Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1820-02-10

As II regarded The motion before the
Senate, no possible purpose could be oh
tanned, II il should be agreed to. All
HAT WAS sougbi for was already before
the Senate. The motion asked for Maine
10 be reported. Maiae was reported. Ii
came as a bill from the House Of Repre-
sentatives, and was unaliered ia its form
or substance, as respected Maine. The
amendment by The committee was per-
iecily congcnial to the subject maitrr OF
The original bill and it was entirely "A
greeable 10 parliamentary usage to en-
graft II on the bill, and consider Them i'm
succession. IL the Senate should find il
expedient 10 reject the amendment, il
conld do so.
IL was somewhat Difficult, TO ascertain
what gentlemen wished IL they were
! not sufficiently prepared, and wanted
time: or il they wished 10 wait for more
and on this question, and would move a
postponemeni, he would, for one. vote
| for it.
He could not perceive why the admis-
sion Of Maine should be 80 zraously
pressed and 10 paliaie il we were told
that Massachusetts had only given her
consent professionally, that Congress
should adopt II INTO the Union, before The
4tl day of March nexi. Yet the gentle
| ed that Massachusetts was fully assent
ing 10 the separation. Then can we for
moment suppose such want of magma
uimlty IN the legislature of thai state,
thaiii would not immediately extend that
consent, TO effect an object in which il
| 80 cordially acqulesced al present
| HE honorasie gentleman from Rhode
! Island, (Mr. Bnrlll,) was one of the COM
mittee who bad reported the amendment
| 10 the bill now before The Senate. Ii ap-
| Peared that the facts must have escaped
his recollection, when he asks upon what
| ground The committee reported the "a
| mendmeni. TO this enquiry Mr.. S. re
| pied, that the committee had before
them, al the time this amendment was
| agreed OF, the memorial of the Legisls
| ia'lve Council Of The Missouri territory.
1t was the original memorial, and would
have been read before the committee for
| the benefit of that honorable gentleman.
but that he deemed il unnecessary. This
memorial had been furnished bv The dc
lega,c from that territory, had been regu-
larry presented 10 the Scnaic, and in due
form referred Ia the Judiciary committee
| which reported The amendment. Twas
! true, tins memorial bore dale twelve
| months ago, but II was TO be rccolecied
| that Tie Senate VAS perpetual body ;
nor WAS there any rule which required
| The memorial 10 bear even date with The
time OF presenting II. The Senate had,
last session, acted on this very measure
without anv memorial, and without any
regard 10 The population of that territory
The gentleman also has enGuired. If any
survey has been had To mcIe out The
boundaries and extent OF this territory
HE boundaries are given in The bill, aud
| lis population, upwards of sixty thou.
sand } and II cannot he forgotten, that
at the FIRST session of the fifteenth Con-
grcss. Illinois was admitted into the IL
mon OH The mere suppoSiliOnsof the lcgis-
lative council of That territory, that i,
contained about forty Thousand persons
OF all descriptions. The extent of Hi
nois is greater than that of Missouri, vet
that honorable gentleman, and all The
Senate, voted for lis admission, without
one enquiry. Ohio was admitted on a
suggestion Only OF its having a popula-
lion of forty four thousand Mississippi
oil thirty seven thousand. No census. no
survey, was ever had car thought OF. But
Missouri Is Il devoted spot.
The gentleman from Massachusetts
tMr. Ons) has spoken of seniority that
Missouri is the younger sister, and ought
10 wait till Maine, her elder sister, is pro.
vidPd ior and humOrously tells US, Mis-.
sourl Is bu, Miss IN her Teens. What is
he fact in this regard! Why, Missouri
was d iuii-grown applicant for admission
twelve months ago, al which time this
Mss Name vas not conceived but, in
order 10 obtain rank, her birth has been
FASTENED, aud she brought forth, prema-
turely. seven months child.
That honorable gentleman has told
| n Ol Il,. ,l,usiral lnr.o e NI.;.o Al.
they have Il fine well trained militia that
they fought your battles and shed their
blood during the revolutionary war, and
fought and repealed The enemy during
tie late war. Mr.. Smith said, he did moi
know why such stress had been laid OH
tie military prowess OF the people. oil
Maine. He could not Distinguish be-
tween the particular sections of Massa
chuseils. lie knew she vas highly dis
tinauisl'ed for hervarious achievements
III the course Of The revolutionary war
but he iancird her fame stopped there.
II she had achieved any thing during the
Tale war, she had been most egregiously
Slamderrd. lie forbore 10 enlarge on this
subject but he could say to thai gen.
ticman, that there were as brave men Ia
lie South and West as any IN the highly
respectable and military Slate Of Alassa.
chuseiis. Missouri had Ter brave sons
also.
Mr.. OTIS, said lc had certainly been
InisappreheDded, ii he had been under.
Stood 10 SET up the military proves oil
Massachusetts as an argument agains
} connecting The two SUBJECTS of Main,
! aud Missouri. He had said, that ma
. joriiy of the people Of the District o
Maine had been attached, and slrongl,
| aIiarhrd 10 fhn Lie ahnIinisIra1int