Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1835-03-16
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accomplished all that have ever DESIRED fs'Ps''''s
this eIpunging resolution. och n
March. which !, ha, been proposed to expunge from
.hc Journals, asserted the proposition that inc con
duct Of tho President, in relation 10 The pubic re-
venue. had been unconstitutional. Now, THIS pro-
posfioo might he true, or not II was mhuef U"
which gentlemen voted on both sides. II imphes'
doubtless a mower IN the Senate TO express 81 o.
oinloo on the conduct of the President ana 'he'c
mav always DC some who deny doubt that pow
o., Il would have been perfectly IN order, oil any
subsequent time last session or at any time ms 70
have brought forward resolutions declaring mat INC
Senate has no such power We must have met the
IL solutions, debated them, and voted on iheW' ~
they had passed they would Of course have stoo
~ contradiction 10 the preceding resolutions anu
al thai could have been SAID is that the Senate had
oosscd inconsistent resolutions. Propositions, 1t IS
possible, may be made hereafter, in contradiction to
Inc PRINCIPLES Of the resolution Of March. These
things must be expected, and must he met when
thew arrive. But that which made thus resolution,
which we have now amended particularly oitcn-
sIve, was this II proposed to expunge our jour
nal II called on TO violate, to obliterate, TO G.
rase our own records. II was calculated 10 NIX q
particular stigma, peculiar mark OF reproach or
disgrace on tho resolution Of March last. Ii was
designed to distinguish II, and reprobate II, IN some
especial manner. Now, sir all this, most happl
~ is completely defeated by the almost unanimous
vote Of the Senate which has just now been taken
The Senate has declared in the most emphatic man
ner, tina, its journal shall not be tempered with.
rejoice most heartily, sir, in this decisive result 1t
is now settled, by authority no, likely TO be shaken
that our records are sacred Men may change, O.
pinons may change, power may change, but thanks
10 the frmncss of the Senate the records of this bo-
DIV do not change. No instructions from without,
dictates from prncipal'tes or powers, nothing
nottingham be allowed TO induce the ScnaSs to
falsify its own records, TO dIserocc its own proceed
lngs or violate the ghts of its members. For one,
sir feel tina. VIC have fully and completely accom-
pshed all that could be desired in relation to this
matter The attempt to induce the Senate to ex-
pungo lis journal has failed sigooy md effcc'ual'
w. fneG. The record remains, neither blurred,
bloted For disgfaced.
Now SIR, MS TO tho principles involved IN thot
resolution, | am willing TO discuss them nj any sui
table time hereafter. AT present there is no leisure
for such discussion and the Senate having now,by
so large and decisive vote, expunged whatever
was offensive in the expungng resolution, and there
being no time fof further discussion | shall con.
cudo by a motion, which | torwarn friends and
foes that shall not withdraw, which is, that the
resolution be laid on the table.
I" Upon this motion, without farther debate. the
yeas and nays were taken as follows:
"YEAS- Mcssrs. Bell, Bib, Black, Calhoun,
Clay, Clayton, Ewing, Frelinghuysen, GoIdsbo-
rough, Kent Knight, Mangum, Naudein, Poindex-
ter, Porter Premise, Preston, Robbins, SiIsbee,
Smith, Souhard Swift, Upton, Tominson, Ty-
Ter, Waggamon, Wcbs,er-27.
NAYS-Messrs Benton, Brown Buchanan,
Cul bert, Grundy, Hill, Kane. King Of Ala. King
of Geo, Leigh, Linn, Mexican, Moore, Morris,
Robinson, Ruggles, Shcpley, Tamadge, White,
Wright-20.
" So the resolution was put to sleep"
We learn from the Globe, that, after this tragi.
cal termination OF his frs. effort at expurgstion, MIR,
Benton announced hi. intention of bringing for
ward similar resolution at the next session, and
that he undertook, for once, to put off the dcrna
gogue md play the prophet. His new character
however, sat badly upon him for although he
doubtless endea vored to throw himself into prnct-
sed attitudes, his eyes tho willis in fine phren
Ky rolling" his FIRE was altogether an emanation
of the worst passions of humanity. He predicted
that, at the next session, his resolution would be
adopted, not to rescsad, according to the modified
version, but to erpunge, as originally contem
plated by him. 1t may turn out for there is no
telling what any body of men may do, a majority
OF whom are led by Thomas Ii. Benton. We would
however again advise him to have the Journals of
the Phanthropic Society of Chapel Hill subjected
to like process. This, we assure him, is much
more important to his future reputation than the mu-
,lation of the Senatos Journals can 10 to General
Jackson's.