Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1809-06-15

S1c;ted States-theseg gentlemen then NOV
4 - strike out these words -the words
Z. hale in the above resolution which
sssed in the negative, yeas 80, nays 53.-
sfr Randolph here read the names of those
IA mad voted for or against. Now he
s,l.sI,s was not all surprizeds that the gen
man from aConnecticut Mr.. Dana and
.ncrs Who did not feel that confidence in
Nslatc president, therefore voted against
xpressing it; and now also, he presumed,
lie gentleman would vote, as others would,
according to the sentiment he felt. But,
aid Sir. Randolph, zue, who did feel con-
Hence, and had none of that punctilious
.,epuenance at expressing what We felt, and
Eould rot see any thing in principle against
Expressing It. (not having at that time the
bens fit eff the light shed on this subject by
he venerable and revered gentleman from
Pennsylvania voted in the negative. So
much upon the question, whether there e.
Ger existed case in which this house un-
hrtook to approve the conduct Of the exc
ntive Of the 8. S. in delicate aud r. lea
onc,ure, partieularivof our foreign affairs !;
he evidence which have produced is con-
cIasve and the fact is, that if we get rid
Il this motion after the presidents which
have been cited, do not say that they are
bndng do not feel them so; if tho't
iwrons should vote against it without re-
. Ercnce to former preccdentS-but if we do
become all Of a sudden and in this partcu-
| lar point sovery suueamish-the fact is, that
the President of the q. S. if endowed with
half the penetration which | presume he
| does possess, must take the hint he must
| feel that there exists in this body "a disap-
| probation OF his conduct, although there be
no disposition toexpress that disapprobation.
| For, sir, we should not have to go far back
TO seek for precedent to End case where in
point OF practice decision is condemned,
and in point of vote upheld.
We have gotten all of sudden, sir, into
asort OF phobia or abstract proposition we
hear a great deal Of passing votes out Of
which nothing is to grow. would ask the
worthy gentleman from PENNSYLVANIA
would not put thar question to any other
member but the worthy gentleman from
Pennsylvania, because 1 understand his
ground to be that there does not exist the
|n5at II there exists the power in this house
ueater into a series. of propositions which
! lead to no law. Now, sir. at the Iast ses-
son, swnen member got up and moved
thai the thanks OF the house be given TO .be
speaker tor the faithful and able discharge
Gd SO forth OF his duties--that was not in
ended to originate a bill; nothing was to
grow out OF Il, except a very unpleasant si-
Bnatlon to the house and the gentleman in
pe char. Would the gentleman from Penn
Elvania then have contended that such a
notion was lnadmissible, and therefore
wight to be indefinitely postponed? II / am
not much misinformed, there was a motion
Indefinitely 10 postpone that proposition,
thlch was negatived. Then it seems, sir,
|.sat we have an unlimited power of compli-
nentlng ourselves, that we may be guilty of
eI- fatteryto any extent-for what is the
speaker ct this house, an fact, but ourself
ne is the creature of the house they make
nm. When they compliments the speaker,
aey compliment their own sagaciy in Sc
sctlng person SO .competent' to the dis
Charge OF. his duty. For what does the
peaker say when conducted to the chair?
That he will discharge the duties of his Of
ice agyeea0ly to the zoishes Of the house !;
hr which presume hereceives the vote of
hanks. Nowsinsthis case the president of
Tue United States has discharged the duties
Of his Office, if not agreeably to the wishes
of the house, certainly agreeably to mine !;
md therefore / would express my appro-
bation- why: That it may stand on the
|ipurnals as an expression of my opinion al
though, let me tell you, Mr.. Speaker, that
|some twenty or thirty years hence, when the
little chickering's of this day are past and for