Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1840-1842, 1841-08-17

10 The question was then taken on rising. and de
Of cdod IN the stiirmaiive-Ayes 10 noes So
IheSeupon the committee Tose and reported pro
yress.
y Ia message as lived rem the Senate III -o,c,
e Dickens, Esq, Secretary, informing the Hous,
hat the Senate had passed the bill Nu;horiznr IN,
recovery OF fines aud ioreitureS ncurr,d under th,
charter, laws, and ordinances Of Georgetown, be
l. fore justices ii the peace.
:, Also, ;n'ounns this House that the Senate h,C
,, passed JOINT resolution ~ relation to the hsh
E, no'ts now stationed At Sandy Hook and Bartlett,
!, thcrrir.l
/, rhc SPEAKER gave the floor to
. NJ. WISE.
, Mir BARNARD said he rose to A priyi,escd ou,.
}, ton f"eS
Mr. WISE. Non eondai that do not rise to =
privileged question also.
, Mr. MORGAN. Say so, then.
MIR WISE As thus is about 4 be (, test Question
on this oil, move call OF the House.
: IN which motion the vote stood ayes II, noes So
So the call refused
: MIR TRUMAN SMITH then moved A., ree,p,iao.
ration ,ot tue vote by which the House had hi
morning adopted the resolution Of Mr Barnard pro.
vIding tina, all debate the Bankrupt Bill should
cease this day at o'clock.
Mo PROFIT moved to lay the motion to recop.
slider on the table
Mr. WISE asked the yeas and nays: which were
o'SSEed' and being taken, were as follows:
So the motion not laid on the table
And the question recurring on secondins the de-
mand for the previous que.Iion-
Mr. WISE sand, # IN order, he would move that
the House again resolve itself into Commute. of the
Whole on the state of the Union.
A voice. IL is all to xii timeI
Mr. WISE. The previous question is not We, or.
dered, It It was, would not submit the motion.
believe the motion TO go into committee is priyile
Ced motion. F"S
The SPEAKER The question Of rccor,;Jor,.
Ton itsoi, on which the previous question is De.
manded, iSa y ivlcgCd question, and must be ,ieci
ded before the other motion is entertained. II the
House should vote down the motion TO- the previous
question, the motion 10 20 into committee would
then be first in order.
After some conversation
! Mr. WISE called for the t,llrrs; and they were
ordered, tMessrs Wise and Boardman acting in Thai
! clpacty)
Ant the question being taken on the demand for
the previous question, the vote Stood ayes %, noes
/ So there was second.
And the main question was ordered 10 be taken
Mr. WISE asked the yeas and nays on the main
! question; which were ordered.
/ And the main question, snail the vote be recon
sIdcred.' was then TAKEN and decided in the AMIR
| NATIVE as to.lows: Yeas IO2-Nays gS
I So the vote VS. rccVnsIGrtl.
Mr. BARNARD moved that the House resolve
/ se. INTO Committee OF the Whole on the state OF
the Union "
! MIR ATHERTON moved to reconsider IN, yo,.
/ by which the resolution providing that when ,bis
House adjourn, 1t adjourn to meet on Monday next
had been adopted; and asked the yeas and nays on
/ that motion
| Mir PENDLETON moved to law the motion 70
reconsider on the table.
MIR CLIFFORD asked the yeas and nays which
were ordered.
| Mr. RANDOLPH moved tina, the House do now
/ adjourn
Mr. WISE asked the yeas and nays which were
Mr. RANDOLPH withdrew the motion to adj
journ.
And the question then REQUIRED. and was taken
on the motion to lay the motion TO reconsider on the
/ t'G'e' and II was decided in the Affirmative: Yeas
J lOl, nays 81.
be. ''~ vi VIC "a
The SPEAKER laid before the House A COM
mGn'cat'on i'om the Secretary OF State, which was
referred TO the Committee Of the Whole on the state
OF the Union, and ordered to be printed
! On motion OF Mr. BARNARD, the Itorss ,-,ir
resolved Itse,i INTO Committee Of the Whole on the
state %, the Union, DIR Ti.Iinenlst In The chsirl
My WILLIAMS, Of Maryland, moved that the
COMMITTEE proceed to the consideration OF the bill in
alton 10 the census which motion was elected
The committee resumed the consideration of the
ol. TO establish uniform system OF bankruptcy
throughout the United States
MIR WISE asked where were the ran,l.. nor, ,rL,
were so anxious To SpCsk7 Was there any o.nrie.
men who wished 20 speak? No, one
voice. Then let us toks The question
Mr. WISE. Ina few moments gentlemen sboud
Mr. Wise said he felt very indifferent as 10 the
tate Of the bill, although he felt very sincere sym-
palhy loT tho debtor c.ass Of his ow.citizens.-
de would not sport with the feelings and the homes
OF the uniortun1 Doyr. What dd he menu
IA voice: cay, sure enough that's inc oucs.
, t'on."I f1-1
MIR. W. said he meant to tel them-and he wish
cd his voice could reach every log house in the and
IN which bankrupt lived - "A voice "BlDkrup;s
1--we IN marble houses y He would say to every
such unfortunate man who was LOOKING, with ielJ-
iu eye 'o|rEd ih'I touse for hope, that his hopes
had been HateF-d oHly 10 &c betrayed: he would
get no bankrupt bill this session. Gentlemen in
TENDED 10 use tins bill rs much political capi,sI
ana allow 1t 10 pass or no. TO pass, on certain con-
ungerCIes.
wilma large number Of The People, lie did ro,
DOUBT, this bill would be q very popular measure.
tut with much larger rumble IN a very .lor.
TIRE ard, us repeal would be far mere popu-
lar. Mr. v. went into calculation as tO the mum.
net OF creditors immediately concerned in the bill
ne estimated tie average 10 he L. eas. five 10 each
'ankrun'; and u, as had been stated The latter were
} ''oOJv, lHen tHere wou.u he mass Of :, 500 900
people who would las the Reporter understood him
TO say! be opposed 10 the bill. J. had been ca
TED lh4t TIE br1nkrupts were sufficiently 1umcrsu.
10 urn the majority IA five States, Giving 80 cleo
ioraI votes; ana made statement showing what hid
been the state Of the polls 10 these States ut the last
Presidential election. The States, Hs saIu yyerc
New orK, FcEnsy wanna, Mann, and i-yo Others,
lie gave the Ulnkrupts warning that they had
been weighed, and with very great nicely In the
scales, not % justice but o. political Influence and
he feared D, would be found that their scale kicked
the beam. They were now Ike mice ~ the receiver
Of an AR pump, being experimental upon. While
haste and precipitation had marked the rroceedln, q
OF the House 10 reference 10 every other bill of the
session, on this alone gentlemen seemed 10 think
thcmscIyes at liberty 70 trhe.
When he should hear good reason assigned vhv
the bill should not be passed mis- day, then he had
another speech 70 make. The bil. might do very
wei. for merchants and traders, but L never would
DO for tobacco planters, and corn growers. Yet
though he could not vote the baukrup,s' bill he
would no. to-ture them 10y suspense. Their biII be
would tel. them, would ai., and II wrq time thew
knew IT, ], was time their hopes were arrested m
their upward q ghi, Sd that whsr they did fail Il
might re with less destructive force.
Mr. BRIGGS entirely dIsseutcd from the view
Just expressed by the gentleman rom Virginia The
House had had this bill but four days under ms
consideration, during which time us merits had been
dscu s5cd with candor temper, and firrness. The
remarks which had jus, fallen from me gentleman
from Nir-Inia were the only indication, winch had
yet appeared, Of desire 70 connect the bill with
party politics. That gentleman haG Intimated thai
the iusnas OF the tI.. sore playing political prmr
with an unfortunate class Of their fe i'ow-mgn
, Mr. WISE. sid no such a thing. ICrirr NJ
'yes-on yCs-you Id"I / said tina, some who
pretended 10 be tie friends Il This h, were ,no,,sd
81 such game. never said that fihg real fricnJs
OF the measure.
r Mr. BRIGGS resumed, and srfd he was Glad Z,
lind that the gentleman exempted the friend. of the
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