Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1824-01-22
LEGISLATURE OF PENNsYLvANI.
mousE oF nNrREsKNrArIyEs. yANuARY s


ra'iun al the Presidents message, in favor of the
i'eedon' al the Souuiern Republics, was considered
IN committee nf the whole, Mr.. Huss i'm The chat,
and unanimously agreed To.
Some conversation took place upon n motion Of
Mr.. H. Smith To amend the preamhe,-which was
followed by other morious,-and finally carried, rs
was the preamble ihns ,nended.
Ia The House, the resolution was adopted yeas go
hays Nlessrs. Abner Lewis and Joshna Huni !
The preamble after proiraced debate upon different
amendments, was also agreed to-
| Fidy, jan. 9.-Mr Rohers's report and reson-
',"m, upon that part of the Governor, message rea-
i've To The place al meeting oC electors of President
,,mr up when, IN conformity with The decision nf
Nednrsd"y, the House resolved itself into - cuami
ter o. the Whole, Mt Taylor in the CHAIR
Mr. Oc'e movrd'io strike ou the patt of the cpor
Irhtc"ns upon the late Governor, and 10 the end of
u and 10 inser, in lieu thereof she consigned 10
obliv'on.'-Mr y. said there was no occasion To
state ms objections to Tho part Of the report which
he ii'd moved 10 strike uui, relating 10 caucus hut
wan regard to the reflections rpon ihe LATE Cover nor
hc never w"rlI give vote iarrsh the fame of +,
wig al ZIG, who was taken prisoner when e. h,ius
III defence ui his country.
Mr. Roberts adverted 10 The act Of drilling which
he sad, hadhee PUT into operation The present
occasion, ~ order 10 compromiI the House upon the
question In the course of debate The Of ndi-
-vidnHs had been brought IN aud puif-d of directly
and -Niravag+ntIv. He had no facilities in these
respects, end as they in committee of tue
whole, where broad view could he properly ial, n ,
ne wonld lake The same range that had been taken
by others
M. Il. did not consider himself Standing here as
"e Pt'uAan OF any cinddIte. HeretooIe The peo-
ple oil thN country had been governed by parry pm
cprs, acting IN relation certain Individuals which
~ las opinion was preferable To acting altogether
wih view 10 individuals However, we appeared
10 pc l'liIms INTO The liIier state of things. Five
gentlemen, all belongIng TO the party, nun
inward as candidates To the Presidency Their
friends were striving ens' public feeling in their
FAVOR who had the greatest number, il was imIos-
sihlr in say For his par, he had defiuiiveiy
made up his mind in favor of any candidate he was
~ I'ly anxious for The adoption Of measures To pre-
vent devuInon of The choice of President upon The
House OF Representatives If the United States for
unless something was done 10 ascertain who had the
greatest number OF friends, thar must be the
/ quence.
/ Nj. r. took Hp The Columbian Observer contain.
my the proceedings and address of the meeIng held
~ Philadelphia, IN November, in favour of General
9"oNsor' lMr- fi'Isae was chairn'an of the meet
ing, and one of the committee that signed the adj
dIessJ Here, he sad, IL appeared that other peo-
PIE could ACT as cunmngsy as the committee that
bronghi in This r"purr A nirmher Of The House
could give the weight OF his Ia % nomination
IN Enihuelphia but ~ this place commended tia. "
was improper To inter feTe with il. Mr. r. read and
commented upon the address, sentence by sentence
i a'ndrd TO lHcis, to shew That the eulogium Of the
address upon lsrn. Jackson highly wrought
ana IA great measure unn,erlIed He commended
nat the commanders on the Lakes, on the northern
frontier and AZ BiIumOre, contributed as much as
The victory OF New OrIeaIis, to tie terms of pesce
had obtained This address of the Pbila,IeIphia
| meeting, was he said, nf The same character with
o'her machinery put ~ notion TO operate ~ favor OF
candidates Tor The Presidency. He took up The
harrisburg iutcilIgencer, and read aud ned
upon = letter from Washington Civ, which was de-
signed TO lie directory Of proceedings upon the presi-
DENTAL question at Harrisburg. IN his comments ho
referred 80 the Maryland resolutions against a coi-
sressionsl nOmInaton-adoped prevent The seua-
Tors o that slate IN Congress from parliciparing in
the measure. One Of these senators had been a
soldier OF The revolution, and these Instructions came
from members lately elected aud perh,ns ist enter-
ed public life The federal representation in Com
sFess was urged As "a bar To fair nomination feIe
raiists, he said, being sometimes very great bug
hears, and sometimes very clever fellows, whose
votes they we're very glad to gei-ffe aDin,sdvrried
upon tue prelensions of Messrs Calhoun IL Adams,
me former of whom he considered too young for the
Presidency He brought IN the repor of the trial
OF Col. King hy court martial, and General Jack
| sons letter TO Gen. Gaines, giving military orders
| after his command had ceased which, with the let
ter 10 the Governor Of Georgia, Mr. r. conte nted.
was evidence of any thing else than the possrsso,,
OF temper the bumiphy fitting The President of
the United States.-He concluded bv warning Them
| against departing from the old land marks IL they
went TO he election without any candidate regularly
nominated, dIsuniOn would he the consequence and
the choice would devoye upon Congress. Twelve
states could prevent an election, and f nine would
withdraw, ii would he prevented. Was IL likely
then that there would he - choice The immense
patronage attached to the Executive office would
contribute I" prevent an election lie alluded TO the
difficulties which had occurred when the ronies,
was between two candidates. Where there should
bc more, the difficulties would he increased, aud the
gre'iesl calami''es might belal The country.
NC tuWHNNFe rose, anu the House agreed
meet IN The afternoon, aud granted the committee
leave 10 sit
Iu the afternoon
hlr. Hogate took the door lie was not about 10
follow he gentleman from Montgomery (Mr. Ro-
berts) ~ all his winnings fof the question was
pldin ono, and We would Say something On w. That
genlipnia appeared 10 with the view of rehui-
ling what lac SAID about The cunning and undefhahd
work, 10y which The question 81 caucus had been
introduced into this report. lie (Mr ~ did uoi
say ihtt the gentleman was absolutely cunning bat
he seemed 10 take 50, for lie had read q mewspa.
per, and niade remarks the proceedings cf 4 meet
INC 10 show, dat other were as running ~ him
self. Nj. HOigHie said hc had been chairman Of
that meeting sud bad not every citizen y right 10
psftake ~ The proceedings uf public mretpg
But was the inference just t'ai hecanse he attended
hs meeiing, hat he was prerluded from supporting
any other candidate thnu i've one reconim nded
But than that he (Alr. IT, had been one Of tie
committee VITO signed the address The facts ia
relation 10 this were, hat he had had no hand IN
writing the address the of his departure from
Philadelphia ior Ills place, The address preseu-
ed Ia him he read II over cnsnry aud objected ~
souie pats Of ~ hnt pafiicolIrly That relating 60
caucus But he did sign, majority of tie commit
tee having approved IL. Was there any ihng wrong
~ submitting 10 The decision Of = mHjonty Was
there ANY thug ike cunning ~ III ihs lf there
was, the gentleman might nake tire most oG ~. a
certain portion of ihe pcopie Mr.. " said showed
their cunning, by approving " 80 much &c ete'y
hing ~ answered their views u caucus should
he held ard their candidate ne taken rp, u would
be we'll no doubt they would support lnm. But in