Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1827-02-03
NIMETEENTH CONGRESS.
SECOND SESSION,
SATURDAY, JANUARY 81, 1927
In SEN AVE

vernon OF Missouri, of the election of the Hon
Thomas IL. Benton, as a Senator from that State
TO serve tor the term Of six years from and after
the third day of March next.
BANKRUPT BILL.
The Senate then resumed the consideration Of
the Dill to establish an uniform system of Bank
ruptcy throughout the Uuited States the motion of
Mr.. Barton, to consider the vote taken on Thurs
day on the motion TO strike out the niuei y-third
section, still pending.
Mr. Barton explained briefly, his motive for
making the motion.
Mr. Kane then addressed the Senate against the
motion, and in favor of claiming the ninety third
section
Mr.. Mckinley followed, against the motion TO
reconsider, and suggested some alteration to the
section.
Mr.. Mills opposed the motion, upon the ground,
that the opinion ofthe Senate having once been
expressed, the endeavor to obtain different vote
would prove futile consume time uselessly but il
successful, might put the bill in jeopardy
MIR. Woodbury. supported the motion 10 recon-
slider, at considerable length.
Mr. Holmes opposed it, as also did
MIR. Berren, who answered the remarks of Mr.
an buren, OF yesterday.
Mr.. Van Buren, replied, and sustained the mo
uon to reconsider in speech of considerable.
length.
Mr. Rowan closed the discussion in opposition
TO the motion and in to some OF the remarks
of Mr.. Van Buren,
The question on reconsiderinr the vote of
Thursday was then taken, and nepatiy ed by the
following vote.
YEAS-NIessrs. Barton, Bell, Branch, CLAYTON.
Todd, Dlckerson, Johnston of Lou. King, Macon
Randolph, Ridsey, Sanford, Smith of S C..
Tazewei, Van Buren,, White, Wiley, Williams
and Woodbury.-l9.
NAfS-Messrs Bateman. Benton, Berrien
6ouiigny, Chambers, Chandler, Chase, Edwards,
Findlay, Harrison, H'yne, Hendricks, Holmes,
johnson OF Kentucky, Kane, Knight Marks. Me-
mour, Silsbee, Smith of Mar, land, and Thomas.
Pc
So the Senate again decided to retain the ninety.
tytnird section OF the bill; and them a, late hour,
The Senate adjourned.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
Mr.. Vance, from. the Committee on Military
Affairs, reported" a bill to amend an act. emit
tied An act for the better regulation of the Old
nance department." APPROX ed February elh =,
Mr.. Forsyth ye-terdsy, called IN :
" hesolred, That The papers transmitted TO this
House by the Secretary of War, as if in compl
ance with the resolution of this House, of. the Cd
Oh May last be returned to that officer, and that he
De difectei TO comply wiz the said resolution >,
Mr. Forsyth, in explaining il, observed that i,
resolution had passed this House on the 22d of Nav
la't directing the Secretary of War to investigate
certain charges against several Officers of the Ar
my, contained IN petition presented to this House
-
tioa had been misunderstood by that officer as. in
stead OF investigating the charge and reporting the
result to the House, he had merely sent certain
papers, among which were the very papers hich
had been sent to him by the House. The object
OF this resolution was, to return those papers IN
the Department, and to repeat the direction.
y'Ili1h, nc presumed through nadY eIience had moi
been complied with.
MIR. Everett suggested to The gentleman from,
Georgia to modify the form of this resolution
Inc language employed IN II was, to say the least,
very unusual. II the head the War Department
had not complied with the resolution of the House
1t had probably happened through mistake of the
meaning OF that resolution, and it would b. better
TO Introduce new resolution, more explicit in its
terms, than 10 return The papers accompanied by a
resolution Ike that now proposeI the language of
which contained strong implication of blame =
lie did no; mean TO be understood as saving that
tie gentleman from Georgia meant to convey such
an implication, because he kaew that no Depart-
ment was In the habit OF replying with more
promptitude, 10 the calls of the House than thai IN
to which this resolution was addressed In the
form In which the resolution at present stood Mr.
H. SAID he could not vote for it, its tone seemed
TO imply that the Department had not intended TO
comply, or had not done its best to comply
with reqrisition ofihis House.
MIR. orsyth said, in reply, that he had no de-
sire or intention TO csnsure The head of that De.
partmeDi; but there " no could exam
Inc the resolution of The 22I of May and not gee
that its directions had not been complied with
The gentleman from Massachusetts, had sugs es ed
that new resolution ought TO be drawn up, but if
that should be done, he could not COMPREHEND how
the direction could be made more d-tinite and dis
tinct in its terms. He begged that gentleman,
attention to the language employed, and he would
read FROM the Secretary's own letter where il
quoted at length.
Here Mr.. f. read the following resolution
Res0Iued, That the evidence with the petition
oil Gabriel Perpall, and that with the petition of
Gilbert 9. Russell, SO far the same may implj-
cate any officer of the General Government be
referred to the Secretary of War, and that he be
directed to inquire into the charges made against
those officers, disclosed by such evidence, ami
report the result to Congress ;he next session
The Secretary, Mr.. #. observed, appeared to
conceive this simple call for papers: but the
House did not ask for papers, but directed an in
quiry into charges; whether the evidence in sup
port OF them in The Department itself or
elsewhere within its reach. The papers now sent
are only part of those referred 10 by Perpall as
existing in the Department, and portion even OF
these are the very papers which were sent with
the resolution from this House. A member of a
Committee to whom Perpall's petition was refer
red, called himself at the Department for informa-
ton, and the Secretary sends report from the
head OF the Indian bureau. Perpall referred 10
correspondence, the records Of which were TO be
found in the War Department. No part of this
correspondence is sent lie could not see
how the object of the resolution Of the 22d Nav
could possibly be misunderstood II plainly i'm
piled tina, certain officers were implicated and that
the facts Of the should be inquired into. The
ffau ouly tb.fe