Speech Of Mr Webster Of Massachusetts On Introducing His Proposition For The Distribution Of The Surplus Revenue

Author : Daniel Webster
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781330788615
Total Pages : 22 pages
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Download or read book Speech of Mr. Webster, in the Senate of the United States, January 14, 1836 written by Daniel Webster and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-07-06 with total page 22 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Speech of Mr. Webster, in the Senate of the United States, January 14, 1836: On Mr. Benton's Resolutions, for Appropriating the Surplus Revenue to National Defence On the other hand, it was the misfortune of the Senate, and, as I think, the misfortune of the country, that, owing to the state of business in the House of Representatives towards the close of the session, several measures which had been matured in the Senate, and passed into bills, did not receive attention, so as to be either agreed to or rejected, in the other branch of the Legislature. They fell, of course, by the termination of the session. Among these measures may be mentioned the following, viz: The Post Office Reform Bill, which passed the Senate unanimously, and of the necessity for which the whole country is certainly now most abundantly satisfied; The Custom House Regulations Bill, which also passed nearly unanimously, after a very laborious preparation by the Committee on Commerce, and a full discussion in the Senate; The Judiciary Bill, passed here by a majority of thirty-one, to five, and which has again already passed the Senate at this session with only a single dissenting vote; The bill indemnifying claimants for French spoliations before 1800; The bill regulating the deposite of the public money in the Deposite Banks; The bill respecting the tenure of certain offices, and the power of removal from office; which has now again passed to be engrossed, in the Senate, by a decided majority. All these important measures, matured and passed in the Senate in the course of the session, and many others whose importance was less, were sent to the House of Representatives, and we never heard any thing more from them. They there found their graves. It is worthy of being remarked, also, that the attendance of members of the Senate was remarkably full, particularly toward the end of the session. On the last day every Senator was in his place till very near the hour of adjournment, as the journal will show. We had no breaking up for want of a quorum; no delay, no calls of the Senate; nothing which was made necessary by the negligence or inattention of the members of this body. On the vote of the three millions of dollars, which was taken at about eight o'clock in the evening, forty-eight votes were given, every member of the Senate being in his place and answering to his name. This is an instance of punctuality, diligence and labor, continued to the very end of an arduous session, wholly without example or parallel. The Senate, then, sir, must stand, in the judgment of every man, fully acquitted of all remissness, all negligence, all inattention, amidst the fatigue and exhaustion of the closing hours of Congress. Nothing passed unheeded, nothing was overlooked, nothing forgotten, and nothing slighted. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.