CONGRESStONAL GLOBE. 576 curred in manning them was u~elei1scxlravagancr, unless it was to keep up a warlikr ~pirit. Nor was an army rec]'1in1dfor the war in Florida, into whose cau:-:eand history he entered at much length. He ne.xt took isrne with the grnlleman from Mas8~chusetts, [:\llr. CvsHJNa,]who had :-;aidthat this nation h:>.sa que~lion with GrPat Brit:i.in on a point vf honor, arising out of the Creole case. In !he firl-t pl?.c1•,he laid down the p'-·si:ion 1hat with that case the free States of the Feder• al Union had riolhin!! whatever ro nrted fr,1111, the Uu11ml~ta:es witli:11 1lu: Ian two years; tl1ecountries from a11dw whkh 1·:-.:1•••1 l•~d. whid1 i111p•1ra:d, •1111. Tin, quan!ily, d. ,,•rip,1<11, 1 a11clvalue 01' 11,·mp,an,] mrnu, for.ture.~1herc,1t; an1111:11!)re'J11ire I or 11··••,tiu d1•: uavy 11( rlw \.luitc,I :'-\alti,;; ,u11\wh,n 1,r»)'••niw.1 o\ ,,11,:/1l:iu,/ i~ n( for•.:i:mor du1i1cstic prn,luce or 1,1a1111ill1'.llll'L; a,:d whcd1C:rai.y c,,mpari, sou has bec11iustiturcd to re~t dw •f1i:tli1y or,,, rcngt!i of !IHJ !lo• me~tir: anrl ti1rci£?Ti arr.id,•. wirl, r!u, ,c,ulr. r!H·rcof. Rt'Sull'Pc/, Tl ..aL rl1c :,c;Tctary l.ir JClflle,teti 1,, ,:ommnnir.atr, a,,,, a( rim <'.lllll! time, dUCti g<'111'ntl i111<1rt11il(f(III a, l11:ma,v be atili: {(1 cr,!lcl'l in tehwon 10th,· ,or! a1i•I ,·!ima•e most rt1w::eni.il to ll:c !!rowchof hemp, anil 1/n) r.uru1':traci1·,,strw!!rh t1e11~•1'.cllthe dew and w,1ter-rot11.id,!he 111.1:,t appnil'cd 11a:th•.1.! of preparing il frun1 a 1-rude stale ll) tlrat ~..:t1i!a· ifc f:,r ,hr1CH'!l!~ tk~eriptiw1s uf m1111uf,u:L11rc; a11,I ~11,:!1"Lhi:r u,formation rcla•iu~ Lo 1hc cul, turc, prcnaratio111 1111,I111an11iltcr11re of thi:1 arricl<': and sucll VitJW:!m; Im 11ny ,lu,111u"cful to present, tur tile cuco11rng-e (llent aud i11ddc11tal 1'l'UCcctiu11 of this imponan, uud growing interest. Mr. CONRAD, from the Commitl<'e on Public Land··, rr.pnrlecl a bill lo authcr;z.~ 1he adju,1men1 of the claim of the municipality No. I of 1he cii.y of New Orl,.ans, to ct>rtnin lar.d:; within mid municipality, and now in the occupation of the United S1are;.; which wa·;, read, aud ordered to a second rearling. Mr, EVANS, from the Committee on Finai-;ce, reporlctl a bill for lh~ 1elicf of William Rtibinsi;n, Sam~ll'I H. Garporation of Gcnr~etown; v:ith .tn amendmenr. Mr. HENDEllSON, from the Commit1ee on Priva:c Land Clai:ns, to which h,1d been referred House lJ.11 to confirm lhe heir~ and !~gal repre~enlalives of John Brown, decea~cd, in their title to a tract of land, r1:ported the same back without a11:enc on Na• val A/Tail's,reported a bill for the r..llef of the legal representatives of Henry Eckford, deceased; which was r~arl, and ordered to a second readin~. Mr. PRESTON, from the Commit1ee on rhe Li· brary, to which had been referred 1be bill to pro- vide for publi,hing an account of the discoverirs made by the Exrloring Expedirion, under the com, milnd of Lien I. Wilke!- of the Uni1ed States navy, reported the e:ame back wi1ho11tamenrlment Mr. WALKER hopeJ the Senate would indulge him by taking up and di5-pm,iugof the bill, which was laid a~icle on the :;ug~rstion of the Senator from Alabama [Mr. Kisa] a day or two ago. It was a bill entitled "An aet to amenrl an act to carry into etft"ct ihe compact wi:n the Slates of Alabama. anri .Mi,:~is<·ippi,relative Lo the five per cent. funrl and the 1-choot re~ervalions. 11 Mr. BUCHANAN hoprrother f'lec1ion dbtrict1, tor the purpose of Jur .. nishing &inr:lr•rfotrict3.11 Mr. MOREHEAD ol\~erved, that he would desire 1he atten:ion of 1he Senale for a few moments Lhis morning; for, he tru~tetl, that a very :.bort time wc.ul1\ ~ufficti to enable him to submit his opinions on the subject under consie supposed difficulties, he did not feel thnt it wa, at all necessary to go back inro a mi1rnte hi~tory of the cau.i;eswhich led to the adoption of the form of government ,~hieh now exis•s in !his country. He would therefore come directly, and al oner, to the particular provision in the bill now before tb.eSenate, which is the sub~ CONGRESSIONAL PRICE $1 PER SESSION. --WEEKLY-- BY BLAIR AND RIVES. WF.DNESDAY, 27TH CoNo •••••••••2n SEss. JUNE 8, 1842. prorositions which bear the strollg<'st evidencs that the power was conceded to the Federal Govrrn• menr; and that, ~o undoubted wa:s the power of Cong rem, that it was thought by ~ome neces~ary to curtail it. The amendment was rejectfl'd by a ma• jority of some five or 5iX vote~. Such is the contemporaneou5 expo~itioa of this clause. Continuedfrom .No. 36. j 'C~ of_ debate_, and, only so far 11s the power on which It rests 1sconcernfd, adveLt to the tustory of the Constitution. When the convention met in 1787 for 1he purpose of framing a Constitutiou to be' adopted by the several Stales then forming the Confederation, great difficulties arose as to the detail11 of formation; and, in order to lessen those diffi.cul1ies, it became necessary to appoint a committee of deBefore th's committee all questions at tails. issue were debated and adjusted, and then laid beThe first questions were fore the Convention. brougb_t forward in the form of resolutions, and time, till all their bearin~s some for were discussed In the month of Augus-t, the were ascert.tined. Committee on Detail~ was appointed 10 consider On the 6th and report a plan for the Constitution. of August, 1787, a report was made, accompanied b~ the plan of. Constitution approved by tht! Comm1t1ee on Detail:;. In the fir:-;tsectir,n of the i.-ix:th article of this plan, there was a provhion, that the time, manner, and place c,f holding elections, should be prescribed by the Leghlatures of the States, respectively; but that the regulations ol°tbe Slates mie,ht at any ti'l\c he altere,l by the Congrefs of the United Srat"?s. HeM was a direct reseryation 10 the Staies that they should pre~crtbe the time! manner, and place of holding elections; and, unul tha1 was done, Congress could not interfere; but, being done, it could interfere and alter the time, manner, and p1aee appointed by the State This pl.1n was di,cus,ed at great Legisla1ures. lengrb. He would call th~ allention of the Senate to what was !'aid by Mr. Madison, and others, on that occa~ion; with a view c,f :-bowing how fully all lbe bearings of the que~tion now at issue were Mr. M. read pas.s.;g~s at conthen considered. siderable Jengtn from the debate to which be al- The Senator from New Hampshire puts his opposition on the ground that Congress cannot interfere, except for proper and sufficient reasons. Now, be contended that the provi1ion of the ConstituIt is, theretion was explicit and unconditional. fore, a power to be exercised at the discretion of If the States exercise properly the Congres.. to exercise, power which they are sulfend Congre~.s may not :;ee fit lo interfere; but if Cnngress conceiveli the power is improperly e1ercised by the Statei>, it has undoubted discretionary power to make or alter the r~gulations of the States. Wbo was to be the judge of the discretion of Con• gres~1 Who could bP, but Cone:ress itsell1 When it is once admitted that the power exists, there is no appeal. Thi only q11estion, then, which could ari~e, was the question of discretion; but if Congress decided that it was upedient to exurrise the power surely, \he Sen~tor from New Hamp- luded. Here, then, the very question of power now unthe S1a1es should der discussion came up-whether reserve it wholly, or the Coagre.,s of the United States _should have po~er to control the subjt·ct by allerat1on. He quoted !till more at large f1om the debates in Convention, to show the opinions entertained by the most prominent nf the delegate:., and the mo;ivra which influenced the choice of the He clause as it no\V appear.:; in the Cuw,ti'urion. considen:d it perfectly conclusive, lrom this eviintended ConventiC1n dence, that the members of the that the power should be exerci,ed as now proposed, whenever Congress should decide upon t~e It wa:c; given, in the first place, to expediency. counteract any movemen1s of tbe Lt>gi:.datures of the States to carry out any i:pecific object incon• si:stent with the general interests of the Confederation. One of the gre~t objects was, that the Federal Government should possess the power of producing uniformity throu~hout the Union, and pre• vent the destruction of the General Governmenta power necessary for self-preservation. Pct.rticular regul?.tions were to b, left to the Legislatures of the Stale:<; but general regularions were to be given tu the Federal Governmf'nt. Suppose an amendment to this bill should prevail, that elections should b~ carritld on throughout the United Stales by the general-1:cket system: could it be denied that Congress bad lh"': poWiir to order its adoption, unrler th•1 provi._i,1n or 1hc Cum;1i1ution which giv'!'s the con·rol of rhe gt"rteral regulaIf the power tion to the Fedaal Governmrnt7 over the one preposition is undoubted, so is it wi1h r!'gard to the other. ln liS9, th~ fir-~tCm1gress met under tr.e Conl'>tilution. It is w~ll lrno,~n that it met under circum!;tances lJf embamu:'.~meni; some of 1he S1atts ha,;ing hesi1.a1ed about ratifying the Comtitu1ion. He reforred to various pro,io"'i1i1·ms made at that time to limit Congress in 1het•xercise of its power over the time, manm~r, aud place of holding elections, except m case ... \\'here th~ States should refuse OJ'be disabled from tx~rcismg the power- GLOBE. 1 shire would not contend that it would be conthat i:istent with the t<:rms of confederation New Hamp~bire should set at naue:ht a law of Congress deliberately considered and adopterJ, and decided to be within the powers of the Federal Government. Great objec1ion had been made to this clause, that it is r11anda1ory-that it commands 1he obediIt has in contPm• t nce of the S1a1e Governments. plation no such purpo~e. It claims no right to no no order-demands issue a mandate-issues obedience. Bu1, it is said, if this law is passed, and Congress bas no pO\f'er to carry out its owu Jaw, the law must be a nullity; which refutes tile asser• tion or tbe power. His first ans·wer to this was, that Congress performs its defined duties in making a law to carry 0111 an express power; and 1he matter ihen is 1aken out t>f the hands or Congress by the Constiturion, and its e.x:ecutinn is confided to the Legisiatures of lhe Stales. They are accountable to their Scares for the non fulfilment of their duti~s. Why would the S1a1es disrel!ard this law1 Why should any Statt? be offended, and prefer Ill· Icing the power from the F1\deral Govemment1 D,1es not Congres:::, in elfeict, say to the Sra·esWe forbear to exerciie our power in full, because we prefer, out of cour1tsy 1 to e.xercise the power only in part. We declare the district system shall prevail, and be uniform all over the United States; but we leave to the Siate Legislatures the carrying out of the law in detail1 Is there any thing dhrespectful in thi,,1 Is it less disrespec1ful than to l'ssert the whole power, and exerei~e it, without any courtesy to the Si.ates? Upon whitt principle of policy, of affection, or of prc1priety, could a State set up thi: standard of oppo,.11ion to th<'!.-.xerr.ise of an express power conferred on the Federal Government1 The case of Tenr.e~~ee wa)' referred to 1be other day. Tfla: .Sm!e, at present, i!':without repre:centa• tives in thi, ch;unbrr; and is it not a'j impera1ive on 1be S1~1e tri ~end S<>na.tors a~ to ~en,! Reprr• Bu! it i:-;lrft to the Stl\te h;elf to desrntaiivr:1 c:de on this mailer, although it is as moch withirr the province of the F~rlerai GJvernment to require that State to st-nd Sena•ors as !o !-end RepresrntaSurpo~e th:~ State of Nt~W Hampshire lives. ~houlrl decline to carry out this law, and refuse tn ~end F."presrn:a1iv!'S 10 Congre~-.. What theri? Was 1;ot that a ,-ubj,:ct of full a;; much intPf£St tn New Hamp,;h1re as to the Federal Govrrnmi-n17 The Federal Government did not claim to hav" the power lo compel New Hamp!-hire to fen 1l Wh(•never it came to such a Representative~. crisis as ttia1, if there i.hould be a genrral movement of the kind, it would be an evidence that the VoLUME 1 l•••-No. S7. power of cobe-sion no longer exi.;tcd: there would be an end to all mutual duties and obli"ations. Wit_b regard to .the enumerated powerll of Con.. gre~, ll wa~ a plam cas~ lhat the~e powers might be euher durman1 o.r acnve; they might be subject to laws te ass-ert and carry them out, or lhey might lie in abeyance till a~~erted by laws of Congress. 1f in abeyance, the Slatt:'S might use them till they . were superseded by a law of Congress asc;erting their e1ercise on lhe part of the. Fedtral Government. The States had the reserved right to their use till demanded by the General Government. He next allndtid to the arguments on the other side. made by the Senator from Ala~ama yesterday-lhat it was all visionary to expect tbi! rep1esenta1ion of This was a monstrous doctrine: 1u11 minoritirs. such 8tate of things could exist. Mr. BAGBY explained that be had said minorities could not, and would not, in great political He asked the SenalOr questions, be represented. from Kentucky if the party lines in bis State were drawn1 Mr. MOREH~AD said he believed they were prt>uy much a no a1>portment of Reprei:enta1ives The subject of di~tricting am<'n~ the S1atn;. the Slates ought, therefore, to have beea.kept dis• tinct from the apportionment of Repreienta1ives. 2. Ada1itting that Congress pos~es!;es the power over the whole subject, can we exercise it, by issuing a mandamus to the S1a1e Legh,latures, directing them what legisla•ion they shall· adop1'J or must not Congress pa:-:r was a qaestion agitated, in 1his or the other House, free from doubt, this was tnat qu,,stion. Ii there had bien a doubt Oft his mied, the debate on the subject would have dispwlled it. Tu him, it was now perfectly plain that fhQ law wa~ both consti1uHe did not i!P~ign to re• tional and rxpedient. capitulate the argament~ adduced in l!Upport of tht> con~tituti,,nal que11ion; but he would submit his views in relation to Pne or two points. The Con• stitution allows the States to make regulation~ in relaticn to the time~, manner, irnd place of holding election:<, annt of the honorable Senator was, tha? stitution11l manner, but by providing 11. different Cuogretis had the power of fixi11g the place mode of electing Representatives from what this bill tor the clt>c1iunof members tu Congre~~- Let this The Representatives thus electetl will prescribes, be granted. C"n~re~s may undPUbltdly do rn; trnt present themselves to the House, and demand ad, whl'n Cungre~s dr:es so, they mm,t do it i;pecificalmis~ion. That House is the only trtbunlli on ear:h ly, and not kme 1he-r mandate to tiie Slate Leitiswhich can decide the question. If several Stales la1ure tu fix that place. No, 11-ir;the law must be should pursue this course-and some of them must complete within itself, and it will then execute it• pursue that course, for it i:1 now too l11teto change self, a11d wi I rcquire no intt"rvenin~ power. Lc.t would involve the country in great their laws-it us put an analog,1us c-tse; an,! I call the attention confusion, and subject 11to imminent danger. Tha of the St>na1or from New York lo it. Will the Senator from New York, then, made no thrrat; but Senator from New York say that, provided Conho murely said, under such circumstances, thr. gress pa!Osan act declaring 1ha1 1he eler.tions shall House of Rtpresentatives would long pau~e before be held at such piace ati the Lrgislature sha;J esthey would reject Reprei;entatives thus elected by tablish-will 1he Senator say that the s,ate Legis:5overeign States. lature would be bound by itl This ii precisely The large State11hue never complained that a Ad:nitting the analogous to the present case, few of the small ones elect by general ticket. In a power of Congre~s to ei:isl to pass such a law, yet, each other. political view, they countubalance by leaving that law imperfect, and to be completed The general-ticket system is gradually growing into by the aciion of the Sti11e Lq?is:ature, it amounts disrepute in public opinion, It will wear out of ro little better than if they pas~e; and, a5 your law cann.ot be executf!d by halves, a power which is ve5tl"d in Congre~:. cannot be When executed in part by 1h" Sate Legislature. the power is a concurrent po\\·er, as in this ca~e, it may be rxecuted bv either the States or by Con:.!res:-:;and when C,,ngre:;s makes an enactment upon the subject, and perfecls that enactment, her alithority supeffedes the au1hori1y of the State Le(!islarure. But it is not supreme, unless executed. If not carried out, it is a nullity. And when the Stale proceed;; to carry ClUtsuch a law, you have, in etf, ct, two laws. It wouM be the most extraord:nary anomaly in le!!i~latiun, Mr. WALKER in~tanced the Cabe of a bankrnpt law passed by Con~re~s;, but requiring an enactment of the State Lt• i:i~lature to perfect it, and carry it into operation, Such a law would be a ridiculous burleoque upen legi~latiun; for, although bo1h the State Legislature and the Congre~s of the United States hav~ concurrent power in the matter, yet the exercise of a part or the power by one, leaving the balance to be executed by the other, was, most assuredly, never cori1e:r:plat:d by the framers of the Constitution. Sir, (con1mued Mr. WALKER,) after much reftectit•n upon this fltbjec1, I do not entertain a shadow of doubt a~ to the inu1ility of l'och an enactment. I think it is one of the ciearest constitutional questivns faat was ever brought to the consideration of this body. Mr. EV ANS, in reply lo the arguments of the Senator from Missi~sipri, that Congress. never had pas,ed a law prescribing certain bounds of time or place of holding elections, but requiring the States to fix rhe precise time or pkce within the prcscrihed bounds, referred 1be Senator to the law of 1792, ptescribing the time for elec1ing electors for President to thirty.four day~ preceding the first He alfo made other Wednesday in Dt'cembl'r, rpference:,, and a:,ked, did not this meet the Senator's ohjeetions., that Congress could nol appoint the range of time in which elections should be held, i1.aving it to the Legislatures to pass a law fixing the dayl So 1t was m regard to place, on 1he subject of which he made other refe1cnce11. Mr. WALKER contt"nded that the Senator's references were not to the ptfot 111issue, The que~tion would be as to the power of Congre5s to fiy a range of lime or place for the election of Rep. resr.n!atives, and require the State Legi5laturei to pas~ a law defining both specifically. Mr. EVANS conceived the case was in point, The Senator denied that there ever was an attempl made by Congress to pass a law of the kind, and he had met the denial by proof that there was. He would 001 have T1Sen,had not the Senator's denial been so pert•mprory. Mr. WHITE moved an adjournment. 0.1 the motion ro 2djottrn, rhe ,·eas and nays were l'fcl,·rrd, and re5ultet!-yeas 20, nays 21. Mr. WHITE brlieve,I that the law would pass with the clause now in it; and if j, did, if there was any faith to be plactd in the omens brought forward in this deba'e, that New York and Pennsylvania would either pa,s acts in contravention of it, or rcfui:;e tn send Repre,.,.ntatives to Congress. Mr. BUCHANAN interposed, to exp;ain that, if the Senator thou2ht so fro1n any thin~ he had said, he was mi&!aktrn. So far from saying any such 1hini with regard l,1 Pennsylvaaia, he had express. ly said that he be:1cved that S1ate would not refuse compliance ll'ilh the law. contended that, no matter what Mr. WHirE might he the belief of the St'nator, it wu to be infem·d that Pennsylvania would not sanction the exercise of rhe power; and it was ffJ.Uallyplain 1hat the Senator from New York [Mr. WRIGHT) 11~.ticipatedthat his Staie wr,uld di~sent. Mr, W, was proceeding at great ler.gth to argue the question of consti1utiotialitv, 11·he,1 Mr. PRESTON ro~e and interpo,ed to say that it was obvious the Senator from Delaware, and others, as well as the chairman of the Judiciary Commiuee in charge of the bill, could not have time to ~peak this evening; be would, therefore, CONGRESSIONAL GLOBE. with the leave of the Senator from Indiana, [Mr. WH1TE,]renew the motion to adjourn. The ~enatc then adji•urned. HOUSE OF REPRESENT A 1'1V&S. SATURDAY, June 4, 1842. Mr. DODGE of Wlsconsin pn:seutrd 1hepetition of Robert Johnston, l•f Grern Bay, asking of Con• gress a pension for a wound received in the ~ervice of the United States. Mr. A. C. DODGE of Iowa presented a memo• rial of the county commissioners of Des Moines county, Iowa, praying for a grant of five seciions of unoccupied public lands, to defray the expense of erijcting county buildings in said county. Mr. DAWSONrose and :-poke as follow:.: It is with great reluctance that I claim yotfr at• tention for a few minutes. I pray the indulgence of the House until I can give my reasons for making this request, in the briefest po~s•ble manner. The bill No. 76, on yottr list of private bills, is one of vital importance to 1he citizens of Louisi• ana. More than one hundred claimants are inter• es111d in its passage; and, among them, many of my constituents. Many of Lhei,;eclaims have been b~fore Congres3 for years. Tuey have passed the Senate three times; ~nd, by the peculiar and arbi• trary rule or this House, which enablei anv oRe member, by a mere objeciivn, to de,troy, virtually, the most just and eguirable claim, and byoilier c~we.t, they have thu~ far failed t,~ ba consummated. Many of thc5e claims have been favorably T'-"ported upon by various ccmmillees •in this H,rn~c. The bill is now from the Senatu, and m!'ets the undivided approbation of the in:e[ligenl C.>mmittee 011 Private L·md Claims of this session. Tney have been approved by 1he board of commissioners of the land offic'! in Louisiana, and have undergone the scr12tiny1 and received the sanc1ion, of the Gen• eral Land Office. No i-uspicion 1,f fraud rests upon a siagle claim whicb is no1v incl11ded in the bill. Why, then, should these claimants be forever sus• pended, like Mabomt:t'.s coffin, between heaven and e11rth,and no ray of hope in per.~pective1 Sir, in answer to the genlleman, [Mr. FILLMORE,) I reply, that I never ask a favor of the House; and I am now 1111willingto a,k them to grant me an uncommon and peculiar one on this occasion, with· out giving full and a:nple justification for so doing. Although I fear t•J trespa~ upon 1h~ valuable lime of the Hourn, I de.~ireto offer a few rP.marks upon the charactn of the claimants who now solicit justice at your hands. They ar<'composed, mostly, of the Creoles of tha Ian!!, who, like my~r-lf,were partly rai ..ed under the Sp:u1i~hGovernml'nt. They are a nob!e, brave, ingenuons, and confiding peo• pie. It is a part of their ed11r.a:ionto consider the possession and cultivation of land the very best of all titles; and in Spanish history there is no instance of an actual SPllier ever having been dis• posscsFed of hi:,;land. U util recently, f'ince the intro• duction of so many banks into our Statr, there was but little scrutiny made into our land titles. Many of these claimants were born on their lands, and never for a mom:nl doubted that there existed any defect of title. Aroused from their delusion, they now confidently ask a hearing of thf'ir demands. But, sir, under 11:Jeintolerable and oppressive rule of this House, the breath o( a single individual has annihilated the ju·-t claims of one bundred citiz'3n;;of my State. This bi!l is now virtually car• ried to 1he t0mb of Hw Capuleti,; it is snugly ]aid Uflin lavend-.r, :rntl will Ftav there "until the cows come home," unless this Housr will tak" rome special acdon UL1t·nlbE'i;ubj':'et. I am confident, if this bill were now upon irs merits, that the gentlv• man from Tennecsre would be i1s only opponent. In making this rcnn,k, I am ac1ua1ed by n" unfriendly feelin~ towards him; it is not. offered in a ~pirit of dt~t•~spect:on the c11r;trary, I knnw tha 1 gemh~man to be a higl:i-mmded1 honorable man; and be, nn doubt, feels imprlled to make hi;:;objec• tions to the Lill from a ~en~eof cuty. He is not the fir~t patriot or s1a1e:;manwho has been led into error from an ove1· anx1ou~ anrl mistaken Zf&I. All I a~k is a patient and imparthl BParin!!; and ir I have mi-;l'epresenterl the justice :\nd ch:uacter of the claims, you will hav~ i~ in your power lo rttject them. Tee St. Helena district has peculiarclaims 0 upon this Hou•e; but I will embrace ,ome other occaicion 10 speak iu their ddrnce. I move now, Mr. Speaker, lo lake bill No. 76 from the C,1mmi1tee of the \Vhole, and !o make 11 the special order of the day for Ibis day week. After a fitw wordi lrom Me!. CAVE JOHNSON, FESSENDEN, and MOORE, Mr. RANDOLPH called for thr. ayes and no,s on the motion; which, being taken, resuhea as follows-aves 112, noes 56: Mr. J. C. CLARK reported 1wo bills from the Comminee on Commerce, in relation to the erection of li~ht-hoases. They were read twic.-, and committed to the Committee of the Whole Houi,;e. Mr. J. COOPER called for the orders of the day, being the untinifh~d business of yesterday. Before the adjournment yestrrday, an Executive communica!ion was r11a1i to the House in rela1ion to frt1u1ts on several ludian lribes, ~hich Mr. COOPER. move:i to refer to the Committee on Indian Atfair5; but, in consequence of 1be want of a quorum, no action could be had thereon, and it now came up as unfinished business. The communicatfon was in the following terms: \VAR DEPARTMENT, June l, 18-12. Sm· l received, Lhe day after'tts pa,ieage, a ct,py of a resolution ot the House or llepresentatives or the 18th ultimo, in the following words: "Reso/1Jed, That the Secretary of \Var be required to commuuicate to this House thu several reporta lately mat.le to the tfoparunent by Lieutenant Colonel Ili1chcock, rclath·c to the atfai113of the Cherokee Indians, together with all i11formation communicated by him, ct1ncerning the frauds which he was charged to investigate; al~o, all the facts in the IJOssessicmof the deparunen1, from auy source, relaling to the suhjecl." The want of time, until recently, 10 examine some or the reports referred 101 has rrevemed an earlier answer to the resohnion. The reports relatiog to the Cherokees contain information a,1d sugges1io11sin reference to the matters which it was sup. pnsed would become the subject of a nego-iauon between this ilcparcmemaud cl1edelegotr,s of the Cherokee nation, who have been appointed to ~e1tletheir claims, anti all other matters of ditfererire with the Government of theUnllerl States, an,I who have now arrived in thi, city, Tho l'lature Hild subject of the repoIL, aml the opinion of the President and of thi11department, render ilB publicatiun, at this time, inconsistent with the public interest. The olher report referied to in the resolution, relating to al• leged frauds of Indian agents, contains such information as Lieut. Colonel Hitchcock was enabled to obtain by e:&parte in• quiries of various p,irsons, whlllle statemenLs wrre necet!llar1ly wilbout the sanction of an 01&1h,and which the persons imph• cated have had no opportuni1y to contradict or ex1,lain. To promulgate these statements at this tim" would be grossly un• just to these pcrsom,, and would be calcu,aterl to dcfoat, ra1her than promote, theobjecta ofthe inquiry. SuffitientopJJOrtunity has not been given to the department to pursue the mvesuga. tion, or to call upon the pimies affected for explanations, or to determine on the measures 1iroper to he adopted. ll is hoped that these reasons will be satisfactory for not transmi1ting to the House at this time tho rcporl9 reforred to in its re9olution. I have the honor to be, sir, your obetlicnt servanl, .JOHN C. SPENCER. Hon.. Joa:-rWHITE, Speaker ef Ille House ef Jlepresentutivcs. Mr. CUSHING i,,a1dtht" only knowlerli:e he had of this cnmmunication bein~ presenred was from the newspapeff, from which it qppeared that 1he gentleman from Penn~ylvania had macic some remark!', in the cour~e of which he took exceFtion to the refusal of the Secretary to communicate the paper,; called for. As 1hoseremarks had not been uported, be would be glad if the gentleman from Pennsylvania would repeat the grounds on which be ba~ed his complaint. Mr. COOPER said, when he made the motion yesterday, to re•er the communication of the Secrc• 1ary of War to the Comrriit1ee on Indian Affairs, +,eslatr-d that it was the fim time in the history of th~ Governmr_,nt1hiit the head of a department l:acl refused to communicate t•his House, upon iii rall, 1'llc'1informa,ion as 1he rt'solution of the Hou~e inrlicat ·11 aud 11swas in th~ possession of the tll~e,according to reasons of state known only to_h1~self1 The gentleman from Pt>nnsylvania satd 11 was the first case known in the hii-tory of our Governme_nt; but 1he contrary was the fact. 'fher? wa11an important clll!ein point, in which the (Jt~e~tton~rosl", under ~eneral Wuhington's adm11ustrat1on,whether this House had a right to demand papers at its discretion, or whether the Extr.utive possesseda di!cretioa to grant or refuse CONGRESSIONAL GLOBE. be the subject of partisan discus- throw them out, to IIsion and m,~representation, thereby indicting in• calculable injury on individuals, and on the b11si- them. He read an extract from 1he 4th volume of Jeffen;on's Memoirs, containing the case 10 whir.h ; he had alluded, which, he said, establi1,hed the I' fact that the Cabinet ofGeoeral Washington came ! to the conclusion that the Executive pns~rs,ed a discretion to communicate or not; aud that he ha•1 the right, in determining, to look into considerations of state. He nsked the gentleman from Pennsylvania to show him any authority by which this House bad the right to the papers on the files in the Executive depauments. The gentleman tells us that this House is the grand inque11tofthe nation. 8! it so; but then it came within the rules of laws and parliamentary u~age applicable to ca1,es of impeach• ment. What were the functions of a grand jury1 Were they te extort evidence from any person 1 M11stnot a grand jury be guidvd by the rules of law1 Musi it not proceed in a le~al form 1 And ns to papers, had a grand jury authority to extort papers from any one1 A grand jury must indict according to rules of law, and not by exrortt:d private papers ; and, therefore, 1he idell with which the gentleman started wai: not justified by the analogy. But he would dismiss analogy, and come to the precise fact:s. Did, then, this Hou~e po!ii-e~sthe power to compel the production of papers which the President pos.e~sed 1 or hacl not the President an rqual right to compel this House to communi• cate papers lo him1 Their power5 were correlative; and the H?usc did not possess power to co~pel the President to ~ommunicate anylhing which he pos:--essei; and mstead of its beina a ques•ion of right, either on the part of the l-fr~se or of the President, lo call for the production of papers, it was but a question of comity and courte!;y, The Pm,ident voluntarily did that whicli he thought his duty required him to do· and if the House a1,ke1l him lo do that whi;h his duty did not require, he had the right to exerci~ehis discretion. He should like to know how this House was to compel the Executive to do that which the Constitution did not justify and warrant. He knew of no proces~ by which the President co11ld be compelled to communicate p:tpers which he deemed bis duty required him to withhold. There were limits within which their ancestors bad pla~ed both lb!! Hom;e and the Pr,siden•; itnd while he wou!d keep the Pre,ideRt sedulou~ly wit~in the li~its of. bis power, by fJVcrymeans which hu~1an_ingt>nuttycould ,levi~r, yet, if thPy would mamtam the Government which their an• ceslors. had esrablished, it was just as important lhat this House should restrict its powers within its pre;cribed limits. There might be t>ncr<'acb• ments as wall by Congres~ ag11iMtthe Presidenr, as by the President against Congres~; and it was the duty of every man who loved his country, and who wished to guard an,I preserve it,i Constitution, to withstand all tendency to t":ncroachment as well on the part ef thi:,1House as on the part of the President. The failure nf all republics might be trac,d 10 their seizure of power, which led them into anarchy. Wero, then, the reaion':i given by the Secretary of War sati.1factory1 Jn the first place, the papers appertained to a pendin~ nreotiation, and a refusal, in snch cases, was the daily practice. I11relation to the second class of p1tpers, he recurred a~ain lo the analogy put by the gentleman from Pennsylvania; and he in.red, who did not know that the tx parte evidence taken before lhe grand inquest was not mean• for p11blica1ion?for the !!'rlrn1Ijurors were sworn to secrec,; and there were sufficient reasons, inasmuch 115ti1P evidence was ex parte. In lhis case, tbe Secretary alleeed that the evidence was e.r parte; that it wu given by persons who were not under oath; and that it might implicate persons who had not had an opportunity for explanation. And. were not these sufficient rea~on~1 Or were tile ex parte papers on the filt:i of the Executive to be thrown op~n to the public pres~1 If the Huuse had the right to call for these papers, it had the right to call for all papers-for papni regarding applications to office, and removal~ from office; and there would be no limit. They mi~ht sweep clear the departments, whatevermight be the nature of the papers, and ness of this House. In this c11::.e,instead of bla• miug the Secrt'lary of War, he lauded and honored httn for his firmne:--s, in bringing 1be quei.tion before this House, and rnbmitting his views re~pecting the production of ex parte, unsworn papers, affecting the rights c•f individual.•. But again: the Hau,e had it,; own means of obtaining evidence; ll haJ its own authority to get tbe facts; it might appoint a commiuee, and interrogate inrlividuals, and inves,igate the~e frauds in its own mcde. He then alluded to a refusal of the House, at the extra scs~ion, to entertain a motion of the gentleman from Indiana, [Mr. PROFFIT,]calling for this same information; and to the shortness of time whi.::hthe Executive h.,d had for the consideration of this case, and the short time which remained to the House of the pr.esent ses,ion ; and be closed with a reiteration of hi:s approbation of the firm.• nessand the independence of the Secretary of War, and of his regard for private rights. Mr. FlLLMORE inquired if the morning hour had not expind. The SPEAKER replied that this !-Ubjectwas not confined to the morning bt•ur. Mr. ADAMS said this was ceriainly an important qu,,.tion of constitutional right in relation to the re.,pec1ivelimits of the power of the executive and legislative branches of Government; and it had bceu very unexpectedly brought to the eonsict. There was an animated, acrimonious debate, in whir.h a pl'nevering oppo~ition was made. A large party in Congrecs was opposrd to the ailministration of Gen£ral Washington, and prominPntly rn to this treaty. They were well organized, and fully united in the determination to oppo~e it, although the national faith had been prc:vion~ly pledized to carry out its provisions. In the progress of the dehate, a resolution passed the House, (24th March, li96,) calling on the President to lay t,cfore the House rhe iHtructions givPn to 01.1rll'linistPr previous ro the negotiationof the treaty. The President refu~ed 10 communicate the papers, and sent in a long message, giving the reasons for that decision. If any gentleman doubted as to the vote hfl should give upon this question, he bPC'gedhim to rearl th~ message of Washingtcn. What were the rensnns assigned by General Wa~hington for this refn• salt He expre:.sed a disposi1ion to comply with all the reg acsts of 1he Iluu~e, which he coultl consistently w11h his duty; but he dEclared that it was necessary to the success of nrgdiatior,s dependingwith a foreign Governm~nt that they ~hould be kept i;ecret; that a full disclosure would be im• politic, and mar the object; and th;;t such a course would have a pernicions influence upon future negotiations. Here, the House r.·ouldC1bserve,the main point in his objection to fornishinl.!:thr documents was, that they related to neeotia1iom;with foreign powers, to the success of which all knew that secrecy was e~sential. The neces~;·y of pre• serving secrecy was the reason for investing the Pre1.ident and the Senate with the. treaty-makin~ power. To 11dmitrbe right of the House, therefore, to demand papers connected with a nrgo1ia1ion, would be to establish a 1fanl!erou~precedent. The whole idea was, that it would be dangerous to allow the House to call for papers conn~c:ed with a foreign negotiation. A 1rea1ywith rhe Indians was, however, a different thing. He knew of no advantage for keeping any thing connected with them secret, uRleu our object wa~ to cheat them; and that we could do without srcrecy, asexperience proved. It was an important question at the orr,an:zation or the Government, whether onr negotiations with the Indians should be called treaties,or not. An elaborate dt>bate occurred in the Senatr.; and it was finally determined that they should be callf'll treaties;but he contended it \\"as a munomer. All treaties made by us with the Indians were law~, to which the Indian~ were compelkd 10submit. The treaty was only a way of defrauding the Indians, which we practised"" often. But Wa~hington, in the message to which he referred, went further, and said that there was hut one occasion when it wr-uld be proper that the House should receive thi> paper~ in the hanils of the Executive; and that wail, in cai:e it was for the purposeof impeachment. In sayirg this,he con• tt>nde,! that the P,esid,,nt admitted every thing, The Hom;e had the power to impeach; and, according to the doctrine of this message, whenever thPy declared it was their purpose to impeach, the Presidtnt must s01render 1he papers in his posse~sion. What was the answer of the House to the m!'ssage of the President-containing, no doubt, his opinion and the opinion of his Cabinet7 It was referred to the Committee of the Whole, and they rejected the resolution; th,. purport which was, that whil~t rhe House of Reprt>sentativesdisclaimer; all intention of interfering with the power of the Presic;pnt and the Senate to make treaties, they yet claimed the powrr of using thrir own discretion in relation to the grant of any appropriation for carryini? out the provisions of any treaty that mighi be rr.ade. The~e resolutions were adop1ed by a vote of 57 ro 35, and remained, as it were, the h1w Jlntil the present day-never h11ving been denied hy any Presiilent, not even by Washington. He referred to the leuers, &c. in the case of Mr. Poindexter',:i:report, and said that, taken in connexion with this refusal of the Secretary of War to transmit papers called for by the House, be could only see in it a too manifast desire on the part of the pre~ent Executive to carry on the Government a, he pleased, and to resist the right of this House to ea.IIfor information connected with itll administration. He rf'gretted to perceive such a strong degree of i-ympathy existing on the vart of his col• league with the elforts of the Pre~ident. But, for one, be was prepared to vindicate the rights of that House, of which be had the honor to be a mrm• brr. Mr. FILLMORE undeno:tood that this was mpectful languege, his rMsons for withholdin~ the testimony called for-not forrver, not itbrnlurrlv, but at thii: particular time. Mr. UNDERWOOD inquired whether, if, M was assertPd, the testimony was tx parte, this wa'i not a reason why the committee :.hould be allowed to make a report, and state the fact1 Mr, McKAYsaid he bad no objection to this conrse. He had merely made his remarks to show that there was no nec~ity for any action on the part of rbe House. He "thencalled for the reading of the letter of the Secretary of War, and, after it ha'1 been read, he said these gentlemen might find the reasons of the Secretary of War plainly stated. The appointment of a commission to investi~11te the fraurls allrged to have been committed against the Cherokre Indians, was a proceeding which origiMted with the Secretary of War, and not with the House of Rcpreienta•ives.. It was commenced by the rlepartment, and was incomplete. The SPcretary, therefore, merely asked 1hat he might have time to complete the documvnts. As he stared when he rose, he concurred with the gentleman from M:machusetls, [Mr. ADAMS,] that the House had a right to call for papers in thl.'hands of the Executive, exceptin~ where they related to appointmentsto office, which powerwas vested by the Constitution in the President anrt Senate, It was his opinion, nevertheless, thR1all papers should be exposed to the inspection of thr. public-placed on file in the departments, where 1he Representatives or the pct1ple mi~bt and 11ee them. He had, on some occasions, gained access to rartic11lar papers in the rlepar1ments,in relation lo :appointments to oflice, and had 11eenwhat slanderous misrepresentation~were mllde in relation to honest men. Mr. Mel{. concluded by moving, agreeably to his promise to the gentleman from New York, [Mr. FrLLMOBE 1) the pre,ious ques• lion. Mr. COOPER of Pennsylvania wi•hrd to sub~ mit a few remarks, but the motion was not with~ drawn; and the previous question was su11taincd by a vote of 68 to 57. The question of reference to the Committei-on Indian Affairs was then put and carried. The question recurred upon the motion to in• struct the committee to inquire what steps sboulit be taken in relation to the letter, with power to i-end for persons and papers. The vote was ayes 57, noes 72. So the House refused to give in• blructions. Mr. FILLMORE moved thar the HouRe resolve itself into Committee of the Whole on the slate o( the Union. Mr. COWENhoped that the House would rather tRke up the private calendar. The question was taken, and Mr. F1LL• MORE'S motion was carried in the affirmative. "e THE ARMY BILL, So the House resolved itself into Committee of the Whole on the stale of the Union, (Mr. UNDER .. wooD of Kentucky in the chair,) and resumed the cnnsideration of the bill making appropriatious for the support of thP.army and of rhe u1ililary aeaderny for the year 1842. When the committee rose on yesterday evening, the stale of the question was as follow&: Mr. CAVEJonNso.N:had mo,ed the following modified amendment, to come in nt the end of line eighth: "Provi,J,tl, 1'hnt lhe rccruitin~ RerviceHhnllCl'IIRn 11n11l tho number uf non-~un1111i•sione1I officer• ar,I 11r1v1t1ca In lhi, v11, non• compante~ of the ,cveml arlillcry ..111I i11fnn1ryre~imonlH shall be re,luco,J, by ,tenth, expiration ol 1ermof e11rv1r.c, anti ~::~l:~1:~~:~11;::ii~:.:\~/:,~:i~ C~l\?;.,:r~~.,~i!~ :;:~ii:J::,:~ fix lhe milllary oslltblis!1111ent of tho llnltr,1 8Uttc~,• npprove1I Ma1ch2, !~'.!I: And 11rovidr.tlfw·tlie,·, 1'hal no pllrt of thi,1 1 1 :1i~ ~:~t i~~n~h1~:' lt~o ~•J~:~,J~n~ ~f,::~~;:;:::~ Sc:1~b1'. !1~!/~~:f 1 ~~' 1 11 0 1 nu1lwriie1I by the act ol :l:ltl May, 18:16,11 Mr. RoosEVEl,T (by way of compromise, and with a view, as he explained, of keeping the nrmy at its present aclual forcr) had offered tho following Ma substitute for that Amendment: "Providetl, That no purl of this amountshnll Ile nppllod tu the p11y111enl of any ollker• or privates herc111torro Ile appoint• ed or cnllarnd, beyond tho numl.Jo1· now actuallyIn tho Hcrvtcr. ofthe Unilcd l>lntca.11 And the pending question was 011 the motion of Mr. RoosEVELT, Mr. POPE, who was entitlert to the floor, commenced bis remuks in favor oi' the amendment; but had spoken but a few moments, when hr yielrled the floor, for the purpose of explanation, to, 11ndal the request of, Mr. CUSHING, who de11iredto notice some remarks r4ade yesterday by Mr. GmmNos, in relntion to himself. That gentleman made a speech, a great part of which wa!!on the Creole case, which he saw this morning rPported In thu Intelligencer, and, if he understood it correctly, with a view to get himself in order, made that caqe a pretext, in. whichhe ehher misrepresented him, (Mr. C.,) or was misrepresented himsl')f by lhe reporter. The gentleman, in one part of his remark~, was report• ed to have used thu following language 1 "Bui protectionornil our fronticrehad lmendwelt upon; so h111l the queauon uf the Northenslern bnun,lory-lhn toruflcalions-even our foreign relulionAhod boon broughl ln-lho ta■IJ of the Creole had hecnullutled lo, (un which Mr.fl. rrnpose,t 10 soy eomething)-tho e110lintlonAon nur r.nmmercn hy OrcntBritai11-lh11 tight of emm:h-thc Florida wor-nrul l1111, :~~~,:~./'b~i1~~::~1~1~!:{1':i'~/!:k'~·l g~~t\~~~U~!,to1>iC.J gentle• Now, be (Mr. C.) woulc\ a:sk the ~entleman otl which oCthese topic~ had gentlemen been p1>rmit• ted to speak at great length1 For his put, he denied that any gentleman had addre~sed th1>commil• tee at great lengthon any one of them. They had CONGRESSIONAL GLOBE. Ht! was 11olss e.xp~nsive. The com".Mr.c. next pror,P.ededrn notice the case of the Creole:, pari~ons; 1h,1tbad been made of our military force which fliufbet!n put forth by the ge11tleman from i\l.asaa~hu"'lll• ( Mr. UUllHINII] as one of the groun!Ll for wa.r With Eug witi..tthat kept up by the Guvernments of Europe, !aml on the pu1111111hou~r. Mr, G. ~oo~ is~u~ With that genand leg1LJma_te· were, in his opiniou, wholly irrelevant to tee que3• lleman and J~nied that ll was conij11tut1011all_l'. nf c,11nplai11t111all, either for gomg to war with ly any gr11111nl tion, For what purpose did the Governments of ur fur kilepmg up the army." .F.0!!!la1J1J, the Ohl World keep up 1heir large armie··? Why, And the g1mtleman next said tbatfor foreign ague~sion; nnd, above al I, to keep saitl had Cu11111No] [Mr. MasBachusetts from gentleman "The down their starving and disconrer.atedpopula1ion. that his constituents were ready to put their shoulders to the We had no such pretexti; for keeping up an army. wheel in insisting on reparation for the liberation of the men Our institutions forbade the idea of keeping a mili· ,,n board the Creole, WI a question of national honor." lary force lo overawe our own citizen~; aml we Now be denied that he iaid any such tbing; He were in no danger of aggression from any of thfi' did not notice the case of the Creole as one of the powers of Europe. None of them would ever degrounds for a war with E1~land, and did_not say clare· war againsr us; and if we should have war ,hat his constituents were ready t!) put their sbou ldwith them, the declaration must be made on our ers 10 the wheel in insisting on reparation for 1he j,boration of the men on board the Creole, as a sid('i and then we should know when to increase ,,ucstion of national honor. All that he did was our army. He bad profoundly reflected on the 10 enumerate cer1ain poinls of controversy between state of our relations with Great Britain, and was the two countries, as a reason why the army should confident tbat lhcre was not the .;lightest prospect not be reduced; and the gentleman, in order to lay of a war with lhat power. And here Mr. P. took the ground for an abolition speech, totally misrepa view of the pr!l~entpolitical condition of Engresented him. He did not discuss any of these land, and the aspect of her foreign affairs; from q11estionsas probable grounds of war. which be was satisfied that it was neither her in• Mr. GIDDINGS rose and made a brief reply, terest nor her inclination to go lo war with tbiil in which he disclaimed any intention to misreprecountry. In tha course of his remarks, Mr. P. sent ebe gentleman, He intended to be understood took orcasion to give hi! views of a navy. It bad to say that the gentleman from Massachusetts made been generally supposed that a navy was neces~ary army the this Creole case as an argument why for the protection of cemmerce. But be could nol suphe reason thal for and reduced; should not be iUbscribe to that doctrine in toto. It wac; partly posed that he apprehended that that question might so, and partly not. Every nation that had bad a be the cause for a ~ar with England. large navy bad been involved in wars and in debt, Ou the contrary, I expres1,ly in consequence ot having one; and such must be Mr. CUSHING. stated that 1 did not believe that it would be the the ca~e wilb this country. cause of war. For bis part, if we are to have a navy, he was Some further explanations between Messrs. GIDfor having war$ with it. He wanted a fighting DINGS and CUSHING took place; when navy, insread of an idle one, with officers idling Mr. POPE, alter these interruptions, continued: away their rime at home, and forgetting their proHe fell it to be his duty to give bts reasons why he fessions, while the ships were rottmg on the stocks. should vote tor 1he amendment. A guat deal hnd Ii we were to become a naval power, he was for beea said aboal the i;hare of offices obtained by the deriving some benefit from it. He was for making different States. All he had to :.ay was, lhat bis the West India islands free porls, open to us and to B1ate bad hllle to do with these contests. When a all the worlJ, instead of wasting time in usele~s neclever young man of his State applied to him to get gotiations. Speaking of the finances, he would him an office here, he advi,;ed him, ininead of sacre1;uscitatethem by repealing the distribution act, as appointan accepting by rificing bis independence well as the bankrupt act; and he would also have to dare not would he Wabbing1on-where ia ment a national lank. By e~rabibhing a bank, with a speak above bis breath for fear of being kicked out capital of one hundred and sixry millions of dol. -to go to the West, get a wife, and rear up a lars, under the plan be had heretofore proposed, he family of young D1mocrats to fight for t~e country. was confident that 1he country would be placed in In reference 1c,the question before the House, he the most flourishing condition. He avowed his in• was in favor of it, and would go for reduction in tention of getting up bis bank project, if possiwhatevsr shape it ·might be produced, in any branch bl~, at this session; and be hoped to get a good of the Government. He had seen so much cormany Democratic voles for it. It was, in his opin• ruption, so much plundir, and so many defalcaion, a Democratic bank, and the people would io for tions, in almost every branch of the public service, it. He had strong hope; 1hat the ascrndency of the that he was for applying the pruning-knife whenWhig party, in the election of General Harrison to ever ho had an oppor1unity of doing so. Referring the Presidency, would have resulted in the adop• back to the bills for the increase of the army, lion of such measures as would have csrabto passed a few years ago, be said he was opposed iished the financial condilion of the country newere they that believing them at that time, not on a firm basis, and given us a sound cureusary, He did not believe \ney were wan led on rency ; but he bad been so much disapof borders the on nor frontier, Northwestern the pointed, that he doubted whether he should Missouri and Arkansas; and, having resided in the tver talw part in a Presidential contest again. latter State for some years, be was well informed Digressing from the subject of the currency, Mr, of the fact that a military force was not wanted P. proceeded to reply lo the remarks of Mr. Gm• there, In this porlion of his remarks, he spoke of DINGS, on 1be subject of abolition. Tbe gentleman the pacific d1sposi1ionand good conduct of 1he Inadmilled that Congzes. had no jurisdiction over dian tribes, and strongly censured the injustice that the subject of slavery, Now, that reing the case, had been, from time lo time, practised against them bow did aboli1ion petitienscome here, and what by lbe Guvernmant of lbe United Slates, All these right had Congress to legi~late on il1 fo illustraalarm~ that had been sounded ef Indian wan; were tion of the impropriety of such pelitions, be refer. without the ~lightest foundation, The Chocraws, red to the case of the 15 gallon law in MassachuCherokees, and Creeks, were highly civilized; pos;setts, and asked how a pe1i1ionto abolif,h lbat law se1sed prorerty-some individuals among them be• would be received here. He also told an anecing, indeed, wt1ahhy;and were making considerable dote of a ~hip captain, who, on his return from sea, therefore, progress in the useful arts. They were, had beeu fined, under lhe blue laws of Connecticur, deeply interei;ted in maintaining friendly rela• for kissing hh wife on SunonSearle, a chaplain in 1he navy of the United States, praying the allowance of an addi• tional ration for extra iervices rendered by him; and an adverse report on the memorial of the MONDAY,