Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1841-09-03

as III dlN, immediately on the nttlS Ol IL sliidE bi
which had, fortunately for the country, received
the Of the President, and ultimately rejected hy
the Senate
The parliamentary law, which has been a guide to
the action Of Congress heretofore orbds the introduce
ton at the OF any which has been
rejected during that session Tins las been disregard
ed The rules of the Senate forbade him to speak OF
the action Of the other House this subject he
could wish He regretted tina; he not liberty 10
present their conduct plainly 10 the people, TO show to
the country what it was TO expect from the dominant
party here and what kind Of measure may be expected
from the mode of legislation which has been adapted
The Fiscal Corporation Bill has, however come 10 us,
and he (alr. king) and his friends much they
opposed 10 its introduction passage, determined 10
give to fair aud open opposition. No objection
made tie motion OF the Senator from Georgia TO send
ii 10 select committee, and that that committee should
be appointed by the presiding officer. The President
of the Senate made the selections but, 10 his Mr n s.
great surprise, on reading the this morning, III
OF The public papers, he found they were all mem
bers Il" the dominant party; not one selected TOR this
most i,nror;ant committee belongs 10 tie minority IN
this body nplssd To the bill Why was It, he (Alf X J
must b. c ,cd TO ask, that the presiding officer had
departed from rule which, IN all the fluctuations Of
party and in the b CHEST times of party excitement, had
never before bee. departed from? Did he think The
minority had not equal interest in pending measures
with other Senator's that those represent not
as much entitled TO have their rights and interests pro-
ectcd and preserved The constituents OF those, IA
vored Senator'S: No, Sir, this ne will not admit
| WHY, then, this marked and unusual exclusion Was
il that the friends of tins unwilling that
any of the minority should be present to hear their dis
ar-ecmcnts and witness the dlemmas and difficulties
H. re- must have been motive in thus departing from
\ course sanctioned BY time and By every principle of
prnprirty. II will be for the presiding officer to state
what that motive Mr.. King must be permitted
to repeat the 10 impress it on the minds of Sena
tors that during more than twenty years he had been
in Congress, he had never known important commit.
tees TO be appointed, either standing select, in which
some member Of the then minority did not constitute
portion, until this most extraordinary selection Of a
committee, to report this most important bill
Would it not, (said MIR. kng,) have been prudent as
we'll as just have given to the minority fair OPP
portunty of suggesting their objections in committee:
The friends of the would then be appraised of
those objections and could prepare themselves meet
them. He (hlr kingl had not risen to make motion,
but merely 10 present this extraordinary proceeding to
the view of the Senate, and leave there but he be-
lieved in Justice his friends, and 10 stamp this pro-
ceedns with condemnation, he would move that two
additional members be added TO the committee.
| The CHAIR stated that member MIR. Archer
had been appointed on this Committee who had voted
against the Bank bill that had passed the two Houses
this Session. When the present bill came 10 the Sc
nate yesterday, motion made to postpone It nde
fni,ey, and twenty one members voted asans, 1t, thus
expressing their decided hostility to the measure.
None of those had been appointed and, in this course
he had been guided BY rye, FRONT Manual