Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1821-02-17

do or shiter ANY act or tIlug which II herein
described, or declared 10 be an act Of hank
rupicy. any one creditor. or greater number,
bein. partners. whose single debt shall a.
mount To five bundled dollars or arv two or
moie creditors whose debts shall a,nount 10
one thousand dollais, may petition I'M "a titiur
against such person Ia the saine manner and
tse same proceedings shall be had ,het elm. as
directed and prescribed in the I'd sec. Of this
act, and the commissioners designated by the
judge shall moreover, issue a sninmous under
their hands and seal, notifying and command
ing 'urh person TO appear AT certain time
and place before said commissioner TO slcw
canse why he or she may hot be declared a
bankrupt, and tho same commissioners shall
cause a personal service to be made on
such person. and reasonable notice OF the
t'me and place TO be given. aud il such per
sohs shall not appear. or, appearing shall
consent to u commission OF bankruptcy, them
ami not otherwise, such person may lie de-
clared bank rupt. aud shall be subject TO all
the provisions of this act.
mr. pui Dyke deemed the arguments az aims
Mr.. 1albots proposition as applicable to this
amendment, and therefore diJ not conceive il
necessary to add ans thing on this question.
except TO say that wsIe he a farmer he sl,o,fi,i
net des're to place this power ia the hauds ut
his creditor.
Mr.. Holmes defended his anne nd men, in de.
tail aud al some length.
MIR. Hing of New York, spoke against The
proposition and in support, bru Nv, Of the ex.
pedienCy and coEsiitutionaliiy OF a simple
bankrupt system, applicable only TO the trad
ing class.
MIR. Barbour replied to Mr.. King. aud argu-
ca support OF the justice OF eat, ndins ihe
bill 10 farmers and other classes, aS welt as
Traders, 10 which the consent oi III. debtor
being rfndSted necessary, obviaied all objer-
'i"h-statIng Ia conclusion, that ID the amend.
ment hid not prevail, he should att. mpt AN
amendment TO cOufine the operation OF fhe bill
entirely 10 dealings between mercha nj, anu
merchant anu to leave the claims OF other, on
them unimpaired.
Mr.. Pah Duke argued TO shew thar the a.
me system, and was III principle inpxpedien,
Inc question Was then put OH the uinend-
meat, aud was decd.d in The negative by
yeas and NAYS. as follows:
NEAS.-Mess. s. Ban hour Chandler E.ion
Holmes, OF Maine, Holmes, OF Miss kuish,
Macon. l'l' asanis, RucpieA, Smith, Walker uf
Alab. w alker, OF Gee. " .iiasis, ut renp,-l3.
NAIS.-Messrs Dicksison, Elliott Gail
iata' HarseS' Hunter, Johnson of Ken john.
Son, OF Leu. hnc, 1T Alab. King OF \. Y.
l.hnnian, Lloyd, LowIie. Mills. Otis, Parruit,
Roberts, Sanford Stokes. Talbot, Thomas.
iirhenor l,imlIe, Van Dyke, Williams. OF
Mlss.-2i
80 this amendment was also rejected
Mr.. Barbour then moved The amendment
which he had imti;nated, aud whc, was 10 in.
set clause providing that. in the dividend
81 bahhrnpis estate, the dests due ID those
Whose occupation excluded them from the
operation al the act, should first be pad.
Mr. Bar6oUy spoke briefly 10 slew that as
cthfr classes we've not to have the benefits
OF Tie law, they ought not 10 suffer by it,
ami THAI, there iote. il ought to be confinsd TO
c. Dts be:wrtn iheI chants and not affect the
lien OF The farmer
Mr.. Lloyd argued that this amendment so
tar u ON having the fleet 10 pi eserve or guard
the interest OF the farmers. would destroy
AL Tie chance which tie hill now gave them
OF nc'i'ing ANY good from il, aud would in
facl De bsniuieIy inJ furious In their irtticst.
Mr. Ed'0Onr replied, aud Mr.. Lloyd r.join-
ed, IN Illustration aud support OF Their opin.
ons on the fleet of the amendment
Mt. an Dyke contendcJ that the amend.
mtnt va i.t"ilN IL, OH isirut with the prin.
tIples Oia bankrupt system.
The amendment was negativei-ayes IL.
The bill was then laid Oh the table. for the
purpose OF receiving report necessary TO
be acted on To-day.
hlr. Barbour then. from the joint select cam
mitiee appointed on the subject, reported the
following resolutions:
Rfsoired That The two Houses shall assem-
BILE III the Chamber of the House OF ReprespU.
taiives on Wednesday next al II O'Clock and
The President OF the Senate shall be the pre.
siding officer; that one person be appointed d
Keller on The part OF tue Senate, to make a
list OF Tie votes az they shall he declared thai
the result siIaii u. d-iivs 10 the President of
the Sennte,vvho shall announce Tic. stare IL ne
Noie ana ihe person elected TO The two Hauses
assembled as aforesaid, which shall he deem.
IL
sideht and Vice President of the u States
and together with a list OF The votes, be en-.
tered on the Journals of the two Houses.
:, Hesofued. That II any objection he made 10
TIE Noies OF MISSOURI. and the counting or
emitting 10 count which shall not esses,ialIy
cbange The result OF the election in that case
they shall be reported by the PIesideDt OF
,he Senate IN the following naAmer: w ere
,he yoies OF Missouri to be counted, the result
would be for y. b. for President OF the. u ,
States - votes =; if moi counted. A. b as bre-
aideht OF Tie u. ). - votes but in either
event A. Il. is elected President of the U. S.
aud IN HE same manner for Vice President.
MIR. Bar6our explained in detail the rea
sons which Influenced the committee in adop-
ting the resolutions which il recommended.
MT hWs. OF New York. spoke III par!ics-
iaf reference to what he deemed the cOrreci
course OF proceeding IN Joint meeiinss think
'ng IL inconsistent with The constitution, aud
win propiiety, that the House should come
10 the senate. u the apartment had not Ieu-
deIed II incoDveBient aud that when con
Veniebt place should lie completed for Joint
meetings. ne hoped the practice heretofore
prevailing should not be considered in The
light OF precedent, but that they should re-
pair i.iIiher, aud The President of The Senate
preside III the joint meeting sc. lie was op-
poSeo 10 Tue settlement OF any litiyated ques~
ION IN joint meeting, where the senate Az a
body would b. lost aud argued tina; whenever
any snch should arise, ii would he always pio.
per that the two Houses should separate
hr. WdcoH offered some remarks, exp lana
tory OF the views of lie committee on the
poinis before them-some thinking the votes
OF Missouri ought TO be received and counted
and oibers that they ought to be rejected
that they had agreed OH the seco"d resolution
as the most likely course 10 reconcile an,
diihcnity. AS To the place of meeting, the
chamber of tue Senate would have been re.
commended (he was understood te saw bui
Tor the reason that il could not Accommodate
comfortably the two Houses.
The question being pat Oh the frs, Teso,u-
ton. il vas agreed 10 mem con
On The second resolution long debate took
place 1t was opposed BY Messrs Smith
Talbot, VHIiams OF Tenn. aud Ldiiman, on yari-
Gus grounds; principally for the reasons that
u was not competent in the Senaie TO decide