Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1826-01-17

son; and 1t was finally, ON motion of Mr. Smith,
laid the table
Inc senate then spent short time in the consi-
oera'ion oil Executive business, and then
Adjourned.
HOUSE OF REPRESENT TIvES.
VA motion OF Mr.. Cook, of Illinois. i, was
hesoired, That the Committee on the Judiciary
De instructed to inquire into the expeency of max
ing provision, by law, for ascer'aining and fixing
the Northern Boundary of the State of Illinois.
MIR. Saunders of N. &. offered the following,
which lies one dsy:
Resoiued, That the Secretary of State he d.
reeted 10 communicate 10 this House a list of the
newspapers IN each Of the States and Territories
and the newspaper in the District of Columbia in
wh'ch me laws OF Congress have been directed TO
pe published during the years 1924 and 1925; and
aiso list OF su'h papers in which said laws have
been Greeted to be published during the year 1926
ana also TO communicate to this House the expense
annually paid for publication of the laws
Mr. Phelps of Conn, offered the following Joint
resolution, which was read first time, laid on the
table, and ordered TO be printed:
Resoiued, &c. That the following amendment
TO the Constitution of the United States be propos
co 10 the Legislatures of the several Sta,es which
when ratified by three fourths thereof shall be a
part OF said Constitution:
That the Electors shall meet in their respective
States, on such day as Congress shall designate
whch shall be the same Throughout the United
o'a'es' and vote by ballot for two persons, of whom
one at least shall be an inhabitant of the same
state with themselves; and they shall make a list
Oh all the persons voted for, and of the number of
votes Tor each, which list they shall sign, and GER
NY and transmit sealed 10 the Seat ofth Govern
iheht OF The United States, directed to the Presi-
dent oil the Senate. The President of the Senate
S,a'i' IN me presence OF the Senate and House of
Representatives,, open all The certificates, and the
votes shall then be counted. The person having
me nv''.e1r of sesss shalt be he
II such nnmherbe majority OF the whole nanber
OF Electors appointed, and if there be more than
one '"ho have such majority and have an equal
unmoer OF votes, then the House Of Representa-
yves snail Immediately chooseby ballot one of them
l.. President, and if no person have majority
lhen, from the five highest on the list, the said
fouse shall, IN ike manner, choose the President
But, In choosing the President the votes shall be
taken by States, the Representatives from each
State having one vote. A quorum for this pur-
pose shall consist of member or members from
two-iiirds OF the States, and majority of all the
States shall be necessary 10 choice IT, after said
House shall have balloted twice, no person have
majority OF all the States, the names of the two
persons having the greatest number, and if no two
persons have the creates, NUMBER then the name of
INN who has the greatest number, and the names of
all others who have the next greatest and equal
NUMBER snail DE written upon separate pieces of
paper, ard be put into a ballot box, in the presence
OF The Senate and House of Representatives, and
IN their presence the Speaker of the House OF Re-
presenlatIves shall draw one piece of paper there
from, and he whose name j. written thereon shall
be the President. In every case after the choice
oithe President, the person having the greatest
number OF votes of the ELECTORS, shall be the Vice
President, but If there should remain two or more
VINO haye equal votes, the Senate shall choose
IRON them, by ballot, the Vice President.
JUDICIARY SYSTEM.
On motion OF Mr.. Webster, the House then ,ver,
into committee OF the whole, Mr.. Tomlinson in
the chair, on tie bill 4" further TO amend the Judi-
ciary system of tie United States"
MIR. Mangum concluded the course Of observa-
tons in opposition 10 the bill, which he commen-
ced yesterday.
Mr.. Wickliffe of Kentucky, then rose, and said
that, after the remarks of the gentleman from Va
Mr.. Mercer,) and the gentleman from North Ca
roma, ''r. Maneum,) he should offer to tins
Committee no other apology for claiming their at
tenilon than the snnuncaion OF tile fact 10 such OF
The committee as might not know it that lie bailel
from the West, AID was an Unworthy son OF that
state TO which reference has been made so often
made, by both gentlemen
Upon the discussion of this BILL said Mr.. w. il
was desired by It's friends, that the time and a,ten
ton OF the House should not be consumed by in
yesiigatns other questions not necessarily embra-
ced oy Us provisions. 1t was certainly not anti
cpated by nc, sir that reference should have been
made tn the local politics of my Sia,e, nor will
permit myself, by any consideration so FAR TO vio-
late that good order which ought to I've observed
IN debate, or 10 insult the intelligence of the com
mittee by any reference to them, further than to
set the gentleman from Virginia right, as 10 some
OF his facts, which understood to be given to this
House npon his individual knowledge
The gentleman from Virginia had commenced the
opposition to this bill, and had undertaken 10 prove
two positions:
Ist, That tue evils complained Of did not exis,
and ~, That il they did, that the bill did not fur
nish the remedy.
My friend from Pennsylvania certainly well re b.
marked the Other Jay, that, as 10 the first PROPOSE
ton, the gentleman had assumed 10 himself an
Herculean task. ] am sure he was as successful in
the one as the other, for, with due Difference, he
totally failed in both,
What are the evils complained Of Mr. Chairman:
and how have we heard those csmrlaints2 an
swer. that nine States IN this Union are denied the
benefits of that judicial system, which j. extended
to the other portion Of the Union; that, in conse
queuee thereof, justice j. DELAYED and unequ lily
administered, which produces individual injury. q
may he permitted to add, oppression) ! hold,
sir, that delay OF justice Is antamonnt to oppres-
sion. 1t Is oppression masked. How DO we come
to the knowledge Of these complsntsi Add what
are the evidences TO sustain the correctness OF them
The gentleman from Virginia has, upon the sutbo-
rity Of certificate Of the Deputy Clerk Of the
Supreme Court, ventured to contradict the facts
stated in the various memorials from Ohio, 1ndi-
ana, Tennessee, Mississippi and louisiana: aided
and supported by the iedividosI knowledge Of the
members FROM those states. lie whose mind could
Inf he