Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1800-12-19

- s.-Etsou VINO READ sas cr-StcS TO To- - {
ss,leea5ie IDEA os The arguments cCsd cn :
ps-t'calGr fubjed.
G'h: charge cf innovatioa. ur. Ctis tho'l
naiult. l{s P-opoled y leave tos srhnIls
EST had heretofore oeen lS!,, free ftoni eny
reivlse " ,he hcule, 70 ,hs conI'oul CT tEs
Saeskes. BY ibis cordnS no lanetien
would be given 20 IN: perform occs Of sry
reporter boz, On IL: other i.oGd, # th-
{oafe paFsd selo.sc, dyeii:rg she (psal@r
OF bis previous pow:r, they would rendes
thsmfelyes rclpouiibs, aud Nnula vu,asliy
giys sandion.
IL IL were rsiolrsj TINT the leufe ihauld
sn,crfsre, he wuult much Ja,he7 lclsA and
pas al individual, e,npeteor o the bpGnels,
ard appeal, Cor tie faithful Aifchsrgc OF his
truf, 10 his candctr snl impastiality.
Ii tue houfe paied the reiOlution admit
ting thc Steuogra,hers within the bar, mr..
Ot's sG<ed wheihe they would not in fact
be o;fcers OF the tou(e. The only differ
cree between then and the o,her officers
would De that one would be paid, whilr the
oyhets would not,
M Otis faid that, in his opinion, the
noh incOnvenieut pofition 10 the houle had
been taken by the eeaographeT. 1t was near
The clerk's Office, between which and The bar
there was perpetual paiIage OF the mem
hers. If az experiment were made of . po.
ftiou on the otler tide, C. in the upper gal.
lcry, he was perTusded it would be found We.
~ convenient. Are not, iaid mr., Otis, the
galleries contributed for the express purpoGs
of bearing Are they NOT intended for the
good people of the United States? And il
they can hear in them, cannot the f,noGra-
piers ALTO
MIR. O,ia eanrluded by Eating the ex-
treue Inconvenience thar would arife from
admitting the itenosrsphes, the Interior
cage !bat it would produce with The aifigua.
zion Of feats to the fecre.ariss of our govern
rnent aud the foreigu Hiiniftsrs, and with de,
cisring bis opinion that it was moa expedi
cot 10 adopt the report of The Committee
Mr.. NTcHoLsoN faid, that if he under
Roed the objections made blythe G enileaisr
from nanaehuletls to ggsniiGg an admiiIi-
OF of the Stencgraphers within tho bar
shey might bs all clsfI5d under three heads
,. 1t would be agaiaa precedent.
q. 1t would prevent the msmbers from
having elbow room.
8. There is poiibiily that the fpeakel
may indulge the Stenographers.
AS TO the fra objection, he would Az
Whistler the houfe had not right TO exer-
c:ic any power thcmielves that was exercifec
by the Speaker. Hitherto the Speaker
has exerciied the power, and admitted ths
Stenographers within the bar; he now re
tuies 10 do It, and we arc called upon &c
perform what he refule'. If we think il
proper to admit them we have right 10
do it. The power heretofore exercifed by
the Speaker, was derived from us. according
40 the well known maxim, 2ni Jaeit PER al
ma, 5afii PER Sc.
But we are told THAI the adminion would
interfere with the accommodation of the
four Secretaries and the foreign miniaers
SuPpole /; hould, faid Mr. Nicholion. {
ail; whether the convenience end the intereh
of the people Of the United States are TO be
protrated by our comp!aifaRce TO the Sc
cretariss ana foreign agents? |, is our ia
ty 10 enable the people TO obtain the hea
information of what is doing here, tha, we
can lupPly, Shall we abandon our duty,
Glsll we facrifce the intereA of our conRitn.
ents 10 ienie OF politeGefs 10 thefe Gentle.
amen? II would be much better to fubmit
TO the Inconvenience experienced by the Sc
cretaries and the foreign miuiaera, if there
10 not room for them within the bar, than
90 conceal from the people the knowledge
they have right to poGeis. Let, thea, the
foreign minifters, If there be fuch a comce-
tition, retire into tho Galleries.
TIe .oniidered the -fnhieQ 40 oT L:,
pOrtsnce both TO the country, and the mem.
bers themfelves. They all ought to deGre
their condu2 to be rigidly infpeaed.
Gentlemen fay that the debates have been
heretofore imperfe6tiy taken. Will thev
remedy the cvil by excluding the Slenogra.
pliers from places within the bar! IT. here.
toiore, notwithstanding the favorablsners of
'heir petition, when liiloei5 and Glenee
TeisOed, they have been unable to take the
debne5 with Precihon. can il be expeaed
that, driven TO di@snce froG. moa of the
members, iuyrouuded b. crowd in perp.-
5ral motion, they will be able more flceeG-
Folly % accompliih their obicA? Sir, fsia
br. Niooilcn, the expectation Is abfp,d
III ~oonof br done H.. -I-1 rtr