Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1837-02-09

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"' " : ~, 49,, ,,, iuuscs oil C"ngIs&s asSeI4n"o
-, cnn,, ;i. rl,c;n,ai VOTES 10! Pfesidei'' aH" ' WI ~
siLrr,. She WIS not admi',e" ""'' "a ~ .ro.ar, , nr..
ai.. he, ilr State OF Indiana aa ftese't q ps
V'""'"s' ""' 20. Il, that OF MlchiGat. ihh'asia:
r 'H :, H., 49, 81 ~, we're chosen. had formed her cons',
! t,,,inn and State Gcrcrnnient; ont sue was ""' ; u" -,
, 49, yF,,,, anil some time IN tile stcc"rC!nS ~
tar 81. tacamr. however, memher ni Tie CNlo"'
L.'"rs the electoral votes were counted. Nheh 'ie wv"
nnuscs assembled, and, in counting the votes c"",t u"
,bu.,. Of Indiana, objection MAS mace TO 'i'"iF feerP.o"
IN. iwo Houses separated. Some GiScuSsioh at's' :"
Lr,,l an the subject: but, before the poinl was o'ec'',.
Lrc,ded by eilErr, Il message was sent by the ifouSe y
REPRESENTATIVES. 10 the Senate, That they were 'e"uy "
pcocerd in the count. Whem Ihey came t09',ht' "s"";
the VOTES of indiana were coGnttJ, and rrc"tueu 4""e.
tie electoral votes Of the other States. u -
,i. si,puliuu Of N,cniran. But he had not RISEN "P'o
vokr Lrbase. Ills object ~as s'n'ply ~ p'"ltst 'sa, ,ho
the principle of the second resolution rep"r'rG = :! Ms
Senator ttnn Tennessee, and TO asia lot 'I', ,%I;r mamrs
colleague 1ar poor t.ivihr.se OF recording 'trlF hams'
apain.l n, He did not know that they w"u'o VI su9'"'''
ed bY rhr vote Of any other Senator present. .o
MIR. CE said That the committee mao io''o"eu H"T
ly lIr. c.urs. adopted mike case ct MlsS"ui'' ''u ''
Senators from v .cingan would see that There was 10 u
M exclusion d. their votes, though no Use hilghI ue
waJ, Of them. Whether they were Counted or ho'' u
rrsuI, wo,ld be Ike SarEe. Now, when gentlemen e
ercIed f.- a niou:rnl upon the operations OF ttIS eo'e'''
meul, the difficulties 10 be settled, The important guys.
liona peudme. aud especially the one as TO the election"
Of Il Chief Magistrate, they would see at once 10 ~,
c-ssity OF avoiding doing any hing wi''ch ""uiu n" m
The effect 81 CTeilllig ttSiS vi t''N''o -
cully in the way IL, This PARTICULAR junclure, when lney
were ubnu, 10 decide on so very important a qhestlo" %
would have to be disposed Of on "Wednesday nrTt'
With regard. lken, to what the Senator from Aici"san
TNr, SoIyr,I had sad as to Michigan being summary
! situated 10 ,Ilssnuri and lntigna, when they we're at'
mi,led into The Union, and yet they were i'er'i.t'eo "
vote: he couid not agree with elim he cast Oh 'ien,-
gan was rot EXACTLY that Of Missouri, nor iHal OF inu!
ana The act Of Congress passed admitted her on ccl-
tain condi,iuus, aad, having accepted those cohu''""s'
she becune a State, and performed al! her i9hct'onS 10
S;atr. and: IGd, given her votes Tor fresioeht IL ~
President; ald but for the turniaiity OF this resoi"''o''
/ ,rl,;rI, UNA jppmeJn necessary by the uHmlttre, she was
! mn, upon precisely the same footing as the sla'rS winc"
had been mentioned. Whilst, Thea, he admitted .nerc
was sou.e slight difference between the case u n" 49,,
ran MT! that Of Missouri end OF Indiana, he cou'u h'
s,dmi, ,ba, Michigan should vote, except IN The manner
pointed oct in TIE resolution; for he thought uncer q
The circumstances connected with THIS matter, IL "oulu
be better 10 take tie course recommended by Tue con''
niittee. .L,
Mr.. Calhoun remarked, that notwithstanding wHa'
was said by gentlemen IL the contrary, during te JIG
b,lp on the admission ui Michigan. they would now see
tIla, she was 4 Stale, dc juGD, al The Time She l"r''eu
her Constitution. Now, il they applicd the reason VI
that case To this. what was the result Michigan was
oo, n State IN this = Mon u ben her Senators were eject
ed, nor when che voted for President and ice frrSl-
dprt. The case was really 4 clear Que, and any reason
| which would exclude these votes. ought TO nave cNcIua-
eG her Senators from taking their seats on mis- ii"nf:-
He did not belize c that douhIi=l questions Of ihi kind
, should ts wai"ct. and this question should be- settled al
ON.CC. iS S'Ne'St
against The resolution.
MIR. Lyon asked what course the committee would
have recommended in case the vote OF Michigan had
lvori.d the result. Would Michigan in such q cuse be
! derived Of her vote: MIR. L.. referred 10 the vote OF
| Indiana. which, under similar circumstances, had been
counted, and c]onicnded that Michigan vas us much en-
| titled to count her vote as was the State oil INDIANA.
Hc thouult the Senate would not make so UNJUST a DIS
elimination between the two States as The resolution
contem plaled, and he Gou.d Enite with his Colleague
(Mr. &nrvrl3 IN protesting against IT,
Ar. Grumpy replied that the gentleman could not eX'
meet him TO answer a question which the wlsest CT thcir
| predecessors had purposely left undetermined. Nnat
might be done Under the circumstances adVcr'rd 10 ny
,ie Senator from Michigan, shon!i they ever occur, The
wisdom Of the day must decide.
MIR. Preston concurrrd in AL the views taken by his
coIlruruc, in rcrard 10 this question. He confessed his
inability to perceive uny difference between admitting
the Senators to take their seats in that body, and admit
tiuu Michigan 10 vote as the other States I'll the CAI"n
would vote. Lnuking al the matter in every point OF
view. he we willing, that che should I've allowed 10 vote.
Alter a few words from hlessrs. Webster, Grundy,
and Clay,
The question was here taken. and the first resolution
reported by the committee wac adopted without DIVISION;
and the second was u~tup,rd-yrEs 81, nays 8, as fol.
lows:
Ifas-Messrs. Bayarl, Benton, Black, Brown, Buch.
anan, Clay, Clayton, Criteuden. Culhbert, Dana. Da'
Wis. Ewing Of Illinois. Ewing Of Ohio, Grundy, item.
bricks. Hubbard. Kent, King of Alabama, King Of Geor.
uia, knig!t, Liam, Moore, Nicholas, Page. Prcntiss,
Rlvcs, Robbins, Robinson, Sewer, Southland, Swift, Tip.
ton. TutnlInSGn and WriGHt-I4.
~.IaYS-Messrs. Calhoun, Fulton, Lyon, Morris, Niles,
N"rvrl', Preston, Walker and Wall-9.
Mr.. Walker, from the Committee on Public Lands,
reported The following bills; which were several'y read,
aud ordered 10 u second reading:
a bill giving the assent Of Congress to the revocati"ii
Of that pnrlion Of the .":L!nancc OF the sfveta! States
therein mentioned. which cxcInpts from taxation for .
years. FL! lands sold by lhe.t States;
a bill 10 establish Two additional land Offices Ia the
Territory Of Wisconsin,, ives. Of The Mississippi river;
and,
a bill to amend the act of July :, ls3C, for the laying
off Of certain towns in Wisconsin,.
PUBLIC LAMBS.
The bill to prohibit the sales OF the public lands, rX-
! eept to actual settlers, and in limited quantities., was Ia.
ken up as the special order; the question pending was
+ on the motion of Mr.. Walter, 10 recunnil the bill 20 The
Cumtaiitcc on the Pebble Lands.
Mr.. Walker renewed his mo:ion TO rcconlmlt the bill,
end stated tina. ms object was 10 have ii so modified as 10
meet the views ii every gentleman, if possible.
Mr.. Buchanan u>krd Tor The Yeas and nays; which
were ordrTed.
HIr., Calhoun said he could SEE no possible good what.
ever To be derived from recummitting The bill. 1t was,
indeed. quite apparent that u large portion OF the ST.
nate were If the impression That nolhIng ought |" be
done on the subrc CT. The difficulties connected with the
bill were totally ir:rcunciluhir; aud he was amung those
who believed il to be radrcul!y wr"ng, and that the Sc.
nutor could not modify 1t i'll any shape that would rem
der it e~xpedirnt that 1t should pass. He would state
briefly some of :hr general OBJECTIONS he had TO the bill.
SucLl were the ii:agnia:dc and number OF the otirc-
tons entertained @y gentlemen all round, that ii
vas really not worth while to proceed any further
with il. The object III lie Till, us stated by The chair.
man uf the committee from which it was reported,
was, to Restrict the sal"s of the public lands, in order
10 pot all end to speculation, ahd TO diminish The re.
venue derived from that soarcc. Now, all that was very
good, Hnd s"uLGsd-H ell TO iEe ear. But, really, SO many
were the means OF these in power by which they might
fleece the community, Ihat 1t was enough almost 10 make
every luv, 81 his country despair Of 1t. Well, then, il
he was uol very mach mistaken, The bill, 50 far from re-
pressing speculation, would lead 10 the greatest sprcula,
ton this continent had ever witnessed. The speculation,
which u particular stay Of things had given rise to, had
been produced by those in power. They had pr"titied
by that state OF things, and should this Jill b. passed Il
would .uuly cDusuum:ate their wishes. The Senate had
been told by The gentle man from Mississippi, [Alr. Walk