Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1831-01-06

bury. concerning allowance Tor Graft ,ricle', were
TRIAL OF JUDGE PECK
Al twelve o'clock, the Senate sgsiu resolved Itself
| into High Court OF Impeachment.
Nc. Meredith announced the absence Of his hiend
and colleague [Mr. WIT in this case. He had been
called home TO Baltimore by Il dangerous Illness OF one
o. his children He fel, the embarrassment OF his own
situation. occason.d by hs unpleasant Circumstances
To be de priy.d Of he aid o. hs colleague a any
on any occasion, would to him be cause of r"gre';
but in Of this magnitude, 20 interesting to the
respondent and interesting 20 the community 70 be
deprived Of HE services, was source OF deep regret
VIVA, h. Guild, theteore, propose with the consent
OF the Managers the her side, a-,hat they should
proceed TO finish the examination OF tie witnesses on
the part the United SAFES. arh then thai this honora
bic Court should adjourn to Monday nex', 10 o.
wait the return tf MIR. Writ
Mr.. Buchanan sad, that the Managers the part Of
the House OF Representatives would acquesce in what
the Court might determine to be its pleasure on
| the occasion
Charles S. Hampstead, Edward Charles, and Wha--
ton Rector, witnesses iu behalf Of the impeachms mt,
were called sworn, examined and cross Examined.
| The certificate Of naturalization OF Mr. Lawl"s',
the protest OF the Spanish Lieutenant Governor OF Up
per Louisiana, against the regulations OF Morales and
.undry other papers, produced az evidence.
Mr.. Buchanan then said, that the Managers for the
House o. Representatives here rested the cause Of the
United States.
Mr.. Meredith renewed his application for a suspen-
sion OF the trial until Monday.
On mo ion Of MIR Tszewell, the Court determined 10
adjourn over to Monday next at twelve o'clock.
| The Senate adjourned till to morrow
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVE
The petition presented by Mr.. Hall, was from
raj midshipmen in the Navy of the United States pray
ing that grade Of naval office he established to be
called "sub lieutenant" with the emoiumsrts OF a
Iiru,enan, of the navy, by which passed Midshipmen
will be placed iooliug OF equality with graduates
Of the Military Academy at West Point, which petition
wac REFER. ID to tbs Committee on Naval AfAirs.
That by Mr.. Varnum from Elisha Bigeiow, Of
Massachusetts, builder of steam engines, stating that
he has discovered process by which the fatal conse
quences Of the bursting Of steam engines be pre-
vented which he is disposed to make public il suitably
rewarded; and praying that Congress will take such
order in the premises as may seem right and prpper
which petition was, the motion of Mr.. Varnum, re-
ferred to see Ct committee, to consist OF hve eDbere
THE TARIFF DOCTRINE.
The House then resumed the consideration Of the
resolution yesterday moved by Mr.. Howard OF Md :,
for printing certain reports of the Committee Of Com
merce and Manufactures in the years 1902, 1903 and
1904. with Mr. Ramsey's motion to amend the resolu
ton, 90 ne To TO be sent to the Legislature OF
each S:a'e in the Unicn four copies OF such reports.
when printed.
Mr.. Howard opposed the amendment proposed by
Mr.. Ramsey which, he said, proposed TO give more
consequence to the reports than they deserved He
was not disposed TO bring them either before the House
the nation conclusive evidence of the constitution
atty OF the tariff laws but the OF assisting the
10 maton OF a correct opinion upon the subject. When
printed these reports would doubtless be printed in
The public journals, and would thus be circulated
They will altog ether make but few pages; and he
unwilling te send such matter tn, to the Lee
gislaures Of The several States not deemng it OF su
Gent importance ~ be submitted 10 their consideration
NJ. III. said he had very high idea Of the dignity OF
the Legislaures OF the several States, and had mir
than once regretted to see them coming to this House
with petitions. But that matter into which he
would NO, at present He objected. further, to
the propose amendment, that, If adopted, il would in
troduce other amendments. and the original p,oposion
would be in danger Of being crushed by the weight OF
iha am ndmpnts.
The ques'io, was then takon on Mr.. Rsmsey's a.
met dment. and decided in the mes aiivc.
NJ i..l.f aaiI Ill ,irto,
this sut ject since yesterday. He would only
mark that in the short period he had bee mem er OF
this House. and OF another Legislative body, he never
knew a proposition like this he made. That the
House has right print documents necessary throw
new light subj CO before it,, would deny
but il had not the right print old documents for cleo
toneering purposes, and to shew what our ancestors
had considered constitutional. This controversy
corning the Tariff he had never viewed between
the North and the South, but between the Aris,ocracy
and the People and this is TO he found in the South
we'll as the Nerib. If documents he printed
TO assist eide in this controversy let both sdes
have the same chance before the People. He presum
ed that there were other documents bearing this
utjec which might be interesting to the Prople, be-
SIDES those spec fl ID by the gentleman from Maryland
He moved TO amend the original proposition, by adding
the following, which he hoped the gentleman would
accept as par, @! his motion:
Also the Report OF the Committee OF Ways and
Means, he s'ate Of The finances, made 18th March,
1928 report Of the Committee oil Commerce, made
Slh February, 1880"
Mr.. Howard said that he was sorry that he could not
to the amendment, and in stating his objection TO
it, it would be necessary for him be explicit than
he yesterday Animpression has gone abroad (sad
he) and has been carefully cherished by certain des
cription OF politicians who opposed TO the system of
protection of manufactures that the party which elect
ed and sustained Mr.. JEFFERSON opposed that
policy. This question: Mr.. III. said, was before the
nation, and his only object 10 throw such light
upon the question, would enable the People de-
eide il correctly. The amount of talent in the nation
without these walls many hundred fold greater than
that within them, and wanted the aid of this House
to form opinion. Thus, when the House spread be-
fore the People the materials from which TO form iudg
men it had done its duty. The opinion that the party
which sustained Mr. JEFFERSON TO duties
for the protection of manufactures had been seduously
nsled into the public mind. That opinion, however,
wholly erroneous. The publication of the reports
i'm question, taken in connection with the Tariff law of
1904, would shew that from the 1902 TO the year
1904, the party which sustained Mr.. JEFFERSON not
only sustained the consttuonality of such laws, but
actually passed them. If this was made out by this
publication, il would go TO remove erroneous impress
sons, which, like all other Impressions ought
TO be removed. Reviewing the provisions of the act of
1904, Mr.. ~. said clear that in passing il, Con-
gress had acted under the power of which the constu
onality had since been called in question MI that he
wished TO shew by printing these reports and reference
to the act which founded upon them, was, that the
party which is supposed 70 have been hostile the
power of protecting manufactures, actually did sustain
that power What effect this fact would have upon
public opinion, il not his province TO determine II
sufficient for him TO believe, that the which
he proposed would from the public mind an err
should not be encountered with other matter foreign TO
this object
The question then taken on Mr. Speght's amend.
me mt, and decided in the negatiye.