Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1835-02-12

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...1,v;sh TO sea With what ingenuity ofAtsfai a.'
.sr ne senste i 10 be reduced to the dumb ies''
,s,,n u Bonsnosts's Srnate. This very qiesi'0
brnrs on ,hs jSnar. The very propos'i'se Of os
.,rs ;nr our ools,ons l. the question IN whien W
av,,,,c,nv u uur jes ssisse freedom and "de,'en
- = !. -. .,,tstri | confess lonF 10 see "
$500. :, ,ss 10 which the gentleman vi
!, !. !. c,esiion osihe nsmasi Tnsni'noei
Zoe n sss i, brought on tao sens'of
a.oa. and King = Aisosms) nav
,,,co,selvcsso bring il forwart Ibsy sae
., I, !, 400 sccn-siey enrnoi ton soon esloss u,
as,,;,,g re- lily ofthe .pniHlon TO which esf eeaf
- j. ranged. hope they wal make no delay
n, ,her hasten in their course IL Them 'eae .
Tins in their effort 10 exrunge the Senate, s"o o'
salve the system sfGovernmcnt and Cons''unon
W.. I,nre II them pash ihon oe''bcfHe po'Pos
"a q resolve. Tn y have now give" origin 70
,ne.t,,n than which ncnc, psihaps IS '" Us .nesa
md ,enjencics of deeper and nnors fsd'eai IN
uor,ance; il is question more i"ro',a'a nm
,h., Of tho Bank than that OF the foss on'se ao'
am exceedingly anxious 10 see nov 'a' wv AZ a."
..,,y mn, the doetiine they have advanced, y" /.
I'm. !. ensiavng and as despoic as any TIA, !,
s..;n,a;ned BY the Auoersi OF all the Rass'as.
s;vs ,hcm an opportunity, move TO lay tho fesoia
-. IN the table and promise them ihoi, whef
,t.v move their csslofion VIII be res"y 70 taxi
nur,
Mr. CLAYTON sale ho had but Few re'nat1s
-. All they were called forth III consequence
- ah.erys,ions made by other Senator'S, oui more
,.r,cularIy nv The geniiem, from Missouri. u
IN, on the IA December, 1880 that he Mi. Cify-
.,r, framed proposition 10 investigate inc cor
..,n. If tho Pos, OF &C. lie remembered well what
.... .,,d IN that occasion in debate, by some hon
,,.h,e Scnotors who PARTICIPATED IN IT lie never
~,,d fo,vet how the vials Of political wrath were
,r,,sd n, the head OF himself and that OF ms eid
s,;a,a IN, Senator from Maine tMr Holmfs) the
on,v man who stood by him IN that 'n'es's" 'oh-
. course which they thought II 'heW o''y 70 mp
nd. among other things which oee'i'e' '"'t"e
sh,.. irving times no would beg 10 eau me aHeh
-. ~ X. Senator from Missou to some remarks
of his own, which were Delivered ~ fe'oon 70 ."s
nsne,,men,. and after he fMr. Cisy'on) had had
~. h,no, NJ de,yernga speech The honorable |
senator stated thai he had considered the proceed
mos Of the Committee to investigate tho Depart.
mani a. disgraceful To tho Senate, and intimatd
Il. opinion tina, the whole proceedings ought 10 TO
.xpunged from the journal Now, that was mo
,risin OF tho word cxpunge' AMI on That oc-
.a,,on. TOO. the Senator from Missouri wished
ais friend from Louisiana TO play the part OF oa'o
Ths, was the course which tho honorable Sena
or had thought ., advisable 10 take IN regard 10 Inc
Of the Senate. Aud, now to what
ssoncl,. i'm had the gentleman cone at last why,
he told the Senate in debate this day, 'h"t he han
now changed his sentiments IN regard 10 the matter,
. nd had on,y ore rule OF measure Tor the Bank vi
the United States and the Post Once
Such. then had been the change in the sentiments
cf the honorable Senaor in regard to this matter OF
.xnunp,ns from the Journals. Ho MIR. G would
!. al, whe,her il the Senator from Louisiana, as IN
yoke1 on that play that part OF Cato had
done so. and thus have erased the proceedings rom
the Journals, by wiping out or bo"'nS mo 'esoiu'
ton. there would have been made TO th's BODY any
such developments in relation to tho Post Once, NJ
had been Witnessed yesterday by the reading OF the
report
n. ,hoagh, the honorable Sen tor ard his friends
.hould learn, from ,heir Own experience III t'mcs
bvsone. psay tanes, thai 10 attempt to erponso
from tho records of the Senate their own proceedings
tina surpr,sng fact tha, they we're denying to the
whole world the existence OF such proceedings.
This was nm indub,able fact tha, II wa,a suppress
sion OF the truth
1.-THE Senate 81 ould ever be SO much degraded ns
n consen, TO the adoption OF my resolution to ex
pungc its ow n proceedings i, was suppression OF
The truth let the act be done " hen 1t might. Aud
no, that he wished TO speak unexpectedly OF any
Senator il was a suggestion of falsehoed. lie did
consider to J, the proposition iniisel let DO made
when il would as ridiculous, and as such u would
he estimated by the people of this country. Expuns-
ins Il ON the journal How could 1t be done
God forbid ,hs, he should ever witness an attempt
of the kind made by any Of tho members OF that Sc
nate. Iaic, he would ask, was tho matter to ot
sxpunged from the jouinai1 The individual nigh
word his resolution thus " Resolved Tint III,
resolution shall be expnased from the journal
That would not expungc II : or one m'Sht oiot
out or erase IT, or get rid oil II IN acme way Do,
said Mr. @. ho,o IL II TO be done ! nave copy
the 10 rnsl you have "a copy, nnd each memoe
has one The gentleman from Missouri may a'se'
hi, cop,. if 10 plenses Bot, if resolution were
70 mss 10 effect The objec, of cxpuogng" no man
should touch mgcopy. Twill not havea any espung
inc on nv propc,ty and 10 man shall do Il without
NV consent. The whole subject, tho more II Is
manfred into becomes the moro ridiculous. dc
earnestly hope that there will be no renewal OF b,
ter marty feeling on this OCCASION, ana tina, no sue,
nroros, on v i'll DO made at this SESSION or heteei
ter.
MI. BENTON observed, tli,t il Tho Senator from
Delaware had pursued his narrative 4" little father
ne should not have found II necessary again 10 gel
on mis- feet The objection that he made to the res
olutons of that gentleman was, that they were eth
e. criminal inquiry into the oihcefs OF 'he tos
Office Department, or iato that OF the Postmas
fer himself He objected on the ground that ths
.barocs contained in these resolutions were proper
.ubiec,s for impeachment by the House OF Repre-
scnta,ivcs the grand inquest Of the naton. Now.
ss 10 whether he had two measures one tor the Pos'
Office. the other Cor the Bank of the United
States 10, il be rccoliected that, during the eight
vears he has been lif,,ng up his voice against ,hs
latter institution, he had never had Committee to
investigate charges agains, it, There were periods
of,hat time when Committee could ro have bee,
granted him for such purpose, even on paranenta
=. .,;cc;otes He had never asked for Commit