Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1820-03-07
CONGNESS.
MONDAY, JANUARY 81.
SENATE.


hours, against the proposed restriction I;
but, before concluding his speech, init
mated a desire to be allowed to defer the
remainder of his remarks TO tomorrow;
ard the subject was accordingly post
poncd.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
The House resolved itself into a COM
mittee Of the whole, Mr. Bdld7ain IN the
chair, on the Missouri bill.-Mr. lay
lor's motion to impose on the proposed
state, restriction respecting slavery
being still under consideration,
Mr.. Smyth, Of Virginia, resumed the
argument which he commenced on Fri
dav, AGAINST the restriction, and spoke
until near six O'Clock when,
On motion of Mr.. Reid, the commit
tee rose, obtained leave to sit again /;
and
The House adjourned.
TUESDAY, FEB. !.
SENATE.
The senate resumed the consideration
of the Missouri question.
Mr.. Barbour, Of Va. concluded the
speech which he commenced yesterday,
against the restriction.
Mr.. Roberts, of Pa. followed, in sup
port Of the restriction, and in reply to
the gentlemen who had opposed it.
Mr.. Johnson, Of Ky. succeeded, and
closed the debate, in speech OF some
length against the restriction.
No other gentleman rising to speak,
the question was then taken on the re-
strictiye amendment offered by Mr.. Ro-
berts, which is in the following words
" Provided also, that the further intro
duction into the said state Of ferSons to
be held in slavery or Involuntary Se1Oi-
fuae within the same, shall be ABSOLUTELY
and irreUocabiy prohibited )" and de-
cided in the negative, by yeas and nays,
as follows:
10 To save the trouble of refer
ence which will otherwise be frequently
made, we have attached to the names OF
the Gentlemen the states which they re-
present in the senatc.-Nies' Register.
YEAS-Mr. Morrill,, of New Hampshire !;
Connecticut; Burrill, of Ri le-lsland; 'riche-
nor, of Vermont; King and Sanford, OF New
York; Dckerson and Wilson, Of New Jersey !;
Lowrie and Roberts, of Pennsylvania; Ruggles
and Trimble, of Ohio Noble and Taylor, of
IndIana-16.
NAYS-Mr. Parrott, of New-Hampshre
Hunter, Of Rhode Island; I.anman, OF Connec-
ticut; Palmer, of Vermont; Van DYKE, of
Delaware; Lloyd and Pinkney, of Maryland;
Barbour and Peasants, Of Virginia; Macon and
Stokes, of North Carolina; Gaillard and Smith.
of South Carolina; Elliot and Walker, Of Geor-
ga Johnson and Logan Of Kentucky Eaton
4 y iliaTs. Of Tennessee; Brown and Johnson,
OF Louisiana; Leake and Williams, of Msss-
sippi; EDWARDS and THOMAS, Of Illinois
King and Walker, Of Alabama-27.
Mr.. Horsey, of Delaware, absent.
So the amendment was rejected, and
The Senate adjourned.
The following were the yeas and
nays on this question in the senate, at
the last session -
For Restriction, Mcssrs. Burrill, Daggett
Dana, Dickerson, King, Lacock, Mellen, No.
BILE, Roberts, Ruggles, Sanford, storer, Iiche-
nor, Wilson-l4.
Against Restriction, Messrs. Barbour, Crit
tender, Eaton, Edwards, Eppes, Fromentin,
Gailard, Goldsborough, Johnson, Leake, Ma
con, Morrow, Stokes, Tat, Talbot, Taylor,
Thomas, Williams, Of Miss. Williams, of Tenn.
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
The house again went into a commit
tee OF the whole, Mr.. Baldwin in the
chair, on the Missouri bill-the pro-
posed restriction still under considera-
ton.
Mr.. Reid, of Georgia, addressed the
house in a speech of about half an hour,
against the restriction.
Mr.. Clagett, of New Hampshire, fol-
lowed on the other side of the question,
and spoke about all hour in favor OF the
restriction.
Mr.. Dozyse, of Massachusetts, sue
ceeded, on the same side, and advocated
the restriction near half an hour.
Mr.. RandoHh, of Virginia, next rose,
and after a few remarks from him, in
tlicative of an intention to address the
house on the question, he made motion
tor the committee to rise; when
The committee rose, obtained leave
to sit again, and
The House adjourned.
WEDNESDAY, FEB, 9.
SENATE.
The Senate resumed the oonsi-
deration of the Maine and Missouri bills.