Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1840-03-10
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~ the following remarks appear:
is the I'd resolution Of the Committee recognized the
Federal Constitution ID S"S Of when h s,aana hs was
and s If The objection and the of the rejecon--not any
tassaWM a aD himself admitted this his objection
'ug was another thing perhaps, which operated upon some
Of hs m ihr Wing Governor New York by shifting the
1t se,rr from Excrency' to the legislature
The second resolution wasunder consideration,
h,nsb did not approve entirely It's phraseology, i
am e. reasons which need not be stated, unwilling to
Wa W. .,v amendment TO it and had determined to vote
Wv because approved its design and substance.-
Va, Mr. Southal offered his amendment, which was
", somewhat unacceptable TO me, was requested by
.r,I members to sketch one, which might, perhaps,
ssfy the house generally. Accordingly | prepared
sal fired mine rs substitute for hes: and he i'm
"i;.t,lr accepted il. did not say that the recog-
-, Of the Federal Constitution as a compact which
hit be- cancelled and the phrase !" reserved rights
.ass,tpiedan objection. said that was unwilling,
- that stage of the controversy, to use the language
'.,;ned IN the resolution, that e to appeal
I'm ,be cancelled obligation of the constitutional COM
~, :, the reserved rights the State" was unw-
~ 10 admit that the obligation of the compact or the
Cos,tu,ion Il care not which term was usedO could
oc.lled by the conduct of any officer of any State
M saw no necessity, therefore, for the reference to
40 reserved rights: and | urged the adoption OF my
.n.,dmeut as one for which nearly the whole house
"b, as they did vote: while we should he much
,,n1a divided about the original.
sbonld not however, have taken any notice OF this
( !, had not been for the intimation contained in
~ ,st paragraph, that my amendment was supported
-, som. of the Wings because il screened the (Whg)
Corcrnor by shifting the controversy from hs Excel
,,ncv 10 the Legislature. am indebted to your cha
m for the apparent exemption Of myself from this deep
design; and you have made very Just estimate OF my
can,cty to see that it lurked in my amendment-ior
,hsolntely am even now too dull to perceive IT. But
- wrote the amendment and the rest of the Wings
only heard is read, would suppose, that should
have been as likely discover that effect OF IT. Us any
body else: and it is because am unwilling to be sus-
nected of wishing to screen even a Wing governor,
wbose conduct at the same moment, strongly con-
demnng. that trouble you with this note. Recoect,
that the Report reviewed every mode OF redress TO 'r-
rina which had been suggested, and condemned them
s except can appeal to New ORR hersei 10 10 us JUS
t;ce.'' and that the third resolution of the committee
recnired that our proceedings should he transmitted to
,bs Governor swith u request that he would urge the
consideration of the subject upon the Legislature of his
STATE Nv amendment, looking to these views, de-
l-s that the conduct of the Governor 9f sanctioned
bv that State" &c. IL this was screening the Wing
Corernor or shifting the controversy, humbly submit,
ina, the Report ITSELF and the third resolution,
mendng and requiring an appeal TO n YORK; had area-
d. done these very things; for nothing else whatever
was proposed except indeed 10 request the cooperation
J tho other slavcholdng States tsn the event that n
Work should decline to do Justice am unwilling
"a he held up eudeavoring to any officer whose
Misconduct admit be gross and fagrant-l have not
enough Of par,izan spirit, trust to be betrayed into
sneh an unworthy course, and especially such sub
,er, and do not think that have, even through my
ignorance been guilty Of it in this instance As to shift
mn the controversy from the Governor to the State,
hy leave 10 saw that had considered it from the first
- one with the State The Report very properly seems
81 10 regard ii; and, should be very unwilling TO
SOC Virginia engaged in a controversy with any man,
even though he be the Governor of the Empire State
corh not have sustained it. did most heartily, if
I'D rewarded il in any other light than controversy
with thu State of n York. appeal to her justice
and fidelity TO the Union.
March g. j. r. MAY.
rive were not present when these resolutions were
under discussion in the flonse-we did not hear the
reasons ass gned by the different members for their
.op-eand we are indebted to the note Of friend for
the suggestions which We made in the Enquirer.
Editor