Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1847-04-16

Mr. Leake, in the course of the discus
Wnepr r;5ay night said had voted against the
% % Il az. | promptly said, "it is no such
Fsra =. VA asked 10 explain. MIR. Leake turn
bog, and said, "there is do difference between
70 ms ,he matters of fact it is only OF cons.ruc-
,ss m;ll do YOU full justice and explain il
Co. un then said, livery well, go on" which
'sn' .hout TO do, when another gentleman in
vas 30. ca interrupted him-which led to some
ssll.u;on-and some have been so ungenerous
N 'usv, as 10 say that MIR. Leake proved what
p 'ssn;ed | feel assured that Mr.. Leaks
ssa NJ such thing, and has said no such thing;
ls rnows that | told him, in my speech al
nc Court, as had previously done at
esasrSsld Court to Mr.. James II. Cox, all that
s..ords showed and the Journal was sent tor,
E;S,rduced by me, not 10 disprove his ex-
:. which. though had not seen, was salts
s, correct, but to prove something more than
,,,racs did show.
|'s CIV. aeaip. repeat it emphatically, nerer
30; oSainst he Tar1F bill Of lS42-and yet
Il man were 10 examine part OF that
f,n, ma on,y. he might and would naturally come
f ~. conclusion that did; but if be examines
L, rHoLE RECORD, he can believe no sucn .n,bs
E,e circumstances were these: ! was lnemus.
\ Ne Committee of Ways and Means INA. maIe
f., bin; and voted for it, OF course, IN conu "
y - In the House / made speech IN favor OF
|. nassase, and voted for i'll! passed oy 'o'e
|. il6 10 ll2. x.,,r,oa NV
I'M with Veto, upon the ground mat II coa.
Lined clause, (relative 10 the dislriouion OF
h sales OF the public lands) which he woao no.
[,clion and he required US TO strike INA. ciause
! n the bill and, in that event, sisnined nus Will
.,ress 10 sign il. The passage OF The OIL was
..:,ns;dered as required by the Constitution, ana
y, n. third time I voted for it, Here grave
~ important constitutional principle was IN
~ I'D The government was without revenue,
y, without revenue the government could moi
~ !. ..dm;ni.,eredl Which was to snrrenderl the
S,scn,ive 10 the Legislative department OF the
''rsrnmsu,, or the Legislative to the Exc
::u';y. Department. l took the side OF the
. ..,, and of their representatives, against
rE,acm,ive power and Executive dictahon.-
; now il we did not surrender TO him, ne
MD he obliged 10 surrender to US; and u no,
.s;nc else would control him, his own Szo,Ooo
. .., bring him to terms. The subject was re-
,..'sS 10 a committee composed OF Messrs.
ADAMS. Morrow, Granger, Trueman smith,
pons Pearce, Rayner, Cooper Campoe,,'
ELMER Irwin, Morehea6, Charles J. tnsersoii.
~. committee made report in which they saio:
Tn. will of man has frustrated al .ms ~ shs
,,osrsisd all their powers. ihe majority OF .,ao
Anu heIicye that the has occurred IN the an
Union, contemplated by the founders OF our
nv the grant to the House OF hep,eseI.a
the power 10 mpeach the President Oh TUG on
ia TSs renor, was adopted, by vote OF l0O 10 o.
W. nd a meeting the Wings. 1t was pro-
w, "" hal we should surrender to the Executive
!; mel with no favor; indeed, The gentleman
VINO proposed it brought odium upon nlmseii
tom every quarter for submitting ine PROPOSE
'on-,he meeting adjourned-we helo ano'het-
few gave way-anolher-a lew inole sase
vay-ano,her and another and another-un'll a.
laa a large majority yielded. a molion was
,b,o made in the House that III IS e4Peo'eut u
oass another revenue bill, The same as ina. Shic1
!pesen,ly passed both Houses OF Congress ano
,as been returned BY the President win MS oo-
TIE EXCEPTION OF THE 9TH
Lluse." Sc, &c.-and upon that ques,ion inc
-ole stood, IS yeas. lib nays. Among Inc nays
r,re Mr.. John G. Adams, whose name IS so
reouenty associated with mine, and OF which
association am proud, (althoush disapProve
Is much as any man Of MIR. Adams course ON
pme occasions,) together with some 81 o'het
arf Wings, including Mr.. Fillmore, hlmseli
he Chairman OF the COMMITTEE OF ways ana
Means. Now, who can say this was vole
,sins, The tariff bilii and that Mr.. Adams, Mr..
Mr.. J. P. Kennedy, MIR. A. A. Stuart,
M G W Summers, Mr.. Gosgin, myself and 9TH
nc toupd ia the negative, were voting against Inc
,anfbill1 lsAY IT WAS NO sucR THINe-we were
roinp against the surrender OF a constitutional
,rnr;o,e 10 Executive diclalion Tor il there were
,,,,,ps for the fra mers of the Constitution guard
IN, hi, subject with SO much Jealousy as 10 pro-
hibt The Senate from originating a bill on the
,ubisc, how much more important was II, tnat
y. shoald guard against Executive control on the
,me subiec,2 Well, our men gradually gave
way; they a, last got the bill into The House, and
anon The vote for its engrossment The vote STOOD
l0l-lOl. The speaker, M. John White. as
GOOD tariff man as any in The House, vo-
I'd in the negative, and it was losl.-re-
consideration was moved aud carried, l06 to
g. The vote on epgrossment was again taken
ii stood lo5 TO l02, and upon its final pas
,ase i, stood l04 to l02-and among The noes
were "a good and true tariff Wings, including
Mr. JOIN @. ADAMS aud JOAN Nj. Boris, and
night also add William L. Goggin and George
" Summers. Now who supposes that we were
,oliop against The Tariff Of 1922 No! we pre-
erred the loss OF great party measure TO Inc
acri6ce of constitutional principle, and upon
his i, was, that we were voting; and every man
hal has three grains of sense can see 1t, and ev-
ny man tina, has one grain OF honesty will &C
knowledge it, after this exposition. ] say again,
never did vote against the tariff OF AZ; ior II
lad, should have voted against measure was
ery anxious should have passed and labored hard
, oertect JNO. M. Bolts.