Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1834-02-06

onin;on of the Attorney General, (Which was
one of the accompanying documents but, al
ter suggestion as to its length, ne Withdrew MS
request. oo, ~
onnosition to the reference of the message to
the Committee Of Ways and Means, ana mao
proceeded few minutes, when
Mr.. WHITTLESEY started a question OF or
der as to the propriety of further debate, al'er
the hour for morning business had expired.
The SPEAKER decided that it was SO con-
nected with the communication received as 10
be in order, provided the merits of the supJect
matter of the communication was not entered
upon.
Mr.. WATMOUGH then moved that the mes
sage and documents be referred to the Commit
tee on the Judiciary.
Mr. Chiffon moved to postpone the whole
subject until tomorrow.
On this motion the House divided and passed
between tellers: when it was found that the Ayes
were o. the Noes 113: SO the House refused 10
postpone.
Mr.. HUBBARD commenced reply to what
had fallen from Mr.. WATMoUGH: but was cut
short by the CHAIR, as the merits were not now
before the House.
He then argued to shew the propriety Of re-
ferring the papers to the Committee of Ways
and Means, DIS all the other matters in conneX
ion with the Bank had been sent to that Com
mittee.
Mr.. BARRINGER next took the floor, and
having spoken for a short time, called for the
reading of the letter ofthe President of the Bank
to the Secretary Of the Treasury; which was
read, as were the other papers appended to the
message.
Mr.. BARRINGER then resumed, and CONT
nued to address the House for considerable
time; and he was followed by
Mr.. CLAY, Of Alabama, in reply. Both gen.
tlemen spoke with much animation, and were
of wandering into the merits of the matter of
the communication and documents Mr.. CLAY
was also called to order by Mr.. WATMoUGH
Mr.. Chiffon followed, ard he also was cal
led to order on the same ground.
Mr.. BlNNEY discussed the question of refer
ence good deal at large.
The debate was further continued by Messrs
BELL, of Tenn, WAYNE, LANE, JONES,
BEARDSLEY, and MCKINLEY.
Mr.. REED demanded the yeas and nays.
Mr.. DENNY moved Instructions to the Com
mittee of Ways and Means, to bring in a bill to
order the Bank to pay the pensioners.
Mr.. MANN, of New Y DIRK, now demanded the
previous question, and it was seconded-ayes
100.
Mr.. DENNY asked for the yeas and nays on
the previous question, and they stood as follows:
cas- 49, Nays 96.
SO the House ordered the main question to be
put.
1t was put, being on referring the papers to
the Committee Of Ways and Means, Gin prefer
ence to the Judiciary and decided by yeas and
nays as follows:
YEAS-Messrs John Adams, William Allen
Beale, Bean, Beardsley, Beaumont John Bell
James Blair, John Blair, Bodle, Boon Brown,
Bunch, Burns, Cambreleng, Carmichael, Casey,
S. Clark, Clay, Coffee, Common, Cramer, Day,
Dickerson, Dickin, ION, Dunlap, Forester, Fow-
Ter, VIM. K Fuller, Gillet, Joseph Hall, Thomas
Harper, Harrison Hathaway, Hawkins, Hawes
Heath, Henderson, Howell, Hubbard, Abel
Huntington, lnge Jarvis, r. NJ Johnston, Noa-
dah Johnson, Cave Johnson, Benjamin Jones,
Kavanagh, Kinnard Lane, Lansing, Lawrence,
Luke Lea, Thomas Lee, Leavitt Lyon, Lyle,
Abijah Mann, Joel X. Mann, Moses Mason, Nc
Intyre, McKim, Mckinley, McLene, McVean
ply, Osgood Page, Parks Patterson, Dutee J.
Pearce, Peyton, Franklin Pierce, Person, Polk
Pope, Schenk, Shinn, G. Slade, Smith, Speight
Standifer Stoddert Sutherland William Tay
Tor, Francis Thomas, J. Thomson, Turner, Tur-
rill, Vanderpoel Van Houten, Wagner, Ward
Wardwel Wayne, Webster, Whallon, G. P.
Whte-107.
NAYS-Messrs. J. @. Adams, Heman Allen,
c. Allan, Archer, Ashley Barber, Barnitz Bar
ringer, Bates, Bayies, Beatty, J. M. Bell, Bin
ney, Bockee, Boudn Briggs, Bull, Burd, Cage,
Carr, Chambers Chiffon, Choate, Claiborne,
William Clark, Clayton, CloWney, CorWln, Coul-
ter Crane, Crockett Darlington, Warren r.
Davis A. Davis Davenport, Deberry, Deming,
Denny, Dennis, Duncan, Evans, Edward Eve
rett, Horace Everett, Ewing, Fielder, Fillmore,
Foot, Foster, P. c. Fuller, Fulton, Gamble, Gill
mer Gordon, Gorham, Graham, Grayson, Gren-
nell, Griffin, HiIand Hall, Hard Hardin, James
Harper, Hazletine, Hester, Jabez w. Hunting
ton, William c.. Johnson, Seaborn Jones, La
porte Lay, Lewis, Love, Martindale, Marshall,
Mardis McComas, Mckay McKennan Mill
gan, Muhlenburg, Parker, Patton, Pinckney,
Potts, Ramsey, Reed, Rencher, schley, Selden,
William B. Shepard, Augustus H. Shepherd,
William SIade, Sloane, Spanger, Stewart, P.
Thomas, Tompkins, Tweedy, Vance, Vinton,
Watmough, Edward D. White, Elisha White
sey, Wilde, Williams, Wilson, Wise, Young
1O6.
SO the papers went to the Committee ofWays
and Means
md The adj cd