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

,d he violation OF the spirit, Ut not Tue ettei, VI
the onehour rule; and though II mao oeeh "e'e'o'''e
at,e mpted il had never been allowed.
M, McCLERNAND inquired # Il were competent
TO- Gentlemen 10 raise points OF order which had been
decided by the Char e.,
Mr. DICKINSON appealed from the decision OF the
Char that the point used might be settled ana on le
nneo he called for The yeas and nays, but they were
not ordered 49,
Mr.. SCHENCK said he knew no. wha' had been the
practice of last Congress under this one-our rune
and he therefore inquired IT 1t wns competent LOT gen
,emnn to sneak an hour and then 10 move an amend.
ment not substantially varying the proposition, ana
thus go on for hour after another
The SPEAKER explained This was the case
whore bona fide amendment offered, on which
tho gentleman from Ohio properly obtained The noor
This ease had precedence IN the last Congress, wheh
NJ, Wise and Mr. MARSHALL both obtained the floor nn
dor analogous ccumsta and sustained IN The
RICH, to IT.
ne as that in the referred TO by the Speaker, was
tben held 10 he aeranily and manitesly UNJUST
MIR WINTHROP made some observations, IN the
on,se of which he sustained the decision of the Chair
md said that he had himself made Ike declson few
weeks NO. when occupying the chair, as chairman OF
the Committee of the Whole on the slate OF the Union
The House sustained The decision Of the Chair.
Mr. DUNCAN resumed and SAID, that when he was
interrupted he was about 10 speak of the that
were used IN 1910, to overthrow the Democratic party
and defeat the election of Mr. Van Buren,, and IT was tn
prevent the exercise Of such again that this II
had been introduced; and the amendment Of the gentle
man from New Jersey did not meet the exigencies OF
the case 1t was as important that The electoral fran
chse should be preserved pure IN II iton to the cleo
lions of members of Congress, as TO the election Of the
President and Vice President; and the object OF the bill
was prevent the exercise OF the means resofted TO IN
1870 in all such cases He going on to say what
those means were, and to speak of the ppehyIng Of
SI0 and of the importation OF voters from State to
another and from county to another and he hoped
That in abiding those DAYS he should he in order
for they relevant this bill, If passed INTO law,
would operate prevent 10 them hereafter
One of the means used-and he supposed the end was
to Justify the means-was, by system Of fasehood,
to produce the impression that Mr.. Van Buren's ad-
mins,ration exiravagant administration aud he
had designed to contrast the expenditures of that ad-
ministraiton with the expenditures OF this.
1t would be remembered, that these charges of extra
yapance in Mr. Van Burens Administration were nc
compnnled universally with PROFESSIONS that system
of reformation should be adopted. lie would now pro-
coed to EXHIBIT t. the American people-to the hun
dreds and thousands of those who had been induced
desert the Democratic Party, and go to the stand
ard of the Whigs-ths manner IN which those pro-
misses and professions had been fulfilled
Mr.. D. Instituted comparison between the expen-
drtures during the administration OF Mr.~Van Buren,,
and the expenditures during the present admlnstra-
ton, showing large excess in the latter over the for
mer.
Of Government, to know what were the sentiment and
principles Of those who offered themselves cand'-
dates for Office and that right carried with II the duty,
the Of the candidate, 10 declre what his prIn
cpes were and what measures he would carry out, il
elected THIS right, and this duty, had been violated
in $40 1t openly avo~ed that there should be no
disclosure of opinions or principles when They were
pressed upon that point they would turn the matter off
with TIppecanoe song.
Mr. d. exhibited anatomical drawing Of ''that
Il y tLa
principles of the Wing Party, a illustrated by this
their fayorte emblem, and the chief object Of Wing
Pagan alteration and in conclusion, in humorous nlu
sion 10 the ancient custom OF dlvIning by examining
The entras of beast predicted the entire overthrow oil
the Wing Party.
Again-it was sad that the administrations of Van
Buren, and Jackson proscrpiive administrations
and that if the Wings gained the ascendancy, proscrp
lion would be prescribed.
There 10 be no such thing prescription. The
only question to be asked was, was the man capable
and honest Bnt how these promises fulfilled
month before the election, this city swarmed with
hosts of long, lean, hungry Office hunters Every pub
lie house filed with them, from the garrett TO the
cellar and houses, too he would not name They
came 10 crowds old Federasts, who, forty years be-
fore had been driven into retirement, the
restoration Of their party, and joined in the general
scramble The Inauguration was hardly over, before
every democratic head Of a department dismissed
and Wings put their places, and then the gulotine
parlment Wed with the others in the work of proscr,p
linn though Granger and Ewing excellsd them ell
The question not, "ls he honest; Is he capable
but "ls he Democrat: Does he belong 10 Democratic
ocaiions: If answered in the affirmative, "otf with
his head" That the way the promise TO prescribe
prescription was fafled He made the assertion and
he challenged contradiction and that there were more
men turned Of office in months time, than there
were in all the preceding administrations, from Gen
Washington down. That no, ALL Before the cleo
ia ,icad fhp doll "A md
roast beef, if they would help them 10 overflow Mr.
Van Buren's administration.
Here Mr. d. held up TO the view Of the House one
Of the Wing banners that was used in his district in
the last Presidential election the inscription on ii be-
ing "Sr cats day and Sheep's piark HHder Tan BIZ
ren; and hr0 d0ilarS day am Sood roaA bccf under
General Harrison' How was this promise fulfilled
Mr. d. here recounted an anecdote OF his meeting with
poor laborcr Cincinnati, who told him that he
was promised two dollars day and good roast beef, if
he would vote for General Harrison; but he could
not get twenty-five cents a day, and had no beet al
all; and that he wonld all The Federasts damned
before he would be deceived by them any
MIR. D. concluded by explaining The benefits that
would result from the paasoge OF the BILL and earnestly
appealing 10 the House, by their desire for the peserva
ton OF free institutions, by their love of country,
and by their regard for the principles of morality and
religion, TO pass it, and thus avoid that flood of vice
md immortality that had oyerspread the land during the
last elections.
MIR. CLlNGMAN then obtained the floor and on his
motion,
The House adjourned.
CONGRESS- Thursdays Proceedings.
In the Senate, to-day, the most important subject
which occupied attention. was the resolution Of Mr..
Semplc directing the President Of the United States to
give notice the British Government for the tcrmna
ton of the treaty allowing the joint occupation Of the
Oregon Territory. Mr. Miller occupied the floor in its
discussion. lie considered the resolutions as an
raniabe interference with duty devolvng the Exc
cutve only. lie considered the matter in dispute be-
tween the two Governments occupying the Oregon Ter
riory as mere question of boundary-a dispute such
as two farmers might have about line of fence between
their farms. They might break other at law but
that would not be prudent 10 sill down quietly and
amcably to treat about the adjustment OF the line OF
boundary. We should not he afraid OF diplomacy