Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1831-02-08

Marked that he believed there was no objection 10 il,
The Vice President again observed. that tho senators
had heard the article OF Inpaa read; that they
had heard the evidence AMI arguments for AMI
against tho responds u; and that when the Question
OF the guilt or innocence of the accused should be
propounded from tho chair, each senator, his
should be called, would rise from his seat, and dis
tinctly answer guilty not guilty, he should
think proper n brief pause ensued, whGa the Wee
President sn'd, in very audible tone of voice, MIR
Senator Barusrd!" General Barnard rose: "What
say ynu, is James II Peck. the Judge of the DIS
trict Court OF tho United States for the District of
Missouri, guilty, or no, guilty, Of the high crimes
and msdemetnors charged in the article OF impcach
mont exhibited against him by the house of repre-
sentatives?' General Barnard distinctly and
pbuticnlly said guilty Tho same question was
sncccss:vey put to each senator, and answered,
I'll it was propounded to Mr. Poindextcr. That no
norable senator said, Guilty OF a high msdemea-
nor" The Vice President seemed u look for an
explanation, and reiterated the qIistion Mr.. Pom.
dexter again rose end repeated the words Gently
OF the high misdemeanor charged IN the article
OF impeachment" but "upt guilty of any crimi-
nal intention" Mr.. Robbins also answered the
question, Guilty of high misdcmeanor." The
Vice President then desired the Secretary of the
Senate to refer TO the article of impeachment for the
language the charge exhibited against the respond
ent aud 1t was found TO be for 'hgh misdeneanors
and not TO "high crimes and mlsdemeauors" When
the question put to MIR Tazs ell, his reply
"ue is not Guilty" When Immediately
afterwards put to his honorable colleague Mr.. Ty-
lerl he said with great emphasis "He is Guilty"
Twenty one senators voted for the conviction of
Judge Peck, and twenty two against it. The vote
was party vote, viii the exception of tn sena
tors side, aud two on the other. Mr. Grun-
dy, Mr. Tazewell. and Judge White, administers
tion senator's voted for the acquittal of the espon
dent; and Mr. Clayton and Mr. Robbins opposl-
ton senators, voted for his conviction. In other
words, the friends of the admins ration with the
exceptions mentioned, voted the condemnation Of
the Judge. and its opponents, with the exceptions
named, voted his acquttal AIR Benton and Mr.
Robbins were excused from voting, and Mr. BIbb
and Mr. Rowan were Sbsent. These gentlemen
would it is believed, all have voted against the
Judge, if they had voted at all. Mr.. Chambers
who was also absent, would, II s supposed, have
voted for his acquittal if he had bceen present phe
voles in that case, would have been twenty five for
the conviction of the Judge, and twenty three for his
ucquttal The Vice President rose, and said, that
twenty one senators having voted guilty and
twenty two mot guilty" and two thirds OF the sen
ators not having voted for the conviction of the
pendent, il had become the duty of tho chair to pro-
novnce, that James H. Peck stood acquitted of the
charge of 'high msdemcanors,' as exhibited against
him by the house of representatives. The Marshal
then, under the direction OF the chair proclaimed the
court of impeachment to be adloun ID sine lie.
The whole scene was unusually impressive and
interesting IL will probably be forgotten by
those who Witnessed il. have given you minute
description of it, for the purpose OF conveying to the
country vivid idea of its soemnty and dignity
as words, without immediate observation of the spec
tace, can impart The result has produced dissatis
faction; and believed that proposition TO amend
the constitution as to limit the tenure of the JIG
States to q term of years, would at this time, pass
the house of representatives by ve-y considerable
majority. The acquittal of Judge Peck, though II
can BIO no cause nXua to him, may give rec IN
law Of congress- defining what shall, aud what shall
not, be considered and punished contempts by
courts ofjustice If it should have this effect, the
country may justly view the expense and time oc-
cupied in the trial as well appropriated.
~ The Editors OF the journal Of Commerce are
entitled TO the thanks of the Southern Farmers,
hIilles and Merchants, for exposing in the following
article the injustice and bad policy of The law which
requires Southern Flour to he renspcctcd in New
York. This law operates rather injurously than
bensfcially on the New Workers themselves, and is
an oppressive evil to the people of the wheat growing
States south of New York. II in fact operates as a
tax equal to cts barrel on all the Flour made by
them whether sent to y. York not! For as tho
price Of Flour to the South is in great measure
reguato cd by the price that be realized for it in
New York. and about Cts. barrel is tho eX
ponse attendant its renspection there those pur-
Chasing to ship TO N. York cannot afford to give by
8 cents as much for Flour they call afford {"
give If il was subject to that and The whole
mass Of OUR Flour is consequently depressed 10 the
same price. This is a very evil 10 which
we have n Just right complain Of And the law
also operates great injury TO the n. York Far
for il keeps down the price Of Southern flour
the Northern merchants naturally driven TO send
their ships 20 tho South for cargoes OF Fionr, where
they can buy it cheaper than they can in ~ York
and of quality that Vii sell higher abroad than any
other kind although 1t have 10; the ~ York inspec-
tors brand on it--whch indeed, far from recon-
mcndng -four, INJURIES its character.
The motive attrbu' ed to the N. York Lsgisa-
turc passing the law requiring Southern Piour GO
ing to NJ York to be re-nspectcd there, is not very
credltable TO them. 1t has been supposed that II
was their intention burthen Flour with one
rous expenses and endcavor 10 reduce its nomlna
standard, so as to enable their Western Flour the
better to compete with it.
The law has however, in is practical operation,
failed to produce the benefit they expected to derive
from it. We have shown that one of it's effects has
been to drive the Mort hcrn Merchants 70 send thc