Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1841-03-11

The resolution was III these words:
"Rcsoircd, That the rule of the Senate which re-
ouires the galleries to be cleared while acting on Exc
cutve business, shall be, and the same hereby is
pended, while acting on the nomination Of Peter "
Daniel 10 be an Associate Justice Of the Supreme
Court Of the United States, the place of Philip =.
Barbour, deceased.
The want Of quorum prevented the resolution
from being acted upon, but it clear that many
in favor of IT, and deemed it the true way to prevent
the dsorganzaon Of the Senate in future, well
expose the present anarchical attempt TO dissolve the
body.
From this sample, the public may judge what is to
be the condition of the American Senate hereafter
when the men in power who have done such deeds
as we have here but family sketched-Gtobe,
ELECTION OF PRINTER TO tue !. :. SENATE.
II known to readers that III the recent election
If Printer the Senate, the awnings" to refused
to vote and although quorum voted and NleSsrs Blair
K Rlyes elected the ballot confined TO the
Democ ratio members.
No man who appreciates the character and course Of
the Federalism of this country, will be surprised at this
result Since the organization OF the government that
party has hestaed to overstep or disregard the
law or to convict itself of the grosses inconsistency,
shall we not say prohgacy; whenever It's immediate
purposes demanded such exhibition OF It's spirit and
temper.
The Joint resolution, with all the forms of statute,
under which the election of printer is expressly d.
rec,ed WINS passed in 1919, and Gales IL Seaon were
elected at the time From that day TO the present
sion i, has been acted upon-the Congress gong out
eciinr the printer for the Congress coming in In
this manner the law, originally introduced and advo-
Gated nv the leaders Of the party called GIVING,
and claimed to be obligatory by them, has been carried
from 1919 TO the present day; and the result, how
ever unpalatable 10 the Democracy, acqnIcsced IN
by them. In this manner, for eight years during
the twelve in which the administration has been IN
the hands Of Gen. Jackson and Mr. Van Buren,, The &C.
drraI mrmbers-Clay, Webster " Co.-have insisted,
tbo thp
but lis mandatory character, and have elected Dun
Green Gales and Seaton, in opposition TO the wishes
OF the Administration. And yet now, when in conpIl.
ancc with the law and The uniform practice uncer
the position of parties is reversed, and the Republl'
cans hnd the power TO elect printer not in accnrd
ancc with the politics oil the incoming administration,
these consistent Federal Senators deny the obligatory
nature Of the esolItan refuse TO participate IN an
election and he who assumes the chletaInship Of
the new majority boldly declares that he and his
friends will the moment they possess the power, de-
bcrarly disregard and violate the law, reject the IN
cunrni and substitute in place doubtless the very
! ndlvidua (Gacs and Sea.on) whom the previous
Democratic minority Of the Senate allowed 10 remain,
clearly chess al previous session, u" matter now
greatly against their WISHES and votes under saiuto-
rs resolution which they would have venturcd 10
violate
Mr. Hubbard presents the facts and history OF this
appointment under the preceding action OF tie Senate
and pas, ADMINISTRATOR fully, and with great clearness,
and with unanswerahle urce. The Globe has The iol-
lowing pointed comment:
"Tl1. whole matter NAV be condensed into single
sentence For twenty two years, the Senate has, (in
conformity law passed by Congress, and approved
by the President, directing the terms and mode oi con
tracing with al! appointing prinerD invariably
elected al thu end Of each term OF the body printer Tor
the next In the year 1885, the Senate, going ont hav.
ing majority of Fedcrasts, aud the Senate coming IN
having a majority Of Democrats COL Benton proposed
10 repeal that law in the regular mode assigning
as reason that the majority gong out ought mol 10
impose obnoxious printer on the majority coming
in. The federal party refused even 10 consider l.o
Bentons resolution. Mr. Preston replied 10 hum, that
'ie found that 1919 joint resolution was passed, re-
gulaing PERMANENTLY the mode of getting the
printing of the Houses executcd far as the prices
were the subject of regulation, and the practice has
been 10 elect By ballot since. whatever doubt
there may have been 10 the Interpretation OF the re-
solution Of 1919 there be as to that OF lS'
because il re-enaced that of 1872 and required the
printing be done by printer vino was 10 he elected
by ballot. The practice was then OF fourteen years
standing, and 1t sustained by JOINT resolution OF
the two Houses Upon tins ground Mr. Preston con
cudcd that 1T is proper therefore 10 90 INTO TINS eec
ton now-ihe present printer (Gales ~ Seaton) has
large and expensive es,ablrshment-he has large ca
p,;a employed and If he is not TO be the printer ne
ought 10 know it,
"In Alr. Prcstons views, Mr. H. Clay, Mangum
Prcntss and others, who have come out IN open oPp"
ston 10 them notr then concurrrd, and Nlessrs Gales
a Sea,on imposed, by their votes, on the Rcpub
Iican majority Of the next Senate and tina, majority &C
quesccd in the authority of the law under which their
Federal predecessors acted The Same men who now
seek 10 repudate the law constitutional pretexts
without the slightest hestation avaied themselves oil
1t 10 impose their political par,izan Editor on the De-
mocra,lc majority OF the succeeding senate. And
tins precedent, established BY the Federal side
Of the chamber, confirmed by the unanimous &c
quiescence Of the Democratic majority Of the next Sc
nate Hence II will be seen that the adopted in
the election Of printer BY the present Senate IS not
only sustained by The express letter of the law-by the
unbrokcn usage of twenty-five years under that law
but By precedent established upon point made and
debated, involving the very question Of Propriety now
urged-a preceden, established by the very persons
who now seek To set asde-and which submitted
and confirmed by the very persons on whom 1t va:
imposed, notwithstanding they Immediately succeeded
to the power that enabled them to Tescind it,
ALBANY .7rgus.