Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1842-08-30


Missouri. |, was then fnly shown, by these and
other Senator'S, how inuriousy the requirements OF
th,, b! Vould act upon his Stale The condition ~
b,cb,i,t State found itself, was one winch It's Lee
r,sla,ure when last in session, could MOI oresee ano
which The state could not avoid lie deprecated lhe
,-x,ed hy the authors o. that &C: then, and he
deprecated the course now pursued by the same
authors of THIS bill.
lie could not help .csretting that new State, suct
as Missouri q: period of It's existence which epiIuee
II TO protection and encouragement, shouid oe place.
:, noi,ion without any vol:ion OF It's own, TO o.inl
;, j., r., i;s;on with tic General Government The &C
of the General Government WHICH occasioned sucf
.,. II th;nus was uncalled for-no case having &C
c,,,d srce the Constitution which gave the siigh'es
o,a,ca far interference with The domestic arrange
-, ,Ie States for the election OF their own Repre-
.n,..;,.s No complaints had been made by any
S,n,a ,ha, he was Of. There was no possible
occasion for ofiicious in,ermeddlng in the matter
ba npde rs,ood the nature OF practical es'slation III
Fundamental principle was, to pass as lew laws as pos
s;blc He beleced it the rule OF all wise esisla
lion ,La no new law should be passed. except to cor
rec, sone sisng evil or cure some defect OF laws be
e ,sscd when the practical operation had discover
Cd arr. Blu; never TIL row had the principle beer
assumed ,aa, i, vas necessary to pass laws TO correc
ro,,a,o,,,,d evils which exist only IN The magma
Tia, r inc Lawmakers, and not admitted TO be evil;
~. ,hos mos. Interested. Which Of the States wants
,1ese laws. Ii any, can they not make them Tor them
s-Iy.s. Where do the evils exist which they are 10 re-
medr eyrcp, III gentlemen own inns nations. w ny
mss ,h,s bli! at ali: Why rather in obedience to
Tho atoms made By many States recently re
neal The obnoxious clause of The Apporionment act:
Can ANYTHING be more unjust than the manner IN
which Missouri is 10 be treated: Tha, State in the e
gular course of its legazed policy proceeded to the
election Of lis members OF Congress Tor the next Ion
o,.ss of the S The members thus elected will come
70 the seat of Government at the appointed time, TO
tnke their seats as insured to them BY the Constitution
Are they have the doors Of tie House OF Represen'
,atves shut in their face ty the Clerk OF farmer Con-
rress they representatives, OF whoie otae
mud MOI of lis fragments, Are they 10 be elected thus
uncereonousy by ,he cle. of the House, in spite oil
the rights secured 10 them by the Constitution; ms,
indeed Wi! be an exhibition ot unconstitutional usnr'
PATTON growing out of the Legislation OF TINS congress-
extraordinary even for our remarkable ABOVE All pre-
cedng Congresses for ts violation oil constitutional
riuht Well NAV sovereign States date from THIS Con
gress from fatal epoch. 1t was not alone oy a
habeas corpus that their sovereignty was parayzed
now they are deprived Of the very principle OF represe'
,a;ion.
Their RICH. to voice in the councils OF the nalson
to be decided by the fiat of clerk OF the house o'
Representatives. This indeed, is pungiEg deeply INTO
he bowels of the system, to destroy all vitality uhosf
the pretence Of reaching an imagined morbid part. IL
IS time for gentlemen 10 that II IS impossible tor
them 10 20 on much longer in his way.
It tDe To press measure OF such iea!!u IN
Dor, aud responsibility the heel nine months SEES
SON. when there was no time for deliberation what
was the condition Of Congress-o the coun'fy-oi the
Government, when thus called upon TO act IN matter
which NAV convuse the whole Union III IT'S operation;
lie hoped, before evening, gentlemen would see Inc
prcpiiety oflayng tins bill the table. II some mo-
ton TO that effect not made and adopted before he
bill came to its third reading he would feel himself
bound then 10 make 1t himself.
Mr KING remarked, that, with regard TO such OF the
States as had already held their elections thus must be
regarded as post aeto aw, and therefore clearly
unconstitutional Without gong into the SUBJECT more
a: iarre a, present. he would sugges 10 the opposite
SIDE that The bill had been hastily taken up that the
s-nae was not prepared for thu discnsson and that
at least 1t ou oh. b. postponed I'LL there was e Tor
due deliberations and full Senate. lie would there
-e move 10 postpone The further consideration oil the
bit, I'll tn MORROW.
Nj ARCHER observed that he had, on former DC.
casons resisted appeals for delay in consequence OF
the manner in winch they were made; but tins, coming
from so respectable source, and MADE IN manner at
once so proper respectful and Courteous he could not
resist, As it seemed TO be the Senator wish TO OBTAIN
time .or information discuss the subject, he sho uid
certainly vote for his motion postpone the bill TIL TO-
morrew
Sir LINN did not, he supposed, understand the Sc
Dators EXPIRE ssions. Had the Senator from Alabama
asked the other side for any favor;
Mr. ARCHER explained, bu, his explanation was
not distinctly heard.
The further consideration Of the bill was then post
poEca til 10 morrow.