Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1844-04-26
DEFERRED PROCEEDINGS.
Saturday, .7prH 10, ls44.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
ARMY APPROPRIATION BILL.


Mr. ATKINSON Of Virginia regretted that he he'd
been present when the retrehchmeht OH passed
the House: he should certainly have been founo WIN
the majority and not in the small minority OF 10 tie
considered it excellent move TO cut OH OUT supehu-
merary officers and 10 reduce ts pay he had lsie
ed with astonishment TO the references whch hao oeen
made 10 coordinate branch Of the Legislature Gen
temen spoke of the Senate II It were on some ac
entitled to extraordinary difference emo consce
ration: now he thought this House enu'ied 70 quite
much respect from the Senate, as mat oooy mgh.
claim from the House. He imagined 1t would sound
strangely to gentlemen TO hear that the senate would
not adopt certain MEASURE until they were nfst IN
formed ~ he her the House would sanction IT, ouch
doctrine would be laughed TO scorn hach branch
must Judge for tstf of what was ht 70 De done AND
he thought that members of the House, coming fresh
from the people, likely to be better index oil the
popular will than Senators could be. Had he voted
against measure OF retrenchment ike mat Whieh mad
recently passed the House he vas very sure Inc De-
mocracy of his district would instantly nufi MIN from
their confidence.
The gentleman from Penn.ylvana talked about the
reductions made by the 9th Congress ne would ask
that gentleman, respectfully what share HE mad IN
those reductions, The gentleman came here claim
ing the credit of being re.ormer How many OF the
one hundred and thirteen who had voted Tor the re-
trenchment bill had been Of the Federal alias the
Wing party' The gentleman from Pennsylvania voted
against the BILL ye now he came exutng 10 The re-
forms of the 9th Congress. Neither did the gentle
man from Kentucky (Mr. White) vote for the BILL but
that he would probably account Tor, by reminding Mr..
A. that he in the Chair. While but 10 Democrats
voted against the BILL 65 Federal votes were cast in
opposition to it. This, however, did not at all surprise
MIR. Ait was in unison with the Wing practice and
policy. They cried Tip and Ty'' in 1910, bu. now
they hated ETY.. The only reforms they had effected
by turning out Democrats, good und true, 10 pu,
in office seekers, many of whom had been instrumen
tai in the death of Harrison. Yes, the Wings killed
him. Had he not been coaxed to death, and ulsed 10
DEATH he would, Mr. A. verify believed, be alive at
this day Mr. a then alluded 10 the grant to Mrs
Harrison, and proceeding that topic, when
MIR. WHITE asked leave to put to him one gues-
ton.
But Mr. ATKINSON said he could not admit OF any
explanations.
MIR. WHITE said he did not ask the floor for ex
panation, but to put question.
Mr.. ATKINSON persisted in his reiusa File could
give that gentleman The floor because he
abIe to make short explanation. The gentleman
explanations reminded him of the request OF gentle
man who in love with lady, but rejected by
her, and told that his visits not agreeable The
gentleman asked for one interview "ony for eyplana-
tion;" and when it granted the explanation
turned out TO be the whole courtshp over again "a
augh)
Mr. WHITE renewed and urged his request, but
MIR. A. turned deaf ear, and, for while, both gen.
temen continued speaking at The same time, Till cries
of "order" arose. and
Mr. ATKINSON proceeded alone. The question
now was on saving 600 TO the public Trea-
sury The gentleman from Kentucky asked why all
this hot haste for reform-ths sudden fit of economy
He would tell him why the fit came over him. it
because he against protective Tariff and against
all that exravagant expenditure which rendered
cessary He accused the Wings Of advocating high saa
ries and then resoring to high protective Tariff TO
keep them up. He informed the House what charges
he Ind brought against the party in Virginia, and
among them tina. of ohng money from the pockets Of
the poor give - the rich manufacturers and ap.
pealed to the extra session OF the Wing Congress in
support of the charge. He said the Wings in Virginia
had promised the people, that if they got back in
to power, there to be bad crops, and no
more poor people and sure enough they had heped the
poor grow rich by showing them way TO pay
old debts He here expatated the subject of the
bankrup pit law, which, he SAID, repudated with
vengeance. He then passed 10 the Bank of the
United States and the Wing opposition the pow
er. He dwelt very heavily on the sin OF lie Wing
Congress sitting nine months on Stretch while
they were all the time paid Of the public crib; yet
the Wing Senate 10 the Democratic House ad-
vice 10 adjourn the eth of May he hoped they would
sit long enough all events TO change the present pro-
tecye Tariff and substitute for it Tariff for revenue
only For the prospect Of this, he thanked God-yes,
he thanked the Democratic party. "a voice, "much
the same thing" laugh) He concluded by profess
ng it be his political motto, that the money Of
the people much better in their pockets than in the
National Treasury