Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1826-03-28


care!e-sness oil the clerks and OF the committee O
enroilment- tina, act was, by vote of the Hous,
oi representatives, in which il originated, pr o.
cured from the archives OF the Department of State
ahd put on the statute book, it passed, not il
was on the roll and enrolled anew. twas tie
ACT Tor the relief OF the capors of the AIrboha &
Ni'sSouda. As soon I understood this, sir |
Went TO the Speaker myself, and told him must
H'Vc my vo e Tor reconsideration that day II can
oa'y say that Inferred not from what ne t1ia mo
- mai my information was correct II came off
immediately TO this House lit wanted about tw en-
" minutes OF the time when the Senate was TO
meet saw that most respectable man whom we
nave just lost, and begged TO speak with him in
pr"d'e' W retired TO committee Room, and
10 prevent intrusion we locked tho door Il told
nm oil Tie conspiracy laid 10 defeat me OF nv
constitutional right 10 movo a reconsideration
+ Enough 'hink 1t a dangerous rule, and always
voted aSainit ITS beng put on the rules nj all
otl'e''hS, mat, to prevent tamperng and coluio1,
The vote TO reconsider ought 10 be taken instantly
- ye'' sir, as IT was there, had right 10 make
me motion = told this gentleman that he might
py 'aSi"S Tie Chair OF the senate sooner than the
i'he tine, lend himself uncorsciously 10 this con-
sphacJ against my constitutional lights as a mem
Der o. the Other House from the State of VIRGINIA
spoke, sir, 10 inaa OF honor, aad gentleman,
ana II H. unnecessary 10 say that he did not tax
'ne Sas!r III The proper hour arrived As soon as
that hour arrived, left The committee room to-
setEer l went to the house of Represents
yves, and found them in session, and the Clerk
reading the journal -meanwlie, there had been
| runners throoeh the long passage, which was then
made OF plank, think, between the two Houses
hunting Tor hlr Gaillard- where is he lie is NOT
10 DE iound The House of Representatives hay
ing organized Itself when l cam. in from The
door OF the Senate found the Clerk rcadint.
Tue journal the moment after he had finished il;
MADE the motion, and was seconded BIZ my col
ieagSe, Nh Archer, to whom could appeal rot
'iiat my testimony wants evidence II should like
TO see ;he man who would question it on matter
of fact this fact is we'll remeu,be,e,I Ia,
would AZ soon forget her wedding day a. forge,
'his. he motion 10 reconsider was opposed Il,
was Geoatsabis question land Tie Speaker stated
something IN this way" that il was not for him
to give any orders the Clerk knew his Guty.''-
The Clerk weat more than once nv impression
Is, that he went more than twice II could take my
OATH and SO believe could Mr.. Archer, that no
made two efforts, and came back under nv eve
iike mccse under the eye Of cat, with the en-
crossed bill in his hand his bread was at stake
at last he, with That pace, and countenance, and
manner, which only conscious guilt can inspire,
went OIL, his poverty, not his will, ccnsenting
and before the debate was flashed, back he comes
with TIE bill from the Senate which had then be-
Gene law, before il was decided whether they
would reconsider 1t at my motion or not, which
motion nailed The bill TO the table until j, should
have been disposed Of. I mention This fac, 70
show what ua?rincip.ed mea g feeliar po,per ana
forgetting right" are capable Of doing even i'm
the presiding Chair OF deliberate Assembly. vet,
20 notorious as these iac:sare, anxious was one
SIDE OF that House TO cover Up their defec. ion
such was the anxiety OF The other TO &c, Missouri
in on any conditions, that this thing was b,,shel
Up, just as the suspension of the Iabeas Corpus
wa hushed up.
The bill was passed through the forms Of law:
Missouri admitted into tie y ion contrary
to the Cons tuition, mach so as if had voted
the other way IN the first instance and the Sneak
er had ordered the Clerk 10 put nv name with
the ayes in The Journal when | had voted no
because, sir, agreeaLly 10 the Constitution of the
United States every member bas right 10 his vote
unaer The forms OF Tho House whether these forms
afe wise or foolish, and my colleague and myseIfI
were oNsed on! Of Our right to reconsider, for
which woul! not have taken all the land within
the State of Missouri.
Having given this account OF This transaction.
permit ne % say that, without voting ui,oa aDy
principle, il is called, upon the subject of inter
nal Impiovem ut at all, without calling that mat.
'er mo q!estion-wihout calling iato question a.
ny Pllsh!ed sIih," real or imaginary --unIess
allowed myself 10 vote inconsistency with the
manner in which have voted tom 1929; I re-
member the time, because it was the only session
that lived mex door to the Secretary Of the Ma
Wy, and was fellow lodger With a gentleman
whom now see in his place. may be mistaken .
bat (whe,her mistaken or not in the tate) know,
that les inep in Congress stood higher than did
at tie time, with the then Administrations; but
could not stomach his thing Il vouldnot vote for
II. saw the old States playing what thought
most Tuiuous and pernicious game. and what in
the end, it he's proved TO be- giving away TO the
States north OF the Ohio iInmunities and PRIVILEGES
ard making concessions, which they must sooner
or later rue which they rue at this lime and then
rUed and shall forever, rue--eyen til I" the day
OF Judgment" which some of us may wish to be
with stay of execution. have no design, YOU
may perceive, sir, on the Presidency, nor on any
other oiilce Which Is in the Presidential gift, or in
that OF " the .Y0fiOa," whose power has incrca-
sell, is increasing and never will fear although
IT ought TO be- md ! wish ii couldbe-- diminish
ed. hare peTsevered in this course al oyo
usq~e od mdfa- from the beginning Of the feast.
tear must say,to The beginning of the famine
shall continue 10 do so, whether commit
breach OF faith or not. shall vote on this as on
any Other question: If you can find an instance in
which have nodded, then will ! agree that, with
ADLER and better men, TOO have siumbered on nv
post GHquoado optin'us d0rRiitat
Having said thus much on this bill there il one
more subject on which will touch, and ait down.
In the National lnlelligencer, last Friday, | saw
a piece signod lmpransus; that j., ii have moi
forgotten my Latin, man that wants his dinner
This dinDerless gentleman is doing what the prin-
iers OF the public lawsin Kentucky and elsewhere
redoing every day lauding to the skies certain
gentlemen, and ibelling Others; you In particular.
sir. This hungry nan, who stands so much in
need of dinner there il no mans annette 50
sharp rs his who is 10 eat al another's expense
who was the cynic, SRI think it was Diogenes
who, being asked what wine, lie liked best, an
swefe1, that which he drank al ano.her's EXPENSE
| am MOI Of that opinion al oil like no dinners
but such as pay for ont Of my ovn pocket