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I II rn—iaiiiir«»«nilrpr im-Tit stll/v, !s f.ir ti|) tlic Miss's^j]'j/l and tl,e Mi^^oiiri ;is our populuuoii extciuls. Jl s i!ie ri)iir.T):.'i.liii,ic i;i tlic liult’oi' NU-xn««. Sfc ton, lu)w it lii s ill llic vi.iy I'uic i)f oiir cDiist-wisf ’trafiii'; inUrpcst-d in the vtry tii.n'liw.iv Ni w York uiul New Oilcans. Non, sir, wliolms ostimatctl, or who ran cstiiivitc, l!;c if?c( t ''t :i cliun^'-e whi( h should phire this island in (uh r }ian 's. sunjfct it to new rules (;t txinint,Ti.ial in- terenursr, or connect it w itii objects i;i a iliiii r- cnl :uk1 still more (l.injrernus n:.luri: - hir, 1 i c- pcut that 1 fet-1 no di.spositio:' pursuo t!;ii to- pic, on the present nct;isi')n. My inirpose is wnl}’ to shov.’ Its iniport:uK»', :ind to Ix j; gentle- men not to preimliee iii.y rijviitt; of the r» untry by iissrntin.c;’ to y)rcpositi(wis v,hich jjerliujis Jiiiiv be necessary tc be re^ie\^’ed. Andiaic 1 li'ilTer again v.’ith fhc g-ent!eman fri'in Kentucky, lie thinks that, in this, ab in otlu r cases, w c t,hoi:! I wait till the event coniC'-, ■without any previous declaration of orr senti- Tntnts \ipon our own rig-htH or own interests. Sir, sucli declarations are often the appropriate means of preventinjc that which, if unprevtntel, it mig-ht be dillicult to n dress. A great ob ject in holdin.cr diplomatic intercourse, is frank ly to expose the views and objects of nations, and to prevent, hy candid explanation, colli sion and war. In this ease, the fcenthnian has raid that we could not assent to the transfer of Cuba to anotlier Kurope.in State. Can we so assent > J)o |,'entlenien think \v« can? If not, t!un it was entirely proper that this intimation should ho frankly and seasonably made. Candor required it ; and it would have been injustice, as well as folly, to have been silent, w liile we niipht suppose the transaction to he contempla ted, and then to complain of it afterwards. If Tve s'.iould havi a subseqvicnt right to complain, wc have a previous right, c(piall\ clear, oi pro testing ; and if the evil be one, which, when it conies, would allow us to apply a ^cmed^, it not only allows us, but it makes it our duty, al so, to a|)])ly ))reventioli. But sir, while souie gentlemen have maintain ed, that on the subject of u transfer to any of th> K\jropcan powers, the President has said * much, otlu rs insist that on that ol the Islands being occupicd by .Mexico or Colombia, he has Slid and done too’little. I jiresume, sir, for iny own part, that the strongest language has been directed to the souice of greatest danger. Therefore, that danger w as, doubtless, gri aiest, v.h'.ch was apprehended from a vuhintar\ trans fer. 'I Ik other has been met, as It arose ; and, thus far, aileipiately and .sufliciently met. And here, sir, 1 cannot but s.y that 1 never knew a more extraordinary argument than we have heard on the conduct of the Kxeculive on this part of the case. The President is charged with Tnconsistency ; a d, in order to make this out, public despatches are read, which it is said, mil itate with one another. Sir, what are the facts ? 'I’his Government saw ft to invite the l'ini|)eror ot Russia to use his endeavours to bring tipain totriat of peace with her revolteil colonies. Uussia was addre.ss- ecl on this occasioi^ as the frii iui ol Spain ; and, of course, every argument which was tliouglit might have inducnce, or ought to have inttueiice, either on Kussia or hpain, was suggested in the correspondence. Among ithi r tliiiigs,tlie prob able loss to Spain, ul ( uba and Porto Uico, was urged ; and the que.'tion w as asked, how it was, or it could iie expe; ted by Spain, that the Uni ted States could iiiteifere, to prevent Mexico and Colombia from taking those Islands troui her, since she w as their enemy in a public war, and since she pertinaciouslyand unreasonably, as wc tliijik, insists on maintaining the War; and since these Islands oll'ered an oDvious ob- ject of attack ^ Was not this, sir, a very prop- tr argument to b( lu-j-ed to Spain > A copy of this despatch it seems, was sent to the SenUte, in confidence. It has not been published by the Executive. Now the alleged inconsistency is, that notwithstanding this letter, the Presi dent has intcrt'ered to dissuade Mcx’co and Colombia from atlackiiig ,i.na. 'I hat finding, or thinking that the.te States meditated such a purpose, this Government has urged them to desist from it. Sir, w.^s e\er any thing more iinreason.vble than tins charge •' AVas it not pro per, that, to produce the desired result of pcace, our tjovcrninent should address different mo- tiv. s H) the diff^erent parties in the w ar ? AVas it iie>t Its business to set heiore each party its dangers and its dithciillie>, in pursuing the war? And if, now, ny any thing unexpected, these respective correspoiitlences lia\t; become public, are these diiierent views, addresseil thus to different parties, and with (liH'erent objects, to be relied on as proof ot incousistenc) ^ It is the strangest accusation ever heard of. >io Government, not wholly destitute of common sense, would ha\e acted otherwise. We jirgu- cd the proper motives to both parties. I’o Spain we urged the proi)-.ble loss of i uba ; we showed her the danger of its capture by the new States, :.nil we asked her to inform us on vhat ground It wi^s that we couid interfere to prevent such c.ipture, J.incc she was at war with these States, .ind they had an uiujuestionable Tight to attack her in any bf her tei i iioiies ; and especially she w as asked how she could expect good officesfr(jm us, on the occar,ion, since she fulh under.-tood our oinnion to be, that she was persisting in the war witliout or be} oiul all rea son, and with a sort of iksperatlon. 1 his w as the appeal nuule to the good sense ot Spain, thfcugii liussia. lJut soon al'lei ward.*, having reason to suspc*ct that ('oloiiibi.i and .Mexico wen actijail) preparing to attack t ul.a, and liiiovsing that such an event would most seri ously ati'ect us, our government remonstrated aj^aiiist mch meditated attai k,and to the pres ent time it ila^ not been made. In all this, .vho see- any tlu!:g either iinprojier or inconsistent, For m\ self, 1' oni'css tlu- cjurse i)ursiiei sliow • cil a w ati lifui V( g^r«l to i.ur o\s n interest, and is wholly tri e tm. ah\ imputation, either of ini- propi icty or iin ur.sislenc). 'I here .“ire otlu r ;-uLjects, Sir, in the I’resi- dent’s messitgi, wlmh have been discussed in the debate, but on which I s.iall not uetain the coinnnltee. 11 c(. nnol be lU nlcd, tlu'.t from tlic con.MenrC' men' of our goviniment. It lias been Its object to iiiij/i-ove and simplify the j)rlnciples of nation al intervourse. It may weli be thought a lit (k'- casion to urge these improvel pnneiples, at a monieiit when so many new States are eoining into existence, untrainelled, of course, with jiiMouj anil hnig e stablished eoniu (tions or jiab.ti. Some hope s of benefit, connected with these to))irs, are suggested in the message. 't he alxdii.on nt private war on the ocean. Is also among tlce sniijects of possible consider.i- tioij. 'i his Is not the llr.'»t time that the suli.ji ct l.asl'fen mentioned. The late president took occasion to enforce tl.e eons;dcrations which lie thouglit rei ommended it. I'or one, 1 am not pri'pared to say how far such abolition mav !ie practicable, or liow far it uglit to be pursii- . II ; but there are views Ix longing to the siib- j^et, >.hlch have not been in ai y degree, an- sweved nor coiisiiU i’ed, in this liiscus-iun. it is j;o: always the patty t:!;a‘.-h:-.s Hie ] ^ crTrhA,!,^- the n.illi.i'y n .ulne. ih:it eiiio\s the lulvantage by authorising j ri- \;.ttiTs in war. It is not enough that there are bruve and gallant captors; there niust be some- ■hing to be captiu-ed. Suppose', sir, a war be tween ouTschcs and any fnie of the new Stati s of South Aniercia were now existing, who would lose the most, by the practice of prlva teering, in such ft war? There would be nothing ;’or ii'^ to attack ; while the means of attacking us wouid l' )v/ to our enemies from oveiy pait f.l'ti'.i; W( rid—I ;ipital, shlfis, and men, would be abui.ilai.t in all tl,cir ];orts, and our com- mtrce, spreavl o\ er every sea, w ould be the destined p-ey. So, ag-in, if war should unhap pily spring up among those States themselves, might It not he for our interest, as being likely to be much connected by intercours" wltli all parties hat our commerce should be Iree frem the lisitation and stanh t:f pil>at;- armed ships; ore of tlu; grcattst vexations to neutral roiTimerce in time of war? These, sir, are some of the considerations belonging to tins subject. I have mentioned them only to show that they w ell tieserve serious attenllo;i. I have not intended to reply to tl.e n^any ob- si rvatioiis w iiicli have been sul)mitted to us, on the message of the Pre'ident to this House, or that to the Senate. Ccrtair.ly I am of opinion, that some oi tfiose observations meritetl au an swer, and thcN have been ansueied by otheis. On two points only, will I make a remark. It has been said ami cften repeated, that the Presiflent, in his message to the SenaU-, bus spoken of his own power in regard to missions, in terms which the (Jonstitution does not war rant, If gentlemen ill turn to the ii>essage of President Washington, relative to tin mission to Lisbon, in the iCtli vol. of State P.iper-', they will see almost the e\act form of expression used in this case. The other point on whu h I would make a remark, is the allegation, that an unfair use has been made in the argument of the message of General Washington’s Farewell Address. 'I'here wouhl be no end, sir, to com ments and criticism of tins sort, if the\ v. ere to be pursued. 1 only observe, that, ;is it appears to me, the argument of the message, and its use of the Farewell Address, are not fairly uiidtr- stood. It is not attempteil to be interred from the I'arewell Adilrcss, that aceordiiig to t!ie opinion of Wasington, w e ought now to have alliances with i’oriign States. .\o such thing. The I'arewell AiWrtss, recommends u.s, to ab stain as much as possible from all sorts of poli tical connexion with the State of r.iirojie, alleg-- ing, us the reason for this advice, that Kurope has a set of primary interests ot her own sepa rate from ours, and with which we ha\e no i.a- tural connexion. Now the message argues, and argues truly, that the new South American States, not having a set of interests of their own growing out of the balance of pow er, family al liances, Sec., separi te from ours, in the same manner, and to the same degree, as the prima ry interests of Kurope were represented to be, tills part «)f the I'arewell Address, aimed at those separated interests expressly, did not ap ply in this case. Hut does the message infer from this, the propriety of alliances with these new States ? Far from it. It infers no such thing. On the contrar}. It disclaim* all such purpose. There is one other point, sir, on which com mon justice requires a w ord to be said. It has been alleged that there are n.aterial differences, as to the papers sent respectively to the two houses. All this, as it seems to me, nia\ be easily and satisfactorily explained. In the f;: .t place, the instructions of .Vlay, lb2o, w hich, it is said, were not sent to the Senate, were instruc tions on which a treaty had been already nego- tiateil; w hich treaty had been subsequi ntly ratified by the ‘ enate It may be presumed, that when the treaty was sent to the Senate, the instructions aecoiiipanieil it: and if so, they were actually before the Senate; and this ac counts for one of the allegetl di.Tereiices. In the next place, the letter to Mr. Middleton in Kussia, not sent to the House, but now jmblish- ed by the Senate, is sueh a paper as possibly the President might not think projjer to make public. There is evident reason for such an inference. And, lastly, the correspondence of .Mr. Hrown, sent here, but not to the Sen.ate, appears, from its date, to have been received after the communication to the Senate. Proba- l)ly w hen sent to us, it was also sent, b) another message, to that body. 'I'hese obscrvaiions, sir, arc tedious and unimtMcsliiig. ,1 am glad to be Uuui.yh \\ilh ihcin. And here I might lerminuic my rt-inarks, and relieve the patience, now lonpj and heavy .taxed, ol the coxn- iniltee. But there is one part ol the dis- cusssion, on which 1 must ask to be in dulged with a lew observations. Pains, Sir, have l)ecn taken by the honoratde n)cmi»er from \’irginia, to prove that tl>e measure now in contem- plalion, and, indeed, the whole jiolicy ol' the Government respecting South-Amer- ica, is the unhajipy result of the inilucnce of a gejitlenian lornierly filling the chair of this House. To make, out this, he has referred to certain speeches of that gen tleman delivered here. He charges him with ha\ing bcconie elTected at an early day witl> what he is pleased to call tlic tSmitli Annerican lover; and with havini> infused its baneful inlluencc into the Nvhole councils of the cotinlry. If Sir, it be true, that that gentleman, prompted hy an at dent love of ci\il liber ty, felt, earlier than others, a projKr sympathy for the,struggling colonies of Suulh-America j or that, acting on the nuixim, that revoUitions do not i,o back ward, he had the sjgacity to foie.see ear lier that! o'.hers the successful termina tion of those struggles ; if, thus feeling, and thus perceiving, it fell to him to lead the willing or ut:wiiling coui»ciIs of his ( ouniry, in her manifeslaioiis of kindness to the new Ciovernmetits; and in her seasonable recogtiilions of their indepen dence ; if it be tliis, which the honorM!)le member imputes to him ; if it be by this course of public conduct that he has iden tified hi'j iKinie with the cause of bou'.h- .\meiiciin lil)erty, he ought to becjteem- ed one of the most fortunate men of the age. If all tiiis be, as is now represented, he has arciuirid fame ‘’iiougli. It is c- iiough foi any man, thus to have conncci- ed liiniseif with the greatest e\ents of tiie n?;e in which lie li'.es, and tu ha\e been foremost in measures which I'elleci liigli honor on his country, in the judk-- ment of mankind. Sir, il is alw ii\s wiili tjrciit rciuutit^ie ihal 1 am dra’A n to sjk ak, in ira inehvidvi il , t)ii» * could not forbear wliut I have no'.v said« when I hear, in the House of HepVe.senta- •ives, fciid i^i il'is land of fi ee spirits, that it is niade matter of imputation and ol reproach, to have been first to reach foith the hand of welcotnc and of succour to new-born nations, struggling to ob tain, and •() enjoy the blessings of liberty. We are told tliat the rouiitry is deluded and deceived by cabali-stic words. Ca balistic words ! If wc express an emotion of pleasure at the results ot this great ac tion of the spirit of political liberty ; il we rejoice at the birtliofnew Ke|)ublican nations, and exj)ress our joy by the corn men terms (.f I gartl and sympathy ; if we feel and signify high gratificatioJ that, throughout this whole Continent men are now likely to b'e blessed by fr‘‘ and popular instimtions ; and il, in utteiing of these sentiments, we l^ip- pen to speak of sister Rejiublics of the great Americim faiiiily of nations, >i’ of the political system and forms of gfvern- meni of this lienMSjihere, tlien inrf ^‘d, it seems, we deal in senseless jargott of im- [>osc or. tlu: jiulgment and feelifti’ ol the community by cabalistic woinsl what is meant by this.^ Is iJintcnded tliat the I’eoi'-le of the Unit'd States ought to be totally indifTerenf lo the tor tunes of tliese new iu'igh!)OS.^ Is no change, in the ligiils in wlich we are to view them, to be wroufbt, by their ha\ing thrown ofV foreign lominion, es- tahlislied independence, md instuuted on our very borders, reptblican govern ments, essentially afterout own example r Sir, I do not w ish te) o. ei rate, 1 do not overrate, the progress ol these new Stases in the great work of e^cablishing a well secured popular liliert’. I know that to 1)0 a great attaininen;, and 1 know thai tliey are but pupils ii the school. liut, thank God, they are ii\ the school. They are called to meet diiiiciilties, such as nei ther wc nor our fathers encountered.— I'or these, we ougl.t to make large allovv- aiices. What have we ever known like the colonial vassalagr of these Stales? Wheti (lid we, or our ancestoi s, feel, like them, the weight of a political despotism that presses men to the e^rth, or of that reli gious intolerance which would shut up heaven to all but ihe bigoUed Sir, we sprung from another stock. Wc belong to another race. We have known noth ing—we have felt nothing of the political (lesi)otism of Spain, nor of the heat of herHres (f intolerance. No rational man expects that the South can run the same rapid career as the North ; or that an in surgent province of Spain is in the same condition as tlie English colonies, when thev lint asserted tlieir independence.— 'I'liti ois, iioublless,. mucli more to be done, in ilie tirsl than in tlie last ease.— But on that account the honor of the at tempt is not less; and if all difiiculties shall be in time surmoiinied, il will be greater. The work may be more ardu- ous~it is not less noble, beca,use theie may be more of ignorance to enlighten ; more of bigotry to subdue ; more of pre judice to eradicate. If it be a weakness to feel a strong interest in the success of these great revoluiions, I confess myself guUty of I hat weakness. If it be weak to feel that I am an American, to think lhal recent events have not only ojiened new modes of intercourse, but have created also new grounds of regard and sympa thy between ourselves and our neighbors; if it be weak to leel that the South, in her present stale, is somewhat more emphat- ically.part of America, than when she lay obscure, oppressed, and unknown, uiider ihe grinding bondage of a foreign power ; if It be weak to rejoice, when, even in any corner of the earth, human beings are able to get up from beneath oppression, to erect themselves, and to enjoy the proper hajipiness of their inlelli- genl nature; if this be weak, it is a weak ness from which 1 claim no exemption. A day of solemn retribution now visits the once proud monarchy of Spain. The prediction is fulfilled. 'Ihe spirit of >lontezuma and of the Incas might now well say, “ Art thou, too, fallen, Iberia^ Do wc see “The robbei'andthe murderer weak as we? “Thou'that has wasted earth, and dared (lesj)ise " .Mike the wrath and mi rcy of the -^ies. “ I by pomp is in the grave ; thy gloiy Uid “Low 111 the pit thine avarice has made.” Mr. Chairman : I will detain you only wiih one mote rellertion on this subject. AVe cannot be so blind—we cannot so shut up our senses, atul smolhcr our fac-’ uliies, as not to see, that in the progress and the tbla!)lishment of Sjuth-American liberty, our own example has been among ihe most stimulating causes, 'i'hul greai light—a li|cht which can tiever be hid— the light of our own glorious revolution, has shone on the path of the South-A- meiican patriots, iVom the begiiuiing of ll.eir course. In tlicir einer:;encies, they have looked to our tx])ericnce—in iheir political institutions, they have followed uur models—In their deliberations they liave invoked the presiding sjiiiil of our own libeily. Thej have looked steadily, in every adversity, tu the (;iii \r .\ourn- r.KN LIGHT, in the hour of bloody con- llict, they have remejnbered the lielus which hav e been conseei all (1 b) the bluod ofour owti falliers ; atul when I'.iey have fallett, they liuve wished only to be re membered, wall ihetn, as men who l.i.tl acted their jnirts bravely. I'or ilie cause uf liberty in ihe Wesletn World. Sir, I I’a' c do’.ic. If i: be v, ec'-krirs', to feel iV.c fe-mpatV.y of cne’i n;'.ture excitod for suol men, 'in such a cause, 1 am truilly d that weakness. If it be prudence to mef their proficred civility, not with recip/cal kindness, hut with coldness or with jisult, 1 choose still lo follow where nalupl impulse leads, and to give up lha|‘ils^ and mistaken prudeticc, for the \oli»itary sentiments of my heart. WASHlM'rON, MAY 17. In the Senate, almost ihe whole day was jccui)ied in the c’onsideration of the bill io graduate the jirice ol Public Lands.—- Mr. Benton spoke in tavor ol the bill, and Mr. Barton against il; and it w as, finally, laid on the table. In the House of Representatives, the Judiciary Bill was indeiinitely jiostponeo, by a vote of 99 to 89. The bill for the appoinimeni of a Commissioner of the Kevenue was then taken up, on motion of Mr. M’Lane, of Dei. and went through Committee of the Whole, and was order ed to be engrossed and read a third time to-day, — MAY 19.—By a reference to the pro ceedings yesterday, in the Senate, it will be seen that Mr. Holmes of Maine, intro duced a series of resuluiiors, in relation lo the expediency of amending the exist ing rules of the Senate. These resohi- lions are obviously aimed at the anomal ous course which has been pursued iti ihat body by Mr. I’andolph. t)ne ol the propositions is an iiuiuiry how far it is consistent with tlie dignity of the Senate lo allow a member lo address disrespeci- liil language to atiy gentleman who may he introduced on the floor by a Senator, .'.uolher refers to the jiractice w hich Mr. Uandolph has introduced of charging F.xecuine ofiicers with impcjichablc of- fcnces. Mr. Randolph, it will be seen, introduced counter rcsolHliotis, the ob ject of which was to show that there w as no necessity for changing the existing rules and jiractice of the .Senate. In the comments introduced by Mr. Randolph, lhat gentleman remarked that the propo sition relative lo indecorum to a stranger introduced by a Senator was probably in tended to bear uj)on some observations he had made in relation to the Editor of the Boston Cenlinel, who was on the lloor at the time when the references lo him were made. Mr. Randolph avowed that he had intended lo attack lhat gen tleman in order ‘‘through him lo fix ihe sl’gma of reprobation upon tlie Senator who had introdued him on the lluor.”— 'I'o this attack, so uncourteous in its na ture, so inconsistent with the dignity, tlTe rules and the usages of ihe Senate, .Mr. Lloyd (who had introduced Mr. Russell) made a s()irited, prompt, and eiVicieni re mark, which we shall hereafter notice.— In levelling at Mr. Lloyd, iMr. Randejiph aimed at an imlividiial too elevaled lo be within the range of his shot. Mr. Lloyd, in his general conduct, is too generally sustained by the esl' cm and confidence of the best jioriion of society ; in his j)ar- ticular course, in the introduction of Mr. Russell, he is too well supported by the rules of ihe Senate, the practice of the Senators, and, more than ail, by the highly respectable characteu of Mr. Rus sell himself (who is a Senator of Massa- chuseils,) to be itijurcd in the slightest degree, by a stroke of so rcckles, so ille gitimate, and so random a satirist as Mr. Randolph. As to the resolutions of Mr. Holmes, they do credit to llial gen tleman. They evidetice lhat, amidst the loo prevalent disposition to submit lo all breaches of order and decorum, and to becomo willing witnesses of the prostra tion of Senatoral character, there still exists a redeeming spirit in t'nal body,in which the people may confulently rely, for the protection of its own dignity, and the character of the nation. We have deemed it right to give thij brief notice of what occurred on this oc casion. in order to guard the public a- gainst ihe studied mi^representations of this afluir, which may be ,sent abroad, to subserve the particular [jurixises of a particular party. We hope to give a mdre detailed statement hereafter. In the liouFe of Ueprescnlulives yes terday, the bill m.ihing appropriations for the public buildings, an.l* ilio bill which aulhorizps an additional number of Clerks in the (li!l'ennt deparlmenls, and raises the salary of others, was j)ass- ed. One of the features in ihis bill which appeared most acceptal.le lo the House, Was the allowance of ot;e lliousand dol lars a year in addition to his present sal ary to the Tost Master (leiu.ral. The Idll lor the jireservatioJi atul repair of ihe Cumljei land Road was iias>-ed, by a vole ')t 02 lo tVj. An aliemjji was made, on this occasion, to revive the discussion, on the consliiuiional power of Congress to erect loll gate.s, but il is evideiii, from the course and decision of the Housi', that the constitmional (;!U';;iio:i is con- sitlered as linally decided. About 4 o’ clock, ihe House look a recess until C> o’ clock, in (.'rder lo send ail bills to the Si'tiale which originated in this Housi*, Ibis being the last day allowed for tlial purpose, and to receive any orif;inal bills liom the Senate. Several bills were, in the course ol the evenini^^ acted on iji commillee, engrossed, and passed. MAY 20.—In the Senate, the greater pari ol yt st('rday was devoloil lo the con- sideraiion of ihe report of ll,e CommiiU e o! Confcience of il,'.' Ser.u''.' on the sub ject of the diiagte.-ing voles of u,;. Houses on the bill •'"'aking appropriation^ for currying into efVect the Creek trtuty •\ resolulion was finally adopted to agree lo the proposition of the Conferees of the House of Representatives. A resolu. lion was ofFered by Mr. Harrison. passed by a vote of 26 to U to prolong the session of Congress until Thursclav next, to enable Congress to dispose (j'f Ihe great mass of pressing business ihat must otherwise remain unacted on foi the want of time. MAY 22.—In the Senate, on Saturday the Hon. Nathaniel Macon, of North, Carolina, was elected President, pro tem after seventeen ballottings, he havin'.^ received a majority of two votes on iha*t ballot. A large number of hills was pas. sed, and both Houses continued in 'ses- sion until five o’clock yesterday niorniiif; In the House of Representatives, on Saturday, no less than four attempis were made to prolong the session.—When ihe resolution came frotn the Senate, fixin* the day of adjournment for Thursday, the House refused lo accede lo it. The re port of the Committee of Conference on the sul)ject of the disagreeing vote wiih the Senate relative lo the Creek .Appro* priaiion Bill was then taken up, discussed and agreed to. A motion was then made to reconsider the vote by which the rcso- lution of the Senate respecting ihe pro longation of the session was rejected, but ihe House refused to entertuin the moiinii. Various bills were then read a third lime, and |)asscd ; and on nioiioii of Mr. Cook, a joint resolulion,suspend ing the rule which prohibits the sending of bills to the President for signature on the last day of the session, was adopted and sent to the Senate, w hich body refus ed to concur in the resolution. The House then look a recess from -t to 6 o’clock. The evening session commenced vvii’i a call of the House, there not beini'- a quorum piesent at half past 6 o’clock. .\s soon as a quoi um w as obtained Mr. Everett introduced a joint resolution to prolong the session until Wednesday,but the Hoe.se refused to consider it. In the course of the evening Mr. Henry nude another attempt, but no (jueslion was ta ken on it. The House acted on the vari ous bills from the Senate, which were a- bout thirty in number ; of these about tw enty were disposed of, the greater p„rt of them being passed. About midnight, there being no cpiorum, a call of the House took place, which carried so fur as to close the doors; after which, twocr three members were brought in in the cus tody of the Sergeant at Arms, and made ihtir persoi.’al apologies. The further proceedings were ihen’dispcnscd with, and the House coniintied in session until 4 o’clock )csicrday morning. For the last three hours there was no quorum, and the motions for adjournment and for a call of the House were almost uninter. milted during that time. MAy 23.—In the Senate, the morning; was principally spent in the consideratioti of Executive business. The resolution offered by Mr. Benton, lo continue thf; busiucss over till ihe next session, wat rejected. Ayes 1:1, Noes, 18. /\t f o’clock the Senate adjourned, sine die. The House of Rep resentatives met yc?- terday at 10 o’clock, when, a quorum be ing present, the Bill making appropria tion for the public buildings was signed by the Sj)eaher. The House ilien sus- l)ended the 18lh rule, by a resolulion which was concurred in by the Senate, i.’» order to pass lv\o bills—^the one to com- IHMisate registers atid receivers of the Land Office, for extra services under th'' act of 1821, and the other to compensatei registers and receivei s of jiublic nionc\* for transporting and depositing the same, both »jf vvliich bills were passed, enrolled, and approved by the President. Var; ous resolutions were ilien cfTered, among which will be fotwul one by Mr. Badger, of Ncw-Vork, on the subject of’suspend ing a 'final setllemcnl with members ot the House for iheir/fr allowance, iinlil the adjournmcni shall bavc takfn place, which resolution the House relu^• cd to consider. A I/ill was reported iiy Mr. Livingston from the Committee on the Judiciary.lor the creation ot^ a new D'opartment, to bo branch of the Slate Department. After the usual foi’ic.alities, the Hou>' adjc,urt.ed at about l',;.lf past IJ o’clod” .r.iiil i!ie first Monday in Do.cenibci'. Anion;; the most imiioriant of liic pn vale bills w hich were acted on, was l!H‘ for the relief of Mr. Monroe, hte deni of the United States. His claim to- arrears due to liini was about ' As lliis was due iifteen or sixteen ago, the Coir.millec which reported tl’.v bill, adiled ihe interest to the linn. 'I'liis ilem of interest was slricki.'ii out on nujtion of Mr. W'hilllesy, ol 01ii“j utid the bill, by inserting an adclitif’t’^- sum of about nearly equi'alci>- lo the interest, making tlie aggregiiic mount of appropriation somewhat mon than 'I’he House insi-.ted on n*' o.vn bill : and the Senate insisted o” ’j'^ atm ncinient, and asked a conlerenre. 1 ^ House refused to recede, and ^ conference. 'I'lie Committee ol eiice made a report slating the i:np:'2C.' ( ability of coming lo an arrangcineii'^ .\ mo'.ion was then made to receiU'. 2Tu the H.ouse linally ado[)led tiie larger sum. us iiifccr:td bv i!;c Senate.—
The Journal (Salisbury, N.C.)
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June 6, 1826, edition 1
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