Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1834-05-06
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THE ION TRiSTAM B3RGEs.
The Inieeenees of yesterday, contains icle from
vulgar abuse OF ME- Speaker Stevenson This system Of
attack and viuperaion OF public men, seems be part
the tactics OF the day and this 10 Of their ell
Gent calunniaors We know not really whether this ar
,cle Is marked most strongly by its naiguy or misre
plesen,aon Apsr, from its gross aud perionai abuse
Of the Presiding officer OF the House, il contains the
barefaced Interpretations Of what took place. Mr..
Burgess pre,ends that he made motion TO have a me.
mortal from Rhode Island read, AMI that Mr. Stevenson
would not put II to The House,! We have heard from
vers members Of the House. and authorized state
that no motion made, or any request animated.
that the paper shouid be read He read himself In his
place, sundry portions OF IL, (not intending or wishing 10
have the whce read aud Is believed by 30 have
sad) aud then moved have il laid upon the table and
printed The ques ion was accordingly put and carried,
and nothing more said. Can il be believed, that
IL he wished the paper read. he would not have
said So and stopped the Chair before the question to
lay on the table and print. put , Besides the
iac's, he grossly misstaes the practice OF the House,
to cover this attack, and excuse himself for what
might te supposed disrespect towards his constituents 1t
Is not true as he sta that memorials are matter Of
course rea unless motion Is made dispense with the
reading No memorial petition, address, is ever read
unless iii particularly desired by member and then
is done without any question moved, because any
Der has Alright TO have il read, and it is not competent
the House 10 refuse it, This Is the uniform practice Of
the House II he wished Il read. was only necessary
tohave said So and would doubt have been done This
ne ud not DO The truth, doubt Is that he did not,
unh his colleague, MIR. Pearcc, had presented another
memorial or address, from Rhode Island, had it read
become dissatisfied with himself, having
paper rcas and 10 get out Of Me dilemma home, he
had been induced shit the blame TO the Speaker and
grossly abuse him! The Speaker should not, however
regard IL the abuse OF such Tristan Burgess AN
do him any honorable injury lit gould God help
us His tongue is SANDER, and here his abuse just
" estimated In all his malignant assaults, however not
one probably has been made, wsnton, unpro-
voked, and inherited than this.
have heard but one opinion expressed in relation
IT, on all Sides asd that is, oil unqualified censure and dis
gust.
nos yesterday laid upon the table Of the House Of Rep
rcseniavcs, In order that might be printed an amend
ment which he intends to TO the bill lately reported
by the Committee OF Ways and Means for regua ing the
leposes Of the public money in the State Banks when
That bill shall come up. That amendment proposes that
the Charter OF the present Bank OF the United States shall
I've continued Ter twenty years from the day Of March,
1885, provided that the u States surrender the whole
OF stock and the present stockholders shall surrender
hall OF the stock in the Bank held hy them respectvcy
The several States TO have the right subscribe at par
value, IN proportion to their respective in
the House OF Representatives OF the United States for
the twen'y-one millions Of dollars of stock 10 be sur
rendered, or the cizens thereof, in the OF any
States declining TO subscribe pay in the amount Of
the quota before the Isl day OF February 1886 The
embraces several other new features such
limiting the dividend stock to per cent per an
mum; the surplus after the accumulation of contingent
iun OF three millions, TO be paid into the Treasury
oil the United Staies prohibiting The issue any notes of
denomina'ion less than dollars; requiring bonus of
S2OOO0O per annum 10 be appropriated TO internal inn
povements, Sc &c.-Ts being the first practical pro.
Po'''"" VI contemplating,
IN any orm the extension OF the charter OF the present
Bank Of the United States, have thought this brief
nole oil might be acceptable 10 readersNat Int
We are glad to be able to state, that private letters
ceived in this CITY from New Orleans, up 10 the 10Th of
this month"; state that there had been protests notes
OF any consequence to he 4h OF the
on winch day, newspapers and letters have given us no.
iice The profess that day, and the preceding day,
amounted In number TO Two bundled, an evidence OF
the money ma ket becoming easier, il is stated that
ney which, lew days before commanded he hes, paper
at Is per cent could. the 10Th, be obtained the rate
oil nerc nera nnuIn