Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1836-02-15

the People. refused or iorhore 10 answer 10 ihclf
+ names. Your journal " u slow that motion aitri
motion was made 10 ascertain there WIS que
run, Journal viii show that ono oi ,hc mem
bers of this House, Mr.. GIinER,) upona caii Of
the yeas and NAYS. declined 10 answer upon te
ground that the House was not IN existence. and
Your records viii show thai no motion vas made
10 resort to Inc rule, OF the House in order to conn
pei him To vote.
SIR, must say. in candor, that was not on"
who believed thai tie powers al Tins House espi-
red at midnight | held different opinion, and
then expressed IT, More than iva hosrs after the
hour oil midnight | here stated ihat, in nv opinion,
the two wears duration of Congress and the four
wears duration oil the office OF President Il the
United States were from thn time OF the
DAY 1T which The President OF the United
States VAS madgurdtcd, and the TIM" at
which the House irst commenced liz "perdtion'-
nv the hour OF noon on the iih of March THIS,
| belize, is int term of two wears but II IS con-
,iiiuliona question: and II i, not ion me 10 lnIec
Of Tho motives Of others no Ionsly heoN-
cd hat, siier midnight thev no longer lold IN
their bands the trust which had been committed 20
them This was the case with MANY oi the m"u-
hcr,, and. as proof Of II, refer 10 vote taken
lew moments before II, want Of a quorum Wa
discovered Upon the last bill which had passed,
(hc Cumberland Road bin The question Wa ,a-
ken hy yeas and nays, and there appeared ninety
four members voting IN ihc affirmative, aud cirhth
III the negative, making total al On, hun
bred and >escItN-iour Vote. One hundred and
iwcldy-ons members constitute majority Il tins
House aud ~, ihI> III sndicatian OF lilN House
upon one ot the charges To which II has bren*Ht=
Icrrrd--of ner lipcncc 10 do business 10 such de
rrcc ~ not 10 lave quorum. Within ten mi
nurcs Of the dissolution ct lhis House iG're were
one hundred and seventy four members vori:e, aud
the want OF a quorum was not III consequence oil
members moi beng here, buthccouac thes then con-
Seicnliou>lY beloved They ~ longer lad right To
act rs the representatives OF tie p"cIle. lie te-
collected the particular instance of an honorable
member from Georgia, aman aS able, conscltnlon>,
upraht aud intelligent as any member oil thu
House or the present who being called upon, re-
ius cd 10 answer. and cave a reason iurrcluNln"
10 answcr that hc was no lonerr representative
Of the People, an when tie vote was taken, liz
left his cat aud went on, of that door, IL N which
Inc never returned. | speak of Mr.. GIlniJs, Of
Georgia Al the time then vixen ti,etc appeared an
absence OF quorum, II was rot that there "aa not
an am,,> sufficient number OF membcislu vote 50
long they thought II hcil right 10 vote bat irrni
tic conc cniious eouy letinn OF so large nnnh.l
=, reduced ihc remainder 10 less than a quorum,
hat ihrN had ro lureer a rirht 10 Vote, because,
II thu very ucN calling al the Yeas and nays, tle
whole numher that Appeared To answer To mon
names vas otc hundred aud thirteen, tcng sixty
az seventy name, less dian the pre,iou, Vote lad
shown.
Slr, after tia, took place, the committee of COM
ference returned from the Senate to this House.
w rcpoi; VA, made upon tic conference TO tins
House. and Tic rea>on a,,ifncd by tn chairman
81 l1o committee Wis fhat there was no House.
The yeas aHd uaNN wrfe called and it appeared