Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1841-03-23

n, hair
nnctbriJae from reading his authority, he put tue
o,;op ia the House, ard MIR. Goode point OF ofoer
,ros sustained, ayes "a, noes a.
u nro,,n then announced, that he had concluded
his remarks He had determined from the mrs. !" speA
IN ,he cars came surprising that they would bring IN
on,s ,rembers-or az they said IN the country, until
,ba cows came homeland having accomplished ms o.
;, he would now desist If the present majority were
,cnored 10 force an election be 1t So lie had uis'
charged his duty. :, ,ho
cars vii, Two other Wing Deegates,) spoke IN oPpo-
sit;on to the previous queston-and took occasion
to express his doubts about the consttuuonay VI ne
Bill passed in Senate, for changing the uuoefhaoiu
term ia
,.;rr ntelI,pence for the Iiouseand that was, that
Mr Brown would, with the leave OF the House, VIII
draw his motion for the previous qlestioh, !" :.
that the resolution would thereuPon be aio
on the lable--and the remaining business DC
and the House ad Journ sine due
There seeming To be general assent 10 ths proposu'
Mr. Brown asked and obtained leave 10 "lhura" the
motion for the previous question. ny. May lhe'
moved 10 lay the resolution on the table, wh'ch was
carried, by a vote OF Il to 70. ,.u :,
Mr.. Nav then obtained leave TO introduce bill TO
repeal the law passed on Saturday. a committee was
accordingly appointed, and the bill was reported
which passed through It's different stages and the queS
ton being upon lis passage ),
Mr. Holiday rose to say he should vote Tor me
Of Saturday had passed the House, voice only neng
raised in doubt Of lis consl,utonaty, and The MI pass
ed without disscntient vote, that there was no Sc
rious constitutional doubt entertained and Tor ms o"
part he had no sort of doubt about H. lie had yoed
Tor that bill in order TO elect Governor Tie had no
doubt the election would have been made, and ne was
sorry 10 see that the election had been defeated oy Inc
proceedings of the House this day lie believed TO
be the duty of the Legislature to make the election,
and have a Governor for the Commonwealth bul II
appearing 10 be the determination Of TINS House 70 pre-
vent an election he would go for the bill now before
the House, as he had strong doubts whether there
muht not be an nterregnum in the Government, pi
the of Saturday not repeatedly after Inc hrs1
Of April. ,.u !,
Mr.. Chapman said, he would vote for the bill, be-
cause he saw from the extraordinary movements OF the
House. the gentlemen of portion OF The House were
determined to have other than wing Governor
lie reminded the House with great iorce that Tue very
persons and the very party who had made such
camor acainst the Previous Question to-day, (he very
device by which they had defeated the eso!uiion had
during this present gagged the House, and cut
oil all discussion the Expunge resolution, which
lhev had fastened upon the House. He could not very
well conceive, how gentlemen could Tecohclle such
gross Inconsistencies 10 any sense OF pubic duty
The repeating bill was then passed without divi.
sion-scnt to The Senate where promptly passed. and
the fact was communicated b. Mr.. Fontalne mes
sage also received from them, that they were ready
10 adjourn, with the csnsent OF the House.
The following resolution was then moved ny nlf.
1ayoe OF King George
GRssofred unanimousiy That the thanks OF this
House be presented Valentine w. Southali, Esq,
for the prompt able and impartial manner IN which he
has discharged the duties Of presiding officer OF TINS
House"
On Mr. Vaughans suggestion, the word "unan-
mously' Withdrawn by the mover, and OH M
Vaughan motion, the ayes and noes were callso OH
the passage Of the resolution, viz:
4ycs-llessrs. Coles, Cabell, M'Cue, Stuart, Bur
we'll Of Bedford Mitchell, Irvine, Corbn, Coleman
Cardwe Broadus, Irving, Roanc, Scott, Marshall Of
Fauquer. Payne, Gather, Smith Of Gloucester Ers
kline, Butts, Odell, Thompson, Mullen, NJ kae Ham.
lett, Stephenson of Jefferson, Warrington Tayloe Of
King George, Beard, Ramey, Harrison, Marshall oil
Lunenburr, Banks. Caldwell, Bryan, Goode Clayton,
Harrell, Taylor Of Norfolk Borough, VERIFY, Fitzgerald
NJ Council, Hidden, NJ Pherson, lliner, May, heen,
Porter Burke Dey Elliott, Strother, Robertson, Sn-
der. Dorman Tate Crutchield, Warren, SPOTS, Ste
phcnson of Tyler, Walker, Stephenson Of Wood, Full
ton-63
.yoes-Messrs Byrd, Hannah, Cox, Vaughan, Sang
ster, Johnson, Davis, Dabney, Cowan, BeE'ns' uooa
son-ll.
The House then acted finally on the bills before them
The sum total Of the Saturdays and yesterdays
proceedings is this: Gov Grlmer resigned unexpected
il 10 all. \ resolution moved by Wing to pass
4 bill for the election Of new GovernoT-a wing
Committee reported the bi-it was carried without
opposition-and in the Senate by strong majority,
amonr them sevcral Wings. All this time, the
Wings were persuaded they could elect wing
Governor But when some OF the Republican ao.
santees returned in the evening, and II was found
the tables had been turned the Wings object
ed II the passage Of resolution, 10 proceed to the
election of a Governor under law moved By them
selves. They determined 10 defeat the cleo
tion If a Governor, unless he Whig--and
TO attain their object, they rrsor,cd to all sorts
Of parliamentary devices, b. speaking against time,
by abusing the previous question, whch they them
selves had imposed upon the Republican Party IN the
Eypunge case.-Thc Republicans finding that i was
81, ,alna nj -
cratic Governor and unwilling to leave the Common
wealth 10 the doubtful operation Of bill tor h1ins the
Gubernatoral term, when no Governor was appointed
determined repeal the law Of Saturday. andthus throw
the administration of the government upon Tie senior
Councillor according the provisions Of the ConstI-
ton Both parties acquesced in this conrSe-and
the duties of the Governor will now devolve upon Jno
VI Patton Esq, until the :3lst Narch--and from that
time upon the succeeding senior Councillor, Col Jon
Rutherford until The lie Ilsature shall pass the
necessary law and eject Governor. In tins we are
most Fortunate that John Ruther is one Of The pu
est and trmcst Republicans we have IN 'rgnIa-Dirss
ed with talents and virtues TO grace the satonand IN
the controversy with New York, one Of The great ao-
sorb no questions of the day, thorough trend Of Tie
inspection Law-and Virginian, every inch OF hin
Mr. Ridley sent with message to the Senate,
announcing that the House was about To adjourn: At
ter an eloquent address from the Speaker the House
adjourned
TTEe Legislature have been ~ days in session, and
have passed 100 Acts
ssWRy FlcE.Ihc Richmond Enquirer and baltimore Erpnh
can contract their terribly the removal u Two or three
flvu;e Intermediates with the peoples conrIrns.
F.rtsruuh Times
"Tro or thrce'-Why! there appears 10 be no end 10
the number of victims The guot'ne is going meFrily
forwards and striking off heads BY The dozen Every
DAYS National Intcllgencer swelling the Blaeh Last
If they gang this gait shall count the re-
moves by hundreds These remorGis, We presume, do
not "intermedde with the peoples concerns, but
they cnt conoundcdy into all the previous professions
of the Wings They were TO prescribe nobody Tor OPT
MON sakcbut they have turned The tables upon them
selves and we shall know mhen the guillone is
suspend IFS operations Heads cf w tens ind nun
dreds will be the order Of the day.
i. Hat. ESD the ChGrgr 10 Venezuela was faf'
editor Of The Nashville Banner. wlth r conducted win
zeal. energy and ability during the late campaign. ne t ha-
the West and ln return shortly 10
embark for Bdfiiaorr Pa,rtf, n TYR nst
I" Late the Editor, ALL that We know IS, that the
last Nashville Banner to rs under the name and
superscrp,;on Of a. a. Hail. Editor So this device
will not do