Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1835-03-05


relations Of the couatry, ana indirectly involved tie APP
proprieiicn of vast sums OF npncy:-a question which
Touched tie revenue Si,,nld the itDus' determine other
wise, he should indeed ic amazed. There was not the
least danger Tia; ;hs sa!jcet would r crive tc action of
the House. whatever .night bca 'ue ofothcrs. which. un.
less this dghnte sh"uli sp'cd',y be- Brought I, a close.
must IN al preb-h4i: * lpst llr this scss4on, il not for
ever.
Mr.. Wilde demanded the yeas and NAYS ON Mr..
Beardsley 5 amendment - strike uut the reference t, a
Committee of the Who'll, aal iii.y were ordered bv the
House.
The question being put, the vote was rcportcd-Ycas
LIP, Nays 10.
50 it appeared that the amendment was agreed TO.
The resolution rs amended was thea agreed To.
But MIR. Miner, OF CONNECTICUT, stated that there had
been an error in recording his vote; he had voted in the
negative ON the amendment, and his name had been re-
corded rs IN the affirmative.
MIR; Briggs thereupon moved that the record be cor
rected.
Nh. Anthony said, that the names had been called
over, and If any mistake had occurred, il should have been
corrected immediately; a vote had b.en taken since, and
II was now too late.
MIR. Miner again declared that he had voted in the
negative.
MIR. Gamble, of Georgia, said that examples were on
record where the journal had been corrected in such n
case, even on the day following.
MI. Wise protested against any questions being put
lie INSISTED ON the right of the membcr TO have his vote
correctly recorded, whether the House gave leave or re-
iusedl otherwise, a man would virtually be compelled
to vote contrary TO his OWE will.
MIR. Barringer demonstrated with warmth apainst bov.
ing any question made in the case. What would be the
condition of the Diouse could such a precedent he cs-
oiAHhN IL Npul0 put inc vote OF every member OF the
iouse ut the mercy OF the Clerk, or of a majority. He
had not the/east idea of any improper conduct bv the
Clerk IN this case, and hoped that officer would not SO
understand him; but he protested against the precedent.
IL was The right Of every member 10 have his vote record
cd as he had given it. and I was the duty of the Speaker
TO see that the Journal was correctly kept. lie protest.
ed against any questions being put TO the House.
The Journal was corrected by universal assent. with
out any formal vote; when the votes being summed up
more dcL0erately, the result appeared to be-Ycas no.
Nays Ill.
SO the amendment of Mr.. BcardsIcy was not agreed to.
And 1t was agreed that the vote which had Followed
.me erroneous proclamation OF the former decision, wiz.
that ogreeing to Mr.. Coulter's motion as supposed TO
have been amended should be considered as a nullitv.
having been founded in a mistake.
The question therefore now recurrcd on ngrecinr to
the resolution of MIR. Coulter, to commit.
MIR; Lytie moved to reconsider the vote rejecting Mr..
Beardsley $ amendment.
onthis motion MIR. Beardsey demanded the Yeas and
Nays. which were ordered.
MIR. Evans, after some remarks on the tenacitv of NON.
temen IN refusing a Committee of the Whole on So iin-
portanta measure, moved TO lay Mr.. Lytle's motion up
on the table.
Mr.. Mercer ~cnquired whether that would not. if adopt
ed, dispose of the whole subject.
Mr.. Evans withdrew his motion.
The question of reconsideration was thercupon mt
Ill, nays lib.
So the House refused TO reconsider.
MIR. Clay inquired whether, should the resolution Of
MIR. Coulter be laid upon the table. the rep,r,s of ,hr
majority and minority of the Committee on Foreign AZ
fairs would not come up tomorrow morn;no. as he mn.
finished business, and take precedence of ali other bnsi.
ness unfinished? ~
The Chair replied in the affirmative.
MIR. Clay, after some remarks ia opposition to a com.
mitment OF the subject to the Committee of The Whole.
ana the necessity OF retaining it within the power of the
House, moved TO lay EIr. Coultcr's resolution ON tu.
dcred. ""' "e'o
Hir. =; Everett inquired whether this would not dispose
Of the whole subject
The Chair replied that il would preyent INV rc.ol,,,;or
ola similar kind from being made.
Alter some conversation on the point ef order.
hlr. CLAW withdrew his motion and "a. -
thcr remarks against the commitment. resumed his seat
mr. feed said, he would hazard the assertion. that no
SUBJECT OF so grave Importance, as that now presented 10
se rouse mad ever taken any other course than a re-
terence TO a Committee of the Whole House. WHY
should this? Because some gentlemen were in Il great
hurry ior The passage OF bills OF far less moment. They
ie1fea mat, II the subject once got into Committee of the
whole, 1T would be too much discussed. But was there
no danger, on the other side. that if ii didnot co 10 Gu.
nhuee IL would not be enough discusscd9 He hoped n
subject ofsuch vast importance would be maturcIy con.
sidered and thoroughly investigated. No gentleman. he
trusted, had u wish TO prevent action of the House even
mn were inhis power but it would not be. The Com
nittee could at any time be discharged, and the House
take the subject into its own hands.
Mr.. Speight reminded Mr.. Reed of the cases of The
force Eiiiand the bill to rc-chartcr tc Bank Of the Uni
ted States, neither of which was allowed to go TO a Com
mlttee of the Whole. MIR. S. felt very indItferent how.
ever, whether the subject was committed or no: he had
no idea that any thing would be done at this session. which
would affect the national character either one way or
the other. ' "
Mir. Reed said that those were bills of far loss consc-
quence than the subjects now pending.
va DeafdSlcy moved a call of the House:
But it was refused.
The question being then put on Mr., Coulter's resoI,.
u0h, 70 commit the message, papers, and resolution 10
The Committee OF the Whole on the state of the Union
and considering it at II o'clock Tomorrow, it was CARR.
ed: Yeas JIG, Nays l07.
SO the resolution was agreed TO.
Alter a Struggle respecting the precedence of bust
ness, the rule setting apart Friday for private bills was
suspended.
MI. Giimer moved to postpone all the orders, and pro.
ceed TO consider the resolutions moved by him respect
ing an amendment of the Constitution on the election
Yeas 90, Nays 1O4.
Sundry bills upon tieir third reading were read a third
time and passed. Among these were, a bill! 70 orranize
Fire Companies in the district; n bill concerning the Or
phan Court, a bill extending the term for criminal eau
ses IN the Circuit Court; q bill to extend the charter of
the Alexandra Fire Company; and TO punish dcpreda.
uons on the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal.
On the harbor bill. Mr.. II. Everett demanded the Yeas
and nays, which were ordered, and icing taken. resulted
as follows: Yeas 100, Nays G5.
The bill to establish a Surveyor GcneraIs Office in IL
linols, was amended, on motion of hr. Kinnard, by es-
tablishing u similar Office in Indiana.
The bill was then read a third tine aud passed.
The amendments reported from the Committee of the
Whole to the Indian AnDnitics bill, were concurrcd In.
ana the bill was read a third time and passed.
Friday, Fc5ruarg2 q.
IN SENATE.
Nh. Ewing rose and said, that at the last session. his
colleague Mr.. Norris presented to the Senate certain
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