Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1835-03-10
ZION the National Ip,oniseneer.


Chair to enable the Senate to elect President FRO e
Whcreupcn
The following bao,tings took place for prcaiden,
pro tem.
lst Beno, ID 3D. An.
M'. King Of Alabama, IS % y Il q
For various others, IL
Mr.. Tyler having received lnaori,y of the whole
number of votes on c 9TH ballot duly elected and
being conducted to the Chlir made his acknow led..
ments to thc Senate in the following address:
S@N>roEs; In calling upon me Unexpectedly to pre-.
SIDE over your deliberations, you have conferred upon
me testimonial OF your respect and confidence, upon
which place the highest value. accept it with graft.
tude and shall ondy cherish its recollection. You
the representatives of sovereign States deputed by them
TO uphold and maintain their rights and interests I'm
like the Roman Senate, much vaunted of in ancient
story, you your to the high seats which you
occupy to no advcnttous circumstance of birth for
tune but TO the cnnobng traits of intellect and vir-
tue And what citizen of any of these States
can fail to be proud of you Who reflect with
out high satisfaction the daily disply of intellec-
tua vigor constantly manifested in the debates which,
here occur Party contests may divide and severtose
contests constitute the organic principle of free States
You may severally, in your turn, have become the OBJ
lccts of attack and dcnunciaon before the public but
there is not, and be American who does not
turn his eye to the Senate the United States as 10
the great conservative body of federal system and
to this Chamber the ark in which the convcnant is
deposited To have received, therefore, at your hands
this station furnishes abundant cause for self ga,u
ation This feeling is not diminished by the fact that
but few hours remain this session. and That shall
be probably called upon to render but little active
service IN this place Upon this circumstance 1 con.
graduate both you and myselffo although have for
the greater portion of 20 years been connected with e
gislative bodies this is the first time have ever been
called upon to preside the deliberations of any and
nave only sought so far to make myself acquainted with
he rules oi parliamentary proceeding, To avoid any
iagrant violation of them in my personal conduct For
the short period which will eapsc prior TO your ad-
Journment, ciam, and SHALL doubtessy receive at your
hands, for the defects which may exhibit and the errors
INTO which may fall, a liberal indulgence.
L/WAsHIYcToN, March 5-Thc Senate which has been
or the last our years, but council of war, in which
three disappointed Presidential aspirans have united
their influence and abilities dcvisinr schemes break
down the Administration, maintained its savage temper
to the last Indeed, after the clock struck twelve and
struck down all its constitutional movers The body In
the commissions of death, still aimed its shafts like the
dying indiana at its vanqusher and at their own consti
tuents, through whose surages the President has been
enabled to triumph. The last exploit of this defrnct
body was the defeat of the appropriation BILL which
contained the provision for the Notifications in
progress, and the three millions of dollars voted by
the House to enable the President any
qucnccs of the resolution passed unanimously by that
body insisting the ful6ment of the treaty with France
The Senate, accomplish this purpose boldly struck out
the three millions. The House of Representatives disa-
greed-C Committees of Conference were appointed and
the whole bill was lost by the expiration OF the session.
while the opposing bodies carrying on these Skin
mshcs by committees The House, which as truly re-
presented the will of the nation this occasion as the
Senate has uniformly betrayed for the last four wears
rcsolutely maintained its stand
The Senators who have pretended in all their speech
es that The President had the purse and the sword othe
nation at his command, contradiccd all their asser
tons They have shown, by their conduct that even
majority OF Senator's VIGOROUSLY violating the will of the
ppeopie, nave the power to withhold both from the
fresident-and that they have the hnrdhood to exert
that power when the immediate Representatives of the
People, by an overwhelming vote, declared that an occa
sion might requiring this appropriation the defence
the country This appropriation of three millions was
denied, upon the preencc that disposition of such
sum upon the contingency that affairs with France as
sumed hostile aspect, is too great discretion be in
trusted to the President and yet they have again and
again announced 10 the people that the whole Treasury
Is at his disposal
We from f,Ilowin N, no - a., L..
gencer OF the day before yesterday that this fit organ of
Tie late Senate endeavocd, by anticipation apoogise
Tor the result which the feeling of the party with which
The lntelligencer says
up to the hour of putting this paper to press last
evening, all the important business of the session re-
manned IN unfinished state great part of must
)incvtaby be left upon the tables of the two Houses but
eSPeeaHy Of The House IF REPRESENTATIVES at the ter,n,a
What admirable forecast, this to foresee that all the
mporta business Of Tic session 'oOuid be left upon tie
taces or the t'oo Honses but especially Of tie HocsE OF
kErREsENTATIyEs!' How did the Editor happen to know
that the "Portant business of the session would be
thrown back upon the House hour when it could
not be acted upon But the Editor oresecs and orees
with the spirit OF prophecy, when he precns that at is
impossible TO torescs or foretet" He says
. 1t is impossible to forcsec foretel what bills now
pending, Will or will moi become laws Nothing is GER
tam IN relation to any one of them The great Civil APP
preparation Bill itself in jeopardy and will continue
TO be SO until the very end of the session."
one OF the great appropriation bills did fail in consc-
9uence OF the manneri which withheld and de-
Gales enabled to tell the day before il happened
we viii give the public data by which it may
ascertain where the fault lies
The Ct6n List Bill passed the House on the 81 jan
uary, and was sent to the Senate. II returned over
loaded with extraordinary and homogeneous amendments
the day before the Adjournment al 6 o clock i'm tbc
evening The Committee of Ways and Means were
compelled TO sit in the House and examine the immense
additions which thus forced ON their attention
when there was no time left TO make thorough scru-
ny into the Senate's prodiqality
The Indian 9nnuty Blu passed two or three weeks
ago, and was sent to the Senate. II was returned at
three clock of the day before the adjournment with
additions of thirteen hundred thousand dollars And this
new extravaganza to be looked into and bv
the committee and the House in the space of scarce
twenty-iour hours The Fertilization BIZ passed the
House early IN January and returned on Thursday
or Friday, before the adjournment, with amendments
more than doubling the original amount This bill was
ton oil the bill providing for the defence of the country
IN case hoslites should he urged by France
we give below outline OF the proceedings on tl,s
SUBJECT 1t viii be Observed that but one solitary SEN
ator from the ranks of the Administration Joined the
Opposition in voting down the provision made necessary
by the unanimous resolution Of the House. on French
affairs
The Senate then took up the fertilization bill and pro-
ceeded to the several amendments made by the House TO
the amendments of the Senate.
The minor amendments having been zone throuob
the one placing at the disposal of the President three
millions OF dollars, to be used under his direction in
augmentng the Army and Navy and repairing the for
hcatons OF the United States as 10 put the country
IN posture OF defence, in there should be necegsi
Tor before the next meeting of Congress- was taken
up when
Messrs. Webster Calhoun Leigh. Southland. CLAW. and
Preston opposed the amendment, and hlessrs Wright
Linn, Buchanan and Cuthber supported IL e
The question heinz dsaOrep in,r a., tlo