Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1834-01-16

might be the consequences With the most pc, CT good
aih As regndsd the reference OF This report, IL was
question exclusively &C nue., and To re-
venue onicets, AMI thr. lore most peculiarly
10 'he Committee o. Finance II might he, that the law
Was Tor the purpose Of fostering hut as II
now Was, il VAS SD, ~ revenue law.
MIR Clay remarked that as he perfectly indiiE rent
What committee the communication OF the Secretary was
referred to. he would Law il on the ,.. for ,.
purpose OF asking the last instructions which had issued
from the department on the subject
Mr. Fosyth thought il WOULD b., NOR. .onven.nt for
'"e eohmi"ee o write Tor the instructions
r., LAY SAID ne wanted TO see the Instructions
ne motion to lay on the table was sg,eed To.
n"u 'terwsrds on motion oi Mr.. Webster, it was
iered To be printed.
Mr.: Blbh, from the Committee on the Judi,iary re-
Poreo snndry bills, which ordered TO be printed
ne Wee President laid before the Senate "A connuni.
Gallon from the Secretary Of the Treasury continuing re-
POI. from The several Banks OF the District OF Columa
message was received from the House OF Rep,e.eu.
,aves 10y their Clerk stating that they had passed certain
o. ond asking The concurrence OF the Senate.
Mr. wilkins presented u memorial II ou tho nj
Commerce oil Phiadelphs, ascribny the sn, n.cn;
~ distress The country to the removal of the epo.es
M ,he nank oil the United States; which, OH motion Of
W.T. roaex'er, was referred to the Committee on Hi.
nance, and ordered to be printed.
Tyler. Ssn anu Wrmo,'s were presented by Mes'rs
"' Tha ,'Seaulng' were severally referred.
me following resolutions were offered pending the
morning session, and lie one day:
by MI. Chy-
Resoced, That the Committee on Finance be direc,e
20 inquire into the expedcncy Of aiorng temporary re.
het 10 The community the present en,bar
easements. by proongng the payment of revenue hons
as they fall due, the obgors paving interest. and ov;m.
satisfactory security. $50 e"e
BY Mr.. Robbins
Resoieed, That the Committee on the Library he in.
s"ue'ed To inquire whether any, and if any, what amend
ore necessary TO the existing laws providing for the
distribution OF the laws and the reports of the Supreme
Court OF the United States
. Loe Vice President then announced the special order
~ THE REMOVAL OF THE pEposIrEs
SENATE resumed the consideration of tho reso,u.
"ons suom,led by Mr.. Clay, OH the 2sth umo
,lressa i,o( f.
nan Ia opposition to The report of the Secretary On con-
Mr.. Shepley rose, and after expressing n wish 70 h..
heard, moved that the Senate adjourn Whereupon
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
The petition OF Noah Fletcher coming nm in IL oa
LAWS oil Mass, rose, and after TO the post.
OF any act on The petition when first presented
oy hin-sald, that although he did not agree thai The
rules OF the House, under which it was postponeJ had
oeeh Always uniform, yet, that he had acceded TO H. he
use "e nau every desire TO accommodate the House
au "o' eh'anSe IL win contention about the rules Of
heir proceedings. He would not now 90 into an eIabo
rae view oil the subject, and had nearly closed what he
member from Alabama, (AIr. Cay) had interuoseJ bv
his objections that, under the OF the House the sub
ou moi DE men discussed; bat he would merely re.
marx now as ne did them that Me petitioner was per.
son in an humble situation of HE: he had been Ia.
oorer In the service OF the Government for nearly the
whoie oil his lie, and Of which fourteen or ,scn &C.,
nau oeen passed as a subordinate officer of the uonsa.
mat lie had discharged his duty SO TAR as he had rs
o, , use III satisfactory manner, Tor no com.
ri
eums'ahces' however appeared that he had been ro
moved from The Office which he filed by the 6at If
ne had been removed by virtue OF an instrument
with which they had become latterlv some f;
an instrument IN writing, little paper ceremon;orsI
"du,esseu 10 me object. beginning "I,' The House
nave no 'urher occasion Tor your services' This. then
being the mode in which their agents for the
acoh OF 'her business, had been dismissed and witbout
previous adoni ion, he thought il was ,,utv
upon the human character, whenever an exercise of
power had been made, in either an offensive monner
that the WAY 70 prove Injurious to our ieowcreaures
"a' ne party was called upon 10 lay before the world
some Jusuhca'cn Tor such injurious or offensive ex
erc'se, some plausible apology for the conJuc, MR.
Du, was such The case here? No. il was not pre.
e1eu ,a' mere was any charge against the petitioner
and nothing but this brief notice OF dismissal was sem, -
MN; being thus dismissed his plans in life aItooeisr
broken up THIS act Too, being done by an OIL GER hold
and exercises that power from the House II became ~;
uu'y 10 see what authority the had been done VIZ
Their the power legally or Illegally exercissS
30 "a.etiM IL was enough for them. the power vs.
exercised unjustly improperly to entitle Them n eli
upon me individual thus exercising it, The House Inc
coehued had inns power in their hands, and thew could
not go forth 10 their constituents and saw thew wnessnJ
such an exercise OF power as displayed ia this i'm
oeeh mace Tor H. The natural inference that the now
er had been exercised in proscriplive manner And
here he was induced 10 consider what was prosc,ioon
IL was me power OF tyran, il was the power wb;rh
said, "lhink as Think " DO as | bid YOU do De-
the Auocrat OF all the Russias demand from h;s -,
nes sell more an this What could the Sublime Porte
ltsel require oil the humbles slave thin his reams ,n
h'hR ds think act as wisa This was the yerv
OF tyranny This spirit it was, which with powerful
" '"PPes anu regulates and guides thing
pIeased which made the Tor the place and moi ibs
place for the This was prose rntion. This yas H.,
spirit which addressed itself the ambitious man ami
says Tive up your independence your place shall he
'oei 10 the avaricous tsays You barter your con-
science Tor gold and this was, which addressed itself
10 me hungry ana 10 The Naked saying, Be We warm be
ye fed, be ye clothed 6af, be we also of INV
was me true character oil prescription TO avoid which
would seem hat every upon entering into o(ice
must crawl to the ioostoo of its known dsposer and s,
undersgn and SEAL give bond by which he will engage
10 become The slave OF that This was one effect
OF proscrp ion, but not the worst If thew wan,J 10 go
Its effect upon the prescribed they need not travel ont f
the present case; the OF humble individual who
would not he permitted to sit in private chamber Of te
capitol there to enjoy even the privilege of neutrality
employed him. There was another view of all ~,
which seemed 10 him TO be still more offensive and
more obnoxious to public justice. He YVES led 10 rom
slder who was this :" I, " who said have no occa
sion Tor your services Z! The gentleman in the office
OF Chef Clerk, need not suppose that tbese rsnarLs
were intended TO be personal Tor they were mt 60 NJ
Davis would not apply them so, he now believed
that this officer had Scted eraely rather ,Ion
from any other motive in the matter But in consd,rng
me effects OF TIE system, and who the parsonage was
VINO mus Claimed ms power, they would find that was
one whom they had elevated into an Office connected
with which, was the power 10 use all the money n, ,I
House, and all the vast patronage which thai ,nona
could give, as capital TO trade upoB and if This WAS en-
IN truth aud in TACT, il time that such MORE,
was taken out OF The hands Of their chief Officer, Tho
salaries al ms disposal amounted some twelve or fifteen
thousand dollars, aud being large in the mower nj
any band OF men 10 coBspTe geher to elevate whom
they pleased TO the office, aud then have the 20
trade upon; but lac trusted that the House youd moi liz
rate such system He knew the character of tie neil
toner to have been without spot or blenis and az h
claimed as his right, have his pelion E
(Mr d. had presented IL, du'y due not OF Nv to him
out under The circumstance 10 The hole country and