Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1836-02-04
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
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loss or ruE FORTlFICATION Bill

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r for6cat;ons be referred select committee, win
instructions inquire into and report 70 the WIG
cause and circumstances of the future OF taat oi''
= The question pending being the amendment oi WI
Williams of N c., giving the committee power -
for persons and papers 1900. Tho, b
MIR. Bynum said 1t was WIN shee i rsnse nm the
found himself compelled to address the HOUSE on 'I
present OCCASION but he had rights when ne was oo
TO sustain whenever they were invaded ny IreHu vi
enemy He had not risen for the purpose Oh nah,n
anv thing like an eectonoering speech re Pro.es'eIi
aainst eiectioneerne for Presidents in the Rouse unu
in every other legislative body The people Of the
ed States in their sovereign capacity HAD Inc e1cu
RIGHT to do that and the House OF never
.bonh mike a President He knew that there was an
on;nion abroad that in the Congress OF the United
States was combined the greater part OF the integehce
and some had thong mt that 1t contained the greater part
of The virtue of the country but he was not one OF those
who subscribed that doctrine lie believed there was
to be found more virtue and intelligence out OF Congress
than in it; and he felt proud that il was SO. ,
So long the people were inleiigeht anu 'l'uus.
he feared no usurper in the white house, nor league OF
demagopues in any other branch OF the Legislature lie
would not be the Cato that floor 10 Tor any
man for President nor did he believe that any effort
made there would make one. The present CONGRESS
stood redeemed on that subject Not many years snce
President was attempted to be made IN another quar-
ter Dcnunciations of serious nature were maze
against him, and the people were called upon TO sustain
them What did the people say: They sad, Away WIN
vour dcnunciaons; we call for facts, and will be govern
ed by facts and the people did decide. But nothing
daunted with that they are trying TO play the same game
over AGAIN The batteries had been opened on that hoo
r the nurpose Of firing away public opinion lie came
here for the purpose discargng his duty arcpresen
tutyc of the people, and would do that tearessy but lie
did not come here make President or TO unake one
The gentleman from Virgins had told u.s. that upon the Is
ri he question conside ration depended the IRE
sidental election. He admitted the superior sagacy OF
that gentleman but for the life OF him he could not deter
mine how its termination would either make 9""g'
White or Mr. Van Buren, President. The gentleman
from Vrpnia had said that he (Mr BynunD had thrown
obstacles in the way of examination to prove corrup
ton in certain gentlemen of the House ne was al Il
loss to know what the gentleman meant lie would go
into an investigation far that gentleman dare 60
Mr. Wise said he did not charge the gentleman with
throwing obstacles in his way. The gentleman could
throw no stumbling block in his way lie did say that
was not prG~ed that the House was responsible 10" tie
iianrc OF the Transportation bill He did not know whe'
uler that was meai or meant and he was not dis
Poseu 10 JOIN issue VIII, the gentleman.
Mr.. Bynum glad 10 lind that the gentleman did
'o' accuso hun OF throwing Obstacles in his way. He
was opposed 10 no investigation. But the gentleman
from virginia mao made serious charge against some
OF the most prominent members of Inc House, and
against the President Of the United States lie under
stood the gentleman to say that the three million uppro-
prmtion was procured or attempted 10 be procured by
certain individuals In the House. for secret service
ney;; ,, ,epe,,ed, that he understood that the
Chairman Of the Committee Of Ways and Means knew
Tint the President desired it, aud the Chairman OF the
Committee Foreign Affairs had told as that he knew
of it, but instead Of ncatng 1t to the in'se OH
cally they only informed few individuals ot II, anu
told them to say nothing about 1t.
Mr. Bynum said the gentleman had not answered
him at all. He would go with the gentleman, II lie
would accept of his feeble company IN the invesga-
ton He asked him again if he understood HIM right
when he said the appropriation was to be procured Tor
secret service money:
Mr. Wise said lac had answered the question, and he
thought the gentleman from North Carolina was IN the
secret but as he not, he would ask the honorable
uf he HOuSe. "
honorable members of the House 1T the appropriation
was wanted for secret service money or was wanted
for the defence Of the country?
Mr. Bynum said he asked for a direct answer. He
had understood the gentleman to have made the asser-
ton directly. If the President had attempted 10 Impose
on the House for the purpose OF extracting three Hs
lions for secret service money he was tor carrying the
investigation to the white house. He was for probing
it to the bottom If he understood the gentleman right
he for purging the House OF corruption and tte
white house Of despolism MIR. Is said he had n% the
ability he had not the intellectual power to do that and
If the gentleman from Virginia had, Judge White might
step aside, and he would 60 for him for President be-
cause he could do than any other man in America
But he thought he understood the gentleman to oppose
the resolution under consideration. He thought the
gentleman ought to have the necessity OF adopting
the resolution, something like it, Tor the purpose OF
enabling him to carry his investigation The gentle
man from virginia had also said that there trained
band in the House, but the gentleman did not tell
who belonged to that trained band. 1t but short
time since the gentleman profcsscd 10 belong 10 that
Same band.
Mr. Wise said, lei me plead not guilty Of belonging
TO that band-never in my life.
Mr. Bynum said that the gentleman had been elected
by protesting to belong to that party and If MIR Is un
derstood him rightly he was favorable to the principles
of the present Administration, and TO Congress
supporter Of the PRESIDENT and he appealed to the
beers who in Congress at that time TO sustain him
in the assertion.
Mr. Wise said, when he spoke of the trained band,
he meant the trained band of the party the night Of
the Sd March, 1885, and he begged leave to make dis
tncton between the friends oil the President and Tie
friends of the party.
MIR Bynum said he confessed that the gentleman had
got into an ine1tricabc difficulty. He had divided the
friends Of the President from the friends Of the party
He saw that the gcntlemans perspicacty too keen
for him to follow. The gentleman had stated, in the
commencement Of his harangue that he would tell the
whole truth. But he had not told us that there were
Presidential purtzans the other side of the House
There other parties beside the Van Buren, party.
There were number of gentlemen elected under the
influence Of the Presidents namc bat when they
to Congress they suddenly changed the other
side.
MIR. B. was proceeding in his remarks, when,
On motion of Mr. Ashley the House proceeded to the
Orders Of the Day.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Saturday, JAM 80.
The question of order arising the appeal from de-
cision of the Chair, taken by MIR. Adams the pre-
scntation of petition praying the abolition of slavery
and the slave trade in the District of Columbia having
been postponed to this day,
MIR. Adams said, that the House had already decided
the question Of appeal upon another petition lie should
move TO lay his motion on the table.
After some conversation between Messss. Briggs,
Adams and the Chair Mr. Adams withdrew his appeal,
and the question the reception Of the petition was laid
over to Monday
Mr. r. NJ. Johnson, from the Committee on Military
Affairs reported the following bill:
bill auhorising the President of the United States to
accept the service of volunteers
Be it enacted tie Senate aad House Of Representatives
Of the United States Of 7neriea az Congress assembled,
That the President Of the United States be- and he here
by is authorized 10 accept of company companies