Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1852-07-09

SATURDAY, JrLy 5, loo2.

SATURDAY, JULY ., looE
The Senate was session today.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES..
There was IN in yesterdays report hr Poks
motion TO lay tho resolution OF Tie committee or elections
on me ,aoIs having been put carriedyeas ST. "A
Mr.. Houston, Ala, gave notice mat ne should move
10 debate tic deficiency bill on Monday at orc
O'clock and moved The House 60 into committee on
Ths HOUSE vent into Committee the state OF the onion
Mr Toomos II Ga VINO had the floor from yesterday
.ad he proposed ols few considerations with ref
10 the Presidential eciiun. lie had dIsageeaoIe duty
perform pruoby Ills views would nut he responded
by many either House VI ii consequently he
brought discussion ri the question dsire To perform
public duty
aritated IN. cunl.y Tor last fifteen years and his
sttuens said desired reoos and Their referred 10 the in
1rod uction Of Conventions by which all zeal power III,
election Of President taken cat vi the hands of the PEG
ple and committed 10 those vi political leaders Ii such
organization is necessary il SHOULD re under the sanction OF
laws re did think such amendment Ut tile Cons
tut,n would m eet with any extensive support.
The Constitutional uodc which pursued ill 1882 had
given for Presidents marked nen who had been Identified
with great ,r country aud who distin
Ruished in civil and military lie; while the change 10 aomna
lion by Conventions had brought forward d'f rent de-
scrption of He point out, III much LENGTH
the EFFECTS of these organizations upon the departments OF
the government, and TIE proceedings of the House
After expressing his determination 10 oppose those organi
saons he alluded 10 the declarations present rom
nees Presidency Vice Presidency, who he said had
oil been explicit with the exception n Cen Scott who while
he his approval o tie Baltimore PLATFORM gave
indication vi what would be the policy o his administration
No he said had done 10 add 10 his fame, which
r.. l.,
had voted military man, and the result had not in
duced him repeat The eScnIt nj. Every oct OF Cen
Scos life is against trusting him The great question be-
fore the couny he concluded by expressing hope that
Uaou would every where unite man whom they
could trust
Mr. Breckenridge OF Kentucky, followed and confined his
remarks sntec, before Tho Hnus"tlc Deficiency
Billiard took up the amendment vi the Senate in favor
The Collins line of than which question more
importun could be submitted 10 Congress Other lines he
said had applied for Increased AID md the pursued
TO line will prec dent with reference 10 other
applications OF similar At present, lie said there
10 paid different lines oi S42345u
and 470 600 demuded for The Collins line alone which il
allowed would raise the appropriations 10 about two mil
ons and il other lines similarly Increased it would
greatly augment the which, however SMALL when
compared with the amount 10 the mail service which
exceeds six millions of dollars.
He commended should he strict Investigation
before any additional should DC incurred and insist
that there had Important dura for the
the building o! these He said there
proof adduced affairs Collins line had been
economically conducted He considered the considerations for
which the had been mad, had been and if
any reference might be made The constitution he weuld
ask where authority found make appropriations
for the purpose Indicated He concluded BY expressing his
opposition which h. considered being fraugh
with the injurious results regards commercial enter
prise.
The COMMITTEES then rose ard The House adjourned