Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1835-03-24
N.4R CEF "a, 1890.


when TOOK II up as question of dignity to the Sc
nate III seemed TO be considered as an attack upon the
dignity OF the Senate Not the fact The motion is
NOT hneca to degrade the Senate; intended to i'm
par ITS dignity. Nor will such be The effect; but the
contrary True dignity is best consulted in correcting
errors ana IN listening calmly the voice which
taxes to show the existence errors which REQUIRE cor
fecuon True dignity requires this Senate to listen 10
ILs 'no,on with camncss and patience the British
'ionsc oil commons listened 10 the motions to expunge
hc famous Middlcscx resolutions from their Journals
ana us the Massachusetts Senate listened TO the motion
eNpuhge from their Journals the resolution adopted in
I.aso oi great excitement, and which season of
cancss made all feel ought never to have been put
ms Is what true dignity required from tho Sc
.i, ana lie trusted IT was what the Senate would be
found To exhibit.
a., year ago, said Mr. b., the Senate tried President
Jackson; the Senate itself is on trial nomnallv
before ITSELF but, in reality before America Europe and
posicr'ty We shall give our voices in our own case
WE shall for or anain this motion and tho
M 'e record VIII bc according to the ority OF voices
,ut mat IS not the end, but the be pnnin OF our tr;,
go sna DC lpgcd 10y Others by the public, by the pre-
age ana ny all posterity The proceeding of this
case ana OF this day, will not be limited the present
ase' tnsy VIII 20 down TO pOserity, and to the latest
ages PRESIDENT Jackson is character TO be forgot
IL " history. lis name IS not TO be confined TO the
airy catalogue, and official nomenclature on mere Anne
can PRESIDENTS Like the great Romans who attained
ushp, not by the pary arts OF elcctioneering
put through series Of illustrions deeds his name Wi,
lve not Tor the Offices he filled but for the deeds which
he performed. lie is the first President that ,s
received the condemnation OF the Senate for the viola
lion oil the Laws and the Constitution the FIRST whose
name Is borne upon the Journals of the American Senate
10 observe, and of those laws which he is bound IN SEQ
I"ithuiiy executed. Such condemnation cannot cs-
cape inc observation of history 1t will be read consi-
ucfcu jagged when the men of this day, and the pas
sos OF TINS hour, shall have passed TO eternal rcpose
before he proceeded to the exposition of the case
which he intended TO make, lie wished to avail himself
OF an argument which had been conclusive csevhere
ana winch ne trusted could not be without effect in this
senate. ~ was tue argument Of public opinion In the
lhe iddieSex election, il had been decisive with
the British House OF Commons; in the Massocl,usct,s
Ia ~ mao oeen decisive with the Senate OF that State
In both these cases many gentlemen yielded their Dri
r opinions TO pubic sentiment; and public sentiment
having been well pronounced in the case nov, bef,
'ne senate ne mad hight TO look for the same deiren-
ia respect or IL mere which had been shown else whore
Mr. Is then took up volume of British Parlomcni,
ny history for The 1872 the 2d volume and read va
rlous passages from pages 1907 q 10 II To show t
stress which had been laid on the arrument OF ,bl; -
mon IN favor OF expunging the Addlcscx resolutions
anu tne ueierehcc which was paid to is by tbs House
and by members who had until then Opposed , ;ot;
to expungc. lie read FIRST from nlr 'Wilkcs's onso;
speech on renewing his annual motion for ILL., conr
teenth time: as follows:
. If the People of England sir have At any TIM =
plcty ana fully declared opinion rcspeotng "a mo-
, question: 1t has been in egardo
ue hilauesGH election IN I76S." "TheiI voice
was never heard in clear and distinct ,onnner
than ON this point of the first magnitude for NH tho I
vorably." - "'"'u IL
He then read from Mr. Fox's speech Mr. Fox had
neIeoiofe opposed the expungng resolution but now
3r3oeu TO IL IN obedience 10 the voice Of the Peonc
DC (Nlr Fox had turned Alc question often in fbi
Innd aud he was still of opinion tLat the resomto
proper prncpea wanted to expengc was founded
the motion, he felt very little anxiety for the eys Of
VIA io when he found the voice of the People
was against the privilege, he believed was the css, t
present, he would not preserve the privilege ="
,,o;. he People had associated; they had declared
er sentiments to Parliament and had iau0ht pa rI,
heht To listen to the voice of their constituents u
,d av,ng read these passages Mr. b. said,they were
s n sentiments OF an English Wing of the old school
r' OK was Wing of the old school He ackooIcdcod
the right OF the People instruct their renresnt,;ts
10 tne general voice HIMSELF though not
sPecaiy instructed and he the bile nrcs
sion which acknowledges the duty of PARLIAMENT no III
the WIN OF the People. "1hey had deci0reh fkeir c,
In 20 faftte'e"f and Aad taught Parliament To sfetfo
c cc Tooc ~ "'etT c0"SfuusltS This, said Mr. was
hy years ago; il was spoken by member fParamen,
VINO besides being the first debater his age tbn
tme secretary at War. lie Acknowledged tho At, IS
farliamcnt to obey the voice of the PeonI. IN, 80
oil peer OF the realm, and only not peer hima.lf be
se ne was not the eldest SON. lac still acknowledged
l1e great democratic principle which lies at the bottom
OF all representative government After this aicr nch
an example, Will American Senators be unwiliine obe1
cross , ~ M lhey ysqIre the Pcoplsto teach Con.
gress tle lesson which Mr. Fox says the English people
mad taught their Parliament fifty years apo The ,o;c
OF inc feopie OF the United States had been heard o..
s SUBJECT The elections declared it. rlhc vnte Of
many Legislatures declaredit From the confines o ,I
icPubhc, The voice OF the People came rolling in,a
swelling tide, rising it flowed -and oover;rt tho r.
ptol with its mountain waves Can that vo;css b, A.;
garGeG Wii members of republican Congress be ess
ooeden TO The voice OF the People than were the renre
sentative OF monarchical House Of Coiun,ons,
Mr. then proceeded TO the argument of his rootio,
re moycd to oXpungs the resolution of March os,L
wv youIhaIs on the senate, because It was IL
regal ana u1ust-vague and indefinite criminal CHARGE
without specihcaton-unwarrantc bv the Const;fn,;,
anu laws subvcrsive of the rights Of defence l; L.
lohg 10 an accused and improbable ofccr-of ev ~
nhPcand adopted at time and under circun,ssn,,rs
to involve the political rights and the pecuniarv ;nt,
Oh Ic feope OF the United States in peculiar danger
and serious injury.
These reasons for cxpumGiug the criminotno rcsoIh
uon rom the journals Mr.. Is. said were NOT nbroses
collected and paraded for Acct or str,,r, - III q >
harmony Of sound. They were each So nsrofoI, ,d ~
uiNuuaiy, substantive reasons every word an atpro
ton OF TACT, or Of law. Without going fully into 1b
Argument now, he wopd make an SxnosiJion ,,,;cL
would lay open hs meaning, aud enable each allie gaton
replied to in the sense intended "''"
J. Illegal and uniusi.-Thesa were the frs, .beods M,
der which Mr.. B. would dcyclope his oiectione b
would say The outline Of his objections Ia M. rre
proposed TO be expungsd. He held it TO be HcouI he
cause II contained ermiso change, on which the Pre-
tired by the Senate. The resolution adop;od nv R g.,
hae precisely the first step taken in Tie House Of Re-
P,SVha'isfs 10 bring on an impeachment II was te
souuon offered by mcmber il ass place CONTAINING n
l"'n" Gharge against IN impcacbablg effieer debated
o hundred DAYS, ans then voted upon l,y the Senate
ana me officer voted Ia be- guilty This is The precise
nodc OF bringing on plDcachu nj i'm the Ilopse of NJ
Pcsenatycs and to prove it, MIR b. woad read fror, 4,
Worh 0l approved authority parliamentary Practice
IL was ifom Jefefson's Manual Mr. h then road rom
the Manual under the scetoa enitled Imnc,cIr,,',
ana rom That head Of the section entitled Accue,fo,
ne writer was giving tbe British par iou,enfarv ur,.
ucei to which our own Constitution is conformable-
" he Commons rs The grand inquest of The natn,, Lo
pass rcsolution conaining criminal charce agai,st
the supposed delinquent and then direct some oubor
olnpeac him by oral accusation the BAG Of the fosa
OF Lords, IN the name of the Commons"
Repeating clause Of what he had read Mr. Il so;d
the general course isto pass criminal charge against ~
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