Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1832-02-18
REMAINS OF WASHINGTON.

On Monday in the Senate, Mr.. Clay from the
Joint Committee the centennial celebration of
Washingtons birth day, made the following re-
port:
Resolved by the Senate and House of Represent.
atives of the Unite States of America in Con-
gress assembled, That the President of the Senate
and Speaker of the House of Representatives, DO
hereby authorized to make application to John A.
Washington of Mount Vernon, for the body of
GEORGE WASHINGTON, to be removed and deposited
in tho Capitol at Washington City, in conformity
with the Resolution of Congress of the oath De.
cember, 1893; and that if they obtain the requisite
consent to the removal thereof that they be further
authorized to it to be removed and deposit
ted in tho Capitol on the 22d day of February
1882.
Resolved, That the President of the Senate, and
Speaker of the House of Representatives, be also
authorized to prescribe the order Of such cersmo.
MES they may deem suitable to the occasion of the
interment of tho body of GEORGE WAsHryaroN
in the Capitol, on the day above mentioned; and
that the two Houses ofCongress will attend and
assist in the performance of those ceremonies.
This report lod TO a Debate of considerable
interest, tho report being supported by Messrs.
Clay, Webster, Sprague, Bibb, and Holmes, and
opposed by Msssrs. Forsyth, Tazewell, and Tyler.
The report was adopted by the following vote
YEAs-Messrs. Bell, Bib, Clay Clayton, Dick.
erson Dudley, Ewing, Foot, Frclinghuysen
Hendricks Holmes, Johnston, Kano, knight,
~,
Robinson, Ruggles, Seymour, Silskee, Sprague,
Upton Tomlnson, Waggaman, Webster, Will
kins.-29.
NAYs-Messrs. Bucknsr. Dallas, Forsyth, Grun.
dy Hayne, HILL King, Mangum, Marcy, Miller,
Smith, Tazewsll, Troup, Tyler, White.-15.
In the House, Mr.. Thomas, Of Louisiana, from
the Joint Committee on the part of the House,
made the same report as that made to the Senate
by Mr.. Clay. A debate followed which lasted un.
til sunset, the report being sustained by Messrs.
Mercer, Wilde, Dearborn, Wickliffe, Drayton, Ev-
-erett, Hunt, Doddridge, Sutherland, Burgess,
Wayne, Adams, Archer, and Howard, and oppos.
ed by Messrs. Mccoy, Gordon, Coke, Thompson
of Geo. McDufie, Alexander, Clayton, Johnston
of Va. Carson, Cambrelng, Root, Collier and
Clay Of Ala Finally it was also adopted in the
House by vote of 100 to rs.
The remains Of Gen. Washington are thus TO be
transferred 70 the Capitol if the consent of his ia
mily be obtained, and Of that we presume there 8
little doubt IF this solemn translation was ever
to be made, the day selected, the birth day and
the hundroth birth day, OF the Hero, is peculiarly
and fslicitously appropriate. There is that beau.
tiful coincidence about it, which has marked tho
Presidential history of the country.
We hold it to be favorable augury that tho APP
proach of the hundredth birthday Of Washng ton
has called forth from end of the country to the
othor, SO animated display of feeling. 1t gives
some promise that patriotism is not entirely emer
ged IN party feeling, and some evidence that few
subjects are left upon which the people OF the u
States can still think act, and feel as one people
We furnish the speeches of Messrs. Clay ant
Jazowell, for and against the removal Of Washing
tons remains, sufficient to show the motives fo
the measure, and the objections to it.
Mr.. CLAY said, that s The organ of The
COMMITTEE 1t was proper for HIM 10 say few
words IN presenting the result OF their dehbcra
lions on The subject to them referred. The 81
tnaion was not of his own seeking; but find
ing his name on the Committee, he did not fec
himself at liberty TO decline serving upon H.
He had become the head oF the Committee, in
consequence Of the circumstance that the gen
tIeman named first on the Committee had de-
Clned the service. So much for himself With
respect to the object Of the resolution, it would
be recollected, that so far back os the year 1919
an application was made, IN the most solemn