New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-02-21
HORSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

United States Note bill o..o, ~;
Mr. HOOPER rep. Mass oTieny - i'' - ~
views. He said tle OBJECT was 20 ~, mo, osod tbs
tial and uniform currency, and ne oppote1 ,lp
d;stinctiou proposed 10 he made IN faN"r oi 'ho
hoiers OF the stock by paying he interest 10 com.
NJ, STEVENS Rep, Pa. said he had meIan-
choiv foreboding that they were now Aoout 10
co,sur,,nate n crnnuply devised scheme winch VIII
o'rry ,rest injury throughout The country. AT
,be inrtance of the brokers the Senate has
leen uersusded 10 mangle md destroy what had
cost the ouse months 10 digest, consider ana pass
lie bill has been 30 disilured that MS very iath'
;a TO recognize it. llstead OF beng 4 oenci -ial
and iuvigorating measure, and ailOrdi1g a unliorm
aud equal currency for all it possesses qo9iuve and
rseat mischief. Ii now has all The bad Qualities
which have been attributed 10 1t, without sl"gle
benefit. Ia It's amended form II creates TWO clsSes
Of curTency-one for bankers anu hroseIs ara AZ
Other for the PEOPLE. II discfimlnaes between M
f.reut cias a.. Take away the e@al-tender cidnse,
and the Government will be in the clutches OF the
haipies Assuming the public debt az WE'VE nun /
red millions the interest fixed Tor the bonds, namely
seven and th1e,'ens, would require the payment o.
eiehv-sevon millions annually IN CON, according 10
tie proposed amendment.
lie earner,ly expressed himself in favor OF uni
form currency, doing equal justice 10 AZ parties
The interest could not be rand il coin without Il
rye sacrifice of the bonds in the market.
The House proceeded g. vote on the Senate 6
arneu.lle ut, and rejected The following;
a. u
pnyidinc flat The notes authorized by The act Of
July las shall be receivable IN payment OF ali laAe',
M.Iirs tie bonds re1e,ma5e at the pleasure #
tie Uui,ed States after 1--we years, shd la!aoic
twenty yeas from date.
Regni. ing u Secretary 90 ifsue an equal amount
Of Treasury Notes OF Coupons or Registered Bonds
for Ire notes authcIHed by this act, wien Presented
in suus Of not les thn 800, hearing inter,s, at
$40 per cent per anun'n.
Also. The section setting apart the dni'e' ~ inc
rlblic onjs and the proceeds % Reel property 20
he paynent Of the i terst the ouds ana notes,
sid the redemption cf the principal &C
Among tie more Important amendments agreed 70
arc the following:
The no,es 70 be receivable payment Of all claims
and demands of every kind, except for The in,eres'
on he bonds and the notes, which shall Do phd Ia
coin. The vote OH this was--leas, ~; Nays, %.
Authorizing me Secretary 10 dispose oi the bonds
IF any time ~ their market value for coin, or for
any OF the Treasury notes heretofore or hereafter -
be Issued or for notes under this act.
Nj. HOOPER Rep, Mws.) afler this vote sald
THAI the bill bad thus been rendered useles- and
moved 10 lay The succeeding amendmen, Oh Tue l"ole
which, il it bad been agreed TO, would have rejected
the entire bill.
Tie vote on tie motion to lay on the table was
Yeas Il Nays 100.
The House then agreed to the Senqie's amend.
ment authorizing the Secretary OF the Treasury 10
sums Of lot less than $780, certificates TO be issued
III. however, was amended by the House 60 rs
10 In. nGe deposits OF CON- and changing the interest
10 that which tha secretary may ifon. TINE TO tine
pregcIihe, not exceeding sax pcr centnm.
lie BIZ again goes back 10 tie Senate, owing to
The disagreement Of the House to Of the amend
meDts. 49,
ar. MAYNARD. from the Committee on WAYS
and leans reported bill establishing branch mint
/ 4 4. 10. 800
Nj. BLAIR Rep, MOI reported, fom the hlli'
tarv Committee bill cstabl'-hipg stir canal from
tie Nisissipu River 10 lake Michigan, for the con-
yeyance If mil ary stores and troops.
! lie House tuen went into oIamitlee Of the Whole
! On the Pol-Olhce Appropriation bill.
| Hr. VOORHEES, I'm, ind.) argued ths' this
Union will he restored by and through the insrn-
merit slitv Of the Constitution, and strict coeienoe
to 70 letter aud spirit or that IL viii bot lie restored
AZ all and IN this COZ ueci3n hId that te pOly U!
- Universal EMANCIPATION or "Abo.iuon' pro
claimed at the CONNER ccment of the session could
not be carried out without intolerabe bad ihih 70
the Union roen of the North and the south AZ TIM
was TO Ne the policy OF the Hoyefnueni III ,he pro.
ecution Of this war then gross deception hss te@i
practiced on all LOYAL men, aud an army has bee
f.ised 10y false pIetensor, mofe hagrnt than ha'
1 ever before been advanced to carry out fecie
, AID unhail0wed purpose. We must adhere =
The onion ~ our Fathers made II, and rot 30
D .qpriccus politicians would deieimre. Mr.
N6oihees quoted rom Pre-idcut Lin,oiuI
u inaugural address and message 20 show tL.l DE
{ later Lad e-.d that he neither had the power I'D
1.-The inclination 10 interfere with Slavery iu Oh,
% Stsies md that he would evccIte tie Fugitive
" Slave law. III. VOORHEES, sl.O referred 10 zen. Me
q HANS proc nation on entering virginia Go a.
, elect that toe amy viii hot only abstain from at
Z interference will Slavery, lut with stroug tau'
crush out any attempts 81 insnlrcoion. 1hi7 WA
. looked upon "a a pledge, sanctioned by The Exon
. i've that the amy would not tramIle Oh 81
. laws and States, but protect them from tLOs'
+ who would overthrow them. There was al
tat time 10 protect from PoTitan lips
n support Of bis argur eDt, Mr. N0orhtfs reioriod
among other things 10 6en Butler = Conduct ana l,
fne Official dispatches Of NJ. Seward, ~ Whic. TIE
latter declared that whatever may become OF the
lhelon, il Is not tie purpose OF tie Government e
Interfere with the status o, angle human beng n
the Ststes or Territories. luismy, he tVooEhees
said ould Ieot Oi ibe Llcn who JeCttd peace wien
they could have obtained II on terug o. honor. Now
IT, The armies advance and bring this terrible struF
,le 10 q .reedy termination. Let the war be waged
~ he name Of tie Constitutions the laws, aid tie
union o. equal anu nOnJied mtmUcTs, AID "a tnt
name Of God, guided by On enlightened Cufis anity
J Mr.. WASnBj ENE Rep, III ssid that the geu-
ltiernan Voorhees, had announced Mat the Ople
of uGiana were ready to compromise with Rebels,
out he HgsLbuIuej VII. cd 10 Ieuiaf. that the PEG
ule OF Illinois ready 10 coD1roni@e on hc terms
offered by Gen. Grant Of iIs Aaihburncsl own
State to Gen. BUcSner, namely: An unconditional
HID iumeuiaie surrender lApplaasei
/ f,r VOORHEES, wished TO XlEin, but Or.
Shell berger at the time having pot.cs ion Of the
4 or and the Committee rising, he wac unable TO
60 30.
The Home agsiu went into Committee Of the
Whole laying aside tine Post.Oice biiI, and taking
up the Senate . amendments to The Army bill
Mr.. RICHARDSON Dem, HI s1d mat The
annunciaiion made by his colleague tNaslburnel "a
short time ago s,as r. most delightful sign.
MIR. STEVENS Rep, Pa II hope the gentlemen
car1sOnj does not expect me TO yieid The bOuI Tor
general de ate. This bill If for the army.
Mr. RlCHARDSOh-I will get on he army III
rectiy lisughtef). | want TO do a good Ting.
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