Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1831-02-14
THE VIskEiSlAN.
LyNCHBURG, FEB. II, 1881.
CONGRES SIGNAL.


nate, and referred 10 the Committee on Manu-
features, after an unsuccessful motion TO refer
II TO the Committee on Commerce and Mr..
Benton had announced his intention 10 ask
leave TO bring in bill to dbrognts the duty on
Salt Certainly, If duties ought 10 be reduced
at oil, we should commence with these neccssa-
ries OF life.
! The resolution Of AR. Grundy. tie object OF
which is 10 put a stop 10 tue Investigations oil
the Post Office Committee, had not yet been
finally acted on.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
bill lately introduced 10y tho Committee OF
Manufactures, repeating the act of the last ses-
sion which reduced the duty on imported Salt,
has becn laid on the table, by a vote Of 10 10
! II, and ORDERED 10 be printed. We presume,
therefore, that Mr.. Speight of N, c. will MOI
he for dissoyng the Union this winter
M. Bouldiu presented the petition Of u num.
Der of his consti'u nts, praying aid from Ton
gress 'or the Colonization Society; 10 which be
! intimattd his own Disagreement, We marvel
! that. in tho District which Judge Bouldin
| renresents. there shpul be found " numheI'
Of nersous bold enough to countennnce what
J ohm Randolph doubtless regards rs an hbom'=
oable heresy! The Colonization Society once
Numbered that gentleman ii - true, amongst
is supporrcrs hut, with that stend'Hess Of plH-
mise which has always marked his political ca
,e,r. and which has acquired for him IT, title
|
ofconyisttnI aud nnchgngeGbie, he Is no" vlo.
| lcn,lv host lie to We presume the Society
| IS changed aud OF Mr.. Randolph The petit
ton was ordered to b" proted.
! Our readers already know that the bill re
nnrthA Inv tue Judiciary COMMITTEE, the o'leet
of which was TO repeal the 10Th section oil lhe
Judiciary act Of 1852 was rejected. motion,
however, has since been made IN the II of II.
to print 5000 extra copies olthe Report OF the
! Committee accompanying tha' Bill, aud aiso
! II ,hs C,,u0ter Report OF the Minority OF tht
s.,oe Cammitoee WHICH, however, has moi
hseo VET decided, We e1trf"t 10" the de
hate on Mi. motion the suij oined passages
" Mr.. Doddiidgc. of Va. remarked that mu...
! had been sad, 0nd many illusions had been
mad, to auexpressIon Of his, on "A former coca
sion tina, he considered the proposition 10 re
! nnaI tn, o5th section ct the Jndicinry Ac, a
! couivaleut TO u motion 10 dissolve lhe Union
| Such sal Mr. ID. IS my oplni1n' II IS nv o
piuion repeated Nj. u. and hope no oDgfy
rsrl,ngs " II be produced by my asowins IL
| AItbo9ch entertain this oIiniOn, was willing
| T., l;scuss the bilt--and ii wa, no fault oil mine
! that A was not discussed. dad not make the
motion TO IAy the bill on the table, which pre-
! crud.d the debate Mr.. ID. said he had been
! snok.p to Nv several gentlemen 10 support the
nrintirt OF an additional number OF the reioIt
s,o pnd slIboue II The repnrl and counter report
! had been very generally putt shed in The news
napers, he was willing to order tue extra mum
! her. INDEED A lazy, r nunbcr than thai proposed
Tho yrnorts were important, and in the pamph.
! lel farm gentlemen TO " nom they were sent.
| would be more likely TO preserve them Tor
! ,b.ir n,vn and The ne, sual OF others lie there
fire moved I, aInend the mo ion, so as TO print
5000 instead VI 300 additional copies
Mr. Gordon, Of Virginia said the remark OF
his COLLEAGUE, a. 10 the character oil the OIL ne
mast CONSIDER MS n direct Hnetiion on the
| r.,,,,r,;,,ee which reported II And as one OF
! ,hosa who concuired 10 the Tcpoit, he must
n.o,cst against that reflection. When Com
| ,,,,,.e al the House had gwen To snbjecl the
! c,to,e,t and mutur,si investigation, and no
Tim il made TO print their report, gentleman
ostS nv, and, in Il tonc Of alarm. denounCes the
propU,ltlon MS tauIaHohni u moloh 10 iepfh'
he uni,u-And tins, toe from n gentleman,
who.e legal character, aud whose sianuihE III
IN, Honsr, gave his opinions sone conlro.
lr., tbe oniuions of others. To an opinion
so erruppous, aud a course so eAifaordlna-
70 Mr.. g. could not submit III ElleEce. la
,,o,,J to the Union OF these States, MIR. Il. SAID
n ,,eu.iu as the pslladlum Of our hopes,
md of ,he liberties of nankinJ and lie iflt as
suonr an aUdchmeut 10 II rs bis lie gds
could po.siuly feel, although ne :aight say less
than him about Z, stO the constltuiI1nalij
o( the ohth section o. the Judiciary act, has II
not. Mr. q. asked, been mGoied frequently T
uwss neItHer neN qhts ION, nor an aIhtshIdB
one Coul ii be new, especially 10 a virginia
Iauyer1 Does the gentleman moi know that
IN. Nupiuia Judiciary, with Roant al It's mead,
had soieunaly denled the consttutionallty OF
th.t .e,.,inn ; Did lie not also know thai many
InCihe ,.adiug men OF the State, including john
Tayior Of Caroline, had contended thai the
I srcIion was unconstitutional Ola moi heoi-
via. the other dav, by her Leghi"tufe' deny
Inc ,oustitutonahty Of the act, and order The
Executive, " It'll all Atr powers TO r. PEI us en-
f,rcemrnt on herr Had MT Pennsylvania,
,,, declared il unconstitutional, and reslsied
us e,ecutionl Why, then, this tonr oil alarm
and r,rror-why the cali Tor the Pfefloas qnts
, y;o, Ia .uuDress debate un The bill, Why sbnn
, i,s dscu.,iuni M. g. did uot, hnnseii desne
, to d.h,te H. lie might not even have aeeih.
ed Inis proper time for disturbing , the
question but he saw nath'nG IN Inc
nr.posit,on TO be alarmed at. on 'hs
contrary, declare to God, exclaimed MI. u
believe nothing would tend SO much TO com,
pos,. the present agitation OF the country, '"o
sllny tue prevailing eICHeinrh'' 10 'he .sp'"'
of ma, norton oitbe Judiciary act Nj u.
on,,d.d IA the case Of Cohens, by which the
state Of Virgnia was made a patty before he
Snureme Court. and had employed distinguish.
cd counsel to argue the uoto".l'ruaon"I'y oil
tho an,no,,ty c,almed by ,he Court, aud was
proceeding TO make some further remarks, ou'
Ir,scked himself as he did uot wish. he saia,