Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1842-04-01

,orv ne said sBuffao' gentleman, because Inc eHa''
man or The Committee Of Ways ana Means iePie
s,n,cI the Buffalo interest. Now lhele were ge''es
,bcre who were everastingiy reI'eralins tne
tina, they would be governedby no n"tcuu' '"'
Let a coed Executive measure Gene 10 ms iiou ""o
,nIJ never see the light of day, II some gentlemen
non,J Llp it. They would strut most largely, ana say
they would not lay down their OPINIONS ~ TIC
&c Executive power; but let the Secretary comih"
f,yr ms and send IN a measure 10 the committee ny
~. stocks wonld be given over to stock obbers
,,a .bovers and the gentleman would come IN anu
ro,osc Il ns an Executive recommendation, anu
wben told that no friend oil the ESecuuVe """,o
briuu in or support such n measure, they were 'o'u
.a, ,l.ey hooking like tigers on 'Heir o" lfuiu
IA, !, was The Chairman Of the Committee oil ways
and Means that was skuikng behind The Secretary OF
lilo Treasury and what position did he take tie taunt'
J him Mir Wisr) with The assertion that The Secreta-
~ If the Treasury an Executive organ ANA 'n's
was said by the organ of the wing parly-the enhif-
man of the Committee Of Ways and Means OF the
Wbg nar,vtbe minority party, who in 1891, on the
removal cf The depostes held, as prominent afuce
n Tho catalogue OF their faith, that the Secretary OF
The Treasury was legislative and not an Executive
officer. Though appointed by the President, ne u'o
mai ,crort 10 the President, but TO Congress- TO whom
he nas rssnonsble and when Mr. Secretary Forward,
b he believed 10 be an able and an honest man, made
b;s report 10 the body TO which he was Responsible,
,h-nnrh The Committee of Ways and Means, he (slr.
Wsr] expressed his dissent and disnpprobaten ana u
was plan aud obvious since the President Eaa
come into the House yesterday, that Mr. Secretary
Forward very properly sent in his own report 10 the
committee on his own responsibility 10 the legislative
drnarlmcut and he (Mr. Wse) approved OF the mode
m which the report Gent, though he might not up.
prove of the report itself. 80 . r>
He now came 10 another gentleman, MI harshaii,
who was foeman fully as worthy OF his steel or OF
any other man. The honorable gentleman read rx'
tracts from a newspaper report of the speech oil the
gentleman frcm Kentucky, on which he made run
ninr comu entary Ills attention FIRST directed 10
the p,npnsition to empower the Secretary OF the iTea-
sury 10 purchase the stock whenever sank below par
of whch he spoke approvngly and illustrated by Ia
u;l;,r e,ample to show that it would keep the stock
always at par. r
"a Ion shaved the greater value and importance oil
pledy;n. the public Lands than the accrnins revenue
irom ;mnor,s which was Inadequate tor The current
ox,e,e,s or the Government. He alluded 10 the old
continental money issued in ZIG, OF which there were
40, !, his district that had been redeemed, al
ihoueh the Government had been three, yea ten tunes
ab. 10 nav IT, ard agreed with the gentleman from
Kentucky that the credit OF nation was more 'npo'-
tan, than the credit If an individual, for Government
could not be coerced TO redeem lis Obligations
Having disposed Of this branch OF the subject, he
came 10 The matters and things in general which the
gentleman from Kentucky had touched upon, and es-
pcciay to the declaration that there was On attempt
mokng rs well in as ont of the House, to throw the
responsibility on Congress, and 10 impress the public
mind that nil the faculties 10 be nscrbed to the
Whirs proper They were represented az lrglsiating
IN hostillty 10 one or the other Of some distinguished
individuals and the views of a 'plrtcular chief
tain hat in this he thought the gentleman from Ken
lucky had made most gorgeous mistake
There was one mistake which the friends Of that par
tcular chieain had been making all along. They
supposed that because there was not minority here TO
support C0ptan Tyidr, Tint there was majority TO sup
mort that particular chcitain. But that was great
mistake and they would be undeceived before long
The fate of the present President might be what 1t
would in the destInics Of men; and, as TAR as he was
concerned he could do 10 more than submit his mea'
sures 10 tic House, 10 be decided as Tie majority
thought proper But, whatever might be his fate he
mir " undertook say that there was not najo-
rity either in that House ont of il, IN favor OF his
friure asnirations Leaving the Democratic party out
of the question, he would be wiling to 90 before The
Wing party either for the election or the nomination TO-
morrow and that chieftain would not be chosen II
there was any thing to give that particular chlettaln
STRENGTH il was the fact that nobody believed he had
any though he believed that he had enough 10 give
preat deal of trouble
Mr. " proceeded TO answer various positions IN Mr.
Mars!ials speech ill half past four O'Clock, when ne
concluded; after which
number of gentlemen rose and claimed the floor,
but the Chair gave il TO Mr.. Gentry.
Mr. RAYNER moved n reconsideration OF the vote
on the resolution passed Yesterday, TO take the Loan
bill out of Committee Wednesday next, and the mo-
lion was entered for the question TO be taken Mon
day next.
Mr. MORGAN offered a resolution, which was read
for information hereafter member shall speak
more Than enc hour any time, nor should any
change of ihr question authorize him to speak more
than once on the same bill
Mr. PROFIT objected TO the reception of the reso-
luton, when
Mr.. MORGAN moved suspension of the rules
MIR. WELLER moved that the House adjourn.
Mr. FILLMORE called for the yeas and nays on the
notion which being ordered and ,aken resulted in yeas
e7, nays A..
So the House adjourned.