Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1835-03-10
VOTES UPON THE FRENCH QUESTION.
In tic House of Representatires

The House of Representatives sat- on Monday night
(hlarch 2) till midnight having commenced its sitting
at 10 o'clock in the morning The whole time was oc,
cuped in arduous debate the question of our FOREIGN
lteations in which number of Members engaged-
we have only time and means, at this moment TO
make the following statement of the results of the whole
proceedings.
The following, gentlemen (afler Mr. Robertson, who
was the last Speaker reported in ast) took par in
the Debate and Proceedings that evening Mr. Bnney
Mr Sehey, Mr. Gorhan Mr. Mason OF Va Mr. Wat
nmongh. Mr.. Be1rdsley, Mr. Briggs, Mr. Wise, Mr. Cam
MIR. Archer, MIR. Hawes Mr. Jones
me hrst question taken was upon motion made by
Mr. Cahbreeng TO discharge the Committee of the
Whole on the state of the Union from the farther cons
deraon of the whole subject order to bring il direct
ly under the action of the House on which tho YooS
were lO4, the Nays 50
The subject being thus before the House the question
required ON the following Resolutions, moved on The
9Th February by Mr.. J. a Adams viz:
Resered That the rights of citizens of the United
States to indemnity from the Government of France.
stipulated by the treaty, concluded Paris on the Attn
doned Impaired by any consent or acaescence of t
Government of the United States
< ReSotred, That, il it be, in the opinion of the Pre-
sident OF the United States compatible with the honor
and interest OF the United States during the interval n
I'll The next session of Congress- the nepota
tons between the United States and France he be re-
questcd to do.
B. Resolred, That no Legislative measure of hostile
character tendency towards the French nation 10 NO
cessaryor expedient at this time.
Mr. Archer moved TO amend these Resolutions by
striking out the whole of the Resolutions after the word
|
That IN the just expectation that the Government IF
France will have made, will make provision for car
rying into full effect the Treaty with that Government
OF the 4th OF July, 1881, STIMULATING indemnity for
claims of our citizens which this Nation is bound 10
require therefore, this House deems it to
adopt any measure lii relation to that subject
Mr. Watmough, at this stage of the proceedings
moved to lay the whole subject the table; which mo-
ton was negatved by yeas and nays Yeas AZ, Nays 1917
The question was then taken agreeing TO the
amendment moved by Mr. Archer las 9boye5 aud de-
cided by the following vote:
ieas-Messrs. Heman Allen, Chiffon Allan, Archer,
Ashley, Barber, Barrngcr Bates Bay lies Bell Binnev
Campbell, Chambers, Chiffon, Claiborne VIM CLARK
Clayton, Clowney, Corwin, Crockett, Amos Davis Da.
yenport, Deberry, Dickson, Evans H. Everett Folder
! Gamble, Gilmcr, Gordon, Gorham, Grayson C;reunell
Griffin Hilond Hall, Hardin, Hazcne William Jack.
son, Ebenezer Jackson, James, King, Letcher Lewis
Lincoln, Martindale, Marshall McComas Mercer Mil
gan, Miner, Murphy, Phillips, Pckens Pnckney Potts
Ramsay, Reed, Rcncher Robertson, VIM b. Shepard
| Watmough Elisha Whittlesey, Wilde, Williams, Wise
.Noys---Mcssrs J. G. Adams, John Adams, John
Allen, William Allen, Anthony, Banks Barnitz IIeale
Bean Beardsey, Blair, Bockce, Boon. Boudin BRIGGS
| Brown, Bull, Bunch, Burd, Burns Cage, Cambrclcnp
Carnichaol, Corr Casey, Chaney Chinn Samuel Clark,
Connor Coulter, Day, Denny, p. Dckergon, David w
Dickinson, Dunlap, Il. Everett Ferris Fillmore Fores-
ter, Foster Philo g. Fuller, William X. Fuller Fulton
Garland Ghoison Gilet, Graham, Thomas ii Hall
iiascy, liamer, lianncgan Hard, Joseph NJ Harper
James Harper Harrison, Hathaway Hawkins HAYES
Heath Henderson, Hester, Hubbard Huntingdon lnpe
Jarvis, Richard NJ. johnson, Noadiah Johnson. Henry
! Johnson Seaborn Jones' Kavanagh, Kilgore Kinnard
Lane lansing Laporte, Lay, Luke Lea Thomas Lee
| Love, Lucas, Lyon, Lyle, Abiiah Mann, j. X Mann
Manning, Mordis, John Y. Mason, Moses Mason NAV
McCmy, Mclntire, Mckay, McKennan, Mckim, Nc
kinley, McLcnc, McVcan, Miller, H. Mitchell Robert
| Mitchell, Moore, Morgan, Muhenburg, Osgood Parks
Parker, Patton Patterson, ID. j. Pearce, Pcyton, f.
Pierce, Person Plummer Polk, Reynolds, Schenck
Schlcy, Augustine II shepherd, Shinn Smith Spangler
| Spsght, Sandler, Stewart, Sutherland William Taylor
William L. Taylor, Francis Thomas Thomson Turner
! Turrill, Yaudefpoe Van Ioutcn, Wagner, Ward
Wardwel, Webster Whallon, White, Fred Whittlcsey
Wilson--lf3.
/ So Mr.. Archcrs amendment negatiyod.
Mr.. Adams then modified his first Resolution 80 ne TO
read as follows:
Resolrcd That in the opinion of this House the
Treaty with France Of The 9TH Of July, 1881 should
be maintained, and its execution insisted upon"
Mr. Jones Of Georgia, moved to amend the Rcsolu
ton of Mr.. adams, thus modified by substituting
therefor the following
:" RssOlrcd, That when solemn Treaty, acknowledge
ing te rights Of our citizens entered into under the
usual formalities, and with a nation protesting DO
governed by that code which prcscrbcs tho obligation
Of such instruments. have every right 90 expect the
same viii be observed in good faith; and that this
ll0sse IL officially informed The law for executing said
Tfeatyis now under consideration in the French Lc-
eslaiurc is inexpedent for the present TO legiso'e
on the subject