VOL. IX :
; ..NO. 423.
'k'S'
PUBLISHED WEEKLt, BY
-At 53 per annumhalf payable .in advanced
BY AUTHORITY,
No. i8.J
.AN "ACT to ' provide for .the. employment f
. an additional naval force.'
Be it enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives of the VnitedjStates
of America in Congress assembledix
ihe following sums be, & tbey are hereby j
lespectively appropriated; for defraying
thejexpenses of the Navy, for the .year
one thousand eight hundred aud t wenty -six,
in addition to the sums ' heretofore
appropriated by law for that object, that
is to say;. -' V'.- v -'-V -Sr' :XV
For pay and subsistence of petty offiT
ten, and for pay of seamen, : other than
those at Navy Yards, shore stations, and
in ordinary, sixty-six thousand eight boo
dred and ninety-seven dollars ; :
. for provisions, forty-three thousand
1
eight hundred and sixty-eight dollars. . c
For medicines and hospital stores four
thousand dollars. . ; " l
For repairs, and wear and tear of ves
sels, ninety thousand .dollars. vv.v
Sec. 2. Andbeit further ettacted, That
the several appropriations hereby' made,
shall be paid tmt of any money' in the
Treasury not otherwise appropriated :
Provided, however, -That no money ap
propriated by this act, shall be paid to
anv person tor his compensation who is
in arrears to the United States, until such,
person shall have accounted for, and paid
into the Treasury, all sums for which he
may be liable : , Provided, further, JThai
nothing in this .section 'contained, shall
extenu to balances awtjjsoieiy iiuui Tire-
depreciation of Treasury notes received
by such person to be expended in the
public service, but in all cases where the
pay or salary of any person is withheld
in pursuance' of this act, it shall be . the
duty ot the accounting officer if deman
ded by the party, his agent or attorney,
lo report forthwith to the agent, of the
Treasury Department the balance due ;
and it shall be the duty of the said agent,
within sixty 'days' thereafter,' to order suit
to be commenced againstjsuch delinquent
aod his sureties. i i
JOHN W. TAYLOR,
' Speaker of the House of Representatives
, . , v - John c, calhoun
Vice President of the United States
d President of the Senate
ArffiovjsD April 6, 1826.
JOHN QOINCy ADAMS.
i No. 19 '
AN ACT to extend the Land Districts in the
j- ' Territory, of Arkansas. r!-- :'t -':
Be it enacted by the Senate' and House
of Representatives of 'the United States
if Amer ica in Congress assembled, That
all (hat tract of country in the .Territory:
of Arkansas, lying north of the base line,
and west of the Lawrence Line District,'
be, and the same is herebv. attached to,
sad made a part of said Land District;'
and all that part of . the Territory of . Ar
kansas lying south of the t base" line, and
west of the Arkansas Land District be,f
and the same is hereby attached to, and
made a part of the ;. Arkansas Land Dis
trict : tjrovidtd) -That nothing in. this act
confamed shall b construed as aiithcrt
ng a survey pr Interference of any kind)
Whatever '.upon any lands, : the " ritht
vbereof is in an v Indian tribe
V . 1
ApfRovi)--Ai)rH 5 s S2&.
AN ACT for altering the time for holding nfc
ttrm of the District Court for the Western
- District of Pennsylvania. , f i : ?v t " i '
-Bett enacted bv the Senate and House,
f .fesentuvesofcfte. United $tait$
cf America in Congress assembled, That
wieierm ol tbe District Court ot the; Wes
tern District of pehnsy Ivaniano w'direc
ted to be held at Pittsburgh, in the coun-
v , Atieghany on, the second ivionaay
of Octnbei, shall hereafter be held at the
place, on the third Monday of Uc
; tober '0 each j ear thereafter. f . :- - 4-"
f Sc. 2. nd be U further exacted, That
.actions, suits, processes, Tpleadings,
and other pVo&edihgsbmmeticed and
inner as the v wi.nla hxvt hpen
coe sond Alidaj of October, if Ihe
r me 8ai District Court shall
nave &Ayj bt, hrd, and beteTroinedcm
I; dJci tond Monday ot October, in the
mm
AJACT to authorize the Sfate of Pehrisvlva-
'r;nia to lay oat and make a canal through the
i jUnited States public ground, near the city
f-PitrurghNVi -
J Be it enacted bt the Senate and House
& ltepreseniaiwe8 qf the United :St&te8
vj America m SAmgress ass e mo tea, yi hat
ihe consent C'S'-'y-&H
lo the -Slate of Pennsyl vahiaji i to lay Out
find tnakelVrcartal through, the United
atates : punuc ground, .at i the viuageroy
La wrenceville, near the citypf K ttsbiirgh ;
Provided, That, In laying out andjmaking
kmA .mrnil ' ilia onirl Qialn . Wxf 1?n.:r.Aoa
artisans,for laborers, by , her employed,
shall hot interfere;with, or' injdref, any of
the buildings,' , improvements, or other
works, erected, or, that may hereafter be
erected, by, or fof the use of the United
4 1 ,
? ; Sec. 'Andbeiifurther enacted, That
as a condition on hicV the assent of
Congress is given, wherever said canal
shal cross any public or priva te road or
highway, in said pubnd groundAhe State
maintain the said bridges passable and in
good rep'airj without receiving any toll or
tolls, or any other compensation whatever.
;:z Approved -April 14, 1826.,-; ' ;- ' -
'fi
nate
tlon
rules
er
periston
ding Officer
v: A debate of two hours duration took
place on this motioo. in which Mr. Ran
dolph spoke repeatedly id support of the
expediency, and constitutional necessity
of the proposed change in the R ules or
rather their restoration to what they had
been--and, in explanation ' of his views
in reeard to Darliamentarv forms-of the
members of legislative ,bodies especia
ly of those of the Senate of the United
States- and : cqntending, "amongst other
positions, that it is not the duty, nor the
right, ot the President of the Senate to
call a member to order until the call be
made by a member, ' and an appeal be
made to the Chair, &c
V Messrs.' Johnson, of. Ken. Holmes,
Mills', Van Borbn, Eaton and Hayne,
entered, also, into the debate,, chiefly in
explanation of. the considerations that
had led the Senate tb make the existing
change in its rules . their experience of
I the eflects of the change, and their views ;
; . .u t: i.,w4., ;,nrnna. !
N62U
r. vjwm ouaii vousc unugcs jhvc i give my enure asseni to tne .orincin
erccieu . m lor me . passage or caris armi.pn which the rules in question have
. ouu ivici:i MiciMiici Mcuauu lesciiicu. . l irusi. - saiu lie., rnat it
; I
IN SEiV ATPSirnsni V A IS
On motion of Mr. KANiotrHhe Se- " .1; C
,1. n. . .... . T'rV ' . I ,nn nf,.ll lU . . ... L' I. 1 : . j. ' S -1
; PWded (6 cohsider the ino-1 "V:7H 1'.;. , Wri r bring-bur sesjionlo a close
submitted by him to rescind the tb w;fh
- T - v . . " , ' - 1 4 111 V SI. "US DLCUi WHCI VJT CS II Jll- I 1 1 r V lrlll r-'t. . ,. " . .1. " - . i w ,. X - - V . . t. .
of the SebateJ which place tlieobw. f iS":::7. 1 In ..the tesolutibrT; dr. trie 22d . He
of appointing Committees, and thesu- as well as from whatiias been A ivi.hm, "p" proposed amend-
0 the Journal with the 1'resi- ; lha wu. n u,e ,u ,s necessary for the House to
" Ol IIS proprieiy.ur iiuui uuiictyiucuiu- i -- 0 ... , V . W c.Karr nf tu rt.,V niiSon-H tU.m
.: Parative merits of the two modes of ap
and pointing Committees, &c.&c.L the ; books; 'examined ,vhr
f debate at large cannot be immediately , . r: V'- Tl.L RSif. Wn.l Rprinni nd M9rprtlwhpn
published-it is proper to state here, that power or ine presioing t'tuwer, j .vh . itc 1 -CT- ihirx 1tiiW"rt'ieii tlie bii
ILn .1-- .1 ruf.-.u... reat ooints. is an 'appellate power jonly.;- ..we can getinrougn tnem wnen tne ou-
;.u.BrcTw us .ptpoiWi thk duties of the Chair siness cn be done?I; have heard no
j: motion, as wen as tne one wno opposeu "r"- L Senator is; called to l,such thing. Nb geiulemaa ba said, nor
. '. lit HiarlairrtPrt th remotest mtpntmn to J Commence, wnen a OCiiaior w w'u " 1 .... . . . . , - , . . '
lUlllUkC W IIIC ll-C . icsiuciu ill iui liu uti ; . ... ' v-V
.w- jn,jorf n i ;n.1ca shal be made, the Chair will not be
hv the rules : the change was suODorted
- irr 'tia. i.iir: iiiiiica -ucwvavu fii 'iiiui 1
J w ; . , . . ...
On the SCOre Of MS aDSiraCl propriety J j
. 1 . . .
and, that thexonduct of the Chair might
not be imnuned bv the procedure- ilr;
, ? - t - - ,- . . relation tr thp freedom Ot debate, in tniS
..TSiJWCrir i :
from -oVintimate personal friend of the,
ir' j.J. ' u:-w
V ICC i icaiuciiu n1111.11 nocii tm.
tradict the presumption that any conduct .
r r , i . . 1
ot that omcer uafl , inuuceu iue pruuu?-
tion.j
A division of the question being de
manded,' U; was first put. on taking the
appointment of Committees from
hands of the President. of the, Senate, and
restoring it tb the Senate .itself, and was,
decided in the aflirmative by yeas and
nays' as follows : , '. -:t t j v ; . ? :..
; AsMessrsBartbri- Beli Benton
Branch, Chambers, ( Chandler, Chase
Clay ton.' Cobb; Dickerson j Ed wards:
Findlay, Harrison, Harper, Hayne, Hen
uriCKS, nuiuies, juuiiauu ui cu uiiu-
ton, of ,Lou. Kane, King, Lloyd, Macon,
MarksjAliIIs,IobIeyj Rudolph Kfed,
Bobbins, . Rowan, " Sanford, Seymour,
Smith, Tazewelli Thomas, Van Buren,'
ylite,"Willey, VVilliams,VVpodburry.40.
1 NAYSMessrsVatbn Roggles. -2.?
vThe question
second i branch;, of the ' propbshion,: .viz.
to tale Inrbrxfrtbe Presidenbf ihe Senate
th ntrol bVeVllt
iocs ' and was also earrted by th t folio f
ing Vote .: :.; -..v,;.-
: yBAsii-Messcs. Batton Belly Benforf,
Brancrri'lChapdlerliChaseV pickerspn
EdWarsindlayarperV aVrisonf
HayneJ Hendricks,! Holmes, Johnston,
bfKentIhnlbn,v Xut Kane King:
Randolph" Hobbins, Ssnford, Seymour,
Smith, Tazewell Thomas,, Van Buren,
While Willeyl lYiiiraois; Woodbury.
. : NAYsMessrsi. Chamber; ; Clayton:
..bb,'Eat6rfi!Rbwaiy;Bugtfes
!Thers?lutfe
;3 TneicB fSiEsrbEN
sub j ect j ast decided, riarelatioft necessa-
rily to the duties of the'Cfiarri; ; : - r
No one more than myslfi said the
-Vlce;lVsioTentai
serration o( : rights. depends !m
their ieperctse. :That nation dealer id to
conquer the world,v which calledjits army
remMands
that its liberty shall be jmraort ilvhifh
lays the foundation of its syste of Go
yernment on the great principli s,' -that no.
power': ought to be delegated '. i 'hith cs n'
be fai rly exercised by r t he cpnstituei u
body, and that none ought eVer to be
delegated but to responsible !a gen rs.-U
These have, been my maxima troiih the
whole "of my political life, anil I should
be inconsistent with myself, ie I did riot
les,.
been.
nevpr
will be the ambition of him; whose lot it
is now l to occupy . this Chair, to enlarge
its powers. My ambition I hope, ' pur
sues a different directioii- not to enlarge
powers1, but to discharge, with industry.
fidelity; and firmness, the duties which
may be imposed on me. :Thus feeling,I
snail witness, with pleasure, " the resunip-
y proper) that 1 should stated for the infor
mation of this body, the construction that
-the Chair has put-on the - 6th and; 7th
: rules of the Senate. They are in the fol
j lowing, words :t . " - v f -p?'
" When a member shall be called to
it
order, he shall sit down,; until the Pre
sna" ."W; aeierminea ;neinerl
. . . . ...... .. "..1 . ct . - u . r . f . 2- - .1
President, witnout ueDate : oui 11 mere
" be a doubt in his mind, he may call for
the sense of the Senate, v ;
" If the member bt ca lled to order for
" words spoken, the exceptionable words
f ' shall immediately be taken down In
" writing, that the President may be bet
" ter enabled to judge of the matter."
The Chair, said the Vice President,
has bestowed its most deliberate and anx
ious attention, by night and by day, . on
the qbestioh of the extent of its. powerV,
under a correct construction of these roles,
and has sett ed 11 th6 conviction, that
order ov a aennior wnen
a , t 1 I II
.- -
ounU un
tire rii'ht to Call to order, on questions proceeueu iiuursujf a iu mnuiuuy .111 mc
ever such, n
(prepared to discharge its only how much time , will be required to xlis
s in such a case-that ofdecidibg t P9e of it, Hqw much for private Bills,
re . . -
1 un ri icii
; 7 . r. .Wt.i
on the point , roe u
te opm.on 01 ine presiumg vu.,.
but such as
uesuoii u ay ue H.cu .
u is. it will be himly, and J
and I trust I may '
. . , , - . j T t
jr Ti,!
:n:.a lUoi ilia niloi nf ihp rspnate. on. a
jj-- . " - , , nhjlir hn i:
oiigmal power j ana mat ii can exercise
no contioul till called On by the Senate
itself. ' It ; was right ih itself, he said,-in
strict conformity to the principles jwliich
Had guided the Senate in the vote just ta
kenthat so high a power should be plai
cedonly lb thej custody, bf the body -r
The Vice President said he prided him
self on his cortnection withth Rebate j
but it was i m possible j that he should for
get; that that connection was created by
the I operation of the; Cnstitutroii In
discharging the duty in this seat it would
be unpardonable in him nfait : to recollect,
that he was placed in thelChair, not by
the voice of the ehate bulby that of the
people ; and that to them, arid not to this
bodyj . he was ultimately nspopsible--Standing
in the relation he did :v to the
Senate: he bad laid it down ts an
tnva-.
riabte' ruler to assume no ''. n
wer in v tne
least "desrefe doubtful Jvi and' to. cbnfine
himself to a just but firm exercise of the
powers clearly delegated. , lb conclusions
he tendered to the Senate bis. sUcere :ac
fenbwledgmentsy? thati tn 'resciriding the
rule, - such delicate regard had been
paid to bis feelings in this debate. ' Am
ple justice had been done to the industry
and fidelity wfthir: which be had honestly
attempted tb discharge his arduous duties.
Deeming himself called on by the debate
that had taken place. toav thus much;
la eiplanatioDr he begged Ihe indulgence
tof5the Senate for having ; done, so: and
2d May , and insert the 1 5th, which as
f negatived ayes io.,noe 24 j and the re-
solution was thea cbncurred -iln without
' debate or diyisiun; rami retarned -,to ihe
ipiherlBbuse, J iiJ:0Pi
U Mr HAtKtthen . moved : to go into
the consideration of Executive business.
but a motion to ad6urn prevailedi ayes
20, noes 15 s .
.4,
f And the. Senate a dj ourned.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
A'pRir. 15. ff ;J -
ourhment oft Cohshresfi. '
The tbllowinmresdfutibn,' oflejed yes- l
tciuajr, ujf Til. 1 UWAKit, Dl OOUUl-VUrUJI-
na, the decission of which was suspended
by the Speaker, on account 6ihe timetjhiterestingio my constituents; they. ought
allotted to the consideration of resolutions De passed into laws; - .With my little
havings elapsed j again came
bp i in the or- '
-:'-r-.- 4
der of business:
Retoiveihvth,-hi tt
ientpttves of the "United State of America ih :ance f tne essiott without endangering
pongnskreusemblefy'Xhajt :4he'President of thei the 6est. interests of the country.
yenateand the peaket i)f the House of Rei
rl,'T?' quack, But
ty by art-adjournment of their respeC- r j- m
ses.Vi tti i!ft -'Ak'hnMH i for; the dtfflct
Congress
tive Houses, oh the J5th day of May next
vJVlf. WRiOHTbf Ohio, paid, ! will of-
fer iyoula few cbbeUbnshicfi navel
led me to the conclusion that we cannot
proceed understand ingly to decide so fm-
por tan t a question;; VVe have raised a
commUtee of our boldest and most expert
enced biembers, to act ioinilv.wiih a com-
n,ile the Senate, to ascertain what
busmess JHis (is to do ihis
session, and to detenu ine
at what time
th
e session, can
be close dl,
- I hat com-!
l - . . . .
their experience and examination, ', have
not . been able to say when the business
can be so ar finished as lb enable us to
adjourn ; and have so reported, is no
respect due to the report of such a com
mittee ? Are gentlemen prepared to;say,
they Or the House have bestowed an at
tention on. this subject1, the committee has
not ? That we understand this "matter
better than the Committee ? It would be
well fdf us seriously to consider whether
we are able to fix the day Yor adjourn
ment when the committee-cannot. If is
not; pretended but the committee have
say
of business.on
yduir table, and learned
n nM, n..hli; r irf What'nrr
iTu Z i l Z" . .ul'
K'3a uc inauc in itjcm Mj-iuc.
"- cf -May ? It is capricious o
uk the day ot; adjournment without ex-
amination. ajr, 1 am as anxious as any
other gentleman to adjourn j my private
concerns, require my attention. But we
were not senLhere bv our constituents Jo
prepare business for the: decision of the
iiotrse, ana as soon as we gei ii reauy iy
act upon, : to go off and leave it undone.
No: I will riot abandon my public du
ties for'riry private affairs Public duties
require' -my, first attention here j when
tbey are done; I wilt go borne and attend
to my private onesj : -! V ' . i
V You have, sir, ij believe jr 176 bills on
your tables which with' reports of com
mittees not con netted with them, present
us art aggregate of upwards of, 20O differ
eh subjects to. be, acted on, without re
gard to what may come from our .com
mittees, or the Senate. A large portion
of these are very - important public bills $
many of them private ones: others, pri
yate as tbey-': affect individuals,- though
public in regard to their magnitude, or, as
they a fleet the public domain, othe pub
lic justice, Jjn affording remuneration for
-private, property 'ipanverted to ; the public
use, '-: in timeOf war or peate- Many of
these private claims, .originated , in hev
war of the - Revolution and ;during. the
le'warjp hayei beeb examined by. com
mittees, time and again: and acknowl
edged to be jusi. . Many of those inter
ested, and . tOiwhom their allowance : is
al l-impbrtant, ha ve presented their claims
year after year; have Knocked atyourdoor
for justice, and pressed a decission, . and
been sent home, that gentlemen might
haye,; an-opporwaity to atlwd 10 1
private business,' until they have experi-'
ded twice or thrice the amount' of. their,
demands and until you hayp expended
much moire in the time exhausted in j Ire. v
qUehtly preparbgibeir btisiness,: in priii--; ,
ting and then begleciihg Jt. Iskis-
this just treament of " your ; creditors j?-
Would it be just ih. an individual, so to
I treat his creditors r I am hot brepared.
to refuse justwe to these" Individuals, Jn ,
L order to attend my private bfart$h&
we ; agree to serve the people here, we -agree
to postpone bur; own concerns not u
Aheirs, rand it is our duty to do so, 1 To
fix the time lor closing the , session witb-,
but regard to what you have to do j impo ,
sei a limit;upon ygu action enabling
any. ten or twelve men in ffeithef house9
to. defeat all your important measures by
merery speaking against lime. T arn tin
willing to give any set of meh such pow
er river my actions. There are many
subjects .upon your, table high ly import V
tant to the State lcomefiom, and deeply
experience in legislation, and the best rp
flection I call give this subject. I am con
ivlnced we cannot now limit Ue Contimr-
Sir.;I am bo Dhvsician. regular bred
a remedy
fficblty which seems to press
upon gentlemen, which I think will be
- - .mcrau' , TV an.no?r
f 1""" "!e ra"""uf . ana aVrent:
uvui iuus.gaiiicu iu pciuivns miu ui iginai , 1
j propositions $ that done, apply ourselves
' to ftur vrork hprinnslv. lifl nnr hciial lima
t - J J .... WM. MMMM fU.W
for adjourning,' and then continue in ses-'
sion an hour later in the evening, and de-
vote that hbdr tb the delivery of speeches '
bri subjects which have ceased . to be
interesting; and upon which evry mem
ber in the House has made up his mind j;
which art; not intended to produce effect'
here, or throw'light upon the subjects
discussed. If I am told that gentlemen will
not attend at so early an hour, I answer,
tinea twill Qtlanf mlin l-kovr A ' n n.c kiiaMilM
k j ; j :: .t w j ! :
session now it i; am again iota, we
shall not secure the attendance of a quo
rum, the last hour of such a session, 1 an
swer again, neither the House nor the
nation will , loose any thing by that.
What do you now daily witness $ When
gentlemen rise to deliver speeches, of the
character I have mentioned, the members
generally rise also not to listen to the
speaker, or understand his reasoning, but
to get out of your door away from it, to
engage in business Or amusement else
where j and you are, almost daily, left
without a quornm- Members Have a
right tb speak, but we haVe a right to
have such speeches at an hour when hone
are expected to listen but those that
please. The speeches will have all the
effect, they were intended to have ihey.
can be printed, and published througrt
the country.
The final question upon the Resolution'
as amended, . was decided Yeas 149,
Nays 29. I '...J2'm L
-:' So the house then passed the resolur
tion. in the following form :
Resolved by the Senate will House bf
'Representatives' of the United States of
America in Congress assembled, That
the President; of the Senate, and the
Speaker of the House of Representatives,
do close the present session of Congress,
by an adjournment of their respective
Houses on the 22d day of May next.
in Senate MoKDAti afrji. 17.
r. Randolph rose and said,' I risa
toask for an explanation j Jn ray news-
paper of this morning, in a report of the
proceedings of Saturday-last, I find tbis -statement
: , '
li And that the conduct, of the Chair
" might not be impugned by the proce
" durej Mr. Holmes took occasion to ex- .'
f press his satisfaction that the motion
' had ? proceeded from an intimate per
sonat 1 f fiend of the : Vice President,
" .which itself would contradict the pl"e- '
u sumption, that any conduct of that-of- v
ficer had induced the prbposition."
MeaniOgj 1 "presume, my motion tore
scind the late rules, and to Jreinstate ther
former ones. 1 certainfy. sir. offered the-
resolution in no such Character : neither
have I appeared in the character,1' at any r
time, of the personal friend or enemy, of
any gentiemap on this floor, with one ex
ception as v thc'fpersonal friend of one;,
gentleman : J dd not think it necessary,
sir to say any thing more In, reference to t
that matter, than j that I have no doubt j
tbatfthe gentleman Ifrom Maine,; had '
grounds, that seemed very good to. hirny
for the allegation bat be has been pleas- f
edto make grounds satisfactory to hini. 1
I coild ''go on, I and say very handsome
things, but time l aseillas propriety re
quues me only to say that which is net'
cessarv that the'gentieman imm Maine -
pever braYre'oie mak
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