Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1813-06-28

the resolutions to which, look ing at thei,
object and expediency, nothing could recon
Gle nm Mr.. Calhoun then withdrew HI.
| motion for amendment
t.. Mr., Robertson assigned at length the rea.
sons why, although he believed these res
oiutiuns wholly unnecessary, he should ne
'ertheless be induced to vote for them.
/ Inc question W as then taken ON agreeing
so.fhe first resolution, in the following words !:
is ResotUed, That thepresident of the Uni
ted States be requested TO inform this House
Unless the public interest should, in his
| o'inicn, forbid such communication, when,
ny. s%isul, and in What manner the first in
ts}sFSpsessasg gwen to this government Of the
| 4SeEeespt the goXerument OF France, bearing
RpIEtAe 2SthpfAprii 1871, and purpor-
efnHtiSe repeal of the DEGREES
of Berlin and Milan
And 1T was agreed to by the following
vote
YEAs-Messrs. Alexander, Aston. An
aers"n, Archer, Bayies. Of Mass. Beall,
benson, Bigelow. Bowen, Bowers, BOYD.
bradbury, Bradley, breckenridge, Brigham,
burweii, Capertop, Calhoun, Champion,
Chapeii, Cheves. Ciliey, Comstock, Condict.
Cooper, Cox, Creighton, Culreper Daven-
port, Davis, Of .N4ss Davis, Of Pen Dewey.
Duvali, Earle, Ely, Foiney, Ftankim. Gas
ton, Geddes, Gholson, Gioninger, Goldsbo.
rough, Goodwin, Gcurdine, Griffin, Csrosve
nor, Grnndy, Hale, Hall, Hanson, Harris,
Flaws, Hopkins If N York. Howell, HUB
bard, Hutty, Humphreys. Hungeltord, lu-
gersoi, lneham, jackson, n r. Island. lack
SON, Ut TUSinia, Kennedy, KEN, oj " YORK.
Kent, Of nd Kerr, Kn5ourn, Kiag, of Mass
King, u ~. c. i.eifcrts. Lewis, I.ovett,
Lown6 5, Lyle, Macon, NJ. Cor, M'Kee,
Mean Mtier' MoiIitt, AIoselcy, Mdrfrec,
Markell, Nelson, Newton, Oakley, Pearson,
Pickering, Plckens, Piper, pitkin, Peasants,
Post, Potter, J. Reed, VIM. Reed, Rea, IF
re" Rhce, V Tan. itidgely, Ringgod, Ro-
hertson, Ruggles, Schurenan, Sewer, Sew
beft. Sharp, Sheiley, Sherwood, Smith, of
y. II Smith, of NJ Y. Smith, Of Pen. Smith,
Of Pr. Stanford, Stockton, Strong Stuart,
Stursess Taggart Tallrnadge, Tannehill,
lay i"r,. Thompson. Troup, Vose,. Ward, Of
1!aSS. Ward. Of H J'Webster. Wheaton,
White, Whtehlil, Wilcox, Wilson, IF Mass.
Wilson, 81 Pen. Winter, Wood, Wright,
Yanccy --l57.
NAYS. Messrs Bard, Barnet, Brown, Butler,
Caldwell, Clark, Ciop,on, Conard, Craw-
ford. Dawson, Dcnuyalles, Desha, Evans.
Findley, Fisk, ofN Y. Glasgow, Hyucmar,
Kersiaw, Montgomery Ormsby, Parker,
Rich, Roane, b. ge, Skinner, Telfair-26.
The second resG'utiott having been read in
tEe following words:
Mr.. Bitter, Id a speech Of some length,
assigned the reasons why ne could rot vote
for these resolves.
The question as then taken by Yeas and
| Nays, OH the second resolution, in the follow
ing words:
ReSotued. That the President of the Uni.
| ted States be requested tn inform he House.
whether Mr.. Russell, ate charge d'affairs If
the United States at the court of France,
| hath ever admitted or denied to his govern
| m Mt the correctness of the declaration of
| the Duke OF Bassano to Mr. Barlow, the late
minister OF the United States al that court,
! as stated i'll MIR Barlow's letter of the 1s;h
| May, 1912, to the Secretary of State. that
the said decree ofApril 2sth, 1911. had been
| communicated to hls (Mr. Barlow - prede
! cessor there :" and TO lay before this House
| any correspondence with MIR Russell rela
! tiveto that asbjcct, which it may not be i'm
| proper Ia communicate; and al o auv cor
| reSpmdence between Mr.. Barlow and Mr.
Russell on hat subject, which may be in
/ possession OF TIC department of State
! And The question was decided in the affir-
| native:
For the resolve 137
Against it 90
| The third resolution having been read in
| the following words
/ Rescued, That the President Of the Uni
! ted States De requested to inform this House
whether the minister ofFrauoe, near tie u
States ever informed this government Of the
| existence Of the said decree of he 28th Of
/, April, 1911, ard to lay before the House a
ny correspondence that may have taken
place with the said minister relative thereto,
winch she President may not think iGipro-
per to ue communicated.
| This question also was decided i'm the af
frmative:
For the Sd resolve 1874
Against it 80
The 4th resolution was then read in the
following words:
Re8okUed, That the President Of the Uni
ted States be requested to communicate to
this House any other information which may
be in his possession and which he may not
deem it injurious to the public interest tc
disclose, relative to the said decree of the
28th of April 1911, and tending to show AT
what time, by whom, and in what manner
the said decree was first made known to thi,
government or to any of its representatives
or agents.
And tie question being taken thereon it was
decided as follows
For the resolve I25
Against it "a
| The 5th resolution was then read in the fol
loving words:
Reselved, That the President be requested
in case the TACT be. tha, the first information al
| he existence Of said decree of the % IA Of a
pril. 1871, ev received by tins govcrnmeGt