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

MIR Cainbreleng said il would give him great pleasure
committee. IL due to himself to state that he had
submitted the resolutions he had offered to every
Der of the committee yesterday The same indeed,
he had stated hid been adopted by the when
together they only little altered in point of form
If he had heard any objection from amy member of the
committee he should not have presented them. Tie had
never seen or heard OF any report OF the minority till
now. Mr.. c. then Oithdreio has resolutions.
MIR. Everett explained. lie had not objected to the
presentation of the buttons By the honorable chair
Ahc had asked was, that if they received
by the House, those which he had prepared expires
svc of the views of the minority should be received
nso AS to what the honorable gentleman had Just re-
marked, about never having heard of any
port on the part of the minority of the Committee until
now, the gentemans memory must most certainly have
deceived him. The gentleman had at least heard ofsuch
report for he had suggested to himself (NIr Ed that
would be best to report ii to tho House conjunction
with that To be reported by him.
Mr. Cambrccng replied, if SO, it must have
capped his memory.
MIR. Archer complained of these discussions as being
out of order.
MIR. Mckinley said that it had been moved tn print the
and documents but it intended Gas would
appear from the resolution offered by the gentleman from
Mass TO recommend to the President continue to ne
goate he would ask whether the printing these papers
likely to facilitate that object? He could not see
that any thing was likely To be gained by printing them
the committee had dclibcrated the communications
submitted to the House, and had what
measures the House should adopt why print the docu
nicnts III the while? Surely such step would not
further the design of continuing TO negotiate and pre-
serve anicabe relations with France. He thought i,
might be good policy, only abstain
these papers for the House, but prohibit their
being printed even in the newspapers until the commit
tee should have had time TO; their inspection full
dcliberason on their contents He hoped the printing
would not be ordered He moved to divide the motion
TO refer and print to take the question the first
place on the reference only.
Mr. Adams said, that the resolutions offered by the
gentleman from New York (NIr Cambrelcng) had been
withdrawn, the withdrawal of the amendment he pro-
posed would follow of course.
The Speaker said the amendment FELL the resolutions
having been withdrawn.
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until the Report from the Committee Foreign Affairs
had been made which would be tomorrow so that the
Correspondence and the Report of the Committee might
go out together.
Mr. Cainbrelcng Withdrew his motion 10 print the Mes
sage and Documents.
The motion to print having been withdrawn
MIR Watmough rose and said MIR. Speaker, whatever
may be my opinion with regard to the corresnond
have just heard read donot propose to express
that opinion at this tme il would he unreasonable and
quite improper rose simply to renew the motion to
print, which has just been withdrawn think sir that
much greater injury would result TO all the great inter-
ests of the country from The ex-patc which
would be the inevitable consequence of the determination
TO Withhold the information we have just received than
can possibly arise from full perusa of these documents
therefore renew the motion to print
MIR Wilde stated the House that the printing of all
the papers had already been ordered by the Senate
MIR Jones, OF Georgia, in favor of the printing
Inc Committee on Foreign Affairs report to-
morrow measures founded in part these papers and
the House ought to have the whole before them Could
the gentleman from Alabama (A1r Mckinley expec
that after these documents had been read the Clerk
table, the editors of papers would abstain from noticing
them IN the public prints 1t impraccable now to
Keep them concealed il otherwise would their
concealment be desirable proper
Mr. Adams said he hoped the gentlemen who were
opposed to the printing would withdraw their objections
II the OBJECT was to avoid excitement, attempt to
conceal the papers would councract il efcctuay The
puoc nina would be Tar more excited by knowing that
they had been received but withheld than by their pub
ilcation Indeed he nothing in these documents to
cause much excitement beyond what already existed
lie hoped they would be printed.
Mr. Lyle said that if there any mischief TO grow
out OF these papers going before the public eye it was
already DONE by the reading of them in the hearing of
the Reporters and of the vast concourse which at That
moment crowded the galleries of the Hall AS cure
been s "h6@ the o bs which had
House. " $50
The Chair pronounced the motion out of order the re
solutions were not before the House
Mr. Mckinley said, that the printing had been or
dercd by the Senate he should of course withdraw his
opposition to the documents being printed for the
Mr. Bnrgcs hoped the papers would be printed He
saw nothing IN them to excite the public mind They
mad been openly communicated To the House, with no
injunction OF secrecy and why should the House at
tempt to withhold them from the nation2 He thought
the House should this all other matters pro-
ceed step by step with the other branches of the Go
vernment
The printing was ordered
The House proceeded to the special orders of the dav
viz the bills relating to the District of Columbia
The House went into Committee ofthc Whole on the
remaining BILL included in the notion mir Pierce of
New Hampshire, in the Chair)
The bill to authorize the holding of extra term of
inc CIRCUIT court Tor tic District for the trial of
causes, was amended and laid aside.
The bill to incorporate the Alexandria Savings Society
was taken up and Mr. Gilet moved to strike out the
enacting clause of the BILL considering the Institution
merely a Bank in disguise
Mr. chinn commended that banking privileges at all
were conferred upon the Society by the bill
Alter some further remarks from Messrs Vanderpocl
Mann, and Hubbard, in favor of the bill
The subject was further discussed by Messrs Fielder
Folk Parker, Mann, Harper Of Penn Fillmore Ciillet
and Plummer.
The motion TO strike the enacting clause was car
red without division.
The bill making appropriations for the support of the
fenentiary for the year 1885, then considered and
laid aside w
The bill granting additional quantity of land for the
taken up va
Mr. Parker opposed the BILL and expressed wish to
express his sentiments at large the subject But
owing to the atcness Of the hour lie moved that the
committee rise and report progress all the bills acted
upon.
Mr. J. Y. Mason said if the motion prevailed the bill
would be defeated, and he perfectly willing to meet
the gentleman argument now. He hoped the Commit
tee would rise
Mr. Polk stated that there were now four or five INN
drcd thousand of land needed TO satisfy existing
bounty land warrants
Afier some remarks from Mcssrs. j. T. Mason. Vim
toi Hubbard Clay, Evans, and Mercer principally up
on tne order OF proceeding,
Mr. Parker withdrew the motion and proceeded 10
speak IN opposition to the bill.
The Committee then rose, and reported the above
Dils, with the exception Of the last bill and they wer
ordered to be engrossed for a third reading
The House then adjourned.
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