Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1836-12-15

act froI;: am obligation TO return the saGe.
The resolution being then read,
Mr.. Mercer mnvrd postpone the consideration Of
the resolution ILL Wednesday week next.
Mr.. Dunlap remarked:
MIR. Speaker: | opposed 10 lie gsntemans reso-
luton being made The special order of this House The
resolution Involves very important question, to vi! {:
The power OF Congress 10 distribute the surplus revenue.
This important constitutional question was avoided at
tie last session, and 1t is intended t be brought up
tie exclusion Of ell other business. The States have
the money, and may do what they please with il, and
wish the discussion of this subject 10 b. postponed uni:
long session OF Congress- This will be very short
session. aud should be business session. The Tcnnes
luud bill, in which my constituents Immediately
Interested has heretofore been postponed Tor the want Of
time. much having been spent in tic discussion OF i'm
pDfant political questions | would be doing IN Justice
liz" interest o my constituents, # did agree that
this important question should he taken UP to c excu
81 utr business. Sir, this question alone would
occupy weeks IN It's discussion an other measures must
be made 10 give way 10 1t, when Legislative action
bc lad on 1t tins scsslDI.
am opposed to all unnecessary discussion this
si0n and desire that the business of the American
people should BE- attended to- therefore that the
resolution be laid OH the table.
Mr. Mercer asked for the yeas and nays which were
ordered, and were: yeas l2G, nays -, us follows:
Yeas Mrss-s. John Q Adams, anthony, Ash, Bar
ton, Bcae, Beaumont, Black, Boon, Borden, Bouldn,
i wee, Briggs, Brown, Cainbrcieng, Campbell, Carr,
Clancy Chapman. Chaplin. J. F. H. Claiborne, Ccvc.
land, Coles. Craig, eastman, Davis, Doubleday, Drom-
gooc, Dunlap, Elmer Fairfield, Fowler, Fry, Fuller,
GalbTailh, Garland, G=t, Glascock, Granger, Grant
land, Grayson, Grcnnel, Griffin, Haley, H. Hall Hamer,
~. &. Harrison, Hawkins, Haynes, Henderson, HES
ter, Hoar. l" Hopkins, tlubley. Huntington hunts
man. lngham Jabez Jackson, Jarvis, Joseph Johnson,
Cave Johnson, John W. Jones' benjamin Jones, Kill,
gore, Kingensmith, Lansing, Laapofle, LAWYER. Law
renee, G. Lee, Lee, T. Lee, Leonard, Lewis, Lin
coln Logan, Loyal. Lucas, Lyon, Abijah Mann Job
Mann, Joshua L. hTann, William Mason, Moses Mason,
Mckay, Mckim, McLene,. Morgan, Muhenbers,
Owens, Page. Parker, Parks, Patterson, Patton Frank
lin Pierce, Dace j. Pearce, Phelps, Pickens, Pinckncy,
John Reynolds, Joseph Reynolds, Ripley, Robertson
Russell, Sch=nck, Seymour, Shields. Shnn, SickIes,
Smith, srayoI, Thomas Ih9msTa TouGsy, THRILL:
Weeks; Elisha Whillesey, Thomas T. Whittlesey, and
Ye-l26.
.Sags-Messrs. Chiffon Allan, Heman Allen. Bailey,
Bell. Bond, Buchanan, Bunch, John Calhoon, William
3; Calhoun, Garter, Casey, George Chambers, John
Cha'n3ers, Chlds, Nath f. Claiborne. Clark, Conner,
Corwin, Crane, Darlington 'Deberry, Denny, Evans,
Everett French Rice Garland, Graham, Graves Joseph
Hail. flanagan, Hardin, Harlan, Harper Halves, Ha-
zeltine Howell ngersol James, Jsniter, Henry john
son, Lane, Luke Lea, Love, S Masun Maury, McCar