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

Court. Courts OF Law are sometimes very coarse
things; they have TO call spades, spades, to u,
tough cases, whomsoever's ias;idous delicacy they
may offend So are legislative bodies coarse things
lit Is there where the Passions OF men are brought
into collision; and when the strife Is for empire if
you expect TO carry ON the intercourse as you
would at meeting OF ladies and gentlemen, where
every body is in the most amiable disposition pos
sble, and where nothing in the slightest degree in
delicate can be endured, you grossly mistaken.
This body must probe every thing that comes be-
tore 1t, in the same manner that the House OF
Peers IN England probes every thing, without con-
sutinS the delicate sensibiiitics OF young misses
OF either sex, or going TO the circulating library,
or the Sorrows of Werter, or Rousseau's Nouv ellie
He,oise, where the mos, aboninable sentiments are
covered up IN the most elegant yet vouptious lan-
guage, or one of Anacreon Moore's songs, which
the poor little things sing, and DO not know that
they are singing all the time what cannot be
named The refinement OF nation is in language
always In the inverse ratio OF the purity oil their
manners. Did not the House of Commons COM
pei Sir John Trevor to put the question himself,
whether or not he had been guilty OF bribery and
corruption, as their Speaker. They would not let
The clerk put it he reduced 10 propouid il
himself, and when il was voted that he was guilty,
they expelled him, and he had 10 wall; ont and
make his humble bow OF thanks tina, he was not
kicked out.
have said these things TO put myself rectus u,
curad here we don'tcoine here TO Pay compliments
to enc another we don't come here TO blink any
question Ito call bribery and corruption 60 infu-
ence" we don't come here 10 call military des-
po'ism Z" visor beyond the law we come here
to do our duty men, to be the faithful Represen-
taiives OF the States tina. send US here. Having
done that, sir, according 20 my views of the true
interests of Virginia, shall feel indifferent myself
whether Fall under the of any other State,
or subdivision OF s.l.es beyond a certain mystical
line, parallel OF latitude, not having u common
feeling and common interest wit. me, and which
VIII nottr TO lesislate within he limits of the
state OF virginia on any subject, unless they can
shew me the grant in this blue book, (holing up
The Constiuion,) and when they can, Icannol
Sainsay IL but never, under preiencc ofdisrictng
The States, or any other however plausible, shall
hey put their hands within the limits of that State,
and do any one act thai by the terms of the Con-
siitution they cannot now lawfully do.
nave said great DEAL as | generally do, ,ba.
6id not Intend to say came out for the express
purpose OF voting against This bill, sick a. am,
and to give the history OF the manner in which
missouri was let into the Union not admit ed let
IN mot through the gate, bu, over the fold -ior
mat express purpose and having discharged thai,
duty, shall relieve the Senate from any further
| annoyance on my part.
w hlle am on my feet give notice that shall,
unless some other member undertakes il, seize tho
earliest occasion, consistently with my views and
my strength, TO reins,Ste this body in its Con4,i-
uonai privilege OF appointing iis own Committees
: nave exchanged opinions this subject wi b
me gentleman before me, as well o,her members
OF the Senate, at tie very outset OF the session and
take TINS occasion 10 say, that ndisposed 10
Sieia this poTTer TO one Of our own body, de,,en
dent upon us for his appointment, shall never he
brought TO yield 1t 10 an irresponsible authority,
over whose appointment have not shadow Of
| control. Whatever confidence may be L,soosed
to yield that authority, however bent on backing
every effort to reduce the Presidents patronage
am afraid that he, or OF his agents will re-
NINA US that t!s Is question Involving depar.
ture, without example, from The established usage
OF the Senate, or the motives of which, not beina
informed CT them, they do not feel ihemseI YES
competent to decide but, inasmuch as no Vice
president has ever been entrusted with this mayer
before, they will chari,ably iusinuate that we had
Deter take the beam out oil our own eve before
we attempt TO pull The mote out of our brotaer's
eye. You, sir, are the first Vice President, within
my recollection, since the days of George Clinton
who has discharged The dntes of the Office as we'll
as received the salary, who bias deemed that, as
the laborer worthy of tie lire. so vss ,b.
hire worthy OF the laborer
1t make any mistake beg pardon know
am pretty correct on one important point so long
as the wise President was content to receive the
salary, without discharging the dulles incident In
the olfice, the chair filled by your country
man, so ably and SO well, that it was, perhans =
saving of trouble, that lie should have the appon,-
ment oithe Committees, because he was resnoos;
pie 10 The House, on the principle, gui fact pe,.
dAum Jacit per Sc, but when that State of ;linps
was changed, it became proper for the Senate 10
/ take Inc appointment into its own hands AT some
future time will enter into an explanation of this
thing | shall then refer to the gentleman before
me, VINO compared notes with me, on this and
another subject, early in the session. and /, is un
necessary to say that opinion has no reference
at all TO the gentleman who presides over this bo
dy II that appointment is TO be given to any
wee President, have no greater objection to its
being exerted By the present Vice President than
| by any who shall succeed him.
Alter some explanatory conversation between
Messrs. Holmes and Randolph, the question was
taken on ihe motion to strike out the approximation
and decided in the negative, by yeas and NAYS. az
| follows '' ="
YEAS -Berrien, Chandler, CLAYTON. Cobb
Dickerson, Findlay, Hayne, King, Macon, Ran
doiph, Sanford, Van Buren, White, WILEY, and
Woodbury. 10
NAYS Messrs. Barton, Benton. Chase E,-
ton, Edwards, HARRISON, Hendricks, Holmes
Johnson, OF Ken. Johnston, OF Lou. Ksne
Knight, Marks, Mills, Noble, Reed, Robbins
1SusSles, Seymour, Smith, Thomas 81
,..s1 ."=.-7s7.
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