Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1837-01-26
VIRGINIA s.EIs. sLAESEsGi.
DEFERRED DEE3TE

whether The House pE3CttCSu w ''' S""'
report ut !Es lime, "f postponed 1t 70 a more convenient
Mir. MAY said he hoped !he gentleman would not press
his motion al this time. lie trusted '!'s f'P"t' "'"'u
he allowed 10 lie on the table for the present.. IN "idrf
that the business in which the pr"rl" Of The l"nl'n"h'
wealth were interested might b. transacted. Inc sno
j.ct of Federal relations had frequently engrnsSP" d ufS
uuuorli,uule space Of tie tinc at IN" Legislature. III
early nurt Of the session, he thought, should lie 0tFm''"
to ,i.,sc measures in which the public mud an lniti'aia'r
interest. II after wards II was though! eAf'oiett 70 "s'
cuss this Qucs:io,r, or any ether connected "1th our ir'a'
lions with the Federal Government, the gehi!r"!ah Fr''"'
C,ochi,nd coulI call 10 this report mud s!i!I"ngh Ar
NJ. should probably give 4 silent vote upon H. ne "'u'e
Willingly lislrn 10 the rrinaf"s vi o'iitis; f..
Mr.. NArKISs wished Ia do all the business OF ''
people; and au,ol.g the rest, be though, this sI'J'c' oiT
n winch they took II deep Interest. II there Was any
pressing business which ought to be dnr.e Without u'i"y,
he wos willing - defer tins question: ana 10 sur" ''A'
he was mol DESTROYS vi urging this sutJ'ct nti"'' III
House to the prejudice Of any other, lie n'e'"iy i"''"G|"
iD making his motion TO have the report ''k.h up, ui'
q day might hr fixed Tor It's considerations . 81 Is w.
". was cuIcerrcd. hr 81 iu'd content il'hSsH "''' Wv
inr his vote. Bat there were DOUBTLESS many young
pry,lruisn in the House, who might WISH IT, make
speeches rn this subject, III order to prove 10 lN''r near
els u.d the puUlic that they could don lie presumed
the suulecl wnuid elicit considerable utoa"e u S"ontu
listen To- them wi.E pleasure; and horcd as:"nrerirni Gay
wuuid be fixed, ind one wtiicl would not raicrir:e WIFI
the other business Of the lliYse.
AR WIisoS Of Is Trusted that The report would b"
taken NJ and acted upon at uare N:rierrri !! was con
sidered, he knew mat il would excite debaie, ava M
wished 1t to tuks place al 4 time when all w!i" DESIRED 10
have en- opportunity of expressing tiIeIr t''"t'"i''"'su UP
on it, could be gratitied. II this suhJc CT were VA" P"S'.
uoned, and they went on and acted upon all The SUBJECTS
on the table, il would be thrown so iats ia" the session.
that tie members would he anSI"ls /" g. '.nii'e, anu II
nigh fail To receive thai lu.i consideration w:i!ch 5" II
prrlant q question deserved. Mr.. w. was rtaCy !" V"F
on the report at once; but ke kncw 1t would rS'il' "pP''-
silion aud lead to ii ;rotracitd discussion. lie t!eIrlnie
wished it 10 be ACTED on ut once.
Mr. NAY said, the grnlleuInn from Bo.rtruTt hHd takea
the very view u! lhs matter: IN supporting lti'''"c'a!f
action On this subject, which MIR. VI. thouS Il Conclusive
in recommending It's p"strJ;eIncni lie say $, Ii We pro-
coed to prrt'rm tn business al The House, w'eh IL Is
Completed. We Shalt atlrurn without acting upon l'iS re-
port Should tina, Er lte case. II would oi:w that The
House did not consider this subject of sH::.citnt imF"F-
lance TO cause u prulracliOn OF In" session. which II 'iiust
do, (hal suppnsitun being ADMITTEDLY II IL were 40" cr.
baled. and The tgHnstc!'"n Of ether business P"st?rne"
in Guns, ulr,tct. 1t was therefore desirable that They
should complete The business which was really 'H'i'"f''n'
iirst, INSTEAD Of that winch the advocates "t ''hi'',nla;r
action on Tins subject, allow Is nat so important. TWAS
nut argued. he presumed, tina, this subject was 10 nave
any effect upon our legislation. lis effects would D" per-
haps more upon the nirnlbers individually than other
wise; and MIR. VI. feared hat all exciting debate al ttlS
period Of the session, might have all uhiurluuh.e ihHu
ence upon the legislation which should succeed 1t. hf'
NJ. hoped they should proceed 10 dispose OF The Blinking
QUESTION, The Rail road hill, tile Surplus, &c, ana t!c!i,
subjects which would excite debate, might De 'aEen
w without injury to any interest 81 the Common wealth
Mr. BAYLY. ui A, wished This eport disposed Oh Wilt
out delay. lie was hot wilIins that it should longer re.
main on the table. Tie wished all the questions present.
ed to the House ucted on in due tine. But could iiey
be acted on now; These Leigh resolutions c"u:d Ge
proceeded with Immediately, which was not The case
with MANY other subjects They must come up al suH!"
time, and would he discussed, thoroughly, he hoped;
and no time could be better than the present. lhr gen.
tleman from Gouch!and might throw out Ills tanhsS as
to the Young members whu were desirhus vi making
speeches-[Mr. Watkins said The gentleman misl"ok his
remark. lie had said the young members might wish
to make speeches on this qNss,ion- II and that he should
be very glad to hear them J-Mr. BayIy SAID that he was
one Of those who should wish To br heard on this sub.
iect, and he anticipated much discussion upon 1t. Fol-
III Lay OF, Mecdun;
And damned be hiA who inst cries hoid"-
MI. WusoS. Of B., would say one word 10 the gentle
man from Petersburg. tie thinks lie LOCAL se"J'cts e
fore the House more Important ihan lh's: Nh w
thought this the most important qntst!"h l" Ut c'''s'cc',
ed this session. il it was postponed uut'i lhriHGtrs i''u
COMPLETED the business in which their locnl. Interests were
involved, they would be desIrous OF going ho"'", and
this question would not, perhaps. receive the a''eiil!oi'
il merlted.
AIR. SrASAnp said, if a day could be fixed fr acting
on this subject, he should BE- in favor OF taking II up ut
this time. But is he supposed It was Intended That 1t
should be acted upon now, he should "pp"se the 'i"tInn
To take up. 1t was not Tor the purpose Vi avoiding tie
subject. When il did come mp. it iGu>t be- Het With man
ly spirit and un~alciing !:!lnnc@s hy those WIN were
opposed in principle TO The doctrines ol Inc report, and
who deprecated the motives aEi CONSIDERATIONS which
gave it birth. 1t was not therefore l. evad" the CUES
lion. that he opposed this nint,nn: but IL prtseni. 10 The
good SENSE of the House Tie pIorr!ety OF p"Sip""!ng lis
considerations. The ordinary business VAS literally daIi-
med up, and checked ~ It's usua! pengrcss by cicuin-
stances peculiar to the present session. There were now
three bills before the House intended to save time 10y
providing general regulations tor The tnc"i p"rati"n
OF chartered instructions. Dependant on the passage
or rejection Of these bills, we're Il large number oil
applications, brought here at an curly period OF
the session which could not be ach'd upon un-
til the fate of those bills was decided. 1t was me-
cessary TO cut away this dau, which detained u large
m. re Jrc;povy ~, tina (Non,rr.tInps in prlyr u ItfpId
subjects of actl II TO the other brauch 0! the Legislature,
before Il subject likely 10 absorb ihe tiiie al this House
in discussion, should be enielrd up"n. There was no
necessity for the decision Of thus subject. for the purpose
Of getting ut any other business, Will: !herr was lie.
cessity for action on the bills Ee had mentioned 10 re-
NEEDY the almost entire ~stoppage Of ordinary 1t gislaii"n
This, MIR. 5. Thought an overwhelming consideration IN
favor of post2onencnt. But there was another ul great
Importance, which had been suggested by The genlIe-
man from Petersburg. This question required denate-
NJ, frcm any efficacy which lhui crbalr may have !eie-
but il may be, it is rsqured by the political positions Of
members Political differences wi! be called int" actIon,
and in this debate there will probably be more W less ex-
ci,emenl-which may affect the fair administration OF the
business of the House by so tar arousing "pfoshl"n, tina.
it may extend itself to iis decision ct VavsI,,rs not ta'r!y
within the ia!,ge Of such an Influence This ought I"
be avoided it pnssible-party heats ought BY every
means to BE- excluded from general Legislation. Even II
this question were discussed al a later Stage oil lie srs-
sion This effect might 10 some extent be produced; but 1t
could do but little injury. Thus Mr.. S. thought much
harm nigh, be pr. vented b. the postSoaenent at This
subject. The STATE OF the business OF the House was
sls1 against present acn"n upon this To morrow they
were to elect a Chief Magistrale-,hc next day a Judge
OF the General Court was to ue elected. What progress
therefore could be made on this question before next
week? MIR. S repeated that he did not wish to evade
the subject. On the contrary lie was DESTROYS OF inviting
investigation into the sutjec'.mn,ter of this rspor, und
resolutions, and of placing them in a proper light be.ure
the people.
MIR BAYLy of A. said the gentleman from Richmond
had stated the reasons why he (Mr. b. desired that this
discussion should be brought on. He had told the House
that this question must be discussed-that it must be
%lnet-and the arguments and statements of the report
presented in their true light to the people: Mr.. B. did
not agree with that gentleman in his wish to postpone
this subject until the local and private legislation of the