Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1834-04-29
Mr.. Tomlinson. from The Committee on p.p.ions n
ported . bill from the House. without amendment.

ported a bill from the House. without an,eudu..,.
PRESIDENTIAL PROTEST..
The Senate then proceeded TO the consideration Of the
special order, being the modified resolutions offered by
. MIR. Poini,S,er.
The question being on the motion OF Mr.. Bib 10 amend.
Mr.. Bibb obtained the toor at hslf past 2, and addressed
tho Senate in favor OF his amendment, which is, In effect.
" that the Message oil the Presideu, OF the U. States be
Before MIR. Blob had concluded, he gave way to a mo.
non' that The Senate, when it adjourns, adjourn TO meet on
Monday which was carried in the affirmative.
The Senate then adjourned.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
The following bills were reported, viz: BY MIR. Camhre.
.enS.a hill Tor the relief Of john Frazer s. Co. of Cha,l.s.
ton, South Carolina; by MIR. Cage, a bill Tor the relief OF
william Il. Harmei; by Mr.. Chinn, a bill to extend the
sna'ter Of the Fire Insurance Company OF Alex.ndris; by
Mr.. Cramcr, . bill for The relei of William Baker: by
Mr., Pope, a bill Tor the Improvement OF the bs,bor Of Nj
Lou,s''a the State OF Missouri; which bills were twice
read aud committed.
Mr.. Chiffon. from the Committee ON Invalid p.,s;o,.
maue ~ adverse report on the expedieucy oi repeating
me law which requires two witnesses to establish a PEN
~" 'r wounds received during the Revolutionary War,
pi'eihg an such cases upon proof, satisfactory to tue Sccie.
tdry oi War, AZ in other cases.
The resolution from the Senate 'ro provide for watering
pennsylvania Avenue" was twice read aud comuit,.d IN
the Committee on the District ot Columbia.
BY leave OF the House, Mr.. Reed submitted the follow.
ing resolution, which was read and laid ON the table one
Resoiced, That the Secretary OF War be directed TO Law
beioie this House a statement, Of the names OF the armed
national ships, and the names Ut their commanders during
the Revolutionary War;.
Mr.. Duncan asked and obtained leave Of the House TO
lay on the table. aud have printed, a bill to modify md
extend an act 10 incorporate the subscribers TO the Bank ,t
'he United States. with certain limitations and conditions:
which bill, he gave notice, he int nds to offer as a substi.
lutte for a bill reported from the Committee of W.xs and
means 10 regulate the deposi,es OF the public mouey in
the State and Local Banks, wl.n that bill should be con.
sidered in Committee of the Whole.
On motion Of MIR. Jarvis, the House took IN the reso.
luton offered by him respecting the Banks OF Ia. District.
MIR. Hardin resumed and conciud. d his remarks in
t'i port OF the resolution. and Was foliowed by
Ar. Chiffon, who had spoken a .hor, tune. when the
residue OF his Remarks were cut eff by the expiration OF
the hour.
On motion Of Mr.. Polk. The Rules of the House were
suspended to enable the House to 20 again i.o Commit
tee OF the Whole on
THE GENERAL APPROPRIATIONS BILL.
winch was discussed until n late hour; when the House
adjourned, without having acted defni,iyely upou il.
Our outline OF the proceedings of Wednesday las,
.ho"gh strictly true, does not present 10 the reader what
was the true question Of discussion involved in MIR. Ad
ans's motion 10 amend the journal.
The House had, on the day previous. gone into Com.
h''ee u 'he Whole on the Appropriation Bill; aud while
e"gagrdin discussing 1t, the Committee found itself with
out a quorum. On this discovery, it rose and reported the
Tact TO the House. lu the House a motion was made to
a'Jo"in; aud The yeas and nays being demanded, they
were t"ken, and showed that a quorum was % ,e.cnt. The
Speaker (Mr. Speight, in the absence OF Mir. Stevenson)
theieupon, without any motion being made 10 return TO
committee OF the Whole, left the chair, and reinstated
VI Hubbard, as Chairman OF the Coninittee-the House
mus passing, as OF course, without any act of lie own TO
that effect, into Committee OF The Whole.
IL was 10 this that MIR. Adams obj-c ed: iosis,ipy ,b,,
all mat was subsequently, done had been irregular, mas.
much as the House could not, other wise than 6y its own
sct' oil nto'iou 10 that effect, pass into Committee of the
Whole. And his amendment vi the Jou, nal wen, 10 lie.
clare that '.be House thereupon resoired 1rsr,r mn ,
Committee Of the VIII Ie."
His other amendment rested on the fact tina, his motion
lor a call oil the Hons and his subsequent appeal, had
not been received by AIR. Speight, as he con ended they
should have been: but Mr.. $. had left the Chair OIL he
ground that az soon as il was discovered that a quorum,
OF the Whole.
To the Editor Of the Globe
Notwithstanding that certain verbal alterations in
the Message transmitted by the President to The Senate
on the l7'h inst. which suggested to the Secretary of ia.
Senate, were the subject of comment Yesterday hv mem-
bers oil that honorable body, | ieel that l am called upon TO
slate The circumstances under which I thought myself
warranted IN making the suggestion, and with this view.
request the insertion Of The following explanation:
Aboui 3 O'Clock Of the day on which the paper in cues
ti0n was presented TO the Senate, l received from the pub.
fisher OF the Glo'e the prooiimpressions OF The same paper.
which had been set up from the duplicate intended Tor the
the eOmposiiors. In the examination or Tue proof, "a 70
me corrections mat were made, were the following words,
which i supposed 10 be clerical mistakes:
LIST In page 9 in the sentence, "Indirecil,, also his con.
duct NAY come under Z eview in either branch of The Lee
gislature, or in the senate when acting in il. Executive
cap getty, aud so lar as the Executive or Legislative pro.
ceedlngs oil these bodies may require il, il may he exer.
cised by them" The word exercised was stricken out,
and the word 'exsmined,' which was obviously the word
required by The sen'e aud structure OF tue sentence, in
serted.
III. IN page 4S, in the sentence, "This change having
been made Tor the express purpose of declaring the sense
OF Congress, that the President derived the power of re-
movai from the Cons tuition, the act, as il passed, has al
ways been considered as q fnl admission OF the sense of
The Legislature on this important part Of the American
Constitution tie word "expression" was substituted for
sd",ss'on' as being more appropriate to the idea intend
ed TO he conveyed. This was also the word used i'm the
corresponding remark Of Chief Justice Marshall. i'm lis
account of the passage Of ibis bill, which had been consult.
ed, and was substantially follow ed in the notes from which
this part OF the Presiden IS Message w $ drawn.
3d. In page So, in the sen eDce, 90 The legislative pow
er may undoubtedly bind him and the President by any
laws they may think proper TO enact-ihey may prescribe
IN what place particular portions Of the public property
shall be kept, aud Tor what reason il shall be renoved. as
they may direct that supplies Tor the army or navy shall
be kept in particular stores: aud it will be The duty OF the
President TO see that the law is faithfully executed; vet
will the custody remain in The Executive departmen mi of
the government" the word " money" was substituted for
properly" as being called for by the context, and being
obviou'iy more suitable 10 the idea OF the President.
an In me hrsl sentance oil the paragraph, page 80, he.
ginning with "The dangerous tendency OF the doctrine
which denies 10 the President Ike power of supervising. Ji-
recung, and controlling the Secretary Of the Treasury, in
like manner with the other Executive officers, could soon
be manifest In practice, were the doctrine TO be esta-
bi'st,ed." The word "renoving" wa substituted for soon
trolling" because il was considered as more fully meeung
the idea Of the President. As the sentence stood. the word
controlling " expressed no other idea than the words
"supervising and direc,ing;" whereas. the power of ere
moving" was also claimed OIL the one hand, aud denied on
the other.
The suggestion OF the alteration in page 81 of the ex.
preston, "Me Secretaries" for "his Secretaries" was
dictated simply by a wish 10 make the paper transmitted 10
the Senate correspond with the duplicate retained by the
President, and with the publication from the LATER, which,
appeared ia the Globe. In the duplicate retained by The
President, The words stool originally "the Secrefaries,''
aud not chs Secretaries" in This paragr sph-a disagree.
ment, which may well have escaped the most careful com.
ceiVed THAT there was any difference between the TWO
terms. In The duplicate, as well as in The publication in