Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1820-02-01

sec ION TIE Hollow ing provision:
SecltOu ( line p, insert the following at
ter the word state :" And shall orlaiu
aud establish, that there shall he neither slave
~ nor Involuntary >ervltudc in the said
state. Oihr'w wise than in the punishment OF
crimes, whereof ;he paIty shall have been tlu-
y convicted {: PrOrIded aii;ayS, that any person
rsrapiHg into the same from who,B labor or
scCNtce - lawfully claimed In auN other state
such fugitive may he lawfully reclaimed, aud
conVeNCd To t!,r person claiming his or he,
labor or service as aiofs.id Ind prOrided
also, That the said provision shall not be
Construed Ia alter the coalition or civil
rights al amy pt VA low held 10 service OF
labcnr IN thr said territory.
The mann question OF the restriction on
slavery in the future Stat OF Missouri,
being Illus fully before the House, and
The usual hour OF adjournment having
rived
the committee rose, reported prOgross,
and obtained leave 10 SIT again and
The House adjourned.
The debate Oh this main question will
ho commenced 10 morrow by observa-
tons from MIR. Taylor, in support OF his
rnpOs.iiun
THURSDAY. JAN. 27.
Among the mcmotla,s presented this day,
WAS one from the Legislature Of The state OF
Ohio. praying that provision may he made fur
the relief OF Snch purchasers OF Public Land
a. may forfeit the same from their inability TO
compt'"t" the payment therefor.
Mr.. ViHidmS, OF \. T.. from the com'.ittee
of liimS, made an nnavorahle report on the
petition OF SuudrH cilizens of Baltimore, who
pray Tor compensation tor vessels sunk in that
harDor during the military operations in its
nel@hbouihuGd in The year 1914. Ordered TO
lie on the fable
RESPECTING: TlIE SPANISH TREATY.
Mr. FipyI. OF Va submitted iof confederation
the following resolution:
e. Res Ted, ! hal the President of the United
States be requested Is Ca,ise TO be commune
cat, d 10 this House If in his opinion comsis-
tent with the pubic good whatsoever intor-
nation liz may p.'sSe>s, relative To the extent
at territory winch the Instructions of the
Minister Pea'pOteniiaIy OF His Catholic
Majesty authorized !im 10 cede 10 the United
States IN his uegocidtiOu with The Secretary o.
State, which resulted it, the treaty OF 22d
February last and likewise at what period
he obtained that intOrmation.''
Mr. L said. that he had been induced to
submit THIS resolution TO obtain the iuiOrma-
t,om repaired, a. important, upon subject of
great consequence To tn nh,IUn al this time
II was prcthcatrd upon AN expression in the
letter OF Tie Secretary ot Statc to oar Minis
ter, hraTiu> date the 18th of August, 1919,
wh"rCiH IL" S.,yS-" II is too well known aud
: the spanish government dare not ,leuy il,
- thai Nlr. O'tiS last instructions authorized
- him tn ccde Ia the United States much more
territory than he did" Now, sir, as the
treaty has rot been confirmed by Spain, and
we are called upon 10 enforce the friendly
supulationS OF that treaty, il is peculiarly piO-
per To haze all lie information winch was
possessed AT the Time ct Tie ne. OCiatIou.
In re ,iiy 10 AN objection which was SUISSE
quenfiy made Ia the resolve, that n call for
thai KIND ot information might have inlu,io
consequences. Mr. f. said, certainly no inju-
rHcan result IA the resolution does not require
any thing 10 re communicated which il would
be- iMpr todivIIge, but, if that information
were lHIpioper To he made public, cannot the
representatives OF the people of the u. States
be intrustcd with that tranaCtion For his
part he had consulted none and thought The
Information necessary. Surely ii could no, he
Improper 10 communicate to this house, MIR.
T.. SAID, that which the Secretary ot State had
said the Spansi' gave Thment 60 dare not deny"
IlHS mott ~ gave rise TO a short debate, IN
the course of which the adoption of it was
Opposed ny Mr.. LorAdts Mr.. Sergeant MIR.
Holmes, MIR. IHyi0r, Nj. Rhea aud Mr.. HiH, on
the ground, @eueinlly, thai the President had
communicated 10 Congress. al Tie commence
ment of the session, on the subject of Spanish
atalrs, all the information which lie deemed
Important to tie public interest, and which in
El> opinion, Il was not inconsistent with that
interest al present TO communicate A.; that the
conduct of negotiations having been given ny
Tie constitution to the Executive aud also The
authority TO communicate TO Congress-, from
time 20 time, Information OF the state of The
Union, IL was 10 he presumed the President
had III the performance OF that dniy commu-
nicated ali that was III his opinion proper 10
tie communicated, respecting our relations
with SPAN and that, rs we have vet Minis
adjusted with that power, the disclosure of
suci particulars were requifed, il made
might have prcjudiciai effect on The ques lions
pending between the two countries, &c.
The proposition was supported by the
mover, aud by Mr. johnson Of Va aud Mr.
RdndoLph, tor the general reasons assigned by
the mover, and for the reason addlIOnaIlV
nat the President had, by bis communication
Ia both Houses OF Congress, at the commence
neat Of The session, earnestly recommended
the subject Of The stale of our affairs with
Spain, TO The attention of Congress a. indeed
expressly submitted 10 them whether or not
the provisions ut the treaty should be carried
into effect independently OF the consent Of
spain, &c
On suggestion of MIR. Sergeant the resolve
was so amended, ny consent OF the mover, as
10 request the President. instead of instruct
ing the Secretary al State, (as at fist offered
IL in his opinion ii should be eXperi. ut TO
cause the Tequr rcd information TO ue laid
httore the House the objection being TO
leaving compliance with AN order from the
house discretionary with any officer of Tie
srte'nment subordinate TO the hi CHEST in
authority.
The question heinG taken agreeing to tie
resolution thus amended, it was decided in
tie negative. Ayes "a noes IS.
THE MIS- OUKI QUESTION.
Tie order OF the Day OH the Missouri Bill
being announced
pOstpOuemCut OF The order OF The DAy TO this
day week. His object was IN the mean time
to co.. sIder, ~ the hope OF lis adoption, a
proposition tor the prohibition o. the further
Introduction of slavery west OF the MisS,ssip-
pi Should such measure be adopted, the
territories ~ that qudter would be placed on
Tie same footing as tie ordnance OF 1887 had
placed the North Western Territory. Ibe
que FiioH now agitaisd ia Congress, might then
perhaps be lett TO tbr good sense Of the Prople
OF Tie states to be formed out OF that territory:
aud, should any question present itself ON
The SUBJECT OF ihP admission of slavery INTO any
such state it might be left for the proper
Tribunal UIe Supreme Court To determine ia