Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1840-05-29
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The SPEAKER suggested tho, by general consent,
the business Of the morning hSur should be dispensed
with in order to proceed TO he disposition OF the nus'-
ness the Speakers tab OF which there was heavy
load. And then various bills were acted and
adopted.
The blrto refupd fine imposed on the late Matthew
LYON under the sedton law, to his heirs and legal re-
representatives. coming ITS order and the question
being on is ensrossment-
MI. RUSSELL moved to amend the bill by striking
out the words 'lega heirs and inserting "personal
representatives
Mir TILLlNGHAST asked if this was not n bill to
refund fine paid in 1890, and if tie petition of the per-
son who paid it had not in his lifetime, been repeat
ly before Congress, and rejected; if it had not in the
course of forty years. undergone repeated discussions
in both Houses without success: If So he would move
TO lay the subject on the table.
Mr.. TURNEY asked Mr. t. to withdraw his motion,
and before he sat down he would move the previous
question.
Mr.. TILLINGHAST said, if any explanation was
desired, he would withdraw the motion 10 lay the
table.
Mr. TURNKEY then asked for the reading Of the
port which was read after which, he moved the prev
question.
And the main question ordered TO be taken.
Mr.. TILLINGHAST renewed his motion TO lay on
the table, observing that if there be final action
on the BILL there ought TO be investigation and
discussion TO the extent of any Just clain if such
existed, and as to the now living persons who shonld
be provided for recipient of the money refunded, If
it was the intention of the House to pass the bill aud
such discussion would at this time nconvencntly de-
lay the of private business assigned and ready
be acted on this morning.
Mr.. TURNEY asked the yeas and nays on that mo-
ton which ordered and being taken, were: Yeas
II, nays l29
So the motion lay the table rejected.
And the question then REQUIRED on the first part of
the main queston-being the amendment to strike
out the words 'legal heirs and insert the words per-
sonal representatives.
The yeas and nays were ordered, and, being taken,
were: Yeas A. nays 81.
So the amendment rejected.
And the question recurring OF the second branch OF
the main question: (be,ng the engrossment,) the
yeas aud nays u,dcrcd and, being taken, were:
Yeas 100, nays 90
So the bill was ordered to be engrossed for u third
reading
Mr. RUSSELL then moved that the further cons-
deraton of the bill be postponed to Friday next.
After some remarks from Messrs. RUSSELL, BUT
LER of Kentucky, TURNEY, R. GARLAND, A.
SMITH, JENIFER, BRIGGS, and JAMESON
Mr.. JAMESON moved the previous question, but
withdrew it at the request Of Mr.. w. THOMPSON,
who made few remarks, and had not concluded
When, the hour having arrived, the House took the
usual recess.
Erening Session
After the recess, the question being 10 when the
bill for the relief Of the heirs Of Matthew Lyon should
receive its third reading
MIR. LINCOLN was proceeding with much earnest
in opposition to the BILL the ground that the
fine to be remttedha never been paid by Mr. Lyon,
when
Mr.. W. THOMPSON broke in with an expression
of regret that MIR. L. should waste his acknowledged
talents such ground when he would undertake SO
10 demonstrate the contrary to satisfy every
the floor, and to obtain the geneman's vote. He
then went into the evidence before the committee, in
GLIDING the sentence of the imposing the fine and
imprisonment and the sheriff discharge of Mr. Lvon
whence he inferred that the fine must have been paid
or he never could have been discharged Mr.. T., with
his accustomed ardor, protested against having the
Treasury polluted by returning the money whence, in
deed he traced the calamites which had fallen that
Treasury as the just vengeance of God.
Mr. WELLER, after expressing his hearty assent in
the conclusions of Mr. T. moved the previous question,
but consented to withdraw il at the request of
Mr.. POPE, who stated his having been personally
intimate with Mr. Lyon and acquainted with the facts
of the 1t generally understood that the
ney had been made up by MIR. Lyons friends and paid
to or for him. Mr.. p them according to his pledge,
renewed the motion for the previous question.
DIR. PETRIKIN moved call Of the House, but it
was not in orders
MIR. SLADE earnestly appealed to have the motion
for the previous question withdrawn, when
Mr. WELLER consented to have the previous ques
lion withdrawn; and
Mr.. SLADE went into statement of the facts of
the case the conviction Of Mir Lyon having taken place
in Mr. SIS dis riot. He stated the circumstances of in
dignity accompanying the imprsonment-his being pa
raded through the district thrown into loathsome Jail
and deprived Of the use of pen ink and paper. The
Democrats of the day gathered in great assembly
round the ja-an assembly not equalled BY any Mr.
3. had ever seen, save the grand Convention at Ba
more-and q voluntary contribution called for and
taken up but, before it could be applied the fine had
been paid, either through the intervention of Col
friends in another county, or by his own means. As
Lyon at the jail door, he proclaimed that
he was on his way TO Congress. The cavalcadc which
attended him was half mile long-stopped at his ia.
theirs house, and there all par,ook of cakes and hard
cider, in true Democratic style Mr.. S. did not believe
the hnc had ever been rrmt,cd by Mr. Jefferson or BY
Congress
Mr.. S. concluded BY renewing The motion for the
previous question.
A question of order arose as Ia the time when The
bill should have It's third reading
The previous question was seconded, PIT, and car
red, and the bill ordered to be read ,lrd time
now; 1t was read accordingly, when
Mr.. TURNEY moved the previous question. which
was seconded, put and carried and the main question
being the passage of the bill, decided by yeas
and nays, as follows: Yeas i2l, nays l5
Yeas-Messrs. J. w. Allen, Hugh J. Anderson, An
drews, Banks, Beatty, Beirne, Bell, Boyd, Albert G.
Brown, Burke, Sampson FL. Butler, w. o. Butler By.
mum, Calhoun, w. B. Campbell, Carr, Carter, Casey
Chapman, Chinn, Clark, Clifford Coles, Conner, VIM
R. Cooper Crabb Crazy Crockett, Cross, Dana, Davee,
J. Davis, Dickerson, Dillett, Doaa, Doig, Duncan,
Earl, Eastman, Ely, Fine, Fletcher, Floyd, Torrance,
James Garland Rice Garland, Gerry, Goggin, Goode,
Green, Griffin, Hammond, Hand, Hawkins, Henry,
Hill of Va, Hill of North Carolina, Holleman, Holiness
Hopkins Howard, Hubbard, jackson, James, jameson,
Charles Johnston, n Jones, Kemble, Kempsha, Kille,
Leadbetter, Leonard Lewis, Lowell, Mcclellan, Nc
Culloh, Mallory, Marchand, Mason, Miller, Montanya,
s. w. Morris, Newhard, ogle, Osborne, Parish, Par
menter, Petrkin, Pope, Prentiss, Ramsey Reynolds,
Rhett, Ridgway E, Rogers, samuels, Shaw, A. Smith,
John Smith, Thomas Smith, Starkweater, Seenrod
Strong, Stuart Sumter, Swearingen, Sweeny, Taylor,
Francis Thomas, w. Thompson, Jacob Thompson,
Triplett, Turney, Underwood David d. Wagner,
Warren, Watterson, Weller, J. White, Wick, }. W.
Williams, II. Wlliams-l22.
.yays-Messrs Bond, Briggs, Cranston, Curtis, Da-
ves Deberry, Evans, Grinnell, Habersham, Halves,
Hoffman, Jenifer, Lincoln, Mckay, Morgan, Rayner,