Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1832-06-06
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MONDAY, June 4.


mittee of the Whole in their several amend
ments 1t was then ordered that the question
be taken ON the amendments separately.
After some minor questions, Mr.. BIB moved
to strike out, IN the fifth amendment Of the Com
mittee of the Whole, all the words concerning
the bonus, and to substitute a provision that the
interest on all discounts and loans by the Bank
shall be limited 10 five per cent. Some discus
sion took place on the subject, in which MIR.
Bib, Mr. Ewing, Mr.. Clay, Mr.. Mangum. Mr..
Webster, MIR Smith, Mr. Knight. Mr.. FreIng.
huysen, Mr.. Buckner, and Mr.. White partcl
pated. Before the discussion closed,
The Senate adjourned.
In the House of Representatives, the House
assembled at ten o'clock, in pursuance of the re-
solution adopted on Saturday There was a
very slight attendance Of the Members. MIR.
Mccoy was induced to move call of the House.
The motion not being sscOnded-Yeas %, Nays
So
Mr.. Mccoy said he did not wish to be sitting
longer in the House doing nothing, and he re-
newe ed the motion for call Of the House, which
prevaiied-Yeas II, Nays 81.
After the roll was partly gone through, MI.
Clay observed. that quorum had come in; and
on his motion. the further proceeding in the call
was suspended.
After the presentation Of various petitions,
Mr. PeHdIeton resumed the course Of the re.
marks lin which he had been interrupted on
Monday last in support Of the memorial he pre-
sented on behalf of the missionaries imprisoned
in Georgia, and the resolution which he had
founded thereon, empowering the Supreme Court,
by habeas corpus, to execute its own decisions.
He made copious citations from the debates at
the time Of the adoption Of the Constitution, with
view to show that the Constitution was not to
be considered as compact between different
States, but as an enactment of the whole Peo
pe for the better administration OF their affairs;
and he concluded by offering the following reso-
luton.
RssoiUed, That the petition be referred to
Select Committee, with instructions to report
bill to provide bv law, that whenever the Su-
preme Court shall hereafter declare, any judy
ment to be erroneous, and the party convicted
shall not forthwith be set at liberty in obedience
thereto. any Judge of the Supreme Court OF the
United States, or Of District Court, shall be au.
thorized to issue an habeas corpus, to bring the
prisoner before HIM in order to his discharge;
and to repeal that part of the Judiciary Act
which requires the cause to be once remanded to
the Court below: and to require that the SUI
preme Court shall at once execute its own judg-
ment.
Mr.. Thompson, of Georgia. obtained the floor,
with the intention of replying TO the arguments
adduced in support of the foregoing resolution,
but gave way to
Mr.. Foster, who said he would not attempt to
follow the gentleman through the whole of the
argument; but there were few points TO which
he felt it his duty to reply, but for the present
he waived that intention, in favor OF Mr.. Clay,
who proposed to postpone, until Monday next,
all further proceedings on the resolution.
Mr.. Thompson said he had not yielded the
floor TO his colleague, unless from the expecta-
ton that he would then reply to the argument on
the subject; and he was proceeding with his re.
marks thereon, when
Mr. Clay claimed the floor as his right, and
then submitted bis motion.
Mr.. Bates, Of Maine, suggested the propriety
of its being postponed until the first Monday in
December next.
The motion to postpone the proceedings until
Monday next, was then put TO question, and
agreed to.
The bill from the Committee of the Whole,
providing for the Improvement oi certain harbors,
and the navigation OF certain rivers, then COM
Ing up with sundry amendments, and the qucs-
ton being on the motion made by MIR. Polk, when
the bill was last up, to strike out the enactIng
clause
Mr.. Carson opposed the bill as being an en-
tering wedge, for new expenditures, which,
when once commenced, could not be abandoned.
He adverted to the large amount appropriated
by the former bill, which had passed this session.
for objects Of the same kind, which he pronoun
ced to be an imposition upon the American PEG.
pie.
MIR. Vinton commented on this expression,
and
Mr.. Taylor, Of New York made some remarks
going to shew that it was wholly unmerited; he
opposed the motion to strike out. and stated the
valuable effect which would result from the &C
compiishment of such of the objects contained in
the bill as related to his own State.
NJ. Polk farther insisted on his motion, and
remarked especially on the manner in which
some amendments, had been introduced into the
BILL
Mr.. Evans, Of Name, replied to some Of the
remarks Of Mr.. Carson, on improvements in
Kennebunk and Kennebeck rivers, and explain
ed their hecessity.
Mr.. Duncan considered the motion as going