Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1833-01-17

dent Tor pardon, and being refused should instantly appv
TO Congress TO have the Sentence nuihcd. The House
might well 10 that this lie coniured gentlemen mo,
to transcend those holy boundaries which separated The
different Departments OF Government from each other
Just so certainly this bill passed. certainly would that
House aroga;e TO itself all those unlimited powers which
a. possessed by the National Assembly, had dcIugcd
France in blood.
Mr. Davis of :. G.. (yyho had rcnorted the hN c,,o
s,oy ct The previous attempts made at former sessions
TO get Bll OF this description through Congress and the
reasons which had hitherto rcvencd it, lie had r.por,.
ed The Bi al The present session before he had seen the
Proclamation oil the Presidents he should not have At
tempted such thing aiterwarI. The publication for
which Matthew Lyon had been convicted for "A libel
W0uu 81 's Jay be no more pronounced libel than the
celebrated 10Th number of the North B,iton for which
MIR. Wilkes had been Imprisoned in London The Court
paper would eAhid any day, articles times more Ii.
bellows lhis arose HON the perfect liberty of the Press
wbich, IN lhls country and in all free countres cons
TED s9 OF tour estate, aud sach, possessed aud
erclscd vast power in the preserv alton Liberty
tins bl involving reversal Of decision Of the Su-
peme court, II was no more than continually done
III reference TO cases under the Revenue laws But in
po,h o, ac inc Supreme Court never had, SUCH de-
clded that the Sediion Law constitutional 0hooh IL
would have been OF little consequence il they halO The
decision had been made only by OF the Judges on
the circuit. ="
The Court, appellate tribunal, never had given
such decision But II they had, the PEG lie Of the Union
HAD reversed the decision both OF the Circuit Courts the
President OF the United States and both Houses of Con
ge ana VINO had dared to the law since, What
administrators had dared TO ask for such law? to the
President alone having powc.r pardon Lyo-hc Prosi
dent was the party offended; aud send the par
~ to his oppressOr for equity was against pncp Of
justice and oil liberty There was no danger nj the prci
dent because case like this would never recur again
Would Congress insist holding this money when IN IN,
case oil Wilkes the British Parliament not only reversed the
uec'soh against HIM, but indignantly the record of
The Transaction from their minutes? there less az tho
spnt oil liberty on this side the water!
Mr. Angel would vote Tor the bill because he believed
me money 10 be lie undd hal been exorted wrong
he voice oil the whole American peo; e from one e,J If
INC country TO he her had pronounced the law uncon
""onS'' a.u was never spoken Of without rep obA-
Z q IL aah hmm.
hue, but TO pay smart money He d: not AK the Hon
10 reverse decision OF the Supreme That court
S"' ulSuna which The People had created aud the
reoPe had tId what might, and what ght no, DO
Was he TO be old that the could 60 no wrong, I'M,
decision, though fail, 1gan.t the Cons iuon wa.
right aud must stand, and that the pcopIa thtough her
representatives, could not correct the error, Shod M
uh"g created say the Thou shat not control
my ac All power resided in the People and when
any OF Their agents did wrong they had the power to cor
rec. l"e wrong IL man had been stripped OF his pio
perry aud robbed OF his rights by of er agents h.
'hey not the power TO redress the wrong! II had been
sau mat The principles OF this bi had brought Charles In
ne scaod lie insisted that the People had the right n
carry any Charles to the caoI who surped their ,ghs
lie dd not wish TO bring auy body to the scsfTDId he
sought 10 oing man oil the scaiIold no had .ius,Iv
been put on il. J'9
Mr., Craig after expressing his regret being obliged
10 vote against The opinions OF those with whom he bd
iy acted, declared himself against the bill
The argument CT his friend from South Carolina rNr
DrSy,on nan not been met That of the gentleman who
nau JUST taken his seat had nothing in it, The
had asked whether the creature could saw TO the creator
mus lar you shall control me- but no farther, Rui ,
eah seemed to forget that that House itself the
'or oI 'ne Feope, aud though the People had supreme
power over all the branches oil the Government that House
haj not An appeal always lay to the People: but am am,
PG " 'he reoPle was one thing, and appeal to that
was dhOlner Such an appeal had been made TO the
Ieope respecting the sedion law and they had reversed
ne whoie proceeding, aud there the matter ought n end
Dui II that House might decree of the
Court where was its power TO end IL mipht reve, and ~
verse all The decisions OF the Court Had the Peonle
yea 10 congress any power like this? What right had the
I q F9 IL
MIN Tie doctrine appeared absurd The People indeed
$1,000 above Their own Constitutions and and
Az uhuer but The House had no such power If the
Executive or the Judiciary transcribed its authority Tho
appeal did not lie to the House of Representative Nv
attempting TO correct the evil they would Inuplv !, =
hundred lod. Ii at present an opnion of roaor;
y of the People, that Tariff for proecon was
tiona But suppose that three years hence thai onnio
shou'I change, and majority OF that House shout, be-
leVe ,ha such tariff was unconstitutional Suppose Then
that all those who had been compelled 10 nav money nm
der The tariff law should to Congress and ask n
nave nave he money reunied, with what consistency could
Congress grant this demand and refuse thar W6crcve
an Individual entered society under any government no
lad 10 run MS FISK OF erroneous decisions and
erroneous legislation. Ii the lot of bumanitv and
paeok OF that common stamp Oimperlection which mark
ed all the works of man ~
Mr. H. NJ johnson sid that the applicants for this re-
'ei were part OF his constituents and he should therefore
be Pardohed Tor troubling the House This was very
favorable time Tor this appcaon-as the Treasury ~
oVerho"ing win money--and he presumed few gentle
men would Oyect TO taking $1,000 the stron box nj
ch man 10 give toa poor man whom he had yrongcJ
m persons IN The House and out OF the House. from the
Rocky Mountains to Boston, were now agreed in ,Io
sentiment mat The sedion law had unfortunate nm
umely, perhaps unconstitutional. There was NOT m IAN
any party ieIer"iist or democrat anti mason
VINO dissened from this opinion had been the act of
the party IN power, who wished to defend tbemseIves
against the missiles OF their opponents. He admitted thai
we HDery OF Tue PreSs sometimes centiousness
he believed lew gentlemen spared lie we'll knew
that ne was nor and what were they TO do? lie
believed that the best way to take il quietly and lief
the papers say OF them what they pleased His friend
from South Carolina considered the precedent as dan.
geIous Now he thought ii the least dangerous Thai
couu DC set hen one OF the judges got his grappnr-
IRONS on man, II the could not give the pn,ud t
ies he must go TO Jail But here il was not the voice of
aJaSe was gag PoP,H', which he hoped would be adj
United was roe Dei Did this act deprive the iudye nj
ms Judicial power' Did it call him any hard names?
D 1t draw bludgeon upon hin' Was there anv blood
and broken bones! Not 1t ALL II only opened the strong
box ana took thousand dollars OF it, to 40 an act OF
justice He tusted in God the old party disputes would
not DC brought up again, AMI that gentlemen would
not aVall themselves OF little bill like this TO destroy aft
the feelings Of harmony anil good fellowship For him
sell he desired he could to make every member nanny
and see him happy, and not to wake the angry feelings
which belonged 10 years that had gone with those bcyon
The Rood The people had, with great unannity x
pressed these sentiments OF the Sedton Law, and he
again nluged the hope that Opui would be por Def
Mr. Jebiier declare his sympabies all 10 lie enlisted
IN iayo OF The claim; but the bill contained too much OF
prlncpe TO suiier II TO pass that ground IL involved
he cues ION whether they, representatives of the PEG.
pie, we're upon and revoke The decisions of the
supreme Court II they refunded this money on the
ground That he law was unconslu nal, were they not 10
JUDGE upon oil similar The ariH law had
declared unconstitutional, by tie Legislature of Sa.e
by me secretary OF tie Treasury by the President Of the
United STATES, and by the Committee OF avs and Means
~ only Waned SIMILAR de, lsraon the part ct Con.