Indiana Palladium, Volume 8, Number 18, Lawrenceburg, Dearborn County, 19 May 1832 — Page 2

Ilcmarfcs of Daline, or i-exx. Fxlracts from a speech, made by Mr. Dallas ' in the United .State Senate, o'i the Xioth of April, 132, upon the Apportionment Bill, and th.3 amendment to it proposed by Mr- Weister. The hill s2nt to us from the House comes recommended to our partiality hy very strong considerations. The rule of apportionment it prescribes was, in the first place, coeval with the formation of our government. It wis enunciated by .the earliest congress after the adoption of the Constitution: hymen who hid participated actively in all parts of the country, in discussing, approving, amending, and perfecting that invaluable instrument, and in adopting it carefully to the washes and views of the American people. This rule has hecn repeated and enforced at every returning census: his been carried into practical operation for forty years: and has been universally acquiesced in as abundantly impartial and equal. Sir, I do sincerely and solemnly desire to find something permanent m our government: and I especially desire to find this quality of permanency and fixedness in a rule on which depend the quantum and equality of popular representation. Nor can I forbear to express my regret and surprise that an attempt to unsettle and overthrow what Ins been so long established and t'o universally conformed to, should emanate from the precise quarter whence it does come. Sir, the rule of the bill was not only settled long ago, but it was reflectingly' settled by our best and wisest statesmen. General Washington deliberated much: he deliberated in association with Jellerson and Hamilton: and their joint and laborous and enlightened and puro deliberations terminated in the formal adoption of a process, as the only constitutional one which has ever since been applied to apportionment. Metaphysical refinements cannot give us a safer or sounder rule than the one furnished by such men, under such circumstances, for the practical conduct of our institutions. I am unwilling to abandon their ride, unless conclusively satisfied, not merely that it is not in its df perfect for perfection I anticipate from no human eflbrt but unless conclusivly satisfied that it is positively unconsti

tutional, or vicious in tendency Anothcr recommendation of the bill, Mr. President, is powerful with me. Its rule has become familiar to, and is clearly understood by the great mass of the people.It.s application, its results, its imperfections, are all known and appreciated. Now, sir, I am not averse to wise and salutary innovations, suggested merely by learned and ingenious men : no doubt our system may be gradually improved by them : but there are some subjects on which I can sanction no chang9 which is not preceded by the expression of popular sentiment. If the American people have for forty years witnessed the operation of the rule of apportionment once more adopted by their direct representatives: if, as I believe, they fully comprehend its character and effect : and if, as we all know, tliey have cheerfully and every where acquiesced in it I cannot, I will not, agree lo take from the people a rule with which they are thus content, merely to introduce another more scientific and plausible, devised by a strong and ingenious understanding. The subject is too decply intcrcsting to them, to the exercise of their legitimate control over the government lo their rights, their convenience, andcV power. When they ask a rule different from the one upon which they have acted then, and not till then, shall 1 feci disposed to prescribe it. What, sir, is the rule of apportionment incorporated in the bill ? To my mind, it is a practical consJruction of the constitutional phrase "apportion:'1 Fix the number of people which shall constitute a constituency, and then allot to each State one representative as often as its population contains that number or constituency. In other, and more cemmon language, determine your ratio, and apply it to the respective States. The word "ratio" is assailed: but it was used and used with this meaning, on this very subject, in almost every State Convention to which the Constitution was submitted forappioval. It is the "one common divisor" deemed essential by Wasliington, in his message to congress of 17.)2. The fixing upon this constituency, this ratio, this common divisor, is the first definitive ieislative act in providing for the apportionment of representatives. The structure of every law upon the subject attests this. The number of the representative body is a f, rather than a basis, of the process: and hence, heretofore, that number has never been expressly mentioned in the aets of congress. Rut, Sir, we are told that this rule eventuates in fractions, or remainders, or resid tt urns! I deny their existence. The constitution recognizes nothing less than a constituency, ibr a distinct representation. Any number of people less than the agreed constituency is quoad hoc, nothing.. Fractions cannot be legally known -"to exist. They are nonentities: analagous, perhaps, in some degree, to an association of individuals, not yet entitled to recognition or lawful powers by an incorporating charter. Not, sir, that these ideal fractions are unrepresented in your jrovernraent: everv indi vidual citizen in the whole country Is now, i "1U a ways lias been, fairly represented in the popular branch of congress. Any one State may have more or less represent alivcs may have seven, or six, or five: but have what number she may, that number will fully represent all hcr'population. I am attached, then, Mr. President, to the rule ot the bill, on account of its venerable age, on account of its paternity, and on account of its simplicity. And in relation to the last characteristic, by which mv preft rence is excited, 1 beg leave to adop't ijie principle of Mr Jejferspn, when he

sriVs lhu: -Laws ou-dti lo be made for i in the proportions I have mentioned. Bui 1- - - - . ..alia 1 .1

men ol ordinary understanding, and should i here fore be cons! nied bvthe ordinary rules of common sense. Their meaning ougat not to be sought for in metaphysical subtleties which may make any tiling mean every thing or nothing, at pleasure."' The old rule invokes for its comprehension nothing more than sound common sense : that of the Senator from Massachusetts, however plausible, profound, or scientific, has exacted from his industry and skill, very manycalculations, and many moie explanations, before it could be understood by those whom I address, and will certainly never be embraced by the ordinary understandings oi the ureat mass of our fellow-citizen?. The objection to any longer adherence to the established rule of apportionment is. simply, as 1 understand I ho argument, sir. that it is unconstitutional, because, first, it works inequality, raid secondly, it does not "apjwrtion representatives among the several stales according to their respective numbers.'1 Does the rule itself work inequality ? Applying it to unequal, and unequally varying numbers, the results are almost necessarily unequal. These results, however, are not consequences of the rule, but of the circumstances which accompany the objects to which it is applied, and by which the fairness and equality of the rule are controlled and aifected. it neither increas es nor diminishes those supposititious creatares denominated fractions. All the constituencies of the rule itself are perfectly equal: and in ths respect, it is preferable far to the substitute proposed by the Senator from Massachusetts, hy which unequal constituencies are to be equally represented. It is not pretended that the rule is perfect in its effects: all agree that such a rule is undiscoverable : but it is pretended, nay, it is confidently believed, that its results are and will be in no degree more unequal, more unfair as regards' the distribution of political power among the several States, than the one proffered in its place, or any other that can be devised. It was urged, : vehemently and persuasively that the old rule had worked injuriously to the smaller States: and much ingenuity was expended to make this manifest by combining and shifting and interlocking what are termed fractions. I put against this theoretic no- ! tion the positive and incontrovertible language of experience: and I ascertain it thus: Take flee of the large States, and five of the small States, and let us see what I has been the aggregate of the fractions, of each class of States, at the period of each apportionment : by adding up these aggregates, we shall have the amount of fractions which fell, throughout the forty years past, upon the five large and five small States, respectively: and the difference will enable us to determine whether, by fractions, the larger or smaller States have suffered most. The following is the result : 1700 V irginia, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts,' iuiui aiojin?!, una iew lone. lKia n aggregate of fractions

101,000 50,11 73,03r 1(V,LS3 -370,803 1790 Ilhode Island, Vermont, IV Hampshire, Delaware, and Georgia, had an augrcsate of 50,170 70,000 yo,5.w 75,070 103,108 1S00 1310 18-20 1830 do. do. do. do. do. do. do. do. Difference agaiiul the large States '13,028 Whatever, then, sir, may be the apparent injury inflicted at any one period upon the smaller States, the operation of the existing rule of apportionment has, upon the whole, throughout the entire term of its trial, been advantageous to them, and comparatively injurious to the large States. Let us, however, see whether the projet of the amendment be exempt from the imputation of a tendency to inequality or disproportion. The question is easily solved by the favorite rule of three. The amend- . ment, as carried out in the calculations of t he select committee, awards to the State of Delaware two representatives, and to the State of Missouri three. If Delaware, in the first place, be allowed tiro members, for a population of 75,13'2, what number of members should be allowed to other States for their populations respectively ? An answer to this inquiry will at once ascertain the equality or fairness of the amendment: I give it thus: Slionhl be She ii atallowed luned only

1800 do. do. 1810 do. do. 1S0 do. do. 1830 do. do.

1 . New York for 1 ,018,555 50 "0 2. Pennsylvania 1 18,07:2 ;r 27 3. Virginia 1,028,503 27 21 4. Ohio l).n$S;2 2J 10 5. N. Carolina (ay,747 17 Ki 0. Kentucky 021,832 (i 13 7. Tennessee 025,203 10 13 8. Massachusetts 010,407 10 13 0. S. Carolina 455,025 12 0 10. Georgia 420,811 11 0 11. -Maryland 405,843 10 8 12. Maine 390,435 10 8 13. Indiana 343,030 0 7 14. New Jersey 310,022 8 0 15. Connecticut 207,005 7 0 10. Vermont 280,057 7 0 17. N. Hampshire 200,320 7 0 18. Alabama 202,508 f 5 10. Louisiana 171,004 4 3 20. Illinois 157.147 4 3

200 234 (52 231 Thus it is conclusively shown that if Delawarebc entitled to two representatives for her population, the other enumerated States arc entitled to two hundred and ninety-six,

lhe amendment in fact, allows to thes

tweniy Stales only two hundred and thirtyfour members: and the rule thus obviouslv works to their iniurv, leading to a loss bv them, when compared with Delaware, of no less than iS2 members! But it is umedthat the biH'is unconstitutional, because, in the next place, it does not, as the instrument expressly directs. "apportion rcprwntalires among the Several States m cording to their respective numbers!" To my mind, it does apportion with peculiar directness and simplicity. It "assigns cr "allots to cacti rotate one representative ior every constituency, ratio, or common divisor, its population may include.

So many constituencies, so mmy represen- j ,vns postponed until to morrow at 11 ! farmer day, im-h:d!na largo number of ohtatives. This, however, is thought too re- j o'clock. Mr. Plum 'inn rii'iWd hi l(rts nns ti'n up and discussed in detail, gardlessof fraction the spirit of the Con- rein,rUs upon'the subject of 'the charU j;1 l?ctions to amend its items

1 . . 1 1 1 1 . -rvlo i .--.I. oil nn: inn nni,. t-iv-...-... represented as more compatible with that spirit than is the old one. The Constitution, then, weans what it don't express: or, at all events, an explanatory phrase is ingenuously superadded lo iis provisions, lo eke out a meaning not otherwise perceptible. This liberal mode of treating that Sacred Charter will hardly be agreeable to all whom i eddress: it' cannot suit those who object to free and broad constructions: it certainly purports to be as latitudinarian as any treatment ever heretofore bestowed upon anv of its clauses. First we arc told. i that "to apportion the representatives," & means to apportion them "as near as vian be a qualifying phrase, totally destructive of the absolute and imperative character of the constitutional nile leaving much, if not every thing, to discretion a'. 1 varying opinion, and wholly inconsistent with the entirely of a constituency. I can find no such words, Mr. President, in the conptitution itself, and I do not think them necessary lo a full and perfect comprehension, or rather expression, of a distinct meaning. I cannot, therefore, consent to engraft them. Again: the amendment exacts,-as the primary term of its process of calculat ion, the aggregate population of all the States. Docs this form any part, inferentially or otherwise, by implication or otherwise, of the constitutional direction? It is a palpable feature of that consolidation which the instrument repudiates in every article. This solid popular mass is unknown, unrecognized, by the true principles of the confederacy. It could never have been within the contemplation of those by whom the union was formed: and that it is recurred to, in furtherance of the amendment, is a fresli proof to my mind, tint the amendment itself cannot be reconciled with the consii tution. And again, sir: why is the second term of the calculation, by which alone the results of the amendment can be produced, stated to be the agreed number of therepresentativebody ? I have already adverted to the fact, that. 1 ho number of the House is a result merely of prior data; that it is the ' consequence of your own calculation ; that it is not a basis for any process, and is never expressed in any act as a legislative choice. All these devices and interpolation?, and fictions, an; unnecessary to the bill, and inconsistent with the constitution: thev are essential, however, to the being and move ment of the amendment: hence 1 infer, , i i nit this novel projet ought to be urscountenanced In conclusion, Mr. President, l must con - P u. . .. , 4' ,i v i-i tcss mvscli not satisfied witn the enort which . hr.s been maue to reconcile the amendment, ULI 1 U1LI UI1 WI11H1 UACUl'US il IIIOUMV Ol - J iuiio, iv uuil v.iauov lilt l.Uli ' ( stitution wherein it is declared that "the number of representatives shall not exc-ed I one for every thirty thousand." I believe that "thirty thousand" was designed to indicate the ?ninimum constituency : and yet the amendment will make constituencies suit is merely concealed, not avoided or even evaded. After applying the ratio of 47,700 to the population oi each State, so much of that population as is made to yield representatives is definitively dispose of: it is, as respects the process of apporlion-

bv the wholesale, each of which will be less vera I sections to the bill providing for j arll'lV: to w'1!ch t,,c VFSCnt of,he Uoilsthan '25,000! Nor, sir, is it a reply at all the widows of those, who, if zJlfn- Ue tlfR xprcsseda preferencsatisf ictory to this suggestion, that,notwith- W0Uld have been entitled to the p,ovi 'w v n e,ra1,on.0 standing these inadequate or inferior con- ion5 of (he HCt of rS2S. This .nmend- buVh " t?P h stituencies, the number of representatives in mpMf wa , nf , iT k f,1( m,,.;r finnc V1 11 ? Dlsinct ot Columbia w3 i , A mi . i ment wa? f.ui on , rt pie. ions ouec asjM-ijcd )r i f'iv tnrtlmr rmnprri;., each State will not exceed one lor everv i i i n t rv i " - ' unnicr piocceduigs in n t t i riu ... , tion which was moved by Mr. .'. Davis, i ;hc ense were ostooMcd AronH iv iunt thirty thousand. Inc unconstitutional re- A . . , . T .4 4) . . . u 1 'i-a o ..ona.iy iilxi,

ii powi ratio, at war with Washington's one common derisor," may be called for by the system of fractional representation, hut does not conform to the simplicity, directness, and true import of the constitution. Congressional Analysis. From the (llobc. In the Senate, yesterday, May 2. Mr. Dickerson from the Committee on Manufactures, reported a bill, regulating duties on imports and the mode of their payment, which was read and ordered to a second reading. Mr. King called up the bill and report from the Committee on Manufacture?, respecting the disposition of the Public Lands, and he moved their reference to the Com mittee on the Public Lands. After some discussion of this motion, it was laid on the table, for the present. The General Appropriation Bill, returned from the House, was taken up, and the Senate receded from certain amend ment?. The Senate determined to insist on the amendments making apprcpiiations for the removal of the bar from the east pass of Pa-cagoula river, and for deepening the Pass an Heron. Oa the motion to recede from the amendment striking out the appropii-

ment, as it were out of tlie Slate: and the sage- was received trom the rrrMiu-nt oi ihe j ri tor tlie settlement, hy compromise, of residue, or fraction, now tho only popula-1 United States, transmitting two treaties con- j chums of th- United States upon the securition, iflos than 30,000, cannot be" allowed j eluded between the United States ;:nd the j tKf f c- late Thomas IT. Smith, was parany constituent power whatever. A double Covernmcnt of .Mexico. The resolution I ,Vf'- The bill providing for ascertaining tho

ation fur the outfit to a Miuir to Trance, a deb its ir.e, in wl.i h Messrs. Smith, Forsyth, Tyler, and Mangum supported the motion, and Messrs. Clayton, Tazf.wfll, Chambers, and Millkr opposed it, and the motion prevailed hy a vote of 23 to 21. The motion to insist on the amendment, striking out the appropriation for the pedestrian statue of Washington, was agreed to. The amendment having been disposed of, the Senate adjourned.

Jn the House, of Rcprcsnirtivet. ow j ing to the continued indisposition of Mi Kr.v, the trial of Gen. Hoi'ston I made agHint toe UoSlectoro line poi ton i ! ! V,,H?5ct- hef;,re e 'ad concluded, llip FInuso OHSSPd til ihn rnni i.t.i .-iftnii rl ' .... ... r v , , the orders ol the day. The amend mcnts proposed by he Senate to the bill proviuing ior the vaccination of the Indians as a preventive of lhe small j pox, were coiicurred in. The Ilon-e took up the revolutionary Pension Bilk The amendmentroirered by Mr. Wicklitfe: on a former day, to expend the provisions of the bill lo those who fought in the Indian wars of the West, up to 1795, was advocated by Messrs. Daniel, McKf.xnon, Allan, Letcher, Barrikcer and Wickliffe, and opposed by Mr. .1. Davh, and was lost, aye? 9-2, noes 109. Mr. Blair, of South Carolina, then moved an amendment, for the purpose of including in the pro visions of the bill, the militia whot

fought the battles of King 3 Mountain amendment by reducmg the postage on letand Guilford Court House, which wa tors to the rate e stablished previously to the lost, 4G yeas,. 11 1 nays. Mr. Bei.l then lite war. Mr. (inr.Miv took the flJor and moved an amendment rrantiior to Cap- v-r spooking more than an hour on the

tains and officers of superior raid;, who served two years or more inlheievo lutionnry army, two sections of land to all commisMoned officers below the rank of Captain who served for the same period, one section of bind, and to non-commissioned officers and pri vates who served for the same period, half a section of land. To Captains and officers of superior raid; who served lesa than two years and more than nine months, one half the respective quantities of land above named; and and to those who served less than nine months, one quarter of the above pro portion. This amendment was lost, ayes 51, noes 122. Mr. Letcher then moved an amendment including those who were engaged in the defence o? the Western frontiers from 1775 up to 1783 in the provisions of the hill, which was adopied. The amendment made in Committee, striking out six months and inserting three month, a? the least period of service for which a per son should be paid a pension, wn con - curred in, aves 9C, noes 73. Mr. CjIaw; moved to strike out the se ction repeal-

j mg the restriction of proper! v which i , f- . "v " iii ijj. -', , . I l i r, t;om tne rninontv ol suid (,omnnttee, , had been added in Committee, and ,n-; I;otico tK.t a counter Report was in a j sert : instead a limitation of property to , st!ll0 f)f Preptien. Mr. Merci offered : .j 000 bevond the coeion ot1. ,' ,: c - - .i c i v . -. . J puv...ion o, , rf somtion for improving the comtort and ; which vet aon icant should rpcn'ivn ' '.o-i'i,;,-.r, c.i u n i-Ti tt i .which, i. u applicant an.jniu recctr a , iicuxhiness ol ;J;e Hall oi the House, wlv.ch, ! nfJn;nn wK;rh wn! Int ?-! .,i-fl. .. , .it 3 , t ; pf nion Wii.cn was ioi .no i o , at.r.i a modiiication moved by Mr. iayloii

i, J , m;ir?r 11 l nmin cp tvnri concurred m . without a count. Mr. Lewis moved an amendment grnnting seven years pcn-; muii io uiu v. mows ui uiom: who, ii anve, ; would be entitled to the benefit of the ! hill; was lost aves 23, noes 133. Sh. L. Coxdict moved the addition of so The main question was then taken on the engrossment of the bill, and carried. The House, at a few minutes past live! o'clock, adjourned. I M. AY JntI io senate. ves;ero;-v,n n;rr . - - . i

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reported from the Committee on tho l;.s-1 'rtacni boundary of Ohio, was read nnd trict ofColumbia, for the appointment of a I ordered to a second rending. Several priCommittee of three, to consist of two mtm- VL,C Mis were matured. .Mr. IicKmsox hers of the Senate, and one member of tho r;ivo notice that on Monday next, he dmuld House of Representatives, to frame a code call up the Mil reported from the Committee ofcivil and criminal laws for the District of on Mmuficturcs. appropriating for a-limited Columbia, was r.grecd to. The bill for tho ,:,uc'' the proceeds of the saleof the public establishment of certain Post Routes, and J binds. Mr. Kinc moved that the considerfor the discontinuance of others, was taken j ;,n of his inotiou for the roil: rence of that up, and some of the ameiulmcnls reported j Ldh to tha Committee on Public Lands, be from the Senate Committee, were agreed ! ,1GW resumed, which motion was rejected to. At one o'clock, tl:c consideration ofj !,y a vote of I? to 20. The post route bill the Pension Bill wns resumed, and .Mr. v'as taken m. Mr. Foot wiiJi.limv- l,.s

ITaym: spoke tw o hours and a half in conch:- ; sion of his speech in opposition to the bill. I he irencral auoioi .ri.it ion b"!l was i!:en t iken up, and, on motion of .Mr. S.mitiu the Senate receded from the amendments disagreed to by the House of Representatives. In the House of Representatires, Mr. Ada?:s, from tho Committee on Manufactures, moved that 0,000 copies of tho Report of the Secretary of the Treasury upon the Tarillj together with sundry documents 1 accompanying it, be printed, which was' agreed to. Mr. Doddkitvsk, from the Committee on the District ofColumbia, reported a bill for changing the coarse of Tiber Creek, and for other purposes. Mr. Mki:cr.i:, from lhe Committee of Internal Improvement, reported a bill to incorporate tlu St. Francis Road Company, in the Territory of Arkansas. Mr. Pu .m m'i k concluded his speech en the motion of the Judiciary Cca.-

mittee rt"?prrtr.g the t Al ; i tf ihe port of "scarlet. The -ngivfi-d Revolutionary Pennon bill, was read a ih;rd time. Mr. Wii.nK, after making some remarks, moved lhe bill be inderinib Iy posiponed which was losl Aves -15, Noes 1"J. Th-a question shall this bill pas.: was tin n taken, and carried Ayes 1-S, Noes V). Tha amemhneiits to the general appiopnaticn bill, u turned from the Senate, were taken up Mid d:seoyed of. An act for the relief of

.UOlTiS WL:S read a third time and !a: d. The- bill making at propria i ens for sundry Internal Lmprovt uunts for lS'i'J, was then t;:ken up in Committee of the Who!-' on the state of the Union. The amend--i Uijnt V' fed bv Mr. Vekflaxck, on-a . t- 1 inn jii.-iii t ir : t n.m. I iiinn t I!lf I ll Hill 1 1 1 t-i i tion upon the amendment, the Committee rc. ,nd n.polfod rrGoress, and, at G o'clock, 1 i;u, 1 lo,ls3 r;i!journi-o. j May u ho s yrcrday, Mr. ClIA,1BElls intrilJuce d, on i cave, a bill t- ; , . , , nJ , of lots to xha Washington Aslum in W::sh;niton citv. The Committee on Finance was discharged from the ftaiher consideration of die resolution directing that Committee to enquire into the ejKdiencv ofubolishiug the orlices; of -2d Auditor and Sd ( 'nmptroller. The bill establishing certain Post Offices and Post Routes i-nd discontinuing others, was taken up. fc"ome progress was made in tin? amendments reported from the Committee. Mr. Pirm moved to amend the bill by adding a provision that from ;md after the 31st of July next, no postage shall be charged on lu.wsp::) -is. Messrs. 11 mil and Clayton supported lhe motion, and Mr. (iiirxny opposed it. Mr. Foot moved to amend the ! su,;i!'( i' vo v-';'" io a motion to adjourn. I , llJ" 'iwcscnzxrucx wciyLii-tf, ji-oni the Committee on the Public Lands presented sundry statements from the Treasury Department, relating to the Report recently made by said Committee, and which were not prepared at the time that ii was hid before the House. Mr. Clay j moved that 10,000 extra copies of the Report j and .- ceompanving documents be printed. ; Mr. Vanc proposed an amendment providing for the prim ing of a like number of the Report on the sr nie sabject, made by the Coimnitsteo on Manufactures in the Senate, which was agreed to, and the proposition thus amended, w::s adopted. Mr. Polk mined that 10,t00 extra copies of the Ret o! tno Committee1 appointed to examine into the :lturs ol the Rank of the l.mted Slates It; printed. The motion was objected in. Mr. Polk moved to suspend the vide, wh:(!iwa-! decided in' the negative Y'eas 1T0, Nays 07 two thirds be in necessary. Miv IVi.k, ft om the Select Committee to j whom was rerrred the Apportionment Rill I ru;'- :i'H nduient of die Senate thereto, '"doa ih port adverse to the Senate's 1 "iid'f"t, both as to lhe constitutionality 1 am? xPa?C,nr- vvhich s directed to be j PJ!n?cd 'jret was made the spef was yrf !?tii(l. i 1 cast- or ce.v iiot:stox. Cnrerd Houston, attended by his Conn-!-r ? placed at the Bar. Mr. J " k ,i3imi.:u ii'b .-iignmvni incidence ot tJl accused, whichhc finished :ifter speaking j tfbout two-' hears. Gov. Houston then rcse. ! an expressed a wish to be heard in his own h Ma y 5. hi 1 ho Senate, yesterday, the bill authorizing the President io compiomise and settle the claims of the United States, on the Farmers and Mechanics' Bank of Indiana. WHS I ' ad a t.iiid time and i-assed. Thf . ... 'uiendment, reducing the jcsta on letteir. Tiie question beirv thei on" Mr. Rrcni amend:-ent. abolishing postage on newspapers. Mr. Ci:r.NrY resumed and concluded a s remarks in opposition to the amendment. and in reply to Mr. Cravrox. Air. Komi: followed in support of ihe amendment, and, without taking ihe fpieslio-i, the Senate adjourned over to Monday next. in the Jloutr of J!rrt"-nf.tt: T Mi:x olibred a rcKidutiou providing tor ol tin House over fum the adjounmicnt friday next to Monday, for tlie purpu'of cairv:i!g info etll-t-t t!io improvement of du I la U laoneseu i wli.cli was cavrii d I HO Sit i, f i t-i i. I ;ef ,re the bouse the amsu-il winn, iV..m t?Treasury Depirtment of tho coiamcrce ana imigacon otilio t no. d States, 'vli:ch was laid on ihe tabh- aiJd prj-red be nrmtoA,

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