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I i T 7 A 17. ! A fi i Jti- I ... It dDlUEIx VOL. VI. Charlotte, (N. C.) June 24, U8 n.H.MAI)nA,,;,7r. , f. J. HOLTO. IVoMecsr end i'sllTtW. ... . : , .'-TKiiiisi ': TWO DOLLARS'. iT ittlci In advance. ' ,fw Dollar ind 1 irty Cent, If Ml paid within monllis. t '. Tli re BoUva, if not paid until lb end of the fJTAJvtftimenU inserted at ths usual rate. jml-Miinr tL M. C-ocnrtn l appointed an IkuI for lb Journal, and U authoriaud to racclv poney and give receipts In my name. T. J. II, WEEKLY ALMANAC . " "Tjf NE. tunsun I (Oft, friewalutB.1 moon riiAsi:. S r rnUy, Si Bsiuruay, t Sunday, fl Monday,' W Tuesday. !.. J7 i? o. n. at. ,Fua i a 3 mom. 1 II I J 9 A 477 13 Last. 14 1J 19 morn. ' v. 0-1 11 1 1 ... 1 ..1 'J igl .'"w "" " . . ' . ... . ... nm id axjairn. W 1 nurruar, a.. fYesj IA rtiMfll Star. jUt Ur.l"i.vs nv nr.;.i i.ihi i-iiil , la our paper w lately enumerated aom if those, promwea which were made, and hu of the principle which Were prufes. d. bv the oririnal Jackson Parly. We itiempted 19 shew a wide ami manifest dif. ftrence between thete anj the practice of iliiaadroiuwtration.' , Vt ain resume the subject. v One if the practices T Adams, inJ one Dot the least cooijemnei!, wa the iTiiTmeorwm Executive oOice. Gen. Jackson himself - . .'-... t .a m' . t Hid pointedly conacrnnea iniw practice, arm jtva.rJcxf it at to wvh rj wine rem iMgnt. tod l require an amendment of the Coo atitgtioe- - placed by that tnstruinent - . - ( v watches upon L.xecutivt mterui a no am. croarhment, itwrae,7M conceive, well frarrd, their yuiboc might be lulled, their 1 t . 1 t .1 r.ii erfa cnarmea u aircp, vj iiwwmm yuw ar.aiid the tutntantial eninlumenla at Ifee ly of the Preaukot. llae the preaetti aditiiiMtratioa ected out thie principle t lle they redeemed- thit pledge f They ! utterly disregarded Jh one ant) c. ttmwd the other. . .More membfra Con. fftgrhsri teen appointed to nffice 3irring rht admttnatrtrion. tnan mmng ih aattttA Mtratimt of atf pterediog Preaidenta tJ er. 1 nil m a aiuvooni ian, ana canix u oVfl'ied. Isui ia Ihra allr ' Hare w not rmd reaenn to aay, thi power of appoint. mm! baa btea tterciaed wilB ww w to- iurnce the act oil of tooc reae f a hate. Aa hooraUe member nun irxinta, 10 the f ice of the Ihiuee ei KepreaeoUtitea, and brf.ire the whole nation baa ma-Ie Hie charge, made aiccificaiio, named the ve I - . . 1 - - .1 a I rv itHiitKiuaia wn nare onrn inua oprraira ui4i: ana who waa iuuiiu 10 cniiinv it 1 Who tWif cuniradict him r lie aflirmed thai iho iK-rvwite nwftion. a m at roni.fi- lu'tinI o ption, one ol die rnoni impor. 1 . . tai l !urh r..r tnrt haaatfitaieo (no cun- Jrv. waa cutilmiivu and tk t.U U nv ll.e mia- m n In LnuiamJ. 1 me orwea ikji itmcunr II IWV 1UIH."U w ll7 f.lM.-ir. . :i)rr hi'iKimi 01 una nracncf ii corruni- mj Jeiniisnfirai-iJUl it4 muunuaaH-iv ca-.u.i .mshtv li.;4.-ia AE.iA..aulicct- i r t. . a - . . .1 1 . - f . . ... . " . iliacoverict worthy luc aage and prulou'id aUleamun wIkicUuih their aleriiity. Con t'fpw can nvake natntnal oik, but not lo ml ortra; or, td" atate the proposition- m iilaid. Inncunin. the Preaiclftit ha t con- il.;Mn4Llhat Ina duclrin i i tre thina hi nraclicw anut4ir. atiJ uuita a diiTcrcut Aaiio J the whole country imns with the rii'L"r i.f lh line if aafa brcrdpnl. fix. !M.eJitiuriaLnemj,jtheJ.(ibtfi It a did it armild on. to all practical . , T ... . . ... " . . r Bir(K)aca,sive totneincuinucntoi ine rmi- d"n'ir rhair. tla nniifiirinM)t rvf hia'auc. rtMor. .Markt.ieaftffurti itirwe ikiiowr. -.' . .1 . 1 . ..... .... an 1 nan can dnv il. II r. V a Uuirn ia ad- C4led iiirt-aa an Iho prAirxl tnnt Uie a " j aw f rrnjent dtairet . hit . eWt im. To the trued fhe cuUaUUiiioa as to diinmiali the (eUI-ttive potter, bi.t awell immeasurably He Xt'cuuie poeki.Wti0na' of jhe,C"MQJu?y. w.bi.cli' are Jcairmw Ihewa wwfke hou!J go on, and which formerly looked to ilie law-making jHiwnr, the rtriuy appro printing power, inuiit conciliate whoever Is at the bead uf the Executive driattment of Ojre ignorant atidcriolHiB part of the i tlf iovcrnu5i:uUJ.tt w luiarrprcaeut Jiia cofiiinmiMr. thia appeal ia constantly inatlej UeorJackwKi ia your fiirnd, b inowa who ill do brat, and be is jri lavuur of Van Un ten. The immense patronage of the go. rnmeot, the 4rfat and fcriejamplcd ,,jpfj4 "oal populirity of the Etmrtief ta nolo. .L-lI." . M. . tl n'.wij cicrira 10 procurn ao iiurwn a . . ' ... ... ... lathi. not ..bIISing thi Ur .,t ult k within teiW ore precedents t If this nomination of his uccesaor shall be ratified by the people, if they thai, bend their Decks to the joke, wrll it cot be introducing into thrs- p wommt a ttft pewtr, which no limited monarchy of modern Europe tolerates, and which ia on!y known under th iron deiolin of the Ruaaian Aetocrtt t What will the empty W, the idle pageantry of electing our Chief Magistral U worth, if we are mere poppet, U moved at ilts aill of our maatrt ' .. " . ' i-. . v' 7. Mr. Adama'wat loudly eondemne4 for kit 111 lit Mill life.. AM MlltnvllfiAfir I Km Clkla titution, at entertaining high toned Feder. I doctrinef f and we were prom ised that h government should be administered ac. eotding totha principles of ,M r. JefTersoo. ,How have ibesa fine promiaes been compli iM Hare these pledges been re. medT Has the system of Internal !n tfrt-emeot been prostrated? A candid and fief rev'wwof the oast will furnish the beat answer Tha proclamation of the Preei. t f tha United States ean ecaV'j n"ft - - f- 1 . . t f . L. ,gntten.A fcighly repubtrcart diiwrit truly J WooderfuHy accordant wiih Jcfier taki.. a a pnnciptesi Again I the protest is another truly Jef. feraotiian Slute pajier I Both these, accord, ing to bit prowiisfs, gentle render, and thoso of bia fiiitiid's, whilst be was yet A. Jjcknoii, a private individual, and U'fore his bend was turned by U$ giddy bcighi to which he had been raised by a grateful peo ple, you would supping contended for the strictest construction ' of the Constitution. This only shews your simplicity, and how iiuio you are versed in the wiles of pohtM ciaiis. (So far from its being o, we boldly venture the assertion, and challenge coo. tradictionwe will and can prove it from the paper thenselvend two documents have ever emanated from any public man more high toned, more ultra-federal, more at war with the celebrated . Virginia and Kentucky resolutions. So anxious is the President, in the-first, to tstablish hi late. Itfadopied anti-rrtnjblican doctrines and theories, that be fulmfics history, fo accoin pliah his object He declares that not on j 1m tfte Stater not -wVemgn, nnder the7 cnnatituiion, but that they never; were so. lie declares that any act of Congress, bow ever palimbly unconstitutional, ia binding, unless the people, think proper to resort tu the glorious right of rebellion. He declares the Senatnraand"ibeRepreerntative in Congress as not representing the particular Stale or District from whence they came, but the whole people of all the states, as one great consolidated jrovernmeut. In fine, I. . r : r r -r1' no acema anxious, anu aucu ia inn wnote tendency of his proclamation, to make the General Uoveroment every thlng,1the 8tate Governrrienls noUiin.Take any one of Uaniel e'jster arpeecbes, the celebrated peech for bstance, 00 Foot' reaohitiona, t,nd you will see the writer of this proclama 'lion copies himoay, outstrip bun. ' Again t take hi protest, and eiamine it. i no ijciore one migniy genius of the au tlmr of that pjper shedJts bright illumina. tioqs on our dark and benighted minds, ey. er, in this country, heard of "inherent Ciecutive power," M left uncbecked by the ContauiioF,Ult not thi oeiilier more nntJmihul pTodcJ Tong elnce T" Inliereht Eiecutive power II ?"- Ouf onsttttrrior. apeak 1a no such language. Our strictly limited and well defined grants of power, for specified purpose, countenance, no such idea. The whole thoory of our government, all our institutions utterly repudiate thia monstrous doctrine. The'arrognut and haughty tone of the Protest is not lest remarkable than tbjjeftw; claim nf Executive power con. tained 10 II are dangerous and nowarrnnt. ed. It more resemble the trtyleTof a des pot, addressing his slae and menials, than a cwninuuicalioo from the American Presi dent lo llie American Semite; from one co ordinate department of xihe (Jovernment to another. , 119 ihe rvs'era of Internal Improvement been prostrated I No; far from it, more money has been etwi'ded oh such objectf, during this admim! ration, than any "pje- (eding one. True th i president has made , - SYNOPSIS".''- ...,". l OF'. ' '; '' Congrcimional Prqcccdingt. iWaif, Jun$ 3, 1838. - SENATE A Hill to reorganixa th General Land Otlic, waa oontidared and rderd to ba en. grouad. Pawed next day. : ' Mr. Wright Chairman of the Select Committee of Nino, lo whom wera referred lha Bill to regu. lata lha Depositee r tha Public Money, reporied a eubntiiuie for ibal IlilL Ordered to b printed. ' IIUL bH The Bill to extend tl Wentera bo.in dary of MieuM.pi waa read a third tiuie, and pined. . A memga wu reoeived from tha PreniJent, an the snliject of (ha damaga auitaiued by Ilia Polo oiae Bridge, from tha lata reins; and a resolution appropriating lha rce,uimle sum ouSVfth Treata. ry, for iu repain introduced tM4Y. B. Rlu p. pert, pf thi vtale, from Iba Cenniius 0 lha Dia Irid of Colombia, wu paaeed. ,; The Hood resgmad, in Committeeof the WboJe, (he Bill makinr approprialiooa lot lha current ax. peneee of the Indian DeparlmeaL for Iadiaa aa. naltlea; tc. for the year 1838 r which was carried ibrugb Comuittee of lbs W bole, and reporied I to diepoe of lb yacaut lands, Six, tie. Tlisonly 1 gentlemen to respect not the parliamentary law( i.. r iwuii in ma 0111, n poiomd out lo be, out th positive wrtlteo Kuleaot Ui Uoaes. viewslj Let Jus acts speak, tie approve ai appropriation to clear out one river, be caue, he aays77t ' ia a iiaUiHialjobject j and he vetoes an appropriation to clear out aoo- th.r;,rw.efHbji The Cuioberlnnd ikiver is a national ob- Kftrlho lTBbash is a local one. I he we asm!! repeat, that winim ne may nave diminndie-l the power of Congrea n Ihia luhji'Ct, be has increased hisowri, inamuch as he muat be cobcdia.t cd before any of these approprwlioiia can be ellected. ; " Wbilat on this subject,, we beg to make a remark or two upon another discovery, the most remarkable of the many remarka bit. doctrines emanating from this adminiv tration. It i? that Congrcse can alter the Conatitulion; xthaJy, legiahon to day, Ibey can clolhex lihieniselve Vt power to-morrow, which Ihey did not treviouily rtowss.P3LCreoting port of entry at Milton, on the Roanoke, they will have, ac cording to this new light which baa shone upon us," power lo clear out ibe river to that place, though now they can only go lo Plo,iih,that being Ihe bighett port of en try. Dul enough for the presenl. Wilkin, (say the Lynchburg, Virginian) having pocketed tWOUTiai rettrrned from his Mission to Russia, having made his bow to the-Emperor Nicbnbrt, and remained jnat-tong- enough tn Sti-Peterabuf J t ae certain the range of the tbermoneter dur ing a little month t H'hngei the noil lrp. Saturdav.Junei, SENATE. The Bill freiu th Uoom. SDoro. prMing funds to repair Iba Potomae Bridra. wu considured and passed. ,! I 1 be Uill to extend tha Charters of certain Banks ia Iba District f Colnaibis, waa eoiuidered and paesrd Yeaa 80, Naya 14. - . IJULSt. 'I ba llous refused I Use op the re solution filing. Ihs daj of adjournment of lb pre. uut sen ion f Cons reaa, by a vol of 104 to 73. Monday, June 0. ATE. A resolution offered some days if 0, B Mr. PrestoiT, to provide for Die purtiiaac of ivur Itistortcal raiotias a to nil tbr vacant bicsjm ia the Rotundo, Wu agreed to. t ; - 1 li ttui to extend ua Uni fo reoeivinr the proof of certain pr e-onplion claims of aettlera oo public lands, ander th Act of J ana 1834, wu coo. idered and passed. ' t .. IlULHt. Mr. L-iwrenee. (of Maas.) presentrd four reownslrsDees, signed bjr 153 melee and 2eC females, of Buaton, srsinsl iba admission of the Territory of Arksnsss into tha I'aion aa a 8!av. holdiag State. The 'dear ereaturea" of Boston are uow illiog to aee etaaer extend among any clasa but their own. Wa wish Uiem the bonds sweedily. A petition of the same character wae received from tha Mew York Stat Abolition Society. Mr. ild preeentod tea otlier of th earn character from persona of both sexes, ia Vermont, , New If ampsbir, UooneelicHl, and rennsilvajiia. Mr. MaaeJlttHt reeettd fire laMsaad inkabitnU af AVw. I'tva CUy The Iwlia Ucpartment and A&nQiiy nun was oofistdered ia Ihe lloosev and finally panetts ; A Bill lor th pevment of Messrs. Moore and Letcher, ia th ease of the eonlesled seat in th (art session of Congress, was eoesider ed and passed. TttJay, June 7. SENATES Nmhiuf of th kttt Importanca in the proeecdinge f the Svoat this day. HOCSri ln4 mu rue bill rrom the Sen ile, providwf for lb Uislribulioa aaioncst the se veral Sutcs, for a limited time, of th Proceed of Uie Isil of the Publie Laixie, aod th anotMo pending on lb rclefenc of th sam, were to ken up. The qtiestuHi was firt taken oa tha motion at Mr. Williams of Kentucky, to commit lb bill to lb Vnmnwlie of th W bole on the Mat of the Lnioa i hen there appeared yeas 97, naya 96. - The Speaker said thai, under lb ninth rule of the Hoasei he was entitled to vote in th.a case; auiTbe accordingly voted In Qui sffirmstJTe. Bo ihe motion wu tot The question, beine next en the motion of Mr. Carr, to refer lb Bill to th Commute on Public l,am)f the question was debated until the etnira- i mil of th hour allotteJ to such business, without taking lh vote. ' . Th lull making appmMiations lor certain for tifications for the year IS3G, was then taken up, and discussed until the adjour n ment " SCNATE. Mr. Grundy, from the Committee n th Post tfcfic and Post Roads, reported te Bill from the I loose, to reorganiw lha Post Udic Deiartinent, w ith amendnicnla. ' Th lluuse Bill for tha et.blihment at aa Ar- acual ia H. Carolina, wu pued.i . 1 . JnctnJuru J'iiiireiea. On motion of Mr. Calhoun, the 8-enat then proceedtd to consiJer Ihe mil to prohibit denulv noslmastrre from re- celeing Snd transmilting certain paper described thrri-m, in the Maine hi which tbey ar of may be pvuhibiti'd by lav. - r ' .Th question being on the pawage of the Bitl, A disenssion took plac. in which Alesais. Web, eterr Buchanan, Dvt, tirtndy, Clay, CIIinun, Walker, Cuibbert, Morris, and Ewing, of Ohio, aoflagid. -t -i'M iptmiew wt tHew taken yaw and nars on the psssage of the Bill, and decided aa follow s Y t.A? Messrs. lUaca.J.rown, nurnansn,v.ai- llial il did not contain Ihs usual exeuiution fnun taxation for five yt-ara of lands purchased by Imli. viduala from lha United Stale. Dipvnsiug with this axemplion-, it was thought, would lend todi. courage purchases merely lor speculation, and b olherwis of general beneGl. Tha Bill was passed, after aom debate. Th Bill to regulat tb IXpoeite. ate. aa it cam from tha fcelsct CommilUi ol Nine, wu de bated until th adjournment. IIOL'SE. After scmds private bnsines, lb Com. mitte of the Wholo waa again engsged in the consideration of lha Bill to establish the Northern Boundary of Ohio, and lb Bills for th admission of Michigan and Arkansaa into the Union. Upon thesS Bill theCoinraUiM ol lha Whole eontiuued in. session during Ihs leftaU algal of Uie yih, and until kalffU tUvtn e'eier Me next day, when tha Committee rose and reported tha Bills to the House; and the Members, worn out with fatigue, aajouroca ui lions over to Bstordsy. Daring tha nijbt and , morning, Bumberleaa motions were made to adjourn, and for lbs rising of the Committee, but were slllosf. Tba follow. ing extrictt from tha proceedings, at different ptv nous oi te night and morning, will give Iba rea4 der an idea of tb Seen which prevailed during the session, aa well u tba reasons why it wu ao unoooaciooably protracted t Mr. Phillips said it wu now peat midnight exhausted in body and mind, ba could not feel tfrirf, it wu his duty to remain and consent to the percipilat action by which it wu evidently in tended to arc Virtu gk ta cteiWfr two bills of to linporunoe of tbosw ander consideration, vile therefor moved that lha coipniilte ris. Tiia mnlinn bavins' hmmn rviil thmrm taara bvm flTirmtWt t 6a6ium. T . r - Mr. Sevier requested MriFbillipa to withdraw bia motion. .:-. Mr. Phillips said that if, with a knowledge of the fact the! a quorum wa not, prment, b could be persuaded lo withdraw bis motion, or to refrain from insisting mat the Chairman rise and report tb fact to th I loose, according to its rules, for th purpose of si ting upon a Bill to apart a Stats imto ths Unoa, ha should feel himself unworthy of th plac b held. . Tb t oinmiite tben rose, and reported Iba fact dial they wcr without a quorum. ; Me, need moved an adjournment " '"' Mr. Adams requested that tb bonr (near 1 o' clock) might M noted on lb Journal. I lie tliairman said it was not in order. The question on the adjournment being taken. the vol was ve 34, noes 98, Tberw being a quorum, th Hons -went into comiBUteariipoa tba Bilj lwt tha adniission'of -Ar: L A sootian was again mad that the committee rise, and lh vote was, ates 15, noes S4 not a quorom ; and th members having hsea counted. 1 1 -t wcr rtpartrd present. Toe committee roe, and rs ported thalthey war without a quorum. .... A anotioa waa made to adjoorn, Which wu lost. A call of tb llous wu ordered, at pear half past one o'clock, and waa proceeded in, tilt, at a. bout half past four, 1 Vi members having answered and eeveral absentees having been sent for, aud kvugkl up in eastWy tAe rfyeal-l-rait, a mot mo to excatw all lb absanke prevailed, and the doors, were opened. Many ainosing bat animportaat incident oc-. enrretk Mr. Adams moved to amend th bill by Ibtro ducing a claus that nothing in this act shall be construed as an assent by Cong-res to, the article in lb Constitution of the said Sattn relation to slavery and the emancipation of slaves. Thia motion waa tK bated at some extent by Messrs. Adams, Cusliing, Hard, and Briggs, in fa vor of it, and Mr. Wis against i and waa nega tived, at about four o'clock in the morning, by a vote of itti to 31. Tba question waa taken on. lb motion wbieh bad been made for tha commiltoa to lis, anu de termined in th negative. ' - Mr-- Wis tben resumed th thread of hi tt marka upon tha bill, and concluded at a lililw alu eleven o'clock. When I "J Mri McKennaa obtained tba flosr Th Mama bers of the Hojae were, be aaid, evidently all worn, ' out by this protracted silting suauy bad not slept and others bad not broken their last' All bad aud of repose ., W have (said be) fought tb bill maa fully, and don our best to slave off th decision npou U. Aly friend from Virginia (especially) his fought it bard and long, and has, In fact, veri bed lh old adage, " ban dog jot a Itng ta. -I hope, sir, the oominitus will rise, and report the) . bills, and that w shall adjourn over till lo morrow -r" Mr. McK. mad a motion to tbia effect. -; Tha motion waa carrh d. The coiuruitte rose, and reported the two bills, and Iba House than ad C ned over to meet on Saturday, at lb Usual r (10 o'clock.). ' " - "-'- Friday, June 10V - 6ENAT& A Veto Message waa received the President, declining to sign tl Bill providing for the Chahge in lbs tints for th meeting ol tUtot V gress. The following is ths first paragraph of th Message r - - - Tnk8tMtMfth$Vnitid8tattii 1 . Th act of Conrres "toappoint a day fbr tha annual meeting ol Congress," which originated in the Senate, has, not received my signature Tb power oi uongreu to nx, by taw, a day lor the regular annual meeting of Congress is andoabtedj but tba concluding part of this act. which i in. tended to fix lb adjournment of every succeeding C ongress I lbs second Monday in May, alter iho commencement of th first session, does net am f pear toine ln accordante alth Uie provisiooa of the Consiiioliow of tha United Sutea. ' Ths MesMg was ordered la be printed, and was made tba order of tba day for Wednesday nexl -' , The Select Committee's Bill for the mrnlatiod of tba Public Dcposiles, waa again under discus, simt ontil tb adjournment Rtvev RoUinson, Tallmadga, Walker, WUite, Wright ia. - NAY'!WMevlTentvB,aaytOiledcv4,Da. viv Ewing.of Illinois, EWing of Ohio, ldbo. roogh, Hendrifks, HubblTti, Krt, Knight, Ltigb, McKean, Morris, Naodain, NikrSf Prnlims Rf git, Hhepley, Southard, Swift, Tipton, Tomlin. aom W all, Webster 23. So th Bill wu rejected. By mistake, ws staled, In our tut paper, that this Bill had passed lha Senate t wa wera led is to the error by mistaking the vwte U owMtioa of Its third reading, for lbs vote on ite final paa. ugeEd-yewraai. - HOI'SIL After lha IxaiiMctioa of ow pri vate kuai.iess, th Hon took In CMsmiiU of th Whole Mr. Speight w lb Chair tba Bill to establish lb Northern boundary of Ohio, and the Bill to admit Michigan and Arkansaa into the Union which were debated untillbe adjournmert. 7 Watay, June 0. SEXATR Miraif Sekmtt Unit, ae-On mdlhm of Mr. Wright, th Bill supplementary to lh Bill toeatablisb iba Northern boundary of Ohio, and for Iba admission of Michigan into lb Union," with th amendment thereto proposed by him, wis taken np and considered. Mr. Ewing explained th provisions of lh kill (Mdof lh amendment,) which was lo make the swal rMrvtiwaa,ia bebalfof Michigan, of school lands, ind of flvs" per cent Tf th nHi p Js of tales f poblia land. Ml tb ewndilioo f th re. .nitnn Uva ahaolnU ris hi of lh Uaiud SUlM "a -v .- w - Mr. Mason, of Virginia, moved at 7 o'clock in th morning, that the Committee rise, and report UMttvo Michigan and Arkanw bills to the House. Mr. W ise then rose, and addressed th House et lenrth, in opposition to the course of the ma- mrit. in nressinir Una oneMion noon a House. - , - ... i - ,. ...... sleepy, tired, and druok, , lis i waa6ppoea wine"nrnw'Teg-w st t n mtjor nrm in miutiuw that Uia comniiltea report tha bills, and said he would speak till 10 o'clook, when tha House would be otider tlie neeeity of drojiing the subject; as it wit-not a special order for FrHjay. Mr.; Wise eeveral time g av-way lo motions that th cwnmiUee ris, whith wer lost withuul a suUnt; : ' ' At half past nine, Mr. Wise having yielded Die floor, Mr, MeKennan aucgesled that, aa the mem. bcra were murh exhausted, the conwutw should rise, with the understanding that the House should tben adjmira till lo-inorrow, when lha gentlaman froifi Virginia would resume bi remark. , ' Mr. W is said it was true that he wat in an on- fit condition to continue his remarks; but it was near pYhkandJ, had it In bk power to have lii will over thi subject, andi so help him Cod, he would persevere, il he died by il. T Mr: Wits 1 proceeded ia hii lemarka till ten o'clock. " w Mr. Chambers, of Kentucky, then rose, Mr. Wis having temporarily yielded the floor, and called upon Uisthair to, decide wbetlier the coin. IHtllC COU1H COUIIIIUQ IU l: n"w wr.ii v - clock, the hoar assigned by the Rule for the House to meet and th tjker to take the Cliair. - Mr. Wis said h would atk the ISergeantt, Armk, wher now is the Speaker of the Hoote. In iiia room," wu answered by aom one. Mr. McKennan akv.l ol' I lis Chair, as a nuec- tion of order, whether it was not the duty of th Speaker to taks th cbair, every day, oo lb arri- val of lh hour f 10 o'clock J The Chairman said that h should ant nnder. take, ia bia prevent plac, (of Chairman of tb Comhiilte of lb Whole) to decide any question In refi.tenc4"to tb duty of tha Speaker of;Th House. THE SESSlO.t OF 25 HOUR81 Ia relation to tb extraordinarily protracted see. sion of th Hoosaof Reprasentativea an Th arada f ths 9th Instant, tba National Inlellifancer r. market ' - - . . .... - .. "Th present tetaioa of Confress has been sornawbat remarkable for. the want f aptitud to business in Ihe Hons of Representatives : ia eon. tequeno of. which, and ths defedivene of tb Rules of tb llous, thit body haa gone through great tabor, ta proportion to tha amount of boM. nss actually traneacied by it. Never, that wa re. member, bavsthamtUngaonb House, at any for mer session, been ao frequently prolonred to a lato boor. Never hu the Previous Question been so freely awed, dot tb Yeas and Naya ao oflea r sorted to. " ' . . - The sitting of lbs House, however, which hsv gan at 10 o'clock A. M. oa Thursday, and ended at 11 o'clock vesterdav. it absolutely without a nr. cedent in our history, if not in all Ihe history of legislation. It was a Herculean task for tboew ' member a bo persevered to ths end, and a vex, tious and painful trial to tha eonatitstioaa of tbosw who Wer at last obliged to seek repose, many of' Whom wera brought out of their bed in th oWd hour of the night, by the officers of tb How, to enabl it to keep a quorum. - "The purpose of this great effort on tb part of the Majority may, we wppote, b elated plainly tjere, will out offence to any one, because it is a purpose hicbiio individual to Uiatmsjority would desire lo conceal. The bills which have passed th Senate, for the ad in is ion of Arkansas and Mlchi. gan u State into th Union, wer before the llous as in Committee of th Whole: that ia, Iho Speaker's Cbair is tilled, in such case, by another Member, who becomes Chairman of the Hows, which, by a legal fiction, Vs then called a emvmiu lee. Whilst iu committee, th Previous Question is silent , nor can the Yeas and Naya ba taken. There ia no way, therefore, of ending any debet in Com mitte of th Whole, if th minority per. tiat in it, whatever may be lh will ef th majori. belbr at were dcterwim-d lo get Uuse bills out of CommiUee of the W hole, that, being re-rtcd to lb iiouse Us tbey bavs been.) tbet nuibl b sub ject to the operation of the Previous QueMienv: 1 lie niatorit ot the tloutavta aiuiuus.of all- tbioge, thai tbea bills sotmld pas and that they should pat trtiaosr nmmamtnt, apprehendins that thi ir final passage would be endangered by having to go back to lb fVnate with amendmenta. By resorting lo the Pre tloua Question, th maKW rity, having tucceeoed in forcing lit Ctmmitlt af L'lt H'aWt to report the biilt to la lima; will have il in tlitir power, if the ehue, when tb- billt again com np, to preclude both debate and amendment, and bring the House'al once to a di rect qutsUon ao Ui passage of lbs Bills." - THE SPEAKER'S VETO ON THE - LAND BILL! Mr. Speaker Polk ha, in the llous ef Repre. tentative, applied ti attain a new and extra! diniry form to the Land Bill.- A proposition we made to refer Uiat bill to a I ommiilc of lha W hula on the state qf. the Union ; another to refer it to tb Committee on Publie Lands, and a third to com. mit it to the Committee on Finance. Tbia itroo- oaition waa well understood to involve lh tola of that great measar. If it wer referred to eithet of lh tw Utter Commilteea, n. waa known that Ihe bill miKhl b reporkd when and how the Com. mitte pleated, oy not reported at all durin this sesoion, if such should tb pWaaurt of llie Com. miitrs; and ao on doubt that such would b it pleasure. If any party purpose were lob kdvanctd; whrea,if the bill war referred to the Commit. tr of Iht Whul House en th statu of the Union, tt would retna in under lb cuslodv af th w4W I Hons, tod nothing could be don with tt wbieh would not be publie and open, and wrtrrnT the knowledge and obrvatioa of all the membrrrv Under the eircomstanee, the quest inn of itrer. enc to the Committee ef tber Whole an th state of lha Union cam upon in TtbinttaaW and there . . V Mr. MeKennan the movvd that tb committee rise, for th purpos ef deciding ia tb llous that quasi ion. . . - - ' -'". Mr. Bell said he did not know, nor wu it ma Icrial to what he, rose to tay, what object eoutd be aecomptiihed by prolonging the present tilting s-t wer for it 97 yeas, ajainst 96 nays, Aceerding but it was, ia his opiainn, the duty of lh Commit. to tb usual course of business according to emir I. ' art according I all fair aaO Opea, invrstiratioa. lb .question ought to have bea considered aa sot. llro and th refersoc ordered to tb Com an it Ire oflh Whole en tb tlat of th Union but hern Mr. Speaker Polk taterpeted bi Vet power, Vbtedi under a ral ef thHiHi,ef which, m each a- Star of tb anetJlofl.'li Speaktf rarery. if aver, ti fx end, by making, lh eomhrr ef th. tee to rise, in order to dcit the question of order now raised. A majority of lb committee might indeed oblige the committee to continue in session; but ibey would do il in defiance ef th express Rale of the Iiouse. 'There' waa no alternative in tb present east, ander th Rule, but for the commit to it rise. It Wt b to IbeT power oTh mi- ioritJwhen in-the (Iojise. to direct the ennliinia.lvsils bimsel . . I a: : . . k.' i r 1 VI.!..-. ....l. l. il.. j r a 3.1 imaiinviiKmimi w wine... n" 1. 1 h . 1 1 . wv ui, 1 i-ini-a u B.jteid) bt abeuld awt object. Bat ba btgged ef 1 rfrrt( That, by thi xUaordiaary txras .
North Carolina Whig (Charlotte, N.C.)
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