Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1834-07-04
Richmond, Va, Friday, july 4
MR.. ST,EYEN.SON

enemies, whose slanderous persecution is tn be mil,
gnted neither by his defeat nor by his infirmit;es,
YET he may well be proud ofthe profound sympathy
which he has received at Wasllinrton-us well ms
OF the Vote OF Thanks which he has obtained from
the IL. OF X, for the dignity aud i,npar,ialty with
which me discharged tile duties of the Chair.s-IIe
may wen be proud of the consistency of the friends
who stand by him at home, and of the manly nn
generous defenders whom the party spirit and che
prosecutions of the Senate have called forth in Other
q"arters-We shall publish some of these Extracts
from time to tnic for the purpose of showing how
deeply and generally The Injustice which has been
awarded TO MIR. Stevenson, is felt elsewhere:
From The Hinchsster T'irginion1
ANpstw srEvENsox-ih he Senate has rejected the
fre'idsnts nomination. OF Andrew Stevenson az AIins,.r
10 iondon,b by avoe OF % TO %. IL may be wei, d, No.,
this event for iuture recurrence. ~
Senate has The unques,ioned right TO reject any
hom""uon made by Tie President, without assiyn auy
reason tor such act IL il very plain however, ta, nm
=, are strong consider aiions operating the mind
OF the seae such an act is not with ,s
use NAT SAGA reasons IN exist, cannot be denied
ihus, when Mr. Madison nominated MIR G. ,ia,n D., n.
one o. ,oe COMMISSIONER Client. and same time
retained HIN as his secretary Treasury Dep.,mon,
The sese d. emed the ,wo offices incomps,ib. .,d 90.
Jecied.tle nomination.; but when Mr. Clay wac non,na
.., I 'e vacancy oec'soned by the rejection OF Mr.
oa',,ih such nomination was confirmed by the Senate
Why, then, let us inquire, Mr. Stevenson reject
n, "a Is because he was taken from the Speakers
ehas It's SAID that the Speaker of the House Of R.n,e
sena'ves should be beyond lie reach of execv.iro
ence because ct his extraordinary pow err in h.
proceedings and in moulding the ac,ion of Tho ,,e w
'ne appointment OF committees or o,herwisei So are H..
chang rung But Mr. clay was taken from Tho $500
chs IN isi4 10y the pure Madison, and nominated 10 h
sumo miss'on-'o nesociatc with Great B tain The prin
cp'e was as important then as it L. ,o,o and .honiI a.
isasl have operated on the of Mr. CLAY "
"r' msai-on d'G exactly What the President has done
now anu IN MIR Clay's own person was the exsn,I.
set Shall he be heard, TO condemn now vvs, ha ~
proved, sincti"ned snd acted upon in 1911, U.s NJ
oiey changed his opinions here also a. in the casa .,
TIE Bans Or was Mr.. Stevenson rejected mot hcs,s
ne was speaker, but because lac was an .,,l.,, 81
efficient member OF the Adininis;raien par,vj St ''
IA, la
10 be supposed that those are to he appointed IN ,r
whose whole ambition it is to PROSTATE the Admui.,ra
ion bu', supposng the ecrion serious who was moro
ZION than Mr. Clay in 1914. And vel he ,yas a
pointed oy r al ai'on. and he accepted! Is Stevenson
e9ughY was clay bought! Is Stevenson ye,coroed3 vs.
or. Clay rewarded II the argument ntov.s H.,
stevenson Is sold and purchased, why the same ar
gnnent shows that MIR. Clay was sold ,wen,y Yea .
The parallel holds hair and let no man niri fs
'e 'ss'""a'e results OF his own premises Has.Alr S,c
% r pSeheu us committees by plurng them najo
NY oil administration members. So exactly so I;d A.
Clay. How would the ration have succeeded In H.,
Struggle in lSl3-l4 il MIR Clay had placed such mon "
Am, anu such lke at the head of import.
"n' committees. NO. at the head Of such committees
stood The names OF Calhoun, Macon Lowndes Cent,
iroup-and we feel now the results OF such selections
Anu was IL TO lie expected that Stevenson in Tho ,a,.,
late Struggle woul place the names of Binu.v EYr,,
Mn.ms or such Ike at the head OF the Bank COMMITTEE,
WIN as much rropriety in the former case IT, cni,
have been required of Mr.. Clay. ~
nus nave we run out this parallel. Mr. Clay resigned
so ou MIR Stevenson before his nomination. And Il we
ma
tefs such as the vote OF ianks-or il has h.en 60; IL
ne Ordinary vote oil thanks TO Mr. Stevenson onI D.. o.
pe! atsInped-so 1t toas opposed when attempted in
'e e"se VI Mr LAY, although its terms IL ONLY ,o,n
pimen cd bis ability Among Other Names in be ;
por''y Oh .s vote are Shelley of Va, Governor of N
ana Uaston oil 81 C. Now let be put TO anv reasor.hi
nan-ought not MIR. Clay have voted for S,svonanS
Does ne not record by his vote, in living coors his own
condemnation II il be asked ,vhv ,ys .sJs. 10 i'
answer because he IL the "archdnge fallen deem in conn
sci and in slratagein, raising the stormy ave. # on
o a; suiis his purpose; because presumed ha he
10 acquainted win his Own experience and in t,a Le
could have found enough TO JUSTLY such vote "
examining the yeas and nays, it will be seen tina,
"1ys eonsnn'e pure party vote, andlh, not
ehoouy even an The Opposition party Thus il will he
seen tina, The Virginia Senators d,ied ON the
yier sustaining Stevenson, Leigh voting against him
Now, II there had been any sound objection IN NJ
Stevenson, would the party lave split on ,be
II there had been any sound object on wouId ure
nave oesh 80 "gs vote as % in favor of the nomua
Won hdh there been any thipg that savored of cor,
rupion, or "da1liance yile' would TyIer -
supported him' Will it be said that Mr. Tylcr In5
not acueness enough TO discover what Mr. Lejob s.y
Or WI, II oe SAID, that he wuked hard ilia he corid
not se0 Bofh these cannot he right: eitl,e,
yer na eon"'Usd If any thing improper was disclosed
10 me senate or Leigh has condemned his fellow citizen
aud fellow ownsinan for difference of pol,ca sen
umen'' The vote OF MIR. Leigh would have saved a "A,
vorite son oil Virginia from political lie cot,
has effected all that was i'm its power IN eaec, ,oI
pIostraIng aud degrading that Avorite SON B.fore t
ides oil March the day Of reckOnn. will arrive"
From The .Ntlo York TfmesJ
zine injunction OF secrecy has been renoy cd Gom The
executive proceedings OF the Senate in the case of Mir
Stevenson, and insert to tlay so much of ,Ie a. -
osen published IL asserted by the Opposition p,pcts
and IL generally understood that in this pubIicaon sr
gwen me reasons for which Mr. Stevepso,'s nomination
was rejected To do that, to justify tie Senate was ,be
motive ior making them public. The speeches we slaI
he' er ge'-wc shall never know who had tire cosum-
MAJ" eroney to stand up in his place anil hardly assert
that he found sufficient even any reason in these doc
ments Tor rejecting the nomination.
!, i. appears from those papers, that in March 1893
the president desired Mr. Livingston 10 notify MIR Ste.
venson that If lac should be advised the willingness, of
England 10 enter into nego iaiiOus the questions omen
between US, and he expected do daily lie shos o,r
MI . the mission TO that country Mr. Sieyeneon having
Consulted his friends, deliberately made up his mind tsi
ne "ou'o mol accept The appointment, unless il was FIRST
submitted fr the approval of the Senate and mcanbs
TO take no notice OF Mr. JivnCsio's letter This vcas
que fortunate, as turned out for the contingency never
occurred IN The manner contemplated within tnon,l,
l"e GATE OF The letter, the British Minister arrived
mere, Tic negotiations commenced here and The
necessity for sending Minister TO England for ,bose
o9ec's was enit ely obviaed Tbe matter fell through
III" was IHgoch AMI there pledge and NJ obiiva.
uon between tic PRESIDENT aud Mr. Stevenson he lei,
Yer nsu oern wHen GfeT e close Of the session. and from
"se circumstances became entirely nugaiory, and was in
eject cancelled within month of is ou I, d,e nd :,
leas seven months before the CONNIE ncemen of c nre
Sent se'snso hS, IL could nerer have influenced his ol
uc' conduct here nothing else, nothing unier iea.
ven aeseu against HIN; but the that suc, letter " az
D'ifen merely Is forth as the prelence for tic rei.c
ION! though f documents show also tia, e yf,ol,f IN
decline The cGer, and that the possibiffD ot e orrnr
renee OF We contingency under wicit las to take effect
tc0s cut nj more than year sgo!
"Yei, in tue isce Of these fscts 1, il ebo..o, .,,
him bat he engaged repay this promise NV he go
NE oiheid powers and that be did appoint his
@c' accordingly Why, he would have done i,,st o.,
ne no. had the letter been wrifienbe voud have
mace MS nominations upon exscy the same principss
" He ui so ~ The preceding and every preyios
The promise certainly did not influence lie cond,c, ~
ann no more did u mao for null and void and rad