Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1870-04-22
F0RH-FIRsI CONGRESS.
This Afternoons Proceedines.

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This Afternoons Proceedings
| FRrpAY, Aprfl .. t'
sENATE-Mr. Howard, nom Committee O,
Pacific Railroad, made q report. sccompa,iex
oy voiumfnoe testimony, relative 90 the South
ern TRAM Continental Railroad Conn.nv
when wss ordered 10 be printed. f'
| Sunsef, nom Committee On foreiRn Re-
MT Mckenzie 81 600 for his seryfers In d~tas6
ing the Eenian prisoners, he HAVING aIsady rs.
eeixsd 800 fcr the same:
ported bill Ser fsiier OF Baron Kurt, OF Neither
~. Chandler .s.olstisp requesting the K.-
the people q TIE Red River settlement, was
MI- {. said tAi. resolution va. in the ins.re.,
| unwise attempt for the Dominion OF Canada 10
| send an expedition against the winnepeg dis
uict. Thoes people had had an estasiished
| OF canada TO subdae them had failed Why
l shoaio wo not treat with these people for an
nexat.on. The people q North America he'd
long since resolved that the land on this CONT
nent belongs to the people who occupy il,
and we invite people from all parts OF the
world to occnpy II, and they are coming by
Nov, shat are the people Of the Dominion tSy- ,r.
Ing TO DO? They are trying % retain this land
for The Grown. Now, t6is strueeie between the
other re s:n E 1Hs S.s or the
fired upon, what did Greas Britain DO? she
| recognised the rebels In three days; yes, in
been assns NJ 70 rsoosnire tss Sr psePe ss
My friend from Massachusetts, will saw that IL
VIII oompaicase the Alabama claims. We win
say no more about the Alabama ciasms We Nave
q mortgage ON all the Territory north or n, and
We win enc long foreciose this mortgage.
IL was some months before he could get his
mierS lSunnsrl to come up 70 HE standard
I progressive MAn, howevef, and had nualfy come
up to the mark on the Alabama claims and he
psa Gsd S;,. SSms up to the m %..s L on on this question
half me cost q our war-and we VIII say to her,
Z" Give us all this land you are holding on this
Gat cEntnens n and We YIN forgive yoa the debt" /"
particle Of title to foot Of land ON this contI-
nt nt TO be sure, We paid France for Louisi-
ana, but We were then q weak nation. We
she Il nuisance, and she had better leave. So
IL is with Great Britain; she Is Q nuisance on
ths a ts sgntns1t' Ra and she has got to Leave We
her nag and leave, we VIII be on peaceful terms
with her; but she has the idea that she can
perpetuate monaEchical institutions on this CON
tlnent, we VIII tell her that IL she does attempt
1t, she can only succeed with superior force 70
any that the United States can produce. We
gave 9 eco 900 for this icy Alasks, and here "a
nothing; there is British Columbia and Nova
Scotia unanimous for annexation b the Gated
States. 1t is said that the Dominica Is about to
send several thoueand troops to the Winnepeg
district He hoped this was not %; but n it was
so, every one OF those troops would remain there
as permanent inhabitants OF the soil. There
would De no prospect Of subduing these people
without Great Britain sent 100 600 British regu-
lars there and then, il the people of the United
States protested, these 100 900 regulars would be
MI. Z. then detailed a conversation he had
with some Prussian officers relative to the eff
soldiers. He said that We e, had more fiehtine men
and better men than any country in the world
and no nation Of this earth would have any de-
sire to contend with us on the land. II we an
nexed the winnipeg district there would be no
war, no trouble. The time was coming, IL il
had not already come, for us TO say to Great
britain hands on, this continent is ours and we
mean to have il.
Mr.. Ramsey asked Mr.. Sumner what had been
dome with the resolution ON the same subject
"nIch ne introduced two or three weeks ago.
MI sumner said the resolution was still pend
Ing in the Committee on Foreign Relations but
that the committee had as yet no facts before
them upon which to base action.
abundant.
MT. sumper said nothing beyond what ap-
Mr.: Ramsey alluded to The statement that the
Dominion of Canada was enlisting Indians in
the expedition against the Red kiver settle
ment, and in reply 70 . question Of Mr. Howard
said there could be no doubt whatever on thi.
subject, and he also sent to the desk and asked
the Canadian authorities design using the Ste.
st. Marie canal for the transportation of the
troops and materials Of the expedition against
Mr.. Howasd said that could not be done.
Neither the authorities Of Michigan nor the
people would ever. under any circumstances,
any such purpose, and he hoped that the Fed
eral Government would not give the least en-
couragement to the designs Of the Dominion OF
through the territory Of the United States be for
q moment entertained.
Mr.. Sumner had nOt the le.ss idea that any
think that Great Britain would attempt to pass
or make any application to pass troops through
The resolution was then referred to the Com
mittee on Foreign Relations. 7l-r-l : >
On motion OF Mr.. Scott IL was resolved that
when The Senate adjourn to-day, it be TO meet
MI. Carpenter introduced bill authorizing
United States Commissioners 10 use Official
seals, and to provide means OF their identifca-
The bill to pay Mrs. Margaret Riddle, widow
Of the late Senator Riddle, Of Delaware, e, ,00e
for property taken during the war for the United
The tiii to psy Deputy Collectors and Asses
sors Of Internal Revenue, acting rs Collectors
and Asesscrs the pay OF such, was indefinitely
|. HoUsE.-immediateiy aftsr the reading or
the journal, Mr.. Orth lInd) demanded the reg
ulsr order Of business. which was the caIl of
cenmittees for bills Of peixate mature. =, -,
The Judiciary and KeYoiationaTy : Claims
Committees we're called without fesponse.- -.
Land sa. from sss @ oss. q r bryss @
Of Dubuque, IN claims or the United States to .
certain i6t used as cemetesys Pessed. III q
Arc, bin FOR ne reisefsf Charles Pissasr.
Also, joint resolntion construine An act
ansndatcrJ sf an act relating to certain i.nds
1T. Swann INA. 1 from The came cornmittee.