The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1823-01-21

of the said Council, providing for The cleo
ton OF a Delegate 10 Congress, whereby
common soldiers of the army are permit
ted 10 vote, and praying thai this evil may
bc corrected by M act Of Congress com
plainiog, further, thai the Judicial system
for said territory j. mol suited 10 fheir pre-
scut situation, and praying that alterations,
in the said memorial suggested, may he a
dopted. The subjects of this memorial
were respectively referred 10 the proper
committees.
THURSDAY, January >, 1913
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
Mr.. Tod, from the committee on Manu-
features, reported bill for the more ef-
lectual encouragement and protection OF
certain domestic manufactures = which
Was twice read and committed.
Onmotion of Mr.. Euslia, il was Resolred,
That select committee he appointed 10 IN
quire whether any legislative provision IS
necessary To effect final adjustment OF
the accounts Of Daniel ID. Tompkins, Esq.
relative To advances made 10, and disb1rsc-
ments made by him during the late war.
Read from Ohio 10 Michigan.
The House then, on motion of Mr. Vance,
took up the bill TO appropriate certain
quantity of land to deiIay the charge OF
laying out and making road from the
mouth Of the Miami of Lake Erie 10 the
Connecticut Reserve.
Mr. Vance delivered, more AT length than
heretofore, the views which he entertained
Of the importance of The measure proposed
by the bill
After considerable debate, the question
was taken on ordering the bill to be
cngrossed aud read a third time, and decl-
ded As follows Yeas $50. nays Il.
A bill from the Senate, approprlatng
money for the purpose Of repairing the Ma
tlonal Road, from cumberland to Wheeling
was twice read and committed.
Dise1liu'hg he Mitfid.
The House ih.a, en- motion Of Mr.. Can
non, resolved itself into committee of the
whole, Mr.. CondIcl Ia the char, on the bin
10 provide for the discipIlnlng the militia Of
the United States.
After some conversation between Mr.. j.
SIZED SMITH aud Mr.. CANNoN on the
subject of amendments 10 the bill aud
Mr. ARTHUR SMITH having moved an a.
ncndmcnt To the bill. 10 limit the proposed
encampmenls 10 once in two years, Instead
of once III each year
Mr. Cannon explained At large his views
OF the bin, and his calculations Of the cost
and benefit of the eucampments, &c.
Mr.. Reyes proposed 10 limit the encamp-
ments 10 once in four years, declaring his
object To be 10 defeat the bdl, and amused
the House by an old soldier speech against
IL.
Al this state of the business, the com
mlttce rose aud the House adjourned.
FaIDAr, JANUARY 10, 1923.
IN SENATE.
amendment Of he Constitution.
Mr.. Taylor, of Virginia, rose 10 ask
leave 10 introduce resolution proposing an
amendment to the Constitution Of the L.
nitcd States Mr. L. preiaced his motion
with a few remarks. lie ad1ertcd to the cir
cnmstances which led to the former a
mendment ofthe Constitution in relation to
the election OF President and Vice Prcsi-
dent of the United States, by which it was
required that the person should be desig-
mated for each office by the electors he
described the evil which that amendment
was intended to cure, and said that # il had
been foresecn that the evil could occur IN
different form, the remedy would have been
extended 10 meet it. Mr.. II. deprecated
any improper Righteousness in recurring to
the Constitution, either for instruction or
for IFS Improvement. If ever the time
should arrive when it would be considered
as unwise or ridiculous to do so, the pow
ers of the Constitution would become re-
mitted, and merged in legislation aud pre-
ccdenis aud we should gradually return
Ia the spiril, the principles, and the prac-
tlce, of the British government, where pre-
erdent aud legislation controlled every
thing. Mr.. II lpcacaled inpressively, u
constant attention To the constitution, the
practice of testing every act of legislation
by II, aud IA yIgllant care not only that its
powers should be vigorously exercised, but
thai il should hc rrpal.e aud improved
wherever the public good should require il
10 b" done. Han appropriation of money,
he argued, were necessary TO repair pub
he road, IL might be said, with equal pro-
pretty, that an appropriation of attention
and care were necessary To keep the Con-
stltutl0n IN repair. lualtention To that, he
said, would produce in it furrows and dlla-
pidatlOn, aud would bring it into the same
dlsus", that neglect would cause in public
road. Mr.. II. after other remarks OF the
same character, aud To enforce the same
general sentiment, went on TO say that
whenever amy opinions or wishes were de-
monstratcd b be general with the people,
they ought To be attended to dad put in
practice. TWAS manifest, he thought, that
this was the case in regard to the present
mode, IN the last resort, of clecting the Pre-
sjdent of the United States, and that the
people universally deprecated the election
of the President by the House of Reprcsen-
tatises. Thinking so, he had sought to
provide remedy, & therefore asked leave
to introduce ths following JOINT resolution ::
ReSotred by The Senate and House of Re
preScntuiireS of the Emitted ,S1fes of .3,p,ri-