Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1836-01-30

me country that the cry of against
ooh the Executive aud House of Represe natives had
been raised One OF the great charees was that the
House ct Representatives had that section with
OUT recommendation from the President That was the
great onsnce on which founded the bursts of ntig-
nant eloquence, which would rather see the enemy bat
erng down the walls of the Capitol than agree to such
an appropriation for the defence Of the country
observe SIR once more, the terms the object and the
condition OF that appropriation II was TO be cxpended
IN Whole OF IN part, under the direction of the President
OF hc " - the Executive head of the nation sworn TO
me faithful execution Of the laws sworn espccallv and
entrusted with The Of all the drfences of
the country against the ravages of foreign invader
~ was TO be expended for ',aiifary and arai SER
wee Including tSseations and ordnance and
Of SIR the natural and appropriate
were the sole and exclusive objects Of TINS
not one dollar Of il could have been applied to any
oner purpose by The President without violation of his
Official oath and Of his official tusnot one dollar of Il
could have been applied by him any other
WI, wn11. making himself liable to impeachment; by
at Rouse oil Representatives, but by u.s. their Success
sos fresh from the constituent body the People vet he
oIe 'at same Senate Tor his Judges amujority OF whom
were surely not OF his friends one dollar Of n could
lie nave expended without giving public account of Il
70 'ne representatives OF tho people and the nation Nor
mas s an mus confined TO specific objects, il
De expended not Internationally only in the event
that 1t should be rendered necessary for he defence f ne
country PRIOR 10 the then session of Congress- an
hf,vai oil nine montis during which other provision
could have hecn made defend your soil from suddc
INVASION or To protect your ontipg pon owe
France. - SN'''~"S' Va
And thisis the appropriation following close upon that
unanimous vote OF two hundred and seventeen members
OF the House. that The execution of the treaty Of 1891
should be maintained aud insisted on This is the ppro
priauon so tainted with Worship so corrupt SO nm
that the indignant and patriotic eoqucnce
VI Tue Naona lnteliigence would see foreign
enemy battering down the OF the than nrco
20 u, pr Tor a man utterng such sentiments there
wouo ue put one step more, natural and easy one to
,ake and that would be with the enemy at the wallis of
The capitol to join him in bat,erng them down
s. Iis 'ir, a. was interrupted by spontaneous burst
- een ana applause from members the floor The
speaker immediately called order The indscretion
was momentary, and the most respectful silence fol-
MIR. A. resumed. He hoped he bad shown that tho
section making the appropriation of three millions wa.
ioaueeu iro' absolute necessity the last day of the
SESSION. because twas IN of unanimous
vote OF the day preceding Was he now 10 be told tbat
inns and the other House not appropriate money
unless by recommendation from the Executive Why
sir the Executive has told u.s. now that TINT
uon was perfectly in accordance with his wishes Vol
mere the eharge Is Inverted and consp
i"ey, anu man worship are imputed 10 this House on
account OF that appropriation because il WINS apnroved
anu desired by the Executive. Where was The possib
iity oil accommodation from Executive. nj state
ments from the Departments; of messages between tb
and the other liouse, when resolution of The Honsc
mao oeen passed but the day before That resolution
was itsef passed III consequence OF a communication
rom The Executive, and in futherance of the views Of
that oihcer Then why the charge of man Worship
maoe! lie would appeal to the House to say whether
he was worsinpper u The present Exccnlive liz hsd
voted Tor That uppropsiaion and lac rlord in The vote,
was he enargea5lc with man worship in voting for chat
appropriation lie had not approved the special measures
which hud been recommended by the Executive at the
OF that session Of Congress Neither the
measure OF issuing letters of re nor the
measures OF commercial nterdict
had that House OF Re yed the m. bu liz,
House, and thank God the people of the coun,rv had
done homage TO the spirit which had urged 10 the re-
comnendauon oven OF those measures which thev did
moi approve lie again repeated, why was il that the
rouse must be charged with man worship and unconsti-
uonai conspiracy, be they passed an apnronr;a
uon OF three millions for tic defiance of e confr NJ
ue wien Imminent danger OF war urged as result
ing from that very resolution, which but he night be-
lore passed by unanimous vote? Because fsrsooth
That appropriation bad been called for by the Execu
iiyc and yet because il approved by the Exec,tve
Sr, there at the last session of Compress three
systems OF policy to be pursued regard TO our then
controversy with France, which had marked the pro-
ceedngs OF The three branches our nj
ed with the duties and the responsibilities of cpslao1
The system OF the President continued in the re-
Communications Of his annual Message. The system Of
inc senate Is disclosed by their resolution unanimously
adopted on the 18th Of January lc4 in these words az
appears upon their Journals: - -
Resoirsd That 1t is inc oedient a, ,,essn, q, 49,,
9ny legislative measure in regard 10 the state of affair."
between the United States and France
a resolution not only declining to do that which the
PRESIDENT had recommended TO viDdicate the rgta and
.he honor oil the nation; but positively determining TO
90 NOTHING not even to express Of the wrongs
winch the country was enduring from France
= such was the system of the Senate That Of the
Rouse was neither exactly that which had been recon-
enoea py me PRESIDENT nor yet that of the Senate 1t
was SUBJECT OF long, OF anxious and Of ardent delbe
ration aud debate during the last week of The session
ihc Chairman Of the Committee of Foreign Relations
nad reported three resolutions As substitutes for which
had the honor Of submitting to the consider.t;on ~
Al
tue rouse three others The minority of the Commit
zee OF Foreign Relations had presented report con.
euuing witi sentence, which at the suggestion Of the
ChariHan oil the COMMITTEE adopted as a modification
u my hrst resolution and which the Chairman Ct the
COMMITTEE consented 10 take substitute for The FIRST
reported by HIM. This sentence from which with The
general assent OF the House, the words sat nl
bad been Withdrawn, finally moved by me and eve
~ member present. two hundred and seventeen in num-
Der, answered at The call Of his name, aye.
he resolution was in these Words
RtSolrsd That In the opinion of this I5ousr s.,a
treaty with France of the 9TH of July 1881 should be
maintained, and IFS execution insisted on ="
then " thdrew the second and third of the resoIu-
tons winch | had proposed
The second of the resolutions reported by the Chair
ian OF the Committee o. Foreign Relations was that
ue committee should be discharged from the further
considef alton OF much Of the Presidents Message az
related to commercial restrictions or 10 reprisals The
commerce Of France.
u was unanimously adopted by the House
Inc third resolution reported by the Chairman Of the
Committee, was,
"Rescired, That contingent preparation ought 10 be
made to meet any emergency growing out Of our rea
tons with France"
This was the resolution intended to sustain at once tho
spnt Oh Tic Pfesidcnts and The SIN.
oesty OF the resolution just adopted by the House
. But mere was only doy left Of existence 20 the
House; and, therefore, possibility Of waiting for
Message from The President for estimates from te War
and Navy Department, for the slow progress Of bin
through ali It's usual stages in both Houses Of Congress-
ouch proceedings highly proper for The usual and ordi
nary expenditures Of the year not only unncces.
sary but would have been, say the least useless for
appropriation, contingent upon then uncertain
and the amount necessary or hich could not with an
approximation TO precision be estimated or fofeseen
The resolution was laid on the table at the motion
OF The Chairman Of the Committee, who had re- ported H.
and who then, 10 my hearing and IN the hearing Of Ill