Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1841-02-13

sent were recognized at the outset Of this Governments
the barriers beyond which neither section Of In.
Union should pass protest against this crusade upon
the South and Southern institutions, in which the Co
vernon and his friends, black and white seem TO have
joined heart and hand. | stand by the Constitution
the compact, which have sworn TO support in al s
vigor and wash my hands of the responsibility crow
ing out Of this collision between the Old Dominion and
! New York.
/ Lrvm a. GIoJrI
| REVIEW OF TIE LATE DEBATE-EXTRA SESSION
| Among the first developments OF the land LH deha.,
was the project Of the session. FIRST Mr. Clay,
and next MIR. Webster, announced it. The prc,eXis
set up by them to justify this extraordinary measure
have been siited, and shown to be chatf The
necessity for repeating the Independent Treasury upon
their own showing, was not such a necessity as would
not ABIDE the regular meeting Of Congress. The OIL
lection that il put the sword and the purse in the hands
Of the Executive, could no longer be gravcly urged
Their own pure, patriotic, honest President had this
trust dcvolved upon him, and 10 say, that under all
the guards OF the law he and his officers could not b"
confded in to keep and manage, for six months, the
small amount Of means which Congress may put at
Their disposal for the Interim would not be becoming
III his friends, when his enemies willing 10
risk il.
This main point, on which Mr.. Clay declared the
extraordinary Session necessary, tacitly
| rendered, and Mr.. Webster preached another
which this made to depend. After all the
demands which he coniecturcd might be brought
against the Treasury, Mr.. Webster concluded his
speech thus
ale hoped these liabilities would be provided 70.
fairly and fully during this Session of Congress. lc
for ono, should deprecate, very nconyenent aud
pcnsIvc, the being driven to Extra Session Of Con
gess and he hoped, those having the power at ihis
time, would make such reasonable provision that
that necessity would be obvated
Here, then, we are told by Gen. Harrison PREMIER
that if the liabilities fully and fairly provided for
by the present Congress- extra session. far from
being sought, would be deprecated as "rcry inr0nrc
nent and egpeasire." WELL there be no llabli.
ties beyond the appropriations made b. Congress: an!
The House Of Representatives have agreed on the
ton OF Mr. Wise, 1--WE the language Of the In'r-
genccrs rcport) 'to authorize the incoming Admi-
nstraon to issue five millions of dollars between the
I'd day of March and the close Of the year, notwith
standing the amount that may have been previously
issued by the present Administration.
"'rhs bill was ordered 10 third reading-ayes l26,
noes Co., and was then passed.
This goes be ond the amount which MIR. Woodburys
estimate fixes the possible sum which The service OF
the year may require, in addition TO The ordinary
nac 1t is the additional allowance, and the utmost
which one of the leading friends of "the incoming nj
ministratiom supposes may by some unforeseen con-
ngency, be rendered necessary. If the mover and
the friends Of the President, had insisted that sn
larger extraordinary provision was proper, the Demo
cratic party would not have withheld 1t. This
known days before the provision asked and, there
fore, doubt but that all was asked that any
could suppose necessary TO meet the Liabilities M
posed by the appropriations Of the present Congress.
And now when tho nation all that the Premier
Of the Harrison cabinet demanded in the Senate
indispensable avoid the deprecated, the expensive,
the nconvenent extra session, granted promptly by
the other House the suggestion of of the promi-
nen supporters of the Administration of which he is
be the head, what preteXt left for the called
None whatever. And yet it has been resolved on,
in private caucus, for reasons which neither MIR
Clay Mr. Webster have venured TO proclaim in
public The transparent hypocrisy of the shallow pre-
tIn
in the first instance, exposed BY The Of
their ablest friends in the House Of Representatives.
They met all that seemed substantial in the avowa mo-
tves for the called session by raising ways and
for Mr. Wcbsters supposed liabilities and Mr.. Wise
in his speech, dealt roundy with the real but secret
motives which instigated the In doing this
he has driven the National lntcgencer, announc.
ing = its the determination of the of The
Federal Senator's to assign new string Of reasons for
the act:
CATER much consideration (says this organ) upon the
subject (Which has served 10 modify somewhat first
opinion in regard TO W have arrived at the conclu
sion that the question Of m extra session .Gfcs
decided by the people in .Norenber last, hcn hey det-
dcd bya majority Of ahundred and jorty-odd thousand
rotcs, that there should be change IF tie Ci MagiS
tratcof the United States BY that decision they deter
mined that there should be change Of administration
"A change Of potiey-a change in the measures Of Co
yernment. They determined that MIR. Van Buren,
Administration should cease on the 9TH of March next
and that General Harrisons Administration should be-
gin on that day. To carry out their WILL The change
Of measures, Legislative as well as Executive, ought II
it were practicable, to commence on that day. But,
since that change cannot then commence, far lc
gslatre action is necessary the National Legislature
ought to be called together at the earliest convenient
and practicable day.
"1he effect Of postponing any action by the next
Congress until the day fixed by the Constitution for
their assemblage dhe first Monday in December) VIII
bs to proong Mr. Fan Buren, s administration twelve
or eighteen months after its Constitutional ermnation
for it would take that time, counting from The 18th Of
March mex. to mature in Congress any important nca
sure The continuation Of Mr.. Van Burens Admins
tration Sub-Treasury and all An exaction Of specie
payments and a still greater exaction the lst OF
to resume and TO maintain resumption of specie pay
ments These are Of the inevitable consequences
Of n recess of Congress for nine months. Instead Of
this the people want Relr measures, which shall pro.
vide for their welfare, and which shall look both TO the
Government and from the Government to them--
Their will in this respect only be accomplished by
of an extra session of Congress. To oppose an
extra session, under these circumstances is virtually
maintain that all of relief to the people are
TO be postponed for fifteen eighteen months;
that is to say, put off, until large part Of the OF
the Administration, which to mature and adopt
them, has passed away
These are the new grounds assumed for the exraor-
binary measure They certainly broad enough but
are they are they to the principles or
practice Of our Government; Is it true that it was
sdecided Jy The people Norcmber last that there
should be Called Session: Was there n solitary
voter in the whole Union who thought Of such 4
thing when voting in the Presidential election If
they decided that there should be change Of Ad-
mnisration did they decide that it should be made in