Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1842-06-24

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and ,be-a seemed little jealousy on the part OF ''
S.n,o, from Kentucky lest lie (Nr Buchanan) shoni'
interfere aud cemc III /" the support OF Tue A""'h's
ro,n, He could agsnI" the honorable senator, "''@'
oyer he s,andin. might he with The present AGnih's
,,ao,anl he trusted 1t WAS as HIGH as II deserved
-. =, bc-,,,a; h. (Mr Buchauau) Was The last
man i, ,e world TO interfere with him IN any way
lie tsioiced To hear that the Senator ana MS wing
friends had always been, and were yet-ahd, ne t''s'
Cd ,,o,Id ever be--the supporters OF the Adnmisra
~; ' ,s,s, H.. thought s;ioag and powerful! Eve
,; ,.,,n The Limits If the Constitution, ought I"
exist in order TIE proper administration OF Tue 90
v.,n,nen, he wruld be exceedingly hiPpy !" all
m 80 assistance in his power TO the Chairman oil IN.
co,,i,.se on Finance IN calling up The bull, wh'c me-
IN. other day manifested 50 strong an an%ie'y 70 ofhe
l ,h. cans Iteration Of the Senate, and for winch
,h Senator then gave very satisfactory reason But
gentlemen were now absent upon whom the Senao'
,rsctrnd a. the supporters of the bill and he (hr
Hnct,.,l was reads 10 adi" that, in all party move
,uonls !, was matter oil consIc' f%pie consequence.
VIM. I'll he ,:oors should he assembled.
/, rec,,d I. hs measure" he thought 1t ought to be
acted u1on an. tlat vita as i';e teiay Us p"ss'oie
He ar i had 10 means d information wha'f'er "
regard to the "tent'oh :" Tue reSueh', eAcFt' ''"'
l-;rcd rom Lis own message. The President, by his
,,e.s, had declared 10 Congress that the land fund
,,s necessary Tor carrying on the Government: ana
,;n,,,s knry; tina, the Treasury almoshc would
moi sov observation-disclosures. Al such time as tins
hen Nancy was much required Tor The use OF ihe
ara NieH IL W GS ~"
In, tariff bin should be continued for one month, most
inn,-,an, ,rovsun- the provlsion relating IN
lie distribution of the land fund-a provision, with
on; - cI that law weuid not have passed-was sought
10 be Yerea.d II the bill passed IN such shape, and
he possrss.d the power lie would veto 1t II 1t was The
LAST act 81 hts public life. And he trusted the Pre>-
oan, would do So He felt confident he would DO So
,lourh he had 10 means Of knowing except from his
own message.
The CHAIR observed that he thought it was imPro-
pcr Ia aude, debate, 10 the course which the fIes
mt mieht think proper To pursue.
Mr.. BUCHANAN said he entirely agreed VITA ,he
Chair that he was out Of order; and had only alluded
tie topic BY way Of reply to the Senator from hen
lucky.
Mr CRlTTENDEN rose: bat, before proceeding
with his remarks,
Mr.. ARCHER suggested that the Senator from
PENNSYLVANIA entitled 10 the floor.
Nh BUCHANAN said, as the Senator from ken
lucky seemed impatient, lie would waive his right
SIR CRlTTENDEN then proceeded To reply at some
length 10 the remarks OF Mr. Buchanan and Mr. wood
bury He confessed he somewhat alarmed whe'
The Senator from New Hampshire told them that the
bill was 10 receive the deliberate consideration OF The
President. The term seemed TO him oil Il si"@GiaiIy
o-acnar character and that II concealed something lEa'
YVES not intended to be communicated And tie Senator
tom pennsy yana he'd followed THIS up, by declaring
,,at if he were President and had communicated such
message to Congress- he would nevertheless veto tie
bni lie confessed this declaration on the par, OF the
honorable Senator would tend 10 shake his confidence
a lilile IN him, OR Buchanan)
Nj BUCHANAN said he presumed that as he did
not introduce the subject il would not be on ct order
r HIM 10 reply lie had repeatedly expressed bis snr
ro.. that there should be want OF harmony IN the
ranks Of the universal Wing party. He had always
been socitous that they should proceed win the NJ
m ST HARMONY and, as far possible, accomplish The
Of i~cts they had in view. They had heard rnmors
upon side, and upon the other Ba', what
:, yer ma!,t happen he would he In see harmony
DESTROYED or ,ramplrd under font. They had heard of
rumofed changes-rumors which perpex in"narchs
ed been abroad. And y hat change: was The wing
party again coming into power Were these gold
en- VISIONS dancing before the eyes Of the honorable
Senator He (Mr. Bnchanan) could say, with perfect
sincerity that, Of all tie members of the old cabinet he
had most regretted he retirement Of that honorable gen.
tlenan and he would hal with satisfaction ms return
Office under the administration {" John yer Ana
he sincerely hoped-as the Senator had bestowed upon
him an Office To hch he (Mr. Buchanan) had never
aSf,ircd-ihat the Senator himself wond he The iirst
officer undo, the President: and lie was certain that
The honorable gentleman would speedily settle the dat
i;caties between this country and Great Britain
Bat az the gentleman had called upon the Senator from
New Hampshire for specific information, lie OR. -
hoped he might obtain the nelIigence tor he was MN.
elf deslrous Of knowing N relation 10 hcse ruihoea
changes, whether there 10 be restoTaton-though
he DID no, very much like the word, As It presupposed
c.i,ortune Bat ii there we're prospect that all dh'
cuilics healed up, would rejoice more
than himself
As to the veto, Tie Senator had asked him whether,
lie President he would act upon the principles
he had avowed relation the veto lie would tell
the Senator what, if lie President, and II he
found tle country in deep dst.cssthe national trea-
surv tankrup,-and almost impossible, with any du-
t,es that cou.d be levied to supply the wants OF The
Governmental he found (he would not say war I'M
pending, buD doubts and ciihcn!t'es hanging over
their foreign relations clouds oil war lowering upon
CoDuresS. al such moment, UECtr
The preteuce OF passing revenue bill, should at
tempt fake Away from the treasury the resources
they poSsessed--he would tell the Senator what he
would do he would veto the bill, and he would appeal
Cod and his country for The correctness OF what he
did lie did not pretend 10 know what the President
would DO. The Senator himself was better able TO de-
clare than he TO what the Presiden. would do
IN reference TO such bill II II should pass the two
! Houses. What was the nature Of the bill: 1t was
bill extending, for few days, the revenue law; and
at the same time, take out Of the Treasury sum
wlics had been accumulatng there Tor several years,
and which, PROPERLY should he applied to the public
service He would tell the honorable Senators what
he was afraid Of he afraid that the bill was not so
much intended to afford incidental revenue, as II was
20 abstract from the Treasury large amount Of lis
funds lie afraid the great Wing party had dc
termncd that the revenue should not be the sole OBJ
lect Of the bull
! lie (Mr. b had never been very successful in in.
ilurncur high iunciionlrics Of the Government. 1t
was many wears since he had made any attempt and
he apprehended that, he 10 attempt, with ever SO
much assIduiy 10 influence the President of The U s.
he would be entirely unsuccessful In the case Of the
fiscal corporation BILL although ever body dIsapproved
Of il; yet they supposed they must take that or get
nothing they fam 10 vote Tor II; and he hoped the
same Christian spirit would acuate his friends the
opposite side mow regard 10 this little Tariff bill
that they would agree TO take the revenue bill, even II
they should be deprived Of the public lands
lie was asked what supplies lie had voted for lie
believed he had voted for all tie primal supplies o
the Government and Tor very liberal supplies, too
for twenty -four or twenty Eve millions OF dollars this
year. whilst no estimate calculation which could be
made 81 Tie expenses exceeded seventeen millions
And with deficit staring them in the face this year
o! al least millions, they seriously told thai
they ought to take away the land fund from tie Trea
,uty and give II 10 the several States
How liz had been drawn INTO thls debate, he could
not conceive. lie had expressed himself satisfied with
the explanation Of the Senator from Name 10 not
bringing forward the Tariff bali To day but it seemed
that diplomatic language Lad been used BY The