di*GRESSIONAJA. MILITARY ApPRoPRIATION • • • BILL. • The House; un motion, of Mr. Cam 7 4)releng - went into Tjarnn'ittee - rif, --- .tlie: ' on the slate of the lkiion, (Mr. 1) . ie " ho , Cliair.yaud resumed t e consideraiip - ir oft lie bill making hp :" propriaiian for the Army fur the year On ruotion;!4 Mr. G f authreleng, .the bill Was further amended by-.reducing . , the sum approprialetrfor !the. naootial •--ttfritdiieti from $360.000 . to 15340,000. y . .Mr. •t. tlten inoVed to :reduce the. -'item for qrsandis from. - $2.58,473,:t0 , $232; 370. '- ' '.. .. , -.-.. . •..,- • Mr, Bell pri);,o3ed -.further-to i•eclucd ,kt. 10 - $10 . 0„0 . 00; -and oil this •naiii - i - on ciebale.arose whichdeed iied_the .c9m- ,the remainder of the sit- NO=M OULU • the grotind that the-large sum in the till could not he•indiSpensably needed ---- fo - r - t.lre - Tresent7yeari T itrid r isr-v-iew-af. . ' 'the - , - redtldell.,. •state - of - tlie - :'Creasury; ought to be reduced as . fir :IS' was pyir- - dent. and proper. :Some points on the ---freri-tier-Wou- . idTre - miiitwa - n - appropriation:;: 4- L - especallYTlATWiriali; -- fOi - these-he 'was.. Willing to provide. . . . . - ';-- A ri . reply - to'- an ..: in.cp 1 i ry-fro M__, Mr-,. - -Ar-elkof--ArkansafOlm-Canibrele,ngcal - - -, Jed for the reading, .of . the -estimates' : from the. DePartnient, showing to which arsenals, • and to what' purpose,--at each. Of them the appropriation . asked‘for was ;.prePoied . lo: be applied. . " ' ..- Mr. Yell opposed the reduction of apf propriatioits.sbiar as.the.Western 1r0n ..-tier was • ceticer ne - d: - Go-vernme-irt had eaughilhe.CreEks & Seminoles; and 'tied - them 4 bought thein,. and let 'them ._loos'e_on_ilie_borduri. of this, Stoe,:arid . -.-low it was proposed to reduce the 'su_m" - -- intended for its deTence!.. ---- To this Mr. . Y would never - consent, - • lie.was a ra dical throughout,- arid `would heartily :' -firiite:ivith alts gentleman from-Tennes ----*seeipolities-so me t irn es4b at ught.:a_rna n_.. ' riequaioted,iiiith strange - bed'-fellows) . in -- ' 7- li - iiiiii; iTip - o - S - eiVail - ti - e - tiri tree x pen - dit u re s, -- : ; - ayid e'specipily..9l . :all - .th - e:.officemof. - tii - e - , - - - Government. rut - he !lever 'would :give .liis Vote for borrowing ten millions of -- :dollari by more . Treasury -notesj.-but -__.let net the.redUction lalli-on the tlefen: : . ces'of our:frontier-7T - -...-- _ ----- '-, ..._ ,_ Mr. Bell sard---the - Searetary Of - War - Wearrhavethe diSeretnin -6ralioiyiii-g --the money where ""most needed.- He , wbuldirwever, 'Consent to modify-his - .rnotionso as to fix the' sum . 'at . 1 . 59; coo. • .. .. Mic - tett::w4dl - 6v6 nothing - to - thi - S with the discretion of the - Secretary, or :" 'pt.the - txecutive either.. He had seen :quite enough Of the 'exercise_ of such . sliscretion•dn the Arkansas frontier. -::-.‘ . Mr. Cambrelengeonsented to accept Mr. - Bell's atnendnient as a modification of his own.. • • .. . .. . Mr. Pope asked -what become_of the specification of the 'objects •to which this sum was to be applied'? . • . ~ Mr. ,Cantherleng said - the money --*- 4 . - 0 - ild - 116 -- 0 - ifilied to those mosru I rgent"- - _, needing it. ./ . 7... . , • - 41 r. McKay supported , the amend .lnerit. 'lle thought 'where new bUile ings Were proposeitOlial"-might be de ferred, and also-some contempt„ tell im provements not yet commenced, but sucly.as N \ eve begun-'should--be coniple:- .. .) led.. He • eferred to' the law of 1836,* which authorized the erection of arsen . aliTin - A - r - kansa - s - ancl - Missouri and-one •• at Memphis, in . -Tennessee, to-cost $14,- - 000 apiece. That asked- for $30,000 . • , More.. , . Mr. Mason was :in .-favor of , the I tithendment. Its adoption would ex press no opinion that the items propos ed were improper in themselves; it would, only go to defer atirine of tpem,,l, N.4',39-119- fair an__ opportunity_otre • duction as Would probably be presented. The amount in the.hill was heavy; and should be djminished - 13y,redueiug such items as . would bear. it. • Mr. VellmoVedjtooinend the,,pmend- pent by adding Irefo. the, words "or so much thereot.as,_ will he ,requisite io,complete such arsenals as had been - T t,a(t'egun, and: to :e - rreetim.arsenal-in Ar ' lonsas."- . • Mr.-Y. replied-with warmth to the ,temarks... :.::::: : Whom' he' un - - .. derstood.as undertaking to defend the conduct of the: Executive . _ Department relation to, these works cn, the rati fier: It wasstraniei k indeed; , that he eci — tilEnot.expiess the''wish wishes and 860,1 7 . Therits• : •cif the - peapte- - yvhh . sent' him, without its being: emistru - ed into an at- 1 40 on the Adnainistration. ,At hOrne, lie was called a •iwliole hog collar matiV,', - hut if he could not speak for.:his con stittletits,.--he- would go hortic' What • Itad the Government done to, defend them?. After an appropriation ,had 'bden made two years, they had protee 41ed•so far as to get out same of the Um= --- cdr.for the arsenal orderd by law. At this rite it.would take about ten'yeats . to dempliteit, and in the meanwhile on& . . , half hie people would be scalped. ,WaS thislbe mode in which the. Executive Deparment defended the frontier? lie wanted no more or such defencej- nor did the fidoide of .A.l'ltiknsas. Ur i ., Mercer was 'in favor of the arnenatant of the gentleman from . •Ar,- . kansas; but contended that $14,000 was arraliundacit Stint- to erect %ny arsenal which could be needed on the frontier; would be amply' suffi thitt _vv_as_wanted was 'a plain - 'brick ;; , .building'With •a • substantial roof; !lina lc' strong floor: In such . • situations no` ,4- expensive or., nrnamental -----bnildingii , abould-be-pretted r _since,the site might e,c lange „. . = Mi. , kteg.4y :Made foitheir.explana liens to regarikto thOfity 0f , 18.36,- and, the manner - in.'Which it had exeeti, Thad - law had limited the sum for' Itte.WeSterit'ar..t;enals to fourteen thou-- and dollars; but the officer stfperintend- , Mg Wad: reported to the heed °elite Or dnamte Bureact,. that a - much larger Sum, would be needed. He read. .6 _report fl'oM this offibar,on the 4itthieot;:though it would have• been, improper to .cottn- -menee on'aitcale, proportioned to•four teeit thousand dollars, wheli the 'officer reported that the-arsenal at Little Hoek, Arkansas, would require at 1044 fer4-', three thousand cillars. • :Asto the de lay, that arose, in part, frorir the panel, tyof Officers in the ordnance, NVll'oo43: it liad-becomb. , necessary.to employ - tetiattts :of artillery.; but these • had• all been called ofl stlie FloFida war. re'oined with increased ani•- mat", He was • not to be controlled. .by the opinions of the gefttleman from North Carolina - afi'.4.6 the prudence -of - 1 - ;a - .Everttiv - e - hi arluyi rgthe-exeen tr of nubile . Works.orclered by law,. until they .aou Id - drive through dongres .a propriatioir for_lArge . y (he .duty,of the txecntive;and. of any Other. if Congress_ appropriated but ten 'fiwerk,:lloWever ; largeoo 011 -- aratic - xp - e - nd - it. There - was.'no-Jaw:r When the' law said fourteen ~thousand dollars„. was the txectiOveto say no; I will do'no . thinglill,yo giVe me fifty thousand dollars? .And-was - he thu.s•,to' delay the public . - defence till he-could ma ktt- Con'gresa..give him whatever-80M -hettibug-ht expedient attd•-necessary?- 7 Tit : at iort of; thieg_had_eaused .tho,Wes— , tern frontier to loi3e•not only arsenals, but its military-,road and chain of posts. The road .had been ordered- and•-money - ..aplyropria .to - ymake iti-and half a doz e" comtnissintiera . .had been- titling up and down the country, 'eating - rip the" bread and meat of thL-peCrPle, : but •not a stick , had been -cut towards Making . the rciad.t and now.they reported that- Th3 - thiErg — rnoi-e could Le - done: till the_ _grass. grew-for • their_ horses. in -the .springl_An_the - mean While, tile - Gov 7 - tirriment had - been - sending'off the Creels and Choctaws, and as many. of. the Se minoles as the ould ea h and ass_emb-- _ liag.theth on .the border,, while these genti_yrAvere—tvaiting---for the: =grass to grow. ' Was. 'that the .view Of the gen= Alernan from North Carolina -as - to the true ,policy- to be pursued by-thi s -Ad- . ministration .aniwerable for such con dttet and all who upheld them_in-it. He could:tell gentlemeri.that, if they, did .not speedily do-something tO;prOtee:t., the West, theicalps-Jaf_half-Atia eon- stituents would shortly- be on the pole. The Executive knew this.- He had been 'distinctly told it by officerrof the army; he had been warned of it from day today. Was the Administration waiting for the grass to grow? Was that the' etterg,y' which they exhibited in defending a frontier immediately expo- ,1 sede to the Indians? 1f so, he. was agairtst_all_such modes.of-admittistering 'the Government. The people of Arkan- . sas would not stand-it. They had asked for-.troops to whip these Indians; if the GoVern mem- did. not give them, they Would whip them themselves ; but at' least let them have arms in their hands. Were-they - to - come-here4z-pyetend - that delayof, two years was 'necessary to re , move a few trees, and to begin to build - I r an arsenal? . Ma's' that their energy?—. HoW long would it be before A:rkansas was protected-. if it took two yearst.e..be;* gin to build . 3:fort, and in about fifteen to send some troopathere. But he declared there inc.his place that in two years there would be _§ war on the frontier. You -have setiffhese Indians (said Mr, Y.) on our borders chained. 'They- have hell In their hearts, and everyman acquain , FeA — Willi — th - Cliature of. Indians well. knows that they will never be - satisaed until they get our scalps. You have sent_ usAlig.Creelcsitfchains; . now.y . 9u are sending us the Cherokees; and then you will send the Siminoles; 4t you. -have got them to whip, first, and I have very little fear as to such of them-as are in Florida, the Way you.:have' been going on for some time past. But the Creeks and the Osages are there already, and I warn, you that they will.com mince-. a. war -within two -years. The gentleman has . made excuse for the -head_of_theArdnance_Bureau. I knnw nothing Abut subordinate. I know the overnment, and-rlinow the' head of the Departmerit, and th People of Arkansas will look to them, Oil to •npne othet. Mr. McKay made some elrplana ions; disclaimed "all intention to under take the defence of any- bodytassented to the general principles of Mr. Yell's remarks, but stilt thought the 'Gover n:lent could not begin a work until they knpv whether it was to cost $14,000 or 48,000. If the genilertian from Ar kansas was satisfied with $14,000, all that he had to ask was the execution of the 14. " The- questipp ci!as new ptit on the aniendment proriesed by - Mt. 1r;11, anal it was agreedto. , - Mr: ;Mercier mcired to add to it - the words "according to the proOsicins of the 'existing law." . . . Mr: Yell asked eXplanatiOn of the object intended, and . Mr. Mercer hat ing givAn_ it,•„Mr,i(ell warmly remon strated-against thec adoptinn of- the la - mendrn - int - br - g,nint - tri — exclade -- the contemplotion of the :arsenal in Arkan :as altogether. .1§4,000 had been.alrea"- 'ily: expended in 'purchasing a site; so' that would' beleft-t9-ifeel •7 - titt.r. - o;=.lt-tioTtr . :-Ti;) v*OXU.-elyntf.:,7l4x:vapit9:r4 ...-! . . the, • bUildings . and ..appurtenances: : of :every .sort. • • ' • . • A good deal Of desultory debate en sued as to what - sum ,ivas . _necessary.foy the erection•of an arsenal Suited to the 'use intencled,.Mr. - IVtercer • contending that $4,000 was amplysufficient for the cost-of - a bujlding that , would hold 00,0 stands of arras,, and - Mr: Yell.. •c•on tending,,on th6:otherliand,that , Blo,ooo Wag wholly instifiicienty, and was .less than . : any.arsenal in the United Statc. had cost . . _That at. St - . -Louii has host f;00,900 dollar's. .• • • . - •The • questinn ws, finally , 'taken - on Mr.-Mercer'satitemfrrient; when it was rejected without a - count, anathe amend: wept . of Cambrelengi as amended on motion of Mr.-Yell, was then agreed . • Bell ,- thcn - 7 . prop - osed further tti n end .t 'hillb_y_insitting a tailpro- . priation of • $553,41,5 . . th cover: the amount of drafts lying over, and- arrsar ages of pay Ao-the Vnltnteers_ kn ihr - ,ttlie - Objett. o fTw - trickarriend me n twas to provide for all expenses i.vhich: had been incurred, sO . as to have_ a fair fieli - for-discussion on the hill inalCing ap prOpriations for the Florida war. Mr. tvetetiopoSed the amendment, as lie - :-.wisited that all items of.eXpendi tilie-for-the-Witr - in Fharida should-be confined to one hill, and: exelped from the general appropriation for the army. Mt'. Bell hoped. the . - gentlemab from. - Verraicint ..cliange his :tappiliion, ant Would permit - - eyery item that was • immediately pressing to be now dispo sed of; else, when theFlorida..bill carne i►h,- the Mouse would'ear the:- same - - sting which had been s o often sung I.lleir'earsi.that. the exigencies cif .the -Case .w,ere..urgent, that• - innocent men were suffering, arid,that . no . delay : Could he: endured. For-hisrown part, he was in clined to °believe that these items olio protested drafts and arreartigeshad been :reserved and- put iri the Florida hill' as a leverjo force that bill •throu‘gli the cHouse. This-wa" T all Items for the-• Florida-war-and •:lt`ee;i_fltom_in h.bill by thernSelyes;,fer. Many Of 'the items in the ...present 1 - V -• •y • - owe for. clothing and subsistence' of the AirOy_for= the . year,. did cover expend-itures -for the Florida:war: - If _the :choirinan:of, the . 'Committee of ; Ways, and...itteartij-realry wanted_ :these $400,90Q appropriated, why not insettlthem.in this bill? Then these protesteddrafts x might be_ paid-AO a feW dAys. • Mr. Cambrelenvexpressed -surprise at the zeal of-thegentlemari from Ten nessee for having the protested drafts of the Govertiment if 'he really wanted to - get 'the GOVernment out of debt for the Florida %liar, instead of proposing this half , millioni let • him at once insert an • item of two Millions.— As .to , this item being put in the other bill by design, that was not the fact.•:--. They. Were included in the estimates -furnished:by - the - Department. • Mr. Bell said that hemould very wil lingly do as had been---suggested, if it was true that two millions had been spent. He wanted 'l.O get clear of all arrears. • . Mr. DoNining, the Delepte, from Florid4: - .saidAllat - if,_ that wai, the gen tleman's wish, his course was very plain; let him insert an amendment au thorizingAheSecretary-of—WarAo_clis, charge all-- - debta-incurred thus far by tlieTiorida - campaigns - out - of any - other money in the Treasery. not otherwise - appropriated. . - • - • • -Mr:-Downing stated_ithat, froth all the information obtained atthe Depart ment, acid he had taken great 'pains to examine;ife'was autltOrized.to say that the arrears were not less than two mil- onq M 1 Everett -`persisted in his obj.ec lima to the am'endment..l.,. Adrnitting_it to be impossible, with perfect accuracy to 'separate the expenses of the Florida ,war frodr -- the general approprjatiuns, let it at • le,aSt be done:as far as p'ractada b.l.e...He.objettedlo such a general pow er as was proposed by . Mr. powning.— Whenever the true •aiiidunt of . debt shallbe Ekflicially_certifiid.to the House a bill could be introdateedd :to. appropri ate for it; The Florida.' appropriation bill -was for -,090,000. The , House -were — now - Aolk' - that - Were—already=a reariofS2,o6o,ooo,, So it appearedithe campaign-was-to coil - 187;00,000; and he supposed that the next Campaign af ter it would cost the same; and a third ca \ mpaign might 'cost as much more. He'hoped that the. one, bill would be in troduced to Close up the accounts or the present campaign; - and - a - distinct - kill for such eXpenditurcaas were future,and in contemplation onty. • , On . motion oi mr. Mallory; the com mitteunow rose; and it being ascertain ed that there was no quorum, the Chair man repntted that-fact to° the Honse, and, there upon, the House adjourned. .0 ort estionclenee of the Baltimore Patriot Washingtoit, A prit9, 1838. The copy of Mr. Hamer's resolution, I,Commentetl letter of . .Saturday;was an exacttranscriptof that before the klOuse, and which as _.'ordered. . printed:, .It takelidownverbatnin as .read..by the . tict and sonorous tones. There was no mistake . about. it. - Who. coUldlinagine-that a.-niaterial-nlteration- Watilibe made in hi - after O t e - tlonse_had_ ordered it to .Ire printed? " :Yet tiatonishment of all not in the seeret,.the resolution conies out in the newspapers, and laid on, the. desks . of. members; with words ad eed that effecfu lly , Change its charg,ter - and Those wQrds are ''as. the-present adniinistration designs to .do"-and they are inserted .in .such connection as to make-the resolution de clare this, administratioti• designs to ',aid the banks in regaining,public confidence, and to stistqn them in ,their' - efforts to fulfil .their.obligations,- . ancrto . yestore to the people a . :lsbund-circulating Medium! Now this amendrinent or. interpolation was wholly irregular, if not disrespectful ttitlic House.. Jt is -quite Italia! to propositilifferent forms beforre the body, and io •Move that...they be printedl for- informationi wit h . the -tritefliciti,-of presenting theM for lorisideration, at another time. ' The motion to print is . generally . .agreed to as matter of cour... te . sy: But the yore is talten of course on the liarticular proposi.ion that is submit ted, its form and spirit; and after the order to, print had been given, neither atithor nor . any ciflfEr nierr~bei `Jigs an ri.lit .to. intr - oduce . .words of an kiitd—least . of all; words' that 'entirely change the character of the propoSition. Mr.' Hammer did this.. He gage.-to 't he newspapers •of the city and to. the public _ printer a resoiution materialtyl - different. from that wliicli he laid before the Hciase.. t.. To-da m he .deemed it necessary to give some explanation- ; of this extraorditim.. conduct. It appears that afler'he offered it, some or - hisAlepds — intimated7that . the resolution. inio,bt fTbe construed a s Lasthig .:k'efISUIT on the—Administration- Now he had. not intended to impute any thing of the 'kind! He . only . meant 'to - assert t h e plain, ;literal, abstract fact that it will be thd duty of Governnient .to act. thus andso in .a certain 'contin, gency. And ,, conipliance with. the wishes of his .fricnds lye : inserted the words (mentioned above) to show"t hat - he - did - not - intemf to - throw - blame - on - the - AdMinistration.' If he had done'wrong, he asked pardon. - Thil is, the substance of 'the bonorable : member's 'explanation,. The'best - fir all hoWlever is that he, nnediatelvpro - pbsed tp present, :Lug -the inteyotated copy, but "the originaircsolu lion, deprived of•the •clause declaratory Administration's--designs!., 77be proposal created a greater hubbub arnong• tvain;bands - than- did. kis movement -Saturday, - --#•Th -eo mined a te--b e-op d-ca -b re le -his—countenance r_ueful than ever,- t!..WhOll say - now: lie . had not _exclaitned.a full-blooded Loco loco ,o that," bawled anoth- "he does mean to• "cetis - Ure:ihe tldmii i.trution!" Objection - _was inirai..diate_ly .made to 44e,resoldtiutk.: .. Mr.--3Vise expres•ed a . . . -hope th t the member froth .Ohio wotilt a ti\o ask for: suspension-of -tivertiles - to ob: tain,his - - te on,the resolution.. _..-„. Me; Hamer-did-move to,suspend• This , being_the first ,:clay cif meeting at eleven o'cloCk - the 'atte.ndance:was - not - so good as was wished._ A call of:the House was -ordered; and by the time it was - finished' the Hall was nearly lull: . „Mr. Parker of New York asked Mr. Ilainer•iiiilef presenting 'the subject for. consideration till Wednesday. The laver replied that •he wished it__dispOSed of with as little delay as possible, but - -would . cheerfully submit' to the wishes of :the member. All conversation on the subject being ir regular, the Speaker:enforced the rule; -and-Mt:-- Hamer- took-the--sense-.'of--the- House on the' inotiOn to suspend the rules .for the purpose of enabling him to pre sent his resolution.. This required a vote of two•thirds. 'The number was not obtained for the motion; though there was a large majority: - Thenlivision was as follows—Yeas 110—Nays,,61., - •" '. Mr. Underwoocl.of Kentticky, • 4B some. resolutions W hiclf have pro'• posed as amendments )o Mr. Hairier's, if-that -hallAteenlitpughbetUre.the_tiouse for "consideration. He • now asked the usual cO4rtesy of - having - them printed for the • information of the House. "I object," exclaimed Mr Petriken, a sin gular prodqption. from -the gocid old State of, Pennsylvania, who is liked all the bet; ter for his costume, by a Calhoun paper printed here for priva?c circulation 1 pre• sume, as it appears to have'veryilittle of a public- nature. . The editOr . ought to like his friend of • aintu nomini one still 'better and better for. hii rare -e7ou r teiy. :T-he,tiihjoetions..not_being-over-ruled,:Mr.. Undervilood . was prevented from laying his resolution before the House. . . .. The Globe will not Probably thunder against Hamer forthwith.: Every means, will beyried_first - to keep him in the fold. lie-positively is the only than in the Ad ministration ranks in the House who can make a tolerably plauSible reply , to-the arguments, rie-deminciaiionS,•.or, Jett-sof the opposjtion.. His, departure from a mong them, theykno - w, will 'be' a beavy Joss: - ' . . . .. ---- . -- Tbe. -- Tiouse vas db - gli Vili (Mr. ityg a -- c6itz - - . '-siderable part of the day with the Navy - Appropriation Bill.- A spirited dik - u - S. sion 'arose on the, penslingrynOtion of Mr. Wise to recominitAfjcifthe Committee of Ways •and 'MeanS, with - instructions to strike out the appropriation for, the Ex... ploring EXpeditionand convert the . •ves isls.into.a Coasting_,Squadriiii. • '- .Cambreleng earnestly plearted for the appropropriation! - Which, he said would be wanted' whether the Expedition should sailor not. . -_, •-,•:: : :, • - ~ . Mr. Wise Spoke with his u'!'3ual.anima tion•against the apprOpriation,.and in the course of his remarks referred'yer 4 the; 'appointineiit of Lieut. _Wilkes, as Calcu lated to. injure the Expedition,. that bet cer being inferior hi rank to those. who have successively declined the command, and - to some .whose services are already • , _ engaged. Me.,-Adams spoke in favor 4 of. Meal) , propriation with remarkable energy liiuL spirit, and passel a higheuiogiun upon -Lt. Wilkes . as .a man of science, and an officer. - • . -- • ••-• • Mr.liitham of Conn., alsomade tionte obervation on .the same sile. .M W r..ist briefly : rejoined and _Mr: Ogden Hoffman closed-,,the dolga, tjebitte by - urging itre - , sailing of ,the .EXpeditioni-and the, grant Of -this- ap'propropriatietri,. in. ,a,., highly interesting anti.eloquent speech. ' . The Senafe iiii - k - d - s ibe -- Bill rofriiiV _ . . . •• - . . ,• preSsing .thepractice of Duelling 'in the District.• • • •• Mr. Cla1: of K,erttucky, expressed his concurrence in the' measure, which, he: hoped W 11 Would .. 7 1eas.t _aid', if ii should entirely. succeed in producing - that cn - )ightenerl state' hf public opinion, which alone can' eradicate u . practice; condetnn ed by reason, adverse to religion; and con trary' to humanity. lie had not been silent - On this measure hitherto; in, eon-. sequence of any. intlifferenee. No man woutd,be more • rejoided than - he, tu see such a state Of, society, ant; -ion:every where, as would. entirOy'dis cOuntenance and.-.putdoWn the practice which the bill proposes to suppress, The great object n his opinion, was first, to apply some efficiein3 corrective to publiti, °pink:m . on that view, he' regarded 'the bill, and - he would; therefore vote for it. The 'division on the pass'age was Ayes 44;'N'tiya - 1'; --- • • • .The mopnin,..business . was without interest or importance. Some amendments were made to the Bill for . graduatitig - and.redncing the price of the public lands; none, of *rich affeq the general -priticiple., 7 - Mr. Clay''brolly ' expressed his opposition to the whole spirit and itcope.o.f this : disturbing . ' inter jerei ice with t-be-public-71-andsr — Ale will speak at some. length on . IVednesday, - to which day-the-bill' was :7postpOtted. ' • • The letter of . .Mr. .Biddle Mi: Aslams, on the_ ques tion whether the liatiksshould resin - we spediepaymentsin May.next, has produced - •a. great sensa7 tion here. Frei-flaw New %York Eveizipg Siar„pf Saltirday_last. TEM 6111EA.T 'RESULT. .•• •GLo RY ENOUGH. - _• ;THE - DIE is casT. -- - V - an IThren has again,lost the City, and with ittiere trievablyilost.-the State. The Whigs have had - a glorious and most unparalletL, ea - victory:, not only, over.-their entsTeialTTC - ntitled to , a vote, bUt over the countless' thousands so illegally in-, troduced from other places 10 overpoW:- er and vote-down the citizens and-resi dents of thecity.... - Had - the. Loco - Focos L even-earlied.a...majority of, the Common retittn - cil - ,- - 1-he-m cans - w herby-th ey-lfad suceeeded 'woold -have -formed the vie -Ithents of- their-own-destructioa, for . itteh' eilesperate attempt to,corrtipt the Ballot - , 13 - o - x - , -- m - u - st - ihring with it reaction 'and . .• condemnation. . • • ~„ We never saw more in temie - anxiely: threughout the eilk...then preVailed last, eveninglafter-the result-43.1-thei6thl and . -Bt-hwere-known. -Every thing depend-. ed.on the 11th, and while the canvassers were, closing theii. lab Ours; Broad Wily. Blouse :Was surrounded by .thousands, aiiirthe moment the majority was known; the windows were illuminated, the hands of music struck upi_Masonie --11-alland-avenues--were--trowdedyLan-d-, the whole city was in motion. The moderate and thinking filen of _both parties--indeed,' we may spy, every honorable man %I:rho has . been a spectator of recent events, fell shocked at • the frank's, Perjury' and corruption which too evidentlYenabledlhe admi n•- isti tip - arty - to - potho - powerful-a What are we coming to in this country? t peaceable .contest at the pollsis a pea ceable test of party-it is to ascertain the opinions and, view's of citizens entit led to yote-- 7 it is a , fair and honorable party appealto.'the . Ballot Box. We arc all Americans--living finder the same Constitution and laves ; each boast- . ing ofhis , freedom and equal rights-our political .differences are after -all -the dif ferences between members of the-'same 'national faMily. What, therefore, is tO become of our frendotu and rights, `our, morals, ~safety, and -religion, if the ad-. ministration 'of our Government is per-- .to embark - in sucbopen, avowed, palpable schemes of fraud and corrup tion as ).hose recently exhibited in this cily? .More tha five thousand stran gers, having no' itAteresf and no dorni cil, are . introduced. by the partisans of the administration----intd- the-ci brought up to the poll. to decide *ho shall..make our municipal taws. More ; than four hundred. Votes. over and above the ascertained Voiescif . a ward, are, pol led in such ward. Men moved - -from ward to ward.to sleep one night 'as an evasive qualmeation. .• . :More than 200 saildra..from .T.Thited Stales vesSep. Of war brought: over to• the city to vote—sloops and small 'et:aft trading downthe North and Kist rjvers,. -- e - aelFltn - own - nev er--to-have-more--than three hand,sylerning out thirty an.dfOr;i:, ty - Vraters. from each Men'turrr - 7 . -- ed from the polls for want of legal qual ifications, broughe-back by-administra tidn partisans and . made to swear in' their vcite. Hundreds with read clay ofPew.lerseyadhering. to their thick soled - Shdeao - presentingrthemselves - to.' vote a- izens of.New . lfork, an:l all this fat and .prejUry• set ,on foot and jus ifi 1 to 'enable.-Mr. Vali Buren-to say "I have• recovered the city.",• But .invhas been signally . defeated. as he ought to be,. notwithilanding all tis mighty. efforts, Phere is this daya, clearly 'ascertained Whig' majority in this:city of five thousand." his, therefore a mockery to call a contest Withlersonsfrom other" States,. hired for the occa6ipni an election'. .'liTe must have .0 registry of Votes in order to sweep away this vast system of 'per jury. and .fraud ; and 'every man who' has an interest at stake in hisper3on,..bis Children, or. his protterty, must demand, it of the Legislature, as the only means. of-coming i u-a-fair - clgclgjpp _ an_all_suel~ matters. • This:ill - OW .eleetion , should open the eyes of the •honorable.of 'all parties in the. tiungerS,Oat .meilaco, arid iVttoss proVittaiti tinit"; ". MEI HERALD AND EXPOSITOR. IgY GpoteG.q =c:~:~a~r~~;r;=~= - - 171 - tre . s . day - A pril-117;1 _. . , "-NV hile I make this avowal'of acquiesceaeV, '`. I• desire:to be most, distiontlrunderstood is - •• : * -:"': maintidning„an. unchanged opinion on. the. subjc:ct icf the state dcbt,and of the public im- pi ovements; find ll_Vvisicit to be known that-'. ' -so icing as J-continue •in-my present- station, - - ,----- r will', no all occasions, adhere,, to the opi nions_ and principleS heretofore- expressed; - - • Ttid* - 11- mitre them Um rule of my conduct, . artdess, as in tile, present instance, I sh)d I be overruled' by the wish of the people, legiti- . • . _mately Jp_adeJ) - tiown - .1. I : make-this:public avowal now, that hereafter therelll4 bend - -. niismiderstanding-op this head. - s ' - , ...----, in die second4Tii - ee, thoug,h7,th - e - rea - - ---- ' - son-just explained, is the Main one, which has •C decided. my course,. it is not the unly one.: Others havehad their influence. -'' - A' -." ---- = - - I - he 'defeat of. 'the present bill, which '-, w'onld render improbable - the-passage of atiy- .' other no -the subject -at thiiNession, woilld-' • ' deprive the 'public agents of a repair fund, and would therefore' throw -idle, for the - treatenillTrinf the season, the .wlthle - liiie`af '— canals and railroack The responsibility of such a result I _should e'S . low to assume; _ ° and while I 'admit this, " it_is due to Myself . to repeat that such it- poSsible• state of things . - Was fineselen at anew)); kriod ofthe'sessioin . • .. Th6' dilemma then-apprehended was at-. 'GENTLENEN, • - ' -.. tempted to be - guarded against. • Whether ' ; _ After inatutT deliberation, I ha ve signed my want, iif sticcess'in - that attempt will e---',. the Wl : entitled. An . act to provide for the ! v o itua n y be N. good or evil .s,o the comnion- • Repair's, and to cOntinue the Improvenientsj_ wea lth . , i t i5;--f.,,,. the f , fiitiire to decide. It is of the state, and for (Ater PurposeS'" -Li •i now o bvious that the only 'choice presented 7 l' A prismiteing- _the . performance of. this.. !P"t r is het wcen - signing a bill with appropri;itions • • - "o 44 1 1- hig - ae t,- - - i t - s tk. " `e -- t - he :----tte-ei°l- - te- nl,"---t(i-e-ompaii-le-s-iind-to-neAw-W-rirkS; - -atid-eneoun-"- ---- -- ,--,,- self, compels me to - &Xplain the•reasons that cto i ng - the risk el having no provision what , ... ifillueocc.ine,_and to_multd_knownitheline'_ot ever _ ma d e for the repairrof•the_State works. -.:_, 'conduct - thirt - will - be - pursued - in carrying-the I Another Strung - holunement to sanction - I he---* .7 - .. . . . provisions of the bill-11110 "PeuttiOP. •*- c bill is found in the filet that it is now two ,• - . This-NH al)propriates: . _,-_- -: years sin ce any luovisiow,,was made to con-. . 7 • 'IJO State teaks, Repairs, ' ._ -- I tinuc the public - - work.s.___ln. the - meantime . -, *&c:: - . -- ---" ~ ,-••- - • : • 51,3 8 2,044 18_ 'nowtr;letOrs;lalacirers and others conexilivil, -To State Road s-and Hi idges • -116,300 00 , *L ave * sr , ir e red. muel), Milepiultait of loss to To Turnpikes,* .",.,- • •• . 159 . -,000 00' the late his the continued ulaprOductiVene,ss o Ce• Caeals.aed Railroads,-29 1 ,60 0 trO T tbf the - cri•pind - alreadr invested iii the unfin ---7-----7----7' ,shed lines..' - The' depressed state of trade and btisiness generally, and conseipient - want of eruPloy), meat for mechanics' and laborers, alsO : Pre .T . . sent- Strotig.rcAsoilso. against hoarding tip the . funds of die coriononwealih.- . 'f heir ex pen-. diture now will have a most- happy mid be• otificial.viact tar the prosperity or the state and her* Citiiens, a n d should rempvq much ` - of - th - e - repogna - a - ce-entertained again: the - , mere manner of the distribution. For these 'cowls I have determined to sign the bill,- aud, in coming to this condor - sic c tha.vic cice exceeding_l_y_thatibLvs lleert . .....,.. j. _ spared the necessity or, using,the veto power . ---a. power, whase -exercise is only less on= 'pleasant than-the sanctioning of an act deem , ed,'wrong bitself... ' - • ' I shall now briefly stale (ertriti 4411Culties` wine)) may or - I - S . C - 4i --- c - ii - triiiirg - the - bill - - intiv -- . --- operation, arid the manner lii which they will be treated; if they shook] otcur. There are two Classes of appropriationa embraced in nit aft; one to state works OnVi in progress; and .the other to Company and -•-• other objects. To the former, on acexmt of their priority of claim on the taitli 4,1" the - ' State (they - being -- made - to - meet - contracts - long in existence) and their,general ititeeeis,t to the, Whole, canna 12114 y, I -shall, as far - as my mitt oi 'over the Treasury extends, con cede-a prioritrof - paymtintout of-thee,-pubic . -- funds.. Th'e latter will he--postponeal _to _ tirenr; - but --- ifthr - re'are - funds - epough - to dis---, chat ge both fully, both will be paid, To meet these two descriptions of appro.. I , iiation, it-appears to have been the jowl).- '-. lion - of the Legislature, that two classes of funds should be applicable, viz: the proper, iesomees of the State freiksitry and the pro- ceeds - of a -temporary loan of 5600,000. - If • this 'loan, he - actually received, it is kesumed that the joint fund will be sufficient to meet . nil the appropriations. But there is a -pos 'sibilit y that the loan cannot be iegociated. In this case, in accOttlanee.witlf the rule of. precedence alnive mentioned,°.niany of the . appropriations of the second class will not - . , - be paid. , -That such a result is popsible,_ if not pro f bable,,' - willpear_friim-an • eicaniination of ---- -the section authoriimg „the lOan. It is in . ti'icse - words: '''Section 12.' The GOvet nor of this coMmonweidth is hereby authorized' kto borrow - , - on - a - temporary loan, any sum of - ! money not exc,eeding _six_ hundrckthousand . : dollars„ and.to give the necessary Certificates 1 . A r e.refor, and the same shall be repayable tit . I the time such as ..shall - be.agreed on at the . I time, of making such loan, emit of any'money . 1- theirin-tbe TreasurvLnot-.other Wise_approlL__. , -, protteu," . NVith_respect.to this section, two _things -,' 're9re'k.'cTit'fff - ir - iewr--Ar--:flt.at,-IL--R-ldhpL' ent.' izes - onlv a t•tetoperaty , ]clan,", Which .1 uin4, . _vision I derstand to be . a loan repayable within , one •-.. ... to ally • year from the date'of - 45 negotiation.... And . .s the first I would here remark, that-if it contemplated sxlvania, of a _a permanent loan or. increase of the State ; .ter debt before' Debt, the bill cauld not receive niy *sigria -''-'----'''''--- *ince. ''2: - That:"the'ratn Of *line:test is - not . ' the bill . t.n 'meet designated. • But, inasmuch as the Legi?la*:- ns beyond the. tine had it . ,in their power to obuirt the_ li unquestioned money at- four percent; I shal l not hold mi . + :mope! one of - self authorized' ord "rate , ,• .require to give more than, noner to the that t: •' :-. .c . ' : - ~ . nt; itis',With : *Under this view a, the - requirements of section, au- the. sention,___,E will inimediately , take the $OOO,OO, proper steps to ascertain whether the loan • v.. Wha- can be - negotiated'onthe terms-now Stated. N lleged in- ~If•- the 'attempt be suecessful,.which,l .very o would - mutts doubt, then the Various ,subscriptions • nitution to he stock of the -.different .. companies - at least •namedin -. the bill will belorthWith. made. v* it is and the rriOney paid -in aedivrtlance with the m- -.* co 'prciyisions of Me 'act:: , If Doti' 1, : Shalrnet- cent feel authorized, RS Governor of l'..e.tirisylVd7.: the Ma, 10-affik 'the name of lieri , Cbier MagiS-, er;* trate -to a .contraet,.Which*T.,ktiow7.'cannotc be ~ e- fulfilled: - : '--,,,, , .-,, 4, - , ;.::: ii.-,c-.'''. , ..c - -V --i • ' eful examination ,c:icf; tbe: taw, ' t - -;,' sii"dAfFcriliirip-aail:pipii,' Otits - ";*:varkitt. - s,';',. ' Hi:ei.." ) 6 _ 16 . 11 ' 4 -:-'' 't h o ther. each-and*iyjth-iny.viewSpf.dutr. wi. c Ills - is-the cOtichision at which 1...• The - People's - Ca hdida t TO)1 PlFSji) ENT, 4.7D14 . )11. TETAttittlaaq,,,)-174- DeitrocrattirtimiTsaiii--Can .--.tlidate foreoivrator - , - 7 -. • . .S 0 Z-122.11.1T_1-1.2-`ll.av .. . .• - , - • .;<•:-.-..--,,:- ~ . ...e ......:..2 . .2.?' - ----'• - st - ..',.' --- We . It . . as, ., • ~t ..l it: i t,,, ~ .. . . .""- , • 153-7-3-151314 lj-Nl-7Zi• ?N s ' " 'Message of the, GoTO illbrr Improvement wich his !;ignatut e. To the 6'.enate and llou•fic of Rritresenta-:- tiyes of .116nnsfilvania: Tli olajections.:against the mcasure'arce - • .1, The Magnitude a the sum np - propriat-o ) ed. There will Leonly between 81,800,006 and 51,400.000 of a :probiible iud unappro, priated balance in the Tieasti ; ry,during the year, after deducting the snivs appropriated to other purpoes since the-beginning of the session.triiniTaii - diT.ireunistances, neitliew the preknt appearance cif the times, nor: the dictatesof common prudence, seem to justify the appropriation 0f51,9.52,14 - ---q--The-injuyiews,ole-c-t_saaf4he_vgizasuee_oiL the future vospects of the public works.---; If the practice once become peimenently fastened upon legislation connected With the Improvenelit iystetil;that no public apprd ptiations sball or can be. made withotblt . an .offeting of a large portion of the coe4iic r iii: wealth's' means to private undertakings, it is impossible to calculate When any , one of the State Woiks'will,be -completed and produc tive. _ _ •. .1.. The commencement of new State works before the completion of those now in _progress. It may, lam ft‘trre, be said that the only reqlly'new works authorized by the bill, arc the extension of the West-. Branch Canal, the Kittapitfg Navigifble Feeder, and the Wisconisco - Canal, forming altogether a d'Mance _of abitut finrty miles. and involving ultimately the 'expenditure of at million Or a million and m quarter of dPlla - rs7 --- B'irr; — i -should be borne in mind; that that sum, would gol'Ar,towards completing the Erie or the North Branch Canal, and would more than complete the Gettystitirg.pgail rand•rand would thus render: profitable,: wot Its 'now wholly unproductive, in the prosecution of which the state - haralteady so 'deeply . . in volved herseff.•. , - 4 4. I'lre unequal and: unusual manner_ in which the funds of the state are , scattered among a treat number of, local obj:-cts. if it . were_proper at the esent time to aid the different local - projects and improvements of the CornMonwealth, which by im means admittcd,the principle should be' carried into practice-eqaally to emery :county, in Propor tion,to its population and othei.elaimi. The local appropriations of this' bill, though they. are profuse and Various, are not made on this principle: 5: The absence from -this,.or any other bill of thesessien, of a provision to pay an ' existing and pressing claiM aainst the state. Last% summer when the public , works were in the utmost need, and the honor of the state ,reqtiired it, the Bank of the United States -agreed-to , advance-$9,00,000-at-fetir-per centH for one year,•under • resolution of a previous _session, though t compelled-to_do_ se by the 1 terms of th reso lute ilf. -- TlTarmonerhas=t ,not been aid,and cannot for a moment- suppose that the'omiSsion to)nake proviSion• for. it, by. the Lagislature, is owing to ally • thing but!adeident. If, it is, it is the first instance in the history of Pennsylvania' of a ridglect to pay or. secure ropier debt before' contracting ~tliers~ T -- - - 6 The mode provided.in the bill to hieet its excess 'of appropriaticins beyond the: means of the Treasui v.. With unquestioned power in. the Legislature to. compel one of the State Banks to advance money' to the Commonwealth at four. per , cent: itis!With no little surprise that I find a'seCtion, au thorizing the Governor to borrow $000,060, 31 any interest hevay 'seek to give.:What ever truth there' thayin the alleged in 'stances .of bank influence, he. who would . suspect . a feendly leaning. to , the-institution in quns in this ease, would Iraire,at least app e. routes in • his' faVor.' For, when . it is recollected that the duty to loan to the coin- - mon wealth .a speditied sum, at four percent whew - i equired by law. was a part of the hopous agreed to be given fer her charter,' the conclusion is almost inevitable, ,that re 7 fraining to compel her to dor sn, proceeds tint friim hostility, but friendship,' She, .at least: viii so undo stantlit; atfd 4 will be diffienit • troLconkine_e_Lthe__Xople__f_Afie_state,,tilk agreeing to - pay a' much-higher rate of, inter est- for money, When it.canbe' .110 at four is.an act .consistent with the best interest's of the commonwealth. - jt wontd be esto Wing . . the'rliffareirmen - t he bank in. question, were the . p vision fully e2secuti. • .rd;. and mulct*justly ,pnsidered - a real subserviency, to bank interest., ..; 1 hose objections to . the, bill; under ordi nary circumstances; would-Jr conclusive in - my mind. But the circurustanees orthe present juncture are not •anordinary char atter. • - . • In 'the first, place, jr will be recollected that most of the reasons now 'statedagantst • the, polity of-this measure, were, contained . and - publiihedamong, those which caused me -to refuse. the exceptive sanction to n „similar in•principle. though, 'more ohjecti on, aide in many of it's features, at the close of • the last,session. They were fully be fot e the people at, the succeedinir, general elettion, . •• and though they :leerned -to meet with the approbation of public opinion, yet it was 'tie- - cessa y that . hey should be:ratified,- by entienryence th e e people'srepresentativeS. • They were again declared at the Commence- . ment.of the present session, and repeated on 'one pccasion,•since. 1 have thus•done•-my duty; and though uric funk convinced now, than I was twelve mimths•ago, of the sound »Us of the Opinions then advanced, yet it seems -that the deciSihn of the people,. con- - • sthutionally expressed by. theiy..representam,_. - t d fie ren ti - d to: bow to public opinion thlis.ex pressed. • /.'~~ll 51,952,344 18 llare itre 1.• . , lderixliqP of the ILegislature . • t6 . ' the. conilianieS embraced , iIT, tould only , jtuve o intended as .COlld ktio10; depend teniportlky loan._ ' . . _
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