We biindly drift into alienation, war and
irresistible separation, the great commercial in
terests OF this country require, the destiny OF
american c!vlllzation demands, that the politf-
ca anu territorial control Of this continent.
from the mouth Of the Hudson to the mouth
Of the Mississippi, from the AtlantIc to tile Pa-
clac, shal! remain where it now exists, in the
hands OF the Government ofthe United States.
IN gu the partlzan issues between the South
anu tue Republican party, the people Of New
1orE city arc Eith the South; but when the
soutn so III makes M untenablc issue with our couu-
Try, when the dag Of the Union is insultcI.
when the fortified places provided tor the com.
mon defence arc assaulted and seized. whcn
the South abandons its Northern allies for
Enslleh and Frcnth cooperation, then the le-
ga aud patriotic population Of that imperial
city arc as = unit for the Union"
Mr. ASHLEY of Ohio, maintained that
there were no causes for dissolution of the
nhloh aud overthrow Of the government.
10 meet the secession movement, he
would abolish oil the ports Of entry where the
Laws are now obstructcd, proclaim a blockade :
IN the ports Of the rcbellious States. and ict
Southern men take the consequences of their
own rehcllious acts, ~N~1'
Mr.: EDWARDS Of Maine said-6hen It
should be tried to cut off New England from
the rest Of the Confederacy. It would be found
she could live as we'll without tho South AZ
tue South could without her. New England
was always prompt to repel foes fton, xifhout
anu 10 meet traitors at home. She was willing
to make every reasonable compromise which
could not be construed into al abandonment
OF principle, but the Union must and sha1l be
preserved.
Washington Items.
Wasu1SG1oS. Jan. H. 1861
:, On an Informal vote, this morning, Senator