Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1821-02-15

Senate, and have been reported upon laVor-
ably by committee Of the House.
2. Private bills reported by committees
of the House.
3. Bills and resolutions Of public ma
ture.
Bills which have passed the Senate and
have been reported against by committee
of the house.
s. Reports unfavorabIe to petitioners.
MISSOURI.
The House then on motion of MIR.
Clay, proceeded to consider the report
ef the committee appointed on the Mis-
souri, subject. On motion OF Mr.. Y.
il was referred to the committee OF the
whole on the state of the Union. And
also on motion of Mr.. Clay, the House
forthwith resolved itself into commit
tee of The whole, TO take tie saoIrc'
up.
The amendment proposed by the
committee having been read from the
Chair
Mr.. Clay gave detailed account OF
the proceedings in the committee, OF
the difficulty which interp"sed anu OF
the considerations which led to the re-
commentator of this amcndment.-
This statement of course correspondent
with that contained in the report IF the
committee. Mr.. G. then went on t"
obyiate some objections to The report
which had been made by the friends OF
Missouri, as we'll as by those opposed
TO her admission Into the Unon.-de
concluded by earnestly invoking the
spirit of harmony and kindred feeling
to preside over the deliberations OF the
House on the subject.
| MIR. Mallary moved to amend the a
mendment proposed by the committee,
by striking out all of it, alter the WORD
"respects," and in lieu thereof, insert
the following:
Whenever the people of said State,
by a Convention appointed according
to the manner provided by the act to
authorize the Peuple of Missouri to
form a Constitution and state govern
ment. and for the admission of such
state into the Union on an equal foot
| ing with the original states and to pro-
hi6it slavery in certain territories, ap-
proved March 6, 1890, adopt consti-
tuition conformably to the provisions of
said act, and shall in addition to said
provisions, further provide, in and by
said Constitution, that neither slavery
nor involuntary servitude shall ever be
allowed in said state Of Missouri, un-
less inflicted as punishment for crimes
committed against the laws of said
&C. duly 9ASaHFssHsttt "a: Provided that the
civil condition Of those persons who
now are held to service in Missouri
shall not be affected by the last provi.
sion.
This motion was ncgatived by CON
siderable ma. ority.
After a long debate, protrac ted to
50 late an hour that time is not allowed
even to name the Speakers, the qurs-
| tlOn WAS tdhCu III COuhmltltc VI the
whole on the amendment to the Senate's
resolution, as proposed on Saturday by
the select committee of this House, and
was decided in the negative, IS to 81.
The committee rose and reported
their decision to the House and, the
question being on concurring in that
decision
Mr.. Storrs moved to postpone the
whole subject indefinitely.
This motion gave rise to further de-
bate, and was decided about sunset, by
Yeas and Nays, as follows
For tile motion 4S
Against it 1877
So it Nas rejected.
MIR. Mallary then renewed the mo-
ton which he had uDsuccessluliy made
in committee of the whole, as above
stated and the question thereon was
decided by yeas and nays, thus.
For the amendment 60
Against it lo7
The question was then taken on a.