Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1818-12-19

orphans Of The Militia WHO fell in battle
or died in service during the late war,
for five years longer, was read third
time.
Mr.. Smith, of Maryland, made some re-
marks, rather of an explanatory than ar
g,,mentalye nature, on the sr"ject OF The
bill.
Mr.. Batter, OF New Hampshire. con-
ceiving the discrimination between HE
lami.ies at The Eiihtia and at tire regulars,
IA The proposed extension, 10 tie UNJUST,
mo.ed 10 rccomn.i The bill 10 IA. com
wl'ice Who reported il, With Instructions
10 report an amendment, embgasing IN
Tie extension the provisions OF the "a SEC
ton At The act ct April, 1915.
jlis motion gave rise 10 some debate,
il which Messrs, 7. n. Nelson and Hu1f-
son opposed II, as calculated, by ever
i"adins the bin, Ia break it down and
A'eSst>. Smid, OF Md. kich. and l'iikia.
supported II, aS consis,eni with lie rrin-
clpies at equity, which, in their adminis-
ifaii0n, oaSht - know NO distinction ni
persons.
Before The question on HE pen'li.'r. mo-
iinn Mas taken, uol,nu was made hy
Mir. Mailman 10 lay HE bill on The ,ahk',
au,l ne.ativcd.
AIR. Pitam then MAYED 10 postpone iIe
further consideration of the bill n.dcii-
nit.!S.
This question was taken by Yeas and
Nays.
For The motion 10
Against Il 40
The votes being equally divided, The
ton was last.
The question WAS then taken on RECON-
hitting the bill, without Instructions, 10
the committee whoreporied ii, Chat part
of the motion which includes the insir,c-
ton having been separated from The other
ri tie request OF Mr.. Pit&iN)-and the
votes stood as follows:
For The reccmmilment G2
Againstil 81
SO the motion vas uegatived.
The final question on The passage Of
the hill was then decided as follows:
YEAS.-MesSrs. Andci son. Pa. AudcI son,
Ky. BALDWIN, BARKER, O;,in. BeeclIri, Bel
iin-er, Bloomfield 5lcunt, Boden, Butler, Lou.
Coilton, ComSiock, Coos, Grager, Davidson,
Earle, Irwin, ). e.. Floyd, Fuller, Gage. Gil.
bert, Harrison, Hendricks. Herbert, tierki
mer, Herrick, Hester, Hitchcock, Holmes,
Itos'etler, HubbafL, irving, N y. Johnson,
ny. Jones, kinsey, Lewis, Lincoln, Little,
MLean, w. Nlaclay, Mercer, Middleton iiobt,
Moore, Saiul. Moore, Mumford, murray, IL.
Nelson. L. NJ. Nelson, Nosbiit, New, Newton.
Osle, Palmer, Parrott, PatIcrson, Paving,
Plndail, Pieasants, Pondexter, Porter, Ouarlcs,
Ehea, Ringcoid, Robertson, Rogers, Sampson,
Schuyler, Sergeant, Settle, Silsbee, Bal. Smith,
Alex. Smith. StOrrs, Trimbie, Tucker, 5. G.
Walker, N. &. Walker, Ky. Wendoyer. White
sido. Wallace, Whitman. Wiikin.-s2.
NAYS.-Messrs. Abbot, Adams, Allen, Mass
A. IN
Bailey. Bennett, Boss, Bryan, Butter. Camp
bell. Clageit, Claiborne, Cobb, Craiis, eastman,
Darlington, DGsha, Edwards i1liicott, Garnet,
Hall, Del. Hall, n. Z. Hasbronck, Hc.g, Hop.
kiisom, Hunter, Huntingdon, Johnson, Va
Kirkland, Lawyer, Linn, Liveimore, w. y.
Maciay. M'Coy, Marchand, Mason, Mass. Md
son, x. /. Merrill, Mills, Morton, Moseley, Jcr.
Nelson, Orr, Owen, pegidln. Piikip. Rice,
Rich, Richards, Rug.les, Savage, Sawyer,
Scudder, Sherwood, Simkit;S, Slocumb, j. S.
ther, Iniiuadse, Tarr, Taylor, Terry, Temp
kins. townsend, Tucker, Va. Upiiam, Wesier.
10, illians, Con. Williams, ~ " Wilson,
Mass. Wiisoa, Penn.-7o.
So the bill was passed and sent TO the
Senate for concurrence.
A message vas received from The Pre-
sident Of The United States, by Mr.. J. j.
Monroe, his Secretary, il.c same as that
received IN Senate, which WAS ordered to
lie on HE table.
Mr. HsphinSon then called up The reso-
luiion which he yesterday submitted,
calling on the President for certain docu-
raeuts connected will, on. relations with
Spain.
The Speaker suggested HAT The Mes
sage Just received probably embraced the
core. lomdence the gentleman had in view
by his motion.
Mr.. HopkinS9n intimaied hat he beliey-
ed il did not.
Mr.. Holmes proposed 10 modify The re-
solution, IN a manner which he thought
would meet tie object Of The gentleman
and he free from any objection, so as to
read as follows:
That the President be requested 10 cause
TO be communicated 10 this Honse such further
correspondence aud proceedings in relation 10
our affairs nth Spain, as in his opinion 1T shall
not be inconsistent with the public interest TO
divUIge"
MIR. HopkinsOa accepted this moditica-
ton.
MIR. Hcimes then said he was in favor Of
heresoiulion. He should not go into
detail OF tile particular reasons why he
VAS III favor Of The motion; but the com
mitlee of foreign relations lad thought
call OF this kind TO be necessary, and lie
hoped lie house would grant it.
Thcresolve vas agreed TO, men, con. and
a COMMITTEE appointed 10 pr, sent the re-
solution TO The Senate.
And the House adjourned.
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