Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1816-12-12
hiaHMoyD, Dec. 9.
VIRGINIA I.EG[SLiTUPp

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On Satardas the ensossed Bill .x.
vorciug Anne 2. 2. Copper from bpr
husband William Cowpet" wa, read .
third time anil passed, ayes l4S, aays %
Several Of me gentlemen, who wcrein
the minority, admitted that strOnee,
case could not be brought before the lie.
legislature. that the msU who could thus
at was a monster-thcy confessed Gat
they should be pleased if the bill cosIa
pass, but that scruples Of conscience
must prevent their voting for it. Messs,
Doad dee, Coist0n and ihompson If T.
lconteHdod that il was not in the povaros
the Legislature to puS aslulle, thOs
WHOM God had joined together" NJ,
Gray, Of Monroe, DID no ctrry his scq.
pies so far, coatendins ira: nothing
could break the marriage conEaC; BAT
| {. aud in the making Of il.
The house then took u tie Suspension
Mr.. Zane made some remarks in er
Iplanation of those ne bal made oa Fa'
Iday--uhich were replied TO by 3lr. Dod'
,irid ze.
Before the cues ion WIS put Nf
Chamberlayhe moves the reading II tie
9Th rule of the rule, ~'lie|, went to inter.
dict any member frois voting On qae:"
lion, in which he was directly interested,
Mr.. c. commended that every menbs' %h9
was a stakeholder wa in this pT7ica'
ment, and ought rot therefore 10 vote Oh
the question before tbe hose.
Some discussion took pace On SAIs =
dea, which was snpportcd bY nessr''
ChamberIayne, AID opposed BY nsss 81
.,'crcer, of L. AntDoIE. Aav,ha'l, Ne
bertsou IR) Savtd and 'iatkeg--t's ,s',
fer contending that this ycry qaeANn9ao
been settled By a decision at ad4c 'of'
iner session, that "a st,tchs"ij'r was h''
precIuded from voting tba; besides me
interest Was muci! TOO min te aad rea''e
70 affect his yo;e that upon ne 'a"S
ground, no .pember could vote on me {"
ecution las, rs every nan "as eiHe'1
G ,editor or debtor; nor On TAX u ~
land; and If a st0c kho!ds. ~ e ezs'as'
Ell, so might every man w5o la" d '''A
note in his pocket. Tie gcnns@anen
the other side, c0a,ehdcd thaf inns cay
was much strorgor than th9t OF +a4
sax, because tie last was gcnelaE aatS''
iEg almost every nan in DE oHHl',io'I3 :,
whereas the proportion u s'osA''o' "Da'
was not mere tban in every ip.V."'
that surely every stocNho!'Tf, ""' , ~.
been in the babit Of receiving iarse ~.
deuls, would feel uscb iatercst u, =
which went to ,aat ms wv"
asainsr the receipt Of isl".r dNi,'o"9 Wv,
The Speaker was Of ooinioo tha, ', = O.,
loIder night vote un&er d''s rule % ", If
loase. No member that we saw: ~
us seat in Consequences % It. =,
Tie question VAS (I,en taken Oh - !
Bakers amendment, @iich zoe 70 W..
he law OF the Ia It wintee ah."tRie. ag y,
without couaitaa. md dseFrsH V "
;sIl 81 de ay"s ami na.vs. la
II was Determined il The Ee91"''
yes ~: nays 1871. II.
The queanqn was Ii Put % >" p,
Mercer amendment, wh.eh goes % - =
,ena the law till the 18th OF Fefif''aE ~,
UGH la,er day, as. Gons7e.s NAY nay. G i's
IS own resoyutfoH, On .dr. haI 49,
notion, the ayes ah1 nay weleta'.~
And the amendment vas delel''.
q tie negative, ayes IS, nays y .,;c.
Mi. Smith hen. with view % 'a ...@,
be in,efestsct the stare iftn, a"Z '"1' ,.s
Doyed to .iuent the III secti'h % -.
riginai bill 50 as 10 provide t1at "' ?.
Gnpliou of specie paymeh's 20 - "a
d until the lst January 1918, pias ~.
laioaty OF the cha tered backs ~
,erk. Philadelphia IA Ala !la'ore'