Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1839-03-05
VOLUME SXGE.---No. So.


csnsure was carried Immediately thereafter Gen Jack.
sent in the Senate his famous Pro' St III which lie
claimed the custody Of the public money as an EAeru'
live right and practically claimed 10 supervise Tie ac'
Of the SENATE and 10 maze issue with il, as to lis acts,
before The people upon It's journal In IT, hr ST at
naugh the doctrine, that all Of the powers vested IN DIT.
ttrent departments Of the Government ale Hmrt' q ny
the grants the Constitution. and that ell implied pow
are exclusively vested in Congress, by claiming i'm
Piled Executive pu#eIs for Limitation Of 81 ich he
did look the Constitution. but beyond ~ u The
drspolsms Of the Old World In il he claimed not only
suc Executive powers as are conferred 10y The ConSt,u
ton hut such apperto,n to e Monach!es of Enr"pe.
hlr Rives not lie Senate when the Protest vas
TO IT, buI have heard that the hcrrsi's "t 1t
caused him 10 cool IN his devotion to The PIeSit"nt
The great act 10 which desire Ia call the alien
lion of the f]ouse, is The Expnnging of the journal OF
the Senate of the United States. In res,lon 10 this
mattel allow TO say, that have always thou2ht that
undue importance has been attached 10 H. Ii VAS an
Of degrading servIiy unworthy Of The Ssnnte, and
particularly unworthy OF lHgLn'an But as an act OF
ptircpie i, sinks into insi fcance when compared
with the Force Bill, the Protest, &c MIR Srrsser, DO
not misunderstood 60 rot mean 10 underra;e the
matter even ac OF principle; for even IN that point
ut view i, was most important, was the surrender OF
the Senate whch is PECULIARLY the guardian OF the
States at the foot Of the Executive. Bot do diff
Ter with those who regard it the most tTr!Gi ac IN
our history. do differ with those who secm i"IegHrd
il as the event which TO be cassed in history with the
battle 0f fhursala; ot Ire dale u when Ihc ROMAN
Chroncltrs kept record:
.'Oi al hi tuys Of so'rnw this alone
Rene kept, sven from !!"fSCI', unknown"
Though en- unwilling IL aItach To the act The sur
piisng importance which some claim for --yet, IN
sis. that pregnan, with circumstances 10 oenonsrete
the Characf of those engaged in 1t, Forhe purpose OF
showing The par, which Mr. Riyes bore in the Lansac-
ton beg leave toexanine "i'ness-a witness whose
testimony viii not be QUESTIONED [!iere Mr. Bayly
onss.d he Clerk read extract from speech deli.
vered by Mr. Wise Norfolk, in which lie very graph.
ca.iy deScrlted the ExpungiTg scene The Whole eI'
trace is too long 10 be insertd-on'y SO m'ch O. Is
given rs Mr. b commented on.l After describing the
character OF Mr.. Ewngs speech. Mr. Wise proceeded:
:" Nhen he had concluded, Daniel Webster, who when
YOU have said The worst Of his politics, is the same giant
OF intellect sl Daniel Webster rose and read for hIm
self aud his colleague, aud the State Of Massachusetts,
, solemn protest which, for simplicity and beauty ct
STYLE for concentration ard strength and clearness OF ar
cumen, for and temper for dignity OF thought and
expresson and for elevation Of moral feeling Is unsur-
vassed venture say. by state paper Gi any time
or any OCCASION Whilst reading ,h's paper, there
no, s. hspcI silence seemed 10 approve every VOID
and every sentiment: deep and even pan'nl allen
ton seemed To promise that CONVICTION was wi"Gght
in the minds Of many, and all seemed IA 1t Just ar
rested in The &C, of Penetrating horii deed, unn
te:onally, from which their minds seemed Tor mo-
n.pnt revo!tHopc rose up within the That IS, the
word tina, is The speech That Is the paper nothing more
nohinp Tess Than what prayed for them II any thing
could have touched the MINDS and hearts OF SUCH men,
the protest of Daniel Webster and John DAVIS" hassa.
chusetls would have wrought upon them Never, never
shall forget the IN which he uttered The words
swr have c,Hcced ourselves 10 witness this scene tic
sook triumphanily Of Massachusetts, she stood erect she
had no, bowcd the knee the neckher soil was mred
with the hes, blood Of the Revolution WIS losing
myself wildly looked to the seats OF Virginia Sena-
tors where Leigh, where vas lyer:-i could nave
hreked Tor ,hem-the genius Of Virginia did agonize.
No Leiph 80 Tyler lhere-thcy were already drug
qed out from these seats snalcEed from The defence of
The journal Of the Senate, OF the Constitutions No
such deed could be done with such men there No. never,
t,l ,bar tbp N o n
cau reyrr be forgotten by Benton ar by Rvrs, or any
one who heard it. l. made Hives look like he did dur.
!:g the actual of expuncilon-ike what Judge
wilkins called Johnny Neai-Sad he, Johnny Neal,
yUu are q :Igait nisn P"!tu 'oi
Isgh ngnin-l looked around ard saw Rves.-l could
net desis from speaking 10 him did tel! him-'Sr.
would 10 God !hR this cup bad 10 pass from y'"' lie
seemed 10 me 10 feel humbed and he replied in substance
and nearly in wodsli any one suProses that this sceEe
is gotten up By me, it IS great mistake lie SAID
more; the amount CT which was as supposed, taat lie
never expected 10 be brought actually 10 The damned
deed could not pity him. h. fell below contempt -
Bea:un knew he had played tie hyPocr!e he knew he
vas conscience stricken he kew he had before the
spec, Of many men Of worth in The Deposition OF winch
he U}enlun had he knew would he The 6'ltrr-
ness OF his taste. 10 be forced To vote actually
for rspunging, and he was determined That KVes, hs
,;vaI should be as odiGus hipse!!Ec drugged the
on, far him held i, 10 his lips held him 10 H. aud made
him drink to the dregs Tie made grmaces showed
more nausea than sick man Benton calculated tght-
IS ne has sunk in self esteem and in ih" respect OF
,,hers eve, since He bnles him and bluffs him and
his friends and Rives Is aTedGy p!ayine Seco"d Hoce
to Benton. .
Bayly resumed
hank the Clerk for his admirable reading Of heicsti
mony | placed IN his hands What dcf' ih'S u1cortTa.
,i,c,rd witness SHOW; He establishes thai Mr. Ry.s.
VIRGINIA Senator deliberately DID what his Conscience
,sopproveG and that he was dragged 10 the preparation
of ,Ie deed by party rival for The purpose {" degrading
A. R,rrc s,t, teIi 1
neal to this touse in the Of Nreiniai appeal tn
the Wings Of this Assembly, whether MIR. Rves be Fl,
repository Of the character and honor Of this ucrred
Commonwealth.
seems TO wish 10 excuse himself By saying, that she had
moi poen I'D The scene" His friends here e US that
he really dlsapproved OF the ESPungng this be true,
do moi see under the circumstances, that II places Mr..
Riyes in better light For i, exhibits him ns doing. in
obedience TO The behests Of party, what he thought
wrong But is i, Ingenious in Mr. Riyes and lis friends
to saw tina, he dsapproyrd Of the Expuncinc: Whit
are the facts
In he winter of 1884. the Legislature of Virginia
passed resolutions c"ndemning the tovaI OF the ccro-
sites and insirucng her Senator's IN effect, 10 vote IN
favor of the resolutions then pending in the Senate Of
the United States censu!!ng the President irr his
duct in relation 10 that measure Rather than obey TIE
Instructions Mr. Rvrs resigned his srat aud appealed
10 the people. notwithstanding which. The people ct
Virginia at tie April elections. returned an OPPOSITION
majority TO the Legislature After MIR RIvess esIena.
ton, Mr. Leigh was eiecteG 10 serve "u' "e ""n" TN
u0ut Of the term which Mr.. Riv~s had resigned The
yole Of censure upon Tive President was earned IN tie
Senate. The Virginia Senators yolIng 10 favor OF it.
The succeeding wner in spite Of tie unparalleled
ertions of the Administration party Mr. Leigh Tas re-
elected for years At the next elections the Jackson
,,r,v rri,d lie Stale That party g"ta
r;,y ,Lan i; began to move III favor Of !nsirucHg
Senators to e.pnnge from the Journal Of The Senate the
conde unaon Of The conduct 0! the President i" removing
tho deposiles Whywere those ezpunging resolutions got
nm in the Legislature, and aTdeDty pressed; Was
~ as some commended. vintcate President rrom
the attack which the Senate had made upon hin: II
this had been the object, it could have been better
,ained by insluctng Senators 10 vote in aycr Of
Judge WhI'es proposition To repeal The cersue Fer,
as this proposition involved constitutions Difficult
IT, il was known that our Senators would have voted