Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1840-1842, 1841-07-12
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
! Mr. FILLMORE moved hat the House resolve
Itself INTO Committee OF the Whole, bus withdrew II
! IN order 10 allow
! MIR ID WHITE to report bill from the Cora
mi,tcc on Commerce 20 eXcnd the limits Of the port
of New Orleans, 50 as to include the city OF Fay
cite on the Mississippi; which was read three times
and passed.
! Mr. PROFIT asked leave 10 offer resolution
directing the Committee on the Currency to report
the bill from the Senate, repeating the Sub.treasury
Tue motion of MIR FILLMORE, then came up,
and was rejected, yeas 80, nays 80
Several memorials were then offered praying for
a National Bank, and other matters connected with
the business of the present session. which were re-
Mcleod CASE
| Mr. HUN then wen; into the discussion OF the
resolution OF Mr. } q Floyd. asking information OF
tue President IN relation 10 the Mcleod case, ana
stated That Il no debate had been entered mo, Ee
should have been contenl to give silent vote ~ IA
| yor of the resolution; but as Al attack had been
made the Secretary Of State he could not let Il,
pass without notice; and he entered into an able de-
fence Of The Se-geltry. As for the contemplate
individual, Mcleod 81 d Mr. H.. neither the &C, on
OF England nor the gtf5,ts o. individuals here could
/ raise hun into an object Of ImqoUAEc'. lis c se
was now sui JUDGE m the Supreme Court OF las
State after the hearing ofthe most o0lc course ana
. ,
ans 10 the individual.
fore NJ, II. had concluded the morning hour
expired
| Mr. CLARK then moved the Previous Question
on his motion, but o,JecIcrs beng made, the re-
solution could no. &c entertained.
! MIR FILLMORE then renewed his motion, ard
/ the House Seni INTO COmmUCs Of the Mao.e, MIR
THE LOAN BILL.
/ Mr. PlChENS said that .1.s 90. although osien-
.rr. rr.. . . .
nev, was 10 fac,, only scheme 20 enable The GOV.
crumznt 10 tax the p-o7e. II ;atD wen; Iu.O au
examination Of Inc taxing poss-. and showed iaa.
I England operating upon comparative J sna.. Ter
r,ory could raise $3.50 200 uc1 With .ess oppression
upon tie people than We COZ ra.S1 $50 10000 10
tG.s county, Tor wC raised the revenue 90 one p0s.
ton, and expended O. 90 another which had tic e
t.r' Of mggvc-sa.ns one while % snr-he- he other
portion.
Mr. p illustrated his position bv a reference 20
Fsaacs an. Russia. He espresso as;ons,hner:
tia; the ca-.rmau OF Tue committee oi ways arG
means should have -nl=-Y-r 20 is..-l,e the wc-,.
partisan Zee = when he lGtrog- seed the b. and .z.
;1.- he Sg-.L 20; g.. 0N tlHt tELl-.e. he lhcr
eD-e.vosg1 % sEoS iaat Inc ssIua CT the debt Us
MAt- ~ ne Chairman ~ .u- committee, was O zoe
ECrsr s-ro0-o-S AMI ire u:os, sI,s1: @: thu: Gs5,
CT . 20: excl 100000 instead of :ze sn5.-
nc $ and LnEGas11fa.= lUggus e. Down .v the
-sa..uan OF So 100000 NiE p. was c.. 4 m
..s remarks ~ ..E * .Tl'.-l 0f The hour.
Mr.. SERGEANT acK. addressed the commit.
tee and seldom has TIE reporter more regretted The
extreme % 15c-.;y c. EEar.-- that gentleman: be
fears -lst cTllE 30 LIS c.--g he y . be a-s
20 PRESENT g-t 40 .r-giec. sketch o. be sr.urBrr,
Ar :. remarked .Es- ;ae .l:- Administration Ha-
bad possession Of tie L5vsrnUsl. down 20 :.e eve
nE-- o. the SD y: Ns--a LAST, and nld gone OF. OF
power leaving The Government r4juuy % .Hg amount
o. eve Sc r-.ll-s J- DO ars- I1.s, o.: course rad
been .aro-E. a r..s.aa--l. mus. hive assu-t3- Il,
could never have gEsn TIE mention Of those recent
% Il d 500 -.
re1 or 1I,, - they Jet. j; 10 means . DO 80 il
must % course stop, Or 20 OF Impr. and aa.gr-
m.sesaJ.y along, DUNG he Test OF me y=ar-arl
that during very cr'lca PERIOD m the history OF
the country. by 10 OEs lad Lus CN.cs. stat. Of
our -iiiIrs been more loudly or extensively pro-
claimed 70 the word than ay tie cent enla1 from =
Carolina, INr P.CE .Gs. lie had made i known
no; l.rUGg. bout tHls country but he hat ed H.
people OF Eng aud 70 believe tina, war with the l.
St-.cs was insvtlJe; and, so .ar had IfIs !nlrrs,
sion been produced, inst even our Mediterranean
squadron had been not ted Jhai, looking % tue state
Of h.-h e -Ilemen, which prevailed m England ne
We as on ihIs side the water, and especially q, ,6g
high tone OF feeling eX.s,uy IN this House as utt-
les 90 by the gent.smiu's report, the idea OF aygj
ius war was entirely on. d The question: an IN
Consequence, they had FASTENED 10 get out Of ,H.
Straits OF Gibraltar into the open ocean, AID one
had never stopped 90. size had actually come a.,
nay home. i ousHl The country, then. had
been, 10 seemed, on the Drink ut a war when ,If.
mistake had been committed; aud i seemed Too
that Tue fer OF war was as great mistake ns the
providing no means 10 meet 10, for by some son
cock or sa'sly-va.yg, =. THIS high. pressure eT~re
mgut had been quietly drawn of. and the UrI.rr.,,
vesse., after running across the entire width Of The
ocean, had returned quietly back To her st3roo Nir
:. uslscI that tins course, On the part Of the late
AdmInst a,luu could have been rOrh.ry lu, N r,,,,
take Tor, o. the npn0aH.c chairman of the Commit.
tee on Foreign Relations lN!r P.ckeusl wis rrsl,
and I'D the wur d was light no what thew had rorrH.,
ded from his report, land the impression tte1 r.,,
uu"ef had never been out Of sight in Eng ard rI
the disturbance Of her own elections a. Igrr, had
put 10 on. Of her tHOUgIts,J and war had .c,.r., q,
been so near az hand, the Administration never
could have dreamed Of leaving their country win.
out armo- Of def nee, or dO.Ir 10 meet rhs erne--
genry. But what hal happened in the rne.nyyi,.e3
> ch1rge a. Administration. And who made fy
The People OF The JnitCd States Hog ,g,a ~
ma1R Under nc provisions Of tue Cofs..u,ol
And what t3T Because they cI Osg d.. tr.t vs.
a sufficient reason, nor was tie F,vgrei,u r,,y,,
bound 70 give any Oih=r The PEOPLE chose IN
changs the Administration and tIcy dII chance IL.
but the country was not changed, or the rtere.ts 81
Wc county, or the relations between the Govern.
ment and the People. Not "a, all. These raa,4i,cd
just US N'y ma been 1.-the duty on The one hand L,
provide tue ways and means, and the dY.y an ,br
her u take Cfre Of the Union. Tho T-Tfo, ,y,g
our country. Mr. $. never had had any p.rer. ma,
"'u.l Ha ever 'skHp" eye any other, and he never
YOU'D submit 10 have his country taken rom Erao
Ard Ibis, he believed w0s the sober get,rr,n,,,,1
o. Inc People Of the Union.
u ever there was tins when ali WIN r,vel tho
country wee called 90 hold lls. the truth fI.t ,b
Union Is our country, it was Immediately ,ft,r tho
uts'ance 70 the world Of such report az tL,t tI
gentleman, when IS language threatened ne Viii ,
war In which every power and every rr,sprr. 10.
possessed must ug taxed ~ the utmost. Add OH,
haI been the cause OF such 90 nrsrake IA. I,d U.,r
committed W 'hs gentleman and DOB. friends i'm roe
''ff ne nsieVgl1 Doe trusted tina, b, had been or
purposes lnlre Mr. >. turnCi quite away Croui tbs
''''i co. ana "hlt De SAID was To- him entirely Io.y
AMI now, proceeded Nr S. they will CO., ~
lupw and fec. how fully tIIay were i.l,rifi b., IT,.
/ determination that the adHtInis,rltioo ,b,,fi I
changed. For what hld been the history of lie
|PMt| lnc ordinary revenue had all been sg,r,.
anu nom ~ lpli2ui millions year besides and p
Irg 10 900 10 81 millions WUrrc d., 49,, -.
come from. How was ibis stare Of fb.p.q I.,.r,',
l"m u'c ig0p.ci 10 tho first p'lca. y,f,t,y,-i-,l
come INTO their hands had been rssd ~, 49,. ,.
P'''s "i 70 'DVsrumgn'. aud then g,uo 4, r '...j
, Session Ih september, 1887, which ended bon ,,y..
lny POWER TO issue Trelsury notes. 10 E. s...,
.n.Io h'u Oeen one happy result from The eYsr,sI
10 ~, WIS P'"er and only OnC--it had 1foyob, tt,
'o'.''..t no 10 sympathy with the ,yuni,v
% .,' ..y OlNsf measure Of that Administrator. G
, The whole county had been del,g,l 81 ..,', D
d s'ry notes Of every possible J.s.l,, ,',,
~. '''.inneht was uD longer out Of ibe r,gs.g,,
10 wy .''I.I 'Is Government paper without I,'.y
W ,L". m"'. Iorf On.y 20 I've ugou for n fs,y ,
i ~ WolH nave plenty OF uou.v ta.,,,,,.yy,.
M ''u DN' u.y would all be paid on H. ia.
b" y I"' with nn individual who pur..l,d 49,
o'"s p.an 10 his private bdlifsl Ue ',o, I,s W.. w.
Mt ,'''ulel ana tho ght no more Of, t9, ,Ic 49,,
l." 10y lu lhe mean time TIC money yeas M ~
ne neoy r,,. "u'n we sixty days were our, he Pave