Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1840-01-14

ncope. and thus the Federal Government would be
virtually overturned. rThe speech of Mr. 5 VIII be
given 10 the readers ofthe Globe, very shortlyl
MIR CLIFFORD said, it was true that this SUBJECT nae
occpped most of the time of Congress since the open
nu Of the session. and il also true that that t'
had been chiefly spent in listening to speeches IRON Inc
gentlemen who sustain the claims Of the members com
m;ssoned by the Governor of New Jersey tor liitl'
of the fine of the House had been occupied by those
who oppose the claims of these pretemders, and wl'
undertake to sustain the rights of the Representatives
elected by the people The first three weeks of the ses
sion he believed entirely devoted to the subject
and he had supposed that, after the decision upoI
the final proposition Of the gentleman from Viz
pinia. MIR Wise,l and after that gentleman himself
had proclaimed that the victory was with the party
| in the maiority-that the battle has been fought
and that he and his friends had lost it-that they
would have suffered the matter, without further
controversy to 90 to the Committee Of Elections
But when the honorable chairman of that committee
MIR CampbeD proposed resolution having this object
in view, every obstacle is thrown in the way-amend
mcn after amendment is piled on 1t; and he had right
TO complain when gentlemen undertake to pass by the
question Immediately before the House, and go into
discussion only of the merits of the controversy but
into discussion of the past decisions Of the House ami
madverting with great severity, the of the
majority while he and others his side of the question
had not yet had opportunity Of saying word the
subject. The gentleman from Virginia, (Alr. Bolts,
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and the gentleman from n Jersey (Alr Randoph) had
been permitted again and again occupy the time
House in riteratlng the arguments, and in review
ing the whole matter connected with the " Jersey cleo
tons Up TO this time fMr c. sad,) he had contented
himself with giving silent vote the various ques-
tons that had been presented relation to this subject
taking that the effect of every vote should be to
sustain the rights of the people, and he would still have
continued to pursue that had it not been foi
some remarks OF the gentleman from Virginia, (Mr
Botts who made it The ground Of complaint that those
opposed to him this question had not entered sut
GENTLY into the discussion, and insinuaed that then
silence caused not by desire 10 avoid useless
consumption of time but because want of confidence
in the Justice of their Under these circumstances
and the of the House had been called in ques
tion while the majority Of which he one, had been
severely censred, he would ask The lndug ence OF
the House while he explained the and motives
Which had governed him and his friends in the course
they had taken, promising that he would not
cessarly consume the time Of the House, and that he
would be brief in the remarks he about to offer
az the nature of the subject would permit.
As the official conduct of the Clerk of the House
| (Mr. Garand) had been frequently censured in the
course Of the discussions growing out of the case Of
| the New Jersey contested clecton-as the Clerk had
applied to the House 10 permit him TO make written
statement explanatory Of his conduct, which courtesy
had been denied hun, and the gentleman from Vir.
gnia tNIr Bolls) had complained that those who com
posed the majority of the House did choose 10 dis
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the Clerk to read his statement, he (Alr c. would
make that paper part of his speech, and read it as
such; and he trusted that gentleman would obec
TO it.
| Mr. PECK said he objected to the gentleman read
ng, as part of his Speech any thing that had beer
written by another person.
/ Mr.. CLIFFORD trusted that no gentleman on tha
floor would object TO his reading, part Of his speech
paper ch the Clerk had offered to the House il
explanation of his conduct, which had been Otter
he had had he knew this courtesy TO be obecet
to- but i'll two instances; one of which was, in this
4 House, where the objection overrulcd, and The
other in the Legislature of his State, where thu
reading Of paper by member was refused, because
he was maniicsilv cndcavorng 10 consume time unnc
ccssarly. The House (AIr c. sad) had yesterday per
m,tcd the gentleman from New Jersey (hlr Randolph
to have read from the Clerks table of part
dispositions, and he therefore hoped like courtcs,
would not be refused TO him.
Mr. PECK still objecting-
}, Mr.. CLIFFORD asked leave Of the House to hay
| the paper read when
MIR MITCHELL called for the yeas and nays, which
were ordered; and taking the question, il was dccd
Arhcrton Banks Beatty, Bddc Black, Blackwell, Bolts Boyd
campbell Carr, Garter Casey Chapman, Clifford, Coles, Crazy
Cross Dana, Daver, John Davis, John W. Davis Doan Dois
aS% John Hastings. ili.n Holmes look Howard Hubbard
W. jones Krn Kemhlr I.eadbcer Leonard, Low ell Lucas
Mcclellan, lirCuIoh Mckay, Mallory, Marcand Mcdh, Mon
tauya Samuel w Morris, Newhard Parish, Parmenter, Parr
ayntrr Pctrkin PrcntsS Ramsey, Reynolds Rdgway Rive,
Edward Rogers james Rogers Samuel, Shaw John Smith, Iho
Smith, Starkweaher SeeIo strong Snmptc Swearinsen
Sweenv Taylor, Francis Thomas, Philip +. Thomas, Jac0
Tlomlsop Turncy Underworld Vanderpoc David d. Wagner
Watcrsun Weler Jared w. Williams L. Williams Wise, an
SaS-Messrs. John W. Aleu- Simeon IT, Anderson Andrews
Bell, Bond Calhoun, Chnn Chendrn Clark, James Cooper
Mark A. Cooper Corwin Crabb, Canston Edward Davies
Davis Dawson, Debey, Dlctt, Edwards JAS Garland R. Gar
land Gates, Goodr Graham Granger Graves Green Grnne
ahrrsnm Hill Of Virginia. Hoffman, James, Charles Johnston
William Cost Johnson, Kcmpsall, Lawrence Lincoln, Marvin
Monroe, Morcan Ogr Osborne, Pen, Peck, Pope, Profit Ran
DALI Randolph, Reed Russell, salronsal Sergeant rrlma
Smith, San! Storr, Snait, Taliafco w Thompson Toland
rrire,, Tmmbnll, r j. Wagner D White, j. White, Tho,
W. Williams, Lewis Williams and = Wiliams-6e
The House having thus decided that the Statemcn
might he read it read accordingly from the Clerk
| table; after which,
/ Mr.. CLIFFORD yielded the floor to
Mr. REYNOLDS, who moved an adjournment
+ and
Mr. STANLY having called for the yeas and nays
which call was not sustained, only II members risn.
in favor of it,
The question taken by tellers, and decided il
the airmative-yeas 92 nays ~;
The House adjourned.