The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-10-27

ment. The Senate, sitting rs a court of
| 1mpeachment, was clothed with the pow
ers of judge and jury; and should come
to the hearing of the charges with I'm
biased minds, as far as possible, at least;
and by no means, should first decide
upon the guilt Ct the accused, in open
Senate, condemn him by a decided ma
| iority, and then organize itself into a
court, call the Chief Justice to preside,
and proceed to hear the testimony.
Mr.. Benton's resolution, like the re-
solution of Mr.. Clay, which he proposed
to expunge from the journals, underwent
changes 1t went over, from the 23d
to the gath Congress, and to near the
close Of the latter, when, on the 18th of
| January, 1847, it was as amended, with
a long preamble, consisting of eight,
"Whereases," adopted in the following
| form:
"Resolved, That the said resolve be
expunged from the journal; and, for that
purpose, that the cretary of the Senate,
at such times as the Senate may appoint,
shall bring the manuscript journal Of
the session 1888 "a into the Senate and,
in the presence of the Senate, draw black
| lines round the said resolve and write
| across the face thereof, In strong letters.
the following words: 'EXpunged by or
der Of the Senate, this 10Th day If Jauu-
| airy, in the year Of our Lord 1872
On agreeing to this resolution the vote
was as follows:
YEAS - Messrs. Benton and Linn. Of
| Missouri; Brown and Strange, of North
Carolina; Buchanan, of Pennsylvania;
Dana and Ruggles, of Maine; Ewing and
Robinson, of Illinois; Fulton and Sewer,
of Arkansas; Grundy, of Tennessee; Hub
bard and Page, of New Hampshire;
King, of Alabama; Morris, of Ohio;
Nicholas, of louisiana; Niles, of Con
necticut; Rives, of Virginia; TaIlmadge
and Wright, of New York; TiDt0n, of In
diana; Walker of Mississippi; Wall, of
New Jersey-24
Nays Messrs. Bayard, of Delaware
Black, of Mississippi; Calhoun and Pres
ton, of South Carolina; Clay and Oritten-
den, of Kentucky; Davis and Webster,
of Massachusetts; Ewing, of Ohio; Hend-
ri ks, of Indiana; Kent, of Maryland;
Knight and Robbins, of Rhode Island; ;
Moore, of Alabama; Prentiss and Swift,
Of Vermont; Southland, of New jersey
Tomlinson, of Connecticut, and White,
of Tennessee-19
So the resolution was agreed to.
Mr.. Benton moved that the secretary
be directed to carry the resolution i'm
mediately into effect. Accordingly the
secretary Produced the record Of the
Senate, and, opening it at the page
which contained the resolution to be ex
plunged, did, in the presence of such of
the members of the Senate as remained
(many having retlred), proceeded to
draw black lines entirely around the
resolution and to endorse across the lines
the words "Expunged by order of the
Senate, this 10th day Of January, 1887
mo sooner had this been done, says
the report, ethan hisses, loud and re-
peated, were heard from various parts of
the gallery
The Chair (Ar. King of Alabama)-
"Clear the galleries
Mr.. Benton-'I hope the galleries win
not BE- cleared, as many innocent persons
will be excluded, who have been guilty
of no violation Of order. Let the ruff
ans who have made the disturbance
alone be apprehended. Let the Ser
geant- at Arms seize the bank Tuffiaus
One man was arrested and brought
before the Senate There was pr0p0-
sition to allow him to purge himself Of
the contempt by oath, but at length he
was discharged without undergoing that
ordeal His name is not given in the re-
port Of debates.
Mr. Hugh lawson White, Of Tennessee,
Heretofore, had voted with the friends
of the President, agairst the bank; but
be now voted against the EXounging
Resolutions; and it was about this time
that be began to be aiensted from the
Presidents party. Whether this vote
was regarded as a cause Or consequence
of that alienation, am unable to say.
The connection Of that eminent Vir-
GINA lawyer, Benjamin Watkins Leigh,
with the National Bank controversy, is
curious and interesting. Ia 1911, as
member of the Virginia House of Dele
gates, re voted to instruct the Senators,
Messrs. VIM. B. Giles and Richard Brent,
to vote against the re charter of the bank.
At the same time Mr.. Leigh drew mp an
able report in favor OF the right of the
Legislature to instruct Senator'S But
in 1882, be voted to re charter the bank,
and disobeyed the legislative instructions,
that he should vote against it.
DANIEL, X GOODLOF