Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1835-03-19

r,.e;..,v. IN 50 many words, the argamen: that
-. once addressed 70 the Senate and the people oil
Rame. % reason for The appointment OF" pie,s-
a, nsmsly: that, in times OF excitement AMI oh
Gully. Il Was absolui,ly necessary that 'hs ""o'e
,avers Of the Government should DC fiic'o '" ''e
h.nds OF enc man Give The Chez Mase.a's
his appropriation (.ss Mr.. L. and you e'ino''sh
the Office Of Diciacs.
IT,. ..r,rd remnrs b. had to ad lress 10 ths Be-
..,nr f,orn Atsb.rn. was this: had he npprehend-
"a or did he nov spprehend, that sbsoluie power
.ha,ls be vested in N IN consequence OF any
t.nsef wnrrh threstened the country, Ind lest u
h,nid no fosni unprcrnird instead OF benz resJy
:, ,,.it, I'll a.sres,i.u lie (Mr. l.. J sprrsstnded
thai the OPINION enter aimed by The honorable Sen
an, wa, not a,.sred without due consideration, and
.ner lonc and deliberais reflection. Why had hoi
ths honorable Sens,or, thsn, proposed certain
means cfdsfcnee, which might have been seieo
,ror according TO the discretion Of the oanae, m
se,d nj throwing the whole responsibility, auseh-
ed 70 the tvcpOsed appropriated, upon tn. fr.'''
d.ntf Ifany gentleman had come iofwara WIN
proposition tha Lac should be passed, dreeane
,hst the country should be armed fer ne defence, IT
.ighs have bsen essvsly and deliberately deba' Cd
and he (Mr L.) wonl5 have given 10 the suhjee,
,h., s,,enton and consideration which was due TO
/, Bu, n, sueh proposition had bsea made to the
a.,.,. Here the Senators had been unanmousy
receiving ,ha, NO legislative messures wefe neess'
..-.,nsv not one human being considered that
ls;sla i've nieasuses were necessary, IN regard 10
r,.or.. and after the resolution IN relation TO the
meter had passed. not one bseath OF objection was
,.;sed asains, il. Yet now on the very last n'gh'
q the session. Gas brought forward proposition
A, enable the President TO arm the nation Tor s DE-
f,oes and 10 esc, that objse', there vas to Be Put
IN his hands the cum Of three millions. f",
three millions 10 accomplish that object without
limitation restriction or any de6ncd purpose OF ap-
r,,c ,,oc rsu., w tina, very proposition, the lib
.uv md Constitution Of the country was not only
"a bs voed away, bu, they were called on to vote
!. vith 90 much precipitation that il would seem nc
N.hs vhole Government Of the land was TO be
.,,n.de,eiy ani instantly abandoned surely
suircs of so mportsn, character a. this, 'nssssd
a. ha;pe % hastily passed upon, eush, 10 undergo
The ma urest d liberation and discussion.
De no, the Gentleman from Alabama well know,
A;d ao. eveyv gentleman eonversant with The his
,e,y Of mankind, perfectly veil know, The, whs"
eos ra,,on begins arm, the other nson, s'sc, be
r;ns 70 arm That putting IN ssrsor, and The o.
,;,ude Of war on eur part, wssd induce France 10
do the same on her part There never vas IN IN
lance of nst,op-unless II was absolutely desti-
~ 81 weans-,ha, did rot Immediately arm itself
.h,n j, saw another doing %. and bs'wss" vhsm
- "a ,self there he'd been some difficulty
r, an. France and the United States were both
~ have arms placed in their hands, u appeared |
t.. language Of the Poe. was-" fsr"' Am"
~;nias.f" Take the convsrss OF the matter
i" Ayws f.,sysm xiaist.a~s." Some parties thus
snos.leN 70 arms--othsUs 10 haranxues and arms
\ when ,wo na,,oos armed sga'"s, zach other,
.ey we're aas,lv pu, in position OF war Tic
wo,ld contend, that BY the Constitution we had no
power TO arm in . time ofpese', except war
were likely "a happen and hence It was, thai
whenever unusus, appropriations were made TO pro
vide the means Of defence, from that moment The
nation yes preparing for war, and ii was incidental
IN va,. He vas an advocate for Peace, and no,
"a, and. sos HE part he would as soon YES, tho
Pres,den, with The power Of life and death a. give
MIN this great appropriation IN tho unresr,etsd
mode proposed Nay, he would not give him pow
ar over tn. vilesi wretch that ever dssraeed hu
man nature, II that power were not IN accordance
With the established law Of the land fs' the princ-
ple Of our Constitution Was to put power mo NJ
mans hand which, by possibility, he might abuse.
Mir L. trusted that the Senate would adhere 10 its
a .syre-ment 10 the amendment.
Mr.. WRIGHT hoped tho Seno,a would not ad-
here TO their disagreement tie ieh himself bound
10 state that he had heard 81 the Constitution
being broken neutrality-suspicious. tho liberties
Of the country overthrown, so frequently in thu,
s,.te of lhlnge For the las, sixteen mo tbs
those fears and forotodngs had been SO strong.
" and often expressed on ,ha, floor tina, they
had been forcbly Impressed upon him ye, he must
say. tas, he was incapable OF 'Wnga particle
Of their effects No evidence had he seen ofthem /;
nor could he now rartrke Of tho alarm which some
gentlemen pre- ended TO feel, when he saw that the
nss esera.ons male =, this time came f1om the same
source What had the Senate nov before 1t ! A bill
from the House Of Representativcs--from tho in
mediate representatives. of the people, proposing to
provide for the defence OF tho country. What had
honorable Senators debated The danger Of Ell
ccu,ive power. Were, he would nsk, those repre-
,en,a,ivcs sitting At tho other end OF that Capitol
the mos, likely to contribute 10 that danger Was
tina, the so ,rce from which Senators were compel
! d 10 look for danger IN that resree,1 Such an
idea had mover occurred 10 his mind. Under what
circumstances did tho members OF the other body
prescn, the appropriation He believed, and he
smoke on good authority that our Minister at tho
Court of France had informed this Government
that it was predetermined that the French might,
strike the h'st blow against Us by Obtaining our
ace, now in the Mediterranean. Congress were
on the point of adjoarning; and, beng IN posses
sion OF such sjvices from our Minister, they had
thought proper act they had done In regard 10
this sppropriatisu.' And he would inquire, by
WHIT notion it was that the Senate were to be i'm
pressed with tho danger Of putting THE power IN
10 the hand, Of the Execuiive--'ha, our liberties
wcre TO I've destroyed and tho Constitution tram
pied upon Aye. in making an appropriation Tor
The defence and salesy Of he country from fo'es"
enemy!
The Hon. Senator CONTINUED Mr.. w J has ex.
hibited 10 10 the dsngcr-of vhst1 Not ofa J''-
eis~ enemy, for he would hardly dread the landing
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