Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1836-04-18

"heihrr part OF II be or be not expunged Is
I'll they want the honor of giving to the President
inc sa'siacton OF having part Of this useless
piece OF waste paper erased II this DO so, then
our enrolled bills, argued MIR. Loieh, are but old
parchment and OF no Use. But which, endured
he, is the Journal The original manuscript or
the printed copy 1t has been argued that the
printed copy is the Journal, because it is admitted
III Courts oi Justice record Suppose that
the printed Journal should differ in material
point from the written one, and that we're shown
tn be the fact, which would 10 respected, which
would my colleague, said Mr.. Leigh, respect,-
the original or thu printed copy p This argu-
men, he applied to the printed laws and in
stanced u case IN which the printed copy shove ed
the existence OF p,lpahly unconstitutional law
upon It's Taco, and demanded how will II be proved
that law in the printed book is unconstitutional,
but by inspection of the originate lie also in
s'anced the private bill now before the House of
Representatives. which became enrolled by acci-
dent ut tho last session and which il WAS discover
ed had never passed both branches of Congress-
and supposed thHt the discovery had NOT been
made nnil after the law had been printed, and
then the journal had been destroyed. How could
the fact thai II no law be- shown w ould tin.
printed copy make it Ian How could the fact
be ascertained, but from the original II is II
Iriacpc, which, if admitted, destroys all the pre-
VIM n"ue o' giving evidence ny records III courts
al .lu>,i.r
MI. Lcrh then examined the definition of .' to-
keep Ehc gentleman from Missouri Mr. Ben
ton,) had 0,a II meant to make aud not to pre-
S"ttr Now, observed Nj t., ii Is rarely that to
Keep means 10 make Let the gentleman look To
In, instances. The Miller ksers, but does NOT
maxi anil. Tho Bmkccp~r keeps, but does not
ma1t his liquors. The man who keep, company
docs not make III" company he keeps Not one
ol h,s nineteen instances piles make as deilni-
ton o keep.
This amp Saxon word keep" snld Mr..
Leigh, has PLAIN and easily comprehcnded mean
lne,-known 10 every child in the country. who
understands II, mother, when she tells him To Keep
u thlnp, 10 mean thai he is lot 10 destroy it,"
Ihls Is pure literal ~ense, and IN its most meta
phofica use II conveys no other general idea. lie
/ then alluded 10 johnson, and then to better au-
thoriiv yet, the pure English OF the translated
Scriptures, from which he adduc.d several passa-
rs, pregnant with proof of the common of
the wordaS implying preseyndtioD, and never of
making; and even when used IN meta III ,rieat
sense, implying an Indrhnltc extent Of time III the
operation.
Except the Lord h,tp the city, the watch
men," NC.
" Holy Father, hep thou th.nl," &c.
- " bile with thrm IN the world, | have ktpt
th.,n," sc.
:" Hold fast sound works: the good thing COM
united to the. keep" &e.
After making these aud other quotations, Mr..
Leigh alluded 10 the Catcohism of the Episcopal
Church, in which liz sand ho had becu instructed,
| and which was Of almost contemporancuus orpin
with the translation OF tie Bible, which incneaedi i,
asa part of the Christians duty ito keep his hands
from picking and stealing, and his tongue from
evil speaking, lying and slandcrlng.' Does Ills
mean to imply n discretionary period of time
in the contemplation of tho authors of thai Cate
chsm,
Our business, said Mr.. L., ia 10 ascertain the
ycrnacular and then the legal technical palliaa,,u-
tary meaning OF the words {" to keep"