Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1835-03-10


The Joint Committee Of Conference further recon-.
inendcd that the Senate rcccde from their amendments
IN relation To land claims in Missouri and appropria
ton for road in Alabama
The House then insisted upon the two latter amend
mcnis.
The House being again in Committee Of the Whole
Mr. Hardin proposed to amend the bill by striking out
seven aud inserting eight as applied to the number OF
Judges of the Circuit, with other amendments
relative to its location and boundaries.
The amendments were agreed
MIR. Thomas, of Maryland, said his colleague (SIr
Iarmcliae) had given way the undcrsia nding that
when The bill came into the House, he should be pre-
vented from delivering his views by the motion for
the previous question.
TO this BILL
message here received from the Senate and the
Speaker having resumed the chair the House took up
The amendment to the Fertilization bill, appropriang the
$3OOO,OO0 and the resolution of the Senate that il
would insist on its disagreement.
Mr. Gholson expressed fervcnt hope that the House
would rccede from IFS amendment lie conscious
that no man, woman child who had any intelligence
OF the matter, seriously believed that France would
clare against this country. The appropriation WAS
therefore unnecessary, and the House might with pro
pretty abandon the amendment. He moved that the
House do recedc
Mr. Cambrclcng said he trusted the House would not
rcccde If to be taken for the defence
of the country, let the Senate take the responsibility
Mr. Gordon was i'll favor of rcceding. The amend
ment was extremely Objectionable. II was unparalleled
in the Legislative history of country 1t placed the
purse and the sword both the hands tine Executive
and made the Legislative subscrvient to the Executive
power 1t was but yesterday that were told enpha-
ideally, that there was TO be with France. To-
night at the moment of adjournment, we were called
upon to place the whole public the hands of
the Executive to provide Tor the contingencies war
Mr. Bynum said he trusted in God this House would
not rcccdc from this amendment This was an oppcsi-
ton evidently not to the measures hut 10 the Executive
This question between America and France was about
to be tortured into Administration an anti Ad,n
nsration question MIR. b. said he sorry TO Sc the
opposition TO it from the quarter did, there were
certain parts OF this country and certain men in it, he
aware, who would trust the President the OK
penditure of ten doIlarsbut the American People had
shown that they would nrus in his hands millions
MIR. Gholson here explained. 1t far from his in
tention to make this either an Administration
Administration question: The opposition which he made
to this measure lac would extend to the Father of his
Country, were he to rise and propose it.
MIR. Bynum continued. He could not be deceived
TINS was evidently measure of opposition the Adj
mnistration; and there Who would willingly
see the banner of France waving your Capitol IA
Their than lose the opportunity of making thrust nt the
Administration He could see through it, Another
branch of this Government satisfied with endeayor-
ing twart the patriotic views Of the Exocntive must
now attempt TO lcgislatc for Let them triumph and
he asked where il your independence? where your
stutional power; where your Republican Government
zone SUNK IN oblivion, and you have rank astocracy
for your Government.
Mr. Wise said he agreed with his colleague (Mr.
Gholson that this ptiul Administration or anti
Administration question II was National question;
ana IN thai vcw he for one, had voted for it, But Mr.
sad, he rose more especially to notice remark of
another colleague, (Mr- Gordon) who had said this
amendment vested legislative powers in the Exccutv
that uni,es the purse with the sword. This position
lac denied lie asked how situated the COM
mcncement OF the last with Great Britain Was
not the same cry then heard? And how did we then
find ourselves prepared for the emergency?
He dcfed tl,c gentleman, u lawyer-a constitution
al lawyer show what respect Legislative power
was placed in the hands of the Executive Mr. w said
he much opposed his honorable colleague could
be to the oVerweenng and algraspng tendency OF Ex-
ecutive power He did distinctly rccollect whether
his colleague (Nr Gordon voted for the spcacc rcso-
| luton of his other colleague (NIr. Archery MIR. w
said for himself he could say he did for it, But he
believed IN the proprety of peace preparing for war
lie did believe there absolutely existed angera pros
pect of war, and in the event of its occurrence every
fertilization your coast was liable to fall into tho
OF strong maritime power. Hewished to give his
stituents nformation-and he regretted that he was
kcompelled TO the time of th4 House to tell them
mat such was the danger IN which their interests
lie believed the appropriation to be polite and ncccssa-
ry; and lie would adhere to it,
Mr. Mckennan here moved the previous question
which seconded.
The main question then pat on The motion of Mr..
Gholson, TO recede from the amendment of the House.
appropratng SO 900 for support of Notifications
and taken by yeas and nays-yeas 50, NAYS no
| So the House refused To reccde from its amendment
airy bill,
| The bill as amended was laid aside
| message received from the Senate announcing
that that body still adhered to their disagreement
amendment Of the House the bill making appropra.
4 ton for certain Notifications.
Mr.. Cambrelcng moved that the House do still adhere
| TO its amendment.
Me- Wilde said he believed if the House should still
adhere there would be the end of the Inuticr 1bcre
could be then further conference with the Scn,tc and
the bill would he lost
] Mr.. Mercer moved that the House reccde from IL
amendment.
| MIR. Lyte objected TO any concilatory measures ON
the part of the House 1T had already gone rs far ma
prudence or patience could dictate. IL had conceded
every thing 10 night that il could with honor conccdc
and IT was time TO tire of concession Let it, said Mr.
H., now remain with the Peers 10 for the consc-
quences lie wished TO asten-to nail the responsibility
there. He would not have the House TO abandon The
elevated ground which it now occupied Without an
appropriation. the country would be left open and de-
icnceless That appropriation the House had rendered
and the country would put It's seal Of rcprobaton on the
pusianimous act which illwared the measure
Mr. Halves called fuI the previous question: which be-
ing seconded, the question taken the motion of
Mr. Mercer to rccedc II decided in the negative by
ayes and noes, ollows--ayes ~, noes III
Mr. Hubbard then moved that the House insist upon
their amendment, and ask joint Committee of Con-
ference Mr. ii. asked be excused from serving ON the
Committee.
Tho motion TO insist was agreed to- and Mcssrs
Cambrecng and Lewis appointed the part of tho
House
The bill for the continuation and repair Of the Cum
berland Hoad in the States Of Ohio, Indiana and Illinois,
was on motion Of Mr. 1homas of Maryland, read the
third time and passcd--Yoas 50 nays 81
MIR. Jarvis TO a question Of order. lie desired 10
know whether the functions of the House had not ceared
it being ~ o'clock at night
The Chair intinatcd dissemination TO entertain the
question.
Mr.. Jones of Georgia. moved that the House adjourn
! The Speaker said that the parliamentary course
would be to adopt resolution regularly adourning tho
House.
Afer few remarks by Messrs Evans and John @.
Adams
Tho Speaker said it was in order for the House to adj
journ, if il thought proper.
Mr. Mason, of Va, appealed to the gentleman from
Georgia, (Ar Jones' 20 Withdraw the motion adjourn
Mr.. Adams said, if IL true that the functions cf