Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1830-02-18

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der the restraint Of another BODY
| The gentleman from n-yivania. (Mr. Coulter
protested not to understand the di.,nc betw cen the
ordinary aud the extraordinary business Of the House
Mr. Dray'on here referred to various instances in illus
'rs,ion OF his views upon this subject and
by saying he had heard the gentleman with attention
(and he wa'aways worth he ,ring but he could die
cover no 'olity in his obj ction. and there h.
| must rc'-rt in he opinion Of the proprety Of the
| amendment proposed by him.
Mr.. Gorham oh jscted 10 the insertion of the propos
ed amen lment in the bill The specific provision con.
tanned IN 1t, and the mode and principle Of the rnea
sure, were altogether al warfare. nth the practice of
inns government l, was, in his opinion. preferable
thathe question of the appropriation for the contin
gent expenses should be made the subject Of dsnc
AMI INDEPENDENT proposition, in the ape either Of
bill or joint resolution, Sc
Mr.. WickliGe made few remarks in copcIu,on
He observed, that in the Of the anne ndme mt re-
rorted from the Committee being rejected by the
House, he should renew the amendment orig lily
proposed by him. from the Committee on R.trench-
ment, which might probably be considered free from
some OF the objections raised against that before
Unon The question being put,
Mr. Clay asked that il be taken by yeas and nays -
The call being 'u"ained, they were ordersl and TAX
follows:
| fEAS-Messrs. Alexander, Anderson, Angel Ar.
nod. j. s. Barbour. p. p. Barbour. Barnweil, BAYLOR
James Blair, John Blair, Backe-, Boon Bor.,, Brown
Buchanan, Cdmbrelcng. Chiffon. Clay. Coke. jr Cole
man. Conner. Fl. Craig, r. Craig. Crawford Croche.
ron Davenport, Denny. De wiu, Drayton, EarlI. IT,,
| II. Everett, Firdiay, Foster Fry Gather Go,don
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ihric r, irwin. Irwin, Isacks. Jennings, r. NJ John
son, Kennon. King, Lamar, Lea, L.comp.~, Lent, Ma.
g1e, T. Maxwell. McCreery: McDuftie, McIrdr-.
Kenchcr, Roane, Ru'sel, Scott. Shepard, Sherps I'd
Shields smith, Smyih. Sprieht, Srrige S,ander Ste.
r.gere. W. Thompson. J. Tio~a.. Trezvan, Tucker
| F-rpanck, Wayne, Week', c. p White, and Yancey
-92. '
| NAYS-Messr'. Bailey, Barber. B.rring.r. Bart
lev Bates. Boulden. Broadhsad, Burgess Bunan, Co.
hoon, Chandler Childs. Clark Condiet Cooper Coul.
n. nanf. n.Lo II
'on, Doi'lri're. Dwight, Ellsworth, Evans, F. Eve.
rett, Finch, Forward, Gi'more, Goodenow Gotbam.
Grennel jr., Huehes. Huntington. Irecr.ol, Johns,
IT,. Letcher Lyon, Malary, L. Maxwell Morton
Pierson, Reed Richard.on. Rose, Semmes Sill A.
Spencer. r Spencer. Stanherry, Strong. Swami Swift
a'a,rrro; Taylor, Test Varn"m, Vnou. Washing
liams, Wilson, Winga'e. and Yonng-67
The question being next for the engrossment of the
bill for third reading,
Mt Ingersoll, said. he 10 correct an error to
which the dehat' Of yesterday lad led him. in regard
to ono head of appropriation He alluded TO the saIa
ries and outfits OF foreign ministers. and the
expenses at the missions. IL had been Yesterday stat
ed. by an honorable member OF the Committee f Wavs
and Means, (Mr Verplanck) that although the ,rnro
priation now asked for large in consequence Of
'he new ms.ons, Instituted during the of Con-
gress' or rather by sending out new to I'D mis-
'ioh'; ye', mar even the sum required for these
purposes did ROT swell the amount beyond our TO- mer
appropriations tor foreign missions. Ind ed il wa,
SAID mat The money required for minister. and d.
p'omatc agents, under the last had be N
more IN some years than 10 now required In these
statements he believed, the honorable member who
male them, was wong. entirely wrong and he (NIr |
~ would now endeavor 10 yet the mater right There
mad not hem year. during the preceding four years
that The diplomatic expenscs had caua-d the sum now
a'Red Tor. No. Sir not excepting the year Of the
Panama mission, which had been the mean. IF cha
racteriZiRg tie late a diplomatic administration by
those opposed 70 il, there as much ouired az ~.
are now about TO appropriate. The Hill proposes TO give
one hundred and eighty thous and dollars for the salaries
and for hae
uneent expenses OF the several missions. Let us com
pare mi. sum with what we gave il: 1876. the frs
year oil the late administration. BY careful exami-
na'ion OF the act OF that year. he found that for these
poses there was appropriated but nd, ed and
iorv seven thousand and five hundred dollars In !
1897, we appropriated for the same obi cts one hmm
dred and htiy-one thousand dollars Well ,ir these
were large suns, but still falling considerably short of
what Is now required. But these suns, thou Oh an. |
propratei. We're not alb expended; and when we cam.
20 'hr var 1928, the gentleman then at the head Of
the State Department Informed that there was on
hdhn an nnexprnded balance Of former sppr opriaons
amounting to one hundred thousand dollAs and he on
~ asked for additional sum OF fortynin. thousand
dollars In carry that branch of the service through IN.
year The next year, 1920, we appropriated Nv two
ae'' the one Tor The fret quarter and the for the
three quarters Of the year, in all one hundred and
hirty-'eVrn thousard five hundred dollars The ave-.
rage amount for The four years of the late administration
was one hundred and iweniy-one thousand two hun
dred by dollars Tor each wear, ard arc now start.
ing anew by appropTating one hundred AMI eighty
thousand dollars 20 the expenses of Diplomacy
Tor the current year, sc.
MIR Verpsnck in reply, said hat he had not rise
10 occupy The time OF the House for the purpose of
insning comparison between The present and The |
pa! a"p'his'faloh on The economy of the measures
which they had respectively pur,u.d Certainly such
comparison must Q deemed unnecessary In r. fer
ence TO the observations Of the gsn leman from Con.
necticu he believed that he had been unntentionaIy
guilty oil an error, in not adding the of $50 900 TO
mat nt $4,000, expressed in the bill But at The
same IIbe, II was not necessary for him observe
that 10y comparison with the expenses VI former |
Vesr', tor the same subject. il would be seen that
the sum for that purpose inserted in the bill hy his
colleague from the Committee Of WAYS and Means, |
(Mr. McDufhe) was strictly proper. The spptopra. |
lon Tor the present year, the first year Of the present
administration, was, il would he observed. les. by
lhIrty thousand dollars than the voted during the
year Of The memorable Psnan a mission. II was moi |
by any means his wish to the subject Of the debate
into par question; he d.cliimed any such idea: II
wa. and had been ls intention place the matter in
such point OF view that its whole merits might appear
before them. He must advert again to the observs. !
tens respecting the increased sum appropriated b. the
oil to deay he cor tingent expenses OF our foreign
intercourse Ii woul! he was sure, he borne in mind
that this was the first year IF new administration
toy whom, in The exercise Of The powers with which
was clothed by the Constitution changes had been
made IN the persons entrusted with the conducting
oi our relations wi h foreign nations An expense Of
500 ooo, or 10000 had perhaps been incurred on
this account; but it WAS OF nature which was moi 10
he supposed likely 10 again But il this debate
Mr. VrfPlanck observed, 10 he continued, let il
be continued on The Of IT, relative merits OF the
question:. He would say few words upon them |
lie held in hi, hand few norandss marked no.
on Tie BACK Of letter, which hc would refer TO with
~" permission OF the House. In the year 1926 Mr. |