Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1842-02-01

,;nco 1879 lie proceeded upon tie aEsumption lha'
,,a n,r,v Introducing Federal Relations must be res
ri;b,s FAR lie discussions which they produce anu
mean 70 1--WE him the full benefit OF his rule except
:, ono sinre instance find, Sir, that Mr.. BroaahaA
,yl,l uored on the 18th of December, 1885, lot ''ie
Il ,opontmet Of special committee 10 lake ,ho co's'
derption The relations between the General uoseiH
mon, and South Carolina. The committee consisted
or Messrs Broadnal, Dadr, GholsOn Wallace Kan
anlnh. tiaraer Faulkner, Moore, Miller, 1mafl0'
Brown Of Petersburg, G"ose, AcC'y-' ".ass' ;,
!, Democrats The Wing party was then IN STATE OF
/, f,y,aa,ion and class these gentlemen ACCORDING "
their .u5sfGmea, known party relations. ne co'''''
100 rrp.cJ o.: Tie Goth Of December, and Inc fep''
was made the order Of tie day for the 2'h. va 49,
J,v i, was postponed and taken up on the .',i'
when the House resolved itself into Committee oil lhe
WLo,e The subject then under discussion on lhe
30h Deccmber-hc lst, 81, 3D., 4h, 5;h 1th, stu ?ln'
ION. ll,h, I2,h, and I4th. On the liih, the COM
mi;tee Of the Whole reported to the House, anu ,e,e
III. repor, was discussed the 10Th, lU.h, lIth, lolh'
when SIR Moore (Whg) offered other resolutions upon
The same subject These referred TO another COM
miltee namely, Messrs Goodc, Ghoson, Hoofe, .n@f
sLaH Dickins0n BroadnGr, Mcdowell, Brolcn OF =,
Shell, Campbell Carter-9 " hgs' Democrats. ,"j
repared on the day-tielr report was adopted
and rom that time was under discussion IN the Senate
mill IN. o6h January when they were returned from
,hn senate with an amendment. MIR. Watkins OF
Prince Edward moved to amend by appointing Com
missioner 10 uo 10 South Carolina, which was done ac-
,c dav occupied in these discussions, one thousand
dollars Here then, were - days occupied winch,
under the rule adopted, charge t" the Wings al So,
Ou0 Again. find, that on the lUth 81 Decchite' io"',
on motion Of Mr. Barbour (Whig,) committee was
appointed in reference 10 the contract between the Irea
,nry Department at Washington and the Virginia Bank
which involved the question 81 the enoval oil Tue De
nosites and the committee consisted OF Messrs i'4F-
jsmr, Bfoun Of Petersburg, toanr, "Hme' C""MNS'
lam JaansOn fagEacr SIMS, Dormnn, i""nfg, Nasi'
i Coisoa Wilson Of b. Harshcii-ll Wings, Demo
: Gratis. -.
mir. DASIEL My friend from Monroe is not in his
seat and rise to say, the gentleman from Io"hatah
is under misrepresentation, II he snpposes the gentle
man from Monroe intended 10 charge the Democratic
Marty alone with ccnsure for these discussions lie
went against the practice matter upon which party
= i fell
ion: and had his friend been explicit he might have
save me some labor. Bat The account seems TO be
i interesting and NAV be useful in the country where the
issue is proposed TO be made, beg leave to proceed
The committee made their report, and u was taken
nm on the .,.d Of January, l-l No acton seems To
have been had upon IT again until the lh IL was IN
der DISCUSSION tie lth 18TH lb, 18th, 18th, 2ot,
l. Dist when it was adopted, and sent TO The senate.
Their, il was discussed until the lth February, when
il was returned from the Senate with amendments, and
e passed Here, the General Assembly were engaged
20 DAYS and by the rule Of the gentleman, charge the
d Wings with $50 900 more, Oh that account Inc next
II lime Federal Relations on the taps, was lie 5lst
o December, 1891, when Mr.. Watkins, (DemociaD
moved upon The subject of the T. > Bank, and against
the restoration Of tie dcposItcs. They we're Land on
J. the table. and ordered 10 be printed On the -l!h
= January, IL moved 10 take them mp, bnt The Wings
d refused to do Ayes 81, noes b1.-And II tirrc
I, was any further action upon them, the Clerks manu-
J. script index fails To point it out, charge nothing,
;, therefore, 10 tile Democrats on tins account, be-
the Wings refused TO permit the resolutions 10
be taken mp ard because too the account based upon
;. that principle, rather tho circumstances Of that
Al in m o
the New Jersey CaSe-and their report upon the Land
d Distribution question, IN the session Of - lo-both
Of which, because they not acted on, have lett
out in my account current. The next movement made
unon Federal Relations, during the session Of
II l-35-'36, when Mr. Watkins moved upon the subject
Of expunging Mr.. Clays famous condemnation OF Gc
neral Jackson, for the removal Of the deposites The
preamble and resolutions were presented on the hrst
e day Of January ls:l6. On the 9Th, motion made
to take them np and refer them 10 the committee Of
c the whole. 4 discussion ensued between Nlessrs.
= Watkins, Eacher Wilson, DOrmaa, Parker, liar
j. grave Grcgory Daniel, Miller Sa"ard, Rro'rn If
2 r., Crutchiied, and GfiHcr-seyen Wings, four De
h mocrais, and two Nentrals.
On the 22nd Of January, the House resolved itself in
to Committee Of The Whole Alr Miller II he Cha;r
and the subject discussed on that day. by Messrs
II Watkins, (Dem) and Powell, (Whg(-on the 23d, ty
e Nessrs Price (Whg nj length, and Fonalne and Nc
II Mullen, IN few remarks, (Dems) and Gmer, (WhigD
the balance of the dayon the 18th, by Messrs Gmer
rs C"hgl Craig, ONhigD aud Wilson, Dem Jon the
n Goth, h. Nlcsss Hopkins and Gregory, Que O'em)
C one (Whg)-on the 9Th, hy Alcssrs. Hopkins dem
}. in few remarks and Parker, (WhgJ the balance OF
the lay-on the 18th, by Mcssrs. Bolts, CShg) Par
{, ker, (Whig,l McNlnlIen, (Dem) tlolleman, [Dem)
= and Summers, (Whig)-on the 2nd aud 3rd Of FebFu
J. arv by Mr. Brown-on the lth by Mr.. Daniel
> (Democra,l-O the 9Th, by Messrs Hunter, and
h S,anard, (both Whgs)-on the 9th, BY Mr.. Slanard
= all day-on the 9Th, By Nlcssrs Harrison, (Dem.)
), Fon,aine, (Dem) Witcher, (Whig) Mallory, (nrm-
t. cd neutraD ION the 9th, the preamble and resolu
ala. and
were speedily disposed of in the Senate without amend
IF ment. Counting the speakers throughout the whole
discussion, and they stand III the proportion OF - Wings
: and H. Democrats leaving ont Mtssrs Crutchi:eld,
II Miller and Mallory who dad not support The Kesol
is tons and two of whom have since become Wings
: Now Mr. Speaker, might well charge this cXpendI-
/, ,ure the wo parties the proportion OF q to - by
which the balance would be greatly against the Wings
But prefer 10 adopt different rule especially as II
will result their advantage. mean TO charge the
Democrats with the whole discussion up 10 the 25th Of
January and The Wings with the discussion afterwards
10 the close For tins reason, Mr. Speaker hat on that
dav the Democrats determined 10 cease the discussion,
e and take the question When Mr. Bolts finished his ahn
sive speech that day. the Democrats, III carrying out
their purpose observed suen silence, and the Speak
had risen 10 put the question to the House. when Cen
Parker, the "Jupitfr fonans OF the House, and The
;. acknowledged leader Of the Wing party, Suddenly
sprang upon his feet and protested against taking the
question at tina, time. The Richmond Wing of the
next day, describes the III these words "General
Parker threw down the gauntlet He challenged the
majority 10 forward and debate the question lie
Y taunted lie dared them 10 bring forward their argu
menis for tins novel unconstitutional, and odous nea
sure. Mr.. Watkins inlinatcd his design Ia reply, hut
:, not at this time. .Nr. Parher a.aim ehaifnged Me
",rariorS jori The debate thus rc.opened, and
continued days Thus charge for this Discus
# sion, 5000 10 tie Democrats, and 5000 10 the
e G2tys The next time Federal Relations up
d for consideration and discussion, the 10Th Of
r. Jan, 1859, when, motion Of Mr. Tyler (lVhgl
: a special committee appointed 70 consider the
subject of distributing the proceeds Of the sales Of the
IS Public Lands among the several States The commit
tee consisted of Nessrs THer, JdrkSon, Croektt Wat
;, kns Stuart, TunstaH, Turner, Dorman Stephenson
: Cox, Pcyton, Voolfolk and Robertson. Nine Wings
il four Democrats Their Report under consdera
il ton and discussion the I'D, 18th, Goth, 2Stll, 18th
aud 30,h when it finally disposed Of ard sent 10
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