Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1840-03-31

-, vANDERPOEL announced the fact that the
w, VI from Massachusetts,, MIR. Adams, who was in
meiHv had refused to vote, and moved that he be
ca m,, CHAIR said that the motion not now in
-; ,hs House having, former occasion, decided
oi1e o,;on of this kind could not be made pending
t ling of VOTE and the. annunciation Of the re-
suit. ,,rpp s,;a that \ onorpm bero nresent
nv m,nss would again resolve itself into Committee
NV ~. Whole on the Treasury note bill
Th House having accordingly resolved itself into
ronmttce Of the Whole,
%" RARNARD, without proceeding in his remarks,
.i W.. moved that the committee rise.
as Tasrs were called for, and Messrs. Graves and
IAN we're appointed; who, on counting the voters
'a"' between them, reported ayes 26, noes 81.
Pas sThs Wings, sub sileatio, refused to vote
,o,un, not voting, tile committee rose and report
"A the fact 10 the House.
NJ, BARNARD moved an adjournment
~, WEI LER called for the yeas and nays on the
w.. iI 10 adjourn, which having been ordered, the
Hoo ,;an vas taken, and resulted-yeas q, nays 80.
On this question many Wings, and Mr.. BARNARD
moved the adjournment, did not vote.
IT, House having refused to adjourn, and it being
.",;nsd by the vote just taken that there quo
rum present, oo,,oa ;,so,f into ron,r,;ttoe &c
), Whole and took up the Treasury note bill, MIR.
nv Of Georgia in the Chair.
,nJ agan finding itself without quorum, reported
,,n f,ct TO the House; when
NJ DUNCAN moved call Of the House.
,nd the yeas and nays having been ordered, the
-.s,;on was taken, and resulted-yeas 81, nays2l
NJ COOPER OF Pennsylvania moved that the
w. WELLER called for the yeas and nays, which
were ordered.
Mr. PROFIT renewed it.
Mr. pETRIKIN called for the yeas and nays.
Mr. DAWSON hoped the call of the House would
MT be proceeded in He thought no good could arise
I'm continuing this state of things. 1t was now one
ncock, and the members all perfectly exhausted
and required rest.
rnse would ad,ourn he was in the habit of rising at
600 o'clock in the morning and would agree to meet
n, House at that hour but he required some sleep
The question was then taken Mr. Profits motion
,oadourn and decided in the negatve-yeas 20, nays
And thus the House of Representatives went on in
,b,s cbilds play-the Wings determining to prevent
tho taking Of the question on the Treasury note Bill,
and the Republicans determined if possible to get to
tho ouestion-bu unable to put the previous question:
because they were in Committee of the Whole which
tho nrey;ous question cannot be taken. Their effort
vac of course, to get out Of the Committee of the
Wbole-but when they moved that question: the Wings
would dodge the House, and prevent quorum being
formed and any question being taken upon the motion
Then the COMMITTEE mao 10 again
the House 10 ascertain If there was quorum-when
The Wings re.appeared and formed quorum Thus
m. Wings were playing this game of hide and seek,
Car hours delaying the public business, and wearying
ou, the House. and this extraordinary session continued
from 10 o'clock Tuesday TO o'clock on Wedncs-
day-near ~ hours In the course oil the sitting the
following scenes occurred:
The SPEAKER announced that the Sergeant-at-
Arms was in attendance, and had presented list of
gentlemen who were in his custody, and now present
N he House, viz: Messrs. Corwin, Hook, Morris, Da-
Wis of Indiana, j. Johnson, j. Campbell, Mcclellan, G.
Morris, Satonstall, Butler, Campbell Of Tennessee,
Cushing, Randolph, Montgomery, Hill ofNorth Carroll
ma Fisher Hastings Allen Of Ohio, Charles Johnston,
Warren, Kempshall, Gddings, and Gentry.
The SPEAKER also read the list of those gentle
men who could not be found by the officer of the House.
and o: those who had been summoned and refused to
attend
Mr. Corwin Of Ohio being the first on the list, was
then called up and addressed by the Speaker fol-
lows:
"Mr. Corwin, you have been absent from the House
without leave Of the House, and contrary to its laws if
you have any to offer for your absence, the
House will now hear it.
Mr. CORWIN said he could assign to the House in
avery few words the reasons why he was not in his
place during last night He left the House little be-
lore 10 o'clock, while Mr. Habersham was speaking
the authority of gentleman who he thought had
good right 10 speak to the views and intentions Of
the Administration party He alluded to the gentle
man from New York Mr.. Eanderpoel] He inquired
OF him what were the intentions OF the majority with
regard 10 the Treasury Note bill, and whether they
expected to pass it that night. He told the gentleman
llat lie did not like the business the House was en-
gagged in and did not intend to have any thing to do
with it, On this, he was informed by the gentleman,
whose authority he could not question, that the bill
was 10 come of committee presently, and that it
was 10 be acted on to-day. He had no idea, Mr.. &.
said, that his presence wanted and as the gentle
man had told him that he did not want his vote, he
concluded that he would 90 home and go to bed He
assured the House that, in absenting himself, ne in.
tended to commit no contempt or evince any want OF
respect for It's authority.
Mr. HOFFMAN moved that Mr.. Corwin be dis
charged from the custody of the with
out paying the fees
This question was taken by tellers, Messrs Howard
oflndiana and Andrews of Kentucky, and decided in
the negative-ayeS SO, nays 53.
Mr. CORWIN desired to make an additional expla-
nation While he had had the honor to hold seat on
that floor during nine years, action Of this kind what
had taken place lie had desire TO object to the
House coming to any decision, IN his own case that
might answer the purposes for which these proceedings
instituted but he desired that if any action was TO
ba had that example for all times hereafter,
that would supersedc the necessity of enforcing the ut
tendance Of MEMBERS quorum should be present to de-
eide what that action should be. He would observe that
he had been here for nine years. and had never before
been the subject of ccnsure for absence from his duties
"H 'is uie' ne Sd" udHy Sehtieiie i'iu nv
seemed disposed to make jest of the whole affar-he
others in their chairs and he could see but little
more crminallty in being asleep at home in bed, and
being asleep here within the bar Mr. c. again restated
ms cause OF absence, and then
The question on dscharging him, upon the payment
OIL the fees, taken and carried during much disor-
der and confusion
The other gentlemen the list were severaly called
and the same mterrogatory as that put to Mr. Corwln
by the Speaker having been put to them in their ORDER
they excused themselves follows
Mr. RANDOLPH had paired off with a gentleman,
and was not aware that the House was in session TIL
sent for Discharged on the payment Of the fees
Mr. MONTGOMERY left the House in consequence
Of lndispostion was too unwell to sit up. Excused
without payment of fees
Mr. HILL of North Carolina pleaded indisposltlon.
Was in the House till nearly IL o'clock, and, being
unwc, retired to his Excused without pay
nent Of fees.
MIR. FISHER, when called upon, asked at what time
1t was that he was absent On being answered at
o'clock in the morning, he said was absent from the
House. them when it full ten hours after the usual
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