Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1839-11-26

a. ,bossn ,,o,ds nfteedom Of elections. But Tue ne
nbcens of the Senate preferng their own resoiu'nn
to the Doctors dose of "caprap voice u dn" iar
Liable and then took up the clean .7nH o"s i
and adopted it, yeas 49, nays9.
Mr. Reneuu introduced very good resolution " w
s,fucl our Senators, &C. TO cause the prncp'es '" a
eYcpIle nj e port Congress made by nos n p".
and others in 1896, TO be carried out IN ne nrono
lion of The Government-but II involved 30 may P'op
o,ops of minor Importance that it was rejected as cum
bersome If not uncalled for e
Al this stage of the proceedings the determination OF
opposition Senators 10 embarrass the pam que r
with no GOOD intent was palpable, and Inc ho"t "
midnuhi hey wing nearly arrived, Mr.. GesPy mo1ea "e
preriOus question He said, however, that 0eiote
a decision upon the previous question ne oes.eu :
ncall of the roll" The roll then called when II WIS
ascernined that Messrs Brown Frey Jennings, Sewer
and Terry (uIl opposilion) had lett Their seals tes
,heless there being quorum present II was deef'heu
TO proceed until this question, upon winch 50 nur'' W.
had been expended should be disposed o. MT. hthea"
mayed nm adjournment which having precedence over
all Others, taken, and decided IN Inc ntearSe-
Messrs Reneau aud Marshall voting alone IN he
tive The motion for the previous question: cunning y. -
in order was sustained, yeos H. nays9 90, s.e"eu
that the absent Senators had not eitor the nish-h"'
would we say has been said Of Mr. Clay ana DINERS
that they had ''dudged behind pillar let every Que
be his Judge in this case.
II was mIdpght when The previous question was call
ed The majority had been wheedled about day aHef
day b. The minority, who had offered sundiy amenohen.s
that they themselves, through fear oil their
from sense oil 0uty, WOulu Hot sote 'o' go 49,
the majority had borne without murmuring 10 aPPease
if possible the cry Of tyranny the part oil The minority
1t lime 10 close the question, ana acco'u'"sv
The previous question sustained as above stated
The fourth resolution was divided That portion OF
it which nstructs Senators, &c, 10 vote against e
distribution of the proceeds of the public lands among
the Staes was adopted, yeas Is, nays .. Inc o'ne
branch which directs them if possible, 10 procure .ne
passage Of law for the graduation and reouc'oh % e
prices Of public lands, granting pe-empiion fign
&c was adopted unanimously. How VIII MN 'y INV
this unanimous vote? =,
The fifth resolution nstructing Senators, &c, nc
use ell fair and proper excrtions 10 procure the posu
of law repeating The duties Salt, was unanimously
adopted How will MIR Bell, and his spckesmen who
rdicule the opposition TO the Salt Tax, as ohe OF 10"
Benton s humbugs" like THIS "unanimous vote!
The sixth resolution, 'approving hcaThty (nol ee
neray of The leading and policy OF me 40
mlnislratons Of Andrew Jackson and harup van Dn'eh
and instructiug our Senator'S, &c 10 support IN @ooi
FAITH those and that policy vas adopted, yeas
| IL, nuys9.
The seventh resolution requesting His Excellency the
Governor 10 transmit this preamble and these resolu
tons 10 each Of Senators, was adopted, yeas ID
| nays Q.
il was now about o'clock on Saturday mornlng-ane
after ordering the clerk TRANSMIT, The preamble &C.
! the House as adopted by the Senate-ihe Senate 40
! ourned TO IL M-Uni0n
IThsse Resolutions hav been taken up in the House
and the Nashville Wing says, that The two hst days nae
| given rise 10 "a skirmshng discussion and no little
| personal acrmony.
"Tur PORTRAIT VoTE"-Undcr this caption The Ev
j. displays columns, giving pretended returns from the
/ several counties, and claims an aggregate wing ma
io,y of 1880 Now that The Ev J. is an asplran TO Of
fetal honoIs should discard, far as possible us ma
| bin of measurement lis popular vote is made up
partly of Senatorial and partly Of Assembly returns al
best suited its case and BY inaccuracies rn
instance, Chnu,auque is set down at l1o0-hls 1851
Genesee at 2000-it is about lI2o: Niagara 'ooIn u
! ia Otsego l33s-t is 1913: Suffolk l2OO-li Is aoou
! s5G Sullivan l52 Fed-itis go Democratic. The az
preeae Federal majority the Senate tickets, as WI
make it from careful revision OF The returns Is aooo
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