Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1831-01-31
CON CIR E s S .

In the House of Representatives on Friday,
Mr.. Lecompte submitted the following:
Resoired. That the Committee on the Judicia'
nv be instructed to inquire into the expedlepcy
of amending the Constitution Of the United
States, so that the Judges of the Supreme Court
and of the inferior Courts shall hold their les
pcctive offices for term of years.
Mr. Whttlesey demanded the question of
consideration, and
Mr.. Vance called for the Yeas and Nays on
the question.
They were ordered by the House, and being
taken, stood as follows:
Yeas-Messrs. Alexander, Allen. Aston, An
gel, Baylor, Bell. James Blair, John Blair, Boon,
Cambreleng, Carson, Chandler. Chiffon. Clais
borne, Conner, Crocheron, Warren Il. Davis,
Desha, De Witt, Earl, Findiey, Foster, Fry,
Gordon, Hall, Halsey, arvey, Haynes, Kinds,
Thomas Irwin, Jarvis. Gave Johnson, Perkins
King. Adam King. Lamar, ca, Leavitt. LIE
compile, Lewis, Lumpkin, McCreery, McC0y,
Miller, Nuckolls, Pettis. Potter, Richardson,
Roane, Scott, Shields. Standeier, Sterrigere,
Wiley Thompson, John Thompson, Tucker,
Wavne, Weeks, Hicklile, Yancey-6l.
Nays.-Messrs. Anderson. Archer, Arm
strong, Arbold, IJoyes, Barber, John S. Barbour,
Barnwei, Barr hger, BARLEY, Beekman, Boul-
din, Brodhead, Brown, Burgess, Butman, Cal
houn. Clay, Con Iict. Cooper, Coulter, Cowles.
Craig. Crane. Crawford, Crockett, Creighton,
Crowhnshielc, Davenport, John Davis, Debcr-
nv, Denny, toadridge, Dorsey. Draper, Dray-
ton, Duncan, Dwight, Eager, Ellsworth, George
Evans, Joshua Evans, Edward Everett. Horace
Everett, Fiuch, Forward, Gilmore, Gorham,
Green, Grenaell, Hemphill, Hodges, Holland
Hoffman, Howard, Hughes, Hunt, Huntington,
Ihre, Insersull, Johns, Kendall, kennon, Kin
cad, Leiper, Lent, Loyal, Mallary, Martlndaie
Martin, Thomas Maxwell, Lewis Maxwell, Nc
Dufie, McIDtre, Mitchell. Mcneil, Muhenburg
Norton, Patton. Pearce, Pierson, Polk. Ramsey,
Reed, Rose, Russell, Sanford, VIM. b. Shepard
Aug. II. Shepherd, Sill. Smith. Speisht, Ambrose
Spencer Richard Spencer, Stanberry, IL. H.
Storrs, w. l.. Storrs, Strong, Sutherland, Swami
Swift. Taylor, Test, Trezvant, Vance, Varnum
Verplanck, Viuton, Washington. Whlttiesey,
c. P. White, E. ID. White, Wilde; Williams
! Wilson, Wingate, founs,-ll5.
| Mr.. Ellsworth stated that the witnesses attend
| ing on the trial of Judge Peck could not be dis
charged until they were paid. 1t was highly ne
cessary. therefore that the House should act up
on the bill which he had reported this morning
and he moved to suspend the consideration
any other business on the table, for the purpos
Of taking up the bill to which he referred.
The moiion was agreed to, land the House wen
into Committee Of the Whole, Mr.. Dwight in tn
chair, and took up the Bill "maklng provision
for the compensation of the witnesses and othe
expenses attending the trial of Judge Peck" to
gether with the amendments reported by tn
Committee on the Judiciary.
|. The gross sum proposed to be appropriate
bv the Senate's bill, amounted to $4,000 by tn
proposed amendments that amount was increas
ed to SIS, 500.
Mr.. Polk said. the bill provided for the com
pensation of the witnesses, both on the part OF tn
United States and the respondent. In all Stat
prosecutions the defendant always paid his Ow
witnesses, aud he thought the United State
would do enough to compensate the witnesses o
the part of the prosecution. He requested II
formation as to what had been the usage in form
er cases Of impeachment under this Government
Mr.. Ellsworth replied, that in the case
Judge Chase, the United States had paid the wi
nesses on both sides. He was not positive as
the other cases. He would remark that 1t woul
tend to the utter ruin of any individual broug'