Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1835-03-17
Virginia Legislature.
DEFERRED DEBATE.
HOUSE OF DELEGATES T,esI,,, A..


HOUSE OF DELEGATES-Tues 0lru March 10
THE GOVERNOR AND AupIron
,s rom the select Committee upon The APP
parent difference between the Message of the Governor
and the Report Of the Auditor of Public Account, NJ tb
commencement of the Session. presented report Inv tho
minority OF that Committee-which HAVING been ye,d
and motion having been made by Mr. SbeT,ord ,bot a.,
same be laid on the table and printed
Mr. Parker said, he hoped the House would refsc tho
motion Tor the present. and tina; thoy wopld FIRST nm
what lac understood 20 be the report of the ,noio 81 ~
COMMITTEE 1t was due TO the Governorand the Auditor
70 take 1t up and act upon it, When that report was
sl presented ana ordered To be printed some weeks go
IT seemed to attract notice from no one but The ea
eyed gentleman from Morgan, (Mr SherrardN Vic
moved TO lay it the table Ii was si,nnlc i'm ,sI So
ana expressed no opinion in regard to the conduct OF
eiiher OF the iunetionaries i'll question Mr. p enented
ms wish that the present motion should not be adonted
uni tne majority report had been taken up and CON
be laid on the table together.
ME- Sherrard said he would briefly assign the reasons
why the report he had just made had been DELAYED until
TINS momcnt-Ihc report of the majority il yyonld he
recoected had been delayed until the goth of Febrno
IL was then presented and ordered be printcd-wbich
prevented ITS reception by the House or examination Inv
the minority, until early in the present month WIZ
1T was presented member of the minority wac 49,,
and 1t was deemed but justice that before the mnoritv
should prepare their views, all should be consulted Az
er mat was done, 1t understood by Mr. Shcrrard
at the report OF the majority would be called up AT nm
early period, and lac had waited until the motion sould
De made to offer the report of the minority in lieu of il
NO special motion was made TO take up the former and
II would be recoiccted that in the usual coursc of
ness IL ana not come up until yeserday-when the
teman from Northampton who was chairman of tbe GO
ect committee, occupying the Chair of tho LIonso
IA inc absence OF the Speaker, and prcsumng that as
discussion would likely on reading the reDort in
winch that gentleman would desire to take part in
courtesy TO him. and because of the absence OF mem,
Der OF the minority of the Committee he moved TO Law
The report on te,tabe, which conceded to bv The
'iouse MT Sherrard considered The report of Tie mi
norlty, under all the which gave rise to Il
Remarkable Tor ITS midness and forbearance
mr.. tarker SAID the gentleman from Morgan would
ieGoect' that when the majority report yesterday
taken uP he told him have it laid on the tobIc on
account OF his (Mr p s being temporarily in the Chair
as 1t was of tenor giving no occasion for dscn.sa'
The report drawn up by the gentleman from X
nawha, who not in the House and not nv hin,
lMr ~ and was OF such character that it seemed 10
nm, no member of the House could hesitate 10 vnto f
its adoption. ~ "
MI Sherrard said it true that the gentleman from
northampton had made that observation from the CHAIR
put Pfcsumng, nevertheless, that lac would prefer being
al liberty to speak when the subject should be taken mn
nc lNlr - had persisted in his motion He did not wish
port, by being considered first
The question of laying the table and printno hav
ing AT INC suggestion OF the Chair been divided the
House agreed to the former proposition; and th o,
ton being oil the motion TO print I
Mr' Gregory, by way of amendment offered the fol.
Resoired, That FIVE hundred thousand comics IF rho
report Just read be printed Tor the benefit of the Van
Buren, party of this State.
Mr. Wilson of b., said he could not support the rcso
| lution OF the gentleman from James CIV w. bavc
(said Mr. W right TO print for the benefit of The Van
u.cn purity III gentlemen wish the report printed at
thelr own expense, he had no objection This he did
not think necessary but he did wish the usual naubcr
printed to so with the other report IT was not his wish
to impugn the Governor, bat it was the reasoninr oT
1Ht lgh iuhcuonary on the measures of the General
Government, introduced into his communications fo tb
rouse ana The Committee, that he (Mr. W. objected To-
hI IaIRer Sald, that from the UNUSUALLY lnroc nu,,,
Der OF copies provided for in the resolution tho gentle
man from James City, they must be intended for Van
t other states, as very few copies would
suhGe ior virginia Seriously with all Difference TO that
gentleman, Inc thought hardly right TO rcot tb, sh;,
WIN lhe levy implied in the resolution 1t was too
- -, a'..hhoush' perhaps more importance had
WI WI gwen 10 IL tnan was necessary.
Mr. Johnson Of r., hoped the gentleman from James
Clty would withdraw his resolution. He was satisfied
mat he had offered in mrth and had no intention nj
insisting upon it, "
! Mr. Gregory Withdrew his resolution
H. -, Aol "Is opposed TO the printing Of this report
III MS present form. The Committee were required 10
make simple enquiry into the causes of tbc nnacnt
discrepancy between the Governors Message and the
report ne majority say that those causes arc
sunceny rxPainedb by the officers themselves i'm their
communications to the Committee in answer TO call nm.
on h'm Tor information. But the report of the minority
controversy with the Governor No,y br ,e ana lC ,g
House 1t at thsate hour they were Disposed 10 fbrov
open 'he door to controversy between the Van Blu
Icniics anc tie Governor. The object of priufn fhis
document was tomake the House the orran orconu,;ra
ton between the Van Bureuitcs here and the ncn,lc
G bo'iuc1i appeal, by the oFmcr to the latter Why
snouu ule committee introduce political contest into
tcir report, whoa nothing of the kind was alluded to In
the resolution referring the matter TO them I'm his
view, III was manifest dc parture from fer
and it was for the House now 10 say whether tb,
Of Committee should be allowed 10 make n rranr on ,
matter not referred to them, and he &c with sue
cessiul motion to have printed As 10 that portion 81
inc report which referred to the Of the
between thc Governor and the Auditor he had no Or
rcton to their being printed but lie did object to print
ing the P'tca structures which il contained
Mr Shcrrard said the gentleman from Northampion
IS iomiy mistaken in saying that tic minority at
tempted 10 BRING up discussion on Federal politics
VT. . SAID ~ was not 50; for, while the minority would
IC' shN from any investigation that their Opponents
ght choose to institute in relation these subjects the
1d not seek 10 introduce them this time IL was tic
| governor himself, and the gentleman from who in.
fodu3cd those topics; and the report had gone no Grte,
than 70 follow the Governor in the statement made bv
% ~ relation TO the revenue, his attack ON the course Il
he Chiei Magistrate Of the u s. and the inierenccs he
hgd thought proper to draw from those satemeptsal al
wheh ihe minority thought wrone and il had zone
oITtnef 'han the report Of the majority asdrawn by tic
gentleman from ~ had gone The Committee had
~ resolution called on the Governor and Auditor for
c cNPinatons as they might choose make in rcla
uoh 20 TIC discrepancy between them The looiorit,
e presented MS letter as part u Mtir rop0rL by which
we arc favored with tie reasons that induced the Co
vernon to communicate 70 The General Assemble dina
WIG JUSTICES o. The country caused BY thc arrangement