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

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himself from those with whom he had
| acted with SO much pleasure and with so
! much zeal. Bui he could mol maintain,
| what he SHOULD do by voting tor This re-
! solution. that Missouri Is uow q state Of
| THIS C"ioh. Was II coLteuded, that Com
! - - has not right 90 require the sub.
! n,S,iun oi The constitution Of q new state
| to lis COMMUNICATION before she becomes
, a member of The Uniou z II so. would
ANY man contend, that Congress had NOT
! right 10 pdss, IA some shape OF other
| upon il,c constitution of any new state
Was theie any one OF his colleagues " no
would say. that there ga, no possible
case Ia winch he a;isht no, b., induced TO
reject ihe constitution of Missouri g.
Suppose the cOnstiiuiioo she has offered
| had been Dotoricusly aristocraiical was
there any one OF them who woul,; no,
have given his vote Tor the exclusion of
! Missouri from The cuufe,leracy! He
presumed not. II he aere 10 give his
vote for this resolution, Mr.. A. said he
should contradict all the language he
had hitherto held IN respect 10 Missouri
Tor, II she was state without The consen,
| OF Congress, she had no right TO com
pam at oppression by the refusal of Con,
gfess To recognise her. MIR. \. said he
should continue TO reprotaie The odious
and foul combination by which Miss. mi
Is kept out OF The Union but, shoul, he
| give vote for ibis resolution. he should
teei himself precluded from doing so
~, indeed, the case were presented, wh,t
iher the member from Missouri Should he
admitted TO seal on III, floor, he snoud
| give II vote afiirmaiively /: Tor IT would
| DC 'aniamouht 10 an admission OF the
stale OF Missouri INTO the Union. But.
1 Pa, l. 4,
should vote TOR an evident solecis:n It
would be say inS shdi, though It has been
decided thai Missouri siia,i not b. actnii
ted into the Union, le, sac shall ex.r. Use
the highest irHciIons oi Il member OF the
! confederacy .-A.s A SAID he c,rid no,
hoiu that !aIgaage, or present himself
| Ia that CHARACTER Opposed in general 10
PoStponeMenis. lie should .vute AGAINST
| Tue proposed poslp0nrmeni, III order
| 10 meet lie Qutsiliu diievIiy. He had
| no u0ilnD. lac added. o. The doctrine.
which he had heard ioT the fi,s, Time
| to-day, that goa may have a protjIrna,i.
| cal or byp0 neiicai ciyciIui, OF a pIrsld, nj
| ana pire President--Suppose the re,
sun OF Tie election depenued Oh, the votes
OF Missouri, and The sane course ga, IN
BIZ pursued which was now iudical,
! The Ere idehi Of HE S-naie would nave
l" """ou"Se ti'd', III one event, we lia
| resident, whist III aualher We had
ho', anu The goveTnm' AT would be left
| Without head, auu q dIssoiu ion of The
| Unlon woui,i be the possible immediate
consequence. tie way liIie su.u,izcd
| he said, al one ground winch had been
taken on tins occasion thai tie house
han no power - pass any Judgment, an
amy reiagn.-H, had always thought
that, wherever was lodged tie power 10
receive Ieiurn, there also was HE power
10 pass IuushOnl on The yaiid,iy OF
maj Return. Suppose any TERRITORY no,
within HE limits OF The United States al
The lime, Florida Tor example. 10 send
votes here for Electors: was there po au-
ihorliy by Which these votes could be
r'Iec cd! Suppose STATE, entitled Ia
27 votes, should send 81 votes: vnuld
any gentleman contend thai there was
no power III THIS house 10 Judge OF the
proper numb,,y Could there ever be
pure eircilan-c" uid II ever be ascertain
eel "in was elected, IN the event ot Tire
establishment OF doctrine OF that SOFT!
MIR. A. concluded by declaring his lea
uiness 10 auopt any measure 10 biing
missouri, no" irampled down by now er'
INTO The Union, bat he could moi yote
Tor tins resolution.
Mr.. CLAY neat obtained The Aoor. bu,
gave way TO allow MIR. Randolph TO make
an explanation.
MT. RANDOLPH said, il vas highly
probable thai the few remarks which ht.
mao made might give rise to nisapor...
tensions IN the minds OF oihergeD,iemen.
as they HAD d)ic IA lie niid vi hl. c.l.
ieague.-tfe therefore wished Ia explain.
ais posltiO9, lie SAID, was misunderstood.
IL lad been SAID, and peiliucuily SAID
that Mis- sour might BE- admitted INTO The
UnioD III more Ways than une.-ulIs no.
sllIon, then, was, that this Is The n :,
instance III which Missouri ia, kuurk, a
al the door and deman0ci! he, lights
IL Is now for us, sad Mr.. X. by Gefuit.
ing her 10 come III, or rather Uy ref .aiu-
fns from exl!udng i:er from ihis hall. 10
determine whether she shall NV be one
OF our c0mMOn"caiii, or, as tie iashIuu
IS 10 call n, Vf our Empire Mr.. X. SAID
he hau no DOUBT thai Congfes mIghi
drive Missouri into Tie wilderness, Ike
another son OF llagar If W. do, said
lie, we drive IeI al our own periI.-It ~
!her OF the woyihJ Senators and R,,re
sentative from Missouri, whose Ionp ior
bsarance had excited surprise la no mans
breast more than III thar OF MIR. II lie
did not mean 10 blame hem for pufsuinu
the counsel OF cooler beads than his
had presented themselves here, wouId
you Undressing the Speaker have telt
yourself bound 10 exclude ihen, from The
commuhi9n with more iham papal power
mot only from The cup OF vine, but
from The bread OF lie iisplf1 Lei mr. ,.ii
my hiend before ne, (Mr. ArcherO We
have moi HE power which he seen,s IN
tlnnk we possess and, II This be casus
Dmissus IN The Constitution, 1 want 10
know where We acquire The nower In
supply the defect. You may keep Mis-
sour oui of the Union by violence, bun