The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1808-01-16
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iurther consideration till YESTERDAY: and
yesterday It's consideration w:,sc.aard. Mr.
X. asked the Speaker and the House whe-
ther this co;'d be considered as cant isl treat
| ment! lte knew that it had been ;pii unop
THIS floor, that thc right the House. TO make
such enquiry and enter upon such matters at
an was extremely questionable. Bat did NOT
tne constitution Of the u s. en;oin upon its
citlzcrs that. they should not accept of any
titc OF NOBILITY from any foreign prince on.
| power: And did not the same constitution
eDoin that the persons holding authority I'M
der TINS government should not accent of any
| present, even of complimentary nat,lre.
IRON any foreign prince or power without the.
consent OF Congress- And it persons hold
Ing h'9h~ authority under this government.
were found to be, orif there were reasonable
ground on which to believe thcy were in the
habit OF receiving aoneY unconstitutionally
from foreign states, lie would ask the House
where was this matter to be taken up,
| ne Speaker here interrupted MIR r. de-
claring that he was out OF order, as the sub
Ject was not yet before the Housed
ne Hoase row agreeing to take W. the
resolution for con3i,icrati,,n, the Sneaker
stated that when the subicct was last ccrsi-.
dered, motic0 had been marie (by MIR. ar
deniei) t. lticr It to Se;ect Committee g.yih
ln7sef' IN se':6 far f"ysoms, Eahrrs, tg'c.
nat motion had also been made (ay Mr..
Ma'ion] and was now under consideration.
to STR &C ont the clause Of the prccc,.ino mo-
ten which is III Ita'ic, IN which the yeas aad
NAYS had been required.
Nh. Luon said that he was aT,ona. tho f-,r
who thcr%ht 1t prnDer to send ih. iniornat;-
or pTescA'c,i to this House br the rentjeran
from Virginia, (N:r RandolDh) on this gaf,-
Jet to the f'rr2idsn' cS ihe u. s. fTe tcjt Il
that time nither dci.cacv nor raii,,r,2.t,c,. -,
eating On t.se Executive to i,!ves,ii-7te thf.
Conduct ri gen. ". he then cor.idc.cd thar q
certain duty attached - him. wh;ci cirtv III.
vas anN!oas 20 perform promptly and with
cut delay. j ii ~ been st;c that the -entlc-
rlan nom Virginia Ought 10 have. sem the in
| l"rnatioA nc Rad given to tho House tothe
ifeSl cnt as soon as it c.lrne 10 IS know Ledge
Dut ne h2d chosen to give this House th.,Io-
'o'iA2J!H1, and 70 send il through shat cham
ne! TO the President, with the opinion of this
| House, OF the necessity Of an Investigation.
| ie!t, Sa!a Elr. l.. that the same duty attach
ed to me and to every member. ~ this Icusr
Immediately on reccivipr this infrr,t:on
when some gentlemen seemed 20 coasitic.to
De the DUTY Ok the g20tlcmsr frc,n virginia
| to send the Information TO The President
was not 1t t'lat time 80 anxious as to The man
mel. ot doing the thing as t. act proa1t,tfy.
/ MS business had been protracteti bv VIA.
ne al considered unnecessary debate
tie mad Yesterday received authentic int,r-
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| EXecuttVc for an enquir. into h:s Official con-
duct m general terms when he first arrived
at the sea- ot government that he had re
| Pe*teG thAt application within a few DAYS
| and court &C enIuirv was appointed u sit
IN teW days, who were empowered TO ex-
anime and enquire into the conduct Of the
commander IN chief OF the army on as general
principles as could BE wished FIR He was
| confident thatin the directing and a;,l,,intinr
this court, the Executive os dis cconsr,, had
done its dnty. Hc had confidence in the IL
| uccrs appointed. The information and The
! Eape"S which had Seen read by the entle;nan
| from Virginia, il he condcsccnded "a Law
| them on the CLERKS table, cond ~ cent /,
| that court no doubt the court would call FIR
| TINS and every Information ard testincnv in
| the Pc" CT cf that House, as well as from g
! very other quarter.
| All thai he wished A. the outset of this bu-
! iihcas va ac II II cffcc-el ,gitluu. the ori-
g!1al rcsJut. III or any o. the sIbsc.ji,.,t mo-
| tons be should therefore vote against the,
whole; he could not answer it :, Himself to
call on the President o. th2 u :. ~ do a dnty
which ne knew he Had done Re wished
therefore - get rid 0F this resolution al;ofe-
| Ihef' ne t.Tcras.Fc were preceeiinr. IN the
| course Fl tlcir dates. The IIn1se had h,,s;
hess Of the highest importance to the nation
to aten1 10, legislative business Let US.
sad he, proceed Wth our ducies while Tie FIX
lecutivc arc D'ccec5;ngI 10 theirs in this way
we VIII DC best abe 10 answer for oar own
conduct t1 eur Constituents
lAr. INomag hoped the gentleman who
made the motion noW under consideration.
would withdraw it, in order to save time.
! The House could tnen disagree to the Z. iciDal
motion For rclceence, and to the resolution.
Mr.. G. y. Camf5eR said, for his part ne
considered the question now before them.
one Of considerable dc!cacy He did con-
Iceivc. when the House took up the e,<ar,ina-
ton OF new question, that they ought IT, ex-
anime whether or tot they were goine out of
their province. lie DID Mt know that fhis
House could act in any ctsier caDacitv than
Legislative, except in the single instance Of
prosecuting in cases Of Impeachment, which
power the House possessed and wien such
a subject came before them, they co1ll take
such measures as they chose to procure evil
dence to support the charge which thew
might make but he was tot satisfied that
in any other case The House could erect it.
sef into tribunal to collect evidence. He.
believed il was admitted that the present
case was not cognizable by the House, az ci-
vii officers were alone impeachabe by this
body. Should .hey then appoint a commi tee
to collect testimony relative to the conduct
Of any mii,arJ olliccrI He would ask what
use could be made of the testimony when
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