Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1831-02-01
.-,yrYTy.FIRsT CONGRESS- Session.
SATURDAY, JANUARY go, 1881.
,orsg OF REPRESENTATIVES,

-, act. passed on the fth oePtc,noei' Ato''
I'LL m as the first business Of the morning.
INN. 81 nusstou being on the motion OF Mr.. buShah-
80 postpone the motion that the Dill De read Sc
lnoJ time, to Tuesday next
NJ Crawford rose, and, alter lew remarks
4,marded the previous question; which was the
,;an Of Mr.. Doddridse, that the Dill be reject
S rOur reporter understood Mr. crawford To
rsnew this notion.
tn. demand was sustained by the House. ayes
81, noes 90. .,o, mt ..sb,Il the main
question be now putt et;, v,,
And il was determined IN the anirina"'e' ayes
.; ur Strong called for theyeas and nays on the
main question, and they were Oruereu ~ '"e
House. II call of The Vons.-
,,b;cb motion prevailed; when 1t was ascertaiheu
mat there were II members Pie'en" :,
nav ~ Mercer then moved to dispense with fur
;her proceedings in the call; Out '''e "'o''oh was
negatiyed. ~ ~, tho FIRST cal, were
i"e I'D oy.r a second time. Several of them
n.,,.orod N their names, aud excuses were made
".Lo.,. 1Ss members were now ascertained to
ne present ,,L
'ka
IA motion of Mr.. Dwight, further proceedings
IN the call were suspended. SIN
The main question was '"e' pup VIE '
the bill be rejected:
'"' Al = was determined in the affirmative, as
follows: ,.,. ,u,,Id
paI.v Moves Barber. John S. Barbour. Barrln-
- hartley. Bates, BAYLOR, Beekman, J. Blair,
snctac Boon. Burst Brodhead, Brown, Buch-
nan Burues. But,nan, CahOon, Chiffon, Clark,
'"rJ;ct Cooper, Coulter, Cowles, Craig, Crane,
Cr.Yrford. Crockett. Creighton, Crocheron,
Craxn;n,bield, john Davis, Deberry. Denny, DE
Nit Dickinson, Doddridge, Dorsey, Drayton,
Duight. Eager, Earll, Ellsworth, q. Evans, Josh
IA Eyans. Edward Everett, Findlay, Finch, For
warJ. Fry. Gilmore Gorham, Green, Grennell,
GurIey. Halsey, Hemphill, Hodges, Holland,
HoEnan Hubbard. Hughes, Hunt. Huntington,
Ibr;e. Ingersoll, Thomas Irwin, William w. IT.
Yin. Johns. Cave Johnson, Kendall, kennon,
Sincaid. Perkins King, Adam King, Leavitt,
Iainer. Lent. Letchcr. Magce, Mallary Martin-
Jale Lewis Maxwell, McCreery. McDuffie,
NcIntire, Mercer, Miller, Mitchell, Mcneil,
uuhlenburc, Norton, Pcarce, PiersOn, Powers,
Red. Richardson, Rose, Russell, Sdndford, Scott,
William b Shepard, Aug. II, Shepherd, Shields,
sill. Speight, Ambrose Spencer, Richard Spcn-
Ger, Sprsy, Standefer, Ssrgere, Henry r. Storrs,
Vim. l.. Storrs, Strong. Sutherland, Swami,
Swift. TAYLOR, Test, ]. Thomson, Vance. Var
mum, Yerpanck, NintOn, Washington. Weeks,
Whi,,esey, G. P. White, Edward ID. White,
Williams, Wilson, Wingate, YOung-lS7.
NAYS-Messrs. Alexander. Allen. Aston.
ANGEL Barnwell, Bell, James Blair. Bouldin,
Ca1brslens, Campbeii, Chandler, Clalborn, Clay
Coleman, Conner, Daniel, Davenport. W. r.
Dayis. De,ha. Draper, Foster, Gather, Gordon,
Hall. Harvey, Haynes, Kinds, Jarvis, Richard
" Johnson, Lemar, Lecompte, Lewis, Loyal,
iumpk,n. LYON, Martha, Thomas Maxwell, Nc
Gov, NucknIs, OyertOn, Patton, Pettis, Polk,
Potter. Roane, Wiley Thompson, Trezvant, Tuck
rr, WrkliHee, Wild, Yancy-5l.
So The bill ,rGS REJECTED.
After taking the question, MIR Ramsay stat
ed that he had been necessarily detained ON pup
lie business at the Department.; he said he had
entered the hall while the list calling, but
after his name had been passed. lie was desirous
,or.cord his name. and asked the unanimous
consent of the House TO do SO; but Vt was OBJ
ected TO. Mr.. r. then moved for the suspension
ei;he rule Of the House. 50 that he might record
/ lis name; but two thirds Of the members not ris-
Hsin the affirmative, the motion did not prevail.
1t understood that Mr.. r. would have voted in
he Affirmative.
ANsS
The Julicia. Our readers will perceive IA
arse portion Of them we are persuaded, with
great satisfactionl that the House of Representa-
lives promptly met and decisively settled the
question of the proposed repeal Of the s5th sec
ton Of the venerable act Of Congress, commonly
known by the name of the Judiciary Act. From
the report and counter report upon this subject,
those who have perused or may peruse them, will
understand the question as fully as if they had
heard or read months debate upon it. To an
nounce the question IN few words. it was upon
aprOpOsltiOn to repeal, as being ,nsconstitutiona
after more than forty years action under it
That part Of the Judiciary act extending the ju
rsdic6On of the Supreme Court of the United
States over final decisions in State Courts which
1mPusn the validity Of any laws OF treaties OF TIT
United States. A bill was reported by the judi
dary Committee, -four against three in Commit
tee, to repeal the section comforting or rather re
guatlng the mode of exercising this jurisdiction
lhis bill was as matter OF course read mrs
tine, and as a matter of course, also, woul'l hav
received its second reading, but for the ooJet
uon made TO its second reading by Mr.. Dodd
ridge, of Virginia, who excepted to 1t on IN