Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1820-02-29


shall, by its legislature, be divided into a
number of districts, equal to the number
of electors OF President and Vice Presi-
dent to which such state may be entitled.
The districts shall be formed of CONT
guous territory, and the persons qualified
to vote for Representatives in each dis
trict shall choose one elector."
The question on said motion was de-
cided by yeas and nays as follows:
Yeas IL.
Nays so.
So the motion was negatived.
| The question on the passage of the re-
solve was then taken, and decided as
| follows:
Yeas %
Nays 10.
So the resolve passed by the requi4
| site vote of two-thirds of the Senators
present, and was sent to the House of
Representatives for concurrence.
And the Senate adjourned.
HOUSE Or REPRESENTATIVES,.
Among the memorials presented this
day, was one from the Legislature of the
state of Ohio, praying that provision
may be made for the relief of such
purchasers of Public Land as may for
| feit the same from their inability to COM
plete the payment therefor.
Mr.. UHAqmS, of n. c. from the COM
naittee of claims, made an unfavorable
report on the petition OF sundry citizens
of Baltimore, who pray for compensa-
| ton for vessels sunk in that harbor dur
ing the military operations in its neigh
borhood, in the year 1914. Ordered to
| lie on the table.
THE MISSOURI QUESTION.
The order of the day on the Missouri
Bill being announced
Mr.. Foot, of Connecticut, moved the
postponement of the order of the day to
this day week. Ibis object was in the
mean time to consider, in the hope of its
adoption, a'proposition for the prohibit
ton of the further introduction CT slavery
west of the Mississippi, Should such a
measure be adopted, the territories in
that quarter would be placed on the
same footing as the ordinance of 1887
had placed the Northwestern Terrific
| ry. The question now agitated in Con-
gress might then perhaps be left to the
good sense of the people Of the states to
be formed out Of that territory; and,
should any question present itselfon the
subject OF the admission of slavery into
any such state, it might be left for the
proper tribunal, the Supreme Court, to
determine it.
The proposed postponement was OPP
posed by Mr.. Ed7vards and Mr..
Loayndes, on the ground that, it would
only serve to procrastlnate the inter-
change of opinions on the question now
fairly before the house, which, whatever
else was done, would certainly take
place, and could not be prevented. Mr.,
Edwards was opposed to any prohibition
whatever, of the nature proposed, or in
the way of compromise.
The motion to postpone was mega
tived; and the House again resolved it
self into committee Of the whole, Mr..
Baldzvin in the chair, on the bill for au-
thorizing the people ofMissouri to form
a Constitution, S1c.---Mr. Taylor's mo-
ton 10 amend the bill by imposing re-
striction on slavery being under con-
sideration----
Mr.. Taylor, Of New-York, delivered
a speech in support of his motion, which
occupied about two hours.
Mr.. Holmes, of Massachusetts, follow
ed, and spoke some time, against the
right of Congress to pose the restric-
ton Before nlr. II. had concluded, he
gave way for motion for the commit
tee to rise; and
The committee rose, obtained leave to
sit again; and
The House adjourned.
FRIDAY, JAN. %,
SENATE.
Mr.. Eaton, from the committee to
whom the subject had been referred, re-
ported bill for the relief ofthe officers
and soldiers engaged in late campaign
against the Seminole Indians, similar to
the bill Lately before the other House,
for paying for horses and other property
lost, captured, or destroyed in the Semi
mole war which was read.
The Senate resumed the consideration
Of the
MISSOURI QUESTION.
Mr, Yen Dyke, of Delaware, spoke
nearly two hours, against the proposed
restriction; and then the further con-
sideration of the subject was postponed
to Monday; to which day,
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