Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1820-03-03

peysous 1.-The liability Of an involuntary
bankrupt confined to merchants aud trad
ers. But an involuntary bankrupt may
en,itle himself 10 The rights OF the other,
BY the subsequent fairness Of his conduct.
liz then concludes with a cpnticDiaiiou
of all tue discharges under state laws up
to the passage of the act, wherever they
have been obtained without fraud " eon-
cealmeni.
The system now before Congress pros
yides only TOR the case OF involuntary
bankruptcy.
Those Who are uufavorable 10 total
dischsrge OF the bankrupt Will have only
TO alter one line, III order 10 substitute a
Letter OF License on exemption from sun
Tor term of years. Nat. Int.
We think proper 10 state, fur the iutorma-
ton of peisous who receive military pensions
from the United States, that no Act has yet
passed Congress, approp.iutipg funds for the
psyu.eut of these pensions OH the 4,h OF
March next, aud the probability is. that the
appropriation will not be made in time 10
meet the seni-annnal payments, on that day.
It's, therefore, advisable. that those concern
ed LIQUID delay their applications until notice
shall he given of tue appropriation having
been made 10.
MAINE AND MISSOURI.
FEB. 29.-The question which has so long
been agitated in Congress, aud throughout tue
country approaches the crisis of its decision
u
pro eedings of yesterday in the subsequent
columns Notwithstanding tn, feeling which
but too >ensibly prevails, we have yet some
hope il will be amicably settled. 1t is ssluom
that the Senate OF the United States is as much
agitated as il was yesterday. The subject is
now committed to a conference between the
twu Houses of Congress II that conference
should not lead TO an am,cahle result, il is
much TO be feared that tho present. Session
will pass over without a decision OF Is the
ehstracting question now depending in Con-
gress, ID.
There seems to be an error generally pre-
Vaiiiue, IN respect TO the amendment adopt
Cd by the Senate, t. the Maiue bill, on the
molion OF Mr.. Thomas of Illinois. To recall
public attention TO its real import, il is thought
proper 10 republsh il. as follows:
Ind be IL further enacted, That in all the
territory coded 10y France 10 the United
States, under the name of Louisiana, which
lies north OF thirty-six degrees and thirty MI
nutes north latitude, excepting only such part
thereof as is included within the limits of the
state contemplated by this act, slavery aud
Involuntary servitude, otne,wise than IN the
punishment OF crimes whereby the party shall
BE- daily convicted, shall be and rs hereby fore
yer prohibited: Provided dhrduS, That any
person escaping intU the same, from whom
labor or service Is .uliy claimed in any state
Oh territory oil the United States, such fugitive
may he lawfully reclaimed, and conveyed to
the petsOn Claiming his or her labor service,
as aforesaid.
This amendment was agreed TO in the Sc
IL has been supposed by some that, by this
vote, the Senate have, IN respect TO the terri
tory described i'll this section, yielded the prln-
cipie which has teen contested iii regard TO
MissOuIi. Not so. The one is a question of
eXpediency, decided under the power OF Com
gress to make all 4 ueedtul rules aud regula-
lions" IN regard 10 the q territories" OF the u.
States, andapplies 10 territory in which there
IS now comparatively no population. The
other is a question of restriction on a popu-
iaiiou, already from It's iumbeis entitled to
become "A state, ia regard 10 what pertains 'ts
the mnscIpai authority of that state.
Ii has been again supposed, that, III another
view, tile principle contested ia the case OF
MissourI Is yielded, by the restriction in re-
gard to the territory, applying equally to tue
TerrItoIa governments aud To the States here
after TO he termed in that terrItur,. IN this
respect cur impression IL. that Congress may
rlghttully prescribe rules tor the disposition
OF t!Ie Territory OF the United States, and tor
Its government. Ii slavery be there inhibited
dung the progress fIom wilderness 10 set,
Element. there Is no probability that the states
beseatter to be established lit il, composed Of
free pOi Station, will desire 10 recognize
slavery wIthIn their limits Ii they do. the
question now depending i'll respect 10 Mi.souI
VIII then recur; and u wall b. time enou : b
then 10 settle il. "Suticieht tor the day is The
evil thereof. " The example of ONO. lndana
and Illinois. however, goes TO shew that II
slavery be moi permitted TO take root la a tel l.
tory, The people thereof when forming slate
governments viii not desire it I'D.
Ten O'Clock, r. "a -rhe House oil
II representatives. have just adjourned.-
After a sitting more arduous than W.
have Witnessed for several years, III.
Missouri Bill is at length disengageo
from the committee Of The whole, aud i.
now. with ils amendments, before ih,
H use. The committee steadily reJe tee
eve'y motion Ia rise, before they had ii
Dished The consideration of the bill anC
after an ardent and interesting discussion
OF various unsuccessful propositions
INT nded 10 &C. omM0daie the conflicting
opinions Oh his agiiaiing subj cI, he com
m,tiee rose, reported The bill, and III,
House adjourned. The laieness of III,
hour does not allow time 10 prepare
report of the proct edings for this paper
III.
SUPREME COURT.
Fridry, Feb. 25.-Mr. Chief Jusiic,
MARSHALL delivered the opinion of III,
Court, IN the case of the United STATE
against Thomas Smith, hat the off nc,
charged IN the Indie men, and found b,
the Jsrv 10 have been committed by tn
PrlsOnT, amounted 10 The crime of Piracy
as defined by The law OF nations, so a
10 be punishable under the act Of Con
gress ui 1913.
Mir Justice Story delivered The Opin
in OF tic Courj ~ the case of The u.
against J0hn FHrioag, alias HobSon, that
reference TO The law of nations, by tn
aci Of Congress of 1918, to define tn
crime Of Piracy, is such definition A
the constitution of tie United States re
quirss, aud therefore that The Judgmen
III this case ought moi, for that cause
10 be arrested.
Mr.. Justice LIVINGSTON dissenlec
f,nu, npinfau