Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1835-12-19

z;dn9 in his district praying the aooltlon o.
the District of Columbia and moVe1 l ih I mo- |
.ne Snittce on the District OF COLUMBIA. In pre-
TO the Coli ,;,;on Mr. F remarked, that he did moi
senng 'a, ncrstood as iavoring the views OF the Pc
titioners. L., .ho ,ctition on the table.
VIII" Mr E,i,fed presented similar petition from i.S
M, s;dirp in his district, which he moved 10
lay The table W. ror,,rked that in order
t,,;n distinct expression Of the House on this sup
;c, hr would move that the question on uY'hg th's
i};,;on On the table be taken by yeas anu nays
Mr. Boon called for the reading OF the memorial "hi'"
was done accordingly .,o,,o,;,I he nr;nted
A. Williams of North Carolina, called Tor DIVISION
of tho question TO print and lay on the l'pe.
Mr. Mason, of Virginia. asked tor the yeas ana nays
on the motion to print wnSn "e.' tho ro,on to Inv the
on the table, and decided in the Affirmative
yeas lS0 nays 81 as follows: Asb sb,ay Raj.
Teas1Mcssrs b. Allan, Anthony ASH, Asney' PAL pa,
H., R,r,on Brale. Bean, Beardsley, beaumont, Bell
ey, Rand loon. Bouldin, Bovee, Boyd, Brown,
puchon,n, Bunch Burns, J. Cahoon, CambrsIeng'
Camnbeu, Carr Carter, Casey, G. Champers, o. man
Snrs Chaney. Chapman, Chaplin, Cia'oo.ne, Gomez
Coles ConnoT Corw'ni ICE Doubleday Drom
man, G 4npI,n Elmer Everett, Farfeld FaTn, FoIes
gov ERowIer, French Fry Fuller, w. \; Fuller Cal
brat, j. Garland, r. Garland, GlIGt uiasc0'S, Gia
I GRANGER. Granand, Graves, Grayson, Grimm
h ham, 0Ja"Ft aI Hammond, lame Hard Hardin
Haey J. u, ,,Is A. G. Harrison, Iawes, Hawkins,
ua loar Hopkins, Howard, Howell! Hunt Hunt
;n',on Tunsman, lngersoll, lngham J. Jackson Jar
Wis, Johnson R. NJ Johnson oo NJ 'I Kennon, Ksore,
f?", Klngcnsmh Lane: Lansing LAWYER Law.
""o Inv c. Lee. j. Lee, Lea Leonard, Lincoln, 10.
r,m ow3 Lucas, Lyon a. Mann jr }: mann, MoI'
n + Mason w. MaSon NJ u M;s1n MeRim Mer
cer Sican, Morgan Muhcnberg, Ovens rage p raISs
p,,,nrs"n F Piece j. A. Pearce, PcttigrcW, rhc,rs'
Prs R RG Roane Robertson Seymour
Shrpard Shepherd Shields shinn, Scklcs spanger,
steele. S,orcr Sutherland, Taliatrrro, ayor, Thomas
]. Thomson w. Thompson, Touccy, Towns, Turner
Turrill, Underwood FandsrpoeI 'niDn, "SsGH W
liams, Wisc-lS0.
.Tnw-Ncssrs J. @. Adams, H. Allen, Banks, Bor'
dcn Briggs, w. B. Calhoun, Clark, Cushlng D1IlnG'
ton, Evans 6. Grcnnell jr, H. Hall, Harper, Hazel
tine, Henderson, Heis,eT Hubey' SacSs0H J p.,s
IT,, Russell, Sadc, Sloane, Spraguc, WardweE' WHIT
tlcsey-3l.
Mr. Sade said, he had asked for the printing OF The
men who had voted to lay on The table, were favor
ably inclined in regard to the subject it prayed for
and were not perhaps, distinctly aware OF ITS object
1t was we'll known that memorials OF the same carac-
ter had been presented to Congress Tor long time
The subject was one concssedly of great importance
of great national Importance and one in regard to
which, whatever nigh be the feelings, or what
ever might be the prcudiccs OF gentlemen, they
ought to desire to be informed, and To act UNDER
s,andingy lie thought therefore, in reference to the
importance of the question, the memorial should be
printed and he also thought in reference TO what he
understood be the character OF the memoalsts them
selves. He not acquainted with them personally
I'm, he knew them belong to portion OF country rs
much enlightened and well informed in regard TO the
character Of human ghts and the extent OF rights
that belong to the freemen of this country, and the
several States, any portion OF the community
They were people who we'll understood their con-
sttuona rights as any other if they of the same
stamp as those from whom he would have TO present
similar memorials. He knew the personal characters
and Responsibility Of those people, and when they pre-
sented their memorial TO this House, they were en-
titled as matter of common courtesy, to a respect.
ful hearing; and, lie would add, as matter OF
common right, and common courtesy that their neInori'
ais should be printed for tho information OF the men,
hers Of the House. He further begged permission to say
iat there was less connection between these memorials
for the abolition of slavery in the District OF Columbia
and the general efforts making at this time to piess up
on the South the importance OF immediate abolition,
than was generally imagined. He knew the former pc.
tions To ne signed by great number OF gentlemen OF
the highest Responsibility, who did not belong 10 ie
Abolition Society, who never did belong; ana PROBABLY
never would belong to that society," but VINO, at !he SAINT
lime felt deeply Impressed with the conVction, mat
Congress- had the right to legsate upon this SUBJECT,
within the District OF Culunba and to Bin" out the Ioui
s,, Of the slave trade within the District There were
vas, numbers who did belong to the Abolition DO
cicy but who there with their earnest petltohS 10
abolish the slave trade within the District.
The Speaker reminded the gentleman from Vermont
that the merits Of the question could not be gone into,
upon Il mere motion To PRINT. 49,
MIR SIade would conclude, by calling the attention OF
the House to one fact 1t would be remembered that as
LONG AGO as 1925 memorial of precisely the same char.
acer with this, was presented from inc Dstrlct lls,
sirncd bv about 100 citizens OF the District many OF
whom he personally knew, and who would not be accus-
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rcspectabe member from New Hampshire now IN anc-
Their branch of this Legislature, Nlr HubOard That pc.
on was called up and ordered to he printed. NOW, II
anv gentleman would take the pains TO examine 1t, they
would find stronger language in that petition and that
the mcmoalists took stronger ground than was taken IN
the memorial then hcfor the House, and he thought this
fact g be urged in favor of the application that this
memorial should he printed.
Mr. Vandcrpocl remarked that inasmuch as the memo
rial had hcen audbly read by the Clerk and the con.
tents of il well understood by every member
of the House. and the motion TO print was dcbaablc
and the debate now commenced very Improbable.
and would in all probability, if arrested the
day he would move lay the motion to print on the Ia
bc and upon that motion lie called the yeas and nays
which were ordered by the House.
The question was then taken; and decided as fellows
yeas lGS, nays 80.
lcas-Mcssrs Chiffon Allan Anthony, Ash Ashley,
Bailey, Barton: J. NJ H. Bralc Bean, Bcardsley, Beau
mont Bell Boclcc, Bond, Boon, Boudin, Boree, Boyd
Brown. Buchanan Bunch, Burns. Calhoon, Canlbrceng
Campbell, Carr, Casey Chambers, CLANCY, Chapman
Chaplin, Claiborne. Cleveland, Coffee, Coles Conner
Craig Crancr, Crane Cushman Davis, Debcrry, Dick
crson, Doubleday, Dromgoolc, Dunlap, Efner Fairfield
Farin, Forester, French, Fry. Pho G. Fuller, William
X Fuller j. Garland Garland, Gillett, Glascock Ora
ham, Grantand, Graves, Grayson, Griffin, Haley, ).
Hail. lIamcr Hammond, Hannegan, Hardin, Harlan,
G. Harrison, Hawcs, Hawkins Haynes, Hopkins, How
ard, Howell, Huntington, Hnnslran, lngham, j. Jack
son. Jarvis, j. Johnson Il. NJ. Johnson. C. johnson, Il
Johnson, J. w. Jones. b. Jones, Judson, Kcnnon, Kill
gore, Kinnard, Kingensmith, Lane, Lansing, LaPoTte
Lawler, e. Lee, J. Lee, Lea, Leonard, Logan, Loyal
Lucas, Lyon A. Mann, J. Mann, Martin, J. Y. Mason
w. Mason, NJ. Mason. S. Mason, Maury May, McCo.
mas, Mckay. McKeon, McKm, NJ cLenc Mercer, Mont:
gomery, Muhlenberg, Owens, Page, Parks, Patterson
Patton; Pierce J. A. Pcace Pcltgrew, Phelps, Pick
ems, Pinckney, John Reynolds, Joseph Reynolds Ripley