Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1832-12-25


place. Tie presumed there was hardly a gen
| tlenan in that House who had not been willing
| at some time, To have received an Office lie
| was sure he should. The censure, therefore,
would reach from the President downward
II argued disres pect the President to call up
| on hin for iuformatou which every mcmber
could give in fifteen minutes. Ii implied q
| ceDsure upon him which was wholly undeser-
we'd. Ncould lead TO no good result; il could
contribute uid lowai DIS The adoption of the
gentleman. amendment of tho -Cous,itu tion
which Mr. f.. hoped soon 10 see inserted i'm
that instrument1 and for all these reasons he
should move to lay tho resolution on tho table
lie would, however, withdraw tho motion in
favor of the mover, if ho desired to submit any
| remarks in reilly.
| The motion having been Withdrawn,
Mr. WIcKLtFfE observed 10 reply, that he was
| afraid the gentleman had served his resolution
very rHuch as til. pious quaker was said to
have douc n dog that had offended h,n /: he
would not hurt the animal hut would givy il n
bad name; by which means he set nil the bows
of tie neighborhood to polt the p0or beast to
death. The gentleman had given hi. resolution
II bad name; lie had thrown ont the fatal idea.
that 1t was disresprctful to the President The
gentleman could hot certainly iufer this from
the language of tho resolution und if he 10.
ferred il from Tho source from whence the re-
solution proceeded, he was equally mistaken
Tint the resolution conveyed auy census re
against the President, did not appear ,ii,ou the
face Of it, nor could II be argued from the
source whence the resolution had emunnted
MIR. w. did not conceive it to be in any WA,
di>respecriul TO the Chief Ma sstrHte to call
upOl him for iuformalicn, hch might become
necessary to snlighten the lIcuse in its delibe
! ratonS upon the public concerns. He was ~ ell
aware, however. that if that WAS The. character
gwen to his resolution, or If it was cven fear,
that such an Inference might be drawn from A.
Ills resolution was destined TO share tho fate of
other matters which had bcon ordr rcd tn liz.
upon the tnhlc.
MIR. w. denied that his resolution impIied
any censure, either upon tno appointed, or the
disappointed. mcmhers Of the House nor wa.
tue Information sought 10y il so cas- " obtained
as inc gentleman supposed. Even into the ar
chIve' oil tue Senate, members of that House
Ind no right In dive long as the seal Of Sc
crccy remained on its Executive proceedings
but were THE otherwise, ,hey must go further
tina" the Journals of the Senate. Sotmc Of
the appointments might have to do with the
fost Oihce Department aud FOR Others IL
might become necessary to traverse the almost
houndl-ss regions of the Indian ID pa t;nent
IL might be requisite to 20 to tile books O. the
Custom House. There were some books in
the Bureaus TINT might possibly furnish much
ut this information in a condensed form To
nil these sources the President had ready ac
cess, lhohgh the members of that House had
not.
! MIR. w said he lad offered n resolution con
| tanning proposition for the amendment Of the
Constitution, in relation to the subject Of an
| continents. Such an amendment he believed
was desired by the great body of the People Of
this Union but il could not originate with the
People OF The States, unless il should first come
from that House, except resort should be had 10
| the tedious process OF n Convention Of all the
States. lie thought it The duty Of Congress To
submit such proposition to the Legislature of
the several States, and let them dispose Of it,
| He, It hac lla,t
was the groat and alarming evil which called
Tor remedy, and where was the danger of the
growth oil the eviie He miSht, to be sure have
| recourse 70 newspaper statements but then his
| 'aith would DO regulated by the estimation i'm
"hch they might chance to hold the integrity
of the editors. There were many difficulties
| winch he did not wish TO encounter in relying
| on any other but an official statement.
| 1t this case was called disrespcctrui Ia the
present Incumbent Of the Presidential Chnir
other Presidents had been subjected to the like
d'srespect. he call was not without prece
aent. ,iere MT w. referred to a similar call
W Mr. Monroe time. AS to applying 10 the
president for what had TRANSFERRED before h.
c"mo into Office. that was not very unusual he
oeneVed' But he Ind precedent drectly in
point. On the 26th of April, 1926, the House
having under consideration proposition TO n
| mend the Constitution, called upon the Pr al
dent IN these words-[here he quoted a call
similar 20 his own1
ms resolution had passed without any i'm.
p"tauon al ceDsure on the mover Of it--aud
had been promptly answered. Thus lis, WINS
already furnished down to 1896 Ho Tow wish
Ell mat list extended to the present time: 40
ihat inc country might be satisfied either thai
SUCH appointments no evil or if they
wrro, that the evil was rapidly Increasing. Mr..
w. concluded by expressing himself happy 10
ana mat the gentleman from Georgia was fu
vorabie TO The amendment Of ID, Constitution
lie had proposed
MIR. FOSTER shd the reasons he had benrd
dIh not satisfy him that the resolution ought to
pass, and he therefore renewed his motion 10
lay u upon The table, but withdrew il az the re-
ques; of
| Mr. CLATToN, who obtained Tho floor iust MS
inc bour allotted TO resolutions expired
Inc House, on motion, passed 10 the orders
of the day; and
An eng ossed bill, entitled "An act TO alter
ana amend an act 10 set apart and dispose of
certain public lands for the encouragement of
me cultivation of Tie vine AMI The olive, ap.
proved l9tn January 1891, was read the third
time aud passed
| Inc House proceeded to the confederation
o, me DIN Tor the g"iiei'of Riddle, Beetle. and
| bennington, and the question that the House
90 concur IN the amendments reported thereto
rom me Committee Of the Whole House ON
"e 'Dh 'nst was stated from the Chair
And pending this question the House nd
Journed TIL Tomorrow at IL o'clock NJ
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