Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1842-08-05

+; Executive ought not TO be adVerted 10, ana tnat
would be out Of order TO advert to them IN Debate
Rnt was he in the Senate of the unitea STATES, ~
I've told that it was moi competent i' I'm -
-, the veto message and say as the fresioeht hau'
~ sucb n decided manner, declared that ne cannon
sanction a bill containing clause such as Tue one
N which his (alr. B's) amendment mao leisIehcf'
that il would lie utterly useless 10 pass Tue ui WIZ"
The clause in question ?-because tie inference was
| ;rr..;s,ihe When General Jackson vetoed the Dill
for continuing the charter of the United states banS'
upon such principles as showed his aohorrence OF 'ha'
institution. if another bill had been got up OF s'm''
la, character would he mir. u not Lave tie liberty
90, al, !, in vain for you spend your time upon
such bin ?" III said.] lie (Mr had intended
merely to advert to this subject IN passing ana nan
said all or nearly all he intended, when the Char IN
ernosed the question of order. But as the President
" ,be senate had decided that he had no right to ad
vert To a public document, in order to draw an infer
erce from H. 1Cries of "No, no, no.
The PRESIDENT pro tenn. repeated that he con,
side il out OF order 10 refer 10 the existing state oil
opinion of the Executive officer, with view 10 m
auence the action Of the Senate upon the pending
Mr. BUCHANAN said he had not the slightest iden
Of referring the Presidents existing opinons Tor ne
knew as little Of them any man in the world. lie
would ONLY say, if he (Ar. b. had written such do
cument as that only short month ago, he should
hardly consider himself at liberty TO depart from the
deliberate declaration which it contained AS tor the
ouinions of the President, Heaven only knew what
they were now-he (Alr b. did not.
Mr. SEWER said he hoped the Senator from Penn
svlvaun would withdraw his appeal from the decision
Of the Chair and that the debate would proceed without
further interruption
Mr. BUCHANAN said he had withdrawn the ap
pea because he considered the issue perfectly lmma-
ieral The President of the Senate had limited him
(Mr b. to show what the opinions of the President OF
the u S. were month ago, and prohibited him from
referring 10 what they are now: lie would therefore
content himself with showing what they we're month
aro and leave Senators 10 Draw thel own inference US
TO what they now.
MIR. ARCHER desired 10 make inquiry They
onpht all TO know what the rule really was, nasmuch
as POSSIBLY the debate mi ght extend to considerable
lenpth and ether Senators might fall into the same
ror He believed the rule decided by the Chair,
was that the Senator from Pennsy lvana might refer to
the opinions of the President of the u 5 provided
the knowledge of those opinions were derived from
his public acts, and not from private information lie
mir Archery thought with the Senator, that differences
nav be drawn from documents officially communicated
10 the Senate and lie thought also, that the Inference
which had been drawn not unfair, though he hoped
il would, in this case, prove an unsound one Ills
(Mr. Archers) own opinion as 10 the Parliamentary
rule was that the gentleman at liberty to infer the
slate of opinion existing the part of The President
al this time, provided the grounds OF that inference do
no, rest upon private information
Mr. BUCHANAN said he would dcspise miserable
caves dropper who would 90 to The President and
crime-for Il crime lie would call it-ofendeavoring to
influence the vote of any member of that body BY that
opinion He should certainly not nllude TO any private
opinion Of the President for he did not know what his
Opinions were; and If he did know them, he would
be guilty Of the ndecorum Of repeating, allud
ing 10 them with view TO influence the action of this
body But if the President had vetoed bill, and
signed his for that veto under tie constitution
al authority vested in him. II became public document
Ia document of the highest and gravest authority; II
FINN hat fpn uf
county, ard would 70 down to future ayes TO infu.
ence aud guide the understandings othe people Of the
whole country.
The President Of the IT, S, on the Goth of June
lSi2, this veto message TO Congress; and what
did he declare in that veto message The President
would surely permit him 10 state what the purport o
the message was The President there declared, in the
mos, solemn terms, that he dsapproved of the BILL be-
cause it violated those principles hch he had laid
down for the guidance of his conduct, this particular
that whilst il raised the duties yond 20 per centum
the proceeds Of the public lands still dlsrbutable
That was his opinion a month ago, what 1t might he
now he (Mr. Buchanan) was not permitted 10 say, il
he would lie would therefore, keep within the rule
and alludc only to the official document, in which
/ the President in the most solemn and grave FORM in
: the face of the country, declared that he could moi
. and would not, sanction such bill. This he was al
liberty to do, because It was part OF The history OF the
past. lie would not pretend to say what the Presi
dent would do Senators would be permitted &c
draw their differences regarding il. He (Alr b.
would draw none, because lie not permitted TO d.
So He would take for granted however, and argue
upon that principle, that the insertion Of this sector
would endanger the passage of the bill. He would as
sumo this 10 be the fact he believed it be the fact
and he would therefore call upon Senators TO say
whether if there be any risk upon the subject from
: any cause, they ought to adhere pcrtinaciousy
V that section.
. The Treasury (said MIR. b. is nsolvent; and shall
suffer the national faith 10 be violated, for the pnr
pose of retaining that clause relating to- and preserving
i the existence Of the land bill: The present income
the country about one. half of the expenditure
. and in addition TO that they were indebted between
il. twenty and thirty millions of dollars II, then, tht
slightest suspicion could upon the question: ough
they not 10 abandon the clause at once, and permit th
land fund to return to the common Treasury: VIVA
would be thong OF individual who acted in the man
ncr in which this Government seemed disposed 10 act
Suppose private individual indebted twenty mil
lions and having income sufficient only 10 pay one
half of his expenditure, should refuse TO accept in
n come, unless he were permitted 10 give away tina
i which justly due to his creditors; he would un
donbtedy be deserving Of the severest censure. An
ought this great country, whose character beyond
all price-a country, the first in the world which hu,
. pud off large national deb,-to hold the preservation
of her national faith ofar greater consequence than h
d REIMBURSEMENT Of pful sum derived from the pub
# lie lands; That The question.
e Again He would say single word on the subject
: of domestic manufactures He in favor, mos, d.
II cdedy, of atordng them incidental protection TO Tho
It full amount and more which would enable them II
stand fair competition with similar establishments II
n Europe The manufacturing establishments in thin
country, erected at vas, expense, afordng employment
great number of individuals, ought not to be sui
f iered 10 go down. Every must perceive that thu
increased demand, consequent upon such procedure
would materially enhance the price Of the goods, ant
# would be injurious 10 the 10 the manu-
# facturer.
10 regard TO the article of iron, The would tnke tina
article for cxampe,) the act of 1916 imposed hghe
e duty upon iron in crude or manufactured state
# That passed, he believed with the appreciation
r Of his friend from South Carolina. 1t was now pro
posed by this bill to lay duty of $50 ion rollee
ron The consequence Of this protection had been Il
c make them independently in war or peace, of all oihe
i nations; because they now imported only the twenty
, fifth part Of what they use And yet upon hammered
# iron they raised revenue of S20D0,O0D per annum
Thus, while aiIordng incidental protection TO the gren
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