The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1830-05-05

IN SENATE.

Mondoy Aprl 96.
A committee Of the House of RepYesen.
tatives having appeared at the Ear Of the
I Senate, and impcached James II. Peck.
District Judge Of the United States for
Missouri, of high misdemeanors in Office,
the Senate appointed committee, consist.
ing Of Messrs Tazewell, Webster and Bell;
to consider and report on the subject. The
resolution of mr.. Barton, calling on the
President for his reason for removing mr..
Carson, Register OF The Land Ofice at
Palmyra, was further debated, and laid on
the table by vote of 2g to 15.
Iaesday Aprif 81
Mr. Holmes of Maine, moved the follow
ing resolutions, viz
Resolved, That the President Of the o.
nited States, by the removal of officers,
(Which removal vas not required for the
faithful execution oftho law and filing the
vacancies thus created in the recess of the
Senate, acts against the interest ofthe peo-
Pile, the rights ofthe States, and the spirit
Of the Constitution.
Resoiced, That it is the right Of the
Senate to inquire, and the duty ofihe Pres
ident to inform them, why, and for what
cause or causes, any officer has been re-
removed in the recess.
Resolved, That the removals from offics
by the President since the last session OF
the Senate, seem, with few exceptions, to
be without satisfactory reasons, against tb
public interest, the rights Of the States an,
the spirit of the Constitution. Wherefore,
Resolved, That the President of the u,
nited States be respectfully requested to
communicate to the Senate, the number,
names, and Offices, of the officers re-
moved by him since the last session Of the
Senate, with the reasons for each removal.
The Senate spent some time in the consid-
| GRAFTON ofExecutive business, aud then adj.
Wednesday .4pri %.
| The resolutions offered yesterday by Mr..
Holmes, were taken up for consideration,
DIR. Holmes rose and addressed the Senate
upwards OF two hours in support Of the resolu-
tions after which mr.. Grundy, without COM
ment, moved to lay them on the table, which
motion was decided in the affirmative by yeas
and nays, as follows:
Yeas Messrs Adams, Barnard, Benton,
Bibb, Brown, Dickerson, Dudley, Ellis, Grun-
dy, Hayne, ,'lredell, Kane, King, Livingston,
Mckinley, Mclean, Rowan, Sanford, Smith,
Of s.. Z, Tazewell, Troup, Tyler, White,
Woodbury-24.
Nays Messrs. Barton, Bell, Burnet;
Chambers, Chase, Clayton, Foot, Frelinghuy-
sen, Hendricks, Holmes, Johnston, Knight,
/
Silsbee, Sprague, Webster, Willey-2l.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
- Monday Aprii 26.
The resolution relative to the reduction
Of the officers Of the army was further de-
bated, and being modified SO as to make it
only resolution for inquiry. was agreed
to. The bill more efectually to enforce
| the Tariff laws was taken up, and Mr..
McDuffie submitted an amendme nj, propos-
! ing to repeal after June next the Tariff Of
| 1928, to revive that Of 1924 for a certain
! period, and on the expiration of that peri
cd to revive the Tariff OF 1916. In support
of this motion he spoke two hours, without
| finishing his speech.
The committee appointed to prepare
articles of impeachment against Judge
Peck, consists of Messrs Buchana Storrs.
Nc Dufie, Spencer and Wickliffe.
Tuesday .9pra27.
Mr.. Chiffon moved the following pream-
bic and resolutions.
| Whereds,. Suspicious have gone abroad,
that under the present administration many
removals of Public Officers have been made
from political considerations alone, and not
from any particular devotion to the public
interest-and whereas, there exists cansid-
erable excitement, relative to the causes
Of said removals. Now to quiet the public
apprehension upon this subject, be it
Resolred, That the President Of the u
nited States be respectfully requested to
cause TO be reported TO this House, as soon
as convenient, the precise number Of reno
vals ofofficers, from the highest to the low
est, who held offices under the General
Government on the 4th of March, 1899,
and belonging to its various departments;
and that he be also, respectfully, 3, requested
to have expressed, the causes for each re-
moval.
The resolution being read
| Mr.. Ramsay moved that 1t be laid on the
table.
Mr.. McDufie demanded the question OF
consideration.
Mr.. Chiffon asked for the yeas and nays
The question ofconsderation not being
debatable--the question was put. "Willth
House now consider the resolutien?" and
was decided in the negative. Yeas 10
Nays 123.
The remainder Of the day was spent in
the consideration ofa bill relative to SIav-
cry in the District Of Columbia, which was
postponed until Thursday.
Wednesday, .9pril %.
| THE rARIFv LAWS. H
The House again resolved itself into tho
Committee Of the Whole House, on the state
Of the Union, on the bill TO amend @An act il
alteration Of the several acts imposing duties
on Imports. the amendment offered BY mr..
M'Duffie being then under consideration.
Mr.. McDuffe rose at half after 9 o'clock in
continuation of bis argument against the con-
stitution and policy Of the "prc,ectipg sss-
tcm," and addressed the Committee two hours.
without having concluded; he gave way for a
motion for the Committee TO rise. 1t rose ac-
cordingly, and