Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1841-09-14

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agency alluded TO By President Tier IN his opening
n7essaae was not Bank Of any hind, and although
| he Mi w preferred the independent Treasury 10
any other system, yet he might prefer such Hscai
agency as the President had in view to the corrupt
aud miserable pet bank system. Ana now ne APP
naasd 70 his friends who had vo.ed against him On
,his question to establish the Pet bank system at
The brpinnpr Of the session, through the apprehen-
sion that, il DONE it would lead 10 Inc chatu!ihe
of the National Bank, were they rot now sasieu tna'
their apprehensions unloundd, ana lhal no nan
could lie established during the administration OF oon
Tvler This danuer then being now clearly out ui
m. way why now re- establish tin Pet BANK system
In less than three months Congress would rehssenoe'
when the President had promised, III his iaS, Nr'o
Message to propose Fiscal Agency, not BANK, "'
the consideration Of Congress, and as We Know, u"ue'
the act of 1896 would take at least sixty days 10 pun
into operation the State Bank System, why not wan
until the next Session MIR. w. feared II the Stare
Bank System were reestablshed, It wouio e'he,
be permanent yield only TO the creation oil Naloha,
Bank and therefore, he would wait and see the 'sea
4 Agency proposed by the President and IN no event
would he vote either for u National Bank, or The re'
Bank System.
MIR. CLAY, from the Committee Of Conference, on
the disagreement between the two Houses IN relation
to the Revenue bil reported that the committee had
agreed 10 recommend, substitute Tor the pfoVso "
the House, the following: -
Prordrd That If in this section dn;y exceeding
the rate per al yaorrm ha lie levied pro" !" e
m of June 1872 the shall amy wise, affect iht as
non Of the proceeds Of the public lands provided Tor ny all
ct nas.r al The present Congress; Prorded her
ha no duty higher 20 cent Al vaiocm shall be e'ieu
and paid ON an, manufactured article
I The report OF the committee was concurred 10.
The Senate then proceeded 10 the cohS'oefal'oh VI
Executive business.
Ilis understood that Nr Curtis has been passed upon
/ HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
! MIR Everett Of Vermont wished 10 be excused from
serving on the committee to inquire into the iracas De-
tween Messrs. Wise and Stanly, because he had e1-
pressed opinion.
Mr. Arnold of Tenn, SAID II that was goou cause'
any man in the House might he excused
The House then refused to excuse Mr.. Everett.
a message was received from the Senate, stating tnnt
| they disagreed TO amendment OF the House % Tue
provso the Revenue bill, relative 10 the ~ per cent
clause i'll the distribution, act and asking lot conei
ence. -,
Mr. Fillmore moved that the House insist upon lis
amendment, and appoint Committee Of Conference
This motion as opposed al length by Messrs Shields
and Dawson who thought the House should ieceue
from its amendment
After remarks from MeSsrs AfHoiu ahu Jaws
of Kentucky,
| Mr. Arnold moved the previous question; winch was
ordered and the House decided, BY yeas -, nays 10
| to insist upon its amendment.
/ 4 Committee Of Conference was then ordered.
Mr. Yorhe of New Jersey now called up his JOINT re-
sou,ion Of adiournnent and moved insert Monday,
/ al eleven a. III. instead ci Saturday.
Mr. A,herton moved TO insert o.morro" at a. m
4 Mr.. Alherlon amendment vas rejected.
The House then adopted Mr.. oTke fesoiutioh' %
amended BY him, By accIanation.
The joint resolution respecting waterrot'ed hennl
was then read twice and referred to The Committee oi
the Whole ;
The House now resolved itself into Committee oil
the Whole (Alr Barnard OF New York IN the ShaifD
! and considered the joint resolution just referred.
/ The committee lmme dialsly rose and reported 'ic
resolution to the House. The resolution was then
passed. 80
/ Mr. Dawson of Georgia and said IL IS with
much pleasure, Mr.. Speaker, rise TO state that the
sudden unprecedented, and deeply regretted incident
which occurred in this House Yesterday between inc
gentleman from Virginia OR. Wisf) and the gen'ie'
man from North Carolina (Mr. Stanly) both members
of this body has been adjusted through the
i ri friends. in manner honorable 10 themselves. 10
say tina, both gentlemen must deeply and sincerely re-
qret the causes leading 10 tins explanation, an sure,
would be but weak expression oil their regret Eac"
gentleman retracts any remarks which have been dcei
I'd offensive By the the other III TIE order III
which they spoken and are restored 10 Their pre-
existing relations.
Mr.. Mckay offered resolution calling upon the
Postmaster. General report al the next session 'ne
number and amount Of letters carried III one month III
the mail Of the L. :.
a ioint resolution was offered 10 amend The Consttu
4 ton Of the IT, >, limit the President TO one
term, and TO permit majority 10 pass bi alter the
President had sent in his veto.
motion was made suspend the rules TO admit the
! resolution -
! The yeas and nays were called, and were-yeas =,
\ nays Il.
MIR Birdseye of New York offered a resolution 10
/ furnish new members with books.
4 Mr. Johnson of Tenn. objected
n A suspension Of rules was moved, and refused
/ Mr. Brown of Tennessee moved 10 suspend The rules
for the purpose Of taking resolution offered by Nun
10 limit the Presdcn 10 term.
Il The yeas and nays demanded and were-yeas
~, nays 81.
i No. carried
Mir Bolts moved the orders ofthc day, viz the con-
sidera;ion of the bill TO establish Fiscal Corporation
Mr. Bolts commenced by saying that he had, on a
previous OCCASION charged the President of the T. D
with peridy and treachery 10 the Wing party and u
he was not cut off by the hour rule, he undertook 10
say 10 the House that he would make good that charge,
or take upon himself all the odlum which the max
np false charge deserves II any disnteresed Trend
would hear him through, and say that he had not made
good that charge, lie would take the charge back and
make the ample apology. After this, MIR. Bolts
read various passages from the veto message, comment
ing on them rs lie Mr. b. then went on TO
say that the President came into Office with vast ma
iory Of the people in his favor and that Congress met
with decided majority Of both Houses not only VIII
ling, but determned 10 give his administration a cor
dial and Jealous support In the state o. things, ihe
President for the purpose of securing hs Own re-eec
tion detached himself from his party, and threw
himself into the arms ct the Opposition. lie had tr-
fed away the interests Of The nacn-ay, Sir, equivo-
Gated for three monts Of the session, and then came
here and imp"rrd The compassion and forgiveness Of
the House. lie had claim to the compassion OF
thu, House, and Of the Wing party. He SID that he
had signed every bill that have passed, except the
Bank bill, and therefore, he should be pressed too
hard this. lie signed every other BILL and why did
he Nothing bat the deepest and most unqualified
comniltal before the election made him sign II, and #
rumor is TO be believed, he hesitaed long before he
signed IT, Mr. B. asked if the President had follow
ed the glorious example Of Madison and the other IA.
theirs Of the Constitution in vetnng this BILL and re.
ferred 10 speech made by him on the remova! OF
the deposites, in which he censurrd General Jack
son for not following the same example. In speak
ing of the just received from the President he
SAID, he would say nothing against 1t for, from ts
tenor, il might be presumed to be written by the
Editor Of the New York Herald If letter had
been written to him by his at school, boy Of
IL years old containing as much ,nmooeTy was IN
that message, he would take HIM at once from school
aud put him 10 lie plough, for he would be satisfied
that he iii for nothing else He laid down the propo
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