Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1840-05-19
,epS.TJoNAL RIGHTS.

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assnt the Speaker laid before the House
IS genera The President of the U. States, enclos
as>aEe the Secretary of State, in answer to
report S;S House of the a3d of March, calling for
.auon o. ',rr.srondence between that Department
es Of Al, ,c functicnares of the United States,
"a tbs I.s.,5en. Denmark, and Prussia, IN relation
rance eIer 10 the Government of the U. States of
me ".harsed with piracy ana MURDER on board she
:>ons e"i,on,r sPat,sburg in the year 1917, &c.
states SIT Mr. ADAMS, the message and docu.
On n'o'' IA on The table and ordered to be printed
MT wS,' as moved the printing of 5000 extra CO.
VI Nh ,ba, these were documents OF great inn
: he living questions of very great interest to
at,aati' Il was a collection of documents in re-
coG"" .maud for the delivery Of persons accused
ton q az" ,b,s Government, and by this Govern
crime y" ,,bers-cou,ainng the correspondence
"I bd3 taken place ~ relation 10 the saoJect n,ther
ben ~" n,on of the Attorney General of the U.
aud ". nb,rct |. was matter of great import
'ss on s,,,s and he had, himself, received COM
ne 10 u" .rnm the Governaf of Virginia, requesting
snt rs documents when published.
;12 % n1r fER said that by the rule, the motion to
1as number must lie over except by general
mi, saeS'ta "1''
'n:'a;, ypREwS, of Kentucky, objected.
W N. ADAMS moved suspension OF the rule, on
NJ IN there were-ayes Sd, noes 3o; no quorum
%,E ,yDREWs moved call Of the House, but
,l'',%, -, COOPER called for the yeas and nays on
vi - u,nend the rule, which were ordered; and
! ', .,s%n wcrt-yeas 81, nays Ga.
y niles we're not suspended
49, message and documents were then referred 10 Tue
tee on Foreign Affairs
CASE OF THE AMISTAD.
br Mr. CUSHING, the documents which
Y. been transmitted to the House in rela
y INA Ease of the Amlstad, and which had been
~ ~, lille. we're taken therefrom, and referred to
| : |,n,nit,ee on Foreign Affairs
" ''''" THE TOBACCO INTEREST.
,rSICER asked the House at this time TO take
VI .n,.,i,r motion submitted by him yesterday,
~, nr,n,ur of 5000 extra copies Of the memorial
.. f,3;nTs of the Convention of Tobacco plant
- .,sp,Iy held in this city.
~ SPEAKER said it could only be done by gene
!, consent J. -, A..
w number oil the most respectaoie ci'iZens OF the
ny, safes had assembled recently in the City of
~ ,n,, for the purpose ofmemoralzlng Congress
b,, of the tobacco interest, and that the
.'' Celebrations had been the presentation Of
- ,b.;r memorial which would furnish all the
Of this House information that would astonish
| TIN, proposition now was, to print an extra
,,,b,, o' that memorial.
VA no objection being made, the motion to print
Zen up considered, and agreed TO.
H.
u. CAMPBELL, of South Carolina, asked leave to
-, -.s,g,,on from the Committee Of Elections,
h,,r that committee TO have all such testimony
.i !, relation to the contested cases which had
,,.t 10 their consideration, as they might think
Il. CAMPBELL was understood TO explain that
r, obec, otthc resolution was TO facilitate the ac-
|, IN oilhe committee
II, STANLl objected.
hn
. I economy that this course should be adopted,
,,,s such vast mass of testimony before the COM
80 ,ut they desired 10 have only such portions of
.9-a,ed as might be necessary.
The resolution was then received and agreed to.
r.. -a,5,, of,he Select Committee on Public Print
was postponed 10 Thursday next.
,.nIIEcrION OF DUTIES ON IMPORTS.
Tile House took up the bill, reported yesterday with
,a..rg amendments from the Committee of the Whole
n, state Of the Union, entledoA bill to ensure the
.ltll execution of the laws relating to the col
5gc Q; dates on imports; the question being on con-
..r with the Committee of the Whole in their varl-
!, amendments.
3ssa!tory and heightened discussion followed in
l.$;ance 10 several of the amendments.
u. HOLMES then rose and addressed the House for
s.i!s Of an hour in urgen, opposition 10 the princi-
h aad features Of this bill.
,Ss: which. Mr.. PETRIKIN moved the previous
.ls.,on
Ia! after some conversation point of order, the
c..s.aa was taken, and there second.
l.4 lie main question (beng on the motion OF Mr.
Fillmore 70 strike out the section) was ordered to be
u5ea
notion 10 adjourn was made. and rejected.
VI FILLMORE asked the yeas and nays on the
n., ..e,on which were ordered; and, being taken,
VIZ ,ras -, nays So
she notion 10 strike out the section was rejected
The question then required ordering the bill to
E sn:,ossei for third reading.
NJ UNDERWOOD moved to an adjournment, but
IL ysas and nays being demanded and ordered, ne
g:li'ew the motion.
The question was then put on ordering the bill TO be
third tme and decided by yeas and nays, as fol-
.E Yeas III, nays 30.
So,he bill was ordered to its third reading.
l. was then read third time, PASSED, and sent to the
Senate for concurrence.
Tie House then adjourned.