Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1824-12-29
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% Mr. NJ. said he did not understand. fro,
h whai had been said, that any opposition wa
!. niadt 70 Tins bill on the score Of principle =
. u we turn over our records, said he we sha
r. una divers instances of appropriations in
, nuch stronger manner impugning the prin
+, c'p'es advanced against this bill, than this bill
, does --ins'ances Of money granted merely i.
me way VI sratuity, the present case being By
no means Que OF that character. Was il, a
, ,n's o'y' TO be seriously argued that Genera
i.a fayc'e stood, Ia relation 10 our revou.
''on, on The footing Of one Of the Peopl.
"h"se liberties were asserted by i; ? The cor
rect distinction between the two cases had
oeen drawn elsewhere, that where foreign
enemy In,ades country, all its inhabitants
are equllly embarked in the contest, and must
ao'ue by the consequences of il, il not being
me power of the government 10 indemnify
| ah individual losers in such a war. But was
| that me Case with generous foreigner, rs hose
| urtune and talent are literally embarked in
Tue defence Of the oppressed party in the
contest Surely not. Ii never can be the
'eeiing 81 America that we should de al Ia him
precisely The measure of stIict right. But, let
me present CAGE he put even on that ground :
u was proved by the exposition of the gentle
ohan from Louisiana, and by facts of historical
no'orety, that the proposed grant would sill
De inadequate to the demands of Justice. Mr..
h. therefore expressed an earnest hope, that.
as ten. La Fayette had set up no claim i'm
'his Case lnasmuch as he vas not plaintiff i'm
ms action, ADD the case was not To be tried
uPo" technical pI-adiDgs, that the services
"h'ch no rendered In the morning of his for.
tunes would he met by this natiun in cores
ponuiog spirit, now that he is in the eve of
his life. ~ VIC "
Ane present motion, said MIR. NJ. must
consider as testing the strength of the bill and
uie 1 am that, u we listen To the voice of ali
.nose people VINO IN their person Eel. the hor-
rors ana privaions of the Revolution. or of
the true descendants of their fathers WIN d;d
iee' mem, we shall very much misr.prespnt
sien u we refuse to make the old age of La.
| 'dye''e easy and comfortable. As ,rne of In,
Gommi''ee, have felt it my duty to saw thai
decline technical examination of In. ser, !.
ces OF this veteran, because his services were
never rendered in that spirit, and the People
40 not wish In meet them ia il.
VIZ. herrIck, of Maine, then rose and said
."''' rom the motion that he had submitted
w o"e house, " might be supposed that he
was In favor of the indefinite pos,pou.men,
OF the bill, AS being opposed to the hin i,s.lf
lie was glad to have an opportunity to en-
pam ms views. and remove any false imprcs-
| SION winch might have been made 10 this par-
uc"'ar. 90 lar from being opposed either TO
'he principle or to the form of the bill, he
was, on 'he contrary, prepared To vote for al
most any sum which the House should think
M 10 give, and had nartered himself that the
oii', as introduced by the Committee. would
nave passed the House without opposition /:
lie ulc nope that there would not even he one
! woru d. discusson on the subject; hut, from
\ ,he course which things had already taken.
\ NE felt apprrhensive that any tbing which
she House might now do would be- in, ff.c,u,l
Us he greatly doubted whether, after what had
happened, the individual concerned would ac-
Gspt the donation, should il be made -
AWs was one oi those acts, of which il mill hit
eu'phatically be said, that, f done at all. i,
,hoS De done quickly. lf we are To sit, in cold
orDaNe, discussing and tispuiing the minuiip
oi SUN bill. onr passing it, he feared. would
DC IN vain. Yet still. if 9 :niiem IN shall con-
crude 10 pass this bill they Nigh, rely upon il.
! mar ne, for one, would never oppose lis pas.
sage wnen that question was fairly presented
Mr.. Bartlett said, that he rose. no, 70 dis
c"ss the measure before the House, but 10 sub
INIT a.propostioD. which he hoped would rom
ger discussion unnecessary. He should re-.
e'e' ueeply To see the Journal burdeneG will,
records OF yeas and nays motions and amend
nieh's, IN case like this. He had houed
t'"t 'h's Dill would have passed, in a manner
% spontaneous as unanimous He had hone d
mat when we sent for Gen. La Fayelle. and
invited him, by public act, to our shores. j,
was not TO ask who he is, what be has done
anu why we have Called him ; he had suppos
eu .iia' we Knew who Gen. Lafayette was
a"u 'hat none needed To ask what he had
done. But he had had reason, since the de
NIL. ..t~ III
such bill as this, 10 think that il would b.
more honorable to the country, that vet fur.
lher delay should now take place, in order, il
possible, to give unanimiiy to its act on III.
SUBJECT. cannot but remember, sud he
that IL IS scarce ten days since we passed. with
great unanImiy, a bill to reward our own SER
, wees, and did suppose that the services q,
La Fayette were at least as well known. and
as mighty estimated as ours He was desirou,
/ that me bill should pass, not as forced, blu,
as deliberate measure. He was unwine
!" press !. against an opposition, which, Il
perSeVered IN, must operate 10 take away al
, me grace oil our gratuity. And, under these
impressions, he WAS DESTROYS of pos,ponipe
The motion to recominit this whole sun
Ject, until Monday next.
Mr.. Campbell, of Ohio, then rose, and oh
served, mat, having yesterday had the cour.
aye, perhaps some would say the audscity, e
make some little opposition to this bill, whict
mad been precipitated into this House like q
comet through the atmosphere, it might bt
expected that he should give some explanation
OF the reasons which had influenced him. n.
1 did not rise 10 oppose the resolution fo
postpouement. for he was himself in favor o
Z IT. Ne wished, for himself, some further i'm,
for reflection, and he could NOT bur ssv tb.
there was some little i'll nature in the remarl
OF the gentleman from North Carolina. land n,
, was sorry to say so, for no gentleman on tha
DOOr was, In general more decnrni,s 10 de