Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1835-03-05

gag law forced upon him IN thcdiscuseion ofa great con. 1
sututionai question. Here Dir. L. was again called tc
ofdor1
Sir. Anthony then demanded The Yeas and NAYS ON
the question Of allowing MIR. plumncr to PROCEED This
was too important Il question, he said. To- be passed over.
lie wanted to know whether the mouths of gentlemen
on thu; il'or were 70 be gagged in this way.
The Yeas and Nays were ordered, and bcing t1krn.
resulted as follows: Yeas i3i, NAYS 81.
So the House determined that Mi. Plummcr should be
permitted to proceed.
MIR. Plumuirr said that he had prepared himself to dis.
cuss the constitutional question to the best of his abni.
ties. lie had never enjoyed the benefit of n classical
education, as the gentleman from Virginia. (Nlr. Wisc.O
hsd, nor was II expected by the House, that he should
deliver as classical n speech as that gentleman could. But
he had prepared himsclfas well as lac was able, and had
availed himself of the views of gentlemen much better
qualified to discuss 3 ch a question than he could pre-.
tend TO be, and he had followed the example of those
gentlemen in consulting the best written arguments 10
which he could obtain access; aud he had believed that
he was going TO deliver a speech which he could afford
to get printed in a pamphlet form, and which would be
very acceptable among his constituents.
1T occasioned him great regret that any gentleman
should suspect him oil 4 design to intrudc upon the time
Of the House ut such n moment as this, or To snort with
the feelings ofthc House, or of any member of II. or 10
permit himself to be used as Il tool by any man or set OF
men whatever. He assured gentlemen that he was ut
terly incapable ofany such course. 1t was very true that
he had intended, in the speech he wished TO deliver. To
make an avowal of his political creed, and a full exposi.
tol OF The principles OF the working men of Aississinpi.
which, perhaps, might have given offence 10 some one OF
TIE two or three or more parties into which the House was
divided. dc bad, however, felt but little confidence in
ms capacity TO address the House. Indeed, he believed
that he had had too little confidence in himself. and had
putt too low an estimate ON his own powers, since he had
now learned, by the vote lust taken. that no v,s ,orcI,
more popular with the House than he had thought him
self to be. In gratitude for that vote, and with The pur.
pose OF showing that his object had not been to speak
against time, or to defeat the measure by n side wine. he
should content himself by having the manuscript of the
speech he had prepared, printed, for the use ofhis con-
s,!tuents, and yielding the floor to the gentleman from
virginia, (hr. WlseD who was so much better calculated
TO make a display than he was.
MIR. Evans now addressed the House at some length,
IN a speech which we must, for the present. defer. but al
tne close OF which lie declared his intention 10 votc arnine,
the resolutions.
MIR. Bouldin avowed a similar determination. not as
an expression OF his opinion, either for or against any of
the resolutions, but because they had becn brought for.
ward when there was no time to discuss or consider
them.
MIR. Kinnard now moved an adjournment.
On this motion, Mr.. Wilde demanded the Yeas and
Nays, but the House refused to order them, and the
question being taken by tcllers, was decided in the az
hrnative-Ayes 96, Noes II.
80 the House, about . o'clock, adjourned.
Saturday, February %.
On motion OF MIR Cambrcleng, all the orders of the
day were postponed, in order 10 take up the report and
resolutions of the Committee on Foreign Affairs. on the
subject of our
RELATIONS WITH FRANCE.
On motion of MIR. Cambrelcng, the House went into
Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union. Mr..
Mason, OF Virginia, in the Chair, and the Committee
were read:
'.I'csotred, That it would be incompatible with the
rights and honor OF the United States, further to ncgo-
uate IN relation TO the treaty entered into by France. on
the 9TH of July, 1881, and that this House will insist
upon its execution, as ratified by both Governments.
"ReSoiDed, That the Committee on Foreign Affairs be
discharged from the further consideration of so much of
the PRESIDENTS Message as relates to commercial rcstric-
tons, or to reprlsals, on the commerce of France.
ReSoteod, That contingent preparation ought 10 be
tons with France"
The following resolutions, offered by MIR. Adams Of
Massachusetts, as a substitute for the above resolutions,
were also read:
" Resoteed, That the rights ofthe citizens of the United
States to indemnity from the Government of France. sti-
Pulated by the treaty, concluded at Paris, on the 4h of
July, 1881, ought, in no event to be sacrificed, abandon
ed, or impaired, by any consent or acquiescence of I'm.
Government of the United States.
!" =. ReS0tred, That fit be, in the opinion of the Pre-
sident oi the United States, compatible with the honor
ana inie2st OF the United States. during the interval un-
I'll the next s>Ssion of Congress, to resume the ncrotia-
tons between the United States and France, hc be re-
quested so to do.
80. HeSoioed, That no Legislative measure of n hoAile
character or tendency towards the French nation, is ne
cessary or cxpedient at this time
MIR. Cambrcleng said, (when the reporter was ablc
to hear his voice above the general conversation in
The liouse0 that, in order to procure the unanimilv
which was so desirable on this question. he would he
perfectly content to vote for any modification of the first
resolution which the House would unite upon. For ihe
same purpose he would willingly dispense with the last
resolution altogether, because when the bill making ap.
preparation for fortifcations came up, he would make a
motion which would he more efficient than a merely do.
ciaratory resolution. lie wished, moreover, to discon-
meet the subject from that of the Bank of .he United
states, and lie assured the gentleman from Massachu-
sets, That the object of the Committee, in referrino TO
the sale OF the Bank stock of the United States. s a q
source, in case Of war, was to show to the country and
to France, that we were able, if driven TO il. 10 suuport
awar without an immediate resort 10 loans, and not, as
that gentleman supposed, any poor miserable spite
againstthe Bank. His object in offering TO assent TO
these notifications was, in part, to avoid a long debate,
ana To secure unanimity of action on the subject.
Mr.. }. q. Adams said, he was DESTROYS that the reso.
lutIons offered should be considered separately. The re-
solutions presented by The gentleman who acts as the
thurman OF the Committee on Foreign Relations. pro-
Poscda system OF measures dependent on each other.
ms own resolutions were also connected together. and
dependent one upon another. 1t might be that the Com.
IultPe would nTpfpr tn olonf n narfo Eli. .oI.s.. -
a part OF those of the gentleman from New York. lie
wished, therefore, that the question might be taken on
each resolution separately, and that the first question Ia
ken. might be on the substitution of his first resolution for
the first resolution proposed by the gentleman.
The Char suggested that, under a rule of the House.
the question on striking out and inserting was not diyisi.
pie, and that the object of the gentleman would be best
attained by withdrawing two of the resolutions and offer.
ing the other.
MIR. Adams resumed. 1t was. Of course, he said. 10
MN a matter OF entire Indifference how the object was
attained. The resolutions offered by the gentleman from
New York might perhaps prove to be more acceptable 10
the COMMITTEE than his own, and he did not wish to force
the COMMITTED to take n vote on either of the PROPOSE
tons as a whole. He, therefore. moved that the first ..
solution of the gentleman be stricken ont, and the first
resolution offered by himselfbc inserted.
Mr. A.. said hc would state, in a few words. his obiec.
ions TO the resolution OF the gentleman from New York
and the reasons which induced him 10 prefer the resolu.
ton which he had proposed as u substitute for il. He
should say very little of what he lad wished 10 say. and
what he believed it mightbc Of public advantage TO say, if
there was time for the purpose-but should confnp him.
resolution reported by the gentleman from New York
bcgns by n declaration that il "will be incompatible with
the rights and honor Of the United States further 10 nc.
gotiate IN relation to tie Treaty entered into by France