Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1842-01-13


N,w,Ls,oodnq this might be the case yet he wished,
before Tie vote taken, TO assign orciy n' i
why he should not vote To sustain the Gec'son y. M
Chair What was the subject matter OF the oii'
was TO borrow money 10 PROVIDE ioF Tue ,
nressng necessities Of the Government. "hat was 'e
s,b;ec, matter of the amendment? |; was 10 PROVIDE
fund for the redemption Of the paper mat was 10 DC
10 ec this loan Now the rule that the ehaif aa fsif
red to was that motion, on subject Offering rom Tue
hill under consideration, should be submitted under CO.
To- or a, on,cndmenl This rule first adopted IN
1899 and get the very next year, The memoers OF the
CONGRESS who adopted IT, incorporated IN Tie OH max
inp provision for the debts of the u ,, section de-
caring that the proceeds oil the safes oi Tue Puo'
!, wos rrec,sely the same thing that was intend
I'd bv the present amendment with this difference
only that now it necessary 10 repeal an exist
iup law and then no law stood IN The way OF Tue
nrovision But the House would bear IN NINA thal
the repeal of The law was not the subject Of the amend
men,. i was only the incident. The subject was TO
provide fund for the redemption OF the ho'es thal
mcbi he issued under the bill, and the suspension or
repca of the law only incidental 10 thal ooJecl'
He understood the chairman 10 say hal "ou1u oe "
order TO incorporate the bill provision Tor The tuna
that was TO meet the notes be issued and that being
so we may said Mr.. G., sweep away every obstacle
that is in lie way The amendment was legitimate
object and was in accordance with The sound ana whole
some doctrine laid down by Jefferson years ago. thal
CONGRESS should never authorize the issue OF treasury
notes without providing the time fund tor Their
redemption Anxious he was to sustain The credit
of the Government and to provide Tor the hecess'tes
of the Treasury he did not see how he could consist
emily with his views OF The Constitution vote LOT ,n's
bill without some provision similar to that contained 10
the amendment Of the gentleman from OHIO lie re-
GREETED much that the Chair had come TO the decision
that he had given II seemed 10 him that the rule the
Chair relied on did not apply TO the present occasion.
The question was whether, III authorizing an issue OF
notes. they might provide fund for their redemption
lf they could do it in the way proposed he knew
of no other way by which il could be done. After
some further remarks from Mr. C.,
Mr. TlLLINGuAST addressed the House in sup
port Of the decision of the Char.
Mr. MAXWELL had no objection to the amend
men if the decision of the CHAIR should be oyerruled;
but in that case, he gave notice that lie wouu oer an
amendment TO the amendment, 10 suspend SO much
IF the compromise acl provides for the gradual de-
crease of duties If the one amendment should be con-
sidered in order, the other of course would be so.
Mr. HOLMES believed the amendment to be in or
der but should vote against it, for he deemed the neces-
sites OF the Countrywide disgraceiu position IN which
the U. s. had been placed by the extra session-such,
that the immediate action Of Congress was indispensa.
BILE. on
Some further remarks made by Messrs. COR.
DON and CHARLES BROWN, against the decision
Of The Chair, and hy Mcssrs. BURNELL, JOHNSON
of Maryland, LEWIS WILLIAMS and WISE, in ia
vor Of it.
Mr. SMITH of Virginia merely for the pur-
nose of making few brief remarks Touching the sub
iect before the House lie understood that bill pro-
ydnr for The issue Of Treasury notes had been INTRO
duccd with view to meet certain pressing claims upon
the Treasury This being BILL in effect, 10 provide the
ways and means TO meet the engagements OF the TO-
vernnen he asked the House It was not PLAIN, that
anv substitute fnr perfectly german 10 the matter
Ii was 10 provide for the immediate wants OF the lrea-
srv by issue Of Treasury notes and could It be pre-
tended for moment that it was not competent Tor Con-
gress appropriate the proceeds Of the public lands
sales now in the Treasury 10 that object lie held 1t
to be clear and undeniable proposition, that the
amendment was perfectly in order, and OF subject
matter intimately connected with the bill before the
House There was fund now in The Treasury, which,
under former law could not be touched; yet this
fund was on hand, and could be used more prompt
ly than moneys arising from The issue OF treasury
notes could. Now The proposition OF the gentleman
from Ohio was to use this fund, pr0 unto, instead
Of the fund TO be provided by the bill reported by
the Committee Of Ways and Means II gentlemen n
pretended that il not competent Tor Congress TO re-
peal the Distribution act-if they could establish that
fact to the satisfaction of the House, why, their olec.
tons might have weight; but fthey had power to
repeal that act as was admitted by ALL If they had the
power 10 RAISE money to supply the wants OF the Go
yernment by an issue Of Treasury notes. 1t was clear
tn his mind that they could substitute the one fund
for the other. II appeared to him that the amendment
was so clearly in order that he could only wonder that
any gentleman could bring his mind TO doubt 1t.
i After some remarks from Mr. PENDLETON, IN
eupps.. er .i.e deois;on Of the Chair,
lT. a. w "
opposition to it, After which, the question taken
by te!ers sustaining the decision Of the Chair and
it was decided in the aflrmalive-ayes ", noes 80
i Mr. COOPER then resumed the floor, in opposition
to the bill. lie proceeded to state his objections at
large Making illusions TO the history Of the re-
moyal of the deposcs, and the expansions in the bu-
.ness of the State Banks under the counsels of Pres
dent Jacksons Administration when he was called to
order from the Chair for rrelevancy, and the introduce
ton of the subject Of party politics, which would lead to
aut IN UplI
explained that he only alluded incidentally TO these
subjects rs illustrations Of his positions.
Mr.. STANLY urged that liberty should be allowed
in these respects.
The CHAIRMAN withdrew his call to order on re-
ceivnp Mr. Cooper's assurance that he intended 10
conline his remarks 10 the subject of the bill.
! Mr. COOPER went on with his remarks, and ex-
pressed his preference of funded debt to the Ieasu-
ry notes lie believed tiata loan could be obtained
lie took occasion to Comment the recent course Of
President Tyler who, he said he knew had ever since
the ninth Of last june been occurring the damsel o-
co Focosm' But the sdamsel" had not yielded. She
preferred the distinguished Pennsylvania the other
end Of the Capitol the great Bullion or the Great
Rejected himself, &c nc.
Mr.. WISE demanded proofs. The gentleman from
Pennsylvania had said repeatedly, he knem that the
President had been conrtng Loco toco'sm NC. Mr.
w denied it utterly; and he demanded procfs. He
would not take the gentleman as a 'einess but would
ask the proofs of his assertion.
Mr.. COOPER said that he had not prepared
with proofs of what so generally understood But
he would ask-who are the Presidents chosen com.
panions and counssors mir. Wise. "They are Wings
His Cabinet Wings, every one of them-and better
Wings than You are. Mr. Cooper asked if President
TYLER was Wing. lie said that the Nladsonian, his
mouth piece, had said repeatedly that President Tyler
was no Wing. That paper had, Tor some time past,
been abusing and denouncng those who were most dis
tingushed for their services to the Wing party in the
late Presidential contest He believed, and it uni
versaly believed that the President had ceased TO be
Wing, and was now seeking the alliance of the Loco
Focos. lie had not the documents now at hand, but
he could bring them if desired.
Mr. WISE said that the gentleman from Pennsylra-
MIA had declared that he kneo that the President had
, been occurring The damse Of Locofocosm. Now ne
tells that he knows it, but that he 6eteres it. and
can give no proofs Of what he asserts.
!, Mr. COOPER said that these little love-passages
generally took place in secret without witnesses, but
mods and wnks sometimes plainly betrayed the state OF