Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1861-04-23
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REGULATION OF DEEA

REGULATION or DEBATE.
Mr. PRIcE-As there sceu,s to be 4 uIsun-
Outstanding about the import OF my resolu-
| ;iun, it is proper that | should state its charac-
ter and effect. You will perceive, Mr.. Presi-
| DENT that TIE first clause Of the resolution
ruscinds the SSru rule. That rule admits 4
discussion Of ten minutes by each member on
a call for the previous question. My Teselu.
| ton leaves the call for the previous question as
it is left BY the manual, by the lee pdrtemen.
taria, which requires the call TO be seconded
without debate.
With regard TO the latter clause OF my reso-
luton, it authorizes any member to speak for
ten minutes. II, however, the Committee get
impatient before the discussion terminates In
that way, any member who gets the door, may
| Gill the previous question, and if it be sustain
ed, discussion is cut Ut. That is designed to
be the effect Of my resolution. But gentlemen
say that thst will allc& speaking for ten
times l52 minutes. That will not be its effect,
because any member who may get the floor,
| can move tho previous question, and II 1t be
sustained, It will cut of all further debate.
That is the effect Of my resolution.
Mr.. WnE-l believe It Is near half past Ten.
The PgEsIpESr-lt wants but Lwo In!nu;ts
Of It.
Mr.. WlsS-Then We cannot debate Ibis reso-
luton.
HosTILIT!Es AT CHARLESTON.
The psEsIDEST-The Chair has received q
! communication from the Governor o! The Com
rnonwsalt!i, which ne desires TO present to tue
Convention.
The Clerk read as follows:
"CuanLEsroN, S. T., april -, 1861.
"GovERSoR LErcHER:
Your telegram received. Il is true, and
still continues. No damage done to any one
on our side, or to our works. Great damage
TO Fort Sumter. F. W. PIcHESs."
MI. WIsE-l should think now, That as war
is tlagrant, it should have some impression, and
make q little change in our action. IL seems
! that damage has been done 10 the property oi
the United States At Charleston, and | think
that that is the best argument that can De
offered against the adoption Of the resolution.
In amending this Tonga emsadatio report, we
| are to be allowed, on substitutes that Cannot
be offered in Committee Of the Whole, onIy
ten minutes in the House. | nave two alterna.
tive propositions which l asked leave, this
morning, 10 have printed, and | want time to
discuss them. The gentleman from tauquler
has had all the time he wanted. | have been
| lighting here in detail about two months, till |
am nearly worn OUT. We are then to come
into the House, and on n substitute to be oier-
ed for the whole report, | alu to be cut down
To ten minutes.
! hope, Sir, that az war IS now raging at
| Charleston, the Convention will extend the
time for discussion on new propositions, which
offer new phases and new aspects. hope
now that the fire is applied to the terrapin, he
will crawl, Ut last, and that you Will heat The
poker till J on fry the very fat of his Yital5.
The PgEslDESr.-The hour having arrived
for going into tho Committee Of the Whole, Mr..
| SurruALL, will please take the'Chair.
Mr.. AABLEs.-I beg leave to Go now what |
ought, in justice " myself, have done yester.
day evening. When, after noticing what !
| considered q discourtesy Show to me, the
gentleman from Augusta, (Mr. BALDWIN, made
o most friendly and courteous reply, 1t was my
duty to have met that gentleman IN the spirit
which he exhibited 10 ne. l failed 10 do 50 be-
cause | Was in that condition in which one is
placed who believes himself discourtecusly
treated by those with whom he acts, and by
the Chair who represents those with whom he
! acts. To that gentleman | wish ~ extend my
thanks for his kindness. | regret that l dla
! not, at the time, meet it and HIN and those III
whose name he spoke and who agreed with
him, in the spirit IN which, in justice 10 hun
and 10 myself, ! should have done SO.
Mr.. WurrrlELD.-Mr Chairman, the Com.
u;,tee is we'll aware that | have not trespassed
upon u moment Of its tiuie, but contented my
self hitherto, with simply recording my vote.
! But. sir, | have ever occupied here the same
position which | held before the people when
they forced NE to become a cardldate for a
sea; in this Convention. | had been q Union
man in one sense and a SecesSioniSt III one
sense. No man loved this Union more than !
did. NJ man appreciated more It's blessings.
caiue here, sir, with 4 determination 10 Use
all honorable means and exhaust sill constitu.
tional remedies for the preservation OF the III
terests of my section, and, failing to preserve
these and obtain these remedies, TO take this
State ont OF the Union. | had supposed, sir,
that the plan proposed by the majority here
Was in accordance with that idea. | had
supposed, according to the effect OF The
eleventh resolution, that when the ulu.
maturn OF Virginia was presented aud ia.
yorsble responses not received within a
reasonable ,ime, that then The Suite would
withdraw and resume the powers which she
conferred upon the general Government /
did not upp!ehend, sir, that the amendment OF
the gentleman from Fauquier interlered at all
With the line Of policy indicated by the llth
resolution. am now in some doubt IN regard
10 il; aud | wish to know from the gentleman
FROM Fauquier if it Is designed by the iAia