Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1827-03-02

ana patiently Itmay pursue ii, will never af,n,Io,
ne confidence which the Committee entertain, tL,,
the measures within the competence of ,Ie ~ -:
WIZ eventually prove successful is measured by Tho
feance which is felt in the justice and honor of sore
o' e'nisn's, i'ii those measures shall have been
exhausted anu found faadequate the time W in not have
arrived for legislative Interference The Co,n,n,,
therefore, ask TO be dischar- ed from the further cons
detation o. the subject"
| This report ,ras.r read, and laid on the ,,hIe
| Ordered, That the Committee on rore;c, aG;
DC discharged from the further consideration of the
petition OF Moses Springer and Others Executors of
W ilain Springer, deceased and from The ce,op of
igna'ns and Solomon Haskell, and that the said pets
tons do lie on the table.
O'1ered That the Committee on Public Expendi-
tnres which was instructed, the 18th ns,apt s.to
inquire INTO the expeJiency of reducing the con.ingeot
expenses of this House be discharged from the con;
deraon OF the subject, and that be referred to the
Committee of Accounts.
| Mr. Tomiinson from the Joint Committee ,,,o;,.
eu 10 report what subjects is necessary to act upou
aurne 'he present session, and what order il is expe
" '',e '"ose SUBJECTS INTO consideration made
further report, in part, follows:
hat they have arranged the bills now nendiner be
ofe The house OF Representatives and not included in
.heir former reports, into four classes numbered from
) 10 6, inclusive.
"ihe class numbered three comprises bills of a pub
c nature, which passed the Senate and are now pen
ding in the House of Representatives
The class numbered t,- comprises bills of private
nature, winch have passed the Senate and ara nov
pending. in the House OF REPRESENTATIVES excert such
n's as have been reported upon unavoraby by Com
inttee uf the Whole.
/ "Tiie .fh class comprises bills which, originated
IN tue House OF Representative and now lie on the
| table ~ 0'' '"e
The sj1At class comprises hills, which, in the on;n
ION - ,''a COMMITTEE, IT is not expedient 10 act unon
until the bills contained in the preceding classes and
those contained tire lists heretofore reported by
the Committee, shall have been disposed OF by the
House. 49,
1.-The Committee recommend that such bills as din
ring the remainder OF the Session, may passed Ice The
Senate and sent TO this House. he placed in the classes
numbered three and four, as they may respectively bo
long 10 each class.n
| This report being read
| Mr.. foinlinson moved the following resolution:
1eesotce That the several reports BY the Joint
Committee appointed TO report what subjects il Is ne
cessary TO act upon, at the present Session e accen
ted; and that the orders of the ,y in (ou,,u;tt, ~
the Whole House, tie arranged in The manner therein
! recommended.
I his resolution being read
| a motion was maze By Mr. Dwight TO amend the
same By striking ont from the resolved TO The end
| thereof, and Inserting follows:
" nat the arrangement OF bills by the Join, Com
tuec, e genera nature shall stand rs the order of
the House, and that the arrangement OF the bills fron
the Senate shall Also stand te order of the House
anu that all the private claims mating in this House
shall DE acted upon, in the order in Which ley have
| been reported"
/ Upon this resolution ana amendment a dcsIHorv de
hate enaned; in which Messrs. Mitchell of Ten Pom
! linson, Dwight, Everett, Drayton Wurjs NrCor ,na
Mci4aEe, took part.
The report, made by the committee was oDnoseh
on 'he ground that that part which related to pr
Va'e CLAIMS did great injustice to those cIaimants
whose cases were postponed. II might be very pro-
per to arrange public bills in the order of her reIa
tive Importance and the necessity of their being acted
uPoh nut private claims stood, point of right all On
an equality, except The difference occos;oucd bv ., n
priority IN point OF time; and this was the result of
diligence IN the claimants il was not proper that those
who had come FIRST, should be placed lower on fe joc
e' by any arrangement OF mere expelicncy and CON
venIence Two cases urg ed as in danper of suf
| ieTing great injustice from such an ARRANGEMENT =
One was the Of Ohm Winton of Tennessee winch
was stated at large, and earnestly advocated by Mr.
Mitchell, OF Ten and the other ina: OF Mr. Meade
OF Philadelphia, which advocated with eonai
earnestness, by Elr. Dwight, Mr.. Wurs, and Mr. Nj.
Lane of Del.
ne report of the Committee was defended BY Mes
SIS oniinson and Everett, who stated The pr;Dcnlcs
by which they had been governed in CIassifyne, mo
claims viz TO give preference 10 such as from ,,er
nature, seemed the least likely to create PROLONGED
discussion that great q number rs noesib1a nj,
De got through With, during tie days of tie session
winch now remained. Before any decision was had,
me honI Tor resolutions expired, and the debate was
arrested by lie Chair
When engrossed bills of the following files VIZ.
An act masking appropriations for certain fo,tG-
cati'rF Tor The United States for the year 1927:
an act making appropriations for The indian Depart
incnt for the year 1927;
Were, scyeralIy, read the third fine and 1,.s,r
Ordere4, Tha, he Clerk request the concurrence or
the ScnaIe n the said bills.
On motion % a1r. Pcicr,
f2eSOiUed, That the Committee On fl,e ii,r,-r -
qnirc into the expediorcy of purchasing 70 ne placed
IN the Library OF Congress, the medals heretofore pre-
sented to General WAsHf"GroS.
Erection Of Buracts &C.
The House then went into Committee Of t,o Who'll
on me state OF The Union Mr. Bartlett in the chair on
the BIZ making appropriation for the erection and com
PeHon OF CERTAIN barracks, store houses and hospitals,
'r' och9 moved 10 strike ont The first item in the
6 which proposes an appropriation Of 90 900 dollars
'or the complexion Of barracks houses and hos
Louis. "
Mir. Vance, Chairman ofthc Committee on Militia i
~ Affairs, opposed the motion, aud explained the
circumstances of the case; and in support Of his ex>
pana'ion, called foe the reading 81 a report Of tie
DgIy.
The debate was further prosecuted BIZ R1e,srs.
Cooke and Vance the insisting tl,a no appyopra.
ton ought 10 be granted unless a previous Law had !
passed Tor inc erection of these ks, and the other
as strenuousiy maintaining that il Iay within the discre
lion OF The Executive and The War Department. tyben