Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1838-01-18

Richmond, Thursday, Jam. rs.
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elected President Of the Senate aud Dr. King, of Frank
lin county, Speaker Of the II Of R. 1t adds, that both
these gentlemen decided Whgs-and hence infers,
there sis Wing majority in both branches Of the Leg
isluue. but this is side Of The question only-and
have been too often misled by the facts and tnfcrcn
ee of the lntegencer not to receive these statements
without some misrust They least us the newspaper
phrase says, 'requre Confirmation.
TESSESSEE.-The Alexandria Gazette, (npon what
authority know nol) states that "the General AS
semby, the 5th inst, passed resolution nsructIng
their representative Felix Grundy, to vote against the
Treasury scheme of the present administration and
also a resolution requesting all their Representatives in
Congress their influence against the adoption OF
the system projected and urged by The present Executive
of the u States This statement, also, seems to need
confirmation.
Darraqhs resolutions the right Of Petition, protesting
against Mr. Patton resolution, Nc On the 18th inst,
Mr Pearson opposed the resolutions nia very eloquent
speech He went The whole against Abolition and also
against the yU,er of Congress to touch the question of
slavery in the District Of Columbia. 1t occupied the
whole of the forenoon The Senate met again in the
afternoon, mud the debate continued by Nessrs Fra
ley and Darragh for the resolutions, and Mr. Burden
against them
The Reform Convention has at length to deci-
sion on the much ugated subject OF Banking 1nstilu
TONS which must be highly agreeable 10 all the friends
of liberal principles. On Friday last, the question again
came up, to the restrictions which ought to be i'm
posed on these Corporations. Mr. Holsters resolution,
restricting bank charters 10 20 years, and giving 10 two
successive Legislatures the power of repeal, upon max.
ing equitable compensation, was first negaved by tie
vote-ayes o. G2 Various other propositions also
failed At subsequent stage Of the proceeding, Mr..
Holster rallied aud renewed his proposition was
amended on motions of Messrs Dunlop, Mcdowell, aud
Porterand finally adopted after midnight, after various
efforts 10 defeat the amendment by motions OF al ourn-
ment-"lhe vote STOOL ayes sc, noes 30-lhe Democra
tic members all voting in the Affirmative except MIR. Far
reilly Of Crawford county.
tIhe first article was then ordered 10 be engrossed
for a third reading in the following form
.No corporate body shall be hereafter created, renew.
ed extended with banking dlscounting privileges,
,ciou sir months public notice IF tic aPptteaon JOr the
same in such shall be prescribed by law.
Nor shall any charter for the purpose Aforesaid be grant
ed for longer period than ~ gears. And every suca
charter shall contain clause reSsrciny IL The Legislature
tie po1or to alter, rerokc annul The Sac wheaeDcr, IN
their opinion they be injurious 10 the cn:CnS 81 the
COmmonrraiM IN such MANNER hooerer, that inj
tice shall be done TO The corporations. No lac hereafter
enacted shall contain more than corporate G0dy.
These are all wise and salulary pro9lsons-We hail
them with satisfaction.
The last "PennSyiranian gives the following graphic
description Of this Parliamentary scene:
sit will be seen by our report OF the proceedings of
this body that amendment restricting the Legislature
on the subject Of Bank charters has been passed by
vote of sc lo -.
"Thc Conservatives" Tin the Pennsylvania sense Of
the term, opposed 10 reformed in the Cons,itu.
tion.) % had voted down number Of amendments of
q similar character by ina oriiy Of one or two votes
friends OF reform. during Thursday and Friday morn.
ing; but on Friday afternoon the latter i'm and
it found that ma jori,y of the Convention were
determined 10 carry the subject through. Then COM
menced Of action the part OF the Conserve
tives that fully showed their reckIessness Of principle
Every tried TO frghten the friends Of re-
foImto them by offers of compronlise-lo weary
them out by long speeches, filled with nammaory al.
lacks, made only provoke replies and cause delay
motions postpone-cas Of the previous question: and
motions 10 adjourn All this was kept up until CLOCK
in the morning, when he vote taken, and after all
their opposition many Of the Conservatives voted Tor IT.
finding il would pass.
"Durng the afternoon and early part OF The evening,
Messrs. Hopkinson, Meredith, Scott, and Others tried
every in their power 10 defeat the proposed amend
ment. Then Dickey to the charge with his egs.
lative tact at the previous question, and postponement
Dunlop brought up his light troop of motions and
speeches. that would have gained him great applause
Us the clown Of circus, but which were suffered 10 pass
in The Convention without even laugh. Cox with
the vanguard, entered the field at near eleven o'clock,
and RECALLED few conservative for two hours, read
ing from magazines and newspapers &c, beginning
with the discovery of this country by Columbus, ana
ending with Oseoa in Florida the interim filled up with
all the low political slang Of the various ages through
w!ich he passed-all Of which was pronounced by the
President to be in order Having read all his newspapers
and delivered in detail all the elegant epithets he could
find in these 'adecency papers, against General Jack
son. MIR. Van Buren,, Democrats Radicals, Loco Focu,
&C. none of which however either listened to or
noticed by the Reformers, he took himself oil, as had
done Dunlop and some other of the great Conservative
leaders The friends OF Reform again attempted 10
ret vote, when another of the hundred motions TO adj
ioun wa. made. The rule Of the Convention does not
allow the yeas ind nays on motions of adjournment but
10 prevent decisions which are SAID 10 nave
been suspected, several members of the Convention had
called throughout the evening for teers hch had been
appointed by the Chair; but in this latter instance they
were refused and tie President said he would decide tor
himself and declared that there So for the adjourn
ment and SD against it! The Reiorners 10 man stood
in their places and denied the correctness of the dec
sion-refused 10 adjourn, and appealed from the Chair
At this determined opposition the President ONT John
SerreanD turned pale, and attempted to force his deci
sion but finding his friends did not back him. he gave
way and appointed telers, who returned "a for the mo-
ton and 81 against ~
B,sKRurrcr-The failure of the Commonwealth