Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1839-12-31

/ 70 t. retain their confidence and iav"F. men th'
at. wa; between the representative and his cons;t
cnt;. and his voie should be a public vote The cen
sttucnts should be able To tie votes ot ther Kcpr'
sentativcs and compare them with Their professions be
fore they here. He held therefore, that the sys
ten Of rra voting in this House was most congo
NAL with Institutions, and with the Constitution
the country. He remembered remark of Senator II
oldrn times, VIII ch applicable to this case. Til,
person alluded 10 had erected magn iiccnt dwelling
house a very public situation, and this was dcnom'
mated By of his acquaintance ostrnlltons act
Not 81 replied H., only placed my house under tn,
eye Of my constituents, that they might sec me ~
my daily walks, and Judge Of my whole LIE That wa:
true We are the Representatives OF the peo
pie, and should Civ votes the face Of the peopi"
The people have right to be satisfied with regard Il
all the votes of their Representatives. This was his
doctrine, and in addition to this, he deprecated
party man. and Wing, the association of their par
" with unpopular de of the question Then, as
question of party cxpcdcncy, he contrndrd that the
Wings ought TO 20 for the rrG system, because
! that was tn" popular principle.
| Mr. FILLMORE said he had not supposed that con-
sttutonal lawyer would have conendcd shat the rird
mode of voting the constitutional mode.
| Mr. AFFORD then addressed the House, with I
vcw he said, get them to stop talking and proceed
to business. HIS impulses periodical Last Sa-
turday afternoon he had appealed 10 them 20 put stop
10 discussion, and the appeal followed by the cleo
ton of Speaker. 1t Saturday evening again. and
he would now appeal to them to proceed to complete
the organization OF Tie House. FOR HIS own paTl, III
had been ever taught believe that the mode
of voting the most Republican in principle, and he
sorry to see hiss friends opposing IT. lie thought
that the arguments they used against II were more
those Of policy than principle, and that they only look
ed on one SIDE of the question. Perhaps or two
individuals who had not the courage avow their
tments openly, might under the shelter OF the ballot"
boz, 20 against the Administration candidates; but
might not ten n dozen protesting Wings, under the
shelter, 70 over to the enemy, while they would
/ II IL. ,,,,
they voted For his part he thought that the
Executive possessed many charms rs tcrrors, and
preferred the open, manly mode of voting rtra rOec
Mr.. A. concluded by moving the previous question.
Mr. STANLY rose amid loud cries Of 'order, order.
He said nc to be put down in this manner and
he would speak, notwithstanding their cries of order
He then went to say tina! bargains were making III
this hal for the division of the spO;ls that one Of the
candidates for the votes of the Administration party
printer had offered the other ten fifteen thousand
dollars to withdraw his prcensons. He then adverted
TO Mr. Pickcnss alluson last evening 10 the Harris
burg nomination, and began leading AN extract from
the "Emancipator. in cueSnticn of his remarks
when he was called to order By Mr.. Cooper of Geor
ria, who objected to reading any extracts from that pa
per. Mr. Stanly then SAID he would have the passage
inserted in his speech when It was printed lie sad
that the Harrisburg nomination. the beautiful Ian
guage of his friend MIR. Protiit) from Indiana, ud
be Ike wildr in the pairicsit wouid advance and rx
tend until embraced the greater portion ." the tn"n ~
us lnInrlrr c'Scu " ~ t.i'
Administration: Nourn, sinners, mourn your time IS
al hand, and if you do not retrencl and reform,
abused ard H&uted people VIII soon call yoa TO ac-
cunnt
The previous question on Mr.. Crags amendment
bernn seconded the n.in question was ordered, and
the yeas and hav.n@ been cal!rd for, the rot.
--rras li2, Emy5 -, follows;
lc. :ie>-,>. AETI, Juscn Alien Hugh j. Anderson, AZ"
i.oyd r.w.r r, nr"v, iIGri nrw, inll a.r
H. Ilti-r. Nm. r. Eynu, Wm. =. aairI H. Carr.
lin
tra'h, a:, ra Co.s, flashing, Dan la, ,Jno Davis Jn".
". nsvis, iIawm, DehHry, Bet, On II, nam "F
I"m"oi ham@.n, iari, a-n lily, rim, tI,r r. irt r,
Floyd fganc 'iaia u, Ja'r'> ,;atia: ""'ry '@:'n GA
kns, John Il Of vra a, I,n, Il II man, BIN I''Pkn
son, Nat!ar job $ John * IN, x t,si l. add
Mckay May, ,int',tnd 'lr,i 'i"ntsom Samuel " Mo;
Pop. rtcn's, Profit hansey Rard >",r, Er!"od,, Rh'',
Rvs, Robinson, R"srr sam" sa", albI rn'.n, l"h'
Swcansn, stir raa iru, raSr sanei' ior'a',
Philip iiAna Nadiy nomI>o" Jacob 'mp"W i9,n-S
jar "a " WIiam Henry Williams ana Shunod Wilam>l4a.
h A o dhT r W. A %<"n A":. A" tr%n
Calhoun, Carer, him, 'hi.nd lark, jams topper Cor
Ei@ar- Evans Evsr,t, rImor, Rice Garland Gentry
Gliding. Gooc Granger Gravs Green, Grim H. Hall, William
Hunt, -, Charles Johnston, Wliam ;o>: Johnson, King
Lawrence, LINCOLN Marvin, Aaa, Mercer Mich H. S'onrH
picke- Eandi Randolph Reed, Rlgway, RUS H. Salt,aa
fsan shepard, simontn, sllds, Truman :"!h, saniy
Warren Edward b. Whit: John Whit, Thom,s VI William
Lewis Williams, Jclcpn Williams, Christopher H. Williams
The question then recurring Mr.. Hoifinans reso.
luton, as amended, il was carried wthouta DIVISION
! Mr.. BYNUM offered The following resolution:
Eesoiccd, That the House will now proceed forth
with 20 the election of Sergcantat. Arms, Doorkeeper
Assistant Doorkceper and Public Printer for the pre-.
sent Congress.
The resolution having been read,
Mr.. TURNKEY called for the previous question,
which was seconded by the Hcusc
MIR. STANLi asked for the reading Ct a law IN rea-
/ tion to the election of Public Printer.
Mr.. COOPER of Georgia objected to the reading, 1t
ben. out of order.
The previous question then seconded by the
Housewives li5, noes not counted.
Mr.. EVERETT asked ofthe Chair if a call of the
| House would be in order.
! The SPEAKER decided it not in order.
The main question then ordered, and the resolu-
| ton adopted.
| Mr.. EVERETT, it now being in order moYcd call
of the House. and upon this mot on, the and nays
were ordered, and wcrc-ycas 1871 nays 40
On motion o! Mr. GRAVES, the House by unan'-
Nous consent proceeded to call the abscntccs, and dis
pensrd with other preliminary proceedings
The abscntrcs having been called over, Mr. Rogers OF
South Carolina and Mr. HAYES of Kentucky, who
were absent from indisposton, were excused by the
| House.
:. On motion of Mr. BRIGGS, all further proceedings
in the call were dispensed with; and the House then
proceeded, rira r0cc, to the election OF Clerk.
| Mr. DROMGOOLE nominated Hugh a. Garland.
Mr. CURlTIN nominated Matthew ST. Clair Clan kc.
Mr.. HOPKINS nominated Richard G. Mason
| The CHAIR having appointed Mcssrs Corwin,
Dromgooe, Hopkins, and Briggs, as tcers to ascer-
tain the result, reported That
| The whole Number of votes was 23l
! Necessary to choice ITO
Hugh A. Garland received us
Matthew St. Clair Clarke lO3
Richard G.. Mason
The following is a statement of the vote:
For Hugh n. Gnriand-Messrs. J. Allen, II. j. An
dcrson Athrrton, Banks, Beatty, Bernc, Blackwell
Boyd Brewster, A. V. Brown, A. G. Brown, Burke,
S H. Butler, W. 0. Butler, Bynum, j. Campbell,
Carr, Carroll Casey Chapman, Clifford Coles, Con-
nor, Craig, Crazy, Cross, Dana, Davcc, J: Davis, j.
W Davis, De la NIontanya, Doan, Dog, Dromgooe,
Duncan Earl, Eastman, Ely, Fine, Fisher, Fletcher,
FLOYD, Torrance Galbraith, Gerry, Griffin Hammond,
Hand, J. Hastings, Hawkins, Hill of y c., H'llen'