Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1841-02-27
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WAsHlSGToS, Feb. -.
In the Senate to-day Mr.. Crt;enden asked leave ~
introduce his bill to prevent the interference Of certain
Federal officers in elections, and explained and advo
Gated the bill at considerable length expressing wish
that the vote leave might be considered test vote
on the bill. He followed in the debate by Messrs
Clay of Kentucky and Preston in favor Of the BILL and
by Messrs. Norvell, Wright, Calhoun, Sewer, Linn,
Cuthbert and Buchanan in opposition; and the ques-
ton being taken granting leave, it decided in
the negative-ayes Ia, Do The Vice President
submitted letter from Mr.. Webster giving notice Of
his resignation of his seat in the Scnac. Some re-
marks Of Mr.. Cuthbert in relation TO certain opinions
formerly held by Mr.. Webster gave rise TO highly
animated discussion, in which Messrs Cuthbert, Clay
of Kentucky, Pres,on and Rives participated, which
terminated by successful motion for adjourn.
ment.-GlObe.
DEBATE ON THE ELECTION Tr} 20 OF PRINTER TO THE
We publish the discussion which preceded the cleo
ton of Printers Saturday.
The National lntelligencer of this morning gives
onesided report of it, snppressing, with partcu-
lar care, the luminous history of the whole subject,
presented by MIR. Hubbard in his opening speech.
This matter Of necessity. The Editor knew
that to give full view of the question to give up
the cansc.
The whole matter may be condensed into single
sentence. For twenty-five years, the Senate has lin
conformity TO law passed by Congress, and approved
by the President directing the terms and mode Of
tracing with and appointing Prn'er9 invariably
elected, al the END oil eacn Term OF the DOuv, Trlnter
for the next In the year 1885, the Senate going out
having majority Of Federaliss and the Senate coming
in having majority of Democrats Col Benton proposed
to repeal the law in the regular mode assigning
that the majority going out ought not to impose an
obnoxious Printer the ma ory coming in. The Fede
raj party refused even consider Col Bentons resolu-
ton Mr. Preston replied 10 him. that "he found that in
1919 Joint resolution was passed, regulating PERMA-
NENTLY the mode of getting the printing of the two
Houses executed far as the prices the subject
of regulation and the practice has been 10 elect by
ballot ever since. Whatever doubt there may have
been as TO the Interpretation Of the resolution of
1919 there can be TO that of 1920, because
it re enacted that Of 1872 and required the printing
to be done by printer who to be elected by ballot
The practice then of fourteen years standing,
and it was sustained by joint resolution of the two
Houses Upon this ground Mr. Preston concluded
that sit is proper therefore to 90 into this election
the present Printer (Gales and Seaton) has large
and expensive estabshment-he has capital EN-
ploycd and if he is not to be the Printer he ought to
| know it..
| In Mr.. Prestons views, Mr.. H. Clay, Mangum,
Prentiss and others, who have ont in open oppo
ston to them nop, then concurred and Messrs Gales
and Seaon were imposed, by their votes, the Re-
publican majority Of the next Senate and that MAORI
ty acquesced in the authority Of the law under which
their Federal predecessors acted. The men, who
now seek 10 repudate the law constitutional pre-
texts without the slightest hesitation availed them
selves of it to impose their political partisan Editor
the Democratic majority Of the succeeding Senate
And this precedent, established by the Federal side
of the chamber, was confirmed by the unanimous &C
ouiescence of the Democratic majority Of the next Sc
nate Hence it will be seen that the course adopted