Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1840-1842, 1841-01-18

Ihis Louisa case, wherein the Wings might gan
| out could not lose, justified the expression which
nc used. he had been all along opposed to going
INTO the Senatorial election until every seat In that
House was occupied by its proper representative
ne thought that the voice OF the people shou ID
| be heard and If that the case, il might re
suit IN that which he ardeLtly desred-the defeat
OF William c. Rives. lie rejoiced at the liberal
sentiments uttered in the frat of the address Of the
gentleman from Fauquer, where he had consented
70 lay the report under discussion the table but
ms satisfaction was only equalled by his regret al
| hearing him announce his determination TO take up
| he Nottoway case, where again the Wings nigh,
Il gam but could not lose.
Mr. Scorr said that he did not set himself nm a,
Censor Morum Of that House, or Of any member
therein and certainly the praises the censures o
the member from Accomac, were alike to him.
| They had proceeded with the Louis, case because
Louisa was unrepresentcd upon tina, floor, in the
early part OF the session they had proceeded ut once
with the Frederick and Fairfax cases. The House
IN those counties had decided that twas their boun.
den duty to proceed at once and If 90 in those
cases, was It not equally so in the present case7
Gen. BArLr had always been Of opinion that the
Louisa case ought to have been sent back to the
people that case different from the FIRE.
derrick and Fairfax cases-Lousa had no one
to represent her; Lipscombc had resigned his
seat and the people were unrepresented. After some
other remarks OF general nature, MIR Bayly said
that the gentleman from Fauquier had said that
ms praise or censure perfect matter OF
indifference 10 him. In this respect he might saw
that the feeling was most cordially reciprocal.
ted. lie was, however, unlike the gentleman
from FauquIer, he not insensible to the
praises of the magnanimouS, the high minded
and the honorable. He should pursue the course
which he believed to be right and Just, and should
oppose the going into the Senatorial Election until
every seat on that floor was occupied, and occupied
| by the righttul representative of the people.
MIR Scorr, after replying TO the general arru-
ments oil the gentleman from Accomac, complained
that he was placing words in his mouth which he
never uttered. He had never said that he teas in
sensible TO the praises Of the magnanmous, the
high minded and the honorable, nor was he nor
should he ever be nsensible to the praises of the
magnanimous the high minded! and the honora-
ble,l!
MIR BArLr would not handy epithets with the
gentleman fom Fauquier. He had thrown his re-
marks upon the gentleman from Fduqtisr, who had
sent them back again, and he was content
Mt Scorr was also perfectly content to leave the
matter where il was.
Mt MAY withdrew his motion to lay the report
on the table.
The following case elected long debate. Mr..
Scorr, contending that the decision Of the Commit
tee was the just one. MessrS BRows, GREeoRr
and DABsET, that the judgment of the Committee
ought TO be reversed
SIN relation to the vote of James Ransom. il an.
peared by his own deposition, that John Parrotf,
the father OF his wife, died before the last election
seized and possessed of sixty-three acres of land
lying IN the county of Louisa, leaving FIVE children;
that he, the said James Ransom was en,itled 10 on.
NTH part OF the said land in right of his wife and
owned itat the time of the last election in the conn
ty of Louisa. BY the deposition of c. B. TAYLOR. i,
appeared that he had sod MS wfc's interest IN her
fathers land, and that the gentleman to whom he
sold 1t had possession Of It before he voted at the
Spring Election in 1910; and there being no other
evidence exhibited shelving that the said James
Ransom, at thetlme he voted, qualified 10 exer-
else that right OF suffrage, the Committee had re-
solved that the vote OF the said James Ransom was
illegal"
On division, there appeared for the amendment
5s, against SO. The question being put, that the
Report OF the Committee, as amended, be agreed to-
Mr.. ScoTT moved that the House do now adiourn
This gave rise TO another scene of confusion. the
gentlemen on The Federal side of the House
conendIng that, TO agree with the report of the COM
miltee as amended, would occupy only FIVE minutes
and that they ought not TO adjourn until they had
done so-Mr. Scott, on the other hand stating that
the decision which had been Just come TO, was at
variance with all their previous practce-at variance
with the decisions OF Congress- OF their own law
and OF the English law; and he was anxious that
the House should be full when the principle was
aihrmed. AT the present time many members had
retired; and he, as Charm IN Of the Commit o. ~
Privileges and Eeciioss, should not feel binsslf
bound by the decision of the House, il taken novv
After several motions divide and a call for the
previous question, the House at length adjourned
When this question comes up for argument and innl
decision, we will place the pith of the matter before
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