Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1846-04-28

H. uas ready md willing 10 arm this naaon, anu
nr.nar. for the cun6ici. He earnestly hoped,
however that wise councils might yer prevail
and that The mailer might yet be peaceaoly seliea.
These were The views Mr.. 2. entertained oi
his i,nror,anl .ubeci; and whist he could reaui.
il vo,e Tor the House resolutions, yet u nc couia
nave had his own way, he would nave pieieile,'
| 10 have had them slightly amended. ne ~u.1'
| II, >aiJ amend the second resolution ny auaihg
,.,.r,, Inc words, But, on the contrary, the hope
:. .n,.rI,ined that this long-pendins controversy
100 20, be finally adjusted, honorablr and
,,..,.ablvn |, must be obvious ~ all that The
I,.cnnd resolution has only the effect Of quality
| ns the first 10 very small extent. IL excludes
The idea that Congress intends by the hrs, 10 pre-
vent negotiation Tor the settlement oi Inc ques-
ton; and its only purpose IS 10 declare That Con-
gress does not intend 10 interfere al all, INT leaves
The question 10 be settled or mol, as The two na-
lions NAV choose. Now, Mr.. y. would 60 fur
lher, and declale, as he had stated before, "Bnt on
The contrary the hoce is entertained that TINS long
pending controversy might vet be finally ADJUST
ed honorably and peaceably; not Tor The purpose,
however, Of lroaclips 10 Great Britain, nor ff
The puruase OF influencing The President, Cor
that was unnecessary. as Mr. P. had endeavor-
ell 10 show,) hul for The purpose OF putting our
selves, he Congress Of The Unised STATES, right
in The eyes I'll The WORLD so that u, unfortunate
Is, a conflict should cUne, il would be apparent
Ia all that il was TO, oil our seeking. we are
The war-lnal.ing power under Ihis uoVerhhen
(said MIR. P..) and for the purpose OF guard
inc orr ACT in voting his notice flom msrcpresen-
,alion and MISREPRESENTATION BY the world, he would
amend the resolutions as he had Indicated
What has Great Britain done2 She has, through
her Minister here, proposed Twice To dro1faie
his question. Were these propositions made
with any expectation on the part Of that Govern
ment that they would be accedtd To 10y ours =
None whatever. Similar propositions had been
made 10 Mr. Adams and 70 Mr.. Tyler, during
their Administrations, and had been ieinsed, and
j, was known 10 every hCdy here that he pre-
sem Executive would never consent 10 il. Then
whv YEAS il proposed Simply 10 better the po-
s,tiop OF England in the e IS Cf The world on
his Oregon uia,er. Should W., then, not see
mat we place ourselves on proper grounds, il
conflict should Gomez | would (said Mr. 20
deprive England IL every preiext Tor mol sel'lih2
This question; and, it war should unfortunately
grow uul If il, en- her shoulders should rest The
consequences of it, She should not say, II is use
less 10 offer 10 compromise az The President pro-
pos, 4 10 compromise; for he has Withdrawn The
proposition 10 compromise, and has Charmed
the whole territory; We will not do The TOOL
i<h thing OF making an offer winch ne IS pledged
NOT 10 accept. He would saw as The representa-
ling 10 do what is ris4t IN HsetL and upon Eng
lands head shall be the consequences Of doing
otherwise Nor should the President lake any e1-
csrtian 10 such an amendment rs he had spoken
Of. Negotiation had failed in his hands, and he
had sent The mater 10 Congress. In The ccnclud-
ing aph of the letter of MIR. Buchanan, in
which, hy direction Of The President he With
draws The proposition of compromise, he usest The
very language which he (Mr P.) would like 10
use here. II right Tor him To use il, il could not
be wrong iur us TO use il. But | have no hope
(said Mr. P.) cf mendins the Heuse resolutions.
The minds OF Senator's have been made up
upon The subject, and have said what ! have
said merely 10 show what would be willing 10
do. No injury could result from doing il. The
tine Tor dirtomacy with this question has gone by.
II has reached point AT which il must be settled
ii ever il is TO be settled peacsably and both II
The nations must be far TOO sasacious not 10 see
and mol 10 know il
A word or two (said MIR. Pl as 10 The substi.
tule offered by The Senator from Maryland (Mr.
Johnson, Tor the House resolutions, and he would
suffer the vote 10 be taken.
The Senator from North Carolina, (Mr. Man
yum,) few DAYS ago, made an elaborate arsn-
ment To show that the legislative power OF this
Government cou'd not anna. a treaty; and he
~ ii il was not only his opinion, but that he had
with eminent juris,s, ami they had cen
Cured very fuilv with himself Now, (said Mir.
P } will net say that the honorable Senator =
x long, but must say | have always thought
very differently from him. A treaty in This coun-
try, whatever il may be in others, is law Of the
land; the Constitution of Inc United States de-
clares il To be hcsupreas lar OF the land; ami lhe
courts of justice administer il daily as a inr OF
the land In other countries a treaty is mere
contract entered into between sovereign paIiies,
,toJ h,, hp ipIir i1l lint tN-
the poliiieai power of The nations. II, then II III.
q iap with us, why NAV ii not be repealed by The
legislative department, as other laws are repeated
by that department. In the same sense that a
treaty is The supreme law ot the land IS an act oil
Congress the supreme law of The land. IL the one
NAV be repealed BY an act CT the Legislature, Why
NAV mol the other also? IL is true, treaty
should not be abrogated for Sigh! or ordinary
causes, but for suitable reasons il ought TO ne m
nulled Then how stands The waller (said Mr..
P.) upon auhoriy2 Judge Story, in his Com
meDtaries on The Constitution OF the U States,
expressly declares that CT lssa noibs disputed that
treaties are subject 10 the Legislature pores, and
NAV be repealed like oi!fr lars, or they may he
va, led by new treaties II This be 50, the mat
Ter would seem 10 be al Fest.
Now (said MIR. Pr question Arises here
whether we can ltgi,imaiely confer upon The
President the power 10 abEoeaie this treaty "of
has d,scretion Icy giving the notice. as The suh>tl-
iu,e propuseS1 81 treaty Can only he abolished
by the legislative power, or by The matchmaking
power, can we, ac!iRg in our legislative capacity,
authorz. The President 10 do that which pro-
psrly should be done by ourselves1 Can we del
egac 10 him What has been delegated TO ns2 "DR.
rs,a ,ofesaas nan potcst delcgari." Docs not this
apply 10 Legislative duties as we'll as To other
things? will not say (said Mr.. P.) positively
that we canno, confer upon ihv President The
power proposed 10 he given him by The substi-
ute al which am speaking, bu, must say am
by no means sure OF il The objection has not
been taken 10 the substitute, and The minds
ol Senators are made up upon il. My respect
for The intelligence and wisdom Of this body
will prevent me from setting up my donbs IN
opposition 10 what seems 10 be the settled JUG.
ineDt OF The Senate. Nevertheless, or the Iea-
sons have taled, must vote against The sub
Lu,e as q mere amendhient and il the resolutions
OF th.. House should be voted down, can vet
vote Tor the resolutions as amended, rather Than
have no notice at all, and shall vote SO accord
ingly.
grThe eclipse today "came off" according
10 The almanac. II presented curious appear
ance in its greatest observation, as seen through
light, feecy cloud, which foatr,i over The suns
surface
While al the Capitol. where we went 10 have
good view Of the sun, we observed persons al
work around Houdon's noble Statue Of Washing
ton. Mr. Francisco Cichi, skilful artist and his
Italian colleague, were engaged in taking per-
teet cast OF the Statue He was commissioned
by Messrs Appleton, Sparks AMI other distn-
guished citizens OF Boston TO lake cast, TO he
placed in The Capitol al Boston. 1t is said that
bronze copies will be made. MIR. Cichi informed
u. that he would be engaged Two months in The
tedious and delicate operation. Il is taken in
small pieces, amounting in all 10 about | 900, 10
be united together when they reach Boston. It
is to The honor Of Virginia that she should POS
scss so pertec, and mastery a representation OF
her own Washington, and that citizens fsm
aI.a.