Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1831-01-27
2ist Congress-Second Session.
Ds5aie IA the House Of Representatives. on the
Russian Mission

Debate IA the House Of Representatives. on the
Russian Mission
Mr.. STANBEKRY having moved TO strike
out Of the annual APPROPRIATED bill the amount
proposei for Tue salary OF minister to Rus
si.-and Mr., CARBON. Mr.. Strawberry. Mr..
ARCHER and Mr.. MALLARY having expressed
their views the sud ject.
Mr.. burgess rose, aud addressed the Com
miitee, as follows:
Mr. CHAiRMAs The present is, | believe, no
unusual d. cuSsion. In the short term OF my
service in tins Hall, | have Witnessed sitting
affair sitting of Committee of the Whole
uouse ON he ate OF the Uuiou, where the
onantum OF salary, compared with the service
If foreign Ministers. was The subject OF most
sirfing debate. When has the competency oil
his House 10 move such debate, been Ques-
,ioned9 Never, until the present sitting Of
FMS committee. If am Mistaken ask the
Chairman of the Com 1,ittee on Foreign Re-
lsitons to tell me when taat question was made
by The friends of the last Administration The
ons,tion is put to him because OF his proximity
T., the Executive Depart ment, and because, II
fl. will net give il a candid answer, such an
s,er can be expected from 10 gentleman III
iins Halt.
Whal call then, can. by any Usage. be at
his me made on thls branch Of the Govern
mem to throw itself at tue 'eiy tool OF Lxecu-
tive snhser.rncy3 Do the people expect this
tom us They have placed the national
mud, al our control, but with iull condolences
IN our I'll " an diligence, aud under no
irar that we sho"ll unlock the treasury, ialess
palamount pab in eresls Call upon us to t.lrn
the XIV. We cannot d. this merely because
required to do II by Cabinet \ insIers, or by
the Executive under their Amusement. 1his
House has ever claimed and exercised the
fightto deliberate, 10 debate. nnd under a
sound discretion OF its own, TO decide aud de.
q ttimue all claims for appropriation, by whom
,oeFer OF for whatsoever purpose they may
have been made. Ii missions Of minor impor.
lance were, in years past, questioned, under
the vigilance oi a spirit of fetrenchmen'I With
uat a fellow IN former times. may we not no"
although that spirit has been touched, aud
pun 10 sl-ep b, the caduceus OF the State De
"a Furmenl-Hlsy we not call 10 our aid SO much
Of the sobr, watchluness of the best days of
our Republic as may enable US, with due dill
genGe, to examine such a question OF appro-
pratloh Hs this item OF that bill has fought be-
fore US 7 II relates TO no mission to an infant
DatIon or some inconsderabls State, but 10
our long established Legation 10 Court among
the most lllus'nous Of Europa, and involving
relations pre'emnen'ly interesting TO our coun'
Try. Innovations relative to this distinguished
mission do, above many others, place our M
tiona interests in jeopardy. Our relations witt
ku'sla have Iii heto been cherished g. suSla net
u by M'nste, Plenipotent,aiy residing near thai
Nohft-af that Court, in the royal city Of Pc
leIsbuIgh, and within The political aud socia
circle Of the Emperor himself The higa dig
hi'ares OF his government and the diplomatic
ehHoys oil all the nations OF Europe, and many
II oflho.e Of Asia.
What, then, is the Ques ion before the com
nlllre under Tins item OF appropriation tn,
g'nieman from Ohio (Mr. STAsBERRY) nas mo
F,d to strike from the bill the $1,000 propos
cd 10 be appropriated for payment OF the Gu,
f'h' years salary to the gentleman said to hay,
ofen dispatched as minister TO Russia He ha
ANY, though briefly, sustained his nation.
uuS' the committee will indulge me in Il fen
Rs On the same side OF The question.
tne "eu i'seil bears no mark distingushin,
o'" o'"e's oil tue same kind, or giving u
"o'''n. LOT REJECTING this, while those ar,
~ we must i0oa to other document
w "'or"a'ion concerning this mission, aaC
wv a'on' TO furnish the money Tor sup
r's ms Minister at the Cuuri of st. Pc
esoafs. The paper which lnow take from
1'e desk before me contains that informa alton
porporis TO be the annual Message from lh
resident oil the Uuted States To Congress a
we present session. Ii certainly beat his sic
Gat ano was sent TO this House by tia
,bea ueh"afy. Notwithstanding these facts
sn' 'vco'hent must be received aud considers
,ey ast'e production Of the Cabinet Minis
ms. NO literary gentleman ia this Hall
.SS no member Of this House who read
eA1n ines Ibis eon.IuGaics!ion, mad