Boon's Lick times. [volume] (Fayette, Mo.) 1840-1848, 1841-06-05

Of the whole House. ->
October4. Thu order Of the day on this sub.
ect being called for, Mr.. Newton moved its in.
definite postponement. This was negatived,
yeas 81, nays 77--and not a party VOTE as the
Journal shows.
October g. The report OF the committee
having been reported back to the House from the
Committee of the whole House, was taken up,
and on the Question to agree to it, the vote stood,
yeas u and II nays. So the report, recon.
merding the removal of the seat OF Government
from Washington to some more convenient place,
was agreed to, and committee was appointed TO
bring in bill.
October 13. Mr.. Fisk reported bill for the
temporary removal Of the seat Of Government
On the 18th October, Mr.. Webster took his
seat for the first time for that session, and on that
day the question was taken upon motion to re.
ject the bill, and it was negatived, yeas 76 nays
10. Mr. Webster voting in the negative-that
is TO say, he voted against the rejection OF bill
drought in by leading friend OF the Admins
traton, on which there had been, in no stage OF
it party vote,) providing for the removal OF the
seat OF Government from Washington. The
bill not being rejected, was read second time
and committed to a Committee Of the Whole OF
the House. Being reported back from the com.
bill by inserting section which provided that
the Presidents House and the Capitol should be
rebuilt on their former site, in the city OF Wash.
ington, which was rejected without division.
In the committee of the whole, the bill had
been amended, and one Of the amendments was
to name the place to which the Government
should be removed. (The place does not appear
upon the Journal, but it is believed TO have been
Lancaster, Pa) The question then being put
upon the engrossment Of the bill, it passed in the
negative yeas "a, nays 80, and so the bill was
lost. Mr. Webster voted in the affirmative.
This was not party vote; the Northern men
generally voting to remove the Government to
Lancaster, and the Southern men were against it..
The next proceeding that appears upon this
subject took place on the 10Th October, when
Mr.. Lewis, of Virginia, (whom Mr.. Jefferson
called the residuary legatee Of all the federalism
in the State Of Virginia. moved for committee
70 inquire into the expediency OF re. building the
Presidents house and the CAPITOL and the neces-
sary expenses for that purpose. The resolution
was adopted without objection; and committee
appointed, which reported on the 2lst November,
and on that day Mr.. Lewis obtained leave to
bring in bill making appropriation for repair
ing or rebuilding in the city Of Washington.
1t does not appear that any further proceedings
took place in the House in regard TO the bill in
troduced by Mr.. Lewis; but on the 9Th Of Feb.
ruary, bill from the Senate 10 provide for the re.
building Of the Presidents House and the Capt..
tol, being under consideration in the House of
Representatives, it was moved that no part Of the
money should be expended until the President
laid before Congress report stating the princi
pies upon which the Capitol, Presidents house,
5 and the Post Office, should be rebuilt, with an
estimate of the cost.
The motion was rejected. Then Mr.. Stanford
, Of North Carolina, an ardent supporter of the
Administration, moved, 'that the bill be recon-.
, mitted with instructions to report such change
+ and plan Of construction Of the public buildings
as shall coInport with the convenience OF the
government" This motion was lost. Mr. Ep.
pes, Of Virginia, as appears by his vote, was OF
, opinion that the money ought not to be voted
without some kind of change in the old plan Of
construction, nor without some plan being laid
before the house to show what the construction
was to be, and the expense OF it. Mr.. Webster
was Of this opinion also, and on the third reading
, OF the bill, there were SO yeas and SO noes anc
the bill passed. Mr.. Webster voted in the neg
alive; and this is the crime he is accused of. MI
Eppes, the Democratic leader of the house, and
: Chairman OF the Committee of Ways and Means
r voted with him. Mr.. Farrow, OF S. c. voted
e with him, Mr.. Kerr, OF Va, Mr.. Udree, OF Pa.
Mr.. Taylor, OF New York, Mr.. lnghan, of Pa.
e Mr.. Munfree, of S. c., Mr.. Williams, OF S. C.
Mr.. Conrad, OF Pa, Mr.. Stanford, Of N. C.
i and others, staunch democrats, voted with Mr.
Webster, and many Of Mr.. Websters politica
friends voted for the bill.
f The truth is, it was no party proceeding, anc
there vas no pc,rty vote on it, and all that can b
made Of it is that Mr. Webster was not willing
to vote away the mo,,,ey Of the People, until 1T
knew how it was to be Ian. out ana expended
I any more than Mr.. Eppes.
: Every public man knows-all fair lllhder
: men admit that justice can be done no man by
picking out vote here and there, and publishing
them Mithout their proper connection, without
accurately stating the occasion, and without Civ
ing the reason, on which they were furnished.
, Persevering efforts of this kind have
been made against Mr.. Webster, many
times and by different hands, but thus far
without success. The way in which Mr.
Webster has himself met them, may be
learned by the following extracts from his
speech in reply to Mr.. Calhoun, on the
22nd March, 1888:
"But, sir, before attempting that, he has
| something else to say. He had prepared
S it seems, to draw comparison himself He
had intended to say something, if time hao
E allowed, upon our respective opinions anc
t conduct in regard to the war. If time hac
. allowed! Sir, time does allow-time mus
d allow. A general remark of that kline
ought not to be, cannot be, left to produce
e its effect, when the effect is obviously in