Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1835-03-19

President should have the means necessary In M
the country in that state which circumstances re
CURED
Mr.. WHITE eaid lie wished 10 assign the ren
sons TINT should eovern him in his vote on TIN pro.
posed amendment There was no npproprinti ION
asked Tor 10y the Prcsident=-no message had been
received from him on the subject Ho (Mr w
thought 1t would have been respectful To the Exec.
utive had u resolution been submitted for The pur.
pose OF nscertninng his opinion, to the end that,
under his direction, the country might hnvn bern
f.nt in n state Of defence without Congress thus
voting an unrestricted appropriation. lie (Mr
w conceived there formidable obj eetions 10
adopting the course now proposed. lie profess ed
10 be a supporter of the administration, and WIS
willing 10 70 to n reasonable length but he found
himself compelled TO vptr against the amendment
lie would put II 10 TIE advocates the ndm,n,stfn
lion 10 consider IN what situation they would n ace
the Chief Magistrate OF the m on by making III,
appropriation without, IN he FIRST place psoertein-
ing his OPINION IN regard IN II, leaving out of vie
the necessity or non necessity Of tho grunt.
he should tlunk It proper 10 increase The nnvy
and army, to put the Notifications in repair, Sc.
nnler the impression that dltl ullics were about tn
ensue between this country and n foreign power, 4
no such occurrence 10 take place, whe,
would be the Consequence OF having left that scto.
| llonnry power IN his hnnds Why gentlemen
| might Turn round and blame him for having acted
as he had DOM, md wish TINT they had not given
| HIM that responsibility And what, too migbt be
the consequence when the next Congress met, md
II pence were To continue Why they charge hun
with having wnnony wasted the vcry funds Which
the present Congress ave him TO uso according 10
his discretion. Now. he MIR. Whilc) wns unw-
ling to throw <" s'rnus n responsibility upon the
President il wnS reyPons bny when Congress
alone ought To bar. Having made these obseryn.
tons, which he thought his luly to make both in
regard TO the Ch'ei Magistrate and to the country
he should resume his scnt
Ihr question WAS then taken on dtsagreeinP te
The amendment of the House, and was dcelied III
the Affirmative, as follows
fEAS.--Mcssrs. Bell, Bibb Calhoun, Clay,
Clny'on, Ewing, Frelinghuyson, Gohlsborough.
hendricks, Kent, Knight, Leigh, Mapgum, Moore,
| Nondnn Poindcxtcr, porer PrcntIss, Preston
Robbins, S'ls,cc Smith, Souharj, Swift Tom.
l'nson, Tyler Waggaman, Webster, und White
! %
! NAfS.Messrs Ben'on, Black, Brown Guch.
nnen, Cothbort, Gtundy Hill, Kane King Of AIN.
bama King of Georgia, Linn, Mexican, Morris,
Robinson, Rnggcs, Shepey, Tamadgc, Tpon,
| Wrlght--lD.
30 the amendment was rejected.
Tho amendment of the Senate 10 increase the
|
! pairing Fort Mnn which wns disagreed To by
the House of Representatives., was next taken M
! Mr.. CLAYTON moved that the Senate in, isi
on their amendment, which motion was agreed
to, mi the blll was then returned to the other
House
On motion Of Mr. CLAYTON, the Senate pro.
ceeded 10 the confederation Of Executive business ;
| and spent some time with closed doors.
| w hcn the doors were opened and the Reporters
entered the gallery, they found hat "A mcasaee hnd
been received from tho House by the Senate. wh,le
N secret session. announcing thu, tho House IN
11cd on It's amendment, Proposing to place three
millions at the dispoenl oflho President Before II
WINS known that the doors had been opened it en-
poatod that this message Of the House had been In
Ken up that Mr.. Webster had 40 we'd that the Sc.
naie addefc tc rs dsngroement 10 the appropriation
and had followed his motion with n speech Of un.
common animation mud oarncs,ncss in it's support
THIS speech he WINS Just concluding when the Re
| rorlefs re-rnerod tho gallery
Mr.. KING, of Alabama, saId, he very much re.
gfet'ed that the Senator from Massachusetts should
have mhde such n motion II had scd IN or never
been resort"d 10 until Other and more gentle means
Ind fnilod 10 produce uny of action between the
Two ilouJes. At ihig stnge of the proceeding II
would be considered, and Justly, harsh IN its char.
acer mud he had no Doubt It sanctioned by the
Senate, would greatly exasperate the other Ilonse
and probably cndanger the passage Of the bill alto
| gether. Arc gentlemen, snid Mr.. X TO-, prepared fr
this WI they, at this particular junctufe, IN
tho present cond'ion of things, taxa upon them.
selves such lcnrful responsibility us the REJECTION
Of this bill might involve3 For himself # your
forts nte 10 be lett unarmed, your ships uorcpared
and out Of commission and your whole scneonst
exposed without dcfrnccs o my KIND the responsi-
bilify should rest utton his slinulj,Tr II ~ M
well, sn'd Mr.. X, 10 speak plainly onlhig subject.
Our position with REGARD To France was known 10
NIL who heard him 10 be Of such character ms
would not. in his opinion, Justify prudent men men
who look to the preservation Of .he rights aud the
honor ri the n ton, IN withholding the mems, The
most ample mcars, to maintain those rights and pre-.
serve nnmpnircd that honor.
Mr.. X SAID While he wus free to confess that the
proposed appropriation WIS not 10 us terms alto
gether MS specific MS he could have wished II, he
could not 1t in tho light which had or seemed
to have, sp much alarmed the Senator from Mnssn-
rhnseiis, and others who had spoken on the subject
We are told, SAID Mr. k, that the adoption of the
nmendmcn, ma lie by the House will prostraie the
fortress Of the Constitution. aud bury under y.
runs the Liberties of tho ,,coplo lie had too long
been accustomed to the of debate here pari-
culnrly IN times of high pnrty excitement, 10 nay
much attention 10 bold assertion of violent denun-
ciatien. IN what, he asked docs II violate The Con.
suiUlon Does It give 10 the President the pow
or ofdecarlng war; You have been told, and told
truly, by my friend from pcnnsy ynnia Mr. Bnch.
anan tba, this power aono belongs to Conerc SIS ,
nor does this bill IN the slightest degree impair it.
Does II authorize tho raising OF Armies No, not
ono man c'n be enlisted heyond the number requI.
red To fill up the ranks of your little army aud he
ihcr you pass this rndmrn, or not. that poW or