Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1854-06-30
RcrpcCG1uIIY sII1IIIItItI.
j. Is. JETl:R, President Of Board.
Is. MASiY, JR., Secretary.

a VERY ABLE DEBATE.-Iucs,iny's session OF
the House illustrated %rapitall% what we have ire
uucnilv taken occasion - write concerning inc cana
c.iy ni tlui body, so nhscurcd %ua.!aii. ny the miserable
custom of talking so much for B ;nkum, wherein
.ligii idiuiin' anl dcnr pcollish augmentation take
the place ut legitimate forensic efforts. Every speech
made was addressed directly TO the important stihlccl
in hand, and every one 81; the many o~rators-heSSrS
jones Of Pa, Phillips, Gcrrit Smith. ltnreliS' m.i-
son, lsoycc, Bishop Perkins, llavcns', heitt,
Ws.lburn Of Me-, Bocock and Boycc-addressed
Themselves mos, iorciiiy t" Gnil2 point clearly IN
volvcd in the controversy over III" "il hci"fc '"c'',
uut urn,rrly vote H." money asked until after sitting
in Judgment, upon tho features of the treaty, with nl
the documents before them, bcnrln: ON II, when the
Executive Inns in his pusSession. AS in"s'o ,hem
rcui their duty, we have Il tihrd Dr'lhch, III 'ne .tea'.r
making power. unknown, however, to the trainers OF
the Constitution. With those gentlemen, the doctrine
set forth with such force and signal ability 10y (icil.
Tlus. II. Bayly on the day before, that the p,o'rer OF
the House Ia withhold appropriations III such cuscs
could oulv be prudrntlv uil properly exercised III
ruscIntil urrnn. violation ufthe Constitution or corrup-
ton il.ravcdl in maxim. the treaty, and further, that
tic requirement ri aiwo-ihir'ls vote OF the Sr!latc Tor
n ,rcatv's ratification involved well nigh positive in
suraicc asninst The occurrence al M! s"e" eoh''"'
,rncy, seemed to have little weight Indeed.
1t i worthy of remark that Mr.. Gcrrit Smith bold
" uvuwcl himself in favor at the acquisition OF gu
iu, even with slavery remaining III the law OF thnt
lund after lis change ri Government. lie sustained
himself III 81 utlnp, ny u luNtlIH I'll S""'i
first, that negro slavery under this Government nfiict-
ed Hess evils upon h r-lnvrs, tlnn under that of Spain:
and thu, it WIS the duty Of the truly philantlroplc nj
WAYS to 20 for tina, which umcloratcl the condition
of the nppr, s,cI. Sc. His argument upon the
"whcrcabuuis" of the treaty making power under this
Government, wherein. he rschewed the recently re-
vauped claim that il kslurerl by the House Of Re-
personalities. VI y c"l.i;al effort; giving the louise a
much higher "pIn'n' "t his abilities as Il statesman
iu,nn questions other than his kimk) than they pre-
viuusly entertained. Notwithstanding the pccnliari-
~ OF lis views Oh the slavery question, on which he
is more ultra than ANY other mrmbcr, he has fairly
managed To win the personal respect of all his fellow
til.ncc in the integrity Of Ills purpose i'll all lie says or
does in the Hall. In this last particular, he stands
alone; NIL the rest of ls fellow abolition members be-
in. very generally credited by most ut those III pull
lie life here. with merely riding uboli;iunism nsn polt-
tc0i hnbby-;o whirll fact is 10 be attributed much
oi the sweeping congressional unp"pularity ot their
Washington Star.