Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1841-08-27

due 10 50 important subject And they en,ipa, a.,
rrcss least, not TO pass any bankrupt law winch N
r have retrospective operation
MIR. Coles said that, If hr had received i, al IN i,
Ecr date he might have endea"ored 10 obtain an en,
u,;iv 10 urge At some length, the reasons wlcb H.,
;ndnced his constituents aao-, unanimously 10 H. -
messed 10 bankrupt law. But as the subject ha. ~,
ed from this House, all that 1t was proper for h, ra
In do was ask that the memorial be iocc.sca AMI
laid on the table.
slavery m The District Of Columbia. lie said asc,,,r
lhnlu ,v.re prayinp for u Of grievance.
,,u:,.d that his CORES pondents prayers night te III
I,,csJ lie also presented petition, from -ua!-y c..
zens Of New Hamphlre, IL eIead the r'2h' - eafai
isMe District Of Csa@om h1 lra Upon Inc taao
,bc Judiciary reported back to The ionsc JOIN, es,i
INN from the Senate in relation 10 the distribution c
census report, with al amendment 70 distribute at.
tain number among the members OF Congress and !Se.
cu,ive officers The resolution was read third uur
| and passed
Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads 10 mog-
n 90 into Committee OF the Whole 10 take up the b
appropriations TO pay the arrearages due nal
Mr., T,llinghast and Mr.. Briggs of Mass.chu:c,,
,rose Al The same moment, and the House, mo.oa
of Mr. IiIlinghast, went into committee.
The Speaker asked Mr.. Hopkins Of Virginia 10 ,aas
the chair
| Mr. Hopkins declined
| The Speaker then asked Mr.. Clifford 81 Name 70
take the chair, and he declined
Mr. Everett; Of Vermont then responded 10 the Spcsa.
er's call, and presided over the committee
The committee took up the bill 10 make appropriation
for past Office arrearages, by teierS-ayes " noes @oi
counted.
| Mr. Brigrs then made short statement q! 'ae, il
the case and showed that vast amount OF money H;s
due 20 contractors for services rendered. ne trusted
the bill would pass without opposition, but u Others
wished to limit the expenditures 10 inc feeep's q e
Department, an amcndmen. might be offered = tie
biz 10 take the deficit from the surplus revenue pad
into the Treasury ny that Department.
Mr Glmer oil Virginia said he had no objection .
the appropriation, but he thought IT right to amend ,ae
bl so as 10 require the Departments return hc money
from i,s surplus nop or from that which It nigh, here
fer have.
Mr.. Roosevelt had objection to the appropriate.
I'M, h wished 10 state that tho principle which required
he Post Office Department 10 support Itself r"m IS
avn mean. was entirely wrong lie thought the ets'
writer's should not be compelled to carry the NAILS. IT,
Governmen and the ponderous newspaper mail q Tie
public press, ratn.tously.
| Nr Foyd Of New York opposed the appropriation,
bacause he considered the head OF the Post OHce D.
n,rmen, nat,entive 10 his duties Postmaster Gene.
ri Uo considered the removal Of worthy o.icers
one cause of the deficiency lie said he was engaged
IN political decapltaon, ana neglected ms a?pfep'ia'e
d,,;es He accused him Of wanton prescription, aaa
said the late Postmaster General would have made tie
receipts and expenditures meet lie Thought Il con
tracts were made for greater sum than lie receipts
The service should be reduced; bat the rost"sstef-1
neral was busy with his axe that ne could y.
attend 10 the finances. lie thought Tie foS,naslr'.
General should be removed before any remedy e'l'-
| be had.
| Mr. Saltonsta thought the guil!otne DID not mogd
ns, enough lie believed the complaint N his Si,e
was tina, The Postmaster General did not cut OH hssa
| fast enough
only fit /, sit still in his Office and cut oft head. ait
back and fill for political purposes He said oil Ams>
Kendall was one of The best Postmasier-Generas eret
in Office and that if he had continued IN Office, 10 AZ
preparations would have been asked for from tins ton.
rress lie would have made both ends meet
MIR TIllinn hast defended the Postmaster Ccncfi.
from all censure, and, as usual, was extremely p.ri
cular.
Sir. Clifford of Maine said he should vote against
the bill at this session in every shape lie sald the r.
moyal of the efficient officers of the Department
dered the Department unable 10 report the true .ilie
of its finances Mr.. Wht,lesey, the auditor, has ac
knowedyed that he knew nothing about the business
and could not know any thing about IT until he had &
amined the books. 1.-THE document called Tor By "
House. and which the printer of the House had neg.
ec,ed to place upon the members tables, had been
there he could have shown that the Postmas;erGer5
raj could not have Gorc any thing else but attend % o.
captatiou lie said Il Wing doctrine 10 kcePma
cabinet, when the CABINET ulItIcH WIZ 4icsaE'l
and to turn out clerk when the clerk differed VIII le
head OF a Department. He considered that II w:s
settled principle that the Post Office should GUSTAV Z
self, and he not disposed to disturb the psincp"
MIR Morgan of New York said he SURPRISED =
hear that the removals were only hundred az
twenty week. He thought the number should hs,s
been hundreds. He thought Governor Marcy oCs
TO be removed for giving birth TO the sentiIent-'.
10 the victors belonged The spoils
Mr.. Clifford informed him that he Governor Mar
was not under the command Of Mr.. Granger
Mr. Morgan said be knew that he was not. IL tasH
defended the BILL and defended the Postmaster Ntfe
raj! whom he stated 10 be well known and approved
New York.
) Mr. Bovine Of New York asked Mr slsrgan i VI
Granger had not been rejected three times hy The re-
pie Of New York
Mr. Morgan ack nowedgel it, md said that the lss+
e.s Of The Democratic party had been re- eced The So
number Of times
MIR. Nj. continued his remarks at ssme length
Mr.. Hopkins Of Virginia went against tie bill ~
present shape, and if passed al ali, he was Tor ha'
il passed with the amendment Of MIR. Gilmer lie
Tended Mr. Kendall from all the false charges thai @
been made against him, and challenged any genief-
to go into the Department aud examine has siheiai's
, with him. lie would then see that MIR K. had =
more abused for his integrity and strc! honesty i
any man living. Mr.. II. concurred with NJ! ILL.,
that the President should have his friends about hm
his Cabinet. lie knew not who hrs friends we're
if he carried ou, the Democratic doctrine, as n r
lie
BILE supporter Of John Tyler and his Adminstra'oa-
sir. II then went into calculations TO show thai \
Postmaster General might have reduced the serve
the expenses and not have called upon Congress a
He read from the Postmaster Generals repoT, q
by his statement that he could have made b..
: ceipts and his expenditures correspond
$ Mr.. Hopkins said he compelled 10 comply
, The contracts. He thought the contractors were af.
t blame, but the Postmaster General 10 blame
permitting the debts accrue lie should feel w
if his vote wond do it, 10 pay the debts TO The 49,.
contractor. lie gave his vote with great reHc'af
E not TO help the Department which had negIeeie-
c duty, bot 10 preserve the public faith.
J alessrs. Bidack, Bovine, Briggs, Reynolds o.
: nois, Dawson, Mckay, Campbell of ;. G, 'on't
/ the discussion, after which The Committee Tsse'
# the House adjourned at 3 P. NJ.
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