Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1841-06-15

mike IL point with any peculiar reference to this
case, hut on general considerations OF proprety and
decorum Should the resolution be agreed TO, and the
Senate call upon the President for the reasons OF THU
military order the President might perhaps say in re-
ply that this matter which lay exclusively with
the Executive, and that lie did not choose to give any
answer TO The inquiry MIR. P. should not Ike 10 see
the Senate placed in such position; and therefore dc
not think II proper to vote for the call.
The morning hour being expired, Mr. F. called
for the orders Of the day.
MIR. CLAY said he hoped he would move TO lay The
resolution the table
But Mr.. SEWER claimed the floor. The senator
rcm South Carolina had appealed to hm IN cahdor e
say whether the Senate had ght to ma uire no ihe
reasons of every military order Certainly It had
In tins Tree country the military was ayet subordinate
10 tie evil pnwrr The Senatsr bad asked xhelher
Gen. arbuck!c was dsgraced by being sent TO Baton
Rogue Most certainly he was. He had been removed
RON an extensive and important command, and trans
rred to petty post where there neither troops
Tor garrison. The Senator had said that he could get
redress But what redress could he expect from a
court OF inquiry: The order of which he complained
was IN It's form according TO law, and sooner than
MAKE complaint al such a tribunal, Gen. Arbuckr
would cut his throat. The Senator had said, further,
that the party t. which Mr. s belonged had refused 10
\ give reasons for removals. Yes and what the
doctrine INSISTED on by the Senator and his friends,
nat The demand fer reasons Of right, and that
the refusal to give them was one of the enornes Of
altered. Bit Mr. s. would not proong the discussion
but would content himself by calling for the yeas and
nays
They were ordered by the Senate and then, on mo-
ton OF Mr. HANGLil, Tie resolution for the pre-
sent laid on the table
The resolution reported by Mr. Bayard, from joint:
committee recommending that the chairs Of tie pre-
sidng officers Of both Houses he shrouded IN mourning,
was read 4 thrc time and passed.
Mr. CLAY ma"cd the printing of / 500 additional
a.,
on The state Of TIE finances.
/ MIR. WOODBURY. wished Mr. G. to delay this
ton for the present, he wanted to make some re.
marks upon that paper.
Mr.. CLAY wished he would take some other oppor
tnnity, and would, in the meanwhile, suffer the order
10 print 10 BE- adopted BY the Senate.
| Mr. WOODBURY. said that he considered tie mo-
ton to print as presenting very appropriate occasion
lof the Offering of remarks upon the document.
\ Mr. CLAY. We VIII afford The honorable Senator
:fiy occasions il he wishes them.
Alter some nrthc. convcrsation-
Alr CLAY sad he would not press his motion to-
day.
Mr.. RlfES advering to desire expressed by Mr.
Buchanan some days for further time to examine
lie question Of international law involved in the
respondrnce between the Secretary of State and Mr.
Fox, sad tia, il had been his desire 10 call ~ the
ton 10 priH. that correspondence to-day, but no. wish
IL interfere with the order OF the day. he gave
notice that he should cal! up the earliest cpportu
nitY Tomorrow.
The Senate then passed 10 the order Of the day,
which was The bill to
RirEAL TIE srG-TREAsrRy
And the question being on the following amendment
moved By ilr. Calhoun:
That much Of the 9Th section nj the act Of ai June 1896
provides that hank shall be selected continued
place of opposite Of The pahiic WHICH shall after tie III
Iny. 1876 pay bill Of denom
and tia, bills OF bank be received
payment any debt du- the Tint States which shall!
.,D aud the hereby, repealed
amendment 10 the following moved by Mr.. Clay
md j. il fsrer eHac,,4 That all Of the act entitled Gan
drpost.s of The public money" which passed on
the I'D nns 1886 except The 1871 and l sections thereof" ai
supplementary ac 10 regulate the drposics Of the
public money passed a3d June sG be- and the arr here
- repealed P.rta,d, That this repeal sh no, affect impair
ans which have hern taken for the aeseepns Of
H. public moneys deposited with Of The banks r said act
mentioned remedies I" enforce the SAID securities winch
,nyt been. may hereafter BE-. Prosecuted
Mr. BERR!EN rose 10 speak 10 the amendment
The Senate having adjourned on his motion Yesterday,
H.. would now briefly submit explanation of the mo-
;iyes which had induced him 10 make that motion
He had not felt entirely satisfied either with the amend
m.nt NJ first moved BY the Senator from Kentucky (Mr
Claw or the substitute 70. that amendment moved b.
lie Senator from South Carolina {Mr. Calhoun.)-
| 'rhey presented to him these alternatives: u the
ai.e ndment moved by MIR. Clay should prevail, ana
the Gppos;,e act Of ISIS should thereby be repealed,
the country would be thrown back the original law
passed in 80 establishing The Treasury Department,
which directed that The public money should be Kept
BIZ Treasurer Of the United States; and also upon the
resolution of 1916, which declared IN what medium Inc
nublic dues were receivable. With this result Mr. B
,as M. satisfied the practical effect Of il would be
;hs Under the general direction TO the Treasurer to
keen the public moneys, that officer would adop, one oil
two courses either he would avail himself nt the depo
STORY under The existing law, which stripped the Sub
treasury ri its agents aud Of specie requirements or
no woud yprcise unlimited discretion IN selecting the
hanks which should receive and retain the pnSc funds
IN heir possession In other words, the entire amount
If The nubc treasure would be placed at the absolute
,scr.ion Of an Executive officer As Mr.. 3. himself
and all those with whom he acted had protested aga;Hs,
,nd opposed with all earnestncss such state OF things
Il. conlL not acGuesce III an amendment which went TO
br:nG Il back on the country
| Tho amendment of the Senator from South Caro-
Ina MIR Caifoun) contemplated, not the repeal, but
,ha nreseryaon and the continuance OF the act OF
lao dvcs,Inr it. howe yer, Of the disabilities created
he The fifth section which forbade the Secretary 10
make any depositcs Of public money IN Banks issuing
hills below the denomination ct hive dollars, OF ~
Parks not redeemng their notes on demand III specie
TIL am.ntocnt would have left the country under The
,cr,,ion Of the act Of 1886, in modified shape Now
Ir r had been DESTROYS 10 examine this law, ana
,.car,a,n whether in the changed condition Of the
country, since the date Ct lis passage II wond oe pos
sble Il, rive il practical operation, provided no BANK
or other fiscal agent should be established By congress
:, -. rras.nt session II had been suggested that a
Jcul,y arose in this respect from the large number o.
| Banks which in q state OF SUSPENSION aisno"s"'
on the other hand, il had been stated that many ban:s
~ different parts Of the country still continued specie
oaynens and might be used repositories under ,he
provisions Of a, law, and that these were situated Al
,bo.e important commercial points where the collection
and disbursement o. the public revenue chiefly took
place. ,hoo
Mr.. B. was not contentcd with founding on tnese
representations deliberate act Of legislation; ana on
examining the law for himself, he fund IN 1t pro.
vision calculated remove the difficulty when was
ALLEGED to exist on this scorc for the first section Of me
Law declared that, if the Secretary Of the lfeasu'!
could not find, within given district of country,
specc paying bank issuing bills under hVe do,''rs'
be mphl resort other district where such oahS
did exist and might make arrangements with II 10 rs
tabsh branch office in the district where ne wan.
I'd 10 make his deposite and might use snch once IS
his depository This met and removed the ooJecuoh,,
and the country would then be let under The ac Of
I.36 So far modified permit the Secretary 70 EN-
,loy banks issuing small notes.
i, would, however, in all probability be unnecessary
- adop, either of the amendments proposed iof MS
home and belief was, that bit very bret interval
could intervene after The repeal of the Sub reasury
hcore Congress would provide substitute lo' IL "f
-. Sa,ate would recolect that the Chairman oil Inc
E,nance Committee, when reporting the bill now be
Il