Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1821-01-16
HOUSE OF REPRES ENTATIVES.

Saturday, Dec. 9.
Mr.. Cook offered the following reso-
luton:
Reaoived, That the committee on the
Public Lands be instructed to inquire
INTO the cxpedicncy of authorizing Ben
Jamin Stephenson to locate 495 acres oi
land in the state OF Illinois, as a comp n
sallon for that quantity granted by III,
state of Virginia 10 George Hite, in tn
state OF Kentucky, which, upon resuryey
Was found TO have been previously pa
tented to another person, and which was
transferred to the said Stephenson, b,
the said Hite.
Upon this resolution the Speaker OBJ
served, that the more regular, and, ht
thought, the only correct practice was
ior the party asking relief, to set out hi
lain in memorial or petition to the
House.
After some remarks from Messrs
Cultehher and Cooke, against the prac =
tlce, and Mr.. Cook in support of the re
solution, it was nepatised.
ptUHcSuGY, Dct. %.
The house resumed the consideration
OF the resolution declaring the admission
Of the state of Missouri into the union.
Mr.. Beecher, Of Ohio, delivered, al
considerable length, his sentiments il
opposition to the passage OF the resn!u
ton.
Mr.. Cook, of Illinois, briefly assign d
the reasons which would induce him to
vote against the resolution.
Mr.. Lo70ndea replied, in speech OF
two hours, to the arguments opposed to
the passage of the resolution, and in vim
dication of the report of the committee
Mr.. Sergeant rejoined, in few ex
planatory remarks; and with his re
marks the debate ended--not, however,
before Mr.. Gross, of Newly ork, had in
timated his intention to move the pre-
vious question, with view to close tn,
debate.
The question was then taken, shall
the resolution be engrossed and ordered
to be read third time 20 And on this
question the yeas and nays were as fol-
low:
YEAS-Messrs Abbot, Alexander, Allen,
of Tenn. Anderson, Archer, Of Md. Archer, OF
Va. Baldwin, Ball, Barbour, Bayly, Bloomfield,
Brevard, Brown, Bryan, Burton, Burvell, Can
non, Cobb, Cooke, Crawford, Crowell, Cu!-
breth, Culpepper, Cuthbert, Davidson, Earle,
Edwards, of n. G. Fisher, Floyd, Garnett,
Gray, Hall, OF N. G. Hardin, Hooks, Jackson,
johnson, Jones, of Va. Jones of Tenn. Kent.
Little, Lowndes, MCoy, M'Creary, MLanc,
ofDel. Mclean, of Ky. Meigs, Mercer, Metcaif,
Montgomery, T. l.. Moore, Neale, Nelson OF
Va. Newton, Overstreet, Parker, of Va, pinck-
ney, Randolph, Rankin, Reed, Rhea, Robert
son, Settle, Shaw, Slnkins, Smith, of N. J.
Smith, of Nd. b. Smith, Of Va. A. Smyth, OF
Va. Smith, OF N. G. Swearngen, Terrell, Trim
BILE, Tucker, of Va. Tucker, of 5. G. Tyler,
Walker, Warfeld, Williams, of Va. Williams,
of n. CO.
NAYS-Messrs. Adams, Allen, of Mass. AL
len, ofN. Y Baker, BaIeman, Beecher, Boden.
Brush, Buffum, Butler, of N. II. Campbell, Case,
Claggett, Clark, COOK, Crafts, Cushman, Dane,
Darlington, Dennison, Dewitt, Dickinson, Ed
dy, Edwards, OF Conn. Edwards, of Penn Eus-
It's Fay, Folger, Foot, Ford, Forrest, Fuller,
Gorham, Gross, of N. Y. Gross, of Penn. Guyon,
Hackley, Hall, ofN, Y. Hall, of Del. Hemphill,
Hendricks, Hibshman, Hill, Hosetter, Ken
dali, Kinsey, Kinsley. Lathrop, Lincoln, Linn,
Livermore, Maclay, Mccullough, Mallary, Mar
chand, Mech, Mcneil, r. Moore, s. Moore,
Morton, Moseley, Murray, Nelson, of Mass. Par
ker, of Mass. Patterson, Phelps, phi'son, Pu-
mer, Rich, Richards, Richmond, Rogers, Ross,
Russ, Sergeant, Silsbee, Sloan, Soa;hard, Ste
vens, Storrs, Street, Strong, Of VI. Strong, OF
n, y, Tarr, TomlinsoD,, Tompkins, Trady, Up