Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1824-01-03

tiemcn who like himself, were IN favor Sf the
system, TO bring the question before the House.
Such an opportunity would now be afforded,
as any member might move 10 amend the re
poIt, by altering Ii from IA negative To, an af- /
frmati,e character. Ii seemed 20 him TO h.
proper, on several accounts, hat the opinion /
| ofthe House. on the general question of the
eNpediency Of II Bankrupt Law, should be la
Ken, before bill should be brought in. la
such till there must necessarily b. much OF
| prolxity and detail ; and very much discus
sun might be expected 10 arise particular
provisions, which would seem TO be misplac
| ed, until there should be some room To think
that The general measure itself was acceptable
| TO majority ofthe House. Until there was
room To believe that, such discussion upon
details would have effect but 20 consume
time. If the House should NOW reverse this
report, the committee would cheerfully pre-
pare and bring In bill. He would take the
liberty tn suggest, however, whether the best
way would not be To proceed by resos!ion.
In this way, perhaps, not only the general
question might be settled, but, ii settled in ia
Nor of the measure, subsequent resolutions
might proceed to settle some of the general
outlines of the system; such, far example, as
what classes oF parsons the system shonld ex-
/ tend to; whether only To traders, technically
ar legally so called, or 10 all persons Thy prev
per deserip,ion) who have, ordinarily, occa-
sion tn use extensive credits and whether il
shall br temporary or permanent system,
SIT, &c. He made these suggestions only for
the consideration of those who. like himself,
were in favor ofihe system. Aud, TO the end
! that they might have an option. TO proceed bv
way of resolution, ar BY motion to amend the
present report, he would move that the report
lie upon the table.
The report was accordingly laid on the ia-
HE.
Mr.. Sloane, from the Committee on Elec-
tons presented favorable report on the pc
tItlon OF Parmenio Adams, who claims the
seat oi Isaac Wilson, Representative from the
State of New York which with the accompa-
nying papers, was referred TO committee of
the Whole House, and ordered To he printed
The resolution offered yesterday by MIR.
Cook, calling on the Secretary of the Treasu-
ry Tor u statement of the amount nf none '
remaining 10 be paid by the purchasers OF
public lands plior 10 the LIST of July 1890, and
designating the amount due for lands in each
State, was taken zap and agreed to, mem. con.
MIR Rich offered the following:
ReSotutd, That the Cnrnmitce On Indian
Affairs he instructed to inquire into the prac-
'icabi!ity and cxpedepcy of adopting meas
ures which shall more rilrcuaily restrain
either citizens OF The United States or foreign
ers from hunting or trapping on lands To
which the Indian title has noihePn ex,inguish.
! ed, land exclude foreigners from participa.
ion in the Indian trade.
Mr.. Rich, inintroducing the above reselu-
ton, said That he conceived il due 10 the House
To slate some of the reasons which induced
him To offer il for adoption, aud To hope that
The inquiry IL proposed would prove successful.
| during the last season, he was sorry TO state,
there had occurred on our Western borders,
i killing and wuunding oftradrrs, and "A saugh-
terlng OF indians, which was much to he re
GREETED. The attack made by the Indians is
said Ia have been unproyoked it may have
been so he hoped, for the honor of our coun-
try, that such = Ould turn out to have been
! the fact. He did not entertain a doubt, that
all that could. under the existing laws, be done
T. prevent sc unhappy an occurrence, had
hecn done by the Executyc. He believed
nov eyer,it would, on Investigation, be found
that De laws had breu violated and the rights
of Dor red brethren infrnGnd IN support oil
his rcms.ss, Mr. Il. ASKED sayc 20 re2d cef-
lain parts of the correspondence which had
been submitted 90 the Mouse on this subject
l. n here read, letter OF Mr.. Pitcher 10
W .i1i or dion, communicating & letter from
Mr. Gordon, hich gave an eccount Of The
arrangements for buotUg made by the party I
| This unhappy iracss he'd arisen, il seemed,
while our traders were rnarcing. trapping,
and communicating. Here Mr.. Rich quot
| ed The letter Ir0'n Gea. Atkinson 20 General
Gaines, enclosing another from Gen. Ashley
10 MAJOR OFalisn.l The object of this cx-
petition, Mr.. Il. went on to say, Was 10 pro-
cure and carry away that game To which tine
Indian tribes had as Just right as any 0f ms
have TO the property we hold. IN relation TO
that part OF the resolution w hich refers to the
exclusion of foreigners from this trade, unless
We could effect this, he as persuaded we
need look for nothing but continual rrcur-
renee cfeVcnts at the same kind as had &C.
curred--a constant waste of human life If
more efficient means To preserve pacific rea-
uols with the Indian tribe. could MOI be devils
ed or were practicable, then we had better
uhd aw, at once, oar troops from the 10
d'an Country altogether
! MIR Vance moved tO amend the resolution
by striking out the last clause, Ito exclude for
eignrIs from the Indian tr; de-. but afterwards
Withdrew the amendment, aud ihe resolution
was adopted, as moved Ivy Mr. Rich.
MIR. Floyd OF Virginia I'D. erting to a Mes
sage IF the President of the Unit.d States,
Transmitted To this House on The 9th DIV al
January lasfi In aHswrr 10 certain resolutions
of The 9Th Jdnuary, 9TH Nav, and 18th d.
cenlrr, 1899, calling Tor certain information
respecting the Expenditures in The Ordinance
Department. said The Document To which ne
referred had not been ordered TO be printed
uhiH TIE cIOst oi The session, 50 that during
the last session, ii was not practicable to pur-
sue the inquiry which ne. as the mover of one
OF The resolutions calling ;or the information,
had Intended To follow up He u0w moved
that the Message and Documents in this case
be referred To u Select Committee
Mr. Taylor of N. York, called for The read
ing oi Tie Message proposed 10 be refer
r'd TO see whether Inc appointment of Sc
td Committee 10 the case was advisable
Mr. Saunders of North Carolina. said he