Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1837-01-12

.Mys- AcssFs Adams, IIerlan Alien. Anthony. D.;
ley: Bond, B"Tc"n. Braidin, Briggs, E:n"m. IolM Ca
houn, VIM. b. Calhoun, Ca!Gphrl!. George Char;,.
Chrtwood, Child<, n. II. Clpbnlnr Clark. Gamer e.
win, Crane, Gushing, Darlington, DtNs"n. Dgrrv f.
more, Evans. Everett. Gia<cnck Graham G,ir..
Graysor Griffin, fIiland Hall, Hard, Harper H.s.,
Jose PHI Henderson, YIN. ilci>er, Samuel Hos L.,t
r. Ingcrsol4. nglan, Wm Jackson. James l!enty h.r
SON Lawrence Lincoln, Love, McCarv MrErrr,.
Millsan, Parker. Pearson, Phillips, pc@"ms Potts. I@
| Russell, ScIenck, William Is. Shepard. satr SI,nc
SpraEur. S,ardicr, Steele, rSorcr. Waddg ilyn,-o
Wardw.lI, Elisha W'esey, and ioung--C0 =
So the preliminary question! OF reception was laid On
tie table.
| Mr.. Chapman, when lis name was called r~so ,s
inquired "t the Speaker what would hrcur. o. ,,r 49,.
,ilion in The motion 10 lay the question Of the r.,
! crron Of the rrt!tl"! On tie table. prevailed
The Chair answered: The p.!i,on would be arrrs,r.
in te hands OF The gentleman Offering il: sr;rc; 10 the
order of the House.
t!r.-Pnckn"y, when his name was called. rose ami
asked ra'c /" make t'.r explanation Of the vote he
desgnrd to give: bat |! was :UL 10 he ont Of. order
MI Adams thea rose ard sad that ~ he understood
BY The decision of lie Speaker: tic petition Itself was
n3l !a on the table, but nnIY The motion TO rrccy. IT, -
order to save the time Of The House. give notice l!a,
ne should call ~ the motion ia. Lrcisn every day as
iGHG rs he S"uc b" permitted 10 10 So IS Tie liousc
he tel himself ripci'cG 10 tbs course because he SHOULD
~! have rpEgd lis Gaty to his constituents 50 long
as that petition received. and So long as H.
House had no. decided they would receive H. NJ:
! a. was proceeding iufi!ier, when
| Mr.. lnckiev rose 10 Il question Of Crdcr
The Chair decided That under the rules, the motto"
motion could no; h. debated.
Mr. Adams reiterated his notice and declared k!s r..
,ent'n 10 il: lrur day TO day, GE' II wa> a..
ciGed.
Mr. 4. then presented another memorial s'~aci IN
22S women OF South Weymouth, the wives AID Llg..
lcrs. he said, of his immediate constituents, praying r
the abolition Of slavery aud the savc.lade III 'r D..
| trct Of Columbia.
Mr.. A. said, apn5, of his speech lie sxi rcal Tie
memorial itself, which was very Shorty Gd'sass ID nat
consume much time. lie was p,ocCcd wife. JGfsa!co
| Mr.. Piuckury inquired it the Co!rg'SoH HaF:t%"a.
The Chair said tic gentleman had ris n secu,i;!..
rule 10 make brief statement Of lis c0nt%ts hui 40.
thing more II was Tor the Chair decide Mhc,a.!
the gentleman should make the statement in his owa
language or in that of the paper itself.
Mr. Adams said he read as part Of his speech aid
was proceeding again to DO so: when
! Mr.. Chambers Of Ky. renewed the point Of o7Lcf
made by Mr. Pnckney.
The Chair then decided that rs the 18TH rule dcc,c
that member presenting petition should Coninc hun
self to brief bal statement OF It's contents, ana H.
Ter par0mcntaI given in Jefferson Manual lad
/ il down that member could read any paper to Tie.
House without leave not even H., own speech; ls:et
fore tho question had been raised he decided That E
gentleman from Massachusetts Coush not luSlSt L.'NE
! reading this memorial
Slr Adams appealed from that decision and ailc! $r
remarks in support ct it from Mr.. Patton and Mr. Chan
bcrs Of Kentucky, and against it by Mr.. BF'Egs aE
! Nh Harper,
| Mr. Adams withdrew his appeal.
The Chair: Therefore the decision OF the CHAR d
! quieSced III.
Mr. Giascock then objected to the reception .. t /
| petition.
After some remarks from Mr.. Dawson, drprc7,,a: /
any excitement on the subject, and condcmnng .:r,a
| terms the conduct of the fanatics in agltang It,
Mr.. Boom moved to lay the preliminary question j
the reception Of the petition on the table
After some contirsion Mr.. b. Withdrew that motion u
the request Of
Mr.. a Mann, who said that wishing 10 save the tas
of The House and the nation, he demanded the Prev
! question.
! In reply 10 the inquiry Of MIR. Gascock,
I The Speaker said the main question would be, "S.l
| this petition be received:
| Mi GlascCck That is all we want.
| The previous question was secondcd-aycs III. ~
not counted aud the main question ordered to be
! without 4 count.
Mr. Chaplin called for the yeas and nays on the @
question. which were ordered. K
| Mr. Garland Of Louisiana moved call Of The lo.s &
lost. f.
Tie question then taken, and decided IN IL"
iirmative--ycas l37, nays -, as follows: f
loas-McSsrs. Adams, II. Allen. Anthony. BlsIi
Beale, Bean, Bockee, Bond Boom Borden, 'ov"e By
Briggs, Brown, Buchanan. Burns, Wm. b. Cain" IS
Cambrclcng Carr, Carter Casey, q. Chambers: Chang
Chaplin, Chetwood, Chds, Clark. Cleveland, CoFa@
Cralaer Crane, Gushing, Cushnlan Darlington, Dra'I
Doubleday Evans, Everett, Fairfield, Farn, Eos&
French Fry Fuller, Calbailh, Gi!let, Granger, G"t
land, G:rnIrl. Haley, J. Hall, II. Hall, Iamef. la"
Hardin, Harper 5 S. Harrison, Haynes lazc!tnrI
de.son I,sler ioar Holt Howell Hu5ry. l!um;. is
tingon. lngrrsull, lngum, James: Jarvis &. J"Inso
Jones, hr2oIe, k!ngenssmh, Lane. Lansing. IaF III
Lawrence, g. Lee, i. Lee, Leonard Lincoln. \ N'a II
. j. Mann, 81. Mason, Sampson Mason. McCa'tr, Net "a
mas Mckay, Mckenuan, Mckeon. NiIligan Mon. ~
merry, Moore, Morgan, NIuhenJerg, Ovens, Page III
kerr Parks, Patterson franklin Pierce, Dutre J. l'l 81
! Pearson, Phelps, Phillips, Potts, Reed. John Req
Joseph Reynolds, Russell Schenck Seymour, s.. III
Sick!rs, Slade, Sloane Smith, Spraguc, Snrcr Sg.'
land, Taylor, John Thomson, Toucry, TuGri!i, Nla@
peel, Nlnlon, Wagencr, Ward, Wardwei Woe.
! Weeks Elisha Whill!csey, Thomas +. Whl,!,s"y.S~ III
! rod Williams and foung-l}7. II
/ .MpS-Alrssrs. Ash, Ashley. Barton, Bel. b. "a
BouLin, lunch, Bynum, john Calhoun: CamP5c.-! II
| Chambers, Chapman, Nathaniel II. Claiborne. Jova
| II. Claiborne, Coles, Connor Craig, Davis. D'as IL
DrbrTry, DroIgoplc: Dunlap, Elmore. Forester, J"tS
Garland Garland GhosOn, GlaScuck, Graham Gas u
GIayson, Griffin, flanagan, Harlan, \. &. IiiH'
! Hopkins, Howard. iinn'sman, Jenrr, r. VI i'Aa,
H. Johnson, aw!"r, L. Lea evils, l."yal!, ln.'>.
| tn Maury May, Mckim A!cl.cnc, Mercer M!.r!.i II
ton. Petgrew, Peyton, Plckens, rinckncy, Rcn". a
! Richardson, Robertson, Rogers, William b Sa'ltS
Augustine II. Shcppcrd Shields Slandrcr. 5'cr". IA
aierro, Thomas, Waddy Thompson, Undrrw"oa, v" fl
| inrton White Lewis Williams, and YcIl-7j. IL
So the House determined that the petition s!av NJ
! received. IL
! Mr. Haynes then moved TO lay i; on the table. IS
/ Mr.. Adams moved to refer it 10 the Committee l. 81
! District Of Columbia. H
| The former motion taking precedence, Mr.. \ ~
asked for the yeas and nays thereon, which u II
! ed. II
! Mr. Pinckncy inquired if the motion susc.;' ~
! Of amendment. 81
The Chair replied in the negative. Il
! Mr.. PInckney asked the gentleman from Geo.. III
withdraw the motion in order to enable Mr. L, tu"" ~
a more comprehensive one. He explained his o.. 81
be to move resolution that not only This rn'G' II
but all others of Il similar character should be as, E
on the table. Il
! MIR. Haynes inquired if his own motion wor!!1o Il
ccptible OF such modification, because: if So h ="
! cEccrfully assent to it. +
The Chair replied that it was not. Il
! The motion to lay the table was dccGed i" t"' II
| irna,ivc-y cas- Isl, nays %, as follows: Il
Ieas-Mcssrs. Anthony: Ash, Barton, Bean. n
| Black, Bnckcc, Boon, Bo"cr, Boyd, Brown, D:-'- @
! Bunch, Burns, Bynum, John Caihooa, C""';'L "a
Campbell, Carr, Carter, Casey, g. Channels
Chambers, Chaney, Chapman, Chaplin, Chri"'o'': "a
! H. Claiborne John +. II. Claiborne, cleveland. : -