The Massachusetts spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1821-1823, 1822-02-20


other body has a right to interfere
Il" he would not consent to any a.
mendment elserhere.n He has resent
ed strongly the motion Of Mr.. Barbour,
in the Senate, for a limitation Of the.
numbers of the House of Representa-
tives, by an amendment TO the Constitu-
ton. 1t must be confessed, that men,
Der of the Senate might have hesitated
10 NEEDLE thus with the other branch
of the legislature the more, as the
fact stated by Mr.. Tucker in the House,
is undeniable-that any question which
admits of debate, is liable to almost
as protracted discussion in the Senate
as in the House. In his speech of Mon
day last, Mr.. Randolph said" When
| hear of its being proposed elsesrkere,
TO limit the number of the representa-
ton of the people on this Goor, feel
| disposed TO return the answer of
Agesilaus, when the Spartans were
asked for their arms, Come and take
| Them If you step out of your thresh-
old in matters which do not concern
you, we have got Rouiand for your
OHver, &C."
The previous question was moved on
Friday and also on Saturday. Mr..
Alexander, in calling for it, alleged
| that he did so for the purpose of putting
an end to the discussion, which he
thought had continued long enough to
elucidate every point before the House.
He had fifty-6ve Ayes, bat not half
enough TO succeed. The new member
wishes for the earliest opportunity of
making his grand debut It's not here,
as in the European Legislatures, where
it is thought meet and wise, to go
through certain probation as a listen
er-to rein in the tongue for session
or two-until some experience of BUSH
| ness, something of parliamentary
mind, may be supposed to have been
acquired Indeed, with US, though the
representative, from praise-worthy mod
esty and just ideas of self-preparatioE,
should be willing to follow the Euro
pean example, he could not consider
himself as permitted to do so by his
district; which, generally, is impatient,
until he has proved his mettle in a
speech of at least four columns If he
were to let two sessions pass, without
presenting his constituents with a set
harangue, they would, probably, cut
him off from the chance of making one
afterwards.
1t is certain that the men of business.
the few Spartons in the House, all who
would like TO return home even before
the roads become good, and farming
time arrives, are thrown into despair by
the disputative and oratorical propen-
sites manifested by the majority
I" Double our numbers exclaimed
worthy person to me on Wednesday,
/" bat remove the desks and the report
ers, and we shall, be assured, get on
with business much more speedily and
benefcially." / should be sorry TO
lose the reporters, though they do, at
present, get what is said only by snatch
es, and print accordingly-b,It | have
always agreed with you as TO the evil
"a euC NC9nos II IDS uOL escaped YOU.
perhaps, that you have Mr. Randolph
with you on this point Here is his sal
ly OF Wednesday about it.
I" One Of the advantages that would
result from increasing the. ratio would
be, the getting rid Of this stationary
shop An easy armed-chair, mahog-
any desk, furnished with paper, &C.
was indeed very comfortable-but with
Henry the fourth he would say, that,
with all these appliances and means
70 boot business was not as well done
as if they were worse provided. In
MS opinion they did not get along as
well as if these desks were removed.
If gentlemen would turn their atten-
ton to the contingent expenses, they
would End they had grown to be enor-
mous-and for what? For these ac-
coinmodations, which, ike accommodate
tons at banks, did no good to those who
made use of them"