Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1838-03-06

why scrh Eas.c action should he hau fit "'> S'"
the House had decided agiir,t competing Az ''"''
AZ; yn. uoon The. QUESTION iu,e necessarv 10 r'i
BILE the House to adopt course witch sl"u'e ~ ~
against the custom Of duelIng, WHICH had produce Mr
suits so disastrous. In order TO effect inns o.!e''
Grennell would vote for The motion 10 posi- ,;,
Mr. Bronson when he had first heard 't e,, | en-
made was favorably disposed owards H. ne eit Tue u
force of the suggestion that feeling Sy''Py nv. :;
,on,l au,rhm.nis OUGHT TO he allowed 10 'n'hS.e "
,bs ds,;s,aons ri the House upon tins SUBJECT ou''
mon reflection he had come 10 view the quesh as oe
inr merely whether the House would proceed 10 lnVes
tgate this subject, and IN order 10 40 's' ~ oIue
,,E the incep,ive step The inquiry, that there was
m oood reason for delay. Were the question hna one
=. Is ,he case proposed to BE- inquired into that argn
men, might apply; but it could not avail in The present
position Of the question.
He would venture 10 assert, that The time the com
nee would tuke in order investigate the causes Of
the late unhappy event. would be even longer than that
named by the gentleman from Tennessee, (Mr bei) IN
his motion 10 postpone. In the mean time, he would
suuoes, there would be opportunity for reflection upon
the part of the House. and the same effects Us haa oeen
already pointed out, arguments IN favor OF pos'ponnS
would ensue, in the assuaglng OF ieelng ana enaoIng
members to act upon the report Of the proposed COM
mee calmly cooy, and dispasslonaeiy. lie should,
therefore, 60 for the postronement
Mr. Reed rejoced that, upon late occasion, he had
had opportunity to express his opinion upon the SUP
lee, matter involved in this question lie re'ced, more
over tina, i, had been brought before the House for its
action thereon Yet he could agree that that was the
p7oper Time foo! the proposed investigation 1t
is admitted, he argued on all hands, that very strong
feeling does exist upon the subject and To such an ex
tent that even before The funeral OF the deceased there
had been some doubts expressed as TO the granting To-
neral honors this instance and considering what had
taken place in relation TO that matter he deeply
that the gentleman from Maine (Mr faIrhelo) saouo
have introduced such proposition as he had done AS
to the question of posiponement the gentleman from
Pennsylvania Mr Pottery who had spoken against H.
had said that farther delay produced arlner exceeh
Was that human nature' He believed not On Inc
contrary he Of opinion shat delay aliiycd excite
ment rather than produced It.
The yeus and nays having been demanded on The
question of pospnnemen that question was decided In
the negative by the following vote:
Yeas-hlessrs Alexander, J. W. Allea, Aycrigg,
Beirne, Bell, Bidde, Bond, Bouldn, Calhoon, VIM g.
Campbell, John Campbell, w. b. Carter, Chambers
Dawson, Dromgoole, Dunn, Everett, Ewing J Gar
land R. Garland, J. Graham, WIN Graham, Grennsil,
Griffin. Harlan Harper, Halves, Herod, Hoffman, TO-
ward, r. NJ. T: Hunter, Jeniier, r. johnson, w. y
NJ. Mason, s. Mason, Maufy, May, Mckennan' mene-
fee, Mligan, Mitchell, C.. Morris, Mayor Patton
Pearce Peck, Pope, Rarden Randolph, Reed, fiog
way, Robertson, Sawyer, Sergeant, "A. II: shePpeIu'
Shields, Sbley, Southcate, Sany, Stone, Straon Ia.
liaftrro Thompson, Underwood, a. s Whi!e, j. Hh'te
E. Whi,lesey, l.. Williams, Sherrod Williams, J. L.
Williams. Yell, Yorke-s4; 80 ,.s.om,
A,heiton Beatty, Bickne Brdsal Boon, Briggs, Brod'
head, Bronson, Bruyn, Bynum W. b. Calhoun, Cam
breleng, Casey CLANCY, Clark Clowney Coles, Con
nor cg Gussman D9ses Da,g F,I 4rTI'I Fel
cher, 1. Fletcher, Fillmore, Fry, Goode Grannno'
Grant, Gray, Haley, Hail. Hammond, Harrison has
,ings, Hawkins, Haynes: Henry, lo!sey' H"Sley, w.
J w Jones, Klgore, KIngsnsnith, Legarc, Lewis,
Lincoln. Logan, LOOMS, Martin, Maxwell, Mckay, |
R. Mcclellan, A. Mcclellan, Mercer, Montgomery,
Moore Morgan. NJ Morris, S W. Norris Noble, Noyes'
Ogle Owens Palmer, Parker, Patterson Paynter, Pe. |
rikn Phillips, Pickens, Plumer Potts Potter rrat,'
Prentss, Rencher Rhelt. Richardson, Rrcs, Russell,
Shefer Sheplor, Slade, Snyder. Spencer Stuart 10y
0r Tho%as TlnE1ns, r'g, Hueey rS W%.ssr
J. w. Williams, Worhingon-ll7. |
The resolution then debated at come length by !
Messrs. Garland, Of Lou. Bou!dn, Evans and Fair
field when
Mr. Calhoun, of Massachusetts,, moved to reconsider
the vote upon postPonement.
Mr. Clowney moved The previous question.
Mr. Calhoun, Of Massachusetts, then moved that The
whole subject lie on the table.
The yeas and nays being ordered, thls motion was
lost, by the following vote Yeas a, nays 80
Mr. Clowneys motion next in order, and the pre-
vious question was seconded, 10y tellers)-Ayes IVY
noes not counted. And the question on reconStdcraho"
being taken by yeas and nays los, by the following
vole Yeas 7o, nays 1OG.
Mr.. Clowney then moved the previous question on
the resolutions which seconded, ayes NO. noes not
counted and the question whether the aaatn question
should be put the yeas and nays ordered and The
vote as follows Yeas l07, nays IS.
The question then put agreeing 10 the resou.
moved ny Mr.. falTIlelu, as
decided as follows:
Yeas-Nlessrs Adams Alexander, f. Allen, j w.
Allen, Anderson, Andrews, Atheron, Beatty, berne'
Bicknel. Bidde, Brdsall, Bond, Boom, Borden Boul'
lam b Calhoun, Cambrelrng. John Campbell. Casey;
CLANCY. Clark, Cleveland, Clowncy, Coles, COrwin,
Craig, Gary, CusI.man, Davee, Davies Deherry, De-
Graft Duncan, Edwards Evans. Everett, harrington,
Fairfield, r Fletcher, Fletcher, Fillmore, Fry, Gallup
J. Garland, r Garland, Glasc"ck. Goodc, Gran'land
Grant Gray Grennel, Griffin, Haley, Hail, Hammond,
Harrison Harper, Hastings, Hawkins, Haynes, Henry
Hosey, Hopkins Howard Hubby lnEha Jackson g,
Klingensmth, Lewis, Lincoln, Logan, LOOMS Lyon
Marvin, Martin, Maxwell, Mckay, R. Mcclellan, A.
Mcclellan. McKim, McKennan, Mercer, Miller, Mont
gomery, Moore, Morgan, H. Morris, S. w. Morris, G
Morris Naylor, Noble Noyes. ogle, Ovens, Palmer
Parker, Patterson. Paynier, Peck, Pelrkin, Phillips
Pckens, Plumer, Potts Potter. Pratt Pren,iss Ra5den
Randolph Reed Reucher, Rhett, Richardson. R,ves,
Russell Shelter, Augustine H shepperd, Charles She
pard sheplor, sibey, slade, Smith, Spencer, Stuart,
Stratton, Taylor, Thomas, Tilnghast, Titus, Toucey,
Turney, Vanderveer Wagner, Webster, Weeks Elisha
Whitllrsey, T. T. Whil,escy, L. Williams, j. w. vii
liams, Worlhington, Yell, Yorke-l52
yays-Alessrs Aycrigg, Bell, j. Calhoon, W. b.
Campbell, VIM B. Carter, Chambers, Chapman, Chea.
than, Counor, Cranson, Curtis, Dawson, DromgcoIe,
Graham, Haiipn, Halves, Hoffman, R. NJ. T. Hunter,
Henry johnson, VIM. e. Johnson, Legare, Mallory.
James NJ. Mason Maury, May MilIigan, Mitchell Pat.
ton Pearce Pope, Rdgway Robertson Sawyer Shields,
Snyder Sou,hga,e S,anly, Stone, Taafero. Thompson,
Underwood, Albert S. White, J. White, sheErod vii
liams, J. l.. Williams-50.
So it was Resolued, That committee, consisting OF
seven members, be appointed TO investigate the causes
which led 10 The death OF the Hon. Jonathan Ciey, late
a member Of this House, and the circumstances CON
nec,ed Herewith; and further TO inquire whether IN the
case alluded to- there has been breach OF the priv
leges of this House. and 10 report thereon to this House
Resolved That said Committee have power 10 send
for persons and papers, and have leave to sit during Tue
sessions of the House. =:
The Speaker laid before the House several commnni'
cations from the Executive Department. among which
was translation Of the Gorostiza pamphlet, called tor
on MIR. Adams's motion, and list Of banks and public
officers having public money in their hands