DEBATES IN CONGRESS, COMPRISING THE LEADING DEBATES AND INCIDENTS OF THE FIRST SESSION OF THE NINETEENTH CONGRESS: TOGETHER WITH AN APPENDIX, CONTAINING THE MOST IMPORTANT STATE PAPERS AND PUBLIC DOCUMENTS TO WHICH THE SESSION HAS GIVEN BIRTH: TO WHICH ARE ADDED, THE LAWS ENACTED DURING THE SESSION. WITH A COPIOUS INDEX TO THE WHOLE, VOLUME II. Washington: PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY GALES & SEATON- 1826. DEBATES IN THE SENATE. MONDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1825. AGREEABLY to the provision of the Constitution, fixing the period for the meeting meeting of Congress, the two Houses assembled in their respective Chambers, in the Capitol, this day, and commenced the First Session of the Nineteenth Congress. IN THE SENATE, At twelve o'clock, the VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, ex officio PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE, took the Chair, and called the Senate to order. The roll of the Members being then called over, it appeared that a quorum was present. On motion, a Committee was ordered to be appointed, [DEC. 5, 6, 7, 1825. Mr. LLOYD, of Mass. was in expectation that the honorable gentleman who had submitted the resolution, would give his reasons for the measure; which had his entire concurrence. The object of appointing Committees, Mr. L. said, was to investigate the subjects brought before them, to digest them and present them in a condensed and luminous form, that the Senate might act on them with less labor and more confidence. He thought it wrong to refer two subjects, which often came in collision with each other, to the same committee. He had the honor, last year, to be on the Committee of Commerce and Manufactures, and had received every mark of politeness and attention from the gentlemen composing that committee; yet he could declare that, on all questions relating to Commerce, excepting those concerning Light-houses, Break waters, and one or two others, he had the misfortune jointly, with such Committee as should be appointed by to be in a minority. It was well known, that the two great the House of Representatives, to wait on the President of national objects of Commerce and Manufactures, in legis the United States, and inform him that the two Houses of Congress are assembled, and ready to receive any communication he might have to make; and Mr. SMITH, of Md. and Mr. LLOYD, Oof Mass. were appointed the Committee on the part of the Senate. The usual orders, for furnishing the Members with a certain number of newspapers, &c. were adopted, and The Senate adjourned to 12 o'clock to-morrow. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1825. Mr. SMITH, of Md. reported, from the Joint Committee, that they had waited on the President of the United States, agreeably to order, and that the President informed the Committee that he would make a communication to the two Houses this day. Soon after which, A Message was received from the President of the United States, by the hands of Mr. J. ADAMS, Jun. his private Secretary; which was read, and 3,000 copies ordered to be printed, together with 1,500 of the accompanying documents. (Sec Appendix.) WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1825. The following resolution, submitted yesterday, by Mr. DICKERSON, was taken up: "Resolved, That the Thirtieth Rule for conducting the business of the Senate be so amended, that, instead of a Committee of Commerce and Manufactures, there be two Standing Committees, one of Commerce, and one of Manu factures." VOL. II-2 lating on them, frequently came in collision with each other, and it must frequently happen that those who advocate the one would be opposed to the other. Commerce, Mr. L. said, was the leading interest of the country: it furnished all the revenue; it gave three times the amount necessary to meet the expenditure of the country; and, considering its vast importance, he should decide upon passing the resolution. Mr. DICKERSON, of N. J. offered a few remarks in favor of the motion. He thought it improper to blend two subjects so distinct from each other as Commerce and Manufactures, especially as there were Members sufficient to all all necessary Committees. Mr. B. bore testimony to the advantage the Committee on Commerce and Manufactures had derived from the experience and information of the gentleman from Massachusetts, and concluded by expressing his strong conviction that it was the interest of the country that the two subjects should be separated. Mr. FINDLAY, of Penn. thought the subject of Agriculture of as much importance as either Commerce or Manufactures, and proposed so to modify the resolution that it should read, one of Commerce, and one of Manufactures and Agriculture. Mr.DICKERSON objected to the proposed amendment, on the ground that there was no Committee of Agriculture, and it would be inexpedient to combine it with the Committee on Manufactures: for, although the two subjects were in many respects connected with each other, yet the different views which would be taken of them by the gen. tlemen composing the committee, would occasionally chash. |