Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1831-03-03

| In offering this resolution, Mr. LIVINGSTON re-
msrked, that when the bill from the other House, for
The punishment Of crimes IN the District Of Columbia
under consideration. exception was made to
that clause which related the punishment for duel.
ling Not to hazard that bill. the clause had been
stricken OUT with view 10 come at the subject by
appointment OF committee to prepare and report
special bill relative to duolling. With this view he
had offered the resolution and he doubted not that
bill might be reported in time to DO acted al the
present session.
Mr.. HAYsE was in favor Of the adoption of tic
resolution wac his object, moving to strike
the clause of the bill referred that the gentleman
from Louisiana mr. livingston might have an op
to present his views the subject in the
shape of specific bill should bill be reported, as
an individual he would cbeerfully cooperate with
hinG and he thought such bill might be matured,
would have beneficial effect.
The resolution then agreed to, and NIessrs Lii
v,ngston. Haync, aud Clayton, wese appointed the
GENERAL APPROPRIATION BILL.
The Senate then resumed, in COMMITTEES Of the
| Whole, the consideration Of the amendments TO the
Appropriation BILL the question being that submit
ted by Mr. Kane.
| Mr. FoRsrTH rose, and in speech of two hours
and half addressed the Senate. He was opposed
to the amendment submitted by Mr.. Tazeweil, and
should vote for that offered by the gentleman from
Illinois. Mr.. Ksne.) He made allusion to the mis-
i sion sent out in the year 1915 to the South Amer
can States; and took notice of the pursued in
the House of Rcpresen atves, when that body was
paid high compliment to the iamented Lowndcs
4 for the course he pursued that OCCASION as wei
as for his general conduct in the other House, anc
agreed with the gentleman from Virginia that the
course pu sued by the last and present Presidents
was not only an ENFORCEMENT the rights of that
body but also on the provisions of the Constitution
lie would not, however, despair. He would not cal
on Hercules, without applying his own shoulder ,o
the Wheel and he called on the gentleman from Viz
ginia Mr. Tazewell,) to do the same. He said the
PRESIDENT had been deceived; that he meant we'll
that he would be the last man to violate the Consti
tuition of his country--he had been mlsled II,
spoke Of the violation Of the Constitution BY Wash
ington. Jefferson. Madison, and Monroe in The sam,
way 1t had been done now; and he said that as tn,
first wound eunc from Virginia from Virginia shout.
the remedy proceed-that the rust of the weapor
should cure the wounds that had been inflicted &c
/. Mr.. SMITH of Maryland, defended himself from
the charge OF Inconsistency, of which he had beer
accused by DIR Tazcweil, stated his view Of the con
stitu,ional construction of the cues ion which h,r
been raised and referred the early practice Of th,
Government in tho appointment of Commissioner.
without the consent Of the Senate. He said not q
single instance could be shown, which the Apo mt
ment OF Commissioners, similar cases Ind beer
sent 10 the Senate for it's confirmation After obe,
remarks, MIR. S concluded by saying he had intend.
ed to have occupied at least hour of the time Of
the Sennte but, as his views had been much bette
expressed by the gentlemen from Louisiana anC
Georgia, he would not further trouble the Senate
lFor better understanding of the various amend
ments, we here give the original az reported BY the
Committee on Finance, relative to the mission &c
Constant nope, and pay OF Commissioners for CON
Guiding treaty. II was as follows:
"For the outfit and salary Of an Envoy Extraordi
nary and Minister Plenipoicntarv; for the salaries
secretary OF Legation, of Drogoman, and :
Student OF Languages, at Constantinople and 70
the contingent expenses of the Leev.ion seventy
Sour thousand dollars; that is to say. for the out 4
OF an Envoy Extraordinary and Mir lster Plcnrpoten
tiary' nine thousand dollars for salary Of the same
nine thousand dollars for salary of a Secretary o
Legation, two thousand dollars; for the salary of
Drogoinan two thousand five hundred dollars; 70
the salary OF Student OF Languages one thousa n,
FIVE hundred dollars; for the contingent EXPENSES n
the Legation, fifty thousand dollars.
t'For compensation TO the Commissioners employ
ed IN negotiating treat, with the Sublime Porte.
"Io Charles Rhlnd, an outfit of four thousanc
I'VE hundred dollars, deductins thereIrom whateve,
sum may have been paid TO him for hIs Personal ex-
penses.
TO Charles Rhind, David OHlcy, and James Bid
die, at the rate OF four thousand five hundred dollars
per annum tor the time that each OF then, was On.
gagged IN the sad negotiation.
For compensation to the Commissioners emplov-
ed on former occasion for n similar burmese
! TO William Crane and David Ofley, at tho
rate of four thousand five hundred dollars per
Tor the time that each OF tnen was engaged in the
said negotiation."1
MIR TAzEwELL had novel to strike gu, all the
foregoing, nclodcd in brackets.
i The amendment of Mr. Kane, whlct, vas tho H-s
to be considered, was follows;
. strike out all alter the word compensation" in
the first line of the second paragraph above quoted
and insert ito the persons heretofore employed in
our intercourse with the Sublime Porte the fIrthe,
sum OF fifteen thousand dollars addition to the sun
Of twenty five thousand dollars appropriated fir The
contingent expenses of foreign intercourse"
! This was the amendment immediately under dis
CUSHION to-day.
The question beng put on this amendment, il, ya.
determined in the affirmative, by yeas and nays n.
follows. -
i fEAs1Messrs. Barnard, Benton, Bro vn, Dicker.
son, Dudley, ELls' Forsyth, Gruncy, Ilayne, lIond
Robbins, Robinson, Sanford, Sm,h, Of Marylan,
r Smith, Of South Carolina, Troup. WoodbrryZa2
NAT@.- Mtssrs Barton, Bell, Bibb. Borne,
Chambers Chhse, Foot, Frelinghuyscn, Johnston
Knight, Livingston, Marks, Nuudaln. Rugglos, sey
m9ur, S'Isbee, Sprague, Tuzewcl, Tyler Wilcy
Webster-2I >'
MIR TYLER then submitted the proviso ITO COM
in at the end OF Mr. Kane's amandrnen,l which n,
lowing words: ''
"ProDided, dt'0ays, That nothing in this ac, con
tanned shall 90 construed as sanctioninp mr. =, no,
SUa mn fhO