Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1840-1842, 1841-06-25

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70 refer the bill repeating the SUBJ Treasury Law 4,
: The Committee OF Ways and Means and tha, ther
was some under current operating in the Hous,
when mad led 70 the adoption of that motion
, While another gentleman had supposed ,h,, in AZ.
motion there was more than met the car heeaus,
he gentleman from New York (Mr Fillmore) hn,
S sa"oon'su y IN liant voice, and had observed thai
to be instructed. ' ~ "es"
a Here Mr.. Wise beeams ir,,JHJ. a, a, =,
, porterl " '"o ns'
c Other gentlemen seemed TO Il. ,I,v. o, a.. .
Suspicion; and the gentleman from M.s,,chn,s,,,
sa'u That he was now better Informed ns 10 ,hs
composition OF the committee. On this VAGUE ont.
m. S;o ,u''o. ABOUT an under-current, and about
: ne views OF certain members OF the committee
conserving which no gentleman had avow,J am,
ulShnct knowledge, the House was now e, lied ,r,
.ouace ns sieps-to undo its own action And
Iwhy-whYI Something had been discovered 'rhs
gentleman from Massachusetts wa, one C,oI,,,,Lo
VINO hau miide Tue discovery of this unknovn \,
ana u seemed there were several other. No,, NJ
r w t snousat .hat ne TOO could discover something:
nc though, ne had discovered, from what had fIIen
from the chairman Of the Committee of Wa. 80
Means (Mr. tlllmore,) that there was a disnosi,on
W certain quarters very easily TO acquesce i'm this
,h o'"n LOT reconsdering Possibly a majority of
'ne COMMITTEE oil Ways and Means might Ia, in g,
No. OF delaying report on the bill to repe,i III.
sun Ieasury law until they should see VIII, 80
20 oe the substitute for It. They might no nnv;,.
sbo,is az, 'os an unknown Shore surrounded with
snVals ana breakers without first knowing The char
ne' oy winch they were to steer. Now !, vv,.n."
p1seu 70 change the reference; and Mr. w. sunno,
CD thAt ihis motion had been brought forw,nI a. :,
800, ,v t"at me Select Committee on the Cur
S".S would DC more hasty, rash, and rockies th,,
the COMMITTEE OF Ways and Means in rcnor,;
back the bill to the House; that the s,n,. ,.Sis
ness. ness was to be observed in destroying The ,,h.
inrS "n'en hau oeen manifested in establish
rug ", Nheemed TO be expected that tho comn,;,,
would 90 ready TO rush forward blindfoId NO, -.
| "S WINNER ther course was tending.
Mr' w. could not vote for the reconsider,,i,, -
such ground as this. He could NOT cons.n, On -,
s So" 50 huch ulsrespect 10 the select cop,r;,,oS
ne chairman OF that committee mir S.r,.s.r
was NOT now here he was necessarily nls.nI 81
.he city, but MIR w. would undertake IN s, 80 I
NJ w va. NC would consent to do nothing rashIv
- W. was ready 10 90 a. far as any gentien,an -
the repeal OF the sub Treasury law a ois .Si IL,
opposed ana condemned il; but il gentlrmsn -; no
ca 10 make the repeal OF that law the hrs, w. y,
i.'I uu,'Isua91n, why not approach their obiec,
i"eo'y Mr. w. would make them this pronosi'
ton. The most rancorous sub-Trsasmr, p.oposI-
ults country would admit that the law had - ..
condemned by the People. why NOT Ibon I ", oeen
wI, ele OH Tor It's repeal to Committee of The
Who'e on the state of the Union3 'Th,, ~, 'Ie
uemen's course. What was his own IL Sen'
Ia'or OF the repeal Of the law but befnre h. ,i :"
81 an tue provisions 1t contained he must SEQ -,
Hn1' was 10 come IN their place. The 6rs, Iya,
nc nau ever commenced IN that House was =, 90
on Reuben NJ. Whitney and the State b,nL WAR war
a, s'en Whleh ne considered worse than a., ct
ITeasusy or than Bank of the United S'a, SUI
system whlGh The President himself declared in his
message had been just decidedly copdnr, - 's
the sub Treasury. Even though Consrss "II as
repeal the snb-Ireasury, he should 90 aO,in., ~.
wing the State banks 81 against re-
here Mr. Wise turned about, and all he sail ,r,.
lost TO the Reporterl q sal" WAS
When next heard, he was ,p5.-,,o.,
parIng choce between the sub .TreosnT, 81 III III
oVa'S oankS 10 the choice OF a man which 0r r. 80,
W. ~ Mvuu nave cut off 1.-THE Committee Of
"Ss 1Nu "IeShs were unwili ing TO shut their evss
ana rush bIindIy onward, did Sen,lenncn s 20
that the Committee the Currency ,vo,,IJ pfose
lass prudent' lie trusted not. Let ms re- ", r
more ABOUT putting the sub Treasury 20 1t az =;
was dead a'ready-dead-dead And yybv 49,
gentlemen so eager TO run their sword ~ VIZ ~
dead Hotspur2 lie would not con,sn, 80 ,'o ms
oiI Tor Its repeal tall he knew what SORT Of -;
tute was TO be provided for il. - Su's'i'
lMr. w. mere added some closing remarks which
| The debate was continued IN, N.ss,. -r,,.
Brown, Afford, Everett and Water,on. sben
| MIR CLARK, of n. Y. brought the d.b,io - =.
close by demanding the previous question IL "a
was 'oo rue ne was sorry TO admit that hitherto
as me gentleman from Tennessee had said. tb,r,
had been FIVE Administration speecb.s 20 60 " -
opposite side. All this log cabin SLAM, was o,;,o
Out oil date; and he would set the examine of al
staining from consumption of the time ofthe House
| by demanding the previous question
TeIers were called for on secondins tho do,,,,,,
Tor the previous question, and Messrs AtheT,on n
BoaTdman were appointed O anu
! ayes "a noss-sB:" "-:--.--'
So there a second.
Mr. FESSENDEN asked the yeas and nav, IN
ordering the main question, but Withdrew the cali
| MIR WOOD, Of New York renewed IL and ,I.
yeas and nays were ordered, and, being taken 49,
as follows: Yeas Ia, nays Sc. "' ''''
90 the main question was ordered 10 be now IN .
MIR ANDREWS, of KY, inquired oftbe sns,L.
er whether, II the motion to reconsider ptevnIeJ i
would then be in order 10 move to refer the hin -,
/ Union2 ''"'' VI tue
The SPEAKER replied that j, would
MIR AIHERFON asked tho yeas and NAYS ~,
she main question: Gbeing on the motion to reconsd.
er3 winch were ordered, and being taken, were as
| fEAS-Messrs. Adams, Allen, l.. w An.
1'e~s, ;; }. Andrews, Arnold, Aycrigg, Bnbcock
Baker, Barnard, Barton, Birdseye, BAR. Board,
man, Borden, Bolts, Briggs Brockwav Bron,on
vi; Brown, WIN: Butler, Calhoun, VIM. B. Camp,
0eIi, Thomas J. Campbell, Caruthers. Child,
Chntenden, John C. Clark, SIaley n CIarIs
cooper Cowen, Cranston, Cravens, Cushing CIR,
ret Davis, WIN. G. Dawson, Deberrv. Jobn IA
wards, Everett, Fessenden, Fillmore, a. l.. Eos.
Ier, thomas r. Foster, Gamble, Gates, Giddincs,
Hastings, Henry, Howard, Hudson, Hunt lanes
IRWIN, WIN. w. Irwin, James, VIVA Cost Jobn.
son. Isaac ID. Jones, John p. Kennedy, King.
LLIne, Lawrence, Linn, Samson Mason Mathioi,
! 'i"A"blIi NlayuiTO, Moore, MORAN
Morris, Morrow, Nisbet, Osborne, Owslev. PeaTcs
PendIeton, Pope, Profit, Ramsay, BENZ. Randall
Randolph, Rayner, Rencher, Ridgway, RoJncv
Russell, Saltonstall, Shepperd, Simonton, SlaJ,'
smith, Solers Stanly, Stokeey, Stuart, Summers,
Tallaiero, }. b. Thompson, Richard w. Thomn
son, TInshast, Toland, Tomlinson. Trinleu
Irumbull, Underwood, Van Renssel,er Edv,,d
d. White, Joseph l.. White, Thomas W. Williams.
Lewis Williams, Christopher II. williams Win,
lhTop, 1orke, A. Young, John Young-IIs.
NAfS-Messrs. Afford, Arlington, Atherton.
Banks, Beeson, Bidlack, Bovine, Boyd Brewster,
a. V. Brown, Charles Brown, Burke, VIM. O,
Butler, Green w. Caldwell, Patrick c. Caldwsll,
John Campbell, Cary, Clifford, Clinton, Coles,
Daniel Richard ID. Davis John b. Dawson, Dean
Dimock, Doln, DoIg, Eastman, G. Edwards. Ep'
bert Ferris, q Floyd, & A Floyd Torrance. W
. Goode, Gordon, Cuisine, Harris, John Has.
tinss, Hays, Holmes, Hopkins, Houck, Hubard.
Hunter, lngersoll, Jack, Cave Johnson John w
Jones, heIm, Andrew Kennedy, Lewis Lit,le6eld
Lowell, a. Mcclellan, Robert Mcclellan Mckay
Mallory, Marchand, Alfred Marshall, j. r. Ma.
son, Mathews, Modill, Miller, Nowhard, Oliver,
Parmenter, Partridge, Payne, Pickens, Plumer,
Reding, Riggs, Rogers, Roosevelt, Sanford, Shaw,
Shields, Snyder, Steentod, Sumter, sweeney, Van
Buren,, Ward, Watterson, Westbrook, J. w vii.
lIams, Joseph l. Williams, Wise, wood-gO
So the vote was rccOnsdercd
And the question recurring on the reference Of the
Mr. FILLMORE withdrew his motion TO refer "a
the Committee Of Ways and Means.
MIR POPE moved 70 refer TO the Select Commit.