Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1841-03-18
CONGRESSIONAL.
PRELIMINARY DEBATG az TIE B!SassioS OF the
pEISrEAS.

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1iat ne "@s e!rc'eu ~ ti'''' 49, - - -
ecntve capacity. lie was ei.cted as WIS 80 49,
keeper, .! their sergcanat.Arins, or any oo"y
Inc Senate was there, agrrcaoy 70 ,le -
the country, anu u in@hi 40 !'.y mug "''o' " W
competent fora Senate 10 90, aidit might oS'
o;'ccrs whose agency Vas necessary - VIC ue'' =
inc dulles 81 me SENATE ,,ro,,o.
hr; ALL. s',, y "as rxonn,,rc or leg.l,,re
'hr eircii'h ~ an oi'rer ""s ~ pn,
~ Us character: proper! III. !; 49,
here was an act cone oy liie 'oc'a' WINE" - = -
character 81 i pFanct - nv s'S'',.e :.
81 mat iact "'s, ta.t t''s "'us - - - 49,.
inI IN Executive business, 70 - WIN e!'s'e .o'''
aaG hr election OF ms i'.cf .'''n P''ee ~, :"
doors. Tn" election films "icer TOOK pace nn''r c
cumstanccs, ana uhder j'iht r'" y ~ ~ :,
Congress, which mace y ,,'' a"'s VI ~ ~
"'''s :" s 49,, !, H., cIec,ea 4 |,
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"h'i ih's pou,' - " ., = ~ . -. =,
iGfe. actlhg uhter Jo'''t rue :" w IT
tie bnv"rnHch ias eec," P"o''o "0'
t'cs are c"nhectco WIN o"''' i'on' :. -
ili"y hdd DONE 'hal "'tl open "o"'' ~ -
'uN'e pnt y" if'I $50 $50, 49,, H., -, pnr...,
more, when lhay ha informed '''c t'"uss ~ n'P'e"
iat'vcs Of this, could they now "'', IN, ''ose
disoan1e'i, ahn,'' ''''s ''', -. 80, III !; p;, :,
heAi year, ,oln!iy s''''"' - Wv - -. "
'hc Seia'e' II y "r'e ~ ~. No.. ~ r'l" 2nt.r
u n"t done WIN cios'h uoo.S' ~, -" 49, -:
wnG'' 's oo". 10 ,l lsed doors, lie rcpea,rd
shall be transacted WIN c''seu u"o' ~ -
that, IN iiseli, inc act "as rs, "s -, Exon,,.
legslativc ana II uefhsu 10 49,, ..,o
tive or LEGISLATIVE "e, nm 49," r,a. anJ ,h,, ,rss
assumed at inc lhir .ne "e' ""s ,;.i ,,cL In
S.ne, AZ :" Th;s was done as legislative act, and
Senate sat ms was uo'., - =hannh n Gan,
as such they 'hiof.neu Wv wv, " ..,oa ana !, scem.
gress Of the fact; ihey haa 50 a''"' '.u = So
ed 10 him they might, WIN 'lua' P'oPn,9, ''.'''u
ever resolution winch they ha' paSsen III l"''t c"'e
ter Of Legislative BODY Ana - ~ NC asssT,'"n t'i'
this new Senate, lie Gen!e" 'n' 'aci' ~ ",@u
ment much relied ON III ihS "Scass''' ~" ~ ~.
much logic ana reasoning '''" pss" VIZ" 80 W.
position the election Of ''Se r'h''s, "as
There was no suct lhih9 - rs" -, s'"' N' ,
10 The Constitution OF ihis t'pnn"c' hcy 'h's"s ~
well speak Of new s"Ir nsc Of :" s@ be-
nate. There was new iioIsc 81 ,,o
cause the entire House expired at 'e ~ W.
second wear and because the IN "i a'ch terminated
the life o.; thai body. Eu; moi 50 The Senate ne '"i
suon rrrlrnscs That body every w" years, ~ tii'
,,o If class of Senator'S and thereby gives eern
t. 10 The duration cf the body There was 10 new nor
was there any old Senate The same Stnas' therefore,
which elected Blair x RScs, now, without charge OF
llr,.,on. proposes rcscind the ac but ne would
mol 90 into that. lie again said The action OF the 80
nate, on tins election, VAS not w'tn cioSr1 1'p's ,
rules required all Executive acton should be haa WIN
closed doors This not so had; ana inc c'rcnfi
Of the act which N Itself was ns.FT se'es
sarly Executive nor legislative competed l,e' H., :"
look Ia the character they assumed at 'hc Tune a,y
did ,hc act in order decide the character oil the
act Itself He had done with tins Tor the present
Mr. WRIGHT, before the question was taken T ,hc
cd 10 know whether he had correctly understood 'he
senator from kentucky say that the Senate, WIN us