Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1829-01-12
AEslEN ANDRlAs
MONDAY MORNING, JANUARY ~, 1879.
CONGRESS.


In THE House. OF REPREsExrAT1vss. q,
Friday-The resolution and preamble on hi,
subject offered by Mr.. Miner, coming I'D as he
unfinished business,
Mr.. Wright Of Ohio, moved to amend II,
preamble by inserting in its commenee men,
The words, "it is alleged that" so as 10 change
the statements it contained from the form Of
direct assertion of fact, to statement Of ale.
cations merely.
Mr.. Miner accepted this amendment Is A
modification Of what he had offered.
Mr. Wilde, after few introductory remarks.
moved the previous question.
This motion was sustained by the House.
Ayes IS, noes 81.
Mr.. Wickiffe then demanded that the oues>
ton be divided, and the vote taken FIRST on the
preamble, (Which details the alegations,} and
then on the resolution itself, (which recon,
mend. the subject for inquiry by the Standing
Committee on the District)
The question was divided accordingly.
The previous question was then put; viz
1" Shall the main question now be putt"
On this question, MI. Vinton demanded the
yeas and nays, but the House refused to order
Them, and il was decided in. the affirmative.
The main question was then put upon agree.
ibg to the preamble as modified.
On this question, Mr.. Wright demanded the
yeas and nays.
Mr.. Weems asked that the preamble be
read
Mr. Wickliffe objected to the reading.
But it was ordered by the House, and the
preamble was accordingly read again at the
Clerks table.
The question was then put and decided 10
the nega,ive-only 81 voting In the affirmative:
So the preamble was rejected.
The question Gas then put on the first reso
luton, as follows:
BE It hssolUsd, That the Committee for the
District Of Columbia be instructed to lake into
consideration the laws within the District, in
respect 10 slavery; that they inquire into tn.
slave trade as il exists in, and is carried on
through, the District; and ,ha. they report 10
the House such amendments 10 the existing
laws as shall seem TO them to be just"
And decided by Yeas and Nays, in the afFir.
NATIVE. ~ follows:
YEAs-Messrs Adams, Samuel c. Allen,
John Anderson, Samuel Anderson, Armstrong,
Bailey Baldwin, Barber. Barker, Barlow, Bar.
nard, Barney, Bartlett, BARLEY, Isaac {. Bates,
Blair, Blake, Brown, Buckner, Buck, Butman,
Cambreleng, Chambers, John &. Clark. Con-
dict, Coulter, Crowninshield Culpepe,, Daniel,
John Davenport, De Graf, Dickinson, Dwight
Earil, Everett, FindIay, Fry, Gale, Garrow, Cor.
ham, Green, Hallock, Harvey, HeaIey, Hobbie,
Hodges, Hoffman, Hunt, lngersoI, Jennings,
Johnson, Johns, Keesr, King, Lawrence, L. farr,
Lemher, Little, Locke, Msgee, Ma ktll, Mar
,indsle, Marvin, Maxwell, McIntire, Mexican,
Mclean, Mercer, Mtrwin, Miner, John Mitch.
ell, Muhlenberg, O'Briea, Orr, Prarce, Piersos,
Plan, IRamsay, Reed, Richardson. Russell, Ser.
geani, sheppard, Sinnickson, Sloane, Smith,
Sprague, Stsnberry, Stevenson, Sierigere,
Stewart, Sorrs, Slower, S,iong, Swami, Swift,
Sutherland, Tsber, Taylor, Tracy, Ebenezer
Tucker, Vance. Van Rensselaer,, Verplanck
Vinton, Ward, Washington, Weems, WhippIe
Whitlesey, Williams, James Wilson, Ephraim,
K Wilson, John J. Wood, Silas Wood, John
Woods, Woodeock, Wolf, Silas Wright, IT,
John c. Wrigh,-l2o.
NAYs-Messrs. Aston, John S. Barbour,
Philip P Barbour, Barrineer, Bassett, Edward
Ba'es, Bell, Bryan, Carson, Carter, Chil'on,
Davis, Desha, Dorsey, Drayton, Floyd of Vir.
einia, Floyd Of Georgia, Fort, Gilmer, CURLY,
Hall, Hamilton, Haynes, Kinds, Holmes, Isaeks,
Kerr, Lecomp,e, Lea, Long, Lumpkin, Lyon,
Marablr, Martin, Mccoy, McDufie, McHa,
ton, Mckee, Miller, Thomas R. Mitchell, Ga,
brid Moore, Nuckolls, Owen, Polk, Roane,
Sawyer, Smyth, Sprigg, Taliaferro, Thompson,
Trezvant, Starting Tucker, Turner, WickliHe,
Wilde, Ysneey-ss.
SO the resolution was adopted.
The question was then put on the second re.
solution, which is as follows:
"Rseived, That the committee be further il.
structed to inquire into the expediency Of pro-
vidi9g, by Law, for the gradual abolition of sa-
very within the District, in such manner tina.
the interests Of no individual shall be iniareL
thereby"
And decided in the affirmative, by Yeas and
Nays, as follows:
YEAs-Messrs. Samuel c. Allen, John An.
derson, Samuel Anderson, Armstrong, BaiIy,
Baldwin, Moves, Barber, Barker, Barlow, Bar.
nard, Barney, Bartlett, BARLEY, /. {. Bates,
Blair, Blake, Brown, Buck, Butman, Csmbre'
leng, Chambers, Chase, Chiffon, John e. Clark,
Condict, Coulter, Culpeper, DANIEL, John Da
venport, De Graf, Dickinson, Dwight. EARL,
Everett, Finclay, Fry, Garrow, Gorbaun, Green,
HallocS Harvey Healv Hobbie HodSes n A.