Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1822-02-05

.ns snd to alter certain Coilec-
the Cus ,.icts and for other purposes,
ton !DDrsjyed, twice read, and, on motion
Tas yr Hill, :eterred to the committee
Of OOD'4 ppOay.oNMENT BILL. .
,1an.a aosln resumed The consl-
Inv M Of the apportionment Dill
dsr'' Ross's motion for recomnitment
Mr., '.srruction., and Mr. Taylor's pro
TI'p = smendment thereto, being under
sOn pn Buchanan, having required OIL
W Of the question, SO as to take II
VS. , on STRIKING out the ratio t4o,oooy
Nh now SANDS IN The bill
TIi VII. Johnson, OF Louisiana, hoped the
,eman from ONO Mr.. Ross would
;oate the House from the difficulty
.n,ch they seemed to be INVOKED, by
u .sd,awing mis- motion, to give him,
WI W. aa opportunity to move tor che
ALTO of4l,50o. ;.
M AZ Ross consented and withdrew his
anos,tion; whereupon,
Pp,TI Johnson moved TO insert In lieu
ga 900, the number or Al 500.
Ar Butler moved the previous queS
.;,n winch was refused by the House
mr Baldwin then renewed The motion
soco,nn,it the biil TO a select com-
"itss with the avowed OBJ ect of at
.,m.sng to adopt method of repre-
wing Cns fractions OF the respective
.t.les IN conformity TO suggestion OF
80 gentleman from South Carolina,
lur. Lowndes.)
Nc. Walworth opposed the motion,
ana the question being taken, the mo-
ton was los'.
The ques ION then recurring on the
annber sf4l 500, Messrs. Smith OF Md.
and Randolph expressed their sentl
ments at some length, In opposition to it
DIR. Mailary took the floor anu was
proceeding to deliver his sentiments on
the question, when he was called TO or
der by Mr. Alex. Smith, on the ground
th.bas the question had been PROFOUND
ed hy the chair to the hou. further de-
bate was Of course out of order.
The Chair decided the discussion to
NJ out Of order; whereupon,
Mr.. Mallary, Tin conformity to what
h understood to be the wish of the
Sneaker, who desired the que stion, and
lie future practice, in this respect, TO
BE- settled by vote OF the House,l ap-
pealed from the decision Of the Chair.
On which debate arose which contlnu-
ID about an hour Messrs. Edwards,
RIailary, Basset, Hardin, Baldwin, Will
liams. Smith Of Maryland, Cannon,
Condict, and Nelson of Virginia, o2pos
edthe decision of the char. and Atessrs,
Rnss, Chambers, and Alex. Su.yth, sup
ported it. The Speaker also explained
At large his understanding of the paI
lamentary law, his reasons for deciding
ss he had done, IN CONFORMITY, as he
believed, with strict regard to the cor
rect practice, at the same time protest
inc That ne was one of the last who de-
sred to impings on the rights o. the
foor.
The question being put, the decision
Of the chair was reversed--lll 70 81.
After some further debate on the a
mendment,
.Fae question was taken on Mr. John
sOa's motion to inserJ al 500 as the ratio,
aud wa. decided lii the mega i've as fol-
Iowa
AYES "a
Noes ia
Mr. Campbell, of Ohio, then moved
that the bill DE ordered to be engrossed
and read a third time.
Ar. Randolph moved, simply to strike
GU i00UU-the mum 0er now in the bill,
and leaving it to be filed by future
mo'on--and. the question was ordered
to De decided by Yeas and Nays,
A motion was then jabout O'Clock
mace to adjourn and was negatived--
&aSsnifar motion had previously been
The question was then taken on the
notion to strike out, by Yeas, and Nays,
and was decided as follows
Ayes 81
Noes ll2
Mr.. Cooke having declared that he
voted yesterday with the majority on
tns question OF striking out 10000. and
inserting $4,000, by winch That motion
was negativat-moved now TO reconsi-
uer that Question.
Another motion to adjourn was mega
Mr. II CT ~ =, :,