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

Mr. Fairfield presented the petition of l72 ladies
siding in his district praying the abolition OF slavery in
the District of Columbia and moved that it be referred
to the Committee the District of Columbia. In pre-
senting this petition Mr. f. remarked, that he did
desire To be understood favoring the views VI the
titioncrs.
Mr. Cramer moved to lay the petition the table,
Mr.. Fairfield presented similar petition from l72
gentlemen residing in his district, which lie moved TO
lay the table.
Mr.. j. Y. Mason of Virginia. remarked that in order
to obtain distinct expression of the House this sub
Ject he would move that the question laying this pc
ttion the table, be taken by yeas and nays Ordered
Mr.. Boon called for the reading of the memorial which
was done accordingly.
Mr.. Slade then moved that the memorial be printed
Mr. Williams of North Carolina, called for division
OF the question to print and lay the table.
MIR Mason, of Virginia, asked for the yeas aud nays
on the motion TO print, which also ordered.
The question was then taken the motion lay the
memorial on the table, and decided in the affirmative
yeas $50, nays 81, as follows:
feas.-Messrs Is. Allan, Anthony, Ash, Ashley, Bal
ley, Barton, Beae, Bean, Beardsey, Beaumont, Bell
Bockee, Bond, Boon, Bouldn Bovee, Boyd, Brown
Buchanan, Bunch, Burns, J. Calhoon Can,breeng
Campbell, Carr, Carter, Casey G.. Chambers j. Cham.
bers, CLANCY, Chapman, Chaplin, Claiborne, Coffee,
Coles, Connor Corwn, Craig, Cramer, Crane, Cush-
goole Dunlap, Elmer, Everett, Fairfield Farin, Fores-
ter, Fowler, French, Fry, Fuller, W. X Fuller, Gal
braitl J. Garland r. Garland, Gilet, GascOck, Ora
ham, Granger, Grantland, Graves, Groyson, Griffin,
Haley, J. Hail. Hammond, flanagan, Hard Hardin
Harlan, Harrison, A. G. HARRISON Hawes Hawkins,
Haynes, Hoar, Hopkins, Howard, Howell, Hunt, Hunt
ington, Hunsman, lngersoll, Ingham j. Jackson Jar
Wis, J. Johnson, r. NJ. johnson, c. Johnson, H. John.
son, j. w Jones, Judson b. Jones, Kennon, Kilgore,
renee, Lay, G. Lee Lee, Lea, Leonard Lincoln, Lo-
gan, Loyal, Lucas Lyon, A. Mann, jr., J. Mann, Mar
tin, J. Y. Mason, w. Mason, M. Mason it, s. Mason
Maury, May, Mccomas, Mckay, McKeon, McKm, Mer,
Ger, Miligan, Morgan, Muhenberg, Ovens Page Parks
Paterson Pierce, j. A. Pesrce, Pettigrew, Phelps,
Joseph Reynolds Ripley, Roane, Robertson, Seymour.
Shepard, shepperd, Shields, Shnn, sickles, Spanger
Steele, Storer, Sutherland, Taaferro, Taylor Thomas
j. Thomson. w Thompsun roucev
Turrll Underwood, Vanderpoel, Vinton, WAGNER
Ward, Webster, Weeks, White, l.. Williams, s. vii
.Nays.-Messrs. j. @. Adams, H. Allen Banks, Bor.
den, Briggs, w. B. Calhoun, Clark, Cushing Darling
tine, Henderson, Hester, Hubley, W. Jackson, James,
Laporte, Love- Morris, Parker, D. ]. Pearce d. Potts
jr, Russell, Slade, Sloane, Sprague, Wardwe Whit
So the memorial was laid on the table
Mr. Sade said, he had asked for the printing Of the
men who had voted TO lay it the table, were favor
ably inclined in regard to the subject it prayed for
and were not perhaps, distinctly aware of its object
ter had been presented to Congress for long time
The subject was confessedly of great Importance
OF great national Importance and one in regard 10
ever might be the prejudccs Of gentlemen, they
ought to desire TO be informed, and to act under
sandingy He 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 TO be the character of the memoraiss them
but he knew them to belong a portion of country as
much enlightened and well informed in regard to the
character of human rights, and the extent of rights
that belong TO the freemen of this country and the
several States, as any portion of the community
They were people who well understood their con-
sututfona rights any other If they of the same
stamp as those from whom he would have 10 present
similar memorials He knew the personal characters
and respecabity of those people, and when thew pre-
scented their memorial to this House, they were en-.
titled, matter of common courtesy, to n respect.
iui hearing and, he would add as a matter OF
common right, and common courtesy that their memoir.
ais should be printed for the information of the
bers OF the House He further begged permission to
that there was less connection between these memorials
for the abolition of slavery in the District of Columbia
and the general efforts making this time press up
on the South the Importance of immediate abolition
than generally imagined. He knew the former ne
tons to be signed by great number of gentlemen of
the highest respectabity, who did not belong to the
Abolition Society, who never did belong, and probably
would belong TO that society; but who at the same
time. felt deeply impressed with the conviction that
Congress had the right legslate upon this subject
within the District of Columbia, and to blot the foul
stain OF the slave trade within the District. There
vast numbers who did belong Abolition So
ciey but who came there with their earnest petitions
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 mere motion to print.
Mr. Slade would conclude by calling the attention of
the House to one fact Ii would be remembered that
long ago as 1928 memorial of precisely the char
acter with this, presented from the District itself
signed by about 100 citizens of the District MANY OF
whom he personally knew, and who would accus-
Gu oi iahauclsnl aHu year ago, upon the motion OF n
respectable member from New Hampshire now in ano-
ther branch of this Legislature (Mr Hubbard0 that pc
tition called and ordered to be printed Now if
any gentleman would take the pains to examine it, they
would find stronger language in that petition, and that
the mcmorialists took stronger ground than taken
the memorial then beor the House. and he thought this
fact might be urged in favor of the application that this
memorial should DE printed
MIR. Vanderpoe remarked that inasmuch as the memo
rial had been audbly read by the Clerk and the con-
tents of it well understood by every member
OF the HOUSE, and the motion 10 print was debatabe
and the debate now commenced very Improbable
end would in all probability if arrested consume the
bic: and upon that motion he called the yeas and nays
which ordered by the House
The question then taken, and decided as follows
yeas 16S nays so.
Yeds-Messrs. Chiffon Allan, Anthony Ash Ashley
Bailey, Barton, j. NJ. II. Beae, Bean Beardsey Beau.
Brown, buchanan, Bunch, Burns Calhoon Cambrelenq,
Campbell, Carr, Casey, Chambers, CLANCY, Chapman
Chaplin, Claiborne Cleveland, Coffee, Coles Connor
Craig, Cramer, Crane, Cushman, Davis Deberry Dick.
eIson, doubleday DTomgoole, Dunlap Elmer, Fairfield
faTlln Forester French, Fry, Philo G. Fuller William
ham, Grentland Graves Grayson, Griffin, Haley J.
Hall, Hamer Hammond flanagan, Hardin Harlan A
e. HARRISON HaWes, Hawkins, Haynes, Hopkins How
ard, Howell, Huntington, Huntsman Ingham, j. Jack
son, Jarvis J. Johnson, X. M. Johnson g. Johnson II
Johnson,J w jones' b. Jones, Judson, Kennon Xii.
LAWYER, G. Lee, J. Lee, Lea Leonard Logan Loyall
Lucas, Lyon, A Mann, J. Mann, Martin, J. Y Mason
w. Mason, NJ. Mason, S. Mason, Maurv Nav hIcC,o,
mas, Mckay, McKeon, McKim, McLenc, Mercer Mont
gomefy, MuhlenbeTg, Owens, Page, Parks, Patterson
Patton, Pierce, }. a. Pearce, Pettigew Phelps Pick
Roane, Robertson, Rogers Schenck Seymour Shepard
Shepherd, Shields, SEipn. Sckles Smith Spapoler