Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1820-01-08

,. said he objected Ia all general proyis.
IONS Tor paying claims. II Would be re-
collected, that Congress had found i, ne
cessdry promptly 10 lnierpoSe for The
purpose OF checking Disbursements ,.nder
The claims law which was ATTEMPTED to
be precedent for ibis bill. You pass
law, said MIR. ). containing general
provisions for pay ing certain destrip-
i'on OF claims. The execution of this law
Is 'nirnsied 10 some subordinate officer
OF ne government and lie NAV take IL
mo ms mead To consider our intention
10 have been diff rent from what n an
pears 10 he, as from The statement of tie
geh,ic az from Tenne> see, il appears The
FayHas'er General did about HE appro-
prla'i"n Tor paying for the use OF The hor.
ses employed III the Semmoie wa. Thee
lungs VIII happen and The only security
we ia against such misappreh, nsiunS.
Is 10 leglsiaie Tor particular cases AS he,
arise. VIZ. ). would not nov, he sait. en-
ter INTO h general question of the legal.
| lily ofthe orders by which these volunteers
we're cal'e, lIii0 service but be woulo
stale Tor the satisfaction of gentlemen
'hai HE hnusr might expect a report ON
inns subject, at u'Ur" day, from com
ihiIiee oil "hichh lie had the honor 10 b.
me Chairman. But there was one thing
I've Sa'd, which he knew not how lie could
ever understand, on which the house
wonid probably be- lei I'm the dark
here we're othccrs engaged in thai cxpedi-
tinn,~ho were not knOwa To the law al ALI sncb
| as Sohmls saiies Assistant Inspector Geurtai>
AuJutant Grnei ais, and one MAJOR General As
Tor The Indians. he was AT "a loss To conlor,.ir,,
VINO oF "heie they got then grade OF Office BE.
| IN. an ndepepdenI nation, DoSSiai theN derry
Ell their rank from lie council OF their own NJ,
1iom ioI mere was certainty nothing IN ouI
| laws TO aHlhotIzc lie appOintm. III OF Indian
ouiceis he hoped the bill world he l,deu
hiteiy postponed. Shomld this ..ioiiu,i ptetail
ne Pie"seH hiihseii, so tar tie was concern
ed' 10 sivea fair consideration To cases com.
ing siH=iI before tie house, OF such claim. a.
wonid De embraced by the Dl II pas.ed into a
law.
MIR. JOHNSON, OF Virginia said i,e HAD
mo' ihtehoen aga'n 10 trouble the House OF
'il'S question. Some remarks, however, from
an honorable gentleman from New Vurk IN,
Gr0SN, deserved notice. That boon,a hI,. non.
Uemai had been pleased 10 say, thai II was mn.
wo'thy the dignity OF tins HonSe 10 get nd OF
'"iS question III thiN "aH. Mir. j. SAID be did
not precisely understand the gentleman ms
did not Know what he meant by The dummy M
'niS mouse. was II unworthy the dignity o.
''io 'iU"Se 10 get ria OF an unjust cIdinI-a
cram pTeierred by individuals vino have vIu-
'a'eu Tue laws OF tHtr country, and vtojatptlt
me idwS OF nations loo 1t this ne nndigui-
ntu' Ia ms opinion, ana Mr.. j. L shall not ask
Tue Wo'lhy gentleman from New York 10 ne
h''' h'S SidiludIu OI dgniiN 10 SuuaTt.. nm .t-
uoHS. consider The dignity OF Tins ttousp
essentially DEF eudeut ON d due obse, va,,.
Oh TIE constitution ut the country and ot th,.
laws Oh na,lois ana shall we be told thai we
! PROSTATE that dignity, when we ask those NLo
u,aib OF us, by what authority the\ claim !,
Illus argument may nave vveI;,Iit am, ti,e ..,,
| iieh'an irom New York !; bun il is worse than
dnht IN the balance win those vino Wei ia tb.i,
hon0r and di=nIiS IN the same scale. a. 1 do
Neliher would the poverty OF the treasury. /
nope, Ihunce any gentleman 10 reieci 4 claim,
pcs ii'tu 10 "", were that claim founded III
JISHCe. ne same gentleman has toid th,
House, sad Mr.. j. thar the PreSjdc,f baJ made
no complaint thai the General had s lated Ia
"ideiSi dnd ihtmaied that until The president
Cun'Pld'hr u, we OiSht to take 1t IoI granted
"''"o"sn t''e iet'ef anu the record u the con-
tidlS are DUih before Us, thai ne did no.
sdtu VII. =. take nothing tor granted winch IL
capable OF demonstrations, untII the test Ia.
oeeh appiI'u. Look al the order piyeu 10 NH,
| c"lii'ia""ei 4h chiri, and let us examine for
! On V, SS'tes "he'Ief he cOnioimed his orders
VIZ y. then quoted he letter from lie Nai
| Dtpd' tmeht TO General Jackson directlt..
mn 70 repair 10 me frontier and take COM
| manu- vi tue IOIces assembled there, and n
! ne considered III additional forge necp>sarx
| authorizing him to ctHOh the ErecgfjreS of f6o
| dU0'nMS Stdtes Jor detdch,nieHts of the militia
| &C. nat, he said, was the order aud IN,
| asked, whether Tie President OF the United
| states could nave given General jackson an,
| other orders? CUnId the Pltsidsnt l,,,saIi
| nave accepted the service of voIunteers3 n
| he had SO done, the President of tbs iI,iteJ
SlaIeS' IKE 'he commander ~ Chief OF the
i'lr w u, DlVISi"h would have violated the
| laws OF the country. The several Laws uasseu
| curing lhe tate war with Great Btttaiu an
| thorising The President to accent ti,e service
OF VolnhieerS, had at that time either expired
! or Derh repealed Al the close OF The warm toi,
ine PRESIDENT, Mr.. j. SAID could confer on
mlillaFy Othcers no higher power than Inc him
| Seh possessed. During the Istp var yin,
u,e'. i n..'a'"' Cohsres thought II proper TO
pass law 10 authOTiSe the President TO accent
Tue services OF v0IunteerS-becauSe the Com
siItuIion mad prescribed the mode m winch
armies ShonId be raised aud Offlcered Ia IL
thIS charier, SAID Mr. j. winch brcathps INTO
'"t t'eS'uent-i"to every officer OF the Gov
erument, all the power he can legally orriybt-
fuIiy cX-rci4e and il mas made n uecese,r,
t''dt all armies, OF every descriptions small he
raised by authority OF this House Sucb G,,ys
having beeh passed when they were necessary.
theN were repealed when the KeptPspntatiVE.
OF tie People saw that there was no Iouop,
any occasion for a force OF this deScrIpt,nu.
| NIen we were al peace with all the world
SAN MT. y. " was nOi even dreamed Of, that TO-
hdstlSe petty Indian tribe and A few rupa-
way negroes, Il would be necessary for an All
ditIoDol army 10 be raised. No, Nh J said il
WIS expected that the Hii,iIin should he called
out " necessary, who were always ready when
caIed upon, 10 mdrchin defence of flS couu-
| Try. lie cOuteHdPd therefore fi,st tlis fotc.
OF 1000 men, ll500 Indians and 1000 nlsuuit,l
| @un-men9 had been raised nor only yrift,ut
any authority, bn' droctl, against the law OF
the country; aud that these persons mad rn
claim or The United States, even ior the paw
meni ~ Their wages, much less for payment
Tor contingent losses
| Mt. said, he had adyerted IL the state of
| the Treasury, not. as The gentleman from \ ~,
ipik seemed To suppose, TO get rid ora lust
debt Far from It, lie would mortgage the
'oi-he roud TAX the People as long as tI,ey
conid bear hSes, IN pay the Just debis Of the
nation. lie had adveitcd to tic st,te ~ lie
Treasury oshew the important fact, that our