Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1836-05-02

nate, II 1t exist, Is ordained nv the Constitution ;
aud ,hen, ask him, whether TO S'cn,al,tc The Sc
mite for that cause 10 i"ut public jealousy and
Indignation against H. to =, grade, to non'"c II al
the loot OF the Presidential throne, IL not an at
tempt, 81 iar forth us II may work, tu effect prac-
i1ca change III the constitution oi u'e Senate and
this Tor the reason thnt IT has approved itself
capable ottnlhnr (thouch but for n brief space)
the purpose OF its institution namely, OF cNorci-
sine check on the Executive power and on the
national popular branch of the Legislature. II
the Senate be not sufficiently responsible, that may
be GOOD reason for reSorting to the direct remedy
Tor this vice IN the Government, and proposing an
amendment o thr Constitution huru is noroasou
Tor FINN stipnn upon II, or tor rnu>ng the ~
sentiment and INDIGNATION ~, the Public oc,nl>t H.
And II WIS with surprise aud chHcrn that heard
my .allaeln Htpe this imputed urc~pon>ihllrtv al
tie Senate, III argument 10 show the proprieiN
oi sellin marh Of gnomrN uu any oi It's pro-
cecdmes.
The constitutional question in, Owed IN the pro-
position 10 eNrunpe The resolution ot March, ls3I
lie, ntrnth, IN very marrow compa>N-uhethcr
such eNpnnetinn lie consistent with the provision al
the Constitution, lhrt leach HOUSE shall ktrp II
elom7di ~ ifS lyoeet3HgS aud from time Ia time
publish tie >une, excepting such parts rs may, IN
their Judgment, require scctocv and the yeas and
nays al the members of cilhcr House, ON any ques-
ton, shall Al the d,sirc oi onc-dith of those pre-
sent, be entered on HE journal ~ 4 stand on the
supremacy oi'ihe constitutions and tho plain mean
lns and inhnl # he express r.;,"..S3", that the
senate " shall keep journal ot'l> proceedings :"
and my task j. 10 .Npusr Il e taacv of those plo,-
81, by Whehlhe advocate, Of the c>pungng pro-
ces> would persuade Us To avoid tie constitutional
provision and defeat it, purpose.
NV honorable colleague told rs with admirable
pfa,it, that, Il, il has been the LuoNu m>nrablc,
and Indispensable practice of every legislative ho-
ds In keep journal of it, proceedings the const-
tulonal Injunction upnn each House ol CONGRESS
10 keep loulns taken substantially by n,olt, i,
who'll, snpereroealorv ; aud ,hal crory legislative
body has an absolute discl, ton over It's own our
nal, inherent III the very nature Of parliamentary
institutions annnlimitcd ,ieht to make what dis
position in respect Ia them it thinks proper, aud
may exercise s,lcl discretion at an, time which
he did mi enpl 10 prove by argument but only
10 establish by prrccdenl,. And 50 ho concluded,
very logically, ,oat We have rgh, to cApu,'oe The
entry oil this ollcp>Nc resolution from the ourn2
of lln, session of lS13-'3l. Newer have ! rcaG
or heard ANY thne pm, IN the form oi arnumoni,
that WIS ST perfect specimen OF the p'fHio Irm-
/ e'Pii. Thu gentleman has begged III" whole qn"S-
ton. He has stated the propositions il was his du-
" In Prove as poSfuidfd and thcn concluded 10
the very propositions hc had taken iUr granted,
Give I'm, his premises grant that the constItu-
tonal acquisitions thai, We shall keep a journal Is
>upc,eroeatory, and So Of no effect allow him 10
eNpunpc those word, from the Constitution; and
nrant too, that every legislative body, thr two
HOUSES OF Conel. IS not excepted, las an absolute
unlimited discretion 10 do What il thinks proper wi
lis journal, and lhcn myself Nhouldno cont'o,,ii
/ the conclusion, ilai We maN c>puupr thI, cnlrV oi
the resolution al March, 1884, from our Journal.
But he cannot sllo" righ, t" "Npuug" tins chir,
from ON journal, unless he can show a right to c>-
ponpe the injunction TO keep the Jour"nl from the
Constitution.
When gentlemen propose to cNpungc the rcSo-
luton al March, 1881, from III" journal OF thai
acsSon OF the Senate, what do they mean by cN-
Pnneme The English verb 10 'IpnnSf has (ac-
cordlng 10 Dr.. JohnSon) only two >cuscs; !. Ia
blot out, rub out; :. To clIacc, aunhllatc. The
word IS used nclaphollcaly, when, in any thing
written Tor the purpose OF being fairly copied OF
printed, a word o. passage j. struck out 10y run
nlne tie pen lhroulh II, which prevents it from he
'nr copied OF printed and "Neuugrs i, in r1ec,
II in this >cnsc that Swift uscs it IN the paS>ac,
quoted by Johnson as an example. - Neither d,
hey remember the many alterations, additions
md cIpnBciHas. made by great authors, IN rhos,
lrcatiscs whiel, thcv prcparctor publicalou.' Blu
IN this gentlemen do not mcun 10 tNpunr,
our resolution from the journal; they do NOT
profess an intention or wish 50 t" 'Np"nar II
III truth they cannot so "Npnncc t,'or II las beef
already printed and published.
Tan the resolution be cxpun"cd from tile Jour
nal, III the true literal acccpta,ion Of the unaSc