The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1809-03-07

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Mr. iope's motion was negativcd by a
considerable majority. -
The committee rose and reported the
bin.
Mr.. Love renewed the motion which he
made in committee. -.
MIR. Ghotson advocated the motion at some
length. and went into am examination of the
of the United States on the subject
OF Judicial process and Of the decisions I'M
der them, particularly OF a late decision of
the Chief Justice that the law of a state
(Virginia) for suspendins executions should
not be the rule of proceeding for a federal
court, whilst ali other state laws not contra
venfng the laws or constitute On of the U. 5.
were binding on it. -
Mr.. Dana moved to strike out the provi-
sion excepting from the operation of the a
mendment all process i'm behalf of The u. 5
| Ayes SO, Noes SO
Mr.. NJ. Cay conceived the decision of the
Judge mentioned by Mr.. Gho,son to have
been erroneous /; and all that was asked was
that the decision should be reversed b. an
explanation of the meaning of the law of the
United States : that i Judge should not have
it in his power to put up the law with one
hand and Iut it down with the other. I'm
der this deeiSion, a merchant ~ whom no,
nev was due in the state in which he resi-
ded, had Nothing to do but to assign the
debts to some one in a ~neighboring state.
and there bring suit on it, and evade the
law OF the state. icThe foreigner too had ad
vantaees over he citizen of the, state, as he
could recover debts and obtain execution Oh
the Judgement, when the citizen was denied
the right. ..sf-o. M
Mr. GARDINER offered an amendment tc
Mr. Loves motion, t this effect: that M
ctftzen # onr' s'ote, Sghirh had IaSSed nc
iaS2 + p Snsfend g srecnfions should b.
h~repented f}0M Oh aiming 7mon"u ia aStai {
7chere such aios had been hasSed. For it
would he unjust to enable the citizens a
one state (as Virginia) to refuse payment
to their neighbors in another state, Wills
The citizen of another state (as Massachu.
setts) WEIR compelled TO make pavncnt.
Mr. Rowan opposed Mr. Loves amend
ment, as gang to approve the different laws
on the subject of suspension of 6 or Z differ
ent states, He thought there was no occa.
sion for the amendment; for b; ii the. House
would SWEEP from the judicial code the laws
already existing ON this suDject-and he
deprecaed all Innovations of the iudicia
system, where the necessity for amendmen
was no, decidedly apparent.
Mr.. GARDENERS motion was negativedb,
a large majority.
Mr.. Love's notion was then nepatived
| " NSIo dhh 10y >, VI W ID ne yeas were
Messrs. w. Aston. Basset, Biack!edee
Rtounr. BurwetI Butler, CLAW, Deane.
Eppes, Garnet, Gholson, Goodwin, Holmes
]. G, Jackson, Jones, Lewis, Love, j.. Mont
gomery. John Morrow, Newton, Nicholas
y. X Smith, Southard, Stanford, a. VIII
son.
The bill was hen ordered to a third read
ing. And it was accordingly read a thirc
time and passed, mem con. , -
The hill supplementary to the act for IS
tablishing trading houses with the Indiai
tribes. was read a third time and passed
mem. con.
PUBLIC LANDS.
The bill! for e~xtendingthe time for making
payment fcr the public lands of the United
States, was read a third time and passed, 4t
to Is.
THURSDAY, March 9.
The bill to p-eventany DeYsou from tati,,