Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1824-08-13


ana respectable County of misunderstanding
ohy county IN America, that has given two
we might say three y Presidents to the United
States. 'e"
WIN. c. SONERvILLE, Chairman.
GEORGE X. PIrrs, Secretary.
Gen. Washington and Col. Monroe Were horn
IN Wcstmoreland, and MIR, Madison at Port Con-
way, before 1T was separated it is said, from West
morela,d.
From the N. York American of Saturday evening
August =.
Extract Of letter from one of the Editors, d.
tea albany, Friday, .4ug. 5.
Inc vote IN the House yesterday, following
up that of the preceding day, and by AN increas-
ed majority, has scattered the ranks of the enc
my. ihey are in confusion, and dsniay, ire
tricvable. Though, through the corrupt com
bination in the Senate, the people will be de-
frauded of their clectaral rights in the choice OF
President their wishes will be still fulfilled. for
yesterdays vote sealed Mr.. C1a,cfo,ds doom in
ttts state. His whole strength, his utmost
strength in the House, is comprised within, and
limited by "a. Allowing all that can be claim
ed Tor INN IN the Senate 20 or 25, if they please,
he cannot get the majority on Joint ballot. His
| race is therefore run, as far as the votes of
New York are concerned, & though his friends
have been able to defeat great principle. and
to put upon record their votes against the peo-
pie, it IS consoiing to reflect that they have thus
exposed themselves TO lasting odum in vain, for
they will be defeated still in their main object.
To those who have fought the good fight in the
House and in the Senate, the public will not be
| ungratefnl. Without cnumeratine. others.
must say the speech of General Taimagc was
delivered with force &etTcct such as have not
often seen equalled.
OF the conduct ofLeut. Governor Root and
his myrmidons in the Senate, yesterday after
noon, II is impossible to speak with patience
| he concurrent resolution having been sent to
that body, they met at O'clock to receive it.
After it was read, the Lieut. Governor rose in
his place, ms steadily he could, lit was affe,
dinner,) and under the pretence of assigning
reasons for his decision, that the resolution from
the Assembly was OUT Of order, he delivered an
indecent and insolent philippe against The Co
vernon, the Assembly, and all others. 1t was a
regular caucus speech, and in caucus might
not have been out of place or disgraceful.
was surprised that no Senator called him to Or
der, for he was certainly as much disordered,
anddisorderiy too, as any man could we'll be- Dis
crcditable as this was however, was less so than
his subsequent decision, that a motion 10 sus-
pend the rules of the Senate was also out Of or.
der and In this decision he was sustained on
| appeal, by 10 Senator's! Nineteen Senators
voting that motion 10 suspend the rules volun.
tariiy imposed upon itself by the Senate, anG
winch, for hundreds of Comparatively trivial OBJ
Jects, for incorporating banks for imposing
burdens on the people, are daily and hourly
suspended, was, where the rights of all the free.
men oil New York were involved in the decision
/ o:a 81 order and not to be entertained Mr.
comment can add to the palpable enormity O
! such proceeding. The senate and house now
i being at direct variance, and the former bod,
! having shown most conclusively that they viii
not regard the rights northe wishes of their con
| sttuents, it is probable the house WILL after an.
nexing toit preamble, setting forth something
h;ie the above recital, conolr to-day in the SEN
ate's resolution to adjourn.
Eet''dct % onoher letter from a friend ddted
ALBANY, Aug. 5, 1924.
In no part of the transactions of The pre-
sent Legislature, is the character of the iuuto
more fully evinced, than in their efforts to sup
press all discussion. Aware that their motives
would not bear public investigation, they relied
on the known subserviency OF the officers of the
two Houses, TO prevent any declaration on the
great subject for which the legislature were
convened In the Assembly, party zeal led the
Speaker, prompted by the experienced clerk.
| to make decisions of the most contradictory ma
ture. The manly exertions of our learned re-
| preventative, Mr.. Wheaton, and of his eloquent
TREND Mr.. Ialmadge, rendered abortivc tile
E4cowardly schemes of the intrigucrs. The tri-
| umphant majority, by which a joint resolution
declaring the expedicncy Of passing a law giving
the choice of electors to the people, was carried
in the Assembly, induced the unto to direct
| the President of the Senate to employ every eff
/ fort to avoid result that would inevitably des-
| troy the best hopes of unhalIowed ambition.
| On the Senate converting this afternoon, af-
ter reading the resolution from the Assembly.
the President rose and delivered a speech on
parliamentary usage, and parliamentary law
| talked of the motives of the observation-disclosures
tsed his efforts to restore to the people their I'M
doubted rights, as Notwithstanding measures
| and to show that he, Root set at defiance the
people and their wishes, he proposed TO screen
his friends of the Senate from all responsibility
by becoming himself sole legislator, and declar-
ing that proposition from the other House
should be acted on.
An appeal from the decision of the chair
against receiving motion for concurrence in
| the Assembly's resolution being withdrawn,
resolution was offered to dispense with all rules
and orders, preventing the consideration of the
Assembiy's proposition. This motion. after al
lowing considerable debate, was pronounced
by the chair inadmsable: or in other words, the
President decided that the Senate could moi
dispense with its own rules 1t was i'm vain that
the case of Mr.. Clinton was cited where both
houses, IN the short space of one hour, adopted
all the forms of legislation necessary TO remove
that gentleman from the Office of canal commits
sioDer. The receiving of ii resolution on Tues
day last, of the same import with the concurrent
resolution, and in violation of some of the rules
now cOntended for, was explained by the k1lo1n