Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1830-03-02

the said States o'herwse than In punishmentci crimes
whereof the party shall have been convic'ed" MIR |
Spreight OF North Carolina, moved to strike out this
paragraph The question was put, according 10 the |
form then prsc'sed shall these words stand, part
Of the p'an," SC. New Hampshire, Massachusetts,, |
Rhc.e lrlsnd Connecticut. New York, New Jersey, |
aud Pennsyvans-seveD States, voted in the stirma-
tive Maryland, Virginia and South Carolina, in the
negative. North Carolina was divided. As the |
of nine States WAS necessary the words coul
not stsnd, and struck out accordingly Mr.. JET
ierson voted tor the ciause but overulsd'by his
colleagues
la March Of the next year, [I7s5,1 Mr.. King OF
Massachusetts,, s,conf ell by Mr. E'le,y Of Rhode Is
lard, proposed the formerly rejected article, with this
sddon Ind that this regulation shall be al, arti
Gle Of compact, and remain fundamental principle
IF the Constitutions, bettceen the thirteen original
States, and each IF The States described IA the Re
sofce," &c. On this clause, which provided tue ade
qua,e and thorough security, the eight Northern
states, Of that time, voted aiiirmayely, ard the four
southern States tgatrely. The OF nine States
were not ye, obtained, and thus. the provision
again rejected by the Southern Sta ca. The per.e.
verance o, the North held out, and two wears afer-
wards the object attained. IL is no defog alton
from The credi', whatever That may be, of drawing
the ordinance, that its principles had before been pre-
pared and discussed, IN the form OF Resolutions II
one should in that way, what would become OF
The distinguished honor OF the Author OF the Deca-
ratio, Of Independence? There il no. sentiment in
tia, paper, which had not been voted and resolved in
ne assemblies, sui other popular bodies in the
| try, over and over again.
| But, the honorable member has now found out that
this gen leman, Mr.. Dane, was member &C the
| Hartford Convention. However unnormed the hon.
orable member may he, of characters aud oc curren
ces at the North il would that he has at his ell
how, on this occasion, some hg minded and lofty
spirit, seine maguannous and .rue-hratted monitor
possessing the means OF LEGAL knowledge, and
to supply the honorable member with every thing
down even to forgotten and mo III atrn two penny
pamphlets which may be used TO the di.adv auiage OF
his own country. But, to the Hartford Conve non
sir allow to say, that the proceedings # that body
seem now to be les read and stuffed in New England,
than farther South. They appear TO be looked to- not
in New England, but elsewhere, for the purpose of
seeing how lar they may serve as precedent But
they will no, answer the purpose-they quite too
tame. The Latitude in viii thy orr sina,ed was too
cold Otter Conve ntions, OF more recent existence,
have gone whole bar Length beyond it. The learn
ed doctors OF Colieon and Abbevle have pushed their
commentaries the Hartford collect so FAR that the
original extwriters thrown entirely the shade
have nothing 20 do sir, with The Hartford Conven-
ton. itsJeurnal, Which the gentleman has quoted |
never read. So far the honorable member may dis
cover in its proceedings SPIRIT in any degree re.
sembling that which ed and justified in those
other Conventions TO which have alluded or so far
as those proceedings be shown be disoya to the
Cen huion or tending 10 disunion, far shall be
as ready ANY one TO bestow on them apprehension
and cen'u
Having dwtl long this Convention, and o her
occurrences Of tia day in the hupc probably, (Which
will o. be gIatihtd hat should leave the course OF
this debate TO follow him, at length in those exct-
-ions the honorable member returned, ami ed
| another object He referred to a speech OF mine la
the other House, the which bad occasion to al
ude to myself the Other day; aud has quoted pas
sage or two from IL, with bold though uneasy and
labong air OF confidence, he had detected in me
lanIuconssency. Judging from the geneman's man.
ner stranger TO The course OF the debate and to the
point in discussions would have msg ned, from so ri-
umphant tone, that the honorable ember was about
to overwhelm me with manifest contradiction ANY
one who heard him, and who had not heard what /
had IN Tact, previously said, must have thong ht me
routed and d comhueu, The gentleman had prora,-
ed Sir, breath blows all this triumph away. There
IS not the ighest difference in lie sentiments Of my
remarks ON the two occasions. What said here on
"Wednesday is in exact accordance with the spin ons
expressed by me III the other House, in 1925 Though
! the sen.uan had the metaphysics OF Hudibras-iho'
he were able
hair 'twixt North nd Northwest sde,n
he yet could not Insert his meaphy icai scissors be
tween The lar reading Of my remarks in 1925, and
what sand here last week. There l. only no con-
radic"n, no difference, but in truth, too exact SINH
a'iy both in thought and language, to be entirely in
just taste had myself qu't the speech; had
required TO II, and spoke with open be fore me- and
much oil what l said little more than repetition
from it. In order make finishing work h this al.
rged contradiction permit ms 10 to the origin
ms deDde, and review lis course. This ex-
pedent, and may be done well at any lime.
Wen, then, it. history is hs the honorable mem
Der from Connecticut moved resolution, which con-
stitued The hrst branch Of that which is now before
u.s. hat is to say, resolution, msuuciing the Com
nltee on Public Lands, to inquire into the eXpedecc
oil limiting, Tor certain PERIOD the sales of the public
lands 10 such "a have heretofore bee offered for IA
and Wheeler sundry offices, counecte with The sale.
oil The d'ds, NIGH not be abohed without detrimen
| TO The pubic serv
In The progress OF the di.cussion " hich arose OH
! this resolutions an honorable member from N Haup-
shire, moved 10 amend the resouion as entireIy TO
reverse III Objects lha is, strike all out and n.er
direction 10 the committee, 10 inquire into The exped,.
ency OF adopting measures to hasten Tie sales and
tend more rapidly the surveys Of the lands.
| The honorable member tom Maine, (Alr Sprsgue,)
suggested mat both those propositions might well
enough 20 idr consideration, TO the committee; in
this state Of the question: he member from $ Carolina
addressed tie Sende IN his trs speech. lis 10. he
said To give Us his own free thoughts on the public
lands. saw him rise, with pleasure, and listened
with expectation, though, before he concluded, was
hllrd with surprise Certainly, never more sur
prlscd han to hnd him following up, 10 the extent he
dd, the senne nts and opinions, which the gentleman
from Missouri had put loIt, aud Which il j. known he
has lorg entertained.
need not repeat, at large, the gene al topics of the
hcnD alb gentlcman's speech When lie said yesier.
day, that he d. MT attack the Eastern States, he
ceitdhy must have forgot EN-, not only particular re-
marks, but The whole drift tenor OF bis 81 eec un.
less lie means, by not attac1iug that he Oid com
mence roSuiiiesbut t IL another had preceded him in
TIE attack He, in the hrst fl ,ce disc ppOyed Of the
who1c course o the Government Tor TO- ty years
garG TO ITS dispositions of tie public In; and then
tuning Norhwad aud Eastward, and fame Dg lie had
found cause for allie ged and nigearliuesS
III The accused rocy" Of the Tariff to viii he re-.
pre- ented IN. people OF New Eng land as welded he
went on, Tor full hour, with remHks, the whole scope
oil winch was TO exhibit the results Of his policy in
feelings aud in unlayOrable to The West
hough his opD ons unioundrd aud erroneous as TO the
general c0nise OF the Government, aud ven ufed 10
reply 10 tlem.
HE gentleman had mark cd on the analogy of other
'e'' aud quoted 'he conduct Of Eutopesn Govern
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