The House . . . resolved itself into Committee of the Whole (Mr. SMITH, of Indiana, in the chair) on the joint resolution concerning the transportation of the mail from Washington south. . . .
Mr. GOGGIN said. . . . The gentleman from Illinois (Mr. LINCOLN) had yesterday thought proper to go into what occurred in committee in connection with this subject. He regretted that the gentleman should so far have trespassed, unintentionally he had no doubt, upon the rules of the House; but as he stated that every