Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1844-03-12

.n inc cat throats thieves, robbers and swihd
ets of Kentucky, who helped to eject hm' VT.
regretted that he had not t'n'e 70 na'e ,S,, he
evidence read and he, therefore, gave houce ''u. "t
orld nuhI,.b il with his speech lie main'aneu
that. of all the institutions OF the country me eee
: tive franchise The most 'a.u"o,e a'u " 80
The peculiar care END guaruans'P ano .h !. !,
therefore proper aude TO the means oy ""c"
had been violated which he had already done ana
the effect that was intended 10 Ne Plnoueea oy 's
v;oIa,iou which he about TO 40 r'rst, ne mus
be permitted to remark INA. ''e n 81 ao'u .r.,
The first Congressional District oil ONO, were nia'
Co., ~ eve,v davis conversation, and there was not
~. ubo smoke Of It, who did not believe that S2o,'
600 was given for his compel TOR WIZ" W.
brood seal fe knew nothing OF this himself put u
he knew anv thing at all Of morals, he Knew mat lheie
~ ~ r;n'e known TO the laws of his State, and The
oamm,ss;on of which, would send man to the rent
en,ary there which would more aii'ct ms conscience
had he been guilty OF it, than would violation OF tue
elective franchise Had ne violated 'hat rahcnse' ~
@ bo,pr violated the Constitution, by taking the oath
IN sunpuIt il and he would have considered h'msei
"a violating that OATH every moment ne retained sea
in Congress SO corruply obtained lie had been ASKED
a thousand times, by those who knew OF inc irauos
A., - n,oc,,sed in his district in 1910, why he did
w., oome bore and contest Mr.. Pendeions seat. SIR,
(sad Mr. d. there were Two reasons, equally sum.
cmn, which prevented me from dong So In the nfs'
Mace was too proud to come here, and demand JUS
uo,ss one-half of which knew owed their
a, N the We ~ frauds by which lost mine My con-
s,;,nen,s (said Mr. D. too proud 10 come here
and ask for redress, when they could redress them
selves; and they efcctualy d'd So lneY would nave
been nrouder OF their redress, had Mr. Pendeton been
induced 10 come forward the opposing candidate
h, h. ,ros not 10 be driven kicked into it. II was
sad Inn, be had already paid too dearly for the seat he
bad just filled
far and wide a, the time. We saw Il here, (said olr
n before The close OF the preceding Congress. We
saw YOUR mails loaded down with hundreds OF thou
sands-nay he might say with millions OF pamphlets
containing as base lies and ISLANDERS as ever were ma
nufac,ured the vlest dens oil alsenooa and MANY
nontr from ths Capitol, packed up with the public sta
iionery. and ranked by Wing members OF Congress
The moral part Of the community made occasional
appeals the WING party, asking them II 1t was not
wrong to overthrow the moral institutions OF Inc
country to carry their ends oh, they sad the
end ius,,les the means and he proposed to examine
into the means and he had the documents In do ii with
He had documentary proof enough 10 convince any
by at ISRAEL and enable HIM 10 overthrow The greatest
Goiah in the PHI slime camp lie would be able to
shov th, the means worthy OF the end, and the
end worthy of The MEANS and both worthy Of the party
i tina, used them What the means: He had said
before that they system oil swndllng and false
nod di sracefuI The country, dsgraceful 10 civil
zd ma and only to be parralelsd ~ atrociiy by the
corrupt measuses intended to be brought aboub them.
Promises were made that never were intended TO be
carried out Promises made, that those who
IN ,de them had not the power the capacity 10 fulfil
Charges The most and gronndess were made against
the existing administration, (Mr Van Buren, 81 and as
he only troubled himself with wholesale fasehoods, he
would now mention only one or two of them. One of
these charges against MIR. Van Burens administration
~as that il extravagant administration. Now,
he would examine into the truth of this charge and
doing so, refer 10 facts and figures. He would first
remark, that there difference between the ordI.
nary ndiiurrs ofan administration and lis exraordi-
nary expenditures; and That extraordinary expenditures
occurred under Mr. Van Burens to greater extent
than under any preceding administration Mr. ID. here
referred the extraord nary expenditures of the
session. which Mr.. Van Buren, was compelled to call
in consequence Of The banks stopping payment; also 10
The heavy expenditures OF the Florida war; and 10 the
number Of pubic buildings that put Up. lie also
referred TO the Creek warto the removal of the Creeks
and Cherokees; and to the settlement of our border
tfcutes
Here The SPEAKER announced that Mr.. De hour
had expired
Mr. ELMER obtained the floor.
MIR. HUNT Of New York expressed the hope that
the gentleman from Ohio would be permitted to go on
4 Mr.. PAYNE moved that the rules be suspended so
as 10 enable the gentleman from Ohio TO continue his
remarks,
Mr.. VlNTON suggested to The gentleman 10 amend
his notion 10 suspend the hour rule while the
present debate continued.
Mr.. PAYNE said he would cheerfu!y vote for a sus-
pension Of the hour rule on oil occasions.
i Some conversation here followed.
The SPEAKER put the question on the suspension
ton ensued in which Mr.. COBB, Mr.. WINTHROP,
and others took part.
i Mr. SCHENCK suggested that not only the hour
rule should be suspended during this debate but the
"previous question also that, when one side had
spoken, it shonld not he sprung the other
Mr.. ADAMS inquired If this motion 10 suspend
was in ORDER To suspend the hour rule indefi-
n,ely, during the debate this bill, was very compre-
hensve-it equivalent to change of rule which
required days notice, and he inquired 1t this mo-
linn in order without notice.
The SPEAKER (Ms. Hopkins presiding pro tenn. }
decided that it order but that it would require
vote of two-hrds.
Mr.. PAYNE withdrew his motion
Mr. DROMGOOLE inquired If il in order TO
make motion for another purpose.
The SPEAKER replied that the gentleman from
New Jersey entitled 10 the floor he having yield
; ed for Il special purpose.
Il Mr. WINTHROP inquired if the gentleman from
New Jersey could yield the floor for special purpose
The SPEAKER understood to say that the
gentleman from New Jersey had the floor.
Mr. ELMER inquired into the present state oil the
question.
The SPEAKER replied that the bill on its en-
grossmen
Mr.. ELMER said the Committee of Elections had
reported the bill under discussion Us substitute
for the bill introduced by the gentleman from Ono -
, The bill OF the gentleman from Ohio proposed to nix
one uniform day throughout the u States not only
for the election of electors of President and Vice Ere
sdent but for members 10 this House; but the Com
mittee of Elections by their substitute bad limited 1t
10 The election OF electors only Such was the bill be-
fore the House; and he (Mr F. now moved to amend
that bill. The bill under discussion proposed TO fix
the day for the election Of electors of the next Presi-
dent and Vice President for the first Tuesday after the
first Monday Of November next: and he proposed 50
to amend II to prevent its application to the next
election. THIS bill proposed an important change but
he satisfied there time for the State Legs
atnres TO act such important matter and hence
difficulties Of very serious character might be crea-
ted They could no! be too careful in their Legislation
such subj tor fever serious difficulty should
arise respecting the validity of the election OF the Ere
sident OF the u. States, could tell what the
consequences might b.. He went with the gentleman
from Ohio in las propositions but for the reasons which
be assigned, he subc!i.ted his amendment, as fol-
lows:
+ "Thel the lime of choosing The electors for Pres.
dent of the United States when any such election shall
he held subsequent to the year SD shall be the Tues
day next alter the FIST Monday of November in every
fourth year succeeding the last election OF said cleo
tors except when special election shall be held IL
At.