Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1821-02-20
CONGRESS.

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| tninops that we must fostpsre unfii orr npA
nn1ber, fhr prec~esii'r.s at both Hon>es on
| Fiidoy. Ia the ~. Of Il noihDs WAS dome OF
| any importance. until Mr.. Nelson of Va. iosp
| 10 annouac- the death OF his colleague W \.
| Bniveil; whose pure and admirable chat"c
ttr. as terrt sentative and as man. " hose
lose ot sIf,2licity bath in piiva,c ~ pmhi, lite,
whose manly, nhsOl ls,lcatcd sitais hi- gOiu.
sense. and whose disiHic,t stcd devotion 10 his
, country, a,e 80 geo. rally known Living he
was ioved, AID ,iyin. he rs deeply iamented. =
Search This country through, ami there arc &c ~
aen OF "A noiler stamp than W \. Eurwcil.-
bs a. of u alter taking an order uron his
funeral procession, Immediately adjourned uii
Saturday
The proceedings in the Seaaie a:e more in
tetesiing. MI Roberts OF psnus ,lv.,u,a asked
leave 70 introduce sosolu,ion to admit Mis-
sour into the Union. No one d,tcciiy opposed
Ibis mofion-though Mc>s,s Van DIXIE. Of u.
W aIker OF Alabama. aud Chan,ii. al Maine,
douhtsd vhe II ~ A not best tor :, ipw days
to hold bark any ncy propositon-- wsit "A
VIII aud see what step the other House
WOULD lake IN this diStracting question" =
Pr. Van Dykes motion 10 post one tae reso-
linton 10 Monday was iost-the leave asked
Tor 10y MIR. Kobe,ts wac granted aud his re-
sniniiom read tor III. first lime. (fnihe conrse
OF tins debate. Messrs. Hclnps and Van D,ke
expressed different expectations OF the result:
tnr ioimsr was Wiling to grant The leave
requested. hut merely as a matter OF courtesy:
not FROM usope gifts cJiR, any yooa :. MIR. v
~. " believed that Missouri won.i be admit
ten milo the Union before the 1,h of March
on footing with the other states - though he
Thought II impolitic ia the Senate 10 press the
mailer so inm, diatsly upon tile House After
'his, Tie Seuis we're eu:a: I'd Il xca>siu.
ihs extraordinary bl 20 aincud the charter
OF lie Bank of The Unitrd Staiss--
when message MAS received from the II. OF
H. announcing, the death of Mr.. Burveil....
MI P'easau,s moved! the customary t,ibnte ot
re>peci TO the memory OF the decreased and
on Mr. Barboar's motion. the House adj u,ued
ill Monday
Surely il is impossible for Congress 10 forget
mat their " DAYS nnnbrred'-t'icy niuSi
rise on Saturday wrtk. Snteiy they Will not
leave this Missouri question unseited--thev
WI! not leave this fine region running wild az
"a were. tor nine months, without one tie of
friendship OF authority 10 bind her 10 the
Union, aud the hearts of The south and OF The
west sympaihisiag with her feelings against
The supposed oppression of our Eastern Ete-
threi. They will MOI leave The next Congress 10
be torn from iherregulsr business by this same
d'siracilng question the Interests az the
manufacturers, the merchants aud the far
meTs of the bank,ups, III any relief Is TO he
awarded again cast aside The great estab-
hshnIents OF the nation neglected aud 70.
t'enci,meni utterly lost sight of. When the
suffering people OF the Easl come 10 ask their
representatives, why hare Nou neglected H.
WHY have yon at least not attempted 10 re-
lIeNe us? lei these Representatives say. il was
thei Inpol;tic pertinacionS opposition 10 poor
peTsecuted Missnnrl, Let RUTH add, that
men as any iu this land were mislrd by
mistaken philanthropy Tor free men of colour,
whos% rights under the constitution, Whatever
'hsy were were either MOI invaded by the
stale OF Missouri or reserved by general
proviso in the resolution OF the select com
miitee = i!iat il was TO furnish a Kew handle
OF popularity 10 i!Ie iederalisiS o. the sorih or
10 The - ambitious patriots at that GTarier--
thst u was 70 serve The purposes OF Snrh men
as Dwight" and Walsh or sucI patriots as
Cushnan aud Clinton hat other representa-
I'VE, nave been led of from the .rach.. ..Lpt
truth say, that il was on these ac, .ouHis, that
Iof,sfess has" shot so mad!y from ltf sphere,
ann as accustomed attention TO t.le prosperity
anu Teiief OF the country SO utterly lost sight
of.
Bnt we will not yet desnair of an accommo.
daiion! accommodation what language are
we compelled to use, when speaking of citizens
OF the same country, bOrnd 10 each ether sy
so many ties-ot Americans !! we viii NOT
despair, even for the present session o. Con-
efess. Save the constitution. IL Won will, by
the Singular stipulation oil her heine boand by
one at'ivie OF ,ha, constitutions. hy The rhcis
o. which she wosla be already boi,ud pro-
vide, If you will shat clause of her coust.
tutor. or law she may pass, shall br void If
II conflicts with particular clause ot The con-
stiiution of the q SIatcs--or provide in an,
way, respectful 20 the state OF Missouri for
the reservation YOU contend for without how
ever. touching ihe substance # her tiyhis
without yourselves deciding that she IL l.,
coufiict with the u. , that muaiiurs Gie citI-
zrrs of any of the states in the exc Of The fe.
deral constitutions bur leaving that oupslion
open for tie proper Judiciary tribunals al The
country; do this, and the mere matter of form,
Is of minor consideration. She vel ,yiiI nave
the privilege of passing upon the provisn--if
she likes IL, she will tdlleit. Nou will have
given some evidence AT least OF vonr disrosi>
non 10 conclaie aud admit her; she will
know ofacid!ly L least Ichg size is not vet ad-
mi;ted /: but whatever Won do beware and
touch not the substance of liet rights.
Dd we say that we will not despair We
VIII 20 fntthcr. We have sttGHe hopes of an
Imme dia,c close being put 10 ihis question
We could almost CRY on with the tpnpcSt
test mariner. Land! Land ~ For. Sir Ro-
bets OF Penn. has take Iup thLLq icsiou ans.
we thank him ioTii We are .Iad TO see til
motion come from thai upaIteF; firm Penn.
S,'vaBia, thai wise, republican aud pa,riotic
State, T." the keystone OF the fehsfa arch
from her 10 whom the Union owes so much
NAV we not hope Tor mare : from her who
IN o3 hTst began 10 stA> the surge of nSnrpa-
iion by the election Of McKean may she Hot
IN 1921 arres the march OF paltiO,ic ainbi.
lion Mr.. Roberts has brnn.ht the owe
branch into the Seudte. and we hopr that
'ome Of his colleagues ~ ilir other Honse
VII! JON him in the effort Not that ". fear
tor The uuISn Che people ", hi. runuiry a;e
Too IauIotic, tEt SC OF te East are too wi.p
ioF that y but bcCau>e Ii ~ lime iu tisy those
pASs-i"us, winch hui enhii'er lie Intercourse
Gar coubtrNncr.-M Roberts, prnpasi
tion seems Ia give 10 substantially 30 our
mkt which Missouri claims as a 90 s,a,o of
this Unior Ii does away The oulv doaLt ~
whici' the Report o! The Sstct Committee
admitt'd tor Onr mrineHi: For by Ms l{n-
heris's scheme u s the Legislature who hsvr
the iishi by 3ls If their body 20 anurx a
clause Greatly seiy la m'esS ard lndr~iativr
when CLEARLY dough oxpTes ed Il SOM. r..,>
poets the x pot OF the 5 I E3m,at is
better GUARDED. Il would bn claAi Mr.
Vsrtsulut 1u i,,' Illus, t!iai ii slIaI b. adj.
miiicd o' condiiio { irat he A., risuse. sc
o. fhe constitution shall have ddd.d 40 u 4
| ptOvso that thi, clause shall Hoi h. sppi ~
bie 10 CIT z us o. any siair in this Unon