Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1824-02-05

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The committee rose, andrrported. and obtained |
leave 10 sit again.
Pre,ious toihe Chairman leaving the chair
Mr. HaMiLroN rose 10 his place. and stated,
That he wish"d, tinush ia very ..ifornia WAY,
10 make com muu'caiiOn Ia which, from its
manure, ne MAS sure every g"ia.HBan would
listen with interest. The House had all Wit
messed, with regret, The very unpleasant al
tercafion which during late debate, had taken
place between two hunnrable members of this
House he was now the bearer of the agree
ahle Intelligence that, through the spontaneous
,ntrrpDs,tinu OF friends, tue state of feeling
which arnse on that uccasion had been sue
cnss'niiy removed, add had been exchanged
ia ainanner highly honorable to both the
parties, hir a happier one the gentlemen had
been restored 10 each other in relations Of
mutual amity and personal respect. and every
painful recollection removed he con gratuIa-
ted the House 90 so happy an issue of an affair
wh'ch all who witnessed il could not but
deeply dpplnre.
Bills from the Senate. for the relief of the
President, Directors, and Company, of the
Merchants Bank in Newport, r |. confirm
SuS the claims nf the heirs Of Nicholas Baudin,
and the heirs of Joseph Chastang to certain
tracts of land and for the relief of Hanson
Kelly and, also, Joint resolution proposing
"a amendment To the Constitution Of the
United States, as il respects the election OF
The President of The United States were
several'y read aud referred and the House
adnurned 10 Monday.
itro'n the Wastiirt "a RepublicosI
MIR. RANDOLPH took the f,uor at quarter
past twelve, and entered into an argument Of
great ability. We are unwilling to do iniis-
tee to any speaker and we feel that in our
necessarily briefand imperfect reports (sent To
he press as they are taken from the lips of
the speaker It ia not possible tn do Justice To
the very talented observations and arguments
which are daily offered to the attention nf the
House. We shall, therefore, refrain from any
attempt to report the speech of Mr.. Randolph
IN this occasion. II will be sufficient 10 shpw
something OF course Of his argument. He
went into history of party in this country
and thence came To define the distinct natures
and characters ofthc general and the state 90
VrrnDents. He went an To shew that the CON
sttulonal boundaries hptweeu these two go
fernments had been violated by the state go
Fernments, as well rs hy the general govern
inent. In reply Ia the question whether the
power now in dispute resided in the general
government, Jr in the state governments or
whether II IS concurrent power, he asserted
IL To DE In the state governments exclusively.
lie took view of the dangers which must
inevitably accrue To the government from the
extension of the latitude of implication and
concluded with putting il TO the candor Of the
gentlemen with whom he had the misfortune
to dlier, hat danger could result from put
ting oil the measure now under discussion
AS there were SO many doubts existing as TO
the power ut the Esuse To adopt this system,
ne wished that some gentleman would shew
me urgency which required us 10 plunge into
ms system al once. After speaking nearly
two hours, Mr.. Randolph finished with an
apology Tor the weakness which had prevented
him from doing more Justice to the subject,
and from extending his remarks any further.
MIR. CLAY aud Mr.. TRIMBLE rose together,
but the latter having given way,
Nir. CLAY made ali apology for the indis-
position which had prevented him from being
present in the House on all occasions whes OBJ
servatIons on his remarks had been made, and
Tor The obligation he felt tn occupy The floor
again, Tor the purpose of making some few
explanations of his own views and language
He then proceeded To correct some miscon
ceptions of his remarks. and to illustrate more
clearly what he formerly said on this question.
On motion of Mr. TrimbIe, the Committee
tnen rose, reported progress, and leave was
obtained TO sit again.
Nasal Peace Establishments conCormi-
~ to resolution of the House Of Represent
iatIves passed AT the last Session, the Presi-
dent of the United States Transmitted To that
House, on Friday last, Message accompani-
ed by n system for Naval Peace Establish
nent. The subject is itself sufficiently inter
esting, bot is rendered more so, by the serious
manner IN which ii is treated, and the enlarged
view which is taken oft, in the Executive
Message. That document, with such of the
accompanying details AS we can find room for,
we VIII present To our readers as soon as prac-
ucahle. We menton il now that they may,
when it appears, give this document the at
tenti9n which ii deserves from them. Nat Int.
The topic Of The dGy.--We mentioned, the
other day, rumor Of Caucus having been
held To prevent Caucus. Though such
rumor was current, however, we hardly gave
any credit to it, until wc found, in the New
York American, which came to hand on Sa
furday, confirmation strong" not to the leal-
Gus inerely--for such there are, even among
p0iiiiclans-but to the most gucless and I'm
suspPcting, Ia The honest People, who put
their trust IN the professions Of men, and will
believe nothing hut what they See The fol-
lowing IS the passage the New York Ameri-
can, tomlttlOS irrelevant sentences To which
we refer
We have received from Washington several let.
iers. The anonn' of the intelligence impaired to us,
aud ~ nav he received u autheunC, IS as flows
Tue friends Of Mr. Clay lure had - meeting in REIN
ii0d 10 caucus aud irs positively decided that they
would not attend Oue unless rr the uttpnse of de-
ir'ting its object, by voting inst any recnnen,la-
iion hy the members of Congress. Whether the lat
Ter course would be- adopted, or whether tl,e unron-
slrdiioual measure shOmId I've defeated by aLsennq
themselves, was MOI finally decided upon. The
friends OF Mr.. Adams were also meet during The
present week, FOR the same purpose z 10 determine
whether they should dpou the caucus to u positive O,
negative death; o., IN other words, whether they
sh0uid Kill The monster, or let II kill iiself"
Ths Information, the editor intimates, is
from the best authority, and may therefore be
m IWH u Had