Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1836-03-24

wch ther Judgment implies They are cont N, 10 let
ne cuipnt run, unwhpt Of justice, but bearing to his
grave the stigma they have put upon him and d VERNE
gown 10 posterty the memory which they have nti,n,s
rms IS what the Senate proposes; and Il is absnrd and
migratory; it is irrelevant inapt and ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
IN US 10 apply remedy which implies the arr,satio,
To- WIZ" ~; rs not impending No, SIR! true remedy
! IN 'he hre with which are to burn out: in tho
potential cauery, with which we are 10 e.i;r,n,e The
% M "hich mas been stamped upon the FIRST Patriot
oil the age, for the glorious action of his liz.
IrApunge IS the word, and Expunge is the RENE
ny; zone OF your revereas, rcpeals, rescsons annul-
Gs OF Vscatngr; Out let Secretary bring the man.
uscript Journai to- his desk. open il i'm The n,essc c
90 senoie and OF attending multitudcs and
the od'ous sentence with lines as black as is
own injustice let him inscrbe upon lis face The ;no;
Die decree cree, " EXPUNGED BY ORDER OF THE
SENA re- Yes, sir; expunge il the word 4, i
The only one that BELTS The OCCASION /, - "a. III,
one ,hAt can render adequate Justice to that man
who has done more for the hu man race than amv 'a
ora' VINO has ever lived in the tide of times IA il
true, the word bears hard upon the Senate il ;mn;es
fK, misconduct IN them; it amounts reproacb-
pul iet us hear nothing of that Let us have mo most,
numons appeals TO the comfy and dignity of The senate
Somty aud dignity! Where were they during that pro
"hsed remuneration of one hundred days when bs fan
sentence OF condemnation like 20 son in the sick air h
suspended over The pale face OF the country and over Tho
, heaa oil the Presdents when history was ran
anu language was tortured, to find examples and
ePi'hes infamous enough odous enough To ro;nt
49,; ,'' when every furious passion, bursting from
ing coNhheinentin the BOSOM came ringing tfrouph
ts haii crying vengeance upon the wicked desroyer
Oh ms country and shame upon every coared that
LOOK ms part? Where were comfy ard dirn;,, ,Lan
ranpied under foot in the pursuit aller The devo,
victim! Banished from this floor. AMI No, go ~
S oul from those galleries, where satellites
ants and to hiss the defenders the President and 10
triumph III the inpuny which the bene violence of the
majority accorded TO their insoence Expunye ia se
we're remedy, but il is just one II reflects re- nroocb
OUT inc aull is not ours, but of those who compel us n
use IT, Lei us go on, then, and neither coppromise FIR
dilhcultes, despair for futures If we cl no Io
Us Try again If we continue TO fail and have 10 re-
;, &c 'ne gocd WORK is accomplished, let trans
mt anu Dequeath 1t to the democracy of America Let
US give 1t TO The aged sire, that he may hand il down 10
MS heiro the nation, that she may deliver il 10 her
many Son-to The young mother that she NAV leach
her infant babe to suck in the ayenping word Elk piING
WIN the DEMONSTRATING milk which draws from, her
Mr. b. said that he had chosen TO make ont bis c,e
upon reason and argument with little reference as
posSioe 10 precedent and authority. / am said he in
iaVoI oI Inc arguments Which convince the underestimate
hg In coradistincon 10 the authorities and precedents
which subdue the viii. wish always to receive rea
sons myself and therefore feel bound to render them
ADDRESSING an enlightened Senate, and an inieligent
community, look to their rstandiugs and fee soC
VINE SPEAK 10 theIr judgment have therefore, post
pheu 70 he last an authority drawn from own his
lory-an authority drawn from, the history of the Anne
Tican Senaie--covering the whole ground of the pre-
sent case, and gong far beyond hat now propose TO
do IL Is precedent OF thirty years slanding uccnr
ring IN the good days of Jefferson when the Democracy
were In the cendant both Houses of Congress- ana
when the fathers the republc~the tfnmsrs Of ,h
constitution were in full life, ana full power to pro-
par the Constitution which they had established
Mr.. b. then read
seNArE JouRvAI, Ioaday April O. On ,Do n, 49,
~ thing the journal memorials OF s. G. o"en md
and VIM s. Smith, be eSpungod nom il Simn
I've: ieas MessIs Adai Coad Gilman, Kcho Logan Mitch
s. S o. nd smith OF NJ ", Stone, Intrusion, WoRingon
enns fiannr'e'' sn't OF o. Tracy, Whic-,s' eA
Mr. Porter of Louisiana, to inquire of the seoa
tor from Missouri at what time was that this order for
expunging had been made By Senate and especslv
whether IT was al tho session
Mr. b. replied That he too well praclised in these
contests to suffer his fire TO he drawn until he was ready
to deliver it. tie would answer the Senator from Lou
iana but not until Inc had arrived al the point at which
the answer and the for showing the immaeri,
| IA In
mean time, lac would caution the gentleman against tax
ing position upon 50 small poinl-unon 1is,;no,;
without deIence and warn him. if he did ,bnt be
might Ind himself suddenly blown up.
This, said Mr. b. is an entry which we find upon our
printed journal; and searching the journal over 10
see what tose memorials were and what had been the
Proc edings of the Senate upon them and wherefore bcv
were ordered 10 be eApungcd nothing, no, anything
no tract OI 'hese proceedings could any where be found
Recourse was thea had TO the manuscript journal of that
year. and searching it carefully over not speck of the
e&puhgcu proceedings could be found the place
al which The eNpurgatOn had been made. And here
hlr IL exhibited the manuscript journal to verify his
statement. Unwilling be fojed in the search with
The aid Of clerk friends had ascended to he
garrett rooms of the Capitol and there at the ton of t
building they had got TO the bottom of this affair and
found the original minutes ofthe session of 1896 drew
them out from their thirty year sleep and recondnefe
them into the Senate Chamber. (Here Mr. b. exhibited
large unbound volume Of manuscript sheets benring
strong marks of age. They the minutes of -OG
from which Tie far copy othe bound journal had been
made) On these original minutes every thing appeared;
the presentation OF the memorialhe statement of their
eontents-the Senator'S leave 10 withdraw them-and
finally, the order TO expungc every thing Mir b. then
read the following extracts from these minutes:
MIR. Adams communicated memorials one from samuci O.
Ogden on the ohor om William s. smith, stating that they uTo
under criminal prosecution for certain proceedings which they
approved by Executive Government OF H. Iin,c
been Inv Tho
District Court OF tie Unitod States York, Mattbias B. TAI
mo sin such manner that the grand found
self for has conduct taking deposition Of Tho
saii samrcl O. OGDEN Aod tie nemOtu considering Con
Constitution Of this oous and the wisdom goodness of Con
afford thcmj and the memorials read and
oiFsa That tho mornoas,s to withdraw their me-
MORALS respectively"
MIR. -. said that these entries showed part Of what
was wanted, but not the whole they were dcGcie, In
showing the upon which the Senate acted in or
well guessed al from the statement Of the contents OF
the petition OheT searches then instituted into
the newspapers Of the day and the journal of the Honse
Of Representative. lie told, for he had not o kcd
himself, that the copy Of the National Int ipencer i'm
the Library Of Congress either silent on the point
minus page at tbat part; but The journal Of the
House supplied tho defect md showed that the same
and Chat they had been ordered to be returned to the pc
i0negs, for set forth resolve Of the House
These proceedings Of the House. ne would then read.
JoCrv HoUsH Monday thrill 81 1906
"M QofscY presented % he ouse memorials Of
Samuel q. Ordan add Of William Smith tho city oil New
Y0t which received and read, respectively stating hcy
under criminal prosecution, deponjiag Circuit Cou
he United stcs lof tho District Of Now York Tor a. iird a.
have been led 1o Ereuivs
Gocmment ~hO ucsd 70 bting the pee
bofty, cApisoD OF their errors depfscas ven.
gnncs Of foreign gotonnents By offering the emorias
oppression iouce 10 the conducting said pose
eutoni aqi such relief therein Tho wisdom