Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1833-01-29
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WASHINGTON, Jan %
The Absorbing ToPIC.-A debate arose Yesterday
in the Senate OF great interest," though merely Incidental
being upon the question: when the bill for enforcin a
collection OF The Revenue reported by the Judiciary Com
Iuee on Monday, should hc taken up
The debate was altogether irregular, appeared BY the
repeated interposon of the Chair check it, but il, very
rrcgudfity increased its interest the auditors by she
ing now deeply was partakcn Of by the Senators who
engaged in it,.
The Debate extended too great length ia allow, orr
Reporter to do any thing like justice time for tho
paper OF this day, and shall therefore in p.r,yrnh
or two oil our own cndeavo prepare reader, Tor the
fuller account Of 1t which expect spre al before them
from his pen tomorrow.
The bill having received second readng it was NOV
ed by Wilkins by instruction from The Con,,i,,.
which repnr ed ~ to make the special order OF the ,,v
for Thursday (ionorrow y whilst by MIR hlnngum Non
day ,ceek was moved he question was betw cen these
two days, until Mr.. lay moved Monday merit 10 which
motion, after debate, MIR. Wilkins assen,el wi,hawng
his own The gentlemen ho engaged in the Deb, .
we're mes,r' Wilkins Grundy, Mangum Miller clay,
King. ~
The principles OF the bill were condemned in strong
terms by MIR. Mangum, MIR Miller and MIR PoinJc xter.
and che bill was defended by Mr.. GrunIy Mr. Freling'
huysen, and Mr.. wilkins members of the Committee 90 bo
reported 1t. Mr.. Clay for giving the bill as early a
consideration as the convenience Of the business OF The
Senate would admit, and without reference TO the a, of
February, Often referred to ia debao) or any other
pecled and proposed the intermediate ,av az
promise between atay too one too remote He
aVowed ms disposition TO maintain the authority of the
government IN its ull vgOr, but, before voting unon
such b as that before the Senate he wished TO Give IN
every provision OF full and fair examination 70, ,,t
care that, while II amply guarded the revenue il did moi
contain any unnecessary unconstitutional uovisions
&c Mr. Bibb approached the bill with great sul.n,uitv
and with apprehension OF the unconstiuona character Of
some OF its prov isOns Mr. Brown and MIR kim nroess
ca themselves IN favor OF giving the bill full fair and cal
consideration, but both reprobaed the haste with which i
proposed at so early day Thursday TO take il up
- Mr miller entered pretty much at rye into tie South
Carolina view OF the subject OF the 1aI and TOO much
IN deta TO allow OF his remarks being generazed here
lie considered the bill obviously intended for the
case OF souih GS6Ina 10 be doubled 9e 1enesl
s M inifaAas nsdiaieh by South Carolina unless to re-
pei force unlawuly aPped and said that, let the Tarf
I'LL but be repealed modified and there would be
an end Of the difficulty anticipated on the first Of Frbru
airy, &c IL gentlemen would remove the ticul;y which
they spoke Of he said they must therefore abaIe The mn
sanee lie in favor oil the longest day p opposed be
cause something might possibly that nature to
make il unnecessary 10 act upon it,
Mr. fondex,cr considered the bll as involving oucs-
tons OF vital importance; con'endng that conf cted wi h
several provisions OF the Constitutions anu thai, n il passed
IN Its present form, il ought TO be led Bill to repeal
e constitution OF Tue United States IL ven, lie arg Aed
TO invest OF d>cr, onary rary POWER IN the
President He wished for the longest day possible Tor
the consideration OF the que on which he con- idcred in
volved in this BILL whether Ibis Confeleracy is TO last or
whether are 10 have consolidated government, und
military despot This was question, lie saiI, VIII CHI
could not be bnked, and be decided wht never this
bill came TO be acted upon.
To the two last named gentlemen. Mr.. FreHnghuysen
and Mr. kins replied, that far from there being any
novelty IN e provisions OF the BILL there but one OF
them to which parallel do already exist on the
stdute-booA and far from there being any thing uncon-
shtuonal IN those provisions their whole object was TO
prevent the constitution from being outraged with impt-
nifty The only provision in which not perfe city ia.
nlar IN the legislation OF Congress, the authorz-
ing the removal OF the custom house in certain cases
and this one, far from involving force or violence
was intended to avoid the effects of BOTH by putting the
custom house out OF harms way No force was to be
be employed by the President but TO repe force
against the lawful authority of the Union and the pow
er thus 10 use force to make the President military
despot 1t was Just such as he created by the
Constitution, which he is support and the Laws
which he IS sworn 10 execute &c. So lar from being
violent oppressive in its provisions the whole object
the Oil was TO prevent Violence and guard against
cessul attempt at II, with view the peaceful accom-
p'shment Of which object the bill had been most care
fully framed, SC.
FINALLY the question poSponing tn: bill to MondI,
week was decided in the negative by yeas and nav -
~ votes to 4 and the bill was then postponed TO- an,
made the order OF the day for Monday next
Immediately after this decision, Mr. Calhoun address
ed the Senate, and submitted propositions bearing upor
this subject which will be found under the head nj Sc
mare PfoCeedngs' aud which he sustained in long
animated speech.-.Ndt. mt