Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1840-1842, 1841-08-20
POSTSCRIPT.
by LAST NIGHTS MAIL
CONGREss-wEDNEsDAY.

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In the Senate Wednesday. the hour Of twelve
having arrived, the President proclaimed the order
OF the day, which was the consideration Of the OF
J1enons Of the President to the Bill eharlefing a
Fiscal Bank.
The galleries and lobbies were crowded, in nn-
ueiPaton Of the debate which had been expected
Mr.. Benen rose and said. under sense Of duty, he
was induced to move that tho consideration Of the
Executive Message accompanying the return to the
Senate Of the Bill to establish a Fiscal Bank, 6s
further postponed until to.morro~, ~ O'Clock.
MIR Calhoun hoped that the consideration would
not 10 postponed.
MIR Berren replied.
Mr. Calhoun rejoined.
Mr. Beruen said that the Senator was at liberty TO
suggest Whatever he might think proper; but that
should not conclude Mr. y. as having made a mo-
ton here for reasons which he could no, disclose
lie Submitted to the Senate that there were upon
the face Of the paper itself ample reasons from the
importance OF the subject. matter, why II should be
ma,urey considered. II the Senslor thought other
WISE he would, Of course, resist tho motion to post
. pone.
MIR Calhoun said that, this was a very e1-
traordInary motion, the votes OF Senators upon il
ought to be recorded; he would therefore demand
tue yeas and nays. They were ordered according
| ly, and stood as follows:
! fEAS-mes'r.. Archer, Barrow, Bates, Bayarl,
BeH'en, Chonie, Clay, of Ken, Clayton, Dixon,
Evans, GTaham, Henderson, Huntington, Kerr,
/ Mansum, Merrck, Miller, Aorehead, Phelps PoT-
ter, PrsntSs, Preston, RIves Simmons Smith Of In
diana, Southland, Tn.imadSe, White, Woodbridge
NAYS Ms.srs Allen, Benton, Buchanan, Cal.
houn, Clay Of Alabama, Cuthy9u, Fulton, King,
Linn, McRober;s, Mouton, Nicholson. Pierce, s.,
I vier, Sturgeon, 1HPpan, Walker, Williams W God.
I bury, Wright, Ioung-2I.
| So the consider alton Of the message was pos,po-
ned ,lll Tomorrow at IL O'Clock.
The Senate then proceeded 10 the consideration Of
the Distribution and Presumption Bill. After some
time spent therein, the Bankrupt Bill was taken Up
and the amendments of the House concurred in.
/ In the lower House, .he Bankrupt Bill was re-
reconsiiered by vote Of los to IS. The amend
ment by Mr. Clifford was then reconstructed and
rejected.
And the main question, "shall this Bill pass. -
was then taken, and decided in the affirmative, by
a vote Of 10 TO loo.
! So the Bill passed.
| We sutjoin paragraph the passage of the
Bill, from the National Intelligence:
From The National InicigenccI Of Yesterday.
BANKRUPT BILL PASSED!
ltwou.d be difficult 10 eK oil beyond its desert the
noble spirit which unlmaes the Representatives Of
the People IN Congress, and directs their proceed
ngs
| Yesterday the bill 10 establish uniform system
Of bankruptcy, which, in moment Of excitement
on the preceding day, had been laid upon the
table, was re considered, freed from an obnoxious
and fatal amendment which had been made 10 il.
finally PASSED with one amendment, (postponing
us operation TO February next which amendment
tho Senate immediately agreed to; and this very I'M
portans and long and uuxiously desired measure
now wants only the signature Of the President to
| become a law.
! We do not claim this purely whiS meas urc,
though nearly every vote in its favor was a whig
vote for there were a number OF Wing members Of
the House who, having insupcrabe objections to the
bill, or feeling themselves instructed by the know n
viii Of their constituents the subject voted against
IT, So important, however. did some Of those
who voted against the till consider its passage to the
general success Of the Wing sye;em Of measures,
| ihair would, We have no doubt, have received more
/ Wing votes, had more votes been necessary to
carry It, In confirmation ofwhich surmise, 1t may be
stated that, the question reconsider the vote
on the passage OF the bill, the demonstration in its
favor reached to sixteen votes OF msjcry instead
Of the smaller majority by which it had passed.