Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1843-02-04
officer and also recommended that the troops should be

officer and also recommended that the troops should De
riiere MIR u read from tie letter of Mr. Po'nse'
-of,r,ed, The objection raised last session To ihe
a,.eit t.: The troops wes, that The srrS'ce " ~
tl,.v were ENGAGED vas nacai."d o' aia u''
Now .e tMr. - stood upon ''it Moor as 'I
,siiy. 81 ihsse recp!e who weie called cut oy olcefs
se,i Ia ,o,c, py the United States Government eho
IL l.,, j, To BE- high md respensbie du'y Whch he
owed them 10 see that justice was done. ils t'sn
,rocncacd 10 show that the men were called out by ON
.r of rho United Siaies-!he Governor and Marshal
r. , Tprfitory-anj !en! passages from their several
communications. The Governor Of Iowa received no
tice that tie authorities oil Missouri were coec''hs
taxes from the citizens al that territory aiu 'e '.
d,ately ISSUED las proclamation, warning 'neih o -
execute their process In the ,;, ms ,dfarrod =,
lion Tie net Congress the subject was eierreu 10
80 ,,,tinc il obligatory upon him TO DO VIVA, he aa-
rlin-e MT d read from the law The Governor was
r;cer IL The United States, sent 10 afford protcc'
..".;Jcd :, nIso was The Marshal, who made The call
nor tho Cove,ror and who was fully sustained 5y
The district attorney OF the t. States, his legal adviser
Ia ,hcn read The letter Of The United States Marshal,
and commented upon IL.
M u then read certain letters from the u. S mar
shall and the opinion OF Charles WESTERN Esq the u
s a,,o-ncy, together with letter from Stephen Whit
cher Fen 10 show The necessity that existed Tor call
ma ,r Iowa mj!i.ic no service. hlr ID. also read the
net If the Legislature oi Missouri extending the North
crn boundary OF that State, which he said pec'pta'ed
and b.ourht on all these difficulties. AncF reading
bos. ,yc:ients Mr.. D. said that The point he wished
70 make was tina, the Territorial Government oil Iowa
ad exercised jurisdiction the territory IN dispute
ever s,ucc acquired from the iGdians III oJ'' a:.a
iesi :bp Legislature of Missouri invaded 1t win ali
a-;a.l force so tie purpose .! @resrg 1t from the
L. $ eaG the Territory OF lo%a, and levy'ng taxes
on i: tia: il comprised within !, population oi sax
Thousand ncrsons whose sentiments were so a.ei.e 10
the attempted rsurpaous Ct Missouri that they resisted
It 10 The utmost OF ,leiF power; beng backed IN snch
resistance by those whoi they were bound toTcspect
viz: the Governor; appointed them by the Govern
meat of The u. s.: end the nnrsai, and iae cisTic
attorney Of the Territory, also $. officers. lie wua!d
add that it most unwelcome service to the PEG
PIE Of Iowa; for apart from their disincnaiion 10 OPP
pose tel! coan,ymcn in arHls, they were called
ou, al most incemenl OF Tie year, when the
arouad was covered with snow. Could Congress,
iisn, refuse to compensate for services rendered
under such circumstances ihey were no; men
capable OF solving nice constitutional questions, but
were the men whose enterprise had opened 10 settle
mont and cultivation rich and fertile Territory, and
who in time 10 extend onr borders by tue settle
H.ent Of Oregon. Such were not nice casus's,
end were therefore sufficiently justified III ohying the
orders oi their lawful superlors. lie could teii the
House, that such the aversion 10 Tins service,
tia; many OF the oiices-incn of character aud re-
-pcatabili,y-for reic ing to obey the order calling
thsn. into service we're tried hy court MARTIAL nn.
der the militia laws VI the Territory, and cashlered-
There waY another fact 10 which lie wished 10 call
The a.tcnton Of the House. Every one o the Gene
Ia. according 10 the construction OF The War Depart
mru he'd been stricken out of the account: aud though
there wcie eight OF The in The field not al officer above
the fauk Of cnonel wamd be paid. lie himself was
sead} and willing 10 acqne:ce III thiS dccsion, though
Il affected him. oi the Generals stricken out; Tor
his anxicty 20 get Tie men paid Tie poor rancc they
claimed or their ha5d service, and to get the farmers
pa.d for the com BIZ c and pork they furnished IL" the
.ust-nance ci The and l!iar horses, superseded
avs feeling fe! himself, aad those IL The same rank
~. i:;; To add 10 HE harJ.hps o! the case Of '!csc
claimants, he would add, that nj the time these supplies
.,oit furnished the homes oil number OF The settlers
were proclaimed for sale By the President and that they
sold their produce for the purpose 81 raising money to
pay for them believing, they were assured by those
lher had confidence in, that their accounts would be
settled and allowed al Tie War Department Now, IN
consequence OF their rot getting paid, they had
RICH; 20 expect many Of !hcm we're forced 10 borrow
:cnev, IL ieavy interest," to pay for the homes they
had settled and brought nio cultivation. AZ he be fore
stated, The service was n NEST nnweccnc and most
unpleasant one and he desired TO make I'll appeal 10
The gentleman from Kentucky, hr. Underwood who
made remark last year tina, he believed had caused
,le dc!ea, of this b!! The gentleman calling for
The and nays said that he wished TO who would
for bl 10 pay these people for fighting their own
Nov, lie would remark 10 The gentleman,
that the people he spoke Of III tiis way were by no
means deserving Of hrs censnre. They engaged very
in this service, al the command oi those
placed by his Government in authority ever them aud
oue Of these l,en had faithfully served lis country in
tie las. war with Grea, Britain and was present and
the .cntl, man from Kentucky wounded and taken pr
sonef at Dudseys dcfcat. They not nice Judges
of constitutional law but the hardy and enieTpris"g
settlers who had settled aud brought into culiisa ion
-lc and growing territory, and :ho would extend hr
boundaries of The United States by settling and defend
,nr rs tertiary eyen TO the Pacific ocesn. lie hoppd
the melton "a. reconsideration would prevail.
The question was thea taken on the motion for re
consideration, aud resulted in ayes -, nces 10.
No quorum voting, teers ordered and appoint
et, tMessfs. Briggs and {. BrownD and the question
icing again taken, they reported ayes -, noes 80
There still being no quorum, Mr. CAV i JOHNSON
moved lay the motion for reconsideration on The IA
be- ana called fr tie yeas and nays, The best means
of getting Euii vote.
Nlr. MEDLL moved call Of the House; rejected
ayes IL, noes net counted.
Mr. CAVE JOHNSON again called for the yeas and
NAYS on he question Of reconsideration aud they
ordered and resulted yeas 90, nays 10.
The question then REQUIRED OH the passage Of the
5iil. -
Mr. MORGAN and MIR. CAVE JOHNSON called
for the yeas and nays, and they ordered; and re-
su!;ed-yeas 50, nays -.
81 the bill passed.
The House then adjourned.