Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1836-04-22
ID. Webster VS.. The Panic partv

y hostile to the whole system of protection by da;ss .,
'mposl, on on constitutional "a q; grounds y
Foge ~" The principles Of the Administration ,,a
hostile TO Internal improvements. Here il ano,h.r
heretofore exercised in many instances now de-
'e 10 .igan- we have an Administration opposed
10 the Constitution; we have Opposition which Il the
main support of the government aud the laws. " '
Hsa.n, same poragraph-" Take away the Opposition
from Congress, and let see what would probahi H.
done the trst session. The Tariff would be enti,ey r
peoled Every enactment having protection by duties
's man object would be struck from the statute book
iernal Improvement wouI be stopped Thi. wonld fi
low, as matter of course =, 0'io' '
EXPUNGLNG
we are indebted to friend at Washington for the ,l
lowing singular documents Tho reader can .corcolv
nave forgotten the extraordinary fact which MIR Rives
has brought to light in his late luminous and conclusive
e "that the ,naauserpt ;onranI of ,bo, ho
dy (he H. of X y from 1899 to 1881 a ne Rod of rs e.
years. Is now to be found II thus apparent that after
the journal was printed it considered and treated
,cas.e paper Mercy on us! what is tina, upon
wing orators, and the expungng panic-nakers! What
becomes of the of words poured forth ohon, The
destruction Of the record cioiuted oasand nm
ca Constitutions Many of the present anti-e
senators such as Clay, Calhoun, Tyler, Webster &c,
during this period, and of course were the Guardians
tne Keepers the "prcscrrers of this defnct journal
Good srs, how can you again look honest men in the
ace' aer having thus, according TO your own showing
SUFFERED these sacred arc1es to be thrown away and
destroyed Tor more than the third of century without
once raising your voice to prevent the sacrleSe,
" Mr. Benton tells that the journal INF e S.no,.,
wch has all al once become sacred duiy for The
wings 10 Preserre, he found carelessy stored away in
e attc story 1.-The garrett of the capitol without Keen
G prey TO rats and every kind of vermin that choose
10 make war upon it, We learn that the re are ono 49,
Sued e @ Tie Journal printed which dis
fous States, and all the States of the Union for TO
ference and Preserrotion-and also throughout the
worid-as two copies each are given TO ali fore;,,n
governments who have resident ministers in ,6is
country; and these printed journals are admitted
sy Sonrt OF the u States true and regal records
mil >
black line around resolution on the manuscrip Journal
ana writing half dozen words across the face of liz,
30 iarirom that excellent paper the Danyille Obser
Veri Inc documents which lay before our
readers confirm to title the statements OF MIR Rives
ana show how notably the journals have been Kent for
we space OIL % years, according to the sweny doctrine
OF me modern Wings, and how completely the Const
tnon IN their oft keeping clause has been VIC
lated by all parties, and through every epocb WI,
does the following statement show but his TIA, Is
orginat manuscript copy Of The journal of he House o
hPesenfaces, 'eas not preserced Jeorc 1924 and at
tires, arc copied from the printed copies chch are eon
saered The official and perfect colY Leng ,ria,d ,er
Me orar 81 ne House IF Representatives, and all errors
corrected an IT. And yet notwithstanding the original
Journal was actually destroyed in the one House md
careessy thrown by in the dust Of the garret in The
other House, what holy horror have these GOOD Wb;a
poured forth the very idea of MARKING lines t
present manuscript copy, and writing across Expung-
GU 80 DIS not 10 deiace line letter
:. CORR
House. OF REPREsESrArIvEs OF THE u. Sr,r,s)
8Pra 6, 1886.
in
your letter OF this morning, have state that the orr
ginal rough manuscript journals of the House of Repre-
senatyes OF the u States, Chose read in the House on
The morningsD have not been preserved TO period an
terror to tho commencement of the first session eioh
teenth Congress, (l623-'4)
For your turtle. information enclose you a copy of
communication from Mr. Burch on the subject -
With very great respect, am Sir
Your obedient servant,
w. S. FRANKLIN,
Hon. ISAAC Hill, U. s Senate. 'P' - .
(CopY)
OFFICE. House. OF REPRESENTATIVES,, US
AprH 6, 1886 {
icy who was the first Clerk Of the House of Represen
mVes under the present Constitution Of the u States
and who died in the year 1907
During the of Congress- he mi mo n, ,.Lo,
was termed recording the Journal" of the preceding
session, winch was TO write il off from the printed copy
,"so l".ge pound volume enqured Of him why
was mat IL was copied when there so many print.
ed copieshe answered that the printed copies would
pl3uao'y IN Tune disappear from use, &c--Ic large MS
volume would not The Trough Journal" as il was
ihen Termed and still termed being the original rouo
drait read IN the House the morning aer Tho dov Of
wch u h9rraies The proceedings, not and had not
Ho" tue beginning, been preserved. | enuured The
reason and was answered that the printed copy was the
ocal copy as II was printed under the special order of
the House-and as errors, which were sometimes disco
vered in the Rough Journal were corrected in nm, nroo
OF The printed copy the printed copy was the most cor
Iec'and that therefore there no use in umbering
printed. " w e"
TWO OF MIR Beekleys immediate SUCCESSORS in Office
WI sagfuder and MIR. Dougherty, viewed the matter
as mr. Beekley viewed it. know the fact from hav.
Ing called their attention 10 the subject often reflect
ca upon tue subject and il appeared TO me 10 be
That the "Rough Journal should be preserved althonh
could not see any purpose whatever to be answered Iv
oong So often converted with the clerks of the OF
nee upon the subject; but only subordnatcs
the practice was not changed till LIST session of the ISL
Congress, Qe23-4D when determined without con.
sung my superior that The "Rough Journal should no
longer be thrown away but be preserved and honnd -;
volumes and IL has been regularly preserved and bound
since. With great respect, am, Sir,
Your obedient servant
- S. BURCH.
Col. WALTER s. FaAsKLIN, clerk H.. Of n Us
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