Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1861-1862, 1862-03-05

must "r ohsi space, siinensH hom W. nsh Ing
distinguished gentemth from tennessee, lhr Foote u
gaAnt man, aud regrets tie temporary abs nee Of me
iadas
Weshare DIS regrets, for We are all gallant nen Tne
ladies dislike 10 leave Us trust as much ue to part
with them but the ladies' are patriotic and dssirs to do
the pest Tor toe county
Bat WY not require . n'l'fitt, or one nttn, a. inc
resolution OF the from tennessee does 10 30
into secret session nave inumated the reason once
or twice from the char, and no. tel to you more
dnnecuy. ~ oroef W oo'sn VIC woe OF % many %
one-ni'n OF tne menoeis present. HA'on must De sF-
en-. man must disclose the matter which be ~shes-
considered 10 secret session:
Teii may DO fatal To disclose What We vAh to have
considered In secret nay make secret scton svsing.
IL to proclaim 20 the enemy toe secret which you In.
tend TO keep IRON them Inc secrecy already broken
snd the disclosure made. why rot hear the natter In
secret and there determine what Is best In regard to
h'
But Mr.. Speaker, 10 make this psdy peculiarly
odious the impression lie produced that it Is peculiar 10
this body. TSis Is great mistake.
The Rule Of the House Of Representatives Of the
United States, adopted in l7s. and %, under Washing
tons administration and oon,iIu.d down 10 the time CT
our secession. precisely waAE advocate here.
auots from the Rule in that body:
And when the Speaker, or any other member shall
inform the House tia. be has communication hieh
"he considers ought be kept secret the House shall
"in like manner DO cleared till the communication be
"made the House shall then determine whether tbs
"natter communicated qulres seere.y not and take
"sctiOn accordingly"
So Is seems thas for seventy years the House Of Rep
resenayes at Washington was az any time liable TO be
carried into secrat sion upon the statement OF ono
man. No requirement OF onehhh existed there.
The rule OF the u B. Senate, IRON l7s4 down 10 III,
present time, Is precisely similar
"On motion, made and seconded, TO shut tho door OF
the Senate, on the discussion OF any business which
may 10 the opinion OF member require secrecy, the
President shall direct the gallery TO be cleared Thrs
1.-TWO members could, at any time carry tie U. B. Seu-
" ate into secret session"
The Provisional Congress Of the Confederate States
adopted the rule aud during part Of lS exit
ence went further. But they coIforned 10 the pre-
dent set by icrshthers uader similar orcunstsDg
Durpg the whole time Of The Revolutionary war our NJ
uonal Legislature sat VITA closed door,
The present Senate OF the confederate States hl
adopted rule precisely similar TO that Of the Senate oil
the United Statee'
90 not Ask you 70 80 so iar as the congress oil toe
RsVolunon' or the rro"senAi congress But now, In
time oil war IN the presence OF Ngiant reckless and
deadly Zoe 40 ASK you 10 ainere 70 the policy which
have indicated Inc rule on THIS subject which will DO
found IN the report made oy me on Saturday embodes
that policy IL Is sustained oy reason u Is demanded
by our safety IL 10 endorsed oy tnstariamontary Wis
dom and experiences OF Americs from the dayi oil wash
ington down 10 the present hme Ihere NO e1cepuon
among our egsiai'e oooes al least Oh national char-
scier IL Is rght' ana Dsing 90, the people VIII en-
dorse IT,
Mr.. PRYOR said
NJ. sPEAKER: submit, with all respect that my
colleagues argument against TINS resolution 10 based
upon msconceptisn OF is tndci do appears TO tbLk
the resolution provides no guaranty against the doo-
sure OF important State secrets on this naor while In
fact by author ng small minority iona NTH OF the
House 10 compel secret session. IL assumes every pre-
oIn;ion against that contingency. much prefer to
tie existing rule, which allows any two members to eI.
pei visitors IRON our hoor to bar the approach oil the
people from the ball. and 70 put US literally Ia concaye
under lock and key.
Mr. sPkAAEh; This proposition OF secret session 10
repugnant TO all my notions Of the theory Of popular
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