The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1826-03-23

srnfsii,es which WIS read aud agreed 10
viz:
" Gsn,lYinen If the House Of Represen
t,es thu Srnat. have passed bill. sus-
ne ding fur three months, the pri'ilege ri
the writ of hsb-us corpus, IN certain cases,
which they think rEpedient IN c"mnunl.
cate to yaa IN CONFIDENCE, and 10 request
your concurrTnc. therein, rs speedily a
the emergency of the case shall, Inyour
! Judgment require.
4" On motion,
" Ordertd, That Mr.. Smith, Of MARY
! land, he the committee To deliver the mes
! sage of tn House of Representatives.
=" MesDAY. January 28, 1907.
Mr. Adams. from thr Committee, re-
! ported thai the bill, entitled An act To
suspend ths privilege of the writ Il habe-
~ corpus III certain cases" was correctly
engrossrd.
Mr.. Smith of Nd. reported, that he
] had carrird, the bill last mentioned In the
| House of Representatives for concurrence
Thi. bll. said Nr. X. Was nryel printed,
/ aud cannot now h. fund. In the jour
! nal of the House of Representatives. Jan.
uary 20 1907, fnd the following
a message WAS received from the Sc
nate by Mr. Samuel Smith, as foIIoweth :
Mr.. Speaker am directed by thu Sc.
nate pf the United Staies To deliver To this
House a confidential message, IN writing ;
whcrrupon, the linus. being cleared of all
persons except tn. members aud The Clerk,
NJ. Smith delivered tn the Speaker the
foowirg communicating. IN writing:
Gentlemen Of the House Of Representa-
tires: The Senate ha,. passed "A blll sus-
pending for thrVe months, the privilege of
the writ of habcas corpus, IN certain cases,
which they think expedlrnt To commune
cate In you IN confidence, and request
your concurrence therein. as speedily rs
ihr emergency ofthe case, SHALL in your
Judgment require.
Mr.. Smlth also Delivered in the bill re-
fsrred u IL the said connunit alton, and
rhenl" lihdfew The bill sent from the Sc
pate. e0tItled, an act snsprndlng for three
months the pr, lledge of the writ Of ha-
bras corpus, IN certain cases, was read the
FIRST tune"
motion was made by Mr.. Phillip Il.
Thompson, my old coadlutor," said Mr.
X. and " have no hesitation In saying At
my Instance" aud seconded, that Tn.
House do come to the following resou.
tlnn.
Resolved, That the message and bin
communicated 10 this House from the Sc.
nate If the United States, and The pro
ceedngs of TIM House thereon, ought NOT
~ kept secret, aud tht the doors of this
House be unw opened and on the qups.
non thereupon it resolved in the atirma-
tive. Yeas i8S-Nays 3. The Nays were
JOSIAH Marten, David Thomas aud Nathan
Williams.
! he doors NJ the House were according
y opened. and Nr. Speaker stated to the
House, that the hll sent from the Senate
having been read the FIRST time. the qur--
ton would be. shall the said bill he read
III" first nme, the second time ?" Where
upon opposition b,iug made 10 the said
bill, and debate airing thereon, the qnrs
ton in conformity To the rules If the Hnusc
was stated by Mr.. Speaker, " Shall this
hill he rejected p aud ON thu question to
reject, II was resolved IN the Affirmative.
Yeas 1l3-Navs 10 Those VIII" voted
IN the urgaItr, were Evan Alexander,
Jphn Archer, Barnahas Bid"rlI john
Chandler, Richard Cuts Elias Earle, Isa
i al l.. Green, William Helm, Josiah Mar
ten, Gurdon s. Aluoford GIDEON DIN,
| Thomas SandfoId, Henry Soathard, Da-
| yld Thomas, Joseph +. Neruum, Dd0l. {.
! Vcrrlank Matthew Walton, W. ihalrt
! Nickes, and Nathan Williams; OF these I g.,
II is most rema rbahle, said Mr.. X. that
there WAS Mt one from the old dominion,
and hui from any of the States south of
hr Ohio and the Patomac-among them
was Nj. Be rnfl1ss Bid"rll, who com
nenced his carer at that session. OF
thls bill there was not one trace to be dis
coverrd-it il prnbably that il passed this
body noanindu-ly, or IT may be Inferred
that there WAS no opposition to It, II II
could be fnnnd an, where, 1t must be in
the ther House.
| This suspension of the privilege of the
writ NJ haheas corpus, SAID Nr Il. MAS the
! first oblation made by the executive of
The Omitted States to power, when he gave
IN his adhesion. and deserted hi, federal
friends lie knew Ivy VOICE, who acted as
his sponsor, who PROMISED aud asowed
certain fhiags in his name IN this political
baptism by that Voice, which was no" loud
| " calling on him 10 eXonerate him from all
! farther responsibility on his account, To
come forward aud get another endorsrr
| for he must take his name off his paper -
! | have always wondered, said Mr. Il. that
this fact WAS never brought forward during
the Presidential campalgu. Nj. Il.
here made some remarks which we did
not hear distinctly. in the course of which
he paid deserved compliment TO the
chief justice of the snpr"me court, re-
marking, that however he might frequent
Iy have differed from that gentleman, that
he had never lost sight of the immrasura-
bic distance between them for when he
met with men Of talents, he conld yield that
precedence, which would he never give to
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